Upon entering the meeting, Hong Qing also realized something was wrong. She picked up her phone and said, "I arranged for someone to notify them, there must have been some problem. I’ll check." Then she called Shi Zhen.
"Did you notify everyone about the meeting?"
Shi Zhen had been mentally prepared for this and feigned surprise as soon as she received the call, "I’m sorry, Secretary Hong. I had a stomachache just now, so I asked An’an to notify them for me. What’s wrong, is there an issue?"
She had climbed to the position of chief secretary step by step, and she had experienced countless office intrigues. Shi Zhen’s little tricks were nothing to her, but now wasn’t the time to hold her accountable.
She didn’t expose her on the spot but instructed, "It’s fine! You immediately send another notice to all department heads, telling them to come to the conference room right now. The president is waiting for them." Nᴇw ɴovel chaptᴇrs are published on NoveI★Fire.net
Shi Zhen hung up the call, a smug look flickering across her face.
She then opened her computer and sent a new meeting notice to all department heads, making sure to highlight in the notice that due to an error from their secretary department, the wrong time was given, urging everyone to head to the conference room immediately.
After sending the notice, she turned to Sheng Ning’an, "An’an, did you notify the department heads about the meeting I asked you to just now?"
"I did, what’s the matter?" Sheng Ning’an asked.
Shi Zhen frowned deeply, "Then why is there still no one in the conference room? Sister Hong Qing just called and asked me to notify everyone again. Did you send the wrong time?"
"Wasn’t it 1:30?" Sheng Ning’an looked at her suspiciously.
Shi Zhen put on a surprised expression as she looked at her, "What? You told them 1:30? I clearly told you 1 o’clock. Now I’m done for, you’ve killed me. Wouldn’t Secretary Hong think I relayed the wrong time?"
But it was clearly her who gave the wrong time; she heard it very clearly at 1:30.
However, Sheng Ning’an knew well that arguing now was meaningless.
At that time, there were only the two of them in the office, and the notification was indeed sent by her.
This incident also taught her a lesson to always be cautious in the future.
Meanwhile, the department heads were rushing to the conference room, cursing the one who issued the notice under their breath. They wondered how the secretary department could hire people who can’t even handle a simple meeting notification correctly.
A group of department heads nervously finished the meeting. After the meeting ended, they couldn’t help but complain to Hong Qing, "Secretary Hong, what’s going on with your secretary department? Even the meeting time got messed up."
Hong Qing: "Sorry, this was indeed a mistake by the secretary department. I’ll treat you managers to coffee later as an apology."
The department heads couldn’t hold onto such a small issue, it was more of a verbal venting, "Forget the coffee, just teach your people well. You’re so capable, you should have your subordinates step up their game too."
After all, Hong Qing was the president’s secretary, always under his watchful eye, they dared not offend her completely.
"I’ll make sure to train them well." Throughout, Hong Qing’s expression remained unchanged, like an emotionless wooden beauty. The group found it dull and went their separate ways.