How a Dying Woman Rewrote Her Epilogue

"Me?" Elodie blinked, caught off guard.

Clifford's expression remained tinged with a certain awe. "A few days ago, we received some inside information-The Silverstein Group invested a massive sum a few years back to establish a company in Verdania. They've developed the technology and supply chain, and apparently, the facility just went online this year. Ms. Thorne, would you be able to... handle the negotiations on our behalf?"

Elodie was stunned.

Jarrod had a company like that in Verdania?

How had he never even hinted at something this monumental?

He'd started preparing for this years ago?

If he was investing in that kind of rare material, the market share and future profits would be astronomical. If he pulled it off and managed to bring it into the domestic market, he'd have the entire industry in a stranglehold.

Plus, he'd be able to dominate aerospace contracts, not just here but internationally. The long-term prospects were enormous.

The profits would be incalculable-enough to make any investor wild with envy.

But... with a market this lucrative, how could it be a secret? Of course, everyone knew about it. The problem was, research and development weren't easy. It took tens of millions just to get started, and the technical barriers were sky-high. Under international restrictions, the failure rate was almost absurdly high, and one mistake could mean losing a fortune.

It also took years of development before anything was market-ready.

No matter how you looked at it, the risks were staggering.

Very few investors had the nerve-or the resources-to gamble on such a niche, high-tech material that ordinary consumers would never even notice.

if the payoff was spectacular, the upfront costs and risks were enough to scare almost everyone

almost impossible to find venture capital with that kind

then there

Jarrod managed to navigate all those

Would you be able to

in Verdania, if a deep partnership was established domestically, Verdania might retaliate and restrict Jarrod's exports, costing him a slice

essential-whether for partnership or for

out of her daze, her

how to keep his cards close to

to reach out to

made at

one opening the door. And even then, a deal

tensest part of the meeting

The meeting wrapped up.

his seat, eyes lowered, thoughts flickering across his face before resolving into a smile. "Mr. Silverstein is full of

innovation. The domestic

Silverstein Group might just be

bar for entry was so impossibly high. Otherwise, every major investor

sheer scale of the potential profits was almost

Watts; he nodded to Elodie

about to