Chapter 14 Inferior To Us

A few minutes ago, Hudson Lowe had thought that Alex Cohen was a fool for giving him 800,000 for nothing and that his loans and debts could finally be repaid.

Raymond Zane's arrival made him realize that he was the real idiot!

One hundred units fully-renovated. The total price of this business was in the tens of millions!

For a small company like Hudson Designs, this was more than enough to sustain for another 3 years! However, he had nothing to do with the company anymore, and as a bystander, he could only watch as Alex Cohen gorged himself on this juicy piece of meat. Meanwhile, he could not even get a sip of soup.

Like Hudson Lowe, Winson Tall's brain was a mess with a mixture of emotions such as shock, regret, and confusion.

Felix Moore's emotions were also complicated. He had the feeling that what was happening at that moment was a bit surreal. He had temporarily played the role of Alex's secretary and served Raymond Zane a cup of tea with shaking hands.

"Director Zane, you..really want to work with our company?"

"Of course."

Raymond nodded his head and said, "Keep this information. The project details and our requirements are all written on it. You guys can also visit the site, and after you've discussed it internally, we can talk about the details later. Regarding the final pricing, I can't be sure yet, but I can guarantee one thing, I’ll never treat you guys badly. The higher-ups have already made it clear that our company, and even the entire Wyatt Corporation, will strongly support your company!"

"Uh...good. Thank you, Director Zane, and much thanks to Wyatt Corporation!"

Felix swallowed a mouthful of saliva and nodded his head repeatedly.

Alex pointed at Felix and said to Raymond, "Director Zane, let me introduce you to our company's project manager, Felix Moore. This Greenville project will be his responsibility, and of course, I will continue to follow up. We’ll most definitely trouble you in the future, so please take care of us!"

"Haha! Alright, alright…”

Raymond Zane said this when his phone rang, so he took his leave.

Alex sent Raymond to the door and returned to his office to sit back down. He held the project information in one hand and touched his chin with the other. He said to Felix, "The project is easy to pick up, but hard to execute. I don't have a clue. Felix, you have more experience than me. What do you have in mind?"

Felix was also having a hard time.

"Brother Alex, it’s my first time seeing such a big project, and I don't have a clue at the moment. However, solutions are thought up by people, so we’ll be able to handle it!"

Hudson sneered.

"Look at you guys with no experience! You don’t even know anything and still dare to do business? I'll tell you what, Hudson Designs can’t handle such a big project like Greenville! Let's not talk about anything else, just the capital would be at least 3 million. Can you afford it?"

Alex showed his bank card again.

"I have 3 million! Any other problems?"

"What? I thought you said you only had 1 million?"

"I just made 3 million dollars. Can I not?"

Hudson Lowe was speechless at this and had to change the subject.

"The company's manpower is also far from what you’ll need. You’ll also have to hire a construction team. Which of these won’t need money?"

"You mean, if I have money, I can get everything done? Just during this short conversation, I've got another million in the bank. Just tell me if a capital of 4 million will be enough to take on this project."

"You think your family runs a money-printing factory, huh? Money comes so fast!"

Hudson was now completely convinced but did not show it. He pretended to be tough and said, "Well, I’m not your employee and didn’t take your salary, so why should I help you do the analysis?"

"Yeah. Since you're not my employee, why are you standing here? Get the hell out of here!"

"I…”

Hudson rolled his eyes in anger, turned around, and left angrily.

Alex also turned to Winson, who was standing there stupidly.

"Why aren't you leaving yet? Don’t tell me you’re regretting it?"

Winson trembled and stared at Alex with his eyes wide open.

"Alex, I regret it. I know I was wrong!"

"Unfortunately, there are no regrets in this world...You should also pack up and get out of here!"

Winson touched the wall and left with a gray face.

At that time, the changes that had happened in the company had already been spread throughout the office.

Of course, Hudson Designs only had less than 10 employees combined. All of them were unmotivated to work and gathered in the public area silently, especially those like Winson Tall who used to despise Alex. After they saw Winson getting fired, they all silently prepared to be fired too.

In the afternoon, when Alex and Hudson went to complete the transfer procedures, several people started to prepare their letters of resignation.

It was not only because Alex had become the new boss. The fact that the company was going bankrupt was also an important reason.

When Alex returned, as they were scrambling to submit their resignations, they learned of the news that the company had pulled in big business. Almost instantly, they changed their attitudes and tore up their letters. They all had the same idea, which was that they would not leave for another company unless they were fired.

Big business at the multi-million level was equally attractive not only to the boss but also to the employees…

Alex brought Felix to the office area and took a look around.

