###Chapter 507 Try To Fall In Love In Another Way – Part 5

I smiled and said, "Well, she happened to be free today, so she brought food here. Would you like to join us?"

She shook her head, raised the lunch box in her hand, and said, "I brought mine, too."

It looked like she was going to the pantry to heat it in the microwave.

When I entered William's office, he was still busy with his laptop. When he heard the noise, he didn't look up at all. He thought I was just coming to deliver the documents. He said, "Leave the documents first."

Seeing that the cup on the table was empty, I was surprised and said, "I thought you wouldn't touch it!"

When he heard my voice, he raised his eyes and saw me looking at the cup, slightly embarrassed, smiled, and said, "Well, it tastes good!"

Noticing the bag in my hand, he raised his eyebrow and said, "What are you carrying there?"

"I have lunch!" I opened my mouth, went to the table and sat down, and said, "My friend made it with her own cooking skills. It must be delicious. I also brought one for you to eat."

He got up, walked up to me, and said, "From Grace Cross?"

I was a little surprised. "How can you guess that?"

He laughed. "You don't have many friends here, and not many people will be kind enough to cook for you, so she's the only one I could think of."

There seemed to be no big problem with such reasoning.

Carefully, I took out the meal from the bag, handed him the stomach medicine, and said, "You keep this, and remember to eat it when you have a stomachache."

He glanced at me and said, "Did you ask Grace to buy it for me?"

I nodded. "Well, sort of!"

He reached out his hand and took it. He paused for a moment and said, "Did you see Jordan Astley last night?"

I was stunned. I did not expect him to ask that at all. This man's thinking was just too advanced!

Seeing that I didn't speak for a long time, he ate a few mouthfuls of food, looked at me, and paused, "Jordan recently had a project developed in City A. Originally, for Jordan, he didn't need to come in person, but he came to the town. It seems that he is going to stay a little longer."

I nodded and had no intention of answering him any further. I didn't seem to have anything to say to him anyway.

He frowned slightly, with a somewhat different mood. "Because it is not a local company, after all, Jordan plans to hold a bidding meeting in City A, and in the evening at Green Oasis. I also plan to follow up on this project."

I looked up at him, froze slightly, and then said, You can just arrange with me directly, or tell me all about it. What do I need to do?"

Hearing this, he smiled a little, but looked a bit satisfied with my initiative, "I need you to take over this project!"

I frowned and looked at him, puzzled. "I just joined the company. First, I'm just your secretary. My job is to take care of your chores and organize your documents. Following up on Jordan's case is what the project director needs to do. Second, even if you want me to take over this project, the first thing you need to consider is my ability. Do you think I can handle it?"

He raised his eyebrows, put down his chopsticks, looked at me solemnly, and paused slightly, "After so many years at Astley Group, you crawled your way from the bottom to the position of director. Isn't that enough to show your ability? The position was just a technicality, and without a rule, the secretary could as well do the job of the project director. You can ask Linda. She has been a special assistant since she joined the Preston Group, but most of the company's projects come from her. "

I frowned and could not help feeling that he was just brainwashing me.

After a pause, he continued, "Besides, there is a good chance of success if you are asked to bid. I know that it's really selfish."

How could I not know what he was planning? He just wanted to give me more initiative in the bidding through my relationship with Jordan.

But in my heart, I didn't want to go. I didn't reply at all to his offers, and I just stayed silent.

He looked at me. His eyes were somewhat restrained and finally said a moment later, "Of course, if you want to refuse, I agree. But that will mean that you can't get 20% of the project."

I froze for a moment, "20%?"

He raised his eyebrows. "As long as the person in charge of all Preston group's projects does her job well, she can get a 20% cut of the profit, which has been available since the beginning of the establishment of the company."

It was not that I didn't know about taking a cut from the project, but under normal circumstances, I usually only got about 5%, and 10% on the market, which was already very good.

But the figure of 20% was really too tempting. Once a list like the Astley group was taken down, the percentage in the middle would be hundreds of thousands of dollars, and if the project was a little bigger, it would be millions.

Ordinary people could eat for years with just a single order from their company.

Seeing that I was dazed and distracted, William took a few bites, then got up and went to his desk and handed me the documents. "These are the details of the Astley group's development project, and the local government of A City also plans to cooperate with Jordan. At present, it seems that we have no advantage except you."

I was speechless for a moment, until I said, "Even if I have a relationship with Jordan when it comes to his work, he will always choose the more excellent partners for his company. It's not always because of our affair that he'll favor me. You also said that in business, people pay attention to the interests of their own company."

He smiled but didn't say much for a while. "How do you know if you don't try? The bidding meeting will start in the evening, which means you have to get rid of the tender proposal by this afternoon."

I pursed my lips and looked at him with a bad airway. "Boss Preston, don't you think you're embarrassing me now?"

He raised his eyebrows. "Can't you really do that? Or are you just unwilling to do it? "

I felt dumb for a moment. I haven't considered either of them, but still, I felt awkward in my heart.

Seeing that I didn't open my mouth, he said, "Ivelle, I actually think you can think more about your own interests and how this will benefit you. And if you don't know anything, you can ask Linda."

With that, he continued to concentrate on his documents.

I was still surprised after our conversation ended. I looked at the food on the table, a little distracted.

But after I regained my consciousness, I packed up and left his office.

I haven't written any bidding case for a long time now, so I didn't know how to start for a while.

When Linda came, she saw me staring at the computer with her chin in a daze. She smiled and said, "The purpose of Astley group's bid is to publicize and occupy his own market. Astley group is a listed company already. In other words, to some extent, Jordan is with the capitalists. The purpose of those capitalists is to invest one dollar and earn a profit of 100 dollars. All their interests are very important to them."

"The state-owned enterprises in A city plan to cooperate with the Astley group, just like us. They see the development of this project and want to share this big cake. Their advantage is that they are stable and guaranteed, but their prices may be depressed. After all, the funds of state-owned enterprises are limited, which means that they will have the possibility of tampering in the process in order to save costs in the later stage."