A Flash Marriage Can Be A Treasure novel Chapter 103

"It’s strange. Even an interpreter can come to this conference room." The woman next to Julian speaks in a low but sarcastic voice. "Can anyone come here now?"

Lily lifts her eyes to look at the woman and confirms that it's Katherine, Louis's cousin.

Katherine is unhappy.

She has told Louis that she doesn't want to take over this mess even if he transfers some men from New York, but he still calls her to have the meeting.

"Miss Katherine, I haven’t seen you for a long time." Lily greets her with a smile. She hates her sarcastic remarks most, as if everyone owes her. "Yes, two staffs in the translation department have come here."

"I don't think I'm competent enough to come to attend such a meeting, but the boss sent me the email in person, and I, as a junior employee, couldn't refuse it, so I come here. I'm so sorry that I make Miss Katherine feel unhappy."

Katherine probably didn't expect Lily to answer back, and she looks gloomy and embarrassed.

No one else in the room speaks again.

Everyone knows the purpose of the meeting today. It is about the promotion of a new minister of translation department, and it has nothing to do with them, so they can just watch it.

As the people come in, they take their seats in twos and threes. They are from different departments and Lily seldom sees them as they are often on business trips.

At 9:55, the door of the conference room opens again, and Louis comes in with his secretary Meghan.

He looks tall and straight today in a dark gray suit. His eyes are deep, with slight careless indifference. He comes in with his cold aura, making the atmosphere calm and sober.

Why the tie he is wearing looks so familiar?

The maroon and black striped tie and the tie clip below match each other perfectly. Lily can tell it’s produced by Armani at one glance. Besides, she is familiar with the tie. Where has she seen it before?

"Good morning, Mr. Louis."

As soon as Louis comes in, everyone gets up to greet him. Lily recollects her mind and echoes.

"Good morning, everyone. Take a seat." Louis nods, pulls out his chair to sit down. Meghan sits down by his side. He quickly opens his notebook and focuses on the work.

Even though he is sitting in a chair, Louis still keeps his back straight. He says, "Today, I summon the meeting for appointing a new minister for the Translation Department. Minister Leon has died, and there is only an acting minister at present, but there is still a difference between the acting minister and the minister.

No one speaks and they all keep silence.

"There are a lot of competent people in the translation department, but most of them are not qualified enough." Then Katherine says, "Julian, the acting minister, is a veteran of the translation department. When I discuss the work with her, I could see that she takes her work very seriously. I'm sure everyone would agree that Julian would be the new head of translation."

Louis taps his finger on the table and approves. "Yes, Julian has been in the Smith Group for many years and she’s very competent."

Julian looks pleased, but Lily wonders.

She's a little confused by Louis. Doesn't he know that Julian is Samson's men? Why does he promote Julian and why does he call her to attend the meeting?

Just after everyone thought that the new minister has been decided, Louis speaks again, "She can be the head of the group, but she is not qualified to be the minister. She is lack of leadership."

At that moment, the door of the conference room opens again and a man dressed well walks in.

"Mr. Louis."

Louis nods, and stands up to introduce the man to the people present, "This is Hudson Fradley, transferred from Yanking Company. He will be the head of the translation department from now on."

Everyone in the room, including Lily, is shocked. They didn't expect Louis would appoint a new man to be the minster, especially Lily. She really admires Louis’s tricks, which is more exciting than riding a roller coaster.

Hudson bows slightly to everyone, "Nice to meet you all."

"Louis, it is not appropriate." Katherine says, "The Yanking branch is inferior to the headquarter. If you transfer him here, don’t you need to evaluate his performance?"

"Just because I know his strength, I transfer him from the Yanking branch." Louis grins faintly, his eyes deep, "Like Samson recognizes your abilities."

Katherine knows what he means, and her face turns pale.

"Apart from that, I have another thing to tell you." Louis looks around the conference table and seems to pause for a second on Lily.

"At present, the Smith Group has only one secretary department, but the workload is too heavy for the secretary department to handle. I decide to set up a Regulators department to help me handle the job in the Smith Group."

Everyone looks surprised.

Regulators department? Doesn’t that mean the department will regulate their jobs?

Ignoring the surprised looks on everyone's faces, he goes on, "The staff in the Regulators department can deal with any affairs of any departments of the Smith Group, including my office, which is equal to my secretary. They will be me and everything they do would be my orders, whether I'm at the office or not."

"Mr. Louis... isn’t that reasonable?" Somebody can’t help saying. "If we set up the Regulators department, we're going to have no privacy at all, and does the board know about that?"

Louis smiles lightly, "Regulators department would only deal with your job and doesn't violate your privacy. If it does, that means your work is in relation with your private ones. It is my decision to set up the new department. Why should I inform the board?"

"The board runs the company..."

Louis's voice is cold, "So, you think I, as the CEO, don’t have the real power?"

The man dares not speak again.

Actually, there is no need to mention the board of directors. There are only two people on the board of directors now. Mr. Smith, chairman of the board of directors, has never appeared since the real power of the Smith Group has been handed over to Louis. Unless there is a crisis in the Smith Group, or Mr. Smith would show up. As for the Vice chairman, He has even less real power. As soon as Louis takes charge of the Smith Group, he went to Maldives for a long vacation. Every month, he would hear the sound of money coming into his pocket.

When Lily looks up, she meets Louis casually. The man's eyes are as thick as deep sea, just like the one she used to see at in the bathroom.

A chill ran up her back, and she had a bad hunch

Won’t she...

"Lily." Louis calls her. His voice sounds calm, and his eyes are sharp, “From tomorrow on, you will be transferred from the translation department to the Regulators department. Meghan will arrange for your department's office. You're going to pick your subordinates from the Smith Group or other branches."

Shit!

No wonder Louis looked at her so strangely last night and said something strange. It turns out that he has his own plans.

"Lily will be transferred to the Regulators department?" Before Lily speaks, Julian shouts out, "How could she have to ability to work as a manager in the Regulators department? Isn’t that ridiculous?"

She thought she is destined to become the minister, but Louis transfers Hudson from Yanking branch. She lost her position as a minister, and now she's watching Lily being promoted as a manager.