When Rachel saw the caller ID, she knitted her brows together and looked outside of her bedroom subconsciously. The message was from Ryan.
“Is President Sutton asking me out for dinner? Did he send the text to the wrong person?” She considered herself a stranger to Ryan since she didn’t have any interactions with him. Having his contact number was solely because of Jolly, and she hadn’t contacted him before since she just added him out of courtesy.
However, Ryan called her on the phone right away. After a moment of hesitation, Rachel picked up the call. “Hello?”
“Don’t get me wrong. There’s a dinner gathering with the Riverdale Chamber of Commerce tomorrow night. There will be more than ten people attending. It’s a chance for us to exchange our resources, so it’ll be mutually beneficial for everyone.”
“I don’t think there are any business dealings between Hudson Pharmaceuticals and your company, President Sutton.” “That’s just for now. Who knows if there will be one in the future?”
“If you’re trying to approach Jolly through me, I’m afraid that this will not work. You can’t force someone into a relationship, and I won’t provide Jolly with any advice when she’s choosing her other half.”
“I think I know Jolly’s personality better than you, President Hudson.” Ryan’s tone remained indifferent. “If she knows that I’m buying the people around her so that I can approach her, I think she’ll hate me even more.”
“Why try if you know?” “It doesn’t matter whether you believe me or not. I’m just pulling strings for the Chamber of Commerce gathering. It just so happens that a close partner of mine is asking for my help to find a reliable supplier for medical supplies and devices in Riverdale. .
I just think that Hudson Pharmaceuticals would be a suitable candidate, both professionally and personally. I heard that Hudson Pharmaceuticals has lost a few big clients and is probably having a liquidity constraint, am I right?”
When she heard that, Rachel frowned a little. “Thank you for your concern, President Sutton. However, I’m not sure where you heard such a rumor since Hudson Pharmaceuticals is doing fine.”
“Well, just take this as me putting a cherry on the cake for Hudson Pharmaceuticals. As for the gathering tomorrow, you can decide for yourself whether you want to be there or not. I’ve sent you the address.”
“Thank you, President Sutton.” After hanging up the phone, Rachel held her phone in her hand and sat at the side of the bed.
In truth, Hudson Pharmaceuticals was experiencing a liquidity constraint. The news about Jefferey’s imprisonment for smuggling goods had caused Hudson Pharmaceuticals to be the key inspection target of the Commerce Bureau. Even when the partners were clean, no one would want to be marked all day. This caused a decrease in the number of collaborations Hudson Pharmaceuticals had.
If what Ryan said was legitimate, this could be good news for the company. However, when Rachel recalled the hatred Jolly had for him, she frowned and gave up on this idea. The next afternoon, Rachel and Jolly were having lunch in the office.
Just then, Rachel’s assistant rushed into the room with several documents in her arms. “President Hudson, Miss Carter.” Rachel raised her head. “Didn’t I ask you to rest? What’s making you so flustered?”
This new assistant of hers was really active. He wouldn’t rest during break time and always continued working after having two pieces of bread. Even Rachel, who was the president, couldn’t compare herself to him..
The assistant said, “It’s good news. There’s a medical device company in Shans, and their president will be here in Riverdale for two days. Their branding is really good, but there’s a technical deficiency in their production since they lack professionals in R&D technology. If we can invite them to collaborate with us, we’ll have a continuation in the capital chain.”
“Why didn’t you mention such good news earlier? Which company is it?” Jolly put down her utensils immediately. “Quick, spit it. If this works out, you’ll play a huge part in it.” Then, the assistant replied, “It’s Star Medical.”
“Star Medical?” Jolly’s eyes sparkled as soon as she heard that. She then turned to look at Rachel. “This company is not bad. It was listed in Enistan three years ago, and it has a great reputation. I heard that their president was very particular about details. In fact, he has a strict benchmark for all of its partner factories and companies. If we can collaborate with them, it will indirectly prove our competence.”
Rachel looked delighted as well. “Did their president come here in person? Which hotel is he staying at? What’s his schedule?”
“I’ve checked everything. President Sanchez has an appointment tonight at Nertonham Palace Hotel. It’s a dinner gathering with the Riverdale Chamber of Commerce. They start at 7.00PM, and the event is expected to end around 9.00PM.”
As soon as Rachel heard the address, she furrowed her brows. However, Jolly didn’t realize her anomaly and. told the assistant excitedly. “You should prepare all the documents and go ambush him with me tonight. I believe that he’ll work with us,” she said. “Okay, I’ll prepare them now.”
“No, wait.” Rachel cut them off all of a sudden and stopped the assistant. When they heard that, the assistant and Jolly were both stunned. “What is it?” Jolly looked at Rachel in confusion. With a frown, Rachel looked at the assistant. The assistant understood immediately. “I’ll be outside.”
When the office door was shut, Jolly asked Rachel puzzledly, “It’s such a good opportunity, so why are you rejecting it? Hudson Pharmaceuticals is in a terrible financial situation. If we can find a stable partner to help us, our reputation will certainly improve.”
“There’s no such thing as free lunch in this world.” Rachel didn’t plan to hide it from Jolly and gave the woman her phone. “Look, this is what Ryan sent me yesterday.”
“Ryan?” Jolly’s expression changed at once. She took the phone and saw the text on the screen. “He asked you out for dinner?”
“It’s a gathering with the Chamber of Commerce. Look at the address.” “Nertonham Palace?” Jolly frowned. “Why is it the same place?”
“If I’m not mistaken, Xander probably came across President Sanchez, who happens to be the partner that Ryan wanted to introduce to me last night. He said that he was trying to pull strings and help Hudson Pharmaceuticals get through this crisis.”
“What did you reply?”
“I rejected him.” Jolly hugged Rachel at once. “Good job! I hereby announce that you’re my real sister! You are not even moved by such a temptation in front of you.”
“You can praise me, but can you not strangle me?” Rachel coughed a few times and explained, “I don’t have any interactions with Ryan in the first place. Although he said that it’s just business to help me pull strings, there are so many pharmaceutical factories and companies in Riverdale, and we’re not the only reliable one. I don’t think that he’ll offer me such a good opportunity without any reason. I couldn’t think of any other reason other than you, so I rejected him just in case.”
As she held Rachel’s hand, Jolly tried to calm her joyous feelings. After calming down, she said, “Why don’t you go and take a look, Chris?”
“What? Have you put aside your differences with him already?”
“No way, it’ll only happen in his dreams.” Jolly had a disdained look on her face. “I just think that since we know what’s on his mind, we don’t have anything to be afraid of. Even if it wasn’t for his invitation, we’d still be contacting President Sanchez anyway. Why should we waste this chance because of him?”
When she heard that, Rachel put on a surprised look. “Is that really what you think? You won’t be angry if I go?”
“Angry? Perhaps a little, but I’ll be angrier if we lose a deal because of him.” As Jolly said that, she patted Rachel’s hand. “Thus, you have to take down President Sanchez!”
