Book 2 : She Becomes Glamorous After the Engagement

Chapter 60

Chapter 790: Gold Prices Make A Comeback!

At the Hunt Corporation.

When Nora arrived in her car, there were already a lot of people in the company.

Most of the shareholders had also come. Everyone was very concerned about how she would give an explanation to the media and everyone else today.

When Nora entered the CEO’s office on the top floor, the secretaries, who all had feelings for the Hunt Corporation, were chatting with one another in low voices.

“She says that she will give everyone an explanation today, but I really don’t know what kind of explanation she’s going to give. It will be the year-end closing in two days, and the company’s annual turnover data will be calculated then. If gold prices still don’t recover by today, I’m afraid it’ll be hard to say which way the Hunt Corporation will go this

year.”

“Sigh, I have a friend working in the Smith Corporation. They have already calculated their turnover for this year and it has increased by a lot compared to last year’s. This year, under Mr. Hunt’s lead, we have invested a lot in research and development, especially in the fields of biomedicine and microchip research. Those 1.5 billion dollars are never coming back. Once you compare them like this… Is the Hunt Corporation really going to be dethroned?”

“Actually, we have all seen the annual data reports. The Hunt Corporation barely manages to take first place each year. It seems that our profits exceed the Smith Corporation’s by only tens of millions every year. With such a small gap, any money-making project can get things done… When you think of it that way, our victories really come too difficultly…”

“Don’t you know? This is actually all part of Mr. Hunt’s plans. Only when the turnover is only tens of millions of dollars higher and at risk of being surpassed will we have the motivation to work harder. Otherwise, if the gap is too big, we will end up monopolizing the market.Also, if the difference is just tens of millions of dollars, then the Smith Corporation will also be motivated to catch up with us. But because of this, it’s really hard to say which way it’ll go this year.”

“Yeah, it’s all Ms. Smith’s fault. If she had disposed of the gold futures in time on the day of the board meeting, we wouldn’t be losing this much money. If we compare carefully, our profits are actually just a few million dollars less than the Smith Corporation! If she had disposed of them at that time, the loss would have been reduced by 15 million dollars, and our position as number one this year would also have been in the bag.”

“So, this shows that some people’s hearts are just not in here!”

Celine suddenly remarked coldly.

It was now the end of December. The figures for the year’s annual turnover had been calculated and released at the end of the day before. There were only a few days left to the end of the month. After that, they would add the profits from these few days to the previous data. Once that was done, the results would be out very soon.

The profits from several major projects had all been included, and it was impossible for there to be any large sums of income during the next few days.

It could be said that the results were already fixed.

Had it been the day before, Celine would still have placed a bit of trust in Nora, but now that she had seen the statistical results, she had lost all trust in her.

She suddenly stood up and said, “We are only a few million dollars short of the Smith Corporation’s profits this year. If the difference was big, I wouldn’t have been suspicious of Ms. Smith, but now, I have no choice but to doubt her. I think she did this deliberately. Besides, the amount of money lost is not that much for them either…”

Someone whispered, “But Ms. Smith is now the Hunts’ daughter-in-law, why would she help the Smiths? It’s not like she’s the head of the Smiths…”

Celine glanced over frostily. Even when the usually-gentle woman got angry, her voice merely shook a little. She was utterly livid. “Because… she will be the head of the Smith's very soon!”

“What?”

Everyone was puzzled. “How come? It has already been decided long ago that Joel Smith is the head of the Smith's. Besides, he also holds 51% of the shares. Is your information reliable or not?”

Celine was furious. Even her eyes had turned a little red, and she was shaking in anger all over.

“Of course. She forced Lawrence to resign just so she could abuse her authority and pull all these dirty tricks. If Lawrence was still here, and if Mr. Hunt was still here… The gold futures would have been sold long ago. How would it have come to this?!”

She suddenly bit her lip and said, “We must unite as one and protect the Hunt Corporation together now!”

