June 19, the fifth day of the fifth lunar month.

Chairman's Office, Applied Physical Systems, Los Angeles, Inglewood.

Just after 10 a.m.

Linda, the chief secretary of the secretariat, who serves only as chairman, is reading to Evan last weekend's briefings on various companies, as well as a global information briefing from the Laplace group.

This is a routine that has been carried out every week since the establishment of the secretariat this year and Linda took office.

Linda dictated the report that she had refined, but even then, it took hours at a time to make Linda's mouth dry.

"The above is the global news compiled by Laplace......"

After finally finishing the report, Linda swallowed her saliva and moistened her throat, "Evan, are there any entries that need to be supplemented or investigated in detail?"

Evan sat in the boss's chair, skillfully turning the Renault ballpoint pen in his left hand, and said with a half-squinted eye: "Yes, you let them divide a part of the people out and focus on Asia." ”

"Asia?" Linda didn't know why, although Asia is big, it has not been taken seriously by the Western world for a long time, and in the briefing just now, there are only a few pieces of information related to Asia.

Linda reminisced and asked, "Is it Ben or India?"

Evan nodded, it would be nice to have a smart secretary, and he didn't have to bother to explain.

"It's a book. ”

"Okay, I see. Linda said as she jotted down a line of notes in her notebook.

"By the way, add that let them not forget about the Korean Peninsula. ”

"The Korean Peninsula?" Linda looked at Evan suspiciously, "why add this place?"

Evan didn't want to say more, so he explained somewhat perfunctorily: "The situation there is anxious, and there is a possibility of major changes." ”

"Major changes?" Linda is not the kind of person who only obeys fate, and when she encounters something she doesn't understand, she likes to get to the bottom of it the most: "How big can it be?"

"It's big enough to change the status quo of the current story. ”

Evan threw Linda a sentence that had no beginning or end and then forcibly ended the stubble, "That's all for the briefing, let's talk about what is scheduled for today." ”

"Okay......" Linda bit her lip a little unwillingly and decided to ask after work. She flipped through the notebook in her hand and said, "Well, Mr. Chester will come and talk to you about some of the improvements to the Xerox Model A." Also, Mr. Peter Cohen is back in Los Angeles in the afternoon, and you have asked him to have dinner. ”

"Hmm...... Wait, before that, you have an urgent matter. ”

"What's the matter, who is the other party?" Evan asked subconsciously as if he had forgotten about it.

Linda glanced at Evan with a strange look in her eyes and said, "The person who makes the appointment is...... Colin Warren. ”

"Colin?" Hearing the name of the eldest brother, Evan immediately recalled the relevant information, "I know, he should be here, please ask him, no, they come in." ”

"He shouldn't have come alone. ”

"Okay. Linda nodded slightly, closed the notebook, and walked out.

Outside Evan's office is the secretary's office, where Linda and seven other full-time secretaries work.

By the way, these seven secretaries were all chosen by Linda, all women, but none of them stood out.

When Linda arrived in the secretary's room, she immediately asked one of her colleagues, "Amilia, Colin Warren is waiting in the break room, right?"

Emilia nodded in response, "Yes, they arrived an hour ago." ”

"It's okay, I'll go and take them to the chairman, and you can prepare another coffee." ”

With that, Linda stepped on her heels and went to the lounge, which was used as a waiting area, and met Colin Warren and his partner, Paul.

Colin is Evan's eldest brother, and of course Linda will not be unaware of this relationship.

Who Linda is, Colin naturally knows clearly.

However, when Linda and Colin met, both sides looked like they were businesslike, neither reminiscing nor greetings, but getting straight to the point.

"Hello Colin Warren, I'm the chief secretary to the chairman, please come with me. ”

"Okay. ”

Colin, who was wearing a formal suit on a hot day, pushed Paul, who was sweating on his forehead and was "cooling down" at the air conditioning outlet, "Here it is!"

After a while, Colin and Paul, who was carrying a briefcase, were led into the chairman's office with a large space by Linda.

Evan wasn't behind the desk, but on the couch for the reception.

Seeing Colin, Evan didn't stand up, but casually beckoned: "Come, sit casually." ”

"What do you want to drink, ask Linda. ”

Evan's appearance immediately washed away the tension on Paul's body and the seriousness created by Linda Colin.

Colin smiled bitterly and stroked his forehead, and said, "Evan, you are serious, don't be so casual, okay?"

Then he looked at the dazed Paul, pointed at Evan, and introduced, "Paul, this is my brother, you have met before, Evan Warren." ”

"Evan, he's what I'm talking about Paul Higgins, one of my partners. ”

Evan nodded at Paul, pointed to the empty luxury sofa, and said, "It's all said, sit casually, don't stand." ”

"Hello, Evan. Paul sat down confused, then looked at Colin with a puzzled look and asked in a low voice, "Didn't we come to negotiate with investors today, why is your brother here?" ”

"Could it be that your brother is also interested in this project?"

Colin gave Paul a wordless look, then sat down next to him and said, "You're not wrong about that!"

"Paul, he's the investor I'm talking about. ”

"What?"

Paul looked incredulous, and only closed his mouth after Colin nodded his head in affirmation. Then he immediately relaxed, unceremoniously patted Colin on the thigh, and complained: "Why didn't you say it earlier, I didn't sleep well all night that made me nervous." ”

"If we knew that your brother was an investor, we wouldn't have to stay up late to prepare materials. ”

"No, it's impossible. Colin removed Paul's hand from his lap, "That's what my brother asked for. ”

Paul then looked at Evan across from him and was silent for a long time.

While Paul was calming down, the secretary brought Paul and Colin coffee the drink that Linda had made the decision to make.

What was given to Evan was a cup of sweetened black tea.

"Now, tell me your proposal. Evan held the small tray in one hand and pinched the ear of the teacup in the other, blew into the cup, and said, "Who are you?"

Colin bumped Paul on the shoulder and said, "Here you go." ”

This was negotiated in advance.

Paul then understood why Colin pulled himself.

Also, it is really not very easy for my brother to start a business and ask his younger brother to invest.