Chapter 4: Dealing with a problem and Tommy's troubles.
"How do you explain yourself?" The middle-aged man, André, felt a bit of sweat on his forehead. To be honest, he had just diverted a bit from the projects to swindle some research funds, but seeing everyone in the room looking at him with bright eyes, they definitely didn't believe it!
He had been doing this for the past few years, picking some names that would confuse people and adding them to the report. Anyway, these CEOs didn't understand technology and would just complete the task of reporting the list at the end of the year. He never expected Thea to be looking at those weapons for more than a day or two. She had already read the Queen Group's weapons and equipment catalog three times before. Although this project had just been mentioned in passing, Thea noticed it immediately and planned to address it. Later, when she was working on a report alone, he didn't expect it to jump out on its own, as if trying to get caught.
He felt quite regretful as his guts were turning green, but he still kept a trace of luck and said hesitantly, "Maybe it's a coincidence. Perhaps the people below made a mistake or the product got updated when I got back!"
"Now that you're afraid, where's the energy you used to laugh at me earlier?" Wanting to hold onto Thea and let her go so easily, how could he let her slip away so easily? He took out a piece of paper from his bag and waved it, "These are various index reports from the Dutch Anti-Service. It was downloaded from our internet. Can you let me see it?" A personal computer? According to regulations, all projects reported to the ex-manager of the group need to make an expected plan. Let's compare your plan with the index of this report to see if there's any difference."
The middle-aged man named André now felt like banging his head against the wall. Hadn't this girl just said she wanted to work here yesterday? How did she know the process so well and how did she write her own preliminary plan? Can you show it to them? After thinking for a moment, it seems like she copied it! The evidence on the computer is enough to condemn him to ten years. Imagine yourself clutching the bars and singing, "Ten years later, we're still friends and we can still greet each other, but with so much tenderness, I can't find a reason to hug anymore?" This image is very touching. Strong, I can't let them check the personal computer, even if I beat myself to death.
But he didn't have any clear reason to refuse. Looking at Moira in the main seat with a smile, he could only blink, hoping she would forgive him for his past achievements.
At that moment, accusations from various people around him also began to ring out.
"Miss Queen is right, André, we want to see your personal computer."
"André, you're a worm of the group! I've already found out there's something wrong with you!"
"You haven't confessed yet. My uncle's neighbor works at the Star City Police Department."
Suddenly, the serious conference room turned into a vegetable market. All the people from Moira's side or not accused André of this behavior that was harmful to public health and personal gain.
Actually, the Queen family is so wealthy that no one will care if you secretly take it. At least that's what they think, except for mother and daughter. Walter is so loyal and nurtured by love. He has investment companies abroad. Who doesn't? A little selfish. But you, André, were so incompetent that you were reported by a fifteen-year-old girl. This will go down in history. It made several managers who claim to be highly intelligent feel ashamed. Your personal behavior has lowered the overall intelligence level. If anyone in this room goes to work for another group in the future, when people find out they worked with you and think of your glorious deeds today, will they still dare to use us? This behavior must be fought against!
For a moment, the instigator, Thea, smiled and touched her chin. Suddenly, she realized she couldn't grow a beard and turned to look frustratedly at Moira. Upon discovering that her mother was looking at her, she immediately understood that her mother was venting her anger on her. She was waiting for her to speak. Thea didn't want to make her first day of work too ugly, so she nodded slightly, indicating that the matter could be dropped.
Moira was very angry at first. She had said hello in advance yesterday. The girl had a tender face, so she grimaced when she came to work on her first day. She knew the virtues of her subordinates, but there was no evidence or the timing was wrong, so she never acted. Furthermore, could the person who replaced him be more greedy? She's turned a blind eye. Don't go too far and we'll all be better off. It really doesn't matter whether the Queen family's assets are 100 million or 101 million. Anyway, she knows you don't have as much money as I do, but the premise is that it can't go overboard. Today's behavior clearly crossed the line. Understood!
Just when she was about to stop the incident and protect her daughter, she didn't expect Thea to resolve the situation so easily and make a beautiful counterattack. It made her wonder if she ever found out that her daughter was actually a management genius? The information I received yesterday served today to bring down a supervisor with those superficial things, I didn't have that kind of talent when I was young.
