Chapter 60
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After a while, Kaleb turned around and walked up to me. We were so close that the atmosphere became ambiguous. The faint, refreshing scent of cedar from him subtly permeated my breath, causing my heart to race suddenly, creating ripples in the previously placid lake of my heart.
He said in a hoarse voice, “I’ll provide you with an investment of 8 million dollars, along with three GMP production lines and a research and development team of twenty people.” Such a vast investment was like a bomb, dropping down in my mind and petrifying me. My mind went blank.
“I want 51% of the shares,” Kaleb’s voice rang out again, concise and decisive, leaving no room for doubt.
My originally bright eyes darkened in an instant, and my tone carried a hint of anger. I asked, “What’s the difference between your offer and an acquisition?”
Kaleb remained calm, with a confident and determined look in his eyes. “The difference is that I can allow you to do your drug research without any worries.”
I clenched my fists tightly, a surge of anger in my chest. I couldn’t help feeling frustrated in secret.
“Once you have considered it carefully, come to my company to sign the contract,” said Kaleb. Then, he turned to continue walking toward the room.
I sat on the sofa, too tired to speak. I closed my eyes and fell into contemplation. What kept flashing through my mind were the conditions proposed by Kaleb, and the hardships and perseverance I had gone through over the years in the field of drug development.
I tossed and turned all night. I didn’t want to give up easily on this big investment that could change the fate of the company, but the conditions proposed by Kaleb were like a mountain, weighing heavily on my heart and putting me in a dilemma.
The next day, after I finished my work in the laboratory, I took a taxi to the Barton Group. I had never gone to the Barton Group before, so I didn’t know the journey would be so far. Even without traffic, I sat in the taxi for a full hour and a half. Kaleb, I remembered, would come home and sleep every day, except when he was away on business, without being hampered by wind or rain. Back and forth from the Group, he would spend more than three hours on the road. What kind of perseverance supported Kaleb to persist for two years?
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