Chapter 479 A Big Pit

Norma's words made Natarajan feel very uncomfortable. What the hell?

Who is the chairman of Tata Group?

But he also knew that Ratan still doted on Norma, which made it difficult for him to decide how to deal with the relationship between him and Norma.

If it were anyone else, Natarajan would have kicked him out long ago. How could he be so arrogant? Of course, if it were anyone else, they wouldn't dare to be so arrogant with him, the chairman.

It was obvious that Klatan still wanted Norma to gain more experience within the group.

Natarajan knows Ratan quite well, and Noma is definitely one of the candidates that Ratan favors as the future chairman.

It has to be said that Norma is one of the few outstanding people in the Tata family. He has the ability, but it is definitely not enough to be the chairman, at least not now.

So Ratan still wants to continue cultivating Noma.

Natarajan is very clear that his position as chairman is basically temporary and a transitional one. When Norma has enough experience, or when Ratan feels that Norma is not good enough, when Norma is capable enough one day, his tenure as chairman will definitely come to an end and he will have to give way to Norma.

There is no way, I am an outsider after all.

It is for this reason that Natarajan now has less power within the Tata Group.

He only holds the title of chairman, but he only gets less than half of the real power.

Many others were influenced by Norma and others, and these are considered the power of the Tata family.

Cyrus had eliminated many of these people before, but after Cyrus was dismissed, many of them came back to important positions, regained control of many core powers of the group, and became a huge obstacle for him as the chairman to exercise his power.

These people now basically support Noma, which makes Natarajan very troubled.

After all, apart from the Cyrus incident, the Tata family is hostile and distrustful of outsiders.

However, Natarajan also had a guess in his mind that Ratan let these people go in order to restrain himself to some extent.

After what happened with Cyrus, Ratan was also wary of outsiders, even if he was his trusted subordinate.

But with these people here, Natarajan found that he was very capable of running the group well.

If this doesn't go well, within a few years, he will probably be forced to step down due to poor performance.

He is different from Cyrus. Cyrus wants to seize power in the Tata Group because of its wealth and wants to become the heir of the Tata family.

But he was just an employee, and it was impossible for him to gain control of the Tata Group. He just wanted to use the Tata Group platform to make his name in history.

The Tata Group is a very good platform. If he can take the Tata Group to a higher level, it will leave a strong mark in the history of the business world in the future.

His legend is not only known in India, but also abroad.

Fame and honor are what Natarajan values ​​most.

In order to realize this dream, he must first take control of the Tata Group so that the group can develop according to his business philosophy.

In the current situation, with all the constraints from Norma and others, it would be strange if anything could be accomplished.

The best he could do is to keep the Tata Group as it is now, and then he, as the chairman, would be mediocre and would not be able to become a legend in the business world.

"this?"

Seeing that Natarajan was still hesitating, Norma said impatiently: "Anyway, I brought the plan with me, you can do it yourself. I have something else to do, I will come back in two days to get the approval."

After saying this, Norma completely ignored Natarajan's expression and walked out of the office.

Natarajan was very angry.

This is an overseas investment project worth more than 10 billion US dollars, and as the chairman, he basically did not interfere. Everything was pushed forward by Norma. How could he approve it?

However, relying on his relationship with Ratan, Norma won over a lot of people in the decision-making level within the group, and those guys basically supported this project.

Natarajan actually had reservations about the project.

He felt that the investment was too huge at once. Even if it was an overseas investment, it could be divided into several steps, with a small amount invested first to see the situation.

But Norma wanted to get it done in one go.

Natarajan could guess Norma's intention. Wasn't it just to make political achievements? Once this project was successful, it would be Norma's credit, and then he would have the capital to compete for the position of chairman.

Natarajan actually mentioned this project to Ratan, but Ratan's attitude was ambiguous and he didn't say much.

This let Natarajan know that Ratan was biased towards Noma.

Perhaps Ratan wanted to give Norma a chance to make a name for himself.

If I insist on opposing it at this time, Ratan will be unhappy.

After all, he is just an employee, and the current situation is a bit difficult to deal with.

"What does Rodon think?" Natarajan's heart moved.

Just now he was thinking about Rotten's opposition to large-scale investment. Now that Norma's incident came up again, he wanted to know what Rotten was thinking even more.

If Roton saw something, such as the development of the world economic situation, it could at least give him some reference.

He knew very well that it would be difficult for him to reject Norma's plan, mainly because of Ratan's acquiescence and support.

However, once this project is launched, it will take up too much of the group's funds and will affect some of his subsequent plans.

He wanted to achieve success in his position as chairman and to secure a place among future business celebrities, so he did not want to launch Norma's project.

No matter what you do, you need financial support.

10 billion US dollars, it is a huge investment even for the Tata Group.

It is mainly overseas investment, which requires US dollars.

If this investment is converted into rupees and invested in India, Natarajan would not care much.

Given the Tata Group's status and connections in India, it is easy to obtain a rupee loan.

But if you want to get hundreds of billions of dollars and invest overseas, the difficulty will increase many times.

Natarajan was decisive and acted immediately. He drove to the Mumbai Police Station.

Normally, this kind of thing should be done in private at some other time, but Natarajan could no longer wait that long.

Roden was a little surprised by Natarajan's visit.

Because he has had no connection with Natarajan recently. After all, Natarajan is a businessman, and he only had more dealings with him on the Cyrus matter.

Since the two families' temporary reconciliation, contact between Roden and Natarajan has become less frequent.

Even if they have private contact, they basically don't talk about work matters.

