Chapter 491: The Meeting
Chapter 491: The Meeting
The next morning, Liam noticed how absent-minded Lana was during breakfast. She was also too quiet inside the car. Both of them were sitting in the backseat, on their way to Lana's office to drop her off first.
Just as Lana was about to open the car door to get down, Liam held her hand and pulled her into his embrace.
He softly kissed Lana and whispered in her ears, "Please don't worry so much love. You promised me that you would stay calm and not overthink anything. I can't see you suffering like this again."
Lana smiled at him because the warmth that she felt when he said these words was enough to keep her from crumbling down again.
She then nodded and reassured Liam that she was fine and gave him a faint smile. With Liam's support, she knew she could surpass every situation.
Taking in a deep breath, she adjusted her mood and pushed away all other thoughts, and started thinking about the upcoming meeting in her company. She knew that this meeting was another challenge that she had to deal with and that too with a strong fist.
She hugged Liam, said goodbye, and got down from Liam's car to head towards the building entrance and her office directly.
"Loli, come inside." She spoke over the intercom after taking her seat. Looking at the latest reports of the sales department she then moved towards her laptop and opened some files in it.
"Good morning ma'am." Loli greeted her and kept the schedule for the day in front of her. Lana checked the schedule and sighed as she saw the scheduled board meeting in the evening.
"Have you prepared what I asked for?" She asked Loli.
"Yes, Ma'am."?Loli then took out a few papers and kept them in front of Lana.
Upon reading the reports Lana smirked and raised her eyebrows.
"Is it not obvious in these reports why the sales figures have gone down? With such a clumsy team, which company will ever have an excellent sales record? Loli, what happened with all the staff that worked with us until the last year? I want you to contact the head of the HR department and get me all the details of the previous team immediately.
Every single piece of information about them. Got it?" The cold and sharp voice of Lana was like a whip for Loli. Ever since Lana took charge of the company, she had always been gentle and sweet to her staff, but today was the complete opposite.
She immediately scrambled away from there and left Lana alone to check other data. As Lana read the reports, something flashed in her mind.
Lana picked up her phone and searched for a number she had not called in a long time. As the call got connected she leaned back a little lazily on her chair with some serious thoughts in her mind.
"Hello…" came a strong and cold voice from the other side.
"Hello, Mr. Jin. Can I, Lana Huang, disturb you for a while and ask you a favor?" Lana spoke in a casual tone and yet full of authority.
The person on the other side scoffed as he spoke in a displeased voice, "So you finally not only remembered to come back but also remembered to call me? You know what, your mother would be sulking in heaven seeing the way you left her company on the mercy of others."
Lana's soft laughter reverberated in the room.
"Then let's talk about bringing peace to my mother's sulking soul. To do that, I need you to dig out a little information about a few new employees of the company. I want every bit of their information, the last company they worked with, their reputation there and why they left their previous jobs... Everything. You have around three hours to report?back to me." Lana instructed the person on the other side and her mood suddenly became solemn.
"Uncle Jin, I am counting on your report for my next move."
"I can understand Lana. Don't worry, I will take it from here and will get back to you soon," saying this he cut the call.
After Lana finished her call to one of her mother's closest friends, she went back to checking the remaining reports that were on her table. She lost track of time as she focused on the report. She only realized it was lunchtime when her assistant knocked on the door and brought her food.
Lana asked Loli to join her for lunch and discussed a few key points with her. She asked her to check a few more documents before the meeting commenced. Loli knew Lana was under immense pressure as the meeting today could be disastrous or turn out to be in their favor. Everything depended upon the fact that they collected the right evidence which would satisfy the board members.
At 3 p.m., Lana received the much-awaited phone call and her mailbox dinged.
She opened her email and checked the documents sent to her. As she read the information in the documents page by page, her mouth curled up to a big smile as her eyes turned colder and colder.
'I am waiting for the board meeting uncle, let's see who you'll bring against me in today's battle to make me lose!' she mused with a dark face as she remembered Jay Zhao, whom she sincerely considered as her uncle until a few days ago.
Fifteen minutes before four O'clock, the quiet hallway near the meeting room was filled with the footsteps of the board members. They started arriving for the well-awaited meeting which was meant to drive away the unworthy adopted daughter of Mrs. Huang.
As they all sat down in their respective places, there were two more seats that were still empty.
Everyone knew one seat was for Lana but the last empty seat was a mystery for everyone.?They had indeed heard of a person buying out shares of the company but no one knew who that person was.
At exactly 4 p.m., Lana entered the meeting room with her secretary and took the seat of the CEO. She looked at the empty chair and scoffed as even she wanted to know who was the new board of members, buying out all the shares suddenly.
Just as Lana was about to start the meeting, the door of the meeting room opened and a tall man entered, dressed in a blue Armani suit, exuding an aura that was enough to pique everyone's interest in him.
Lana looked at that tall figure and was stunned for a second before speaking, "You? What are you doing here?"