I nodded and smiled superficially. “Welcome.”
Then, faint applause resounded in the office.
Everyone remembered how Luca replaced many competent people in our department. Back then, he’d offended a lot of people.
However, Luca knew how to win over the public. After treating the employees to breakfast and afternoon tea for a few days, some people approved of him.
After all, his goal was to take over Harmon Group. So, he wouldn’t focus his efforts on the design department only.
Emma drank her chocolate shake and complained, “How much money does he have? Today, he treated everyone to a buffet, and he’s going to get everyone drinks tomorrow. If he’s going to give everyone food forever, I’ll give up my position to him.”
I passed my chocolate shake to her without a word.
Since Luca had been keeping a low profile, he was certainly plotting something.
That day, he came up with a bad idea at a meeting.
Unexpectedly, he wanted to replace the suppliers and construction crew for our project.
“The overpass project is huge. I think their quoted prices are too high. This will affect our profits.
“I have done my research on a few companies. They’re pretty okay, and the price is much cheaper. Everyone should take a look at it.”
After getting an assistant to send the list of materials to us, he looked at Leonard as if to challenge him.
“This is a huge project, so you’ll have to work on this in person too, Mr. Harmon. You can’t believe everything that your subordinates say.”
“Who are you referring to? Eva? Not only is she the Design Director, but she is also my wife.
“Harmon Group depends heavily on her. Of course, the businesses that she decides to work with are the
best.”
Leonard placed the document in a corner without looking at it.
In the meantime, Zack looked at the document and his expression turned serious.
I noticed that a few suppliers were quoting low prices. That was very strange.
Those factories were working under Brightwave Group, so it was impossible that there were quoted prices lower than them.
Although everyone realized that something was off, most of them agreed with Luca’s decision.
After all, it would be better if all of them could earn more profits.
“Mr. Luca, this is an important matter, and you can’t prove anything with a few pieces of paper. We’ll have to discuss this.
“The quoted prices are much lower than the market price, so we should be careful.”
I didn’t reject the potential collaborations, and Luca didn’t fight back, surprisingly.
Chapter 140 Do Not Covet My Wife
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When Zack researched the other companies, he didn’t find anything wrong with them.
“Those factories have been operating normally for the past 20 years without any problems. But, their soft
prices…”
I knew that something was wrong even before he spoke up.
On the other hand, Leonard frowned.
“I investigated this and found that there’s nothing wrong with the companies that Luca mentioned too. The other party wishes to collaborate with us for a long time.
I shook my head. Even if we collaborated with them for a long time, it wouldn’t attract more attention for them. Besides, they were a huge factory.
How could they not earn profits for a year? Didn’t they have to pay their workers?
All of us fell silent at the same time because we couldn’t find a proper explanation for that.
After a long pause, Zack spoke again.
“The factories under Brightwave Group can lower their prices, but we’ll have to work on two more projects with you.”
I looked at him in disbelief. If he did that, his company’s profits would be much lower.
But, if we gave him two more projects, it would cover the costs.
Leonard thought for a while before nodding in agreement.
“Okay, I’ll bring this up in the meeting tomorrow.”
Then, he looked at Zack angrily. “But, don’t you dare covet my wife!”
