The café party ended near noon, and Evan invited everyone to lunch before they dispersed.

By the time Davidson and the others returned to the North Sacramento facility, it was already two o'clock in the afternoon.

As soon as he entered the office, the secretary came and said, "Sir, Mr. Henry is waiting for you in the reception room. ”

Davidson took off his coat and asked, "Henry?3M?"

The secretary nodded, reached out to take Davidson's coat, and said, "Yes, in addition, the Kimberly manager of Clark Paper called in the morning and asked you to have dinner, and the time is yours." ”

"I see. Davidson sat down in his chair, and the secretary hung his coat on the hanger and stood aside for instructions.

"You remember, help me reply to Kimberly, the time is set for the evening, Elk's Restaurant, I'll invite him. ”

"Now, help me get Mr. Henry over. ”

The secretary replied, "Okay." ”

A few minutes later, Henry walked into the office.

Henry and Davidson are old acquaintances, and when the magic seven company was founded, the first cooperation with 3M was negotiated in Henry's hands. Since then, he has always been in contact with the Magic Seven Company. In the past three years of the development and growth of the Magic Seven Company, Henry has also been successfully promoted from a regional manager to a deputy general manager.

"Hey, old man, I heard that you weren't at the company in the morning, where are you going to be happy?"

As soon as they met, Henry quipped.

"Nothing, just went to relax for a long time. ”

Davidson said with a relaxed expression, "Please take a seat." ”

"Say, come to me on vacation, what's the matter?"

"Or is it still for that thing?"

Henry sat down across from Davidson, crossed Erlang's legs, and nodded, "Yes." ”

"Man, we're here with a heart, and if you want to, the price will keep you satisfied. ”

"I know that Clark Paper also means this, I advise you to ignore them, as far as I know, Clark is a virtuous person up and down, pick the door!"

“……”

Davidson smiled as Henry opened his mouth and wantonly slandered potential competitors. After Henry had talked a lot about what he had and didn't, he said, "Henry, I know exactly what you mean. ”

"However, we are sorry, but we do not plan to sell Post-it. ”

"Huh?" Davidson's sudden attitude made Henry stunned, obviously he just looked like he was sitting back and watching 3M and Clark fight.

Odd?

According to the company's speculation, Davidson should not be able to make a decision alone, right?

Don't......

Henry thought of something, and after hesitating for a moment, he looked at Davidson and said, "Uh, it's a shame to hear that......"

"Well, I would venture to ask, Mr. Warren is back in Sacramento, right?"

Davidson said, "That's right. ”

The guess in his heart was verified, and Henry's doubts suddenly dissipated, he stopped talking nonsense, stood up, and said, "Since this is the case, I will not bother anymore." ”

Davidson looked at Henry in surprise and asked, "Don't you try again?"

Henry shook his head, "No, Mr. Warren doesn't want to sell, and we at 3M won't do the opposite." Know that you can be our big customer. ”

"By the way, man, for the sake of our close partners, can I ask you one thing?"

Davidson stretched out his hand to signal him casually.

Henry asked, "I want to invite Mr. Warren to dinner, do you think I have a chance?"

Davidson laughed, "I don't know, but you can try." ”

Henry thought for a while, shook his head and said, "Forget it, although Mr. Warren and I are also old acquaintances, but isn't this Christmas, so I won't bother him." ”

With that, Henry took his leave and left.

After he left, Davidson sat back in his chair and breathed a sigh of relief.

Judging from Henry's attitude, the worst-case scenario is impossible, Clark and 3M did not conspire, but simply took a fancy to the post-it note product.

In the evening, the restaurant of the Elk's Tower.

Davidson, who was under much less pressure, also lightly rejected the acquisition intention of Kimberly, the manager of Clark & Co.

At the same time, the governor's residence.

After dinner, the Warren family gathered in the living room for a family meeting on the theme of "Year-end Wrap-Up" to the accompaniment of a TV show.

This was proposed by the head of the family, Nina (which is fine).

"Everyone is getting older and farther away from home, and although there is a phone, it is only one call a week at most. This made me feel more and more derelict as a mother. ”

"I'm glad you have your own business, but as a mother, if you don't understand, you'll be worried, so I'd like to hear what you've achieved this year, not only success, but also failure. ”

Nina said this to Virginia and Evan at first, "Well, it's not good for you two to talk, just come with the whole family." ”

"What do you think, honey?"

At home, Nina's position reigned supreme, and Earl became the first family member to publish an "annual review".

Under Evan's slightly narrowed eyes, Robert's adoring gaze, and under the look of expectation on the surface, but in fact all the attention was on Dora on the TV, Earl said: "Well, I'm my father and the governor, so I'll sum up the year from these two identities." ”

"As governor, I seem to have been a bit derelict in my duties this year. As you know, I ran in the presidential election, but lost. For this reason, I also let Nina accompany me to suffer. At the same time, there are some problems in California, well, I won't talk about the specifics here. ”

"And as a father, I seem to be even more incompetent. Dora and Dorothy's performance, I agreed to go to see it, but I missed the appointment. On Robert's birthday, I wasn't there either. I didn't even attend a single parent-teacher meeting. ”

As he spoke, Earl suddenly became sad. Seeing this, Dorothy suddenly got up from the couch, threw herself into Earl's arms, hugged him and said, "It's okay, we understand, papa."

Earl hugged Dorothy and pressed each other's foreheads affectionately, and then Dora jumped up and insisted on squeezing into Earle's arms, "Dorothy, you are not allowed to eat alone." ”

Earl laughed and spread his arms to make room for Dora.

"Father, you're done reporting, it's my next turn. Virginia clapped her hands and asked deliberately in a loud voice to dispel the previously gloomy atmosphere, "I've had a great year. ”

Virginia made a look of eagerness to show off.

Nina secretly wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, glared at her daughter with disgust, and said, "If you want to say it, say it quickly." I want to hear what you've been doing in Los Angeles?"

Virginia stood up, raised her head and chest, raised her right hand, spread her five fingers, and announced with great vigour: "My two copies have sold more than 500,000 copies!"

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