Chapter 77

Chapter 77 The Gardner Group’s Project

Five years later.

In the conference room of the Tapia Group.

Almost all the shareholders of the Tapia Group were present. Each person held a proposal in theirhands. When they looked at this proposal, they were all astonished.

Everyone was talking about it in disbelief.

Beside Giancarlo sat his two capable assistants, Owen and Jimmy. The latter had been promoted inrecent

years.

At that moment, Jimmy was reporting the basics of this project to everyone.

“At the foot of Tulip Mountain is a piece of land, covering an area of 405 acres. It has been used todevelop. The proposal in your hands is the development project planned to be carried out in this place.”

Sitting next to Giancarlo was Aaron. His face was a little gloomy, as if he was very displeased.

As soon as Jimmy finished speaking, Aaron directly said, “I’m against the investment in this project. If itis used to build a resort, it will definitely be very profitable. But if it’s planned to develop in real estate, itwill be very unfavorable for the development of the Tapia Group.”

The moment Aaron opposed it, everyone present looked at the man who had been silent all this time.

At that moment, Giancarlo was wearing a black suit and looked down. He seemed to casually placeone hand on the table, but he looked intimidating.

Everyone present wondered what Giancarlo was thinking about.

In the past few years, Giancarlo had become more and more reserved, making it impossible for othersto

know him.

In the past, they just thought that Giancarlo was cold and hard to approach, but now they felt scared.

After Aaron finished speaking for a long time, Giancarlo did not answer. The room fell into a weirdsilence, and the others did not dare to casually speak.

In the end, when Aaron was about to lose his temper, Giancarlo spoke.

He said slowly, “Aaron, come home for dinner on Saturday. Yoselin made the food you like.”

The shareholders all felt confused.

Was it time to talk about dinner?

But no one dared to ask.

Even Aaron had to be cautious because he couldn’t figure out what Giancarlo was thinking. Aaroncleared his throat and smiled. “Giancarlo, I opposed it not because I targeted you. It is due to theproblem with the funds..

If this project was to be started, It would be impossible to make it without 1.5 billion dollars.”

He sighed helplessly. “Moreover, It is relatively remote, and It will not be easy to develop in the future. Ifthe houses are built over there, how can they be sold?”

Many people nodded in agreement with this point of view.

Giancarlo leaned forward slightly and placed his other hand on the table.

He seemed to be casually tapping his finger on the table and said indifferently, “Well, Is there anyonewho has a different opinion?”

His gaze fell on the third–largest shareholder.

This was a very young woman called Sarah Thompson. The head of the Thompson family passedaway a while ago. Sarah was his only daughter, and these shares would certainly be inherited by her.So, she came to this shareholder meeting.

And the large shareholder had a voice in the meeting.

Sarah smiled at Giancarlo. “Since Mr. Tapia has spoken, if we didn’t speak our own opinions, wouldn’t itbe a waste of his efforts for the company?”

She stood up and first thanked everyone for caring about her family.

Then, Sarah said in an apologetic tone, “I’m still young. Don’t blame me if I say something wrong. Iagree with Mr. Tapia. The demand for houses downtown is already saturated. What we are interestedin is the potential behind Tulip Mountain. You’re all smart. I think you know what I mean.”

Someone muttered.

“We want to create a city on our own?”

This person might sound arrogant, but it was almost the truth.

If the Tapia Group built many houses along with nice amenities, who would dare to say that this city didnot belong to the Tapia Group?

Aaron frowned even more.

He could not hold back his anger. “Giancarlo, you’re ambitious. As your uncle, I should not haveattacked you. But as you can see, the Gardner Group also took this path but failed. We…”

“Aaron, the Tapia Group is different from the Gardner Group. We will not take their old path.” Giancarlointerrupted Aaron.

In the end, Giancarlo gave everyone time to think. “This is such a big project. It can’t be decided in justa meeting. I can relate to you. I will give you a month to think about it. One month later, we will holdanother

shareholder meeting. Now, let’s call it a day.”

After the others left, only Giancarlo, Aaron, and their assistants stayed.

Aaron couldn’t calm himself down and was very emotional. “Giancarlo, what’s wrong with you? This isthe Gardner Group’s project. Why do you want to develop it yourself?”

“Aaron, this project now belongs to the Tapia Group.”

Aaron could not control himself. “Don’t think that I don’t know. You are doing this for Jazmine.”

The moment he heard this name, a trace of grief flashed through Giancarlo’s eyes. He lowered hishead and then looked up. He had hidden his grief and only showed scorn.

“Aaron, you are a respected shareholder of the company. How can you have such a childish idea?”

Aaron did not want to hide it since they had reached this point. For the past five years, Giancarlo hadbeen dealing with him. No matter how secretive he was, Aaron was very clear that what he had donewas known by

Giancarlo.

However, they didn’t get ugly with each other, so Aaron could still suppress his anger.

Aaron said seriously, “Giancarlo, all the things I did were for you, as well as the Tapia family. I knowthat you have some misunderstandings about me. I can apologize to you, but you can’t be willful aboutthe company.”

Giancarlo’s sneer was even clearer.

He interrupted Aaron. “Aaron, this project has not been finalized. Don’t be so agitated. I just said thatYoselin

home less often.”

had prepared dinner at home. You have. For so many years, you’ve c

Aaron left with anger.

He bumped into the intern, who walked in with coffee. The coffee splashed onto his suit, leaving manystains.

Aaron was so angry. He slapped the intern and shouted angrily, “Are you blind when you walk? Getlost.”

The intern covered her face and gritted her teeth to hold back her tears. Then, she quickly left.

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