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Chapter 125 Mr. Smith Stands by Her
Chapter 125 Mr. Smith Stands by Her
As Mr. Smith looks around the conference table with his keen eyes, he happens to see Lily standing.
He freezes for a moment, then nods at her with a smile.
Lily quickly bows to him, feeling dazed.
She has only now discovered that the old man is Mr. Smith. She went to the Smith family several times
after she married Jason, but at that time Mr. Smith was recuperating abroad, so she has never met
him.
It’s such a coincidence.
"Mr. Smith, Mr. Louis is in hospital. The company needs a leader now." Mr. Gill says, "So we're all going
to have a meeting and pick someone to take charge of the company, and we're going to defend the
Smith Group while Mr. Louis is away. If the Smith Group’s stock falls a few more times, shareholders
will be upset and bear the consequences."
Samson nods and agrees, "You’ve set up the rule that the Smith Group could be managed by two
members in the Smith Family at most, but now Mr. Louis is still in the hospital, and Miss Katherine is in
the planning department, so we think Miss Olivia should not join the Smith Group so as not to break the
rules."
Mr. Smith looks over at Olivia and says sternly, "Why don't you tell me you want to join the Smith
Group?"
"Mr. Smith, I'm worried about the Smith Group." Olivia twitches her lips and keeps a soft smile, "You
have no idea how much the Smith Group's stock has fallen the last few days, and Louis is still in the
coma..."
"So, you can break the rules of the group by being the member of the Smith family?"
"Mr. Smith, that's not what I mean."
"If you really take me as the president, you should discuss everything with me!" Mr. Smith snaps,
"Although I handed over the management of the Smith Group to Louis, the Smith Group belongs to
everyone! Do you know why some groups can't live for a long time, because they are family
businesses, and family members restrict the development of the group!"
"If everyone relies on relatives to become executives and takes excellent people as stepping stones,
would people be willing to work hard for you? Workers are to make money. They are not fools!"
Mr. Smith's barrage leaves Miss Olivia with a frozen smile on her face.
The people at the table hold their breath.
Everyone in the Smith Group knows that Mr. Smith is vigorous and resolute. He is more unfriendly than
Louis. If he really gets irritated, he would leave no face to even his family.
"Mr. Smith."
Just as Mr. Smith is reprimanding Miss Olivia, the door of the conference room opens again and
several people come in. The middle-aged man at the front greets Mr. Smith.
The man's black hair is dotted with white hair, and he seems to be not young. Wearing the suit, he
exudes a kind of majesty from the inside out, looking like a powerful person.
Lily knows that this is Mr. Smith's brother, Mr. Richard.
Richard is followed by two skinny men. The one who looks lazy is Mr. Ellison, his second son, and the
other is Jason.
Mr. Ellison is the general manager of Yanking branch. Lily is not surprised he is here, but...
Why did Jason follow them?
When Mr. Smith sees that Richard is also here, he asks, "Aren't you on a business trip in Singapore?
Why did you come back?"
"Ellison calls me and says that Louis has been in a car accident, and it is serious, so I have arranged
my work and come back." says Richard, "Louis's car accident causes the Smith Group's stock to fall all
the way, and it is said that Louis is seriously injured and can't lead the company and the Smith Group is
going to collapse. Louis really hurts his legs badly?”
"I also want to question you!" Mr. Smith snorts and says, "There are so many people in the
headquarter, the nephew and the cousin has a car accident, but you didn’t deal with it the first time, but
let the media take advantage of it. Is the loss of more than 2 billion dollars in the Smith Group the fault
of an old man recovering from illness in the hospital?"
Olivia understands what he means and says quickly, "No. Katherine's getting married, and Daniel's not
here, and I am preparing the wedding for Katherine. I didn’t expect that Louis is going to have a car
accident."
"My aunt is busy with my wedding, and she takes care of Kangnung's branch office. She often stays up
until 3 or 4 am." Katherine speaks for Miss Olivia. "I knew Louis is in a car accident and contacted the
media the first time. But I didn’t expect the news to be spread out and couldn’t hide it.”
"Yes, Mr. Smith, Olivia works very hard. Don't blame her. It’s my fault." Richard says, "I've been in
Singapore dealing with things. I'm not doing my part."
"Shut up, we're all family. Don’t say so much family affairs in front of so many people." says Mr. Smith, NôvelDrama.Org is the owner.
"The most important thing is to get the Smith Group stock steady."
"Now that you are here, Mr. Smith, what do you suggest we do? We can't break the rules, but now the
Smith Group needs someone to run the company."
Mr. Smith looks at Lily and asks, "Little girl, why are you still standing? Which department are you in?"
Since Mr. Smith comes here, Lily has been watching the show, and she sees Richard also comes here,
so she is thinking why he would come back. She forgets to sit back and didn’t expect Mr. Smith to say
to her suddenly.
Lily pauses and says calmly, "Miss Olivia is afraid that the Smith Group’s stock would continue to fall if
there is no one to lead the company, so she wants to share the worries with the Smith Group. I said
that there are already two members of the Smith family working in the Smith Group. I'm afraid that she
would break the rules if she comes in. Because I'm a junior and I have a lower position in the company,
to show respect, I should stand up to speak."
"Mr. Louis set up a new Regulators department, and I'm the manager, Lily."
Mr. Smith couldn't help laughing at hearing that.
During the hot pot dinner, the girl was very upset and said something about her company, like the boss
has set up a new department and she becomes a scapegoat. But Mr. Louis doesn't realize that the
company she is talking about is the Smith Group.
He knows Louis. It must be because of trusting Lily that he leaves everything to her.
"I have a good candidate. Lily will be the acting CEO until Louis recovers."
Mr. Smith lightly utters these words, and the whole meeting is in complete silence.
Mr. Smith looks at Lily and says, "Lily, I bother you for a while. You can transfer the staff of branches in
several provinces if necessary, not just in the Smith Group."
After ten seconds of silence, the conference room explodes.
Olivia loos gloomily and says, "Mr. Smith, you don't want to break the Smith Group rules, but the acting
President has to be selected between Samson and Mr. Gill. She's just a manager."
"Yes, Mr. Smith, you can't joke about that." Richard says, “How can a manager act as acting president?
This is not in compliance with the rules. I heard that she is not a financial professional."
When Mr. Richard says so, shareholders are also nervous.
Running a company is not as simple as playing toys. Besides, for a large Group like the Smith Group, if
a non-professional is appointed as acting President, it is equivalent to destroying the Smith Group.
"Mr. Smith, we strongly disagree!"
"She's a manager with limited experience. What does she know?"
"Yeah, Lily looks too delicate, she won't be able to intimidate the staff. They won't agree with her."
"..."
The meeting room, which was rigorous only a minute ago, now becomes a noisy market, opposing Mr.
Smith's proposal and forbidding Lily to be the acting President.