He had never seen the president reveal such an expression before—it was too... too frightening.
Months flew by, and before long, the end of the year had arrived, a time when companies were bustling with activity.
At the Jones Group’s morning meeting, heads of different departments had already taken their seats in the conference room, reporting on the recent work status of their respective sections.
"The project we were cooperating on with Changling Heavy Industries had already started, but now Changling has been acquired by another company, their management entirely replaced, and the project has been put on hold. To restart that project, we need to send someone to negotiate with the new management team at Changling."
After the head of the engineering department finished speaking, he looked at the heads of various departments present, and his gaze finally rested on Adam Jones.
This matter wasn’t considered a big deal, especially for the people at Jones, where each department had no shortage of talents, and such issues were easily resolved; the engineering department merely brought it up as a matter of routine during the meeting.
They were simply waiting for Adam Jones to give the command to send someone over, yet they saw the handsome but aloof man sitting in the chairman’s seat tapping his fingers on the table as if in thought. After a moment, he raised his head, "Changling Heavy Industries is in Alaska?"
The head of the engineering department was somewhat puzzled as to why Adam was concerned with this seemingly minor matter but still nodded, "Yes, President."
"Hmm, I will go and negotiate with the people at Changling."
Having said this, he had risen from his seat, and amidst the surprised gazes of everyone, said "Meeting adjourned" and left.
When the people from various departments heard Adam’s decision, they were all somewhat surprised and puzzled. After the meeting dispersed, someone caught up with Robert Green, who was on his way out, and asked in a low voice, "Aide Baker, why would the president personally intervene in such a small matter? Could there be some issue with Changling Heavy Industries?"
The person asking was the director of the marketing department, responsible for signing the cooperation project with Changling Heavy Industries. If there were any problems with it, his year would not pass comfortably.
Upon hearing this, Robert Green cast his gaze downward, stroking his chin, appearing contemplative. A moment later, an expression of realization mixed with inscrutability crossed his face—
"I think I know why, don’t worry, it has nothing to do with the project."
The president traveling to Alaska, wasn’t it because someone was there?
Having held back for several months, he thought the president could keep holding back.
However, Robert Green did not publicize his boss’s intentions.
An awkward aide is not a good assistant.
"Chairman, this is the cooperation proposal that Jones originally provided us, but it was rejected by President Clark at that time. He was not willing to cooperate with the Jones family."
Greenhill Ainley, the CEO employed by the Clark family, sat in front of Elly Campbell, handing over a proposal originally given by Jones family to her.
"Our company has a top-notch R&D team, but we lack sufficient financial support. Currently, the company is focusing on R&D, but if funding and production scale cannot keep up, the company won’t see much development, at least not in the short term."
Seeing Elly Campbell perusing the proposal from Jones, Greenhill Ainley paused for a moment.
He was the CEO brought in by Brayman Enterprise, and he also led over the entire management team.
The company was small, but what attracted him initially was the company’s R&D strength. Although the company was not large, its research and technological development were first-rate. As long as the finances could keep up, the company could definitely become a powerful, large-scale group.