While Gabe and Lisa were both weaving each other into webs of suggestive banter and double entendres, Lisa's father and chairperson of Dawnherald Conrad Eisenhardt was on a plane heading back towards Federnstadt.
One could barely guess the amount of pressure he now carried on his shoulders. Just one wrong move and that was all it took for an experienced player in the field of business like Conrad to trip and fall.
A tech start-up came looking for him last year, seeking his cooperation in a joint venture. Conrad had vetted the production line of the start-up, its patented technology, and its future sales value very closely.
He was satisfied with what he found: once the products were smoothly in production, the joint venture would produce a huge amount of cash flow and even handsome profi
