Green Orange was graced with Brian Wagner’s presence again today. I instructed someone to lead him to the meeting room.
"We’re honored by your presence, Chairman Wagner. Did you come because of the matter with North Courts’ land?" I entered the meeting room with some documents, and when I saw Brian, his expression was frighteningly pale.
The Yards had released news about North Courts’ land just last night. They even said they were not going to take Green Orange and the companies allied with it seriously and that they were certain of their victory over North Courts. Brian also wanted this land, so it was no wonder he could not sit still.
“President Lane, Yard Group released their absolute statement. Silas is wholly confident that he will get the North Courts’ development rights. What chance do we have?" Brian said urgently with a frown.
I looked at him and smiled slowly. "Why is your mental state still so unstable despite your age? Are you only limited to the land in North Courts?"
"What do you mean by that?" Brian expressed his displeasure at my inappropriate words.
“Don’t lose your head yet. North Courts’ land may be good, but it can’t beat Astral Garden. I heard a bid will be open for it soon. Won’t it be better for us to focus on Astral Garden instead?" I softened my tone, hoping that Brian would hear me out.
His emotions settled when he heard what I said.
After pondering for a long time, he slowly replied, "The reserve price for Astral Garden will be higher than that of North Courts. Do we have a chance of winning?"
"Of course. To tell you the truth, it’s not difficult for us if we want to win North Courts now, but you also know Silas is wholly confident about this land. He also confided to me that he must win the development rights to North Courts. Based on that alone, we have to give up North Courts. If we raise the price and let Yard Group pay a higher price than they had expected to win North Courts, this would be a heavy blow to them, don’t you think so?"
My words were succinct and on point. Brian would have to listen to me even if he did not want to.
He had had a long-standing grudge against the Yards. His initial thought of competing with Yard Group to win North Courts was also to go up against them. However, if we could bleed Yard Group, Brian Wagner would also probably agree to it.
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