Despite Nathan Leafcastle's injury, he still attended the negotiation with Ashton and Kris Cooper that day.
Given the significance of the matter, Kris Cooper maintained a strictly businesslike posture, occasionally throwing a few sarcastic remarks at Nathan Leafcastle, but nothing more.
Overall, the negotiation went quite smoothly. After some discussion, both parties agreed that the project would be bid on jointly by the two companies. Ashton would take 60% of the project's profits, and consequently, bear 60% of the initial costs, with the remaining 40% covered by Barker.
The draft contract was printed, bound, and placed before the two of them.
Both decision-makers signed and exchanged documents, writing their names, which symbolized the formal commencement of the partnership between the two companies.
