SWNOVELS Chapter 17
Chapter 17: Taking the Blame
The core competitiveness of Future Better Technology Company lied.
in their research and innovation cal
ilities. When Serena saw Emma,
she was chatting with Eric Crawford, the technical director of Future Better. Upon seeing Serena at the door, she waved her over.
“Serena, help Mr. Crawford set up the venue.”
Eric brought several researchers from Future Better Technology Company, probably as judges, and only one female assistant was setting up the venue. Serena hurried over to help.
“Thank you,” the female assistant smiled gratefully at her.
“You’re welcome.”
Serena admired Emma’s ability once again, not like other law firms. that directly targeted the headquarters of Future Better Technology Company or Penn himself, but attacked from the periphery first. Eric, as the technical director of Future Better Technology Company in China, was a capable subordinate of Penn and had a significant influence.
Approaching Eric was Emma’s only goal for this trip, and it was a
success.
On the way back to NY, Nina bought a lot of local specialties from
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Boston to give to her colleagues. She was indeed good at interpersonal communication. Emma was in a good mood because her goal had been achieved, and she no longer spoke harshly to them until they disembarked the plane and separated at the airport.
“Boston Food Company’s due d’ence report will be discussed at tomorrow’s meeting. Please finalise it,” she said to them.
This was Serena’s first project, and she dared not take it lightly. After returning home from the airport and taking a shower, she held her computer and went over the investigation of the past few days to ensure accuracy before shutting it down.
A few days ago, she couldn’t sleep well during her business trip to Boston and hardly slept. Now, she had a good night’s sleep and felt refreshed.
However, the atmosphere became tense during the meeting to discuss Boston Food Company’s due diligence report. Emma threw a pile of documents in front of Nina and said sharply, “This is the garbage you showed me after a four–day business trip?”
It was a due diligence report of several hundred pages that Nina had prepared, including a comprehensive collection of various materials provided by Boston Food Company. But obviously, Emma was very dissatisfied.
Nina was publicly scolded, her eyes were red, and she silently sorted the files page by page. Suddenly, she looked up and glanced at Serena before saying, “Boss, I am only responsible for collecting and summarising this information. The actual final review is done by
Serena.”
She suddenly pointed the finger at Serena.
Serena immediately understood that she had fallen into the trap set by Nina. That night at the hotel, she ad helped Nina to revise the report out of kindness. Now, thinking back, Nina had intentionally asked her to help with the revisions.
If Emma was satisfied with this due diligence report, Nina would take the credit. If Emma was not satisfied with the report, Nina would shift the blame onto Serena, as the final review was indeed done by Serena.
Everyone in the meeting room held their breath and watched Serena, most of them with a mentality of watching the excitement without worrying about the consequences.
Emma frowned and continued to scold Nina for not being diligent enough in her work. Then she turned to Serena and asked, “Did you review these documents? Have you considered that all the data provided by Boston Food Company can be falsified, including sales contracts, purchase contracts, and even their warehouse management system records? Is it responsible to give unverified data to the client?”
Emma’s voice was cold and menacing as she looked at Serena, and Nina, with red eyes, also looked at Serena. All the lawyers in the team looked at her, as if wondering how she could make such a low–level mistake.
Their eyes seemed to say, “Newcomers are unreliable, too impetuous,
and too eager for quick success. No one delved deeper into it, and the
person mainly responsible for this work was Nina.”