Chapter 2649


    Nicole immediately furrowed her brows. ‘Ellison-and-Riddle? What kind of stupid name is that?’


    “Ms. Riddle, this… sounds terrible,” Patricia whispered to Nicole.


    No matter how they thought about it, they did not anticipate that Harvey would have such a twisted sense


    of humor.1 Why did he name it like that? Does he have a screw loose? Is he off his rocker?’


    “Hello, everyone, I am Nicole Riddle,” Nicole interrupted, not wanting to hear what wasing next.


    The scene instantly fell silent, and Nicole’s gaze swept over the faces of the crowd, her eyes frosty and


    piercing.


    Then, she loudly announced, “Mr. Ellison probably made a mistake. Although this factory is a joint


    venture, its name will not be changed.”


    She did not have the energy to think ande up with a name for the time being, so she decided that it


    would be better for her to keep the original one.


    “The name’s not changing?”


    “But that’s not what Mr. Ellison said.”


    The crowd broke out in discussion, but Nicole ignored them and continued,


    “After all, this factory has been operating for some time now, and all the contracts are signed under the


    original name of the factory in question, so it’ll be better for us to retain the name as is.”


    Though she did not make her denotations ringly clear to the audience, those who understood her


    knew that changing the name abruptly would cause a myriad of legal disputes with the contracts,


    bringing them much unnecessary issues in the future.


    Soon, the murmurs from the crowd died down, especially from those who had signed contracts of their


    own with factories. At that point, they fell silent, and even went as far as to secretly agree with Nicole’s


    statement. They knew it would make more sense to avoid running into unnecessary problems anyway.


    Meanwhile, Harvey shot a nce at Nicole and gave her a subtle smirk. He knew that Nicole would


    resist the name change, but little did he anticipate that she would resolve it so easily. After all, he had


    been prepared to give Nicole a hard time.


    And without giving anyone the chance to continue with their pondering, Nicole began her speech.


    “I am honored to invest in Ellison Group’s electronicponent factory. In the future, Mr. Ellison and I


    will be working together to expedite the progress of the factory, allowing it to experience rapid growth.”


    After spouting a bunch of grandiloquent titudes, Nicole turned to Harvey and said, “And so, I’ll pass


    the mic to Mr. Ellison, who’ll now fill us in with his vision for the future.”


    Harvey’s smirk froze for a moment as he had not prepared a speech at all. Nicole immediately


    understood how he was feeling when she saw the look on his face. She smiled as she knew that Harvey


    had not prepared a speech, as he must have been devoting all of his thoughts to stirring up crap for her


    to deal with.


    “Mr. Ellison, please.” Nicole raised her eyebrows smugly.


    Harvey could onlye forward and look at the people below, before saying,


    “Well, the speech I’ve prepared is in essence the same as Ms. Riddle’s. I suppose this is a meeting of


    minds, so I won’t bore you with reiterations of the same points. Let’s cut the ribbon now.”


    Hearing that, Nicole snuck Harvey a nce. ‘A meeting of minds, my foot. Do you even believe that


    yourself?’


    However, she did not n to continue making things difficult for Harvey. She just hoped to end this


    staged farce as soon as possible.


    “In that case, let’s not take up everyone’s time. Let’s cut the ribbon, shall we?”


    Nicole dered, wanting to end the event as soon as possible and leave.


    “Great, next up is our ribbon-cutting ceremony. Shall I invite Mr. Ellison, Ms. Riddle, and our guests…”


    the host immediately began the next procedure.


    As Nicole and Harvey were already on the stage, the others followed suit upon hearing the


    announcement.


    The ushers lined up in front of them holding arge tray with a pair of scissors tied to a red ribbon around


    it.


    Concurrently, the ribbon with arge flower was also unfurled.


    After exchanging nces with each other, everyone picked the scissors up and cut the ribbons, causing


    the flower to fall onto the tray. Apuse and cheers erupted, and the shes of cameras went off once


    again.


    When the entire ordeal was finally over, Nicole started sauntering off, preparing to leave.N?velDrama.Org owns all ? content.