Not the start he was hoping for.įinding himself constantly put off and marginalized, Alan sneaks inside the building one day and pleads his case to a Danish executive named Hanna. His team have been stationed in a tent outside where there is no internet connection. He hires a driver and they reach the Metropolis, but are told that neither the King nor his contact, Karim Al-Ahmed, are there. He has terrible jet lag and oversleeps on his first day in the country, and consequently misses his shuttle bus to the King's Metropolis of Economy and Trade where his presentation is to take place. The sale is disguised as a presentation to the King.Īlan does not make a very auspicious start. Alan only has the opportunity because he happened to meet the King of Saudi Arabia's nephew, and now, as a salesman for American tech company Reyland, he has the commercial opportunity of a lifetime. Neither of these situations instills Alan with the confidence he needs to sell a holographic telecommunication system to the Saudi government. It also doesn't help that in his former job, as director of outsourcing management in China for the bicycle manufacturer Schwinn, his decisions led to multiple people at the company losing their jobs, and ultimately the company faced financial ruin. It doesn't help that he has recently gone through a contentious divorce that has left him pretty much penniless, or that he cannot support his daughter Kit anymore.

We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own.Īlan Clay has the makings of being a very successful businessman - at least, if he can overcome his own doubts about his potential.

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