Chapter Three: The Countdown Is Not for Sale

Then Jianwei approached Obsidian’s chairman. “Keep the commission. License the special unit’s database to the Gu family’s bank in exchange for three years of exclusivity. Obsidian gains reliable inventory and a standard it can sell to other private banks.” The chairman feared liability, so she proposed joint underwriting by the insurer. The insurer objected to thin data, so she opened five years of review records covering three thousand lots. No supernatural gift—only the work everyone had ignored. At one in the morning, all three parties signed a letter of intent. Mingzhu received a financing tool, Obsidian secured long-term business, and the insurer gained entry to a new product line.