"Why so?" Zixin tilted his head. "I think the board of directors' meeting is more important."
This was the first time that a subtle pressure from Zixin's demeanor seemed to hang in the air. The CEO's opinion was in contrast with the assistant's and seeing that she had to explain her suggestion brought jitters to her body.
D-Does everybody feel this pressure when they meet him?
A great sense of respect suddenly emerged in her heart for Assistant Long and all the employees in direct communication with Zixin.
The difference between Zixin as Zixin and Zixin as the CEO was clear and evident.
Why did I say the investee again?
She forgot her own reasons and fumbled in her speech, twiddling with her thumbs.
Ah damn it, why can I not speak? It's Zixin. I have talked to him so many times.
She gazed at Zixin's posture, who had his chin resting between his index finger and thumb, staring at her with great intensity. That expecting gaze only served to make her more conscious and she darted her gaze left and right.
"Sir, I think she meant to say that even though we had altercations with Miss. Xian Shun in the past, we can give her one more chance to hear what she has to say," Assistant Ling came to her rescue.
"Because she is a politician's daughter?" He raised his brow.
Guiying vigorously shook her head.
I read her new proposal and compared to the previous one, she has made genuine improvements to it. So I think that Chen Corps can benefit if you contemplate on this investment. The board of directors is not going anywhere, but if we lose on a potential profitable investment, then we might regret in the future if she doesn't approach us again.
Every word of this answer was ready in her mind and on the tip of her tongue only if she could express it.
"S-so she has made…good improvements…" she whispered.
"Sorry? Can you say that again please?"
I spoke too inaudibly!
Assistant Ling coughed. "Miss. Xing has made considerable improvements in her proposal, so we feel we can give her one more chance. The board of directors won't be happy, but they aren't going anywhere. But if Miss. Xing goes and we lose a potential good investment, then it will be our loss."
Guiying stared at him, slightly gasping in shock.
This is exactly what I had in mind. H-how did he read my mind? Or maybe he held the same opinion as mine? He is so cool and he spoke so confidently.
Her gaze sparkled with admiration towards him.
"Oh," Zixin stared at the two of them with Guiying's shoulders dropping in depression. He blinked and couldn't understand why her gaze held that sulking look.
Did I say something wrong? Was I rude to her? He wondered and immediately felt remorseful.
"Guiying, I am sorry-"
"Sir," Assistant Ling smiled and cut his sentence midway. "Miss. Cai is fine. You don't have to apologize for anything. It's her first day, so she is nervous. I hope you can excuse her. She will steadily learn to express herself more confidently."
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Zixin felt his pointed and warning gaze, and he pursed his lips.
He nodded and said, "I agree with your suggestion.. Let's give Miss. Xing another chance. But this will be the last. Set up a meeting with her."
Getting back to their seats, Guiying could feel her soul flying away from her body. Her trembling and shivering finally calmed down as she exhaled a deep breath.
"I cannot believe I couldn't talk to Zixin," she expressed her shock. "I-I talk to him everyday. I even scolded him this morning for troubling Driver Su. But when he asked me to explain…"
Assistant Ling laughed. "It's alright, Miss. Cai. It's actually pretty normal. He IS the CEO, after all. He is a very different person at home and a different person at the office. You get the jitters when you are answerable to the CEO. I was the same in my starting days. I was pleased to see he had that effect on you because I don't want him to unnecessarily spoil you."
She did feel the difference between the modes of his life as she had peered into his gaze. His personal mode when he followed her everywhere and doted on her at every possible chance and his work mode where there were no chances to go wrong and waste a CEO's valuable time.
Guiying lacked tears to shed. "You are so cool, Assistant Ling!"
He cleared his throat. "It's just experience. You will gain that confidence too the more you work. You just need patience."
"Writing is much easier than to talk and suffer this agony…" she muttered.
As if an enlightenment dawned on her, she felt the huge difference between expressing herself on paper and through speech.
He chuckled. "It's alright, Miss. Cai. Even if you had been off the mark, Sir wouldn't have berated you. It's not like I am right 100% of the time. Different situations call for different decisions. We may be right sometimes or we may be wrong. If we are wrong, Sir corrects us and teaches us. Sometimes, we teach him. We both keep learning from each other. That is what life is after all, right? Learn and experience from each other."
Ah, I have gotten such a great senior…
Guiying didn't know how to thank her stars.
Another thirty minutes later, the list of meetings and participants were all set. Assistant Ling said, "The week is all decided. Can you start sending the meeting invites?
Guiying started her work and carefully created email invites with proper subject line, date, time and agenda. After cross-checking at least five times, she set the email addresses of the participants for their respective meetings.
I am done for if I accidentally included any wrong participant.
Double checking everything once again, she nodded to herself and pressed the Send button. She stretched her arms, her eyes beaming with joy and pride.
Phew! I finally did it!