Chapter 416: Cover for Her Babies
It seems the executives mean to teach Lily a lesson, so they report fast and use some abbreviations of
technical terms.
Lily swiftly scans the documents on the desk while listening to them without any dissatisfaction.
She is sitting there with her legs crossed.
When the executives are done with their work, Lily has also finished scanning these documents.
Casting a nce at the two thick stacks of documents on the table, Lily does think she''s so awesome
now that she''s capable of doing two things at a time, just like Louis.
Thinking of how mature Louis is in her mind, Lily feels sour in a sudden.
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''Stop.'' She says to herself secretly.
That man has already had another sweetheart, and he must have forgotten her.
Seeing Lily keep silent, the assistant asks carefully, "Ms. Lily, what do you think?"
"Well." Lily takes a deep breath and calms herself. She picks out a copy from the documents and
throws it heavily to the center of the conference table, which frightens everyone. And they turn to look
at her.
Lily says to the assistant in a faint tone, "Show them the report of the first quarter of this year."
"Okay." The assistant does as she said, and the pie chart of the quarterly report quickly appears on the
screen.
"You saw it?" Lily points at the screen with a serious look. "At the beginning of this year, three new
products wereunched, and the spokespersons of them are famous stars. And we spent more on
promotion thanst year. But why is the report of the first quarter of this year worse? The
spokespersons we invitedst year aren''t that famous, and we spent less on promotion."
The executive of the marketing department exins immediately, "Ms. Lily, thanks to a hit movie, the
products weunchedst year sold well. But this year is different."
"So, do you mean no one should be med for the poor performance of the first quarter? Although we
invited some famous stars as our spokespersons and spent more on promotion." Lily follows the words
of the executive up with a sneer.
The executive of the marketing department looks anxious as Lily is staring at him. And he doesn''t know
how to reply at the moment.
Lily says in an indifferent tone, "All of youe from the core departments of thepany. Whether
our products will sell well depends on you. We invested more but made a poorer profit thanst year,
which is your fault."
"The head office will only focus on the profits, and they''re not interested in the process. If they find we
gain less than we spend, they''ll find someone else to rece you or dismiss some of you. If the annual
report can''t meet their expectations, all of you may be reced."
Lily knocks on the table and says, "I think no one would like to experience what I mentioned just now."
She looks around after saying that.
Seeing that the executives look worried in silence, Lily feel pleased.
"When I was about to take charge of thepany, I discussed the bonus for you with the head office.
Each of those departments that do a good job can get a double quarterly bonus when the quarterly
reportes out. And their annual bonus will also double." Lily says gently.
As soon as she finishes, she can see the glitter of excitement in the eyes of those executives.
Money talks, and it’s always the best way to motivate employees.
Looking at their reactions carefully, Lily says, "I will send the report of the first quarter to the head office
on time and I''ll take the me for you. I''m looking forward to your good performance in the second
quarter as well as a nice half-year report. But if not, I''ll consider changing some of you."
"Have I made myself clear?" Lily raises her voice to draw the attention of everyone.
"Yes."
"Alright. That''s all for today." Lily pushes away the chair and gets up, "I''m going back to my office."
"..."
As soon as Lily leaves, the executives in the conference room look relieved.
They look at each other, and everyone can sense the fear in the eyes of the others. They all know the
new vice president isn''t a pushover after the meeting, though she seemed to be nice.
What they discussed in the meeting soon spreads throughout thepany, including the bonus
mentioned by Lily.
No one knows the CEO of HS Company has changed and their new vice president, who even had a
history with the president of the Smith Group, once worked there as well as in the HZ Group until some
of HS Company show it off in the circle.
What a sensational piece of news in the circle!
Louis doesn''t know whichpany Lily is working in, since he never pays attention to gossip. Neither
does Lily, who''s killing herself dealing with the files in her office.
As busy as Lily is, she still cares about the babies. She eats something and takes a rest when she''s
hungry.
Lily has been in her office for four or five hours.
Ees to Lily''s office with files and a delicate cake at 3 p.m. "Ms. Lily, this’ the fruit cake you
wanted. And I told the baker to use oranges and kiwi fruits alone as you asked, so there''re no other
fruits in it."
Lily smiles at her from the documents, saying, "Thank you so much for running errands for me today.
The snacks I ordered online will be delivered tomorrow."
"As your assistant, I''m supposed to do these things." E puts the files on the table. "These files are
about the new perfume we''llunch next month. Here you are."
When Lily opens the file, E unwraps the cake box quickly and cuts a piece of the cake for her.
"Thank you." Lily takes the te.
The heavy cream is sweet but not greasy, which melts in the mouth fast. But the orange is too sweet to
swallow for her.
She spits it out on the tissue.
"Ms. Lily, what''s wrong?" E asks nervously, "I watched the baker make the cake. Both the cream and
oranges are fresh. I even tasted the oranges. You don''t like it?"
Lily nods and says with disappointment, "Yes, I do want to eat oranges, but this is not what I want."
She doesn''t feel well as soon as she tastes it.
"I heard from the baker that the oranges came from Hanchi. They''re pretty expensive."
"I''m picky." Lily kneads between her eyebrows.
She is pregnant, but she doesn''t want anyone to know it.
"I''ll buy another one for you."
"Nope. You''ve been running errands all day and you must be tired." Lily stops her and says after a
short while, "I remember that the Smith Group bought an orchard. The fruits there are pretty good. Call
them and order some fruits there for me when you''re free."
E nods, "Okay. I''ll look up their number and make a call. I''m leaving first, if you don''t need me now."
"Okay."
Lily doesn''t like the orange cake, so she puts it aside and starts to eat the biscuits that she hasn''t
finished off in the morning. And she doesn''t stop scanning the documents.
Cosmetics and perfumes are the staples of HS Company. Their cosmetics can''t bepared with
those of luxurypanies, but the global sales of their perfumes are quite good. The sales of their
newlyunched perfume used to rank first quickly in the Asia rankings.
However, when their chief perfumer was poached by a bigpany five years ago, HS Company
witnessed a plunge in profits. After they changed their chief perfumers three times in five years, their
head office finally poached a big shot from another bigpany. Since then, they saw a rise in profits.
But the good times don''tst long, and the sales have been poor in the recent two years.
The new perfume isn''t made by their chief perfumer. Instead, it''s bought at a high price by the head
office from someone else. The executive even signed a valuation agreement with other
<ppanies.