My rhetorical question echoed throughout the silent conference room.
Everyone raised their heads and looked at me subconsciously, shocked. Lucius froze, not expecting me to respond like that. My words puzzled him.
However, a smirk soon appeared on his face. "Mr. Taylor, I thought I explained myself quite clearly before. Did you not understand? The Jones family is one of the three major families in Razor City. They hold a large amount of influence. After an angel round, Blossom Technologies is now in their hands. As their investment will soon blossom and bear fruit, it is unthinkable that the Jones family will allow others to have a share of the pie. Since the Azure Company has just been established, we do not hold enough power to get into such an investment. We cannot compete with the J
