Shocking News!

Allicia lay in her bed after she was treated to a whole dinner by Ava, she felt bloated and a little bit too full. She reached out her hand and carried her laptop. She switched it on and looked into her emails. She quickly responded to a few emails that she received in the past two days. When she was done, she closed the laptop and put it aside.

She then picked up her phone and began surfing the internet. She had few friends over the time that she was abroad and she replied to their messages. Most were just questions asking how she was, nothing that was really important there.

Just when she was about to close her phone and fall asleep, she received a notification in her private message and she clicked it open. It was a message from someone named 'big boss'.

"Are you awake?" The message rang and Allicia sat up in an instant. Her hands shook and her phone nearly fell off due to her abruptness.

"Yes, hello" she politely replied.

"Hm, you resumed work already?" The person messaged again.

"Yes, I did" Allicia answered immediately.

However, she received a response just as soon as she sent the message.

"Pretty good" the message read.

For a moment, Allicia did not know how to respond. Just when she was contemplating what to say, another message popped up in a few seconds.

"You have something to do already?" He asked.

"Yes, I am working on a proposal" she immediately responded.

"Mm, that's good. You remember all I taught you?" The person queried.

"Yes, I do" she solemnly answered.

"I believe in you" the person messaged.

Allicia stated at the four-lettered word that oozed in confidence and a soft smile lit up her face. This same person honed her skills, made her determined and still had so much confidence in her. Although she saved his contact as 'big boss,' he was not exactly her employer at all. She did not just know the right way to address the person. He had only been her online tutor for a few years and she learns a lot from him. All that she knew was taught by him and she kept it to heart.

This online tutor that she did not know how to address correctly, where to refer to him as senior or as a teacher or big brother, he had been so much helpful to her career. She remembered that he once asked her if she wanted to grow bigger in her career and when she answered yes, he told her to wait and see. She got recommended to work in this company only a few days later. Allicia dared to think that it was the person that somehow opened the back for her. Her gut told her so.

As long as she put his teachings to mind, Allicia knew that she could be sure of perfect success. She snapped out of her thoughts and stared at her phone. No messages popped up again afterwards. She then threw her phone aside and closed her eyes to sleep.

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Allicia arrived at work as per usual the next day, her group A was becoming lively although it was only her second day at work and as their leader. The team was a group of six members, four men and two ladies. They were all hardworking individuals and were worthy of being in the first team.

When Allicia had first arrived and was said to be the leader of the group, the members were worried because they all saw Allicia as a young lady who had little knowledge but merely after a few hours of working with her, their perspective changed.

After Allicia snatched back the Microm Tech proposal from group B, she read through the proposal within a short time and carefully analysed it. She came up with three plans, divided the group into a team of two people and gave each group a plan to work on each.

Before the day was over, the team of two presented the plans that she came in different ways and the most plausible plan was chosen. That plan would then be presented to Microm Tech as the company's offer. Not only Allicia was confident in her plan but also her group members. They secretly applauded her and felt that she was indeed smart.

When Allicia arrived at work, she knew that she only had to wrap things up with the plan she already prepared and then attend a meeting that her secretary had scheduled with the representatives of Microm Tech Corporation.

Marie who did not know what was going on in group A sneered each time she walked past Allicia's office. She could not help to be bothered with Allicia, in her mind, Allicia was merely an already defeated person. Marie did not think there was a way that Allicia could make Microm Tech raise the level of their remuneration in the proposal. But, little did she ever think that not only will Allicia succeed in raising the remuneration, but she would also conclude the proposal within a day!

Afternoon came, Annie came to remind Allicia about the meeting and the two left the company. They drove to the restaurant and walked into the private room that Annie had reserved. Allicia sat on the chair and Annie sat beside her. It was just them in the room as they arrived ten minutes earlier before the time of the meeting. Annie really did not know why Allicia gave this instruction of arriving ten minutes earlier but she obeyed nonetheless.

"They should be here now," Allicia said and threw a glance at the door.

Just as soon as the words left Allicia's lips, the door pushed open and two men walked into the room. Immediately, Allicia and her secretary stood up to receive them.

"Hello, you're welcome" Allicia exchanged pleasantries with the men who entered and both sides settled down. The reason for the meeting commenced immediately.

"I heard that your people are not pleased with our offer?" The man from Microm Tech spoke first.

Allicia smiled politely and did not bother to beat around the bush before sharing her thoughts.

"Compared to the benefits of our investment into the game your company is about to launch, we believe that the profit share is quite small" She voiced.

"We have offered twenty-five per cent profit share, that is ten per cent more of what other investors demand" the man calmly expressed.

"Indeed, you are right. However, those investors cannot be compared to what we can offer you. You must know that there is a reason why we top the list of investors, right?" Allicia fluently expressed.

The man knitted his brows and did not say a word, he waited for Allicia to continue.

"Our comparison is not just about the investments and the profit but we also bear some risk on behalf of your products. Aside from offering investments of greater quota than you request, we offer endorsements for your products which are better ways of advertising your products. We are able to provide free promotion for your product even to foreign levels. This is only a little of how far our investment can bring you. We really cannot consider less than fifty per cent profit share" Allicia eloquently explained.

The man frowned deeply when he heard what she was offering but that did not discourage Allicia, she took out a document and pushed it before the man.

"I have made a contract, you can go through it and see other benefits," she said calmly.

The man picked up the document and flipped through it carefully. His expression changed and flickered and he read through the documents. Allicia only watched him with a smile while her secretary did not even understand what was happening there. After a while, the man's gaze wandered away from the document and he looked at Allicia.

"If you don't mind, let me bring this back to my superior, we will get back to you before the day runs out" the man uttered.

Allicia's smile widened, "that is good too," she said.

Both sides stood up and shook hands, the man and his secretary walked out first while Allicia and Annie remained. While Annie was still pondering on what just happened, Allicia turned to her and smiled.

"Do you want to have lunch?" Allicia asked.

"Huh?" The secretary was dumbfounded for a moment.

"The contract should have been sighed and sent back before we get to the office. We should probably eat first" Allicia said.

Annie really did not understand Allicia's way of thinking anymore. Instead of returning to the company immediately, they ate lunch and only after they had eaten to their fill did they return to the office. It was only after getting to the office that Annie understood what Allicia meant.

The other party had signed the agreement and sent it back to them to complete. Just in two days, Allicia complete a proposal that would naturally take more days! It was shocking news, everyone wondered how she did it!

It was just two days since she resumed at the company but she already upturned everyone's world view while she thoroughly defeated others who thought too highly of themselves!