บท 49: Not an easy job

On the other side, Ruxi worries if the situation gets out of control. Almost half the people of China are watching this live meeting and the answers Shi Lian is giving may sound brutal and mocking. She goes to the Chairman to ask if this is too much, shall they stop or not. "Chairman, is it alright for her to give responses like that? I mean it may sound offensive and brutal" she whispers.

"Let her be. The reporters asked for it" he looks proudly at his daughter. He was worried about it as well but he isn't anymore. If she cannot handle such questions, she can never survive here. Shi Lian managed everything perfectly and she doesn't even nervous. For a moment he thought the girl standing over there, giving savage replies is someone else. He is proud to be her father and he is sure of his decision now more than ever.

"But Chairman…she is not even crowned as Chairman and her image may get ruined…" she concerns but Zheng Yuan gesture her to calm down and watch the show. She sighs and tries not to overthink it.

"If any of you think that I am not capable to handle the company, they may resign. If you cannot have faith in your boss then there's no way you can work here!" she is sometimes scary when she is in charge.

The workers practically had chills when they meet her icy cold eyes that have no emotion right now.

"Even if I have to work with a few of you, I will. But remember, when you leave the company, you are never welcomed here in the future says she coldly.

Zhang walks up to Zheng Yuan and informs him that the time they set is already over. The meeting is going for over three hours and it may take longer, longer than they expected. "Shall we end it here?"

Before answering him, he looks around and after thinking, he says, "End it five minutes after"

Zhang nods and tells the management to follow the orders.

Now to think of it, Zhang will be following Shi Lian's orders. The Young Miss has all grown up. She is now a mature and confident lady who is all set to rule the world. He is happy for her, for Mo Zheng Yuan. He is the right hand for over twenty years or something and suddenly resigning from that job is hard.

"I saw the meeting live! You were sooo cool, Shi!" Evelyn clamors the moment Shi Lian picks her phone. she watched the whole meeting in one sitting for three hours and she couldn't help smiling looking at her best friend who is now a bigshot.

"Wow. You had time to watch me live? It was boring, wasn't it?" Shi Lian grins, holding the phone between her ear and her shoulder as she signs documents after documents.

"I can ditch everything for you. Anyway, the way you fought with the reporters was worth watching. I was laughing so hard, my stomach hurts."

"Yeah but I kinda feel that I was being too much. I should have kept my calm and answered them more politely?" she scratches her head as a symbol when she feels guilt.

"Oh cmon, you did great. Stop with your overthinking process. Anyway, what are you doing?" her best friend coax her.

"Signing documents. This is heck tiring" she groans still signing documents after documents.

"I see. Since you are busy at the moment, I'll call you later. I gotta sleep. See ya!" she says goodbye and ends the call.

After the meeting, the shareholders, the executives gathered around her to congratulate her. "Congratulation Shi Lian. Hoping for a bright future with you as a Chairman." She saw a few of them were not in favor of her being the head but she stopped herself from approaching them. let the time settle it, she thought.

As she was crowded with strange business people, she saw a familiar figure from the corner of her eyes. it was her cousin Cai Li. She walked towards her, a glib smile on her pasty face.

"Let's see how long it will be when you will be disposed from this position. Hopefully not very long" she mocked her, laughing like a hyena.

"I am the Chairman now. Dare say anything and I'll throw your father out of this company" she threatened her in a whispering tone, coming closer to her so no one can hear their conversation.

Cai Li, dumb as she is, loses her temper and started yelling, "Don't act so haughty Shi Lian! My father is the biggest shareholder. You don't have the power to remove him!" she spoke so loudly that the people around her must have heard as their facial expression were gloomy when the looked at that naïve girl. Her father, Shi Lian's uncle hurriedly came to rescue her his daughter and twist the situation.

"What the hell are you bluffing?" he hissed angrily at his daughter. He shouldn't have brought her when he clearly knew she will make a scene like this. He smiled at those people and tried explaining that she is just a kid to not take her words seriously. He somehow managed to persuade them not to be angry at him and then he approached Shi Lian.

Shi Lian smirks when she saw her dear uncle coming towards her. "Are you here to congratulate me, dear uncle?" She feels so satisfied watching him in a situation like this where he lost his face due to his naïve daughter.

He is the biggest shareholder so it won't be easy to remove him from the company. she will need the consent of every shareholder and executive but the situation was not in her favor Half do not favor her and half were still not sure about her. She has the power yet she feels powerless.

"Yes, Shi. Congratulations" he expresses with a forced smile. "Forgive my daughter for being rude, would you?"

"We are a family uncle. You don't need to ask about forgiveness."

"True true." He laughs awkwardly. Shi Lian looks away from him arrogantly and that made his uncle feel humiliated.

"In case you still want to remove me from the position, drop that idea. You are in no position to do that even if you have the power. Soon, the Chairman position will be mine, very soon." He whispered in her ear sneering smugly. He is a snake, a complete snake. He is vicious to even think of hurting his family just for the Chairman position. She needs to be careful when encountering him which will be very often from now on.

Shi Lian is signing reports when she gets a call. She presses the button and Ruxi's high-pitched voice fills the room. "Chairman, it's time for the meeting."

Another meeting. How many meetings does she have? She is starting to hate the word meeting. She will have to take a tour of the entire company. She thought of visiting every department which she never did and as a Chairman she should what is happening inside the company. it's tiring but there's no going back.

"Got it" she answers back and hangs up. After the meeting with the executives, she has another meeting with the staff and then a dinner party thrown by her father in the Mo mansion. Her schedule is so tight that she may suffocate just by looking at it. Zhang has already explained to her what she needs to do and what she doesn't even though she already knows that. Zhang is getting old and him doing this amount of work will give a bad effect on his health. She is thinking of letting Zhang takes his time off for a while but she needs to discuss it with her father and Zhang as well. she got up and exit the room, going straight to the meeting room.

Ambling around in the company, it's something different about it today. Maybe because she is not used to people bowing anywhere and suddenly as she is the Chairman of the company. they dare not say a word when are passing the elevator hall. The way she was earlier with the reporters was enough for the staff to get goosebumps. Some of the workers resigned after hearing her words because they thought the company won't last anymore. It was a reasonable and safe choice because the company is not in a position where the workers can feel trust and security.

"Hello Ch-Chairman" the woman shutters bowing down, dare not look at her. Was she that scary? She thinks that it was too much what she did in the meeting earlier. She nods and heads to the elevator car. Pressing the floor button she waits peacefully inside for it to reach.

Ting and the door opens. She strides out of the elevator and travels to the meeting room. God knows what will happen in the meeting.