The Hunt Corporation had undergone several major bouts of cleansing. With the exception of Roger, everyone who was still in the company was loyal to the Hunt Corporation.

Therefore, when they saw the data report the day before, they had panicked.

They had always been proud to be part of the Hunt Corporation. Additionally, when Justin was still around, he had treated them all very well.

Thus, all of them had always regarded the company as their home.

As Celine was the deputy manager of the secretarial department, she only had a little less authority than him. Besides, all of them could tell that Celine and Lawrence’s relationship was a little ambiguous.

As soon as she said that, everyone responded to her call.

“Yes, we can’t let her destroy the Hunt Corporation. We must unite as one! Let’s boycott Ms. Smith and oppose her coming into the office!”

“Kick Ms. Smith out!”

“Let’s watch over the Hunt Corporation for Mr. Pete!”

With their emotions roused, they stood up one by one and blocked the way out of the elevator.

Behind the crowd, as Roger looked at the situation, his smirk became even more malicious, and a cold glint shot forth from his narrowed eyes.

Ha.

He couldn’t beat Justin, but did they think that he couldn’t beat a woman who had never done any business?

Indeed, the old fogeys in the board of directors might not care about this bit of money-after all, 30 million dollars split equally among everyone wasn’t much—but there was no lack of people who were concerned about the Hunt Corporation’s image.

These workers were what an enterprise truly relied on for survival!

These people were elites from all walks of life. Now that they had come together to resist Nora, he would see what else Nora had to be so smug about!

As Roger thought so, the elevator arrived with a ding.

Nora walked out from within.

As soon as she stepped out, someone threw a glass of water in her face!

Nora’s eyes narrowed and she moved her head to the side a little. With a loud splash, the water splattered onto the floor.

Her brows drew together, and she saw that Celine had led a group of people to block off the path outside the elevator. In addition to the secretarial department, there were also some other people from other departments.

Although they were not senior executives, they nevertheless represented at least one-tenth of the company’s manpower!

Nora frowned and asked, “What are you people doing?”

Celine replied, “Ms. Smith, you are not welcomed here in the Hunt Corporation!”

Just as Nora was about to speak, Roger took a step forward and said, “Nora, you’re really just so… Why can’t you listen to me? Do you know that your actions have really disappointed everyone?! Just for the Smiths’ sake, you made us suffer a loss… You are ultimately still a Smith after all! Only Hunts would truly have the Hunts’ interests at heart!! In the past, when Justin was still here, I was always indignant, but now that he’s gone, it is time for me to step up to the challenge and take on the burden! Nora, I think you should go back. From now on, I will take care of the Hunts’ affairs instead. After all, even if there are conflicts between Justin and me, I am ultimately still a Hunt! At the very least, I will never harm the Hunts’ interests for the sake of the Smith's!”

When Roger said that, Celine immediately looked at him with a very reluctant look on her face.

When Lawrence was here, he’d called Roger a wolf in sheep’s clothing before. Despite Justin’s cold and stern exterior, he really treated his subordinates very well. However, this was not the case for Roger.

Roger was friendly on the outside but cold on the inside! Such people were the scariest. However, if they drove Nora away, then it would seem that Roger really was the only one who could take over as the company’s interim CEO.

Thus, Celine did not say anything.

She intended to wait until she got in touch with Lawrence to discuss this problem!

Since Celine did not say anything, the other secretaries did not raise any objections. They all stood behind Roger.

Nora looked at Roger and scoffed, “How did I harm the interests of the Hunt's?”

Roger asked, “Have you forgotten about the gold futures?”

Nora lowered her eyes and looked down at the time.

The clock on her cell phone jumped from 8:59 to 9:00.

Nora raised her head and slowly said, “The market is now open. Everyone can take a look at today’s gold price now.”

Her words took Celine by surprise a little.

Regardless, she quickly took out her cell phone and opened the trading app.

