Chapter 840



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Royce had been walking in front just now, so he had his back to the people behind him at the moment. As a result, his subordinates could not see his expression all this time.

Liam was a newcomer to the department. After being scolded, he immediately lowered his head.

In fact, he had selfish motives when he spoke in Nora’s favor, so he did not dare to contradict the other men.

However, inwardly he thought, ‘I’m finished. I’ve offended Mr. Royce’s favorite subordinate. It probably won’t be easy to work for the company from now on.’

The promotion he had just received might even be withdrawn soon.

Despite that, however, he said, ‘You don’t understand. Lisa is someone I know, that’s all. She’s not an unreliable person, she…”

The man next to Royce was still scolding him. “With a project you don’t look at those external factors, you look at the project itself! So, Liam, do you know Lisa, then this means you’re blind! To think that you can’t distinguish between work and personal matters! In my opinion, you are not suitable for our department at all!”

Liam: “!”

As expected, was he really going to be fired?

I felt like crying. He had only managed to dodge the bullet thanks to the research on Fred. Now he was going to face another unemployment crisis?

As Liam thought about this despondently, Royce finally turned his head slowly and looked behind him.

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He stared at his trusted subordinate, his face utterly grim.

Seeing his sullen expression, Royce’s subordinate misunderstood him even more. He immediately said, “Mr. Royce, don’t be angry. I’ll be sure to keep an eye on newcomers like him in the future. I…”

Before he could finish, Royce hit him over the head with his briefcase and said, “Newcomer? The way I see it, the newcomer has more guts than you.”

As soon as he said that, with the exception of Nora, a ton of question marks suddenly appeared above everyone’s heads, “????”.

Liam’s head popped up as well and he looked at Royce in disbelief.

Royce said, “You must have gotten old, so your eye for things can’t keep up with the youngsters anymore! In my opinion, the newcomer is doing well. Hm, yes, I also think this project is promising! I’m going to invest in it.”

Royce’s subordinate was stunned.

Actually, he had done nothing wrong.

After all, Wayne’s project was too unreliable.

It was a good project, but Wayne’s project proposal was simply too poorly designed. No one who received that kind of proposal would invest in it.

However, the man was quick to backtrack. “Yes, yes, you are right, Mr. Royce. In that case, how much should we invest?”

“How much should I invest…” Royce looked back at Nora as he thought to himself, “Miss Nora, could you give me some kind of answer?”

But Nora did not look at him.

Unable to get any signal from her, Royce could only look at Liam. “How much do you think we should invest?”

Liam had just said that he and Miss Nora knew each other, so perhaps he could suggest a suitable amount.

Not expecting Royce to actually ask his opinion, Liam was a bit taken aback. He said in a daze, “Eight…. Eight…”

Before he finished speaking, Royce nodded directly, “Eight million dollars? Okay, I’ll invest that much! The money will be transferred to the account tomorrow… no, tonight. okay?”

Liam: “?????”

What he had meant to say was that they could try investing eight hundred thousand dollars first….

Seeing that the money was secured, Nora nodded and stepped back. “Okay.”

“What’s the bank account number?” asked Royce.

Nora yawned again: she had grown sleepy. She pointed down the hallway and said, “You can talk to Professor Myers about that!”

She turned and walked out. “Then I’ll go first.”

All: “!!!”

Royce’s subordinate felt that she had made a slight to her boss, so he immediately pointed at her and said, “What’s wrong with you, you’re just a student! You…”

“She what?”

Royce squeezed her arm, which was rudely outstretched, and said, “Shut up! You also know she’s a grad student, right? Undergrads are just assistants on projects, so of course she wouldn’t know anything. Go get Wayne Myers in here instead.”

Then he looked at Liam with a big smile and said, “You did great today, Liam! Well, come on over here, let’s have a chat…. How do you and Lisa know each other.

Did you rent houses from the same landlady? Where do you live?”

