Logan Group, conference room.
The atmosphere in the conference room was unusually tense.
The board meeting had just begun, and the general manager, Zachary Logan, openly challenged Yvonne Logan, the company's CEO in front of everyone.
"Under your shrewd management, our Logan Group can't even pay our employees' salaries. Now the bank has suspended our loans, and the only ten million yuan left in our company's account has been taken by you. Yvonne, shouldn't you explain yourself in front of the board?"
Zachary's tone was cold, and the other major directors of the group also looked unhappy.
"Miss Yvonne, what's going on?" one of the directors asked.
"The company is facing a financial crisis, and you still took away ten million yuan. What are you trying to do? Run away with the money?" another chimed in.
Some of the directors had already begun to suspect Yvonne, linking her with bad intentions.
Yvonne's face turned pale, and she had to explain.
"Please don't worry, directors. I have contacted the Reed family through a friend. The one million dollars is just a fee for their hard work. The Reed family has promised to help us solve everything. We just need to be patient and wait."
Yvonne Logan had no choice but to use this explanation.
Logan Zachary sneered.
"Wait? How long do you want us to wait? Until the company goes bankrupt? Until the group is acquired?"
Zachary's aggressive questioning made Yvonne's face even paler.
Finally, she said.
"If the Reed family can't help us solve everything by the end of today, I, Yvonne Logan, will resign voluntarily."
"Is it just a resignation? Yvonne Logan, you have to compensate for all the losses of the group, including the one million you took without authorization!" Zachary shouted sternly.
Yvonne lifted her head and said coldly.
"Okay, I will take responsibility."
Upon hearing Yvonne Logan's promise, Zachary finally stopped talking.
The other directors were also prepared to wait for Yvonne Logan for the rest of the afternoon.
However, just as the meeting was about to end, the door of the conference room was suddenly pushed open.
Marcel Ridge walked in with several bodyguards protecting him.
"Marcel Tristan Ridge!"
"What are you doing here?"
Everyone in the conference room was shocked to see him.
Marcel Ridge smiled and said.
"Everyone, calm down. I just came to remind your young and beautiful CEO Miss Logan not to wait for any news from the Reed family. Because Kenneth Reed won't help you."
"How do you know about us and Kenneth Reed?" James Logan was surprised.
Soon, he realized what was going on and his expression changed drastically.
"You are all in cahoots with each other? You and Kenneth Reed colluded to cheat us out of our money?"
James Logan angrily trembled as he spoke.
After realizing this, Yvonne Logan almost passed out on the spot.
"You...you are despicable!" Yvonne Logan trembled and cursed.
"Hahaha..."
"Is it our fault?"
"You can only blame you father and daughter for being too foolish!"
"It was so easy to get your money."
"Now, your Logan Group probably can't even pay its employees' salaries, right?"
"Hahaha..."
"You guys can just wait to be acquired."
Marcel laughed triumphantly, looking down on his defeated rivals.
"Yvonne Logan you bastard!"
"All our decades of hard work in the company, ruined by you!"
"How could your grandfather, a man of great reputation, be so foolish before he died, and hand the company over to a woman's hands!"
"It's over, it's all over now!"
The directors were undoubtedly anxious after hearing this.
Not only was the crisis unresolved, but the one million dollars investment had also gone down the drain. Now, they were all venting their anger on Yvonne Logan.
Yvonne Logan sat there, lifeless, unable to say a word, tears streaming down her face. Just a few minutes ago, she had even hoped for Gerald Wayne's help. But now, all hope was shattered. She regretted not listening to Charles Wellington's warning and investigating Kenneth Reed more carefully. Otherwise, how could she have lost so badly?
James Logan was equally hopeless. This time, it was truly over.
But the general manager, Zachary Logan, was a shrewd man. He had always held Marcel Ridge in high regard. Seeing him now, he stepped forward and said with a smile.
"Mr Ridge, I am Zachary Logan, the general manager of the company. I had always suggested that the hospital project be given to you, but my cousin acted on her own. All the unpleasantness before was caused by Yvonne Logan alone. The other directors of our company still have great respect for you, Mr Ridge"
Zachary Logan was blaming everything on Yvonne Logan, speaking in a flattering tone.
"I know you, you're Dennison Logan's grandson, right? You have good taste. Don't worry, even if I swallow up Logan Group in the future, I will definitely leave a position for you" nodded Marcel Ridge.
"Not only will I protect the interests of General Manager Zachary Logan, but also those of all the other directors." Marcel said as he had already begun to buy people's hearts, laying the groundwork for the upcoming merger of the Logan Group.
"Marcel Ridge, isn't it a bit too early to say all this now?" A faint laughter suddenly sounded, interrupting Marcel Tristan Ridge's self-satisfaction.
Charles Wellington, leading the security department, had finally arrived.
"Hmm?"
"Who are you?"
Marcel Ridge raised his eyebrows, looking at the young man who dared to confront him in public with displeasure.
"Charles Wellington, Deputy Director/ captain of the Security Department of the Logan Group" Charles said calmly.
Security department?
"Hahahahaha....."
Marcel was stunned for some seconds before bursting into laughter.
He ignored Charles and looked at Logan Zachary.
"General Manager, is this how your company's security guards behave now? Do they dare to offend a chairman of a listed company?"
"What Chairman Ridge criticized is correct. I will make sure this ignorant kid leaves immediately"
Zachary Logan quickly apologized and then turned around to fire Charles Wellington, telling him not to come to work tomorrow.
"My position was arranged by CEO Yvonne Logan. As a general manager, I'm afraid you don't have the authority to do that" Charles Wellington calmly retorted.
Zachary Logan sneered.
"What CEO? Yvonne Logan has been kicked out of the management team of the group. She can't even protect herself, how can she manage you?"
"Oh, really?" Charles Wellington asked, his laughter making it seem somewhat inexplicable.
At that moment, the elevator suddenly stopped.
The doors opened and a group of people walked in.
Leading them was a middle-aged man in a suit, with a serious and imposing demeanor.
Behind him, several old men followed, bowing their heads and walking in step.
"Hmm?"
"President Levi?"
"President Zane?"
"Why are you all here?"
Seeing that these people were all bank presidents from various big banks in Orange county city, Marcel Tristan Ridge was surprised and immediately greeted them with a smile on his face.
When it came to running a company, the banks were the main source of funding.
Even Marcel, who had mixed in both the legal and illegal worlds, had to treat these bank bosses with respect.
However, these bank presidents didn't dare to speak and just stole a glance at Marcel Ridge.
As for the middle-aged man leading them, he didn't even look at Marcel Tristan Ridge at all.
Just as Marcel Ridge was puzzled, the middle-aged man leading them pushed him aside.
"I am Michael Reed. I am looking for Miss Yvonne Logan, the CEO of the Logan Group"
A polite voice sounded.
Boom!!!!
Marcel Tristan Ridge was dumbfounded.
This was Michael Reed, the current head of the Reed family in Orange county!
The eldest son of the esteemed Samuel Reed the patriarch of the Reed family, and the current head of the Reed Cooperation.
Oh my god!
Why did this god come here?
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