Kendall's Sacrifice novel Chapter 522

Chapter 522

"Kendall, President Parker is looking for you in his office," Jessie said to Kendall after she received an internal call from Adam.

"Understood. Thank you, Miss Holmes."

Truthfully, even if Adam didn't look for her, Kendall would have to go meet him in his office.

"President Parker hasn't had his cup of coffee yet," Jessie reminded. She purposely left this opportunity for Kendall, for she believed that Adam would be very happy to drink a cup of coffee brewed by Kendall.

Kendall walked out of her office, came to Adam's office, and knocked on the door.

"Come in."

Upon receiving Adam's reply, Kendall pushed the door open and went in. "I hear you're looking for me, President Parker?"

"Just call me Daddy when no one else is around," Adam said gently.

"Daddy, are you looking for me to discuss business or private affairs?"

"Both."

"If so, let me make you a cup of coffee first. Just say whatever you want to say. I can hear it from the pantry," Kendall said as she walked into the pantry.

Adam got up, walked around his desk, and came to the sofa in the reception area. After that, he took a seat and waited for Kendall to make him a cup of coffee.

"Tell me about your trip to Eastfort."

Adam originally wanted to ask Kendall about this when he and Charlotte got invited to the Coleman Residence for dinner on Valentine's Day. However, after considering that day was Dylan's birthday as well as Valentine's Day, Adam decided not to be a party pooper and chose not to ask Kendall about this matter on that day.

"We've negotiated a few business deals but have yet to sign the contracts. In fact, I have just contacted several of the executives to make sure they haven't changed their minds. They showed obvious signs of agreeing to collaborate with us, and they will come over in a few days for inspection purposes. If all is well, they will sign the contracts, and we can close the deals with them."

Adam was very satisfied after he heard Kendall's report. "Not bad." Even after something like that happened, and after Dylan sent her to Eastfort to get some fresh air, Kendall still didn't forget about her business affairs. I must say, this biological daughter of mine is behaving more like a businesswoman. She doesn't forget to grab a business opportunity wherever she goes.

"The amount of orders isn't very large, so there is no way to compare its profit with the Coleman Empire Holdings' subsidiary. However, as long as we can negotiate a good deal with them, I will still proceed and sign the contract. I am positive that we can still make profits even if the order amount maintains the same on a long-term basis. Besides, the quality of our product is good. Hence, I believe that after they have used our products, they will definitely continue to collaborate with us and even increase their number of orders."

"I'm very happy that you can think of things this way. For a moment, I was worried you might look down on small business deals. Of course, everyone wants to get their hand on business deals with huge profits. But we can never underestimate business deals with small companies too. Our company, too, started up as a small company and slowly expanded from there."

The first business deal that Kendall negotiated and signed was the cooperative deal between Parker Corporation and Prestige Electronics. The company was a mega subsidiary of Coleman Empire Holdings, and their demand for circuit boards was huge. Hence, they were deemed as the Parker Corporation's major client.

Initially, Adam was worried that Kendall would feel that it was easy to negotiate business deals since she had a high starting point. He was worried that Kendall would only want to get her hands on highly profitable business deals and would look down on the ones she deemed as trivial.

"I've visited their companies. They weren't small, but they weren't big either. Still, I think they are very promising. And if we can cooperate with them for a long time, we can surely earn a lot of profits."

Upon hearing that, Adam hummed in assent. "That's the spirit. We must have a long-term view when it comes to business. By the way, Kelly told me that she has too many projects that she needs to follow up on. And since she's too busy, she wants to hand over some of her clients to you and let you negotiate with them now that you have gained some experience."

Kendall suddenly fell silent. The rivalry between Kelly and me has gradually become fierce. It's gotten so intense that even our parents know that the two of us can no longer be the 'close sisters' that we used to be. Furthermore, what Kelly fears most is my achieving my goals. Because when that happens, the company's senior executives will have no objections if I take her place. In that case, why is Kelly willing to assign her clients to me? And even ask me to negotiate with them? Are those clients fussy and extremely hard to deal with? Or is there a conspiracy behind this?

