The fat man pushed away the girl beside him, put his arm around Robert Miller and said, “Robert Miller, why go to so much trouble for this kind of thing? Later, we’ll get someone to check out your classmate. Won’t we find out who that guy is in no time? On this turf in Liao City, is there anything our brothers can’t get done?”

Robert Miller thought that made sense—what he was doing really was unnecessary. He turned his head and asked again, “Your idea just now won’t work. Do you have any other ways?”

“If you don’t agree to throwing money at it, and you don’t like drugging, then I think the only way is to show your status and pursue her for real.”

“Pursue her… Fine, then I’ll pursue her. I don’t believe that I, Robert Miller, can’t even get a girl!” Robert Miller’s eyes darted around, already scheming something in his mind.

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Emily Cooper handled things with the same decisiveness as her father. The very next day, she had already come up with a work plan for the near future, which was basically built around the sales strategy for building material stores that John Miller had proposed.

But the ones actually carrying out this plan were only John Miller, Jason Wright, and Sarah Thompson. Olivia Baker had his own major clients and a large volume of business, so naturally he couldn’t give up the big for the small. As for David Clark, with that million-yuan big order, he left Emily Cooper both envious and at a loss, so she didn’t make excessive demands of him.

The best thing about being a salesperson is having a lot of time to arrange for yourself, which means plenty of chances to slack off. The reason David Clark chose this line of work was exactly for this: while others were working hard, he could lounge in the office every day, playing games and reading novels, truly enjoying himself.

“David Clark, come in for a moment!” After holding back for a few days, Emily Cooper entered the office that day, her face unfriendly as she called out to David Clark.

“Oh…” David Clark responded, his gaze sweeping over the faces of the others in the office. John Miller immediately turned his head away to avoid David Clark’s eyes. No need to ask—this guy had sold David Clark out.

“Great! I trusted you so much, and you just drew a big pie for me on paper. Do you take me for a fool?” Emily Cooper slammed the documents in her hand, glaring angrily at David Clark. This time, she took the initiative, not giving David Clark a chance like last time.

David Clark sat down leisurely, first picking up a Soft Zhonghua cigarette from the table and lighting one, then said slowly, “Manager Cooper, you’re making another mistake now.”

“Mistake? What mistake did I make?” Emily Cooper’s expression didn’t change as she asked coldly.

“As the leader of a company, you should always keep a cool head. Only then will you make fewer mistakes. Acting impulsively like you do, it’s easy to make a lot of errors.”

Emily Cooper snorted coldly and said, “Mistakes? So you’re saying I’ve wronged you? That three-hundred-yuan order—you paid for it yourself. Don’t tell me that’s not true?”

“That’s true. I just didn’t want to let the fat water flow into outsiders’ fields. Why would I buy elsewhere when the company has this stuff?”

“Then where did that million-yuan order come from? Wang… The others have all told me, you’re not even from Liao City. You’ve only been here a year. I don’t believe you have no connections at all and can just conjure up a million-yuan order out of thin air.”

“Sigh…” David Clark sighed, shaking his head repeatedly, and looked at Emily Cooper with a kind of regretful disappointment, as if hating iron for not becoming steel.

That look made Emily Cooper hesitate a bit. Could it be she really had made a mistake again?

Chapter 9: A Cover-Up That Only Exposes More

After sighing for a while, David Clark finally said, “Manager Cooper, it seems you still have a lot to learn as a manager. You should never just listen to hearsay, but verify things yourself. For example, when I say I can get a million-yuan order, it’s right for you to be skeptical. But when others say I can’t get a million-yuan order, you should also be skeptical. Making rash judgments like you do is definitely not a good thing.”

Emily Cooper was stunned for a moment, realizing that her judgment really was as David Clark said. But after working here for a few days, she was no longer as easy to fool as when she first arrived. Crossing her arms in front of her chest, she looked coldly at David Clark and said, “You’re right. So I need you to prove what you say is true. I won’t believe in empty promises anymore.”

“Well…” David Clark actually had nothing to prove with, but his face remained calm as he said, “Manager Cooper, I had almost finished negotiating this order before the New Year, but there’s nothing concrete yet. We just have a verbal agreement for now.”

“Verbal agreement?” Emily Cooper sneered again. “I could tell you right now I’ll give you a million. Is that kind of agreement valid?”

“That depends on whether the person is sincere. How about this… The boss of the company I’m working with is abroad right now and won’t be back until next month. When he returns, we’ll go meet him together. Will that do?”

“Hmm… That’s acceptable.” Seeing David Clark say this, Emily Cooper believed him a bit more.

“Sigh… Don’t use people you don’t trust, and don’t distrust people you use. This job really isn’t easy.” David Clark shook his head and walked out, secretly smiling bitterly to himself: Looks like these good days are going to end a month early.