After Reborn, I Become a Billionaire
Chapter 367 Bask in the Glow of Success

Rose couldn't believe it was true when hearing the result, literally shocked and nervous.

This project was a must-have for Cooper Group if everything went well, given the perfect scheme and the most favorable price they presented. Accordingly, there was only one reason to explain their failure, the bidding was rigged.

Hannah stood up and asked the officer politely, "You scored us 5 points less than Sawyer Group. I really want to know why."

All the people present were watching her. They never expected that Hannah would ask this question without preamble. Others in her situation would feel extremely awkward, but Hannah didn't. She seemed pretty composed.

"Well, someone can't accept the truth." Martina sneered.

"No." Hannah turned around and looked at Martina, "I just want to be sincerely convinced. I'd like to know we scored 5 points less than Sawyer Group so that we can learn from the better."

"Pfff." Martina laughed scornfully. She believed Charles won't lose to Hannah.

"Can I get the answer?" Hannah asked the staff.

They discussed for a while, and one of them stood up and said, "In the spirit of fairness, we would announce the detailed scores of the bidding documents for you. Also since there is no objection to the results of the other three groups, I'll only announce Cooper Group why you lost the 5 points. As a matter of fact, both schemes are appealing, and we hardly could make a decision between yours because both schemes are overall the same, particularly in the creating part. However, Sawyer Group's documents stand out in their sales quota, resulting in 95 scores in Cooper Group and 100 scores in Sawyer Group." So it was, Charles did play a trick on the sales quota.

"Cooper Group quoted 10 billion while Sawyer Group quoted 9.9 billion. You lost your point for the 100 million." The officer straightly pointed out.

Hannah nodded her head and said to Lee, "We had minimized the profit when we made our quota. Basically, we didn't intend to make money on this project. So it was surprising to see Sawyer Group made a lower quota."

"Do you think you are the only one who thinks like that?" Lee stood up, "We also have no intention to make money on this project, so we controlled our investment for construction to the least! It is our duty to construct this city as a resident of Kensbury City."

Hannah smiled, seeming to agree with his answer, so she didn't say more. She went back with Rose and Wayne after the bidding. She knew Wayne was secretly pleased but she didn't say anything. They walked out of the gate, replaceing the Sawyers were surrounded by reports. Apparently, the press had known the final result of this bidding and were eager to get the lasted news.

When Hannah passed by them, she heard Lee speaking to the reporters, "We are really surprised that we can get this project. Also, we didn't expect we can defeat Cooper Group. As you know, they are pioneers in architecture, so I'm really pleased and surprised by today's success."

He seemed to answer the point, but in fact, he was satirizing the weakness of Cooper Group- it was a pioneer beaten by an inexperienced opponent.

"It was a surprise, but not out of our expectation. We worked hard on this project. The members of our project team almost devoted all of their days and weekends to working on it. No pay, no gain. So I'm delighted that all of our hard work has finally paid off!"

Now he implied that Cooper Group's loss was attributed to the lack of effort.

"And our quota is pretty low this time. Our group has always been active in public service, and it's our service to make a contribution to this city..."

Hannah passed by with a poker face. Rose couldn't stand it anymore, even though she was good at controlling her feelings. Lee was constantly hurting them. But Rose did nothing except for leaving with Hannah. Hannah didn't say anything after all.

Rose couldn't control herself when in the car and she said, "What did he brag about? It's just bidding, there's nothing worth showing off. What did he mean by his words? He'd better stop hurting others even though he has won!"

Hannah replied with nothing.

Wayne was quite pleased. Things were going much better. He was once afraid of Hannah because of the action of him and Charles. Now, he thought that he had overestimated this woman.

Rose complained for a while, but Hannah didn't give any response, so she stopped talking sooner. She knew Hannah must feel bad right now, and she didn't want to bum her out.

Hannah went back to her office, and Wayne went back to his.

Wayne was so excited that he phoned Charles immediately, "We make it!"

Charles had known it before so he was in a great mood as well.

"You deserve credit. If you didn't come up with this plan, Hannah would have succeeded again! Then I'll be extremely angry to see her proud face! Well done. Now she must be struggling to explain this to the board. It really cheers me up to see her mess up the sure thing!" Wayne could barely contain his happiness.

"Come on," Charles sneered, "it's not a big deal. I can help you win Cooper Group if you keep close cooperation with me."

"Are you serious?" Wayne couldn't be excited more.

Charles disdained Wayne. A man like him who had a strong sense of superiority always looked down upon everyone he met. Though he did lose his heart days ago because of Hannah and Oscar, he felt like he was full of energy and confidence right now!

"Sure." Said Charles, "Okay, I'm going to deal with my business. Don't be overjoyed to make yourself suspicious."

"OK."

Charles hung up, having a self-satisfied smirk on his face. He felt extremely good to know Hannah was beaten today. After some hesitation, he phoned Hannah.