Chapter 1393


    Chapter 1393


    The conference room was at once lively, with everyone’s attention fixed on Ryan, most of them


    admiring.


    On the other hand, Sam suffered rebuke as soon as he came. Although he had managed to gain some


    extent of approval now, he was once again anonymous with Ryan’s appearance.


    Quinn nced at Sam just then, taking note of the change in expression on his face.


    So she was not the only one annoyed with Ryan’s presence- he was too.


    Saunderia was now back on track under Sam’s management, and Ryan would have interrupted the


    current flow of events.


    It was also obvious that the board preferred Ryan, even if he never helped with Saunderia at all-all his


    intelligence was used entirely on scientific research, and science and business were twopletely


    different things!


    Naturally, Quinn did not say that out loud-Ryan was doing this because he wanted to help Saunderia


    out of their current crisis, so she had no reason toin.


    It was the same for Sam too.


    However, Ryan looked pointedly at Sam just then and asked, “Are you upset that I’m here, Sam?”


    “Nope,” Sam replied. Nothing’s better since you’re here to help. You’re smart, and thepany would


    develop further with you.”


    “I hope that’s spoken from your heart.” Ryan smiled in disdain, never sparing Sam at all times.


    Used to it, Sam simply brought up the agenda of the meeting. “We’re discussing the joint venture. As


    things stand, there has been no response from Damian Craig, but I was there myself. I personally


    believe that our chances are bright-all we need is time. But during this uncertain period while the new


    energy car project is being put on ice, our project management would be left in disarray.”


    “For one, many personnel are involved in the project, and as things drag on, the manpower cost will


    increase. To make things worse, they don’t know what to do, and they’ll work in fear every day as long


    as we don’t give them a clearly defined goal. Moreover, what are we nning to achieve with this


    project? Are we supposed to go all in, or is it supposed to be a backup n? These are the strategies


    we need to decide on, and we need to utilize Saunderia’s resources suitably.”


    Sam paused for a moment after the long exposition before continuing, “Now, we will discuss two


    agendas. The first is the n for the new energy car project should our proposed joint venture be


    approved and personnel management in that case. The second is to scrap the new energy car project


    entirely to plug the leaking capital if the joint venture falls through.”


    The board was silent and thoughtful-they must weigh their words before speaking at such an important


    meeting.


    On the other hand, Ryan was left staring at Sam, stopping short of gaping.


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    While Sam had been supposedly working for a while, Ryan was told that it was their father who forced


    him to, and he never really cared about it. In other words, Sam had only been working seriously


    recently, but theposure and meticulous attitude he disyed left Ryan in disbelief.


    How could Sam change so dramatically?! This was the same Sam whom he always thought to be


    insignificant!


    Still, Gilbert spoke up just then. “Since you’re here, Ryan, you should know about Saunderia’s situation


    as well. Why don’t you tell us what you think? Us old folks would like to hear what you young people


    have to say.”


    He obviously had high hopes for Ryan.


    Ryan in turn remained calm andposed, having had Peter Lang work overnight to brief him about


    thepany’s situation-especially on the joint venture.


    As such, Ryan said bluntly, “I personally think that after everyone here and my father has given their all


    the new energy car project, I propose to keep it instead of so-called scrapping it.”