Chapter 1141
After saying that, Sophia did not wait for Lucy’s response. She quickly picked up her bag and hurriedly
rushed outside. It seemed as if Lucy was determined to tie her fate to Sandra’s. Still, it was to be
expected. When it came down to it, she was Jordan’s daughter. The Yard Family belonged to Jordan
now, so it was natural for her to help the Yard Family. Sophia initially had no intention of confronting the
Yard Family, but they were taking things too far! Don’t me me for this!
After Sophia left, Lucy got up to leave too. When she walked to the door of the bar, someone was
already there to pick her up.
“You’re here!” When she saw that person, she smiled as brightly as a shy, young maiden that had just
fallen in love. Her gaze was tender—it was a tenderness no man had ever seen before…
On the other hand, Sandra began expanding her business and the targeted market after receiving the
money. She intended topete against Sophia and persistently acted as Sophia’s business rival. Since
Pourl was thriving recently, it became one of her main targets. Thus, King started recruiting personnel
and worked with the Ronney Group to aggressively take down Sophia’s Pourl. Once that was done, she
nned to target Sophia’s other businesses, including Cooper’spany, Mitchell International Energy
and Technology. However, Mitchell International Energy and Technology was engaged in the clean
energy industry—it was a unique business. Neither the Mitchell Group nor the Yard Group was involved
in that business. So, it wasn’t easy to bring it down.
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Plum Technology was also one of the businesses under Sophia. It was a listedpany operating on a
large scale. After Sandra assessed her own abilities, she decided to go for an easier target for now.
Thus, she decided to target Pourl, which was smaller in scale. Still, Pourl was no longer what it was in
the past. It wasn’t just involved in the niche pet luxury goods business; it had also created a name for
itself across the world. Moreover, it had built up a stable customer base and a strong brand reputation
in Bayside City’s luxury goods industry.
If the Yard Family’s luxury brands wanted to enter the Cethosian luxury goods industry, they had to first
surpass Pourl. Therefore, Sandra was racking her brains and thinking about ways to bring down Pourl.
Unfortunately, she discovered that it was not as easy as it had been back then. Even if she had the
money, she wasn’t sure where to start. All aspects of Pourl were unimaginablyprehensive—there
was no room for Sandra to take advantage. Hence, she could only continuously ‘poach’ their staff.
At the same time, she continued toe up with various mandates for the departments under her. She
also stipted how many tasks needed to bepleted within the specified time. Those that couldn’t
complete them on time were dismissed immediately. Consequently, everybody working in King was
disgruntled over her mandates. Even so, the lucrative sry Sandra was offering was too attractive to
turn down. Moreover, the Ronney Group sent over many designers and marketing talents—so much so
that it could be considered one of the businesses under the Ronney Group. As a result, it attracted many
talents within the luxury goods industry to thepany in a short time. With the support of the Ronney
Group, the business would not remain stagnant even if it wanted to.
“Billy, I brought you in to give me results! I didn’t bring you here toze about! Look at this! I handed the
reins of so many talented marketing personnel and designers to you, yet what did you give me in
return?!” Sandra viciously threw thetest sales record documents in Billy’s face.
On the other hand, Billy did not dare to refute her words. As the director of King, he held the highest
authority when Sandra wasn’t around. Therefore, he answered directly to her. After the scandal, he was
forced toy low for a year or two. Now that he finally returned to the design industry, he wanted to
produce some results too. Sandra had ced the talents sent over by the Ronney Group under his
command, and he had passionately thrown himself into his career. In particr, he wanted to defeat
Pourl and Ivan. However… the results of his efforts were a far cry from his expectations. Therefore, he
didn’t dare to say a word despite being dressed down by her.
Sandra was so furious that she paced about the office while ripping into Billy. How am I supposed to
bring down Cooper if I can’t even take down Pourl?! “I’m giving you a month. I want to see results by
then! If I don’t see satisfactory results within a month, I will make sure you won’t be able to take another
step into the design industry again. I don’t care whether you are part of the Edwards Family or the
Mitchell Family! Even Lucy will not be able to protect you!”
Billy nodded reluctantly before walking out of the office. Outside the office, he felt cold sweat dripping
down his back. Sandra’s temperament was bing more and more tyrannical by the day—so much so
that he was starting to regret taking this position. I shouldn’t have been greedy for the sry Sandra
offered me back then. The sry was truly attractive. He would not be able to find something simr
anywhere else in the world. Due to that, King managed to gather arge number of talents within a short
period. Even so, they still couldn’t beat Pourl.
Inside the office, Billy scolded the designers and marketing personnel under him. After he finished
shouting at them and sent them away, he became extremely distraught. Why?! King has such a strong
team, abundant funds, and a powerful backer! We even poached so many of Pourl’s core members! Why
are we still no match for Pourl?! He worried about it throughout the night until his eyes became
bloodshot. Then, a name floated into his head—Ivan Snowden. That’s right! Pourl has Ivan! He’s the one
who taught me all about designing! Even if he didn’t want to admit it, he knew in his heart that Ivan’s
talent in designing was leagues better than his. All my designing abilities were taught to me by Ivan. I’m
nothing in front of him. Even the designs that made me famous back then were stolen from Ivan! Pourl is
so amazing because it has Ivan! Pourl is nothing without Ivan!
Suddenly, a crazy idea formed in Billy’s head. This n had been implemented once, a long time ago.
However, it failed. I’m going to make Ivan vanish off the surface of the earth! Now that he was backed
into a corner, this desperate idea began to take over his rationality!
…
It was Friday. As usual, Sophia gave thepany a holiday and invited some friends over to her house
to celebrate. The pre-sales performance of Pourl’s new product featured in its autumn/winter collection
had achieved a new record. Pourl was now firmly established as the number one pet luxury goods brand
in Cethos. Moreover, it was starting to emerge in the entire luxury goods industry as a dark horse. Even if
the Ronney Group was entering the market, they were no longer afraid.
Ivan had been invited to the party too. He was one of the oldest members of Pourl. He wasn’t just the
head of design, but he was a shareholder in thepany. Besides, he yed a huge role in the sess
Pourl was enjoying today.
Right now, he was apletely different manpared to the man Sophia had first brought back. He
managed to conquer his past and move forward. His hair was kept neat and short; he shaved his beard.
He finally had a rather handsome appearance again. Moreover, he had a wife and a kid that was already
two years old. He also adopted a ck dog from Sophia to raise. Nowadays, he not only designed pet
luxury goods but he also designed jewelry.
After petting all the cats in Sophia’s house, he leisurely left for home after dinner. The ce he lived in
was located in a rtively remote area. He liked the quiet and enjoyed the one-hourmute to and
from work every day. It gave him enough time to unwind while he was driving. Avoiding the evening rush
hour, he drove along the quiet highway. Not many cars were on the road by this time. Listening to the
music, he thought about the cats at Sophia’s house and his two-year-old angel at home. He was in a
good mood. When he entered the inner ring expressway, the number of cars on the road became even
fewer. However, he failed to notice that two motorbikes were gradually approaching him…