As Mr. Smith looks around the conference table with his keen eyes, he happens to see Lily standing. He freezes for a moment, then nods at her with a smile.
Lily quickly bows to him, feeling dazed.
She has only now discovered that the old man is Mr. Smith. She went to the Smith family several times after she married Jason, but at that time Mr. Smith was recuperating abroad, so she has never met him.
It’s such a coincidence.
"Mr. Smith, Mr. Louis is in hospital. The company needs a leader now." Mr. Gill says, "So we're all going to have a meeting and pick someone to take charge of the company, and we're going to defend the Smith Group while Mr. Louis is away. If the Smith Group’s stock falls a few more times, shareholders will be upset and bear the consequences."
Samson nods and agrees, "You’ve set up the rule that the Smith Group could be managed by two members in the Smith Family at most, but now Mr. Louis is still in the hospital, and Miss Katherine is in the planning department, so we think Miss Olivia should not join the Smith Group so as not to break the rules."
Mr. Smith looks over at Olivia and says sternly, "Why don't you tell me you want to join the Smith Group?"
"Mr. Smith, I'm worried about the Smith Group." Olivia twitches her lips and keeps a soft smile, "You have no idea how much the Smith Group's stock has fallen the last few days, and Louis is still in the coma..."
"So, you can break the rules of the group by being the member of the Smith family?"
"Mr. Smith, that's not what I mean."
"If you really take me as the president, you should discuss everything with me!" Mr. Smith snaps, "Although I handed over the management of the Smith Group to Louis, the Smith Group belongs to everyone! Do you know why some groups can't live for a long time, because they are family businesses, and family members restrict the development of the group!"
"If everyone relies on relatives to become executives and takes excellent people as stepping stones, would people be willing to work hard for you? Workers are to make money. They are not fools!"
Mr. Smith's barrage leaves Miss Olivia with a frozen smile on her face.
The people at the table hold their breath.
Everyone in the Smith Group knows that Mr. Smith is vigorous and resolute. He is more unfriendly than Louis. If he really gets irritated, he would leave no face to even his family.
"Mr. Smith."
Just as Mr. Smith is reprimanding Miss Olivia, the door of the conference room opens again and several people come in. The middle-aged man at the front greets Mr. Smith.
The man's black hair is dotted with white hair, and he seems to be not young. Wearing the suit, he exudes a kind of majesty from the inside out, looking like a powerful person.
Lily knows that this is Mr. Smith's brother, Mr. Richard.
Richard is followed by two skinny men. The one who looks lazy is Mr. Ellison, his second son, and the other is Jason.
Mr. Ellison is the general manager of Yanking branch. Lily is not surprised he is here, but...
Why did Jason follow them?
When Mr. Smith sees that Richard is also here, he asks, "Aren't you on a business trip in Singapore? Why did you come back?"
"Ellison calls me and says that Louis has been in a car accident, and it is serious, so I have arranged my work and come back." says Richard, "Louis's car accident causes the Smith Group's stock to fall all the way, and it is said that Louis is seriously injured and can't lead the company and the Smith Group is going to collapse. Louis really hurts his legs badly?”
"I also want to question you!" Mr. Smith snorts and says, "There are so many people in the headquarter, the nephew and the cousin has a car accident, but you didn’t deal with it the first time, but let the media take advantage of it. Is the loss of more than 2 billion dollars in the Smith Group the fault of an old man recovering from illness in the hospital?"
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