Pg 2-9 Prys's Deal

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Prys quickly gets to the point. Ordin should impress on Thorid that Prys can influence the board of Lintas Corp to put up the Kr12 million security deposit. But Prys would like a "token of appreciation" for his efforts. Ordin smirks at the request and makes it clear that he could do Prys the favour. But in return he would also like a "token of appreciation" for his efforts.

Prys quickly agrees and suggests that Ordin asks Thorid for Kr3 million. Ordin would get kr500,000 for his part of the deal. Ordin is, however, unimpressed by the offer and tells Prys to be more generous if he expects the favour.... Kr1 million would be more reasonable to him.

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Pg 2-8 Alley Bar

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Meanwhile Prys makes his way to a bar located in an obscure part of town with Ordin tailing him, unknowingly, in the shadows. Prys is relieved to see that Ordin decided to meet him.

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Pg 2-7 Vesta's Private Scheme

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Vesta arranges to meet the senior manager of Skills Placement Inc at the earliest date possible. At the meeting Vesta tells the senior manager to develop the proposal and sell it to GTC. Lintas Corp will then hire them to do the work when they win the proposal.

Vesta then surreptitiously asks the senior manager on her way out what she "gets" for bringing this deal to the company. The senior manager replies that they will arrange for Vesta to get five percent of the project value as a "sales commission."

After Vesta leaves, the senior manager calls for a meeting with the Skills Placement managers to discuss the Sairis project. But they quickly realise that none of them are environmental specialists and the work involved looks highly complicated.

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Pg 2-6 Prys-Vesta Plot

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Over the course of the next few days the GTC partner companies driven by the promise of millions and power strategise independently to secure the lion's share of the project for themselves. They plot to either build up their relations with the Sarisite Ministry, anchor in with Thorid, form alliances with other companies to strengthen their position in the project or source for more money to ride through the tender process as it is likely to be a long and costly affair.

Prys and Vesta then meet secretly in a park. As they find a shady and quiet spot Prys reflects on the fact that Lintas Corp is going bust and this project may yet save the company from bankruptcy. But personally he gets nothing for digging Lintas out of the grave besides his salary which the company has to pay anyway.

Far from prying eyes and sharp ears Prys tells Vesta to quickly secure the consultants and develop the proposal under the "Lintas" team. Prys will head off Ordin before he leaves for Sairis.

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Pg 2-5 Ordin

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Arken quickly interrupts the warring factions with great concern not to anger Prys since they need Lintas Corp to finance the security deposit. He tells the group that he will send Ordin, GTC's external consultant, to Sairis to find out more information about the project. They will meet again another time.

Rigile leaves the room deep in thought. He realises that GTC is now outsourcing all its dirty work to Ordin since they can't be "seen" doing it themselves anymore. At the same time, Arken is only using him for ideas since Prys and Vesta have Arken cornered by dangling the security deposit as bait.

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Pg 2-4 Grab For Power

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However, Prys interrupts and demands that since Lintas Corp is the security deposit financier he expects his company to be given the lead project management role in this project.

Angered by Prys's outright grab for power Rigile replies that Lintas has no experience working in environmental rehabilitation nor does the company have the manpower to handle a complex project of this size.

Vesta rebuts him and asserts that she is a board member of Skills Placement Inc. and her company can head hunt the people to form the team and manage this project.

However Rigile retorts that Vesta obviously isn't going to get very far since she didn't hear a word of his assessment of the project.

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Pg 2-3 Rigile's Assessment

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However, Arken realises that none in the group are environmental scientists. He had best tap Rigile's brains as Rigile is the brightest of the lot present. Rigile assesses the project's requirements according to the invitation tender. He informs the group that the project details are vague and they need more information on the scope of work before they can develop a team and propose a budget for the project.

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Pg 2-2 The Urtian Team

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Arken convenes a meeting with GTC's partner companies at the soonest date possible. Invited to the meeting are Prys, the Chief Executive Officer of Lintas Corp - a conglomerate that Arken proposes to be the security deposit financier for the project, and Vesta who is Prys's trusted external consultant. Not far behind them (the picture continues on the next page) is Ordin, an external associate of GTC. Last to arrive is Rigile, the brilliant Chief Executive Officer of Rigile and Associates a reputable consulting firm.

As they walk in, Prys tells Vesta they need to "block out" Rigile so that they can control Arken and the project. Vesta agrees readily to the idea.

Arken kick starts the meeting by telling the group that GTC has been invited to bid for the Sairis Environmental Rehabilitation Project. They need to form a team and develop a proposal to be submitted to the Sairis government.

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Pg 2-1 Rumours

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Rumours of the Sairis project spread like wildfire among the business community in Urt. Soon everyone knows that GTC has been invited to bid for the project and that the company has never done anything like this before. The project is of national strategic importance to the Sairisites and it is huge. However, no one knows at this juncture how much the project is worth but some have speculated that it could be worth millions, tens of millions even. And some of the companies plot to secure a role for themselves in this venture.

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Cht 2 – The Power Game

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Book I. Chapter 2 - The Power Game

The hearts of the small-minded are easily corrupted.

In a society where ethics is truly dead and one only answers to the call of money then the concepts of fairness, teamwork and cooperation do not really exist. The individual will go all out to protect his/her own personal interests at the expense of others the larger the deal or the more he/she has at stake. There can be no trust even among a band of thieves.


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