Roger sighed. “Don’t be stubborn anymore, Nora. Considering how badly gold prices have fallen, even if they do recover today, how much can they really recover? It’s not like they will recover all at once, right? I think you’d best go home quickly and stop making such a scene in the company. Otherwise, you will only be embarrassing Justin. If you also thoroughly embarrass Pete, it won’t be easy for him to take over the company in the future…”

Right after he said that, his mobile trading market app sent a push notification to his cell phone: “Gold prices made a comeback today!”

Chapter 791: Slap in the Face!!!

“Get out of Hunt Corporation!”

“That’s right. We don’t need a CEO like you!”

A few people with insufficient intelligence did not look at the gold price on their phones. After all, this group of people did not care about this. Usually, they did not even have an app for trading. However, they were very loyal to the company, so they followed their original plan and shouted their slogan.

At the scene, there were already reporters pointing their microphones at them. The reporters were also let in by Celine. After all, if reporters sensationalized this matter, it would be easier for them to chase Nora out of Hunt Corporation.

At this moment, the reporters also wanted to rush over and surround Nora to interview her first-hand information.

However, at this moment, Celine suddenly raised her head and looked at Nora in disbelief.

Someone beside her shook her shoulder and asked, “Celine, what’s wrong? Say something? Everyone is waiting for you to speak!”

Celine swallowed.

She said word by word, “Gold… has risen in price.”

Risen.

Everyone fell silent.

Only Roger stared at the data on his phone and wondered if he had seen it incorrectly. He rubbed his eyes and looked again. The price column still said that the price had increased.

He was not seeing things!

Roger suddenly looked up and argued, “So what if the price increased? Even if the price has gone up, aren’t we still at a loss?! We’re only losing a little, but we’re barely on par with the Smith's!”

Gold could not have grown so high in a day. The price of gold today had increased to more than 300 dollars. It was still a loss from buying now.

However, Roger’s words were clearly unbelievable.

Nora sneered. “Do you remember your words? There are still a few days until the report for this year. This is enough!”

The report would not be finalized until the 30th of December. The price increase was definitely enough!

Roger choked from her rebuttal. He still wanted to say something, but Nora walked past him and directly walked in front of Celine. She asked, “You said earlier that you wanted me to leave?”

Celine bit her lip and looked at her in disbelief. “I, I… No, I don’t know…”

Nora turned around and looked at the others.

Someone else raised a question. “We’re still in a loss-making state. Perhaps the short rise today is just a momentary recovery!”

“Alright, that’s enough.”

Someone beside him pushed him and said, “Miss Smith said that the results will be revealed in three days. The price of gold increased today. What does this mean? It means that Miss Smith really has insider news! That’s why she was so adamant that the gold futures would not be sold. She resisted everyone’s objections and left the gold futures untouched because she was certain that the gold prices would rise!”

After saying this, those who did not understand came to a realization.

How much hostility did everyone have towards Nora earlier? Now, they felt so guilty and regretful. They regretted misunderstanding her!

The misunderstanding was cleared!

Nora raised her eyebrows and did not say anything. She wanted to enter the room.

Just as she was about to enter, a reporter rushed over. “Miss Smith, you…”

Nora had a headache.

She hated dealing with reporters the most. However, at this moment, Celine suddenly blocked her way. “I’m sorry, you don’t have an appointment with President Smith… You need to stop here.”

Nora, who had entered the office, was speechless.

She turned around and saw that Celine had said something. She was gentle and magnanimous as she took the reporters downstairs. Those difficult reporters could not say anything harsh in front of her.

Then, Celine turned around and arranged some things. The people from the secretary department got busy.

The chaotic top floor immediately became orderly.

This was Celine’s work ability.

She was very powerful.

As Nora thought about this, she saw Roger suddenly turn around and plan to sneak away. However, before he could leave, Nora pressed his shoulder. “Where are you going?”

Roger’s shoulder was pressed down, and he could not move anymore. At this moment, he stared at Nora and could only smile. “Nora, where else can I go? Of course I’ll go to work!”

“Work?”

Nora nodded and suddenly smiled. “Yes, I called the directors to a meeting. Let’s go together!”

