Chapter 10 An unprecedented Project

The project invested with 50 billion yuan was unprecedented in City C, which would bring significant changes. But what shocked people more was that the leader of this project was Chen’s Family! The most powerful family in Capital! The super influential family with great influences in military, politics, and business, standing at the peak of Country C! Numerous businessmen were envious, asking around whether they could participate in this great project. It was the project led by Chen’s Family! With Chen’s foresight and rich financial power, this project couldn’t fail, but make money, a lot of money! Moreover, Hans Shen’s participation also made those businessmen more reassured. This project was like a money tree that whoever participated would make much money. For this reason, numerous businessmen came to The Group of Pinnacle to seek for cooperation. They kept their attitude low. Even some companies promised that as long as they could participate, they would give up the shares. Finn Chen was shocked by this news. He didn’t expect this situation. Everyone thought the vestment in Spring Hill was a “no-lose” business. But only Finn knew that this investment was just playing. Even in his plan, it would fail this time. He had never thought about making money from it. But these businessmen take this seriously. The reputation of Chen’s Family was reliable enough to make those businessmen ignore the risks. The conference room, top floor of the Cloud Edifice, the headquarter of Shawn’s Family. Less than half an hour after the Group of Pinnacle announced the project, Shawn’s Family held an emergency meeting. Scott Shawn sat on the chairman’s seat, squinting. The other members were in two columns. Everyone’s expression was extremely dignified. “I think you’ve heard about the Spring Hill project, right?” Scott opened his eyes. “Yes.” They all nodded, but with different expressions. “In three days, no matter what your plan is, I need you to make Shawn’s Family participate in the Spring Hill project.” Scott glanced at the members and said with an unquestionable tone. The members were embarrassed and lowered their heads. “Father, it seems to be...impossible.” After a long time, Carl said cautiously. He was Scott’s eldest son and the next head of the family, so no one could know Shawn’s situation better than him. Today’s Shawn’s Family had long been declined. Since some large real estate groups settled in City C, Shawn’s real estate industry had been depressed, and the output value had also plummeted. Several real estate projects were without any interest. Today’s Shawn’s Family was an empty shell, without anything left except for a few professional engineering teams. Such Shawn’s Family even couldn’t enter the gate if they wanted to participate in the Spring Hill project. “Impossible...” Scott’s fingers slightly tap on the table, making the members around feel nervous. “So, everyone’s year-end bonus will be halved,” Scott said faintly. The members were shocked. Be Halved? How can they live with that? Shawn’s Family contained a family business, so everyone in this company was related to Shawn’s Family. Half of the year-end bonus was equal to deducting half of everyone’s salary. People like Carl Shawn, who could get 20 million yuan a year, could only get 10 million now. Obviously, Scott was enraged! If they couldn’t make Shawn’s Family participate in that project, Scott would do that as he said. Then they would suffer. The members became anxious and were debating, intending to discuss a way to participate in the Spring Hill project. It was as difficult as climbing to the sky! Today’s Shawn’s Family was too weak to cooperate with the Group of Pinnacle. Hank Shawn took a complaining look at Carl. He didn’t know why his father wanted to be such a pioneer. Now Scott was enraged, and everyone would suffer. Seeing that all the members were depressed, Scott seemed to realize that he was too harsh, so he relaxed his voice. “If the member of Shawn, whoever he is, can make a cooperation with the Group of Pinnacle, I’ll reward him with the property in the east of the city.” “The building in the east of the city?” Many members were shocked. “Grandfather has made a deadly investment. The building in the east can be sold for at least 30 million!” “Yes, but I still don’t think the Group of Pinnacle will agree to cooperate with us.” Some people were excited about Scott’s reward, but more people were depressed for its difficulty. With a building valued more than 30 million yuan as a reward, Scott had cheered up many members. Maura was cheered up as well, but thinking of the resources Grant had, she felt hopeless again. Grant Shawn was the least valued among Scott’s three sons. The engineering teams in Carl’s hands were the best. With excellent skills and rich experiences, they had built most of Shawn’s buildings. But Grant’s engineering team was made up of the ousted. With this team, it was a joke to discuss cooperation with the Group of Pinnacle. So Carl was the only one who could probably finish the task. As Maura expected, Carl stood out and promised that he would sleep at the gate of the Group of Pinnacle tonight to take the first step tomorrow to discuss with the Group of Pinnacle. Scott nodded with satisfaction. Maura sighed. It seemed that the things next had nothing to do with her. But at this moment, Hank said. “Grandfather, to make our value bigger, uncle Grant should give us his team, so that we should have more confidence when negotiating with the Group of Pinnacle.” Maura’s face changed. The people in Grant’s team were unskilled, but they were the only capital in Grant’s hands. Once Grant gave the team to Carl, he couldn’t get back again no matter this negotiation succeeded or failed. In the future, Grant would get no share from the family, and he would become an inessential people for Shawn’s Family. “I don’t agree!” Maura refused without thinking. She couldn’t believe that Hank was so shameless that he wanted to take Grant’s only resource taking advantage of Grant’s coma, which was indeed forcing their family to die!