To vent her anger and support her daughter, she chose to ignore Andre's plea for help. Only when Thea nodded to let the matter drop did she say slowly, "That's the end of today's meeting. Let's wrap it up now."
As for Mr. André's opinion on how to handle this, she didn't even mention it. On the one hand, this person was recommended by another shareholder, so it was difficult for her to deal with it. On the other hand, Thea is Malcolm's biological daughter. With Malcolm Merlyn's mindset of "bring me a green onion and I'll kill your whole family," that person is dead, so there's no need to talk nonsense.
The facts proved Moira's assumption about her former lover was completely correct: Malcolm was an underground emperor who came to meet with thousands of soldiers and horses, and the city was full of his younger brothers. Furthermore, in a large company like Queen Enterprises, he infiltrated a third of the dozen or so senior executives, either through threats or bribes. He knew the whole meeting very well because he watched the video version.
He was very happy when he saw his daughter emerging from the darkness and entering the conference room with a normal expression. What happened after that could only be considered a surprise. The calmness, magnanimity, intelligence, and well-mannered ways of Thea made him feel like he was looking at a girl. Even though I was a female version of myself back then, fortunately, Europeans and Americans didn't prefer boys over girls. The Queen of England and the Queen of the Netherlands were all women, and there were countless duchesses and countesses. Gender wasn't an issue.
He also didn't hurry when he found out that Moira had released his daughter's anger. Because he asked his younger brother to identify a viaduct under construction for Mr. André. The future bridge pillars will be tall and thick, with good load performance. There are many people around. He doesn't charge a living fee, and I believe he won't feel lonely if he stays there at night.
Not to mention Mr. Andre, who will become the jinchūriki of the American TV series. Looking at his daughter's performance, he can be considered excellent. As the saying goes, there is no harm without comparison. An excellent daughter will be compared to the son she raised. Embarrassing word.
He didn't answer Tommy's calls, didn't show up when he visited in person, and ignored his text messages. A skill competition was promised, but the daughter there had already run 200 meters and the son hadn't even reached the starting line, which made the great conspirator Malcolm not know what to do.
Tommy has been quite happy lately without Thea's harassment. He and Laurel are progressing rapidly. They are gradually shifting from physical communication to emotional communication. This is the European and American worldview. They have sex first and then talk about relationships. It's a bit like when we buy a computer, we first look at the hardware and then the software. The software can be modified later. If the hardware isn't good, then it's really bad.
Life can't always be happy. Master Tommy naturally has problems. His father doesn't know what medicine he took wrong. He comes to see him every three days and calls him to harass him. Yesterday, he even sent a text message telling him to go to hell. The group is going to work! You said you wanted to compete with Thea, why should you compete with Thea? If you want to say it's reasonable for them to seek out Queen Enterprises or Thea, come to Merlyn Group to talk about competition. Now everyone goes back home and looks for their parents, so there's no competition! After reading the text message, Tommy became more and more convinced that his father's delirium had entered an advanced stage and he couldn't even understand the basic logical relationship.
Tommy and Laurel finished their meal that day and generously waved their credit cards. They were going back to do some physical and mental exercises. Soon the waiter returned, bowed, and said: "Sir, please give me money."
"What's wrong? I've been eating at your place. Why do I need money today?" Tommy still has a good personality. Although he was a little embarrassed under his girlfriend's gaze, he didn't get angry. He asked in a gentle tone.
The waiter didn't dare to offend this regular customer, who never asked for the price of a meal but was a big spender in his own store. He bowed and said, "Your credit card was blocked."
After swapping three cards, he didn't take out a penny, and all the cards were blocked. Tommy knew this must be something immoral done by his father, so he had to run his hand through his face and said he would pay next time.
After sending Laurel back to the apartment, he didn't feel like exercising and told her to practice yoga alone. Tommy angrily ran back to his house. This was the first time he had returned to this house in a month.
Malcolm was now dressed as a warrior in loose, long-sleeved clothes. He was sitting on the floor. There were two bowls of tea and a teapot on the small table in front of him. There was a big word "Zen" written on the wall behind him. He hoped his artistic conception could calm Tommy down and patiently listen to himself telling the story of that year.
The facts prove that what he did was really to impress a blind man. Tommy and Oliver dropped out of school before finishing elementary school and went to nightclubs to compete to see who was more promiscuous. He didn't even recognize all the words in English, a Chinese word so complicated for "Zen". It's written so beautifully that, if you can recognize it, you'll be a ghost!
