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“Come, sit down.“ He pointed to the seat in front of him.
Joyce took a seat.
Micah smiled and coughed slightly. “Ms. Joyce, you’re very pretty. No wonder Grant was willing to disregard so many objections and forcefully pushed you into this position.“
Joyce’s smile deepened. ‘So…he didn’t like that Grant’s backing me?’
She did not explain anything and just smiled at him.
Micah saw that she was not carrying on the conversation and coldly snorted. “Do you know that your position was originally reserved for Samantha Lindt?“
‘Is he trying to scare me?’
Joyce paused for a moment and said, “Ms. Lindt is certainly capable, but I’m more suitable for this position.“
Micah’s face instantly sank and threatened her. “ Young people who are arrogant in the workplace and have no respect for their elders will suffer.“
Joyce smiled and stood up. “Then I can only prove myself with my capabilities. Mr. Zielinski, if there’s nothing else, I’ll take my leave.“
“Joyce! “ Micah was a little anxious. He was dissatisfied with the direction of this meeting and instructed, “Add Samantha Lindt to J&L Corporation’s project team.“
Joyce’s smile widened. ‘It is really him…Samantha Lindt’s backer is such a miserable old man? Did she think that I’d be intimidated by this old geezer? How absurd! ‘
Micah saw that Joyce only smiled without a word. His face turned glum. “Did you hear what I just said?“
“Yes…“
Micah’s expression eased slightly. Joyce continued, “But I can’t do that.“
“What do you mean?“
“It won’t be fair to the others.“
“Joyce, do you think that you’re safe just because you have Grant? Do you believe that I’ll…“ Micah was exasperated and threatened her.
“Fire me? I don’t believe that the board will fire me because of Samantha Lindt. I suppose Ms. Lindt didn’t tell you what I have on her when she came crying to you. Please tell her not to mess with me.“
Joyce swept a clear and cold glance at the shocked Micah Zielinski, then stood up and walked out without hesitation.
As soon as she left Micah’s office, she called Grant’s private number.
“What’s wrong, N?“
“There’s something fishy with Micah Zielinski. Samantha Lindt is one of his people. He must be the one who wanted to prevent our cooperation with J&L Corporation in the first place.“
Grant laughed and praised her. “You catch on quick.“ “You already knew about it?“
“How could I not know of the dissent among my company’s board of directors?“
Joyce sighed in relief. “Then I’m relieved.“
“That old fox is not easy to deal with, so I ‘ll handle him. You should just focus on following up on J&L’s cooperation. By the way, I heard that Tristan Beckett plans to personally take charge of this project.” Grant gave her a heads-up.
Joyce was unhappy when she learned that Tristan Beckett was personally in charge of this project. She did not want to deal with this man, but it was inevitable that they would meet and talk during the cooperation.
‘How annoying.”
The next morning, Joyce went to J&L Corporation with her team. Gerard Lichman came to receive them and wanted to take them to the research lab.
Seeing the latest research and achievements in the lab would give the people of Powell Corporation an authentic experience of their research progress.
Joyce and Gerard were walking while talking. Before they reached the entrance of the lab, a small thing scampered out of nowhere to them. Someone from behind let out a cry of alarm. “Careful! “
On closer look, it was a fat tiger with pointed ears and whiskers. It was small, adorable, and so lovable. The little tiger only reached Joyce’s ankle and was very furry. Besides its stripes, it did not have any semblance of a fierce and majestic tiger.
Everyone was shocked when they saw this little tiger. Joyce froze and was so startled that her heart skipped a beat. She then took a step back.
However, this “tiger rammed into Joyce’s shoes and rolled on the ground in pain. “Ouch… “ It crawled back up clumsily and rubbed its head at Joyce’s feet. It then shook its head and looked up at her.
This action and appearance resembled a tiger cub that was spoiled, lazy, and curious about everything. Joyce felt the urge to kidnap it.
The “tiger* blinked and shook its whiskers on its cheeks. It stretched out a front paw from its chubby little body to touch the spot on Joyce’s right foot that it had just bumped into like it was wiping off some non-existent stains.
Joyce patted her chest and took a deep breath, then rubbed her eyes in disbelief.
“What a pretty lady! “ The tiger had the voice of a three or four—year—old boy.
Her eyes widened in shock. “This tiger speaks English?! “
‘No, wait… Why would there be tigers here? How can an endangered animal appear here?! ‘
Gerard could not help but laugh lightly. “Sorry for scaring you.”
He looked down and said in a gentle voice, “You should apologize for scaring our guests.“
The “tiger* once again rubbed its head on Joyce’s feet and sounded aggrieved as it said, “I ‘m sorry… Please forgive me. I just look fierce, but I’m actually very gentle…“
It spoke so naturally that it was no different from human speech. Its movements also did not make any mechanical sound. If it had not spoken, Joyce would have thought that it was a real tiger!
Her heart melted from its cuteness.
The crowd was shocked as they watched on the side. Joyce squatted down in amazement and looked into the tiger’s eyes.
Although this was a model of a tiger, its eyelashes and pupils had the luster and characteristics of a real animal that could change with the light. It could certainly be mistaken as a real tiger cub, but upon closer inspection, Joyce could see a speck of infrared light in its eyeballs.
‘This is our experimental team’s latest specimen. They’re currently researching pet companions to relieve boredom. It usually doesn’t run around like this. Someone must’ve left the door open, so it took the opportunity to slip out.“ Gerard sighed helplessly.
‘Is this also part of our project?“ Joyce asked excitedly. ‘If so, what a pleasant surprise!’
Gerard hesitated and said, “No, it’s still not mature enough and there are many questionable factors, so it’s not suitable to be rolled out into the market yet.“
“It’s so cute! I want to adopt one! “ The group gathered around.
“Me too…”
“The cost of this tiger is comparable to buying ten shopping malls in West City. We use very high-grade materials from all over the world. Even if we were to compromise on various factors, it’ll be hard to achieve mass production.“
The crowd bemoaned the fact that this cute tiger turned out to be a gold mine that they could never afford.
‘No wonder it didn’t look anything like a machine!
Amazing!’
When Joyce heard that it would not be iass- produced, she felt a little disappointed. This robot could communicate with people and could replace pets without the hassle of feeding, discipline, sickness, and death. It could even become a great companion in life. If such a product were to be released, it would certainly shock the entire industry.