"However," Zoey added, "I'm afraid you have misunderstood the amount of funding that I'm seeking. The amount you've mentioned is way beyond what I'm asking for. All I need for the project is only a hundred million."
"Just name any amount, Ms. Lopez.” Lorenzo Woods said with an air of indulgence, "Unless you're asking for tens of billions, I'm ready to pump billions into your project."
The words of Lorenzo Woods sent Harry's blood pressure up a few notches when he heard he was 'ready to pump billions into your project'. His legs wobbled, and he saw stars spinning around his head.
Zoey's mind was in a whirlwind as she quivered in her reply, "Everybody, I am humbled by your overwhelming interest in my project. But a
hundred and fifty million would be more than enough for my project." "How about this?" Feliciano Hayes swept his eyes across the room and suggested. "Since there are fifteen of us here, why don't we each come up with ten million?"
"That would be the perfect solution! It would give each of us an opportunity to help Ms. Lopez." Feliciano Hayes said, "Make sure we are not treating this as an investment or loan. It should be a giveaway to Ms. Lopez!"
Gulp!
Aaron and Caitlyn were swallowing so hard that everyone could hear them gulped.
A hundred and fifty million giveaway to our daughter?What makes our daughter turned into a money spinning machine all of a sudden?Everybody
is begging for her to take their money.
"No, it can't be a giveaway.” Zoey insisted, "We should treat it as an investment."
"It's alright, Ms. Lopez. Ten million is nothing to us!"
"Yeah, it's just some petty cash to me."
Each billionaire insisted they should treat the ten million as a giveaway to Zoey.
"Hey, didn't you hear what she'd just said?" Levi snapped, "She said it should be an investment."
Levi's sudden bawl made the billionaires shuddered with horror.
"Yes! Sure! Indeed! It should be an investment!"
Everyone nodded emphatically.
"So, ladies and gentlemen, would you mind coming to my company, Imperial Meadows Limited, to ink the contract?" Zoey asked.
"Of course, we are more than willing to come anytime to sign it!"
They continued their frenzied nodding of heads.
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