"Kendall, why aren't you saying anything?"

"Did Kelly say that?"

"Yeah." Taking into consideration that Adam himself was once a cunning businessman, he, too, had thought about conspiracy theories and was suspicious of Kelly's intention the moment she kindly suggested transferring some of her clients to Kendall. Even so, he still mentioned it to Kendall.

There are all kinds of people we will face in the business industry. Some can backstab us even if they show us kindness and respect when we meet. Some can even put up a smile on their face while openly scheming against us. What's more, underlying shady agendas are practically hiding within each item when it comes to signing a business deal. That is why I was so worried and specifically arranged for a secretary to accompany Kendall when she signed a contract with the client for the first time. After all, Kendall is still quite inexperienced in the business industry. However, even if Kelly sets a trap for Kendall, I'm still going to let Kendall take up this assignment. Worse comes to worst, if she falls into Kelly's trap, I will just take it as another loss for Parker Corporation and consider it as giving Kendall a realistic lesson in the business industry.

"Since she's willing to let me help her share the burden, I guess I will follow orders and take up her offer."

After staying silent for a moment, Kendall replied with an answer that didn't disappoint Adam. Even if I know Kelly is up to no good, I still have to go and check things out. Besides, if I can reverse the situation and win the hearts of those clients, I believe the company's senior executives will change their perspective toward me. Everyone always felt that it was Dylan's instruction at that time when I signed the deal with Prestige Electronics. After all, I'm the Young Mistress of the Coleman Family, and they are very much aware of how much Dylan loves me.

"You can bring Miss Holmes when you sign the contract later. You can go to the Legal Department and bring a lawyer with you too. A contract is the easiest document to tamper with, including when we have cooperative projects with other companies in the future. They are all the same. You are still very much inexperienced in this industry. Who else will these cunning businessmen deceive if not you? Besides, our company didn't hire the staff in our Legal Department to chill out. Fully utilize their manpower when you have to."

Upon hearing that, Kendall smiled and said, "I know, Daddy."

"Should I assign a highly skilled and extremely experienced secretary for you?" Adam mumbled to himself, "Or you can send your request for a secretary to the Human Resources Department and ask them to recruit a secretary according to your request."

After making Adam a cup of coffee, Kendall came out of the pantry with the coffee, walked to his side, and put the cup of coffee in front of him. Then, she sat down across from him.

"Regarding this matter, I shall wait and see if I need a secretary. Dylan said he will assign his secretary for me, but I asked him to seek Miss Finley's permission first. I will let her come if she's willing to work under me. Otherwise, I will ask the Human Resources Department to recruit a secretary for me."

To be honest, Kendall didn't want to employ any of the existing secretaries in the company for fear that they would be bribed by Kelly. If that were the case, not only would they be of no help to her, but they would also drag her down.

On the other hand, Adam was speechless when he heard what Kendall said.

In a daze, he said, "Master Dylan wants to assign his current secretary to you? Miss Finley is quite famous in our circle. She is especially loyal. Not only that, but to prevent others from obtaining business secrets from her, she no longer befriended anyone and has been alone ever since she became Master Dylan's secretary." Miss Finley is a very professional secretary. I can't believe Master Dylan is willing to assign his usual secretary to Kendall.

At this rate, Adam couldn't help lamenting that Dylan pampered Kendall too much. With a son-in-law like Master Dylan as Kendall's backer, I won't have to be worried when I hand over Parker Corporation to Kendall in the future. But of course, I still hope that Kendall can establish her influence based on her strength.

"I'm just not sure if Emma is willing to come over."

It was Emma who accompanied Kendall to meet the clients when she was in Eastfort. For that reason, she had witnessed how shrewd and competent Emma was.

"You're right. Putting aside the fact that she's assigned to be your secretary, Miss Finley probably thinks it's condescension even if she's assigned to be my secretary," Adam said, understanding what Kendall meant. Miss Holmes is also shrewd and competent, but she is nowhere near the level of Miss Finley. To keep business secrets for the Coleman Empire Holdings and not let herself fall into others' schemes, Miss Finley chose not to befriend anyone.