Chapter 782



The moment Nora walked in, the entire conference room fell silent.

Howard rubbed his eyes in confusion, as if he had seen wrong. The smile on his face froze.

The house servant had just said that Nora had left the house twenty minutes ago. How could she have arrived so quickly? Had she flown in?

When he was stunned, the Third Uncle said, “Nora, you’re here! I knew it. How could you forget such an important meeting? You must be long gone.”

With that, he said quietly, “However, Howard said you just left the house. I wonder which servant told him that. This is not good. You have left us directors with the impression that you are a slacker.”

Howard knew he had lost this round.

However, his expression did not change. The smile on his face came back to life as he said, “Yes, yes. I must have made a mistake there! Fortunately, you’ve arrived. Otherwise, these gentlemen would have waited for you for an hour! Nora, did you sleep late this morning? Even if there was a traffic jam, you shouldn’t be half an hour late, right?”

Even if Nora arrived in half an hour, it couldn’t change the fact that she was late.

Nora narrowed her eyes slightly. She didn’t explain herself and walked straight to the chairman’s chair. After sitting down, she calmly said, “I’m sorry I’m late.”

These brief words inexplicably gave people a sense of security and reassurance.

The other shareholders looked at her. At that moment, everyone suddenly had some confidence in the future of the company.

At least this woman could control the situation. In such a tense environment, she could handle the problem with ease. She seemed to have some skills.

Howard’s heavy fists hit the cotton and he instantly felt it was pointless.

If he kept talking about her being late, it would make him look very petty. So, Howard smiled and said, “Nora, it’s okay. We’re a family. Let’s start the meeting, shall we?”

This person was really mean. Nora groaned in her heart and nodded.

Then, the people downstairs briefed her on their respective projects so she could understand the business quickly.

Nora was multitasking. As she listened, she looked at her special assistant, Mr. Livingstone, who was standing next to her. He was a child of Elder Mrs. Hunt’s distant family. He had been in Elder Mrs. Hunt’s service for more than five years now and had always been in contact with her.

This person was very good at managing the company. He had been a professional manager and had a good reputation in the industry. Moreover, he was the person Elder Mrs. Hunt had gone out of her way to invite to help Nora manage the Hunt Corporation.

Logically, she should have reminded Nora that she was coming to the meeting today. After all, as special assistant, he was responsible for these small matters.

Besides, Nora had always been unconcerned. Lily was the one who was in charge of medical matters. Even if Justin were here, she couldn’t remember his daily schedule. It was organized by the special assistant.

Besides, Elder Mrs. Hunt had even instructed Mr. Livingstone repeatedly yesterday to help her in any way he could. He would have to suppress the situation!

But didn’t this Mr. Livingstone remind her?

At the very least, he should have informed her that she was to be at the company at nine o’clock!

Nora thought about this and twirled the pen in her hand.

“…President Smith, what do you think we should do with this case, should we continue or file it?”

As she was thinking, the first person finished reporting and asked her about it.

Nora was about to speak when Mr. Livingstone, next to her, suddenly said, “You should go ahead and do what Chairman Hunt advised you to do when he was still around.”

Mr. Livingstone was standing behind Nora, looking like a special assistant.

With his words, everyone understood.

It seemed that Miss Smith was still just an ornament. Had she found a professional representative to act for her?

However, that was fine too!

As long as the Hunt Corporation continued to develop well.

They all thought about this. Next, they confronted Nora one by one, but actually began to report to Mr. Livingstone.

Justin had already organized most of the projects well enough. They could continue according to his instructions and the things he had left behind.

Mr. Livingstone opened his mouth to address the issues and sized up Nora.

This woman was his new partner.

When Elder Mrs. Hunt had called him to assist her, he had thought he was going to be the President of the Hunt Corporation. He did not expect to be her special assistant.

Mr. Livingstone was not willing.

He was a worthy economist and a PhD student with a double degree, but now he had to listen to a young woman of about 25 years of age….

Therefore, he deliberately did not inform Nora to attend the meeting.

His goal was to make Nora panic when he was late. Then, he would come to help resolve the situation. That way, in the future, Nora would definitely trust him excessively.

By then, Nora, this President Smith, would be useless, while he would still be the President of Hunt Corporation!

While Mr. Livingstone was thinking about this, Howard suddenly said, “Nora, I have some questions. I want to ask you.”

Nora raised her eyebrows. “What is it about?”

Howard said, “When Justin was around, he asked us to prepare some gold reserves. So, when the price of gold increased a while ago, we bought some gold reser ves. However, Justin made a mistake this time. After he made the company buy it, the gold price started to go down. Moreover, it got worse and worse. So far, the price has already fallen to two-thirds since we bought it. Should we quickly get rid of gold now? If not, the loss will be even bigger.”

Nora: “?”

Gold reserves? Isn’t that a kind of investment bond?

She frowned and before she could speak, Mr. Livingstone was about to speak again. “About that…”

Before she could finish, however, Howard suddenly said, “Mr. Livingstone, are you a special assistant or a professional manager? If you are here to manage the company, why did you have Nora come? If you are just a special assistant, aren’t you saying too much today?”.

Mr. Livingstone instantly shut his mouth and looked at Nora at the same time.

As a special assistant, it was wrong to casually interrupt. However, if Nora asked, then it would be reasonable for him to answer.

Therefore, he was waiting for Nora to speak. He was also pretty sure that after Nora witnessed his recent actions, she would definitely open her mouth to beg him.

Howard continued, “Nora?”

Nora: “…”

She rarely paid attention to the gold reserves. After all, she wasn’t that obsessed with making money. Who knew when gold would go up?

What was she going to say about this question?

While she was thinking, a message was sent to the Imperial League group. [King: Gold will go up tremendously in the next three days.]

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