Laurence gestured for Manny to start the meeting.The purpose of the meeting was to introduce Laurence’s true identity to everyone and announce that Laurence would officially become the CEO of Longbottom Corporation from today onward. Manny would step down and become the COO.All company decisions would now require Laurence’s approval before they could be carried out.Everyone accepted Laurence’s takeover. After all, his company, Longtail Group, was already strong enough to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with Longbottom Corporation. He had proven that he was capable.Only Manny and his followers were still thinking about how they could trip Laurence up.After the meeting, Laurence returned to the CEO’s office. Manny had not moved his belongings yet, so Laurence sat on the sofa and let Manny move his things to the COO’s office, which was on the sixty-sixth floor.Manny poured Laurence a glass of water and said, “Mr. Longbottom, I can’t move everything out immediately, so I’m afraid yo

Elliott Durham was an executive currently negotiating a partnership with Longbottom Corporation. Manny had been the one handling the discussions. As Elliott’s company was highly influential, Manny placed great importance on the deal and took charge of every meeting.However, talks had not been finalized.Manny had arranged for Elliott to come in again today for another round of talks. Until now, he had been the highest decision-maker in the company. However, now, he had been demoted.Although Manny could still continue the negotiation in his current position, he asked Elliott to meet Laurence directly. Clearly, he was putting Laurence on the spot.Since Laurence claimed to know Longbottom Corporation in and out, he could negotiate with Elliott himself.Elliott had already met Manny several times, and each meeting had gone well. Manny even wined and dined him at the finest establishments in the Havenmill. Thus, Elliott had developed a good impression of Manny.Now that Laurence ha

“Longtail Group must have caught up with Longbottom Corporation due to Mr. Young’s capabilities. As expected of the apprentice of such an outstanding master, it’s no surprise that Mr. Young is just as remarkable.”Elliott’s attitude toward Laurence shifted in an instant.Earlier, he was still recalcitrant and not taking Laurence seriously.The moment he heard that Laurence was Dr. Carden’s apprentice, he became much more polite toward Laurence and even sounded respectful when talking about him.Misty was not surprised by this.However, even without Dr. Carden’s reputation to back him, she knew Laurence was very capable, having been by Manny’s side.Laurence’s handsome face flashed in her mind, and Misty could not help but sigh in admiration internally. Laurence was the most handsome man she had ever seen in her life.She was Manny’s secretary because her alcohol tolerance was good. Her family brewed and sold wine for a living. She had grown up amongst the barrels, so naturally,

Elliott could no longer maintain his smile.Laurence actually knew all that.How many times he and Manny had met, how many of those meetings were actually for business, how many times for pleasure, and even the fact that Ms. Tindall beat him in their drinking contests.Manny had not told Laurence anything about their collaboration, but Laurence really did know all about it, and was even rather impatient with his habit of dragging his feet.“Our collaboration, uh, I have considered it carefully and decided to work with your company, and we’ve brought the contract too. Yes, uh, we did come today to sign the agreement.”Elliott had originally planned to play hardball with Laurence and get some payback for Manny, so he deliberately did not pull out the contract or express his intentions for coming today.However, Laurence responded with impatience, unbothered whether Elliott signed or not.This made Elliott lose his nerve and stop acting all high and mighty, fearing he might lose th

Laurence’s secretary at Longtail Group was a man. He did not like having female secretaries, most probably to guard against them trying to seduce him. He was not interested in dalliances with women, and the only young woman he treated differently was his bodyguard Noelle.Misty wondered when Laurence would assign her elsewhere.She very much wanted to stay by his side.Just seeing that handsome face of his every day would fill her with motivation.If one day she could soften his cold expression and become gentle toward her, she would be able to shoot to the top of the social ladder in a flash.There were probably lots of people who had their eyes on the position of the lady of the Longbottom family.Manny did not know that Misty was starting to have a change of heart. After inviting Elliott to sit, they exchanged a few pleasantries before Manny asked in concern, “Mr. Durham, how did you get on with our new CEO?“He’s young and impetuous, so if he comes across as rude, please be