It was perfect timing, Hannah thought.
After all, Justine was Oscar's aunt, who also represented their family.
"Don't worry. She's nice. She just wants to meet her nephew's wife formally."
"Well, which day?"
"I'll tell when she fixes the time."
"All right."
"I gotta go for a meeting." Manuel saw Susan at the door.
"Bye."
Manuel hung up the phone, and said to Susan, "Has the meeting started?"
"Ten minutes later." Said Susan.
"OK."
Then Susan turned around and left. She thought it was unfair to her since she needed to do the job of both an assistant and a secretary of Manuel. She was kind of pissed about it.
Ten minutes later, it was meeting time for a high-level conference of Phillips Bank.
Susan sat behind Manuel.
An atmosphere of tension suffused the conference room.
"Things look black. Sway Bank has extended its business to commercial lending and borrowing service. Our Inbound Market Department has collected much information that shows quite a few companies are planning to establish cooperative ties with Sway." Joe Harper, the chief marketing officer began.
"Which companies are negotiating with Sway Bank?" Edward asked, wearing a serious expression.
"Here is the list. As matters stand, these are our cooperators whose contracts will expire soon." Joe showed the list on the screen.
Edward's face turned sterner.
"Sway Bank is new in Kensbury City. Why do they have access to accurate information about our customers?" Manuel raised a question suddenly.
Joe was struck speechless. He didn't know what Manuel wanted to convey, so he remained silent.
Henry took a glance at Manuel. He was a bit surprised by Manuel's perspicacious remarks. Then he began, "Sway Bank is a top-class bank. Hadn't they undertaken market research before they came here? Manuel, it's not the time to raise doubtful points about them, but to think what we should do next." Henry's words were a bit overbearing.
Manuel didn't get angry but just said, "You talk a lot of good sense. You're also responsible for the management of the marketing department, what's your opinion on Sway Bank's market penetration?"
Henry was dumbfounded, for he didn't expect Manuel to put the issue to him rightly. He felt a bit embarrassed now.
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