Seeing his father sitting still with his eyes closed, not speaking, Tommy got scared, thought his father was dead, and reached out to check his breath, wanting to confirm whether he should call a doctor or a lawyer.
After understanding his purpose, Malcolm Merlyn was so irritated by his actions that he was no longer in the mood to tell stories. He said firmly, "Go to work at Merlyn Group tomorrow!" and left, despite Tommy's strong protests.
After the negotiation failed, Tommy also knew that his arm couldn't twist his thigh. His relationship with Laurel was just starting to heat up. Although the loss of financial resources had little impact on their relationship, Laurel was ambitiously planning her own law firm. The only place where my level of education can help is in money.
Although mentally prepared and hoping that better behavior would allow his father to regain his allowance as soon as possible, Tommy still overslept the next day and, after many troubles, arrived at Merlyn Group at ten o'clock. I can't live much at night, I don't have the habit of doing things in the morning, and my biological clock isn't easy to adjust.
Malcolm did not make excessive demands and, just like Queen Group, gave Tommy the position of assistant to the president. Normally, Tommy was six years older than Thea and still a man, so it would be fair to put him in a relatively inferior position, but Malcolm didn't care.
According to the news from the source, in just three days, Thea basically classified the middle and senior management of the group. She can remember everyone's name, place of origin, and the school they graduated from, and can talk about topics of interest to them. Yesterday, a middle-level cadre celebrated his birthday. She also sent condolences on behalf of the group. This morning she made a suggestion about humanized office. Almost no one would object to this type of suggestion, because you can't find a reason to object. Anyway, whoever was in the real-time video transmitted to Malcolm from inside expressed support for this proposal.
Several human resources management experts from Malcolm gave Thea high marks without knowing her background. Her only current weakness is that she's a little younger. As for the impact of her academic background, it cannot be said that it doesn't exist, but it's not significant. There are still many entrepreneurs in Europe and the United States who dropped out of college and started their own businesses. You can see that Tommy, who didn't finish elementary school, can get into work. Thea's high school education is considered highly educated compared to his!
Looking at the comments from his subordinates, he's smart, witty, agile, and able to take advantage of his own strengths. There are almost no swear words about him.
Malcolm was proud of his daughter's excellence and worried about his son's failure to meet expectations. He called the group's monitor to see what his son was doing. After searching for ten minutes, he found that Tommy was chatting with the girl at the reception, happy!
He got so angry that he quickly sat back down and tried to calm his anger with all his heart, he secretly hated Oliver, who was suspected of being dead, but was actually still alive. His son was so honest when he was a child, but it was that boy who led his son astray!
He has eyes and ears in Queen Group, and Moira also has people in Merlyn Group. Tommy's performance on the first day was passed intact to her desk. Compared with the daughters of various branch directors who were connecting via video outside the president's office, Moira felt she had won the contest, there was no doubt! Seeing Tommy's mischievous behavior, as a mother, she automatically thought that Tommy was the one who let Oliver out of place, remembering how well-behaved Oliver was when he was a child.
At that moment, Oliver, who was far away, on Purgatory Island, in southern China, didn't know someone was thinking about him, so he sneezed loudly.
"Pay attention, you have to learn to survive, do you understand survival?" Yao Fei, who has long beard and messy hair, is walking through the jungle with Oliver. The two have been together for over a month, and now Yao Fei has begun using English to talk to him.
I don't know where this old man went wrong, he's determined to correct Oliver's elegant habits and train him to be his successor. His teaching method is very primitive, namely, hit, if he doesn't obey, hit him. Most of Green Arrow's martial arts skills are physical memories, which were acquired by being beaten by his own enemies. He was beaten in various ways, tied to a stool and beaten over a table. There was very little time for real systematic learning.
The two circled for a long time, caught a bird, and solved the breakfast problem. Yao Fei continued to teach him archery, but Oliver always thought that learning archery as a modern person was absurd, and he was very psychologically resistant, though he didn't directly refuse to learn. Actually, I dare not, but the learning effect can only be haha.
Yao Fei's own daughter was very well-behaved and had never met such a cruel person. She had no choice but to continue beating him with a stick until he learned how to do it.
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