Chapter 69 Waiting for Her

Blucean Tech's open call had sat for days with an empty inbox. Audrey had already braced for the worst and was about to expand the search for partners to neighboring cities when things finally turned around. A man named Derek Lund, who introduced himself as a factory manager, called to request a meeting. He said he represented a precision-manufacturing factory on the outskirts of the city. Audrey searched her memory. She knew that factory—it was small, with only average capabilities. It was nowhere close to what they needed. Yet, Derek had sounded completely confident on the phone. Half an hour later, a neatly suited man arrived right on time at Blucean Tech's reception room. "Ms. Young, our factory was fully acquired by a group a few days ago," he said with a cordial smile, handing over a freshly printed factory profile. "We've overhauled our equipment and upgraded our technical staff top to bottom." Audrey was surprised to hear about the acquisition. Her guard went up. A fact