CHAPTER 33: NEW FOUNDATIONS
The announcement of Calder–Moreau’s expansion spread quickly, and with it came a wave of reactions that ranged from admiration to suspicion. Financial media praised Lena’s refusal to let Helix define the company’s future, while critics questioned whether her new philosophy of growth was strength or sentiment disguised as leadership. She read every report with the same calm detachment she had learned long ago, but privately, she understood why people doubted her. The business world respected ambition far more easily than restraint. Choosing controlled expansion over aggressive domination looked almost radical in rooms built on conquest. Still, she stood by it. On the morning of the official strategy presentation, she entered the headquarters auditorium where sen
