They parked the car in the garage, and then Clara, Neo, Horace, and Isaac took the company’s private passage.
Because they knew that if they walked through the main entrance, they would be besieged by protesters
Horace and Isaac would not mind as they were ready for this kind of scene. Clara and Neo needed to be protected. Who would know what those angry investors would do?
Horace must ensure the safety of his family.
Horace and Isaac discussed the current affairs, and Clara walked behind them with Neo.
The whole company relied on Horace for the next move.
“It is impossible for our company to take their loss for them. We should make an official announcement to make this clear to them.”
Horace found the demands of those investors ridiculous because the investors should be fully aware of the risks of the stock market as they decided to invest. High profits, high risk. That was common sense.
Besides, they also went online, trying to tell everyone not to buy anything sold by Solrace, which was very irrational, even unreasonable.
The faults were not on them, but now they are also very embarrassed and don’t know what to do. Horace could understand their anger, but now the investors had turned into a mob, which did not care about why at all. They did not want explanations, they just wanted to cut their loss.
Horace thought about it and he felt that he had to find out why. Was it because of the company itself or someone was intentionally creating this crisis?
This was also where he got headaches.
When Horace and the others walked into the company and were about to enter the president’s office, they heard the voice of the board of directors discussing inside.
“Where are you going, Mr. Kirkland?”
Apparently, they had a leader now. A member of the board called Leland. Others were just following him. Horace glanced at the group and he immediately understood the current situation. Many people in the top management team worked hard in their position for many years, and they had feelings for the company.
“Leland, where do you think we’re going?” Horace said, looking at him with a smile.
“Have you seen the protesters outside? Horace, you brought this to yourself. Do you think there is still a need for you to stay on the board of directors?” Leland asked Horace with a cigarette in his fingers.
Originally, smoking was prohibited inside the company. Leland was intentionally breaking the rules to show that he did not give a damn for Horace anymore.
“Oh? So you think I should not show myself in the company anymore, right? ” Horace looked at Isaac and motioned for Isaac to act now.
“Horace, you are really a shameless man. Let me ask you. Are you the one to take the responsibility for those protesters outside? You should leave the company right now for the damage you have caused!”
Leland didn’t want to continue the meaningless conversation with Horace, so he simply let Horace know what he wanted: his resignation.
Leland wanted him to leave so that the company could sell his share of the company to someone else for a better price.
Leland had already contacted another Group for the sale. What he wanted was the commission of this deal. It was a large amount of money. Leland had planned it for a long time.
“Leland, why do you never learn? Do you remember that five years ago, I told you that I hated people who did not know how to have a polite conversation? We don’t need rude people here. How about taking a time-off to learn some manners? ”
After saying this, Horace waved his hand, and a group of men in black came up, asking Leland to leave.
“Horace, what are you doing? What do you want to do?”
Leland knew he was on the weaker side of the game now. he panicked but he wanted to hide it, so he looked at Horace directly and said in a very loud voice, “Horace, the best solution for you now is to hand over your shares. Mark my words! That is the only way for you to have a good end!”
He was forced to leave the office. Before he left, he was still yelling at Horace.
“You don’t have to worry about me,” Horace said in a cold voice and asked those guards to see him leave.
“I’m sure that Mr. Leland only represents himself. Any one of you who shares the same view with him is welcome to talk with me, right here right now. But if you don’t, I think it’s time for us to sit down and come up with a plan to solve some real problems. ”
Horace looked at the group of directors in front of him, trying hard to remember the face of each of them. He planned to deal with their betrayals later.
They were opportunists. Opportunists were not as bad as the black sheep, but they would turn their backs on you at any moment. But this was not the right time for confrontation. Horace needed them to work for him at this moment.
“Clara, Neo, do you want to be here or somewhere else?” Horace looked at Clara and Neo and asked softly.
Horace didn’t want Clara and Neo to see his cold-blooded and ruthless side, so even if he was in a bad mood now, he must treat them with patience and love.
“Isaac, send a notice to all departments. Five minutes’ meeting right now in the CEO’s office.”
Horace wanted to hear it from his employees.
“Horace, Neo and I…”
Clara asked as she thought it was better for her and Neo to be somewhere else while they had this serious meeting.
“Would you minding staying in that guestroom for a while? It would be over soon.” Horace knew Clara’s concerns, so he asked them to wait.
Although the guestroom was not big, it had all things that were needed.
Clara and Neo were sitting on the bed, listening to the meeting outside.
“I think everyone has a good understanding of the current state of the company now.”
Clara listened to Horace’s tone inside. Although he was very tired, there was still power in his voice.
“Okay, the service department has a lot of consumers coming to return the goods and asking for refunds.”
“Marketing department is not functioning very well now. many of our employees have stopped working. ”
“In my department, the staff lost confidence in our company and many of them left without noticing me.”
“HR has also received a few resignation reports. There is a huge loss of manpower, and many jobs are left undone.”
“…”
“Those who resigned, let me know their names later. We would not hire any of them again in the future.”
Horace listened to the situation of each department and said with his fingers crossed on the desk.