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Austin welcomed the clients well during the three days of discussions about the new cooperation between Goojoo and related parties. Trying to dispel the notion that his incompetence in leading Goojoo, which had been in his hands for the past few years, was due to gossip and unreasonable assumptions.

For Austin. But for others, especially rivals who were deliberately looking for Austin's faults and trying to keep him down, the news of the scandal with Calysta kept rolling in.

"The offer and what you have is very attractive," said one of the bespectacled men who owned G&A Furniture, who had been looking at Austin with interest. But Austin also noticed that this man was quite a dangerous person in business. In addition to his desire for the price to be too low, he also wanted the quality to be on par with the high price. It was like buying things as cheaply as possible but with the best quality possible.

"Thank you," Austin said with a pleasant smile. For the o