Chapter 11: Chapter 10: Someone will deal with him
How do you explain it yourself?
André, a middle-aged man with a little sweat on his forehead, was clearly nervous. To be honest, he just wanted to dodge the research funding and drink some wine. However, everyone in the room looked at him with piercing eyes, and he knew they didn't believe him.
For the past few years, he had been doing this, simplifying names and contributing reports. Anyway, these CEOs didn't know the technology, and they just completed the task as soon as they submitted their lists at the end of the year. He never imagined that Thea would be analyzing this data for a day or two. She had already read the Queen Group's catalog of weapons and equipment three times. Although the item was only mentioned in passing, her analysis was immediate and clear. After writing a brief report of her own, he didn't expect her to figure it out so quickly.
He felt a great sense of remorse inside, but with a touch of luck, he hesitated and said, "It might be a mistake, maybe the people below made an error or the product has been updated. I should check it more carefully when I get back!"
Now he knew he was scared. But what about Moira's excitement when she laughed at the situation? He didn't want to let Thea off the hook so easily, so he took out a piece of paper from his bag and held it up. "This is the report on various indicators of the anti-Dutch service. It was downloaded from our intranet. Let me see. A personal computer? According to the reports, all projects reported to the former group supervisor should include an expected plan. Let's compare your plan with the indicators in this report and see if there's anything unusual."
The middle-aged man, André, almost hit the wall. How could this girl, who only wanted to work yesterday, understand so much about the process and still manage to draw up her preliminary plan? He thought, "Can you show me these plans? Did you copy them?" The evidence on the computer was enough for a news report. He imagined the situation as a fatal one for him: "How can I stop you from revealing your personal computer?" He had no clear reason to refuse.
Seeing Moira looking at him with a smile, he kept silent, hoping that his luck would improve.
At that moment, several people in the room began to accuse him:
"Miss Queen is right, André, we want to see your personal computer."
"André, the idiot of your group! I already knew you had problems!"
"You're still trying to dodge. My uncle's neighbor works at the Star City police station. I'm going to report you."
Suddenly, the serious meeting room turned into a fish market. Moira or not, everyone was ready to accuse André of unethical behavior.
In fact, the Queen family was so wealthy that taking a little in secret wouldn't be a big deal for most people. They thought so, except for the mother and daughter. Walter was loyal and generous, with investment companies abroad. Who doesn't have some selfishness? But André had really gotten himself into a bad situation. A 15-year-old girl had exposed him, and that would certainly be remembered in history. He made the other managers, who had been fooled, feel ashamed for not having noticed sooner. His behavior only worsened his image. In the future, if anyone in this room worked for another group, upon hearing about him, they would likely implicate him, recalling his shameful performance.
For a moment, Thea, smiling, stroked her chin and turned her head, looking at Moira with some frustration. Seeing that her mother was also watching her, she quickly realized that Moira was venting her anger. When Thea spoke, she didn't want the atmosphere to become too tense on her first day at work, so she shook her head gently, indicating that the incident could be set aside.
Moira was very angry at first. Yesterday, she had spoken to her daughter affectionately, but today, on her first day at work, the girl seemed uncomfortable. Moira knew the virtues of her team, but there was no clear evidence that anything was wrong. And she knew that people could be more profit-driven, but for her, the important thing was not to cross the line. André's behavior that day had clearly crossed that line.
When she was about to prevent the incident to protect her daughter, she didn't expect Thea to handle the situation with such talent and control, delivering a perfect counterattack. Moira then asked herself, "Is my daughter really a genius in management?" The information she had learned the day before had helped take down a supervisor. That kind of talent had never existed when Moira was young.
To support her daughter and vent her anger, Moira directly ignored André's request for help. It wasn't until Thea agreed and suggested letting the matter go that Moira slowly spoke: "The meeting will end here today. The meeting is closed."
As for André's opinion, she made no mention of it. He was a candidate recommended by another shareholder, which made the situation difficult to handle. But Thea, on the other hand, was Malcolm's daughter. With the "you mess with my onion, and I'll destroy your family" mentality, André's fate was already sealed—no further words needed.
The facts proved Moira's assumption about her former lover correct. Malcolm, the "underground emperor," had placed his soldiers in key positions through intrigue. The city was full of his allies. In companies like Queen Enterprise, a third of the executives, who had been threatened or corrupted, were infiltrated by him. He knew about the entire meeting because he had watched the video version.
He was very pleased to see his daughter emerge from the fog and enter the boardroom with confidence. The subsequent presentation was a real surprise. Thea's calm, poised, intelligent demeanor made him feel rejuvenated. Although she was a female version, fortunately, Europeans and Americans do not have a patriarchal mindset. The Queen of England and the Queen of the Netherlands are both women, and gender is not an issue.
When he learned that Moira had released the culprit who angered his daughter, he didn't rush. He ordered his younger brother to find a viaduct under construction for André, ensuring that the future structure would be solid, with good load-bearing capacity, and surrounded by many people.
Additionally, André, who was about to become the star of an American TV drama series, would see Malcolm's daughter's performance as excellent. As the saying goes, "There's no evil without comparison." A good daughter is a big difference when compared to the son he raised.