Reborn as a Police Officer in India

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 someone else, Natarajan would have kicked him out long ago. How could he be allowed to be so arrogant?
Of course, if it were anyone else, they wouldn’t dare to be so arrogant to 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 Ratan's favorite candidates for 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 transitional. When Norma has enough experience, or when Ratan feels that Norma is not good enough, when Norma is able to do so, his term as chairman will definitely come to an end and he will have to give way to Norma.

There's no way, I'm 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 forces 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 and regained control of many core powers of the group, becoming 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.

Because of what happened with Cyrus, Ratan was also wary of outsiders, even though 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, he will probably be forced to step down in a few years due to poor performance.

He is different from Cyrus. Cyrus wants to seize power in the Tata Group because of its wealth and 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 as a 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 become a legend in the business world.

"this?"

Seeing that Natarajan was still hesitating, Norma said impatiently: "Anyway, I have brought the plan with me, you can handle 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.

As the chairman of the board, he had basically no involvement in an overseas investment project worth more than 100 billion US dollars. Everything was pushed forward by Norma. How could he approve it?

However, Norma relied on his relationship with Latan to win over many people in the decision-making level of the group, and those guys basically supported this project.

Natarajan actually had reservations about the project.

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

But Norma wanted to get it done in one go.

Natarajan was able to guess Noma's intention. Wasn't it just to achieve political achievements?
Once this project is successful, it will be Norma's credit, and then he will 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 leaning towards Noma.

Perhaps Latan 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.

He was just thinking about Rotun's opposition to large-scale investment. Now that the Norma incident has come up again, he wants to know even more what Rotun is thinking.

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 Latan'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.

100 billion US dollars, that 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.

Originally, this kind of thing should be done in private at some other time, but Natarajan could not wait that long.

Roton was a little surprised by Natarajan's visit because he had no recent contact with Natarajan. After all, Natarajan was a businessman and his previous interactions were mostly with him regarding the Cyrus incident.

Since the two families temporarily reconciled, contact between Roden and Natarajan has become less frequent.

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

And Natarajan came to his office in person this time, obviously there was something important.

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

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

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

Although he thinks the Tata Group will not care too much about these 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 inquire about the situation.

However, in Roton's opinion, a phone call would probably be enough to communicate, but he didn't 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 Garden 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." Roton replied.

"I know that," Natarajan said with a smile. "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 housing, there's basically 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 large investments. This is not just a problem of real estate policy, right?" asked Natarajan.

"There are indeed other reasons," Rotten said with a smile, "but this reason is a bit difficult to bring up."

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

"You may not believe it," said Rawdon.

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

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

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

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

If it were anyone else, Natarajan would definitely regard the other person as a charlatan who was full of lies.

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

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

"Roden, stop joking," Natarajan said.

"This isn't a joke," Rotten said seriously. "After having this dream, I've been thinking about it for a long time. Sori's expansion is a bit too hasty, and if it's too hasty, it could lead to trouble. Although he has connections with Reliance and your Tata Group, I don't think it would be a good thing if he relied on these to continue expanding. So I want Sori to calm down and slow down the real estate company. I don't think there's any harm in that. The Bombay Gardens project is a huge investment and carries considerable risk. You all think this project is profitable, and since everyone thinks it's good, I actually think there's a problem."

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. He didn't think it was a big problem before.

After all, there is his own relationship with Reliance Group.

Now, listening 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's definitely no problem with this piece of land. The luxury housing development plan is very promising right now. There are so many wealthy 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 said after a pause, "Not really."

"Judging from the past few financial crises, it's almost here. For example, in 1998 and 2008, one happened 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 on guard," 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 unreasonable.

"I still think the next two to three years aren't suitable for large-scale investments," Roden continued. "I heard your Tata Group is planning a major overseas expansion. It's said there's a mega-project with an investment 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. Rotten was not surprised to know about it.

Roden smiled. He certainly knew Noma Tata and some of the rivalry between Noma 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, shouldn't 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 a big accident 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)