Liam, who felt very flattered and as if he had won the lottery: “????”

As Nora was leaving, he looked especially down the hallway.

In the hallway, Wayne was still reasoning with Wilson. With a door between them and Nora, the volume of his voice dropped several notches. He kept talking.

“… Wilson, you’re not loyal to your friends at all…. I know you want to suppress me so that I can’t catch up with you…. Damn it, in any case, you can forget about leaving this place today! If I don’t get NTT to invest in my project, I’ll starve to death here with you!”

Wilson was practically speechless. “You’ve got some nerve!”

Wayne completely ignored his outburst and continued to berate him.

Nora: “…”

She knocked on the door and said, “Professor Myers, it’s Lisa.”

Wayne immediately shouted, “Lisa? Have they made their decision? I knew it, NTT is not going to invest in us, jeez. I-”

Before he could finish, however, Nora’s gravelly voice was heard. “NTT is asking if an eight million dollar investment is enough.”

“… What?”

He suspected he had misheard. It wasn’t until Nora repeated it that he suddenly let go of Wilson. The man, who a moment ago had still been despondent, was suddenly revitalized. “Yes, that’s enough! That’s enough!”

When he turned and looked, Nora had already stepped forward.

When Wayne opened the door and stepped into the hallway from the stairway, he saw only Lisa’s back. He wanted to say something, but suddenly he heard footsteps coming from the other side. The NTT people approached him and respectfully said, “Professor Myers, let’s go sign the contract…”

Wayne instantly turned and walked away with the NTT people, leaving behind only a totally confused Wilson.

The latter opened his eyes, finding the turn of events absolutely incredible. Had the rest of the world gone mad?

Was NTT investing eight million dollars in Wayne?

Jeez, was NTT doing charity because it had too much money or what?

Wilson’s degree of shock was exactly the same as the degree of satisfaction Wayne felt. He teased him at length for a while, annoying Wilson so much that even his heart rate went out of control.

Nora knew nothing about any of this and didn’t care either.

She went back to pacing around the school. Soon it got dark. Nora decided to go home, she shouldn’t leave the three children home alone for too long.

As soon as she got home, she casually saw that Liam was also at her door.

Nora raised her eyebrows.

Before she could speak, Liam looked up, smiled at her and said confidently, “You’re welcome! We’re neighbors, so it’s only fair that I lend you a hand. It’s just that I never thought that the leader of our company would think so highly of me! And that he would even listen to my suggestion…”

Nora: “…”

The corners of her lips tightened and she uttered a slightly muffled “oh”.

Liam smiled. “It’s not easy for you to take care of three kids by yourself, so I’ll definitely help you if you’re having trouble. Now that you’ve closed the investment deal, your teacher will definitely value you! Your field trip will also be very smooth. No need to thank me. But if you really want to do it, you can do me a favor.”

Nora was quiet for a while before asking, “What kind of favor?”

“Can you keep Rene some company? I’m always busy with work, so she’s home alone. Besides, with her personality… Take care of her a little! You can consider it a thank you for helping you today.”

Liam practically felt like a messiah.

To be honest, when he had spoken up for Nora earlier, he had done so impulsively. At the time, he had also been terrified and had really thought he was going to get fired.

Unexpectedly, the boss of his company noticed his talent.

As expected, he really had talent when it came to making investments.

Liam looked at Nora again.

Yes, it really wasn’t easy for Lisa to take care of her children by herself. She should help where she could…

The thought had just formed in his mind when the sound of a car pulling up outside the villa was suddenly heard.

Liam looked back and saw Royce getting out of his Rolls-Royce limousine. He then hurried through the doors.

Liam was surprised.

Then, joy took over his face and he walked over. “Mr. Royce, what are you doing here?

Had Royce come to visit you and see your living conditions since you had asked him earlier where he lived?

Didn’t the NTT leadership value him too much?

Unexpectedly…

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