Mr. Yemek agreed, "Yep, it is a better idea. I will follow after everything is completed here."
Linda nodded, "Get my car ready and tell Fein to be ready."
"Sure."
...
Linda finally had some time for herself. She started reading all those files and started signing the approved ones and tossed aside the rejected ones. Suddenly her phone lightened up. The screen showed 'Ren'.
Linda picked up the call, "Hi."
Ren said, "Hi love. So will I get my answer now?"
Linda, "I don't think so. What about you?"
"Well if you say so I have nothing to express."
Linda, "Are you not at work?"
Ren, "Yes, I am. You don't have to worry. Nothing important is going on."
...…..
At Ren's office
"~ Important is going on."
All the directors were shocked. They internally said, "It is a very important meeting. How can you say that boss?"
Ren was smiling while talking to Linda. His smile could make anyone breathless, some of the female directors thought if he could smile like that to them. The answer was no, he can't. He will only smile like that to his wife-to-be.
...….
At Linda's office
It has been about five minutes they were talking. A knock was heard by Linda. She saw Fein, he nodded and said, "It's all ready, lady."
Linda signed an ok sign.
She said to Ren over the phone, "I will talk to you later."
Ren, "Are you going somewhere?"
She said, "Yes."
"Where?"
Linda stood up and took her bag, "China."
"Why?"
Linda kept on looking for her phone when she remembered that her phone is on her hand. She lightly knocked her own forehead. Then she said laughingly, "Sightseeing. So talk to you later. Bye."
"Bye. Will talk to you later. See you soon, my love."
Linda hummed and ended the call. She went towards her car. She sat in the backseat while Fein sat in the front. The chauffer started the car, ready to go to the airport.
Linda and Fein kept on discussing on the project. She wanted to venture in other industries from this investment company.
.....
At 5pm
They finally boarded the plane. The journey as usual was good for Linda. Linda slept the whole way.
Finally they landed. They straight went to the other company they were going to collaborate with. They reached the company and went to the receptionist.
The receptionist, "Welcome sir and ma'am. How may I help you?"
Fein, "We are from the Alimar Investment Company."
The receptionist contacted the upper management about them. At that time Fein waited around the reception while Linda sat down in the lounge.
The director of the project, Mr. Clane, personally came to the reception area with his fellow colleagues to welcome Linda and Fein.
Linda went forward and shook Mr. Clane's hand, "Nice to meet you, Mr. Clane."
Mr. Clane, "Nice to meet you too, Ms. Linda. I have been waiting to meet you. I am so happy. You are as pretty as my mentor told me. ....hmmm ... maybe more prettier."
Linda laughed and said, "Well…I have to say ...Mr. Clane, you are handsome."
"Thank you. So let's go to the conference room."
He continued in the elevator, "Was your journey comfortable."
Linda, "Yes. But before we start talking about anything else, what did mentor say about me?"
Mr. Clane, "Well, he said you are pretty but scary too.....and also told me not to anger you."
Linda, "Wow! As usual I don't know what he means by that."
"So will I have the honor to see Ms. Linda angry?"
Linda, "We will see during the meeting."
"HAHAHA!" he laughed while his few colleagues scoffed. Linda heard those scoffs and looked at them and smiled; somehow she intimated them, not really intending to do that. Even Fein looked at them uninterestingly while Mr. Clane glared at them.
They finally seated themselves at the conference room and one of the juniors of Mr. Clane started their presentations. Linda kept on going through the document in front of her and Fein also did the same.
Another junior of Mr. Clane looked at their disinterest and nudged Mr. Clane to look at them. Mr. Clane smiled and thought, "She is serious about this project, I guess. Mentor said whenever she is reading the document provided she is serious and wants to collaborate….we will see."
That junior was baffled at Mr. Clane's smile, but knew that he needed to keep himself quiet. After 20 minutes, the presentation finished. At last Linda looked at the presenter. Throughout the whole presentation, she never looked at the presenter nor at the presentation but just listened.
The presenter asked, "Do you have any questions?"
Fein, "Yes." He looked at Linda and she nodded. He continued, "As far as I remember the money asked for before was around five hundred million so why was it doubled?"
The presenter, "Including the success rate and the anticipating rate, we decided to make it in a larger scale. That is why we believe at least one billion is needed for this."
Fein, "You are asking us to prepare a billion just by looking at the statistics."
The presenter, "Yes, we believe so. Statistics say everything after all."
Fein and Mr. Clane shook their heads when Linda asked, "You are saying statistics is everything?"
Linda leaned forward and pressed her face onto her right hand.
The presenter, "Yes."
Linda, "Why do you think so? I remember JL Company lost half of their assets due to this statistics not only them but also a lot of companies too. So why is this company any different? Since you asked for investment does it mean the company doesn't want to use their assets for this project and if it fails they can just push the blame onto the investing company?"
The presenter became speechless. Not only them but also the others including Mr. Clane and Fein. Mr. Clane finally understood why the CEO asked the juniors to do the presentation. The CEO wanted this youngsters to fully understand that this so called presenting is not that easy.