My Third Gentleman

Chapter 38: A New Executive (IV)

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation

Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

These were all experienced executives, yet they were all shaken by his mere gaze.

After Mu Jinchen sat at the main seat, he noticed a few vacant seats and his brows wrinkled again. Mu Yuhao, who was staring at him the whole time, said, “Uncle, that’s where Jing Wushuang sits. She’s on medical leave.”

Jing Wushuang…

The name caused his brows to wrinkle even more severely. “Apart from her, is everyone ranked manager and above present?”

“Chief Wu, who’s in charge of the Sasa Macau Entertainment City Project, is still in Macau for a meeting,” said Vice President Liu hurriedly.

The senior executives numbered over a hundred. Mu Jinchen’s cold gaze swept across the crowd once more then said, “Let’s begin.”

Only then did the executives breathe a sigh of relief. The new chairman’s aura was too intense. He will not be easy to work with.

The meeting facilitator immediately dimmed the lights, leaving only the glow of dim yellow rim lights.

Mu Jinchen’s secretary led the way by picking up the electronic pad in front of her and displayed it to the attendees, “Please refer to the pad in front of you; you’ll find the agenda for today’s meeting on it. A copy was also CC-ed to your mailboxes yesterday. The first agenda of the day…”

The respective vice presidents and chief officers solemnly reported on the progress of their ongoing projects.

Mu Jinchen occasionally nodded, raised an eyebrow, and sometimes raised a question. He even gave a suggestion or two.

As the meeting proceeded to its height, it was interrupted by a rapid ringtone. Mu Jinchen’s eyes narrowed sharply and released a sudden aura from his entire body. The pressure in the room grew heavy.

Not silencing one’s cell phone was one of Mu Jinchen’s biggest pet peeves. Qidong felt sorry for the owner of the cellphone. May the odds be ever in your favor.

“Apologies, it’s really urgent.”

Mu Yuhao was not the least intimidated and unhesitatingly excused himself to answer his cellphone. “Did you find her? Where? What, that bad? I’ll be there at once…”

The door was half-open when Mu Yuhao answered his call. The entire room saw him hang up and—without even glancing back—left.

Everyone in the conference room exchanged glances. They knew the casual attitude of this particular vice president. They tolerated it as he was the young master of the shareholder’s family, but today was different.

The executives began to envision a gruesome confrontation. Vice President Mu openly challenged Chairman Mu’s authority on his first day in office. These two shareholding relatives are clearly at odds with one another.

Everyone thought Chairman Mu was going to be furious and prepared themselves for an onslaught of anger.

Nonetheless, he merely frowned and showed no signs of anger. “Proceed,” he spoke. “Next agenda.”

He noticed the stupefied look of everyone in the room before he added, “What’s wrong? Can’t your brains function with one less Vice President?”

Everyone scrambled to get their emotions in check and returned to the agenda.

The meeting ended at eleven o’clock. The fellow executives felt that the first management meeting with the new Chairman went quite smoothly, apart from that little incident.

The new Chairman Mu seemed like a reasonable man and not one to make a fuss without pretext. He was also straightforward in identifying problems and did not beat around the bush. He delivered his point with just a sentence or two.