Salute To The General



That morning, Nathan had just sent his daughter to school.

After coming out of the school, he got into the backseat of a sedan.

He casually picked up the newspaper in the car and started browsing through the news section. While he was doing that, he asked the driver, Colin, "What's the situation with Ariarica over the past two days? Have they sent someone to negotiate with us?"

"I was told that Ariarica sent their Foreign Minister, Jessica Pattinson, to negotiate in Eurasia. As for Eurasia, Zion is tasked with negotiating with Ariarica," Colin reported.

Nathan merely nodded because he already knew that information.

Colin then added, "However, Jessica didn't come. Instead, she sent her subordinate, Jemma, to Eurasia. Jemma is the leader of Ariarica's negotiating team. The reason for their trip to Eurasia is to meet up and negotiate terms with Cross Group and the other companies. They want to force these companies to agree to their terms. If they agree, Ariarica will consider not sanctioning them."

Nathan frowned. "Jemma and her team, where are they now?"

"Well, they most probably have arrived at Channing by now. I think they're on their way to Cross Group."

"Why didn't you say so earlier? Let's get to Cross Group now."

"Understood!" Colin answered.

Meanwhile, the atmosphere in Cross Group was rather somber.

All the employees in the company were feeling edgy in their seats. In fact, none of them dared to get up and walk as they wished. As for those who usually would hang out in the pantry, they remained seated at their desks.

The atmosphere was even tenser on the floor where the chairman's office was located.

There, a few neatly dressed female secretaries were seen bringing beverages to the meeting room hurriedly.Content bel0ngs to Nôvel(D)r/a/ma.Org.

In the spacious meeting room, Penny and the executives of Cross Group were seen sitting on one side of the long conference table, whereas Jemma and the other representatives of Ariarica were seated opposite.

At that moment, Penny was staring at Jemma in bewilderment.

Jemma flashed a half-smile and uttered, "You didn't expect to see me here, did you, Penny?"

Penny nodded. "Indeed!"

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"Since you're here as Ariarica's representative, I think we should put our personal feud aside and get to business!" Penny replied calmly. "Sure!" Jemma snorted, and she said, "Frankly, Ariarica's terms are rather simple. If you want Cross Group to not get sanctioned, all you need to do is cooperate with us. We demand you to give us half of your business in the West. Also, all your executives working overseas must be Ariaricans."

An uproar ensued among all the Cross Group's executives when they heard that. Ariarica wants half of our profits in foreign regions? And they want all our executives there to be Ariaricans? This is daylight robbery!

The expression on Penny's face hardened. "You guys are asking for too much! We need to spend on our technological development, production, logistics, sales, and many other aspects. How could you guys just take away half of our profits overseas? On what grounds?"

Jemma sneered, "Why? Because we can sanction you and cripple your businesses overseas. Also, watch your words. We're not taking away half of your profits. Instead, we're giving

Cross Group half of the market profits overseas."

Penny was enraged. "So, you want us to be thankful to you guys, despite having our overseas profits taken away?"

"Well, isn't that better than getting sanctioned and going bankrupt?" Jemma answered smugly. "Oh!

There's something else! Cross Group's patents must be shared with Ariarica. In other words, once you guys have agreed to cooperate with us, the patents for your company's cancer vaccines and cancer drugs are ours as well. Not only do we have the right to use them, but we'll also be using them for free."

Again, her words had caused an uproar among the executives of Cross Group.