Amy looked pale, "Vice president, I don't know what you meant."
"Don't try to fool me. There are rumors circulating in the company, and I am not deaf."
"I just gave a preach in the toilet, and you showed up into the office with the proposal. Actually, you were worried that I would tell Avery the truth."
"Amy, I felt grateful for your devotion to the company. Sorry that I forget to remind you of one thing."
"What?" Amy asked coldly, completely different from the one before Avery.
"Avery and I will be engaged soon, and I won't allow anyone to destroy our relationship, including you!"
"I know what is on your mind. I feel it beneath my dignity to drive you away by one word with Avery, though I can."
"I will make you leave in a decent way."
"Don't you think you are over- confident? You're smart enough to skip grades. However, doing business is different from book knowledge, as it requires experiences."
"It is a project worth several million, not a game. Please don't abandon it to emotions."
Amy thought Serena was in a rage and eager to prove herself against those rumors.
As a straight- A student, Amy knew the book knowledge helped little in practice.
Therefore, she felt sure to win!
"Let's wait and see." Serena left freely and easily, 'I won't lose this bet!'
The project documents arrived. The government called for bids about repairing the tenement house, and there were several companies joining the competition.
This project was neither big nor profitable, as the requirements for those repairing materials were not high.
Those big companies slighted this project. Avery aimed at building long-term good relations with the government rather than profit.
This project was big enough for a small company like Avery's, so the whole company paid great attention to it.
Amy had planned to acquire their rival companies to win, as those companies were not so large as that one of Avery was.
A 16 years-old student like Serena would know the trick in it? Amy doubted that.
Serena was doomed to fail, and that was why Amy accepted the bet. It was a bet between Serena and Amy, so Avery should stay out of this; otherwise, he got out of line.
Amy had built good relations with the owners of the other rival companies. It would be a piece of cake for her to proceed with the acquisition. Now Serena took over the project, and Amy doubted if she knew how to start.
Back in her office, Amy called the owners of those rival companies one after the other, negotiating with them to refuse the acquisition from Serena.
Serena had come close scrutiny on all documents and concluded that there was 50% to win. A complete win would come after the acquisition of the rival companies.
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