Chapter 790



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At Hunt Corporation.

When Nora arrived in her car, there were already a lot of people at the company.

Most of the shareholders had also turned up. They were all very concerned about how she was going to give an explanation to the media and everyone else today.

When Nora walked into the CEO’s office on the top floor, the secretaries, all of whom had feelings for Hunt Corporation, were chatting among themselves in hushed tones.

“She says she’ll give everyone an explanation today, but I really don’t know what kind of explanation she’s going to give. In two days’ time it will be the year-end closing, and then the company’s annual turnover data will be calculated. If gold prices still haven’t recovered by today, I’m afraid it will be difficult to know which way Hunt Corporation will go this year.”

“Gosh, I have a friend who works at Smith Corporation. They have already calculated their turnover for this year and it is way up compared to last year. This year, under Mr. Hunt’s leadership, we have invested heavily in research and development, especially in the fields of biomedicine and microchip research. That $1.5 billion is not coming back. Once you compare them like this…. Is Hunt Corporation really going to be dethroned?”

“Actually, we’ve all seen the annual data reports. Hunt Corporation barely manages to take the top spot every year. It appears that our profits exceed Smith Corporation’s by only tens of millions each year. With such a small gap, any project that makes money can make a difference…. When you think about it that way, our wins are really quite difficult…”

“Don’t you know? Actually this is all part of Mr. Hunt’s plans. Only when the turnover is only tens of millions of dollars higher and at risk of being surpassed will we have the motivation to work harder. Otherwise, if the difference is too big, we will end up monopolizing the market…. Also, if the gap is only tens of millions of dollars, the Smith Corporation will also be motivated to catch up. But because of this, it’s really hard to know what the result will be this year…”

“Yes, it’s all Miss Smith’s fault. If she had gotten rid of the gold reserves in time on the day of the board meeting, we wouldn’t be losing so much money. If we compare carefully, our profits are actually a few million dollars less than those of the Smith Corporation. If they had been disposed of at that time, the loss would have been reduced by $15 million, and our number one position this year would also have been secured.”

“So this just goes to show that some people’s hearts are not here!” suddenly commented Celine coolly.

It was already the end of December. The annual turnover figures had been calculated and published at the end of the previous day. There were only a few days left until the end of the month. Then they would add the profits of these few days to the previous data. Once this was done, the results would be out very soon.

Profits from several major projects had been included, and it was impossible that there would be large amounts of income over the next few days.

It could be said that the results were already set.

If it had been the day before, Celine would still have trusted Nora a little, but now that she had seen the statistical results, she had lost all confidence in her.

She stood up suddenly and said, “We are only a few million dollars short of the Smith Corporation’s profit this year. If the difference were large, I would not have suspected Miss Smith, but now I have no choice but to doubt her. I think she did it deliberately. Besides, the amount of money lost isn’t that much for them either…”

Someone whispered, “But Miss Smith is now the Hunt’s daughter-in-law, why would she help the Smiths? It’s not like she’s the Smith’s boss…”

Celine glared coldly. Even when the usually gentle woman was angry, her voice only trembled a little. She was completely furious. “Because… She’s going to be the head of the Smiths very soon!”

“What?”

Everyone was puzzled. “How so? It was decided long ago that Joel Smith is the head of the Smiths. Besides, he also owns 51% of the stock. Is your information reliable or not?”

Celine was furious. Even her eyes had turned a little red, and she was shaking with anger all over.

“Of course. She forced Lawrence to resign just so she could abuse her authority and do all those dirty tricks. If Lawrence were still here, and if Mr. Hunt were still here…the gold reserves would have been sold long ago.How would it have come to this!”

He suddenly bit his lip and said, “We must unite as one and protect Hunt Corporation together now!”

The Hunt Corporation had undergone several major cleansings. With the exception of Roger, everyone still in the company was loyal to the Hunt Corporation.

That’s why, when they saw the data report from the day before, they had panicked.

They had always been proud to be part of the Hunt Corporation. Also, when Justin was still around, he had treated them very well.

