Semua Bab A Life Debt Repaid: Bab 1391 - Bab 1400

Ryan snorted grumpily. "What good is that? Have you thought of a backup plan in case the joint venture falls true? Wouldn't the company face another crisis?""Of course we are going to prepare a backup plan," Quinn explained. "We are having a board meeting for that agenda tomorrow, and we'll decide on improvements or reforms in case that happens."While Ryan was left speechless since he could not find fault in that, Quinn added, "Sam and I are thinking we could abandon the new energy car project if the joint venture does fall through.""What about the losses sustained?!" Ryan snapped in agitation right then. "Don't forget that John Levine's loan was used precisely to make up for that! Or are you going to leave it as bad debt?!""We will repay it—friendships aside, business is business," Quinn said firmly. "We'll use the profits from Saunderia's other operations.""And the investment is just going to be abandoned?!" Ryan was still disgruntled—that would lead to a 100% loss, while t

The conference room was at once lively, with everyone's attention fixed on Ryan, most of them admiring.On the other hand, Sam suffered rebuke as soon as he came. Although he had managed to gain some extent of approval now, he was once again anonymous with Ryan's appearance.Quinn glanced at Sam just then, taking note of the change in expression on his face.So she was not the only one annoyed with Ryan's presence—he was too. Saunderia was now back on track under Sam's management, and Ryan would have interrupted the current flow of events.It was also obvious that the board preferred Ryan, even if he never helped with Saunderia at all—all his intelligence was used entirely on scientific research, and science and business were two completely different things!Naturally, Quinn did not say that out loud—Ryan was doing this because he wanted to help Saunderia out of their current crisis, so she had no reason to complain.It was the same for Sam too.However, Ryan looked pointedly

Ryan certainly sensed the irony in Sam's voice. "What are you trying to say?""What right do we have to demand our own employees to buy our cars?!" Sam demanded. "This is a direct violation of labor laws, and do you have any guarantees that they're willing to buy it? If so much as one of them is unwilling and they decide to report us, we must face the law's judgment, and what do you think would be left of Saunderia's reputation? The tide hasn't really changed for Saunderia, and playing Russian roulette with company PR will see us facing bankruptcy again soon.""I'm sure they won't protest if we give employee rebates," Ryan argued."Employee rebates? What's the percentage we are talking about?" Sam demanded. "Thirty? Forty? Maybe even beyond fifty? Did it cross your mind that we'd be taking a loss in capital? Every employee has different living conditions and family background too, which affects their purchasing power. Moreover, if I'd recently bought a car that I'm pleased with, I'd

It was not just Quinn—Marvin and Lindsay would probably agree that Sam used to goof off too much as well. However, after Sam had changed and his work was showing results, they were earnestly pleased and offered encouragement.It was only Ryan who was staunchly convinced that Sam was a failure and refused to trust him.When Quinn could not help defending Sam, his phone suddenly started to ring. He checked the caller ID and promptly answered.That move seemed to be a grievous offense in Ryan's eyes, and he promptly snapped, "We're in a meeting, Sam! Personal calls aren't allowed! Don't you have any respect for the board?!"Sam simply ignored him and walked over to a quieter corner, leaving him fuming.Gilbert snapped at Ryan right then, "He's the acting chairman, and anything he says goes—that means he gets to answer calls whenever he wants to! We've also been in enough meetings with him to know that he won't answer unless it's important."Ryan's face was left ashen and thought t

If anything, Sam left everyone astounded that he could take the reins of Saunderia.Naturally, they must not simply dismiss it as pure talent.In fact, Quinn had personally seen the hard work Sam put in, studying Saunderia operations management whenever he had the time. He would also work all the way past midnight, and even as they headed home, he would be doing further reading in the car.Considering that Sam would spend all his time on video games or drinking before, Quinn was certainly amazed that he seemed to be born anew now.She started to split up the tasks in preparation for receiving Damian's arrival next week. With the board's increasing approval of her and Sam's leadership, they would basically take up any task given with no complaint.That naturally eased the pressure on them while smoothing out operations.-After the board meeting, Quinn started to follow Sam back to his office.She had become accustomed to walking there as well, and Sam would often ask her about