Originally, she had already accepted the struggle between Kris Cooper and Nathan Leafcastle, but now, Sally Dalton’s pregnancy made her hesitate a little.

"I understand." Kris Cooper took a deep breath, "Don’t worry, I’ve just thought it over, I’ll revise the original plan a bit, and give him another chance."

Vera Wave nodded, looking at him with a grateful expression.

"Thank you, hubby."

Kris Cooper just rolled his eyes at her.

"Manager Yi, aren’t you going back to work?"

"Yes, Mr. President!" She stood up with a smile, saluted him smartly, turned around to pull the door open, and just as she stepped out, she hurriedly came back, picking up the documents she forgot on the table, "Hehe, I forgot this, hope you don’t mind, Mr. President!"

Across the table, Kris Cooper smiled helplessly, "As long as you don’t lose yourself again, I don’t mind."

"What are you afraid of!" Vera waved the documents as she walked to the door, turned around, and shook her bracelet at him, "Isn’t this here? If I get lost, just come find me again!"

The entire day, Kris Cooper was busy.

A huge company like Ashton certainly couldn’t survive solely on the Jade River project, and with the matters at Glimmer, he couldn’t just ignore them either. 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂

He was busy until dusk before he could take a temporary break.

Even though there was nothing unusual from the monitored information, he still didn’t dare to relax.

He instructed Tommy Taylor to escort Vera Wave home and stayed in the office himself, just in case, as tomorrow was the bidding day and he couldn’t allow any accidents to happen.

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On July 17th, at nine o’clock in the morning, the Jade River project bidding conference formally commenced.

After the initial reports and evaluations, there were six companies that obtained the entry qualifications, besides Ashton and Glimmer, there was a company from Vanora and two European companies, along with a Japanese company.

This time, Kris Cooper personally came to participate in the bidding, Vera Wave was also uneasy and followed him there. In addition, several senior staff members of the company were present.

Of course, Barker had a considerable presence as well, besides Nathan Leafcastle and Sally Dalton, Bernardy Dalton also came along.

Since Ashton and Barker were cooperating companies, their seats were arranged together, with the employees sitting in the back. As Ashton was very prestigious in Imperial City, their seats were arranged at the very front.

After exchanging pleasantries, Bernardy Dalton and Kris Cooper then sat separately.

At this point, the other companies also took their seats one after another.

Finally, Smith appeared at the bidding conference hall with his partners.

Nathan Leafcastle spotted him from afar, and their eyes briefly met before they both parted, pretending not to know each other at all. Kris Cooper caught the expression on Nathan Leafcastle’s face, and a cold smile appeared at the corner of his lips.

Once all the company representatives were present, a few minutes later, the government staff responsible for the engineering competition event came out and sat on the stage.

After the person in charge gave a brief opening speech, a staff member was immediately assigned to explain the project.

This process was somewhat tedious, but everyone endured it patiently, conserving their energy, and preparing for the bidding that would follow.

"Alright!" The person in charge looked around the room, "I believe everyone is very familiar with this project now, so... let the bidding officially begin."

The conference hall immediately fell silent.

Afterward, the company representative from Vanora walked forward and placed their sealed bid on the table of the stage. Not long after, the other companies submitted their bids one after another, leaving only Barker, Ashton, and Smith across the chair.

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Goodnight, little princesses~!~