However, on Wednesday, Marley received a phone call from Aiden. Aiden appointed Ernie as vice president.
Aiden's appointment caused an uproar in the company.
They didn't expect that the ignorant Ernie would become the vice president.
Marley's face was gloomy.
When Marley arrived early in the morning, he saw his father and Ernie in the top floor. He realized that his father did not take what he said seriously!
His dignity meant nothing to his father. Marley felt extremely tired!
Aiden held a board meeting to announce Ernie as the vice president!
All the department managers congratulated Ernie, while some turned their gaze at Marley who kept silent.
No one knew Aiden's plan. They couldn't understand why Aiden appoint such a bad guy as vice president, but they didn't have the guts to raise an objection. They worked for the company to earn the salaries. It was not up to them to make the decision!
Ernie put on a wry smile.
He glanced at the heads of all departments, frowned slightly in confusion. "What? You seem to have doubts about my ability?"
He turned his gaze at Marley. "Do you have any opinion?"
Marley lifted his eyes with a gloomy face.
"I have no objections!" Marley said in a deep voice and didn't express his discontent.
"Marley is responsible for arranging Ernie's work! Let's call it a day!" Aiden said that, stood up, and left.
Aiden did not take a look at Marley and just left!
Marley and the others stayed there, "The vice president can take charge of bidding projects. We'll recoup funds of several big projects and then talk about the next step. You can make a market survey during this period to see what we should do next?"
"It means that I have to be idle recently?" Ernie put on a smile, "When will you arrange work for me?"
Marley looked at Ernie who pretended to be confused. A fake smiled touched his lips. He said, "You're not idle. I need a new plan for the next phase. When you come up with a new plan, we will discuss whether we'll pass it or not on the meeting! Any new employee appointment has a probation period! You want to have the final say at the beginning. Why don't you take my place?"
Ernie hurriedly said, "Do not misunderstand. I don't intend to take your position!"
Marley said, "So you're not satisfied with my arrangement?"
Ernie said with a smile, "No, I'll make a plan."
Marley smiled mockingly and said, "Alright!"
Ernie was still smiling and said, "No problem!"
They were both smiling insincerely.
Marley squinted and ordered. "Let's call it a day!"
He had given the order.
Everyone watched the battle between them. Marley won because he was the president. Ernie was not angry and kept smiling, but his smile was a little. He left a worse impression on everyone.
"Wait a minute!" Ernie suddenly said.
The heads of all departments looked at him in surprise.
Ernie's expression remained the same, but the hand he raised showed strength. Everyone could not help but stop. His eyes turned into sharp swords, and no one dared to look into him. Only the president gave them this feeling before.
Marley squinted, sat on the office chair and looked at him. He did not move but stared at Ernie with sharp gaze.
Marley felt the danger because of his cousin's sharp look. He couldn't figure out what Ernie was thinking about.
Ernie withdrew his gaze and remained cynical. "You need to assign a secretary or assistant to me. Since I am in charge of the bidding of large projects, I need someone who majored in finance. I heard that Sylvie graduated from Harvard University. Can she work for me?"
Marley's gaze turned sharp. He put on a faint smile, "I'm sorry. Sylvie just came to the company. She is not experienced yet. I think Alia can work as your assistant?"
"But it is said that Aila does not major in finance!" Ernie said in a firm tone. "I want an assistant that majors in finance…"
"Aila is good enough. She is the best secretary!" Marley said. "If you want one more assistant, I can arrange someone in the Analytical Financial Department to work with you!"
Everything they said seemed ordinary, but there was something behind their words.
Marley dealt with it perfectly.
Ernie laughed. "It is said that you can separate public from private interests. It's not true! Sylvie is your wife. It is unreasonable that she works for you! You might as well assign her to me so that you won't waste human resources!"
Marley did not expect Ernie to say so. He took a glance and said with a light smile, "Sylvie is not an employee of our company. She is just an intern and studies in Hughes Group! This is the agreement I reached with Cassius!"
"Is that so? Forget it!" Ernie put on a faint smile and threw a provocative glance at Marley. "That's it!"
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the writing is quite childish, but maybe it's just the translations...