At the board of directors meeting.

Roger wanted to escape, but he smiled awkwardly. “Nora, uncles, look, I have so little shares in the company. It’s not appropriate for me to stay here. I have something to care of. I’ll take my leave first?”

Unfortunately, just as he turned around, he heard Nora’s voice. “Alright. Anyway, we’ll discuss the punishment for you next. It’s not good for you to stay.”

As soon as she said this, Roger stopped walking. He looked directly at Nora. A cold light flashed across his smiling eyes before he said, “Nora, what are you talking about? My punishment? What have I done? I was doing it for the good of the company. The gold futures had fallen so badly back then. Furthermore, although it increased a little today, you can’t be too confident. What if it’s the end of the world? No one knows how much money you can earn. You haven’t brought any profits to the company yet. Isn’t it inappropriate for you to start flipping out here?”

Nora narrowed her eyes.

Roger continued to sigh. “I know. In the past, I didn’t get along with Justin and you had a problem with me. But now that Justin isn’t around, I can’t bully you two! Nora, why are you targeting me like this?”

Roger was still talking when Nora suddenly threw a document on the table.

When he saw that document, Roger’s expression changed.

Downstairs, Mrs. Hunt had arrived.

She was old. The car drove slowly and smoothly. She was still talking to Fanny as she got out of the car. “Tell me, why is a girl like her driving so fast? She disappeared in the blink of an eye. I didn’t catch up all the way!”

Fanny smiled and said, “Maybe she was in a hurry…”

As the two of them spoke, they saw Mr. Livingstone arrive. When he saw Mrs. Hunt, he walked forward.

This was what he and Mrs. Hunt had agreed on. Today, Mrs. Hunt would help Nora suppress the people in the company. However, the following arrangements still required Mr. Livingstone to be the first special assistant.

In the future, the company’s decisions would still depend on Mr. Livingstone…

When she saw Mr. Livingstone, Mrs. Hunt was about to speak when Mr. Livingstone sneered. “Don’t be anxious. Let’s see today’s gold price first! It’ll also let you know how reliable my source is!”

Mr. Livingstone picked up his phone confidently. He had to show the evidence first before he could occupy a high position in the subsequent negotiations!

He opened the trading app.

Chapter 792: Continue to Slap His Face

Mrs. Hunt sighed and did not notice the change in Mr. Livingstone’s expression. She continued, “If you doubt someone, don’t use them. If you use them, don’t doubt them. Besides, doing business comes with losses and wins, so it’s normal for Nora to occasionally suffer losses in projects. After all, it’s her first time managing a company. Don’t think you can look down on her.Her old friends might be unreliable but with me around her future friends will definitely be reliable.”

However, Mr. Livingstone was still staring at the phone. When he saw the price on it, he was stunned.

His eyes widened as he stared at the phone in disbelief, thinking that he must have seen it wrongly.

It was fine if it did not drop. After all, it could not keep falling, but it actually increased?

Moreover, the price was fluctuating. Did it increase again after a while?

Mr. Livingstone swallowed and looked up.

Mrs. Hunt continued to speak. “So, when you see Nora later, don’t mention this matter anymore. Just treat it as the past… Let’s go!”

When Mrs. Hunt was talking to Mr. Livingstone, she had already entered the president’s elevator.

Ding!

The elevator reached the top floor.

As soon as Mrs. Hunt finished speaking, the door opened. Celine stood outside. When she saw Mrs. Hunt, she revealed a respectful expression. “Mrs. Hunt…”

Mrs. Hunt nodded and asked, “Where’s Nora?”

Celine said, “She’s at the board of directors meeting.”

“Board of Directors meeting? Are those people really going to make things difficult for her?” When Mrs. Hunt heard this, she was anxious. She immediately turned around and walked to the meeting room. “Let’s go and take a look. Nora is so stupid and has never experienced such things. She will definitely be frightened by others. Don’t embarrass our family again!!”