"I'm sure you all know that Hudson Lowe had transferred the company to me. I'm going to announce a personnel change. Felix Moore is promoted to Deputy General Manager. In my absence, the company will be fully managed by him. For the rest of you, your positions and responsibilities remain the same. The basic salary is unchanged, but the incentive mechanism will be optimized. The general principle is that the more you work, the more you get. As long as you do a good job, it's not a dream to earn more than 10,000 or even tens of thousands per month. I’ll be upfront with you, the company won’t keep idle people…”

The group of employees breathed a sigh of relief after they heard Alex’s lecture.

Alex steadied everyone's mood and continued, "From tomorrow onwards, the company will be busy and the mobilization meeting will not be held. Tonight, I’ll treat everyone to a big meal! You’ll likely be working late often in the coming period, which will inevitably take away from the time you have with your families. To show my apologies to your families, each of you may bring 2 family members to tonight's dinner…”

The employees were elated over at this news.

It was already rare for bosses to allow employees to bring their families for dinner.

It was even rarer to say it so honestly.

In just a few minutes, Alex had greatly improved his image in the eyes of the employees.

However, Alex had not even thought about where to go for dinner when he received a call from Isla.

Isla said in her usual unquestionable tone, "Come with me to a party at 7:30 pm."

"What kind of party?"

Alex was stunned.

"Your class reunion was brought ahead?"

"What’s with all the bullsh*t? It's your job to do as you're told! Hurry back and get dressed. We'll leave at 6:30 pm sharp."

Isla hung up the phone after she said that.

Alex shook his head helplessly, called Felix to the side, and transferred 100,000 over.

"Something’s going on at home, so I have to rush back right away. I'll leave the company dinner to you. I transferred 100,000 to you already, so just feel free to eat whatever you all want. After eating, you guys can go for drinks too. Just put the rest on the company account."

Felix nodded and said, "I know, Brother Alex."

"Remember to invite Quinn. If she's willing, let her come over to work. The company’s desperately in need of people, so it's just as well that she can be separated from Sukie too."

"Okay, I'll talk to her later."

Alex finished his explanation and rushed back home.

Isla had returned early to change her clothes. She changed out of her usual high and mighty cold style and suddenly wore a blue printed Gucci dress with small white Adidas shoes. It looked very plain and elegant, and even borderline ordinary. In reality, this dress was sold for up to 5 figures. Her shoes also cost 1000. It could be said she was pretending to be lowkey.

In addition to the change in dressing, Isla also wore light makeup and her long hair was naturally shoulder-length, so she looked like a student.

For an innocent little boy like Alex, he still preferred this innocently-dressed Isla.

Alex stared at Isla for a while and refrained from taking out his phone to take a photo as a remembrance. Under Isla’s constant urging, he went back to the house to change into a full wardrobe of Armani-level designer clothes. This was all forcibly bought for him by Isla when he got married, and he usually never wore it.

At 6:30 pm, Alex drove off with Isla in his car and casually asked, "Where are we going?"

Isla echoed, "The Drunken Beauty Restaurant."

"Oh...what party exactly?"

"Don't you even read the family group messages?"

"It's not my family, so what's there to see? I muted the messages the next second I joined the group."

"Okay...Andy Sullivan's welcoming party."

"I remember Andy’s your uncle's youngest son, right? Is he back from studying abroad?"

"He just got back today. It wasn't enough that Uncle showed off in the group. He just had to show off again in person."

Alex understood the situation, so he did not ask any more questions.

At 7:20 pm, Alex and Isla arrived at the Drunken Beauty Restaurant. The receptionist enthusiastically ushered them into the private room. She immediately exited, dialed a number, and said mysteriously, "Young Master Finn, that young man with the Black Gold Membership Card is here again…Okay...I'll pay more attention…”

The private room was filled with smoke and the table was already full of people.

Alex followed Isla around the table to greet his so-called “relatives” one by one. He then noticed that there was only one empty seat left.

Isla’s uncle, Richard Sullivan, as the host of the dinner, stood up in time. He pretended to be surprised and said, “Alex, you came! I thought you weren’t going to come. Waiter! Please add an extra stool...a big one might not fit, so just take a small plastic stool.”

Alex was used to this scene. He did not say a word and just took the plastic stool from the waiter's hand. This plastic stool was like trash compared to the standard chairs in the private room. He put it next to Isla and was about to take a seat before Andy Sullivan came over.

"Alex, right? Can you move to the side a little? I've been close to Sister Lala since I was a kid and haven't seen her for a few years, so I need to get closer to have a good chat."

Without waiting for Alex to respond, Andy knocked the plastic stool over on the ground. It was clearly intentional, but he pretended not to notice.

Alex still did not get angry. He just repositioned the stool and sat down.

Andy also pulled a chair over to take a seat. He looked at the plastic stool and said to Alex, "Your stool is shorter than ours, wouldn't you be ‘inferior to us’ if you sat on it? Sister Lala, I haven't lived in the country for a long time and I'm rusty with the culture here. I didn't use the term ‘inferior to us’ wrongly, right?"