Ten minutes later, the entire investment planning department was gathered in a small meeting room.
âWhat do you guys think sheâs trying to do here? All the proposals that I have sent to her in the past
two days have all been shot down!â
âYeah! Mine too! Does she even know anything about investment? If she wonât approve any investment
projects, then how is the company going to make any profits?â
âShh! Keep your voice down! Donât forget sheâs the bossâ wife!â
In that one little remark, the employee had summed up the entire reason for Sashaâs presence in the
company.
Nobody would believe that Sasha, the presidentâs wife, had landed in such an important role on her
own merits. Even Sasha herself would not have believed it.
Sasha entered the meeting room and saw the doubtful expression on her subordinatesâ faces. Geez, I
am sure they have lots of fun bit*hing about me.
However, she didnât seem to be affected at all.
âEverybody, Iâm sorry to interrupt your work. Iâm holding this short meeting today just to make one
announcement. Going forward, please do not propose any more investment projects that will bring in
less than one billion in profit to Hayes Corporation. I will not be accepting those,â Sasha said simply as
she stared unapologetically into the eyes of everyone in the room. This was the first rule that she had
laid down after taking office.
Then, as if to emphasize her point, she unceremoniously tossed a stack of proposals that she had
sorted out earlier into the wastepaper basket.
After she was done speaking, the meeting room burst into an uproar.
âAt least one billion? Ms. Wand, you must be joking! Do you know how much money that is?â
âYeah, Ms. Wand, d-donât you think youâve set the bar too high? If thatâs your criteria, then we wouldnât
dare to invest anymore! Who would dare to cooperate with us after if this is your requirement?â
âThatâs true. Ms. Wand, do you want to discuss this with the previous head of department first?â
Everyone in the department could not help voicing out their dissatisfaction.
They complained that Sashaâs goal was too high and implied that she did not know what she was
doing. Their faces were full of contempt and disdain towards her.
They even dared to suggest that she consult the previous head of department.
Sasha stared at them coldly.
She waited until they were done speaking and the meeting room was silent again before saying,
âHayes Corporation has a total net asset of 800 billion after deducting all operating costs. The company
must make at least 50 billion each year for it to be considered profitable. How can your investments
with profits of a few million each make any kind of meaningful contribution to the company? Are the lot
of you just playing around?â
The meeting room was deathly quiet after Sasha had spoken. Everyone was too embarrassed to say
anything further.
Sasha smiled wryly and continued, âIf you, as an employee of a company with 800 billion in assets, are
unable to secure investment proposal, then I donât think you deserve to be here. You are not up to the
companyâs standards. Please shape up or move to those companies that have lower expectations,
okay?â
Sashaâs tone was sharp and strict, leaving no space for any more arguments.
She was skilled at managing people.
Back when she was working in Andyâs company at Wall Street, she was in charge of a team with
dozens of people under her. Her team was all highly capable people. They only talked about
investments in the billions.
And these useless bunch of people? They should be honored to be working under me!
Sasha stared around at her teamâs pale, fearful faces. Then, she flicked away the pen that she had
been holding, stood up and returned to her office without saying another word.
For the rest of the morning, no one dared to disturb her peace with any more trivial projects.
At twelve oâclock, Sasha shut down her computer.
âMs. Wand, are you going upstairs to cook lunch for the president now?â
âYes.â
Sasha was a little embarrassed to speak about her private life. She cast a quick glance at her assistant
and hurried off.
For the past two days, Sasha had indeed been cooking at the penthouse suite on the top floor of the
building.
It was too far for her to travel back to the Hayes residence from the company.
Further, Sebastian also rarely left work on time or had meetings and entertain clients. It was just more
convenient for the two of them.
So, Sasha had simply stocked the penthouse suite with groceries. The penthouse was equipped with a
full set of kitchen equipment and items anyway.
Sasha stepped into the elevator.
âMrs. Hayes, are you done with work?â
âYes, whereâs the president? Is he back?â Sasha glanced around.
âHe was back earlier but he left again. He should be meeting a client,â the receptionist answered after
glancing over at the meeting room.
Since Sebastian was busy, there was no need for Sasha to wait for him.
She went up to the top floor and began to cook.
She was done within half an hour, but Sebastian had not come up to the penthouse yet. She did not
bother to go and get him. Instead, she started to clean up the suite so that he would feel more
comfortable later when he came up.
However, even after she was done cleaning, Sebastian still had not appeared.
Whatâs happening down there? Heâs still not done?
Sasha finally got impatient and decided to go down to check up on him.
âJosephine, whereâs the president? Heâs still in his meeting?â
âHuh?â The receptionist was surprised. âHeâs already done! He didnât go upstairs for lunch?â
Sasha immediately pulled out her phone and dialed his number.
He answered very quickly. âHello?â
âSebby, where are you? Iâve already prepared lunch. Are you not eating?â Sasha whined into the
phone.
She was getting a little hungry waiting for him.