And the fact that Natarajan came to his office in person this time was obviously about something important.

"Could it be something about Sori?" A thought flashed through Rotten's mind.

He thought about it and thought that this was the only thing that might bring Natarajan over.

I vetoed the Bombay Garden Project, and there are some interests involved.

Although he thinks the Tata Group will not care too much about the profits, Natarajan personally feels that if necessary, he may not want to give up this project.

It makes sense that he came to me to find out about the situation.

In fact, Rodon had already anticipated that both Mukesh and Ratan would most likely come to him to find out the situation.

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However, in Roton's opinion, most of the time a phone call would be enough to communicate, but he did not expect Natarajan to come in person.

"Roden, let me get straight to the point. I want to ask you why you are not optimistic about the Bombay Gardens project?" asked Natarajan.

We are all familiar with each other, so there is no need to be humble.

He really wanted to know the reason now.

"Real estate policies have been tightened." replied Roton.

"I know that." Natarajan smiled. "This policy won't have much impact on us, right? Besides, this piece of land in downtown Mumbai is really good. If we develop luxury houses, there will basically be no shortage of buyers."

Natarajan doesn't think that this is the only reason why Roton would ban large-scale investment. There must be other explanations, and that's what he wants to know.

Roden stared at Natarajan and smiled slightly, "What do you want to say?"

"I think there must be some reason why you asked Sori to terminate various big investments? This is not just a matter of real estate policy, right?" asked Natarajan.

"There are indeed other reasons." Luo Dun smiled, "It's just that this reason is a bit difficult to mention."

“What’s so bad about that?” Natarajan asked.

"You may not believe it," said Rawdon.

"I think I should believe what you said," Natarajan said very seriously.

"Okay, then I'll tell you." Roton chuckled and said, "I had a dream some time ago. A god gave me an instruction, saying that there will be a disaster in this world..."

Natarajan was expecting Rotten's answer, but when Rotten told him the so-called reason, his eyes widened and his face was filled with surprise.

Is Roton crazy? Natarajan couldn't believe what he heard from Roton.

If it were anyone else, Natarajan would definitely think that person was a charlatan who was full of lies.

How could elites like them believe in such gods or something like that?

Even if you display various pious attitudes outside, it is only for the ignorant people below to see.

"Roden, stop joking," said Natarajan.

"This is not a joke." Roden said seriously, "After having this dream, I thought about it for a long time. Sori's expansion is a bit hasty, and if he is too hasty, there will be trouble. Although he has the relationship with Reliance Group and your Tata Group, I think it will not be a good thing if he continues to expand by relying on these. So I want Sori to calm down and slow down the real estate company. I don't think there is any harm. The Mumbai Garden Project requires too much investment and is not small in risk. You all think this project is profitable. Since everyone thinks it is good, I think there will be problems."

Natarajan couldn't help but ponder for a moment.

He thought what Roton said made some sense. The pace of expansion of Sori's real estate company was indeed a bit too fast, but he didn't think it was a big problem before.

After all, there is his relationship with Reliance Group.

Now listen to what Roton said, it's okay to worry about the risks.

There are also many things that everyone is optimistic about, but later turn out to be bad things.

But he still felt that there was nothing wrong with this piece of land.

"Roden, are you overthinking it?" Natarajan asked, "There is definitely no problem with this piece of land. The luxury housing development plan is also very promising. There are too many rich people in Mumbai who are willing to buy it."

Natarajan felt that Rodon was being a little too cautious this time.

"I feel that the world economy is not doing well. Although there has not been a financial crisis this year like in the past, it is a fact that the economy is weak and the growth rate is slowing down. I think it will have a significant impact on the next few years," said Luoton.

"Financial crisis?" Natarajan was stunned for a moment and said, "Not really."

"Judging from the past few financial crises, it's almost here. For example, in 1998 and 2008, there was a cycle every 10 years. Even if it hasn't broken out in 2018, I think there will be all kinds of emergencies in the next two to three years, and we have to be prepared," said Roton.

These words made Natarajan ponder for a moment, and his expression became a little solemn.

The financial crisis is indeed a sword hanging over everyone's head, especially for business people like them, who are even more sensitive.

It is generally believed that there is a cycle of about ten years.

Luoton's current worry is not without reason.

"I still think it's not suitable to make large investments in the next two to three years." Luoton continued, "I heard that your Tata Group is preparing to expand overseas in a big way. It is said that there is a super large project with an investment amount of tens of billions of dollars?"

Hearing what Roden said, Natarajan snorted coldly and said, "That's Norma's wishful thinking."

This investment was not approved at all within the group. Norma had already leaked the news to the news media, so it was no longer a secret. Roton was not surprised to know about it.

Roden smiled. He certainly knew Norma Tata and some of the rivalry between Norma and Natarajan.

No matter what, Norma is a member of the Tata family and Ratan's nephew, so it is normal for Ratan to favor him.

This put Natarajan in a somewhat awkward position within the Tata Group, because anyone would feel uncomfortable having a guy with a powerful background working against him.

If the police station had a deputy chief with a strong background, Rawdon would also be very depressed.

No one wants their power to be weakened or challenged.

"Although I, as an outsider, should not say anything about this matter, but based on our friendship, I still have to say that you can let Norma do this. I am very sure that there will be big accidents in the next few years, and then this project will become a big pit. And you must firmly oppose this project now. I think Ratan may approve Norma's plan in the end. In the future, if an accident really happens, everyone should remember your firm opposition at this moment." said Roton.

(End of this chapter)