The Secretary hesitated for a while and said, "Madam, I'm going to travel tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. Can I..."
Lois frowned, "tomorrow or the day after tomorrow?"
"Yes..."
Lois was stunned. Why did she suddenly tell her that she needed to rest for two days? What about the company?
"tomorrow will not be good. But I can fix it on the day after tomorrow and next day."
Lois refused bluntly. Even if she had transferred a capable person from Tania, she still needed time to adapt. There were three contracts tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. She couldn't make any mistake in such a hurry.
The Secretary bit her lips and said, "I've been overwork for half a month in a row. Is it so difficult to ask for two days off?"
Lowering her head, Lois continued to look at the contract, "I gave you more than 2000 bonus last month. Is it so difficult for you to hold on for a little longer?
The Secretary gritted her teeth, threw the documents in her hands on the table, and ran out of the office with red eyes.
Lois understood the little secretary's emotion. She reached out to take the work card thrown by the little secretary. Generally speaking, she was having the normal efficiency and normal quality of the work which were acceptable.
Lois picked up the phone and dialed Tania's number. Tania was reading documents in a daze. When she picked up the phone and heard what Lois wanted, she laughed out loud, "Hey, I say, didn't you ask her why she asked for a two-days off?"
Hearing that, Lois was stunned. If she told her that was about traveling, it would surely attract jokes. She changed the topic and said, "check if there is any one who works hard on your side. Adjust it for me."
Lois was very glad to call Tania. The little secretary didn't come on the second day, but she did finished around 80% of her work, which was a good job.
When they were talking about the cooperation, the little secretary, who was transferred from Tania, was listening. Lois pulled the assistant of the business department and her assistant to negotiate with the other party.
The contract was concluded in a simple and efficient way. With the reason that she had just been discharged from the hospital and was not feeling well, Lois asked several senior executives of the company to communicate with the people sent by the other company
The company's development was getting more and more smooth. Tania had jumped out of the scope of a medium-sized company but became a big boss not inferior to JF Group.
Not only did Lois intend to do that, but Tania also wanted to expand the scale of Lois's business. Moreover, Tania's original office still had a two-year lease, and Tania also intended to transfer it to Lois.
When Lois was hesitating, a phone call came from the office.
Lois picked up the phone and said in a gentle voice from Kent, "Lois, I'm Kent."
With the same kind attitude, Lois smiled, "what's up, Kent?"
In fact, she wanted to ask Kent how he knew the phone number of her office.
Kent paused for a moment and said, "come out at noon. Let's have lunch together."
Lois hesitated for a while. There was a meeting at two o'clock in the afternoon. She wanted to sort out the relevant documents and manuscript, now she was caught off guard by the unexpected invitation of Kent.
Hesitating for a while, Lois refused, "Kent, here is the thing. I..."
"The second western restaurant on golden street. I'll wait for you there at noon. See you."
His tone was still gentle, but Lois didn't interrupt. Before she could explain and refuse, the phone was hung up.
Heaving a sigh, Lois called her secretaries in and asked them to sort out the information related to the "company expansion plan". Then She would get familiar with the structure and detailed explanation of JF Group as soon as possible, preparing to negotiate with JF Group tomorrow morning.
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