Suddenly, there came a knocking sound of "dong dong dong". Xia Weilan sat back at her office desk and gave Xia Ruolin a look that signaled it was time for her to leave. When Xia Ruolin opened the door, she saw an assistant standing outside.
The assistant glanced at Xia Ruolin, exchanged a look with her, and then walked in.
"Manager, this is the document you asked for this morning. The meeting will start in 5 minutes."
"Just put it down," Xia Weilan said indifferently.
"Manager, should we go to the meeting now? Otherwise, we'll be late," the assistant reminded respectfully.
"You go out first. I'll be there soon."
After the assistant left, Xia Weilan directly picked up the document and started reading it.
She read it very carefully and was in no hurry at all.
By the time Xia Weilan appeared in the meeting room, Grandpa Xia and several other department managers were already there, all waiting for her.
"You're really punctual. You even arrived right on time," Xia Ruolin said coolly, looking at her.
Xia Weilan just pretended not to hear and walked straight to her seat with the document in hand.
This meeting was mainly to discuss the follow - up plan for the cooperation with Z Jewelry Company, so Xia Weilan was the key person in this meeting today.
Xia Ruolin had been staring at the document in Xia Weilan's hand. A flash of shrewdness passed through her eyes and was quickly concealed.
"Since everyone is here, let's start the meeting," Grandpa Xia said seriously, sitting there with a solemn expression. Instantly, the whole meeting room fell silent, and everyone straightened their backs.
The assistant stepped forward, took the document from Xia Weilan's hand, and was about to distribute the copies. Unexpectedly, he found that the document felt very light in his hand. When he opened it, he was stunned. The folder was actually empty.
"This..." The assistant looked up at Xia Weilan in confusion.
"No way, Weilan. For such an important meeting, you didn't prepare anything?" Xia Ruolin exclaimed. Then she immediately sneered, looking at Xia Weilan like she was a clown, with a mocking expression.
Grandpa Xia couldn't help but frown.
"Manager, where's your document?" the assistant quickly asked Xia Weilan. He had prepared the document so carefully. Did Xia Weilan find something wrong? That's why she didn't bring it.
Everyone in the meeting room was looking at Xia Weilan, waiting for her explanation. Unexpectedly, Xia Weilan didn't explain.
"There was never any document."
"Impossible. I clearly gave you the materials," the assistant said in disbelief, looking at Xia Weilan in a questioning way, completely losing the pretended respect he had before.
Originally, Xia Ruolin had instructed him to fill in the budget materials randomly, and then shift the blame for the mistakes to Xia Weilan. He himself would insist that he had never been involved with this document and that Xia Weilan was trying to shift the responsibility.
Everything had been prepared perfectly, but unexpectedly, the problematic document had disappeared.
"Oh, in that case, please go and print out the prepared document again and bring it here," Xia Weilan said with a smile, narrowing her phoenix - like eyes. She actually looked a bit like Mo Beichen at this moment.
"Yes, we're all waiting. Hurry up."
"What are you standing there for!" Xia Weilan shouted coldly. There was a touch of chill in her voice, which made the assistant shiver. Then he subconsciously looked at Xia Ruolin.
Xia Weilan also looked at Xia Ruolin and sneered, "I told you to go and get the document. Why are you looking at Deputy Manager Xia? Do you need her approval?"
"Yes, I'll go right away." Hearing this, the assistant had no choice but to back out.
However, the financial materials he had prepared before were just done randomly, and the numbers on them were also filled in haphazardly. At this moment, he simply couldn't produce a qualified document.
I don't know how much time had passed. Someone in the meeting room got impatient, so they sent someone out to urge the assistant twice.
When the door opened again, the assistant brought the document in with a stiff face and distributed it to everyone.
"What is this? This is simply ridiculous!" The finance department manager saw the document at a glance and knew that the numbers in it were very wrong.
"Xia Weilan, did you instruct this? For such an important meeting, you're actually playing such a joke!" Xia Ruolin took the initiative to attack and suddenly threw the document on the table.
"Yes, it was Manager Xia who told me to do this," the assistant steadied his nerves and also pointed at Xia Weilan.
"Weilan, what's going on?" Grandpa Xia had seen a lot of things in the business world. He was still calm at the moment and just asked Xia Weilan.
"Grandpa," Xia Weilan stood up. "Everyone can see clearly that the document was prepared by the assistant and he brought it in himself. If there's a mistake, it's obvious who should be responsible. Do you all think I would mess up the project I'm in charge of myself?"
"Yes, this assistant clearly did it on purpose."
"Chairman, how should we deal with this person?" Someone looked at Grandpa Xia.
"Dismiss him!" Grandpa Xia said coldly immediately.
The assistant didn't expect things to turn out like this. He wanted to defend himself, but two security guards had already come in and taken him out directly.
"Grandpa, anyway, this matter is under Weilan's responsibility. Now the meeting can't go on. Shouldn't the person in charge also take the responsibility?" Xia Ruolin took the opportunity to speak.
But before Grandpa Xia could say anything, Xia Weilan's clear and cold voice suddenly came over.
"Who said the meeting can't go on?"
Everyone was stunned. They didn't expect that after all this, Xia Weilan would still dare to say that.
Grandpa Xia also looked at Xia Weilan. When he saw her standing there confidently, with a powerful aura as she looked around at everyone, the worry in Grandpa Xia's heart suddenly disappeared. He should have more trust in Xia Weilan.
Xia Weilan took out a USB drive from her pocket, walked to the computer in front of the big screen, and directly projected a set of materials onto it.
Xia Ruolin watched Xia Weilan's series of neat actions and felt her mind go blank. She had a very bad premonition.
Sure enough, everyone could now clearly see the materials on the screen. Especially the finance department, the unpleasant feeling of being tricked before was now calmed down, because what was shown on the big screen was a proper budget material. The numbers were rigorous and there were no mistakes at all.
However, even so, the finance department still couldn't help but say, "Manager Xia, this budget seems excessive."
As soon as these words were said, before Xia Weilan could say anything, someone from the advertising department immediately spoke up, "Finance manager, I knew you would say that. But to open up the market, publicity is essential. And now, if you want to invite a good star for publicity, the price naturally can't be low."
The finance department manager clearly disagreed and immediately stood up and replied,
"Do you think the company has that much liquid capital? Where can we get so much money all of a sudden to invite some big - name stars? Just find a small star with their own popularity."