Her words were unpleasant, but her footsteps were fast. It was as if she was afraid that if she was a step slower, Nora would feel aggrieved.

Celine followed closely behind her. “Mrs. Hunt, what are you talking about? Everyone in the company is very happy now. They can’t wait to praise President Smith. President Smith has seen all kinds of things. It’s okay to have minor skirmishes!”

Mrs. Hunt was stunned. “A minor skirmish? The price of gold fell so badly today, won’t those directors skin her alive?”

Celine was also stunned. “Have you not seen the gold price today?”

The old madam was puzzled. “No, I didn’t see it.”

She really did not want to see it. Just looking at it made her heart ache a little.

Although money was just a number to her, she could not help but feel uncomfortable when she saw her fortune evaporate.

However, the next moment, Celine smiled. “Mrs. Hunt, the gold has increased today! Furthermore, the price has increased by 100%! In the last half an hour, it has increased by 10 dollars again. Furthermore… We finally received some insider news today that the gold price will keep rising in the future!”

Mrs. Hunt: ??

She was stunned and stopped in her tracks. She looked at Celine in confusion. “You mean the price increased?”

“Yes! It increased!”

Celine was smiling from ear to ear. Just now, she was so hostile to Nora, but now, she was so protective of her. Furthermore, because of her past suspicion and betrayal, Celine felt even more guilty toward Nora!

She said, “Everyone mocked President Smith and misunderstood her but President Smith did not fuss about it with us. Instead, she made us wait for two days. Today, she finally slapped us in the face with the truth! Everyone in the company knows President Smith’s capability now! She has connections in the business industry! Now, everyone is supporting President Smith!”

Mrs. Hunt: ??

She felt that the President Smith in Celine’s mouth was not the same person as the lazy granddaughter-in-law at home. She could not help but ask, “Is the President Smith you’re talking about Joel or Nora?”

Celine: “It’s Nora, President Smith!”

Mrs. Hunt felt a little confused. Did Nora really make the right bet?

She could not help but turn her head and look at Mr. Livingstone again. She saw that he looked anxious and was talking on the phone in a corner. His voice was very low. “What’s wrong with you? I gave you so much money and now you’re doing this to me? You guessed… Do you know you’ll be hit by a car when you go out tomorrow?! You liar! Return the money to me or I’ll sue you.”

The furious Mr. Livingstone hung up the phone. When he looked up and saw Mrs. Hunt, his face instantly turned red. He said, “Mrs. Hunt, I… I made a mistake this time. But you’re right. Everyone makes mistakes. It’s normal to have losses and wins. Don’t worry, I’ll definitely handle the future projects carefully! I’ll also help you assist Miss Smith well!”

When Mrs. Hunt heard this, she lowered her head and sighed. “Mr. Livingstone, our family’s business has losses and wins. I can’t be angry at my own family, right? After all, we’re family, but it’s different for outsiders.”

With that, she looked at Celine. “Take all the unimportant people outside. Don’t disturb President Smith’s meeting.”

Celine smiled and regained her usual calm and gentleness. She nodded. “Yes!”

—

In the meeting room.

The shareholders had already seen the documents that Nora had thrown on the table.

Nora’s fingers gently knocked on the table as she slowly said, “Everyone has seen it. These are the transaction records for our recent gold investment. You can see that Roger first bought 100 million for the company, and then he bought 400 million in his own name. After that, the gold depreciated but he found a way to sell the futures in his hands to the company for 400 million. It’s equivalent to the company buying 500 million worth of futures. I wonder what everyone thinks about this?”

Roger stood up immediately and looked at Nora in disbelief. The smile on his face finally disappeared. He narrowed his eyes and smiled. “Nora, are you joking? Besides, how could you have access to the records of my bank account? You can’t use something so groundless to slander me!”

“Really?”

Nora rested her chin on her fingers and yawned. She had really woken up too early in the morning. Then, she smiled and said, “You might have forgotten how I can get your bank records. Other than being a doctor, I’m also a hacker.”