Nancy was filled with anger. âDonât deify Annalise, okay? Sheâs just a doctor. People nowadays hold the profession of doctor in too high esteem. If it were in ancient times, doctors would be physicians with no status. Letâs not talk about Annalise. Whatâs going on now? With this15-billion-dollar clothing group involved, can your sales surpass Julian?â âNo,â Timothy said awkwardly. Nancy became even angrier.
âDidnât you say that as long as you add a few hundred more stores, youâll have absolute confidence in winning against Julian?â Timothy sighed. âWell, but I really didnât expect Julian to find a 15-billion-dollar clothing group to collaborate with!â He was extremely annoyed. It was not like he was willing to lose to Julian. âOh, the incompetent people always have a bunch of excuses.â She would not have supported Timothy in every store if she had known earlier.
She had to wheedle with her biological father twice to get the shop. In the end, Timothy was really useless. Timothy was so angry to be called useless that he wanted to argue with her, but Nancy hung up the phone. âWhat the hell? Pfft!â Timothy spat at the phone. It was so annoying. He was bullied at both ends. On Alexanderâs side, Layla and Tonyâs overseas companies also suddenly made a move.
Alexanderâs sales had always been at the bottom. But his sales had surged in the past two days.
Alexander had become much quieter since the incident with Abigail. If he hadnât been insisting on selling clothes, others would have thought he was depressed to the point of being indifferent to everything. With the support of Layla and Tony, his sales once exceeded Julianâs. However, Julian exceeded him without in less than three minutes. After that, Julianâs stats kept increasing. Alexander was anxious. He called Layla and asked her to focus all her efforts on increasing sales.
Layla was full of confidence. âRest assured, itâs win or lose, and Iâm going to try to get you to beat Julian in sales. As long as your sales surpass Julianâs, your father can go to Samuel to fight for you.â
âYes,â Alexander replied. On Timothyâs side. His grandfather, Albert, did not look good either. âHow did the 15-billion-dollar Group suddenly appear? Who is Trevor Stinson? Can we contact him? If we can, we just need to find a way to make him temporarily stop cooperating with Julian. That way, even if we canât get him to cooperate with us, we still have a lot of hope.â Timothy sighed and wanted to give up.
âGrandpa, Iâve been too tired these days. Maybe Iâm really not cut out for it.âAlbert was exasperated.
âTimothy, how could I have a grandson like you? Huh? How much did I pay to get you up there? I roped in the third branch and bribed the companyâs executives. After persevering for so long, youâre telling me youâre not cut out for it?â Timothy was particularly depressed. âBut Grandpa, as you can see, our sales canât surpass that of Julian.â
âIf we canât surpass his, weâll think of a way.â âWhat else can we do? Nancy has won so many shops for us. In the end, weâre still outdone.â âWhen the race is not decided, anything is possible.â âThere are only a few days left. Thereâs no way we can counterattack.â âIf we canât counterattack, we think of a way to make a counterattack. If we run out of time, we find a way to buy time.â âSamuel and Julian wonât agree.â Hmph, Iâll make them agree!â Albert said. Timothyâs eyes sparkled.
Albert went to look for Samuel. Coincidentally, Annalisé and Julian had come to Samuel too. Annalise came here to get her flat shoes. Julian had bought her several pairs before. As soon as they arrived, they saw Samuel scolded Albert with a sullen face, âDonât even think about postponing the quarterly meeting. Donât think that I donât know what youâre thinking. Isnât it just that Timothyâs performance isnât good, and you want to buy time so that he can continue to improve his clothing sales?â There was a word in his mind that he didnât say. âWasnât it because you couldnât bear to see Julian officially succeed as president of Parks Group?â
Despite Samuelâs sullen expression, Albert still continued to persuade him, âSamuel, the quarterly meeting on December 20th is unreasonable. It is not only a quarterly meeting but also an annual meeting. How can we make an year-end summary before the end of the year?â Old Mr. Parks said, âThere are 365 days in a year, and we only make a summary ten days in advance. Your performance canât exceed his in 355 days, and you think you can exceed him in the last ten days?â âSamuel, other companies make their summaries at the first month of the next year. Why donât we change it to the first month of the next year too?â âNo way!â âSamuel, you are afraid that Julian wonât be able to win, arenât you? In the end, you still donât have confidence in Julian. If you donât have confidence in Julian, how can we have confidence in Julian to run the entire Parks Group?â Albert said. âYou donât need to have confidence in him. All decisions of Parks Group are up to me. I can make all decisions for Parks Group.â
âLook, youâre being autocratic again. Samuel, we were also investors back then although you have the final say of Parks Group, werenât we?â âLetâs do as Albert says and move it to the first month of the next year, Julian said as he walked in. Everyone looked at Julian. He continued, âThereâs no problem with rescheduling it to the first month of the next year, but I want Albert to promise me something.â âWhat is it? Tell me.â Seeing that Julian had relented, Albert immediately struck while the iron was hot.
âAccording to you, the fourth-quarter meeting and the year-end summary meeting will be rescheduled to January 15th of next year. At that time, if Timothy loses, I want you and your branch out of the groupâs management altogether,â Julian said. âWhat do you mean?â Albert looked quite pale. Julian said, âIt means that if Timothy loses, everyone in the second branch will resign from Parks Group.
Except for getting the year-end bonus, you are not allowed to participate in any management affairs.â
âYou!â
âAlbert, there must be rules for everything. If you want to change the rules, you have to pay a price.
The past two years have been very noisy. I donât want a group of people to criticize my decisions after I officially succeed the president of Parks Group,â Julian said calmly. âYou!â âAlbert, you can take your time consider it. Iâm not in a hurry. After all, my sales are much higher than Timothyâs.â Julian led Annalise upstairs with his arm around her shoulders âI accept!â Albert said to Julianâs back. Julian did not turn around. He just said calmly, âYouâll have to discuss it with Tony!â After all, Alexander was also a participant. Albert immediately called Alexander, who agreed without hesitation. After all, his sales could not exceed Julian in the next few days. He was also anxious! The summary meeting would be moved to January 15th of next year, and there would be plenty of time. There were more than 25 days left. Time passed quickly. Just as Annalise was having a pregnancy reaction, Old Mr. Xanderâs birthday party beganâ¦