Although she couldn’t follow her gray-haired girlfriend to the country of Carmen, Emilia naturally tried her best to assist Noelle in every other way that she could.
With her big sister’s support, she not only managed to convince both her parents to go ‘all in’ with investments into the new branch, the crimson-haired beauty also didn’t shy away from involving herself personally.
Of course, her official announcement in support of White Deer’s expansion in Carmen would only come out later, but as it was recorded in advance, it was impossible to keep it hidden from her girlfriends and family.
Noelle thought her little boss was being a bit silly, but surprisingly enough, she didn’t try to dissuade the crimson-haired beauty this time. After all, knowing Emilia’s intentions warmed her heart just when she was feeling a little depressed from thinking about her ‘old family’, and Noelle felt that with the added motivation, she could finally give it her all.
The gray-haired girl naturally had no need to worry about resources and capital at this point, and it didn’t take long for her to make sure everything was on track for the initial setup of major local branches in Carmen.
With the help of Jasper and Ginny, securing manpower and ensuring that their supply routes were functional and efficient was also not much of an issue either, alleviating one of Noelle’s biggest worries.
After all, even if it was unlikely that the twins of the Gray family would dare to back away from their deal at this point, people’s hearts and minds were never that easy to predict.
In fact, even now that they had already honored their side of the deal, Noelle didn’t dare to completely let her guard down against the two of them. Not until the White Deer Corporation had completely dug its roots deep into the soil of Carmen, at least.
The announcements of White Deer’s expansion into Carmen didn’t raise many waves until the harsh reviews from critical analysts came out, though, perhaps because most people had still been talking about Oriana’s dead president and Emilia.
This wasn’t the first time that a major corporation was trying to get a share of the pie known as Carmen, and as far as the analysts were concerned, there was simply no reason for anyone to believe that the White Deer’s ending would be any different.
Some analysts and experts even took the initiative to come up with the expected dates for the White Deer Corporation’s withdrawal from Carmen in the future.
It wasn’t that any of them were looking down on the White Deer Corporation, though. Instead, they simply didn’t have any reason to expect the past trend to change.
The reason everyone else failed to succeed in Carmen wasn’t because of the Gray Wolfe Corporation’s capabilities and grasp of the market, but because of the government’s policies.
In almost every industry they were involved in, the Gray Wolfe Corporation enjoyed the privilege of having to pay only a third of the taxes that anyone else in their position would have had to cough up, and that too was often waived off completely if the country’s economy was doing well.
Not only that, foreign corporations in Carmen suffered from extensive inspections and reviews by the government bodies to ensure that they weren’t participating in ‘unfair’ or ‘cutthroat’ business practices, which not only slowed them down, but also greatly lowered their morale.
Obviously, as a publicly endorsed corporation of Carmen, the Gray Wolfe had no need to go through such reviews and inspections.
As far as the analysts were concerned, even if the White Deer Corporation was in its most prosperous phase and a step ahead of Gray Wolfe globally, trying to compete in Carmen was still a monumentally stupid decision.
In a panel of six ‘super experts’, one of the older analysts pushed up his glasses with a frown. “With the White Deer Corporation’s usual style, I have to say that this is a most unexpected move.”
The lady by his side nodded. “There is no way to be sure, but I don’t think it would be too farfetched to consider this a part of Mr. and Mrs. White taking a step back and letting their eldest take charge.”
He sighed. “If so, while I think miss Samantha’s move is both ambitious and bold, she is bound to suffer an inevitable loss this time.”
The lady shook her head in regret. “A shame, really, since they seemed to have been on a roll recently.”
Maybe it was time for her to start selling the shares too. She’d made quite a bit of profit already, and it wasn’t worth it to keep risking it at this point.
The female analyst wasn’t the only one thinking the same thing, and many others who believed that the White Deer’s valuation had been overinflated also came to similar conclusions on their own.
A younger male analyst smirked. “Actually, it might be precisely their recent success that made her so overconfident, and she forgot what it was that got the White Deer Corporation to where it is now. What do you think?”
The two older analysts remained silent and stared at him awkwardly. After all, even if they agreed, they had to be cautious on what must and must not be said.
The White Deer Corporation now was no longer the docile and lawful force it used to be, and just the rabid fans of their ‘little princess’ alone could rip their hard-earned reputation apart in seconds if they so much as thought that their princess had been ‘dishonored’ in any way.
That was why they had already made it clear before the show started that they wouldn’t be making any personal remarks, but the young man had seemingly completely forgotten about it.
The young lady next to the ‘courageous’ analyst nodded enthusiastically. “Right! Not only were they very stable on the path of ‘slow and steady’ growth, the mutually destructive fierce competition between the Gray Wolfe and Black Tiger also played no small role in putting White Deer in the number one spot.”
Of course, getting to her position at this age, she wasn’t stupid, and had already discussed it with her colleague in advance. And looking at the speechless seniors in front of her, she knew their bet had paid off.
Much to the senior’s dismay, the young analysts in front of them only grew more bold with each of their statements.
“At this point, though, it looks like it won’t be for long before they are knocked off their pedestal, right?”
“Who knows? Maybe this will give the Gray Wolfe the chance to claw back their former position earlier than expected as well!”
“Three years should be their limit, I think. At that point, it should be pretty clear to even White Deer just how unprofitable it really is to do business in Carmen… unless you’re Gray Wolfe.”
“I don’t think it will take that long, actually. I give it… six months.”
Had the two of them known that the ‘inexperienced youngsters’ were doing it all intentionally in an effort to make them shut up and boost up their own prestige, perhaps the senior analysts would have an even more perplexed expression.
Children these days were really too ambitious for their own good!
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