Marcos, who was used to making deals, was stunned by what Luke said. He asked, "That''s it?"


    "Yeah, that''s it," Luke affirmed.


    "I don''t need to let you win the bid?" Marcos was still in shock. ‘He doesn''t care about the bidding but


    wants to see other people''s bids?''


    "No, I''m very confident in mypany''s proposal," Luke said firmly.


    Marcos was even more puzzled. Since he was confident, why would Luke want him to disclose all the


    bidders'' proposals?


    "Since you''re so confident and you''re asking for the proposals to be made public, are you worried that


    the result will not be fair and just? You can rest assured that I''m keeping watch myself. It''ll be judged


    ording to the various proposals as well as the strength of eachpany.”


    "You''re known for being fair and impartial in the industry. To be honest, I asked you to do this not for


    fear of unjust results but for my personal affairs," Luke said vaguely.


    "Your personal affairs?" Marcos was even more surprised that such a good exchange was concerning


    Luke''s personal affairs.


    ''Luke''s an interesting man.''


    He did not think for long before he agreed. "No problem. I''ll arrange for it."


    "It''s a pleasure to work with you." Luke knew he would agree. After all, he would not lose anything by


    making the proposals public.


    "I can say the same." Marcos put away the documents, nced at the time, and reminded him, "Mr.


    Crawford, the meeting is about to start. I want to avoid unnecessary gossip and trouble. You should go


    to the conference room first."


    "Okay." Luke took control of the wheelchair and left Marcos'' office.


    Luca and Jason were still standing at the elevator doors waiting for him. When they saw Luke


    approaching, Jason hurriedly went behind him and pushed the wheelchair.


    "Boss, all is well?" Jason asked.


    "It''s settled. Let''s go downstairs to the conference room." Luke nced at Luca and did not talk much.


    Based on his neutral tone, Luca was unsure what he talked to Marcos about and how it went.


    The three of them arrived at the 23rd floor and walked into the conference room. Almost all the bidders


    from all over the world had arrived.


    Jason pushed Luke to find the seat for T Corporation. He put the chair aside. Luke took the space


    assigned to T Corporation on his wheelchair.


    Their location was rtively front.


    Luke took a look around. The seats were positioned ording to the size of theirpanies.


    Luca and Jason sat in the assistants'' seats respectively. They turned on theputer and prepared


    the rted equipment before getting ready.


    Everypany was the same. If theirpany won the contract, they would record this glorious


    moment.


    Pierre, who was sitting in the back. He was upset when he saw Lukee inte and sit in the front


    seat.


    ''Why does T Corporation get to sit so front? The otherpanies are all multinational groups. Who


    does Luke think he is to sit with them?''


    Pierre sat sloppily and ignored people from thepany next to him who wanted to strike up a


    conversation.


    He stared at Luke''s back. He was unhappy, jealous, and puzzled. Luke went up before he did but


    arrived at the conference room earlier than Luke.


    He was wondering where Luke went.


    Pierre was startled thinking of how confident Luke sounded previously. ''Does he have connections


    within M Group?''


    ''If he has connections... I have the same bid as Luke. Although I submitted earlier, T Corporation can


    fake the time of submission..''


    Pierre clenched his fists tightly.


    Mr. Peralta sat beside him, not daring to breathe too loud.


    Pierre''s bodynguage was telling him that he was fuming. It was better that he kept quiet.


    Five minutester, Marcos walked in with his assistant. After the assistant made a simple speech, he


    said, "In this bidding, M Group will mainly focus on the contents of the proposal paired with the strength


    of eachpany. We''ll choose the most suitable partner on the grounds of fairness and justice.”


    Everyone in the audience did not speak. They were allpanies with certain strengths and had gone


    through meetings as such many times.


    Even so, just as the results were about to be announced, nervous expressions were still seen across


    the room.


    It was a big project, after all.


    Luca adjusted the equipment, noticed everyone''s expressions, and nced at Luke quietly.


    His expression was calmer than everyone else''s. It was as if the result of this bidding had nothing to do


    with him.


    Luca felt that this was not an expression of victory but pure indifference.


    Marcos looked at everyone, then nced at Luke before he said, "Before the results are announced,


    I''ve decided to show everyone the bids that were submitted to us to be fair."


    After that, everyone looked at each other and wondered about the process.


    M Group had never mentioned anything about this prior...


    Without waiting for everyone to ask questions, the proposals were disyed on the projection screen.


    Marcos had told his assistant before the meeting, so she calmly disyed the bidding prices and


    drawings from the variouspanies.


    Luca could not calm down. ''Are they going to show all the proposals?!''


    She did not know how Abel had used the documents she stole for him. Perhaps he shared the


    information with otherpanies, or he might have sold the file. That way, thepany that bought it


    could directly modify thepany information and then use it, or refer to it to revise their proposal.


    If it was the former, when everyone saw two simr proposals, that was it for her


    Luke would suspect her and maybe even find out that she stole the tender.


    Luca twitched her fingers uneasily, lowered her head, and asionally raised her head to look at the


    screen because she was worried that it would really happen.


    Pierre''s face turned pale when T Corporation''s proposal was presented.


    He took a look at the drawing and found that it was different from the design that Abel sold him.


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    He resisted the urge to stand up to see it clearly. He continued to look at T Corporation''s proposal. It


    was just a few pages. He knew that this proposal waspletely different from the one he got.


    The documents he got were done well, but the proposal currently disyed was undeniably better.


    He had been fooled by Abel. That proposal was not from T Corporation at all!


    Mr. Peralta also noticed that T Corporation''s bid was different from the one they revised. With so many


    years of work experience under his belt, he knew that T Corporation''s proposal was much better than


    the one they submitted.