A Graduation Gift

It wasn't until Rufus left her alone that Cassandra closed her eyes and drifted off into sleep. When she recalled Rufus's promise, her face lit up with happiness. It was a good thing that the Tang family's drama didn't ruin the night.

As Cassandra lapsed into deep sleep, dreams filled her head. The peaceful night was pressing up against the windows and around her, held at bay by the marvels of modern life.

In the reception room of Dawn Star Group, Arthur was waiting for someone.

The Union of Real Estate of G City was about to be established. At present, their strongest competitor for the Director of the Union was Tang Group.

Dawn Star Group developed rapidly under Arthur's leadership. Although known for his gentle and cultivated image, Arthur was a sly man and never shied away from playing tricks and resorting to every conceivable means.

Poaching employers and customers from his rivals was a cinch and second nature for him. Given the current situation, he was already working on an even bigger plan.

The door of the reception room swung open and Arthur's assistant Nana entered gracefully, followed by several men clad in suits and leather shoes.

In front was a man in his thirties—handsome, tall, and cool.

Given his demeanor, Arthur thought that he must be the Jasper Li he was supposed to meet today.

Jasper Li was the CEO of the world-renowned TY Securities, which was hailed as one of the most profitable securities companies in the world, and also established the TY Group. In recent years, the group had been even engaged in various industries aside from finance, including entertainment, catering, film and television investment, and luxury goods sales.

However, all the buzz was on its enigmatic chairman.

Being the CEO of TY Group as well, Jasper was in charge of all affairs of the group. But it was the chairman who had the final say when it came to implementation of decisions.

Neverthelesshe the chairman's age and gender remained a mystery to the general public. Rumors said that he came from home and worked overseas before owning the group.

TY Group was quickly able to gain an impressive reputation abroad. In the past two years, it began to develop its business in the country, having even invested in several movies allowing them to garner good box office and reputations.

Because news traveled fast, TY Group quickly went public. Everyone was aware that it was wealthy and fully reinforced as well. Its wealth, making people in business click their tongues in envy, was only the tip of an iceberg.

Dawn Star Group was now in the ascendant, but it was difficult to move up further as it needed abundant funding for its projects. This greatly restricted the company's development.

In a meeting with his clients, Arthur inadvertently learned that TY Group planned to enter the domestic real estate market, first targeting locations in G City. Finding a reliable partner was crucial for the group's success.

had to work twice as hard to cooperate

hand, Arthur also urgently needed huge capital inflows to operate Dawn Star Group smoothly, so he asked his friend to bring him into

to Arthur's

an extensive amount of time preparing for the meeting and sorting out the data of all departments. When Jasper Li arrived, all the material was laid out in front of him, ready for him to browse through.

usual, Arthur wore an elegant, genuine smile

Li, we are truly looking forward to cooperating with you this time. Our company is rather productive but it lacks funds. You can read the material we have prepared. It has detailed

Jasper's face remained

and reading a few lines, he simply dropped it back on the

he said in a deep, alluring voice, "I never doubt your sincerity, Mr. Zhuang. I didn't expect that you would show me all the top-secret data during

Well, you can draw up the cooperation contract. I'll show it

what Jasper said, Arthur

of the contract could be expected soon.

Jasper Li was risky but

return, after all. Once Arthur released the news that TY Group was about to cooperate with Dawn Star Group, he would more likely to be voted as the Director of the

Group, Dawn Star Group would

running, Jasper Li caught a glimpse of a

remained unmoved, a flicker of amusement sparked in Japer's

one condition for the cooperation,

much anything at that point. Looking

rest assured that I will do

maintaining a calm demeanor, Jasper went on to reveal the group's condition, "I heard that you are competing with Tang Group for being the Director of the Union of Real Estate in the city. Our chairman hopes that you

getting drenched in a bucket of ice cold water. A minute ago, Arthur felt that his goal was in sight—the position of the Director of the Union was ripe for picking; but then he was suddenly asked

died on his lips and his face

Union can bring further

Li gently tapped his finger on

if you want to cooperate with us, you must give up the position. Of course, I know it's

felt too shocked to either move

overtake the Tang Group. Now that it was slowly coming to a reality, Jasper Li suddenly told him to withdraw from the competition voluntarily. Given this, Arthur couldn't find any reconciliation with the