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Logan met Joyce upstairs and briefed her about the meeting later.
Joyce walked into the conference room in her high heels. Samantha also went in at the same time.
Joyce swept a glance at the crowd and saw that everyone was present. “Let’s begin.“
They had reached a consensus with J&L Corporation on the direction of this cooperation. The rest was about the in-depth details. All their profits and interests lie in these ubiquitous details. Every little detail entailed huge profits, so they needed to discuss more.
Some of the shareholders were also department heads. They were already very dissatisfied with the parachuted Joyce. Thus,
they were not so proactive with Joyce since Grant was not around.
Those shareholders argued on a few aspects and delayed progress. When Joyce’s people proposed an idea, they would excuse themselves and shirk off the responsibility. She swept a glance at the group and knew that they were just here to watch a show.
Samantha Lindt just sat on the side and sneered. Micah Zielinski also attended the meeting, which was rare, but he did not say a word. He watched as the others put Joyce in a difficult position and smiled like an old fox.
“Vice President Joyce, you’ re still young after all. Although you managed to take this J&L Corporation’s project, it’s still not mature in this field and it’s uncertain whether it’ll make or lose money. Thus, we naturally won’t dare to risk too much. Vice
President Joyce, you have to understand how the rest of us feel about it…”
Joyce hooked her lips. “Understand your feelings? Mr. Zielinski, do you mean that you want to break our contract with J&L
Corporation?”
Micah Zielinski was stunned for a moment and thought, ‘How did it turn into me wanting to break the contract? Grant Powell will kill me when he returns!’
“Of course not It’s just that Mr. Powell is out of the country, so we can’ t make this decision. Why don’t we put it on hold and wait for the President to come back…”
‘He wants to stall time? Every minute is an opportunity and crucial in this new field of development. If Powell Corporation loses dominance and no longer have a say in this project, it’ll be pointless even if we’re involved in it.’ Joyce thought.
Joyce lowered her head and smiled. Her eyes darkened and her face grew cold as she looked at the people at the table.
“So, all of you won’t work if Mr. Powell doesn’t come back? Are you going on strike?”
Everyone did not expect the always good -tempered Joyce to suddenly get angry. Although Joyce looked like a pampered mistress, she was certainly not easy to fool.
“All of you are the best in the industry. If you repeatedly delay the progress just because the boss isn’t here, will you bear the final losses? Can you afford to? Which company will want to hire such people?”
Joyce’s gaze was cold and stern as she swept a glance at the people in the room.
‘They want to give me a hard time in Grant’s absence? It’s a pity that I’m not a pushover!’
The meeting room was dead silent for a full minute.
Micah Zielinski’s face was red and did not expect that Joyce would turn the gun on them. He said, “It’s not…“
Joyce interrupted him without a care. “I believe that you’ve all received notice this morning that I’m managing everything in the company in Mr. Powell’s absence. I ‘m in charge of this project, so from now on, if you don’t want to be a part of it, hand me your letter of resignation immediately.
Your positions will be replaced by your deputies. I will explain everything to Mr. Powell.“
The people in the room were shocked and silenced. They had all stepped over each other to climb to their department head positions and their deputies were eyeing their spots. It was a sought-after position, so no one dared to act rashly at this moment.
Although they could not stand the fact that Joyce had parachuted into her Vice President position, they could all tell how much
Grant Powell supported her since the first day she arrived. They knew that they could not afford to offend Joyce.
They all began to regret getting incited by Micah Zielinski to pull Joyce off her high horse.
The air in the conference room was cold and suffocating. No one dared to make a sound. Micah Zielinski also felt that he had lost the momentum as no one dared to make things difficult for Joyce at this time.
“Planning Department, can you come up with the proposal by today?“
The Head of the Planning Department, Don Smith, was named and raised his head sharply. “Yes, Vice President Joyce. The
Planning Department will come up with the best plan in the fastest time possible immediately after this meeting. We certainly won’t delay the project’s progress.“
Those who had climbed to these positions were all old-timers who were shrewd and adaptable.
Since Joyce gave them a chance, they would take it. Otherwise, it would be their loss.
Joyce nodded in satisfaction and looked at the others. Her voice was not as stern anymore. “What about the other departments?”
“We’ll research it immediately. We won’t let the company down! “
“Yes, same here.“
“Of course, we’ve been prepared for this a long time ago. We’ll do a good job! “
Everyone’s declaration of support instantly eased the atmosphere in the meeting room. Joyce did not look so ice -cold anymore and resumed her gentle temperament as they continued the discussion.
They were in fact all well prepared for the meeting. After all, they were all capable and sensible enough to manage their respective departments in such a large corporation.
Micah Zielinski and Samantha Lindt, who had been deliberately neglected, sat on the side with glum faces.
Joyce did not care about them because their days in the company were numbered anyway.
Towards the end of the meeting, Joyce saw that it was almost time and said, “Although the core research team is from J&L
Corporation, we must also be prepared. I’ve previously discussed this with Mr. Lichman. Even though we won’t be involved in the development of the core technology, he has agreed for us to send over two researchers to participate in the later development.
We’ll provide two of our best- performing and reliable staff, so let’s start looking for suitable candidates. HR should pay more attention to this as well.”
Joyce was very satisfied with today’s meeting. At the end of the meeting, everyone wanted to stay and talk to her for a few minutes to build a closer relationship. Joyce responded to every one of them and smiled warmly, so much so that she seemed like a completely different person from her stern and cold persona earlier.
Logan hurriedly came over and whispered in her ear. “Vice President Joyce, the Chairman of Beckett Corporation is here.”
Joyce raised an eyebrow. ‘That’s quick… Turns out Old Master Beckett is more fretful than I imagined…”
After all, Old Master Beckett was the Chairman of Beckett Corporation, so Joyce could not ignore him out of respect for their company’s relations.
Joyce nodded and left the conference room.
“Is he waiting in the guest lounge?“ Joyce asked. Logan shook his head. “He went straight to your office.”