As a result, all of them had always considered the company their home.

Since Celine was the assistant manager of the secretarial department, she had only slightly less authority than Lawrence. Moreover, all of them could tell that Celine and Lawrence’s relationship was a bit ambiguous.

As soon as she said that, they all responded to her call.

“Yes, we can’t let her destroy the Hunt Corporation, we must unite as one! Let’s boycott Miss Smith and oppose her entering the office.”

“Let’s throw Miss Smith out!”

“Let’s protect Hunt Corporation for Mr. Pete!”

With their emotions aroused, they rose one by one and blocked the elevator exit.

Behind the crowd, as Roger surveyed the situation, his smile became even more mischievous, and a cold glint came from his narrowed eyes.

Ha.

He couldn’t beat Justin, but did they think he couldn’t beat a woman who had never done business?

Indeed, the old foxes on the board might not care about that kind of money-after all, thirty million dollars split evenly among them all wasn’t much-but there was no shortage of people who cared about the Hunt Corporation’s image.

These workers were the ones who really depended on a company to survive.

These people were elites from all walks of life. Now that they had banded together to resist Nora, he would see what else Nora had to be so smug about!

As Roger thought that, the elevator came with a ding.

Nora stepped out from inside.

As soon as she stepped out, someone threw water with a glass in her face!

Nora’s eyes narrowed and she jerked her head slightly to the side. With a loud splash, the water splashed onto the floor.

Her eyebrows drew together and she saw that Celine had led a group of people to block the way out of the elevator. In addition to the secretarial department, there were also some people from other departments.

Although they were not senior executives, they represented at least a tenth of the company’s workforce!

Nora frowned and asked, “What are you guys doing?”.

Celine replied, “Ms. Smith, you are not welcome here at Hunt Corporation!”.

Just as Nora was about to speak, Roger stepped forward and said, “Nora, you’re really so stubborn! Why can’t you listen to me, you know your actions have really let everyone down!!!! Just for the sake of the Smiths, you’ve made us suffer a loss…! You are still a Smith after all! Only the Hunts would really have the Hunts’ best interests at heart! In the past, when Justin was still here, I was always outraged, but now that he’s gone, it’s time for me to step up and shoulder the burden! Nora, I think you should come back. From now on, I’ll take over the Hunt’s affairs. After all, even though there have been conflicts between Justin and me, in the end I’m still a Hunt. At least, I will never harm the interests of the Hunts for the sake of the Smiths!”

When Roger said that, Celine immediately looked at him with a very reluctant look.

When Lawrence was here, she had already called Roger a ‘wolf in sheep’s clothing’. Despite Justin’s cold and stern exterior, he actually treated his subordinates very well. However, this was not the case with Roger.

Roger was kind on the outside but cold on the inside. These types of people were the scariest. However, if they pushed Nora away, it would seem that Roger was really the only one who could take over as the company’s interim CEO.

Therefore, Celine said nothing.

She intended to wait to contact Lawrence to discuss this problem.

Since Celine said nothing, the other secretaries raised no objection. They all stood behind Roger.

Nora looked at Roger and sneered, “How have I harmed the interests of the Hunts?”

Roger asked, “Have you forgotten about the gold reserves?”

Nora looked down and glanced at the time.

The clock on her phone jumped from 8:59 to 9:00.

Nora raised her head and said slowly, “The market is open. Everyone can take a look at today’s gold price.”

Her words took Celine a little by surprise.

Despite this, she quickly pulled out her phone and opened the trading app.

Roger sighed. “Don’t be any more stubborn, Nora. Considering how far gold prices have fallen, even if they recover today, how much can they really recover? It’s not like they’re going to recover all at once, right? I think you’d better go home quickly and stop making a scene at the company. Otherwise, you’ll just be embarrassing Justin. If you embarrass Pete too, it won’t be easy for him to take over the company in the future…”

Right after he said that, his trading app on his phone sent a push notification to his cell phone: [Gold prices are going up again today!]

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