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“But we’ve worked so hard for so long.” Birgitte lamented. Their team had spent a lot of time and effort pursuing Tengu. Though the other party was tough to negotiate with, she felt there was still a remote chance of success.
“Just give up on them. They never had the intention to work with us at all. Alice came to Südlichen Strand with her family to meet Tengu’s CEO Morhan Dunn. Tengu has already signed with the Wilson Group.”
Anyone in this business could find out, with very little effort, that there was bad blood between Aubree Miller and the Wilson Group. All of Aubree’s business partners did not associate with the Wilsons, at least on the surface. Since Morhan Dunn had already partnered with the Wilson Group, it meant he had been stringing Aubree’s team along from the very beginning.
“Let’s continue with the other companies that have expressed interest. We’re done with Tengu, Aubree declared. To play safe, she had also shortlisted a few other potential partners after initially selecting Manchotech and Tengu.
Birgitte finally gave up and cursed, “Damn Dunn!”
If there was any delay in securing their funding, the whole project would be delayed, but that was not their main concern. They were already in the red, and every day of delay meant bleeding more money.
However, things were more complicated than simply losing money. If Aubree’s team were unable to deliver results, Manchotech might regret investing in them.
If that were to happen, Aubree’s company and reputation would take a massive hit, and it would be nearly impossible to secure subsequent funding.
“Ditch them. Once our project takes off, Morhan Dunn will regret it.” Aubree was determined to make Tengu Gruppe realize that choosing to partner with the Wilson Group would be the worst decision they had ever made.
Birgitte wasted no time. Ads for GrabCheap popped up everywhere. They were on subways, buses, and major TV networks. After signing the contract, Manchotech also aggressively promoted GrabCheap on its two social media platforms. That was not all. Aubree also hired numerous celebrities and TV hosts as brand ambassadors, sparing no expense.
The result was immensely gratifying. In just over ten days, GrabCheap once again surged in popularity. Its explosive growth left onlookers utterly astonished.
Birgitte swiftly compiled the statistics and sent the report to Manchotech, which immediately responded with an additional two billion investment.
When Aubree received the exciting news, she was already back on campus.
She realized a lot had happened during her absence. The School of Art at Rithol University had collaborated with Carmen Wilson’s school to organize a county competition. It was hosted by Carmen’s school and organized by Rithol’s School of Art, and students were free to form their own teams.
Carmen had teamed up with the Krueger family’s Irvin Krueger. Irvin then roped his buddy Alvin Turner in. In the end, Alvin unwittingly ended up joining Carmen’s team.
Although Carmen didn’t drag them down and they even won the second prize, when Aubree brought up this matter, Alvin’s face still clouded over.
Aubree couldn’t help laughing at this comical turn of events. Alvin shot her a dirty look. “You can mock, but Carmen is having the last laugh. She managed to salvage her reputation through this competition. Turns out she does have some talent. The renowned painting master Percival Xaver has taken her in as his protégé for personal coaching. She even has a solo exhibition coming up soon.”
“Oh? So she has become smart,” Aubree mused.
Carmen was no slouch in painting. Before Aubree’s appearance, she was ranked among the best in high school. So now, instead of following others blindly to go against Aubree, she had learned to leverage her own strengths to build up her street
cred.
“Do you have any of her paintings? Show me.” Aubree was very curious.
Alvin showed her a photo on his phone. Aubree raised an eyebrow, thinking, ‘Have I provoked her into some kind of breakthrough? If Carmen Wilson had this kind of talent in my previous life, she wouldn’t have needed me to achieve success
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at all.
Indeed, Carmen had made tremendous progress.
At this moment, Aubree’s phone buzzed. It was a text message from, of all people, Carmen herself.
And she wanted to invite Aubree to her solo exhibition
