At Baroque’s headquarters, Lauren and Harrison were having tea with the general managers of various


    departments in the chairman’s office. Everyone present had been with thepany for over 20 years,


    making them veteran figures.


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    “We received another order worth 3.5 billion dors from Sagen. I suggest allocating some of it to the


    branch offices!” The first to speak was Seamus Chezk, the general manager of the Business


    Department.


    Despite being 55 years old, he exuded vitality. He had a pair of sharp eyes that held more authority


    than even the chairman, Harrison.


    Jalen, the general manager of the Production Department, frowned and nced at Seamus coldly.


    “The branch offices only have a little over 400 employees and arecking in technical personnel.


    They’re facing even more terrifying backlogs of orders than we are here.


    “Hera, that girl, is still young. Her workload is no lighter than ours!”


    He lifted the teacup from the table, took a sip to wet his throat, and casually added, “Mr. Chezk, are you


    not familiar with the saying that greed leads to the swallowing of the snake by the elephant?”


    It was obvious he was ming Seamus for taking on too many orders.


    “I understand that, but the chairmen of thosepanies had personallye over, and these are all


    well-known entrepreneurs. How could I refuse?”.


    Seamus was also helpless. If it were just some small businesses sending orders to them, he could


    have perhaps found an excuse to decline them. However, these were all medium torge enterprises


    with assets exceeding a hundred billion or even 200 billion.


    Baroque could not afford to offend them, let alone a small general manager like himself.


    “Let’s think of ways to raise funds.” Jalen Cross shook his head with a bitter smile. He was not targeting


    Seamus. They had worked together for over 20 years, he knew Seamus inside out.


    There was a time when Baroque had no orders and Seamus had been worried sick, causing half of his


    hair to turn white.


    Seamus looked at Harrison and Lauren, “Madam, if we can’t manage it, let’s just send out the orders


    and get them done. With Innovate Collective missing out on the cooperation with Universal Group,


    there should be a lot of vacancies in equipment. They probably won’t refuse!


    “No.” Lauren’s expression changed instantly. “They’re our archenemy. They’ve been suppressing our


    company for years. Baroque will never work with them.”


    She did not mention the most important thing, which was that Innovate Collective had sent hitmen to


    assassinate herself and Harrison this morning.


    Harrison, who rarely smoked, lit a cigarette and took a deep drag before speaking, “If we continue like


    this, Baroque will inevitably be overwhelmed. The only way to change the situation is to expand our


    production lines infinitely.”


    Three essential conditions were required to expand production lines- space, employees, and


    equipment. The cost of renting space and hiring employees was not too high, but purchasing the


    equipment needed was the biggest problem.


    Lithography equipment was extremely expensive, especially since most of the orders received required


    12nm chips. Previously, Baroque had a billion prepaid by Drake Group to buy seven 12nm lithography


    machines.


    However, the production capacity was still far from enough. Not only that, it did not even meet Drake


    Group’s demands.


    Seemingly having made an important decision, Harrison stubbed out the half-smoked cigarette in the


    ashtray and turned to Lauren. “With ourpany’s current qualifications, how much money can we


    borrow from the bank?”


    “We can probably get around 300 million, but it’ll take 15 days to process,” Lauren replied.


    “15 days is too long!” Harrison smiled wryly. After a moment of silence, he whispered again, “How


    about we approach Mr. Watson? Considering Nash’s rtionship with him, he definitely won’t hesitate


    to invest in Baroque!”


    “No way!” Lauren immediately rejected the idea and red at Harrison fiercely.


    Harrison’s face flushed. He naturally understood Lauren’s thoughts. She did not want to rely on Nash’s


    connections to solve the problem. Nash had already helped thepany so much. If Walter invested in


    Baroque, it would definitely be seen as an act of favor that Nash had to repay.


    Just then, Harrison’s phone vibrated Annoyed, he was about to decline when he saw that the caller


    was Helena. He hesitated and nced at Lauren as if seeking her approval.


    “Why are you looking at me when your niece is calling you?” Lauren found it somewhat amusing. It


    seemed he saw her as a fierce tiger.


    Harrison answered the phone. “Helena.”


    “Uncle, I heard from Dad that Baroque is short of moneytely. I’ve already sold mypany and have


    700 million dors. I’ll transfer it to youter!”


    “Helena, you…”