Chapter 90 - Boardroom Drama (1/2)

Nine thirty in the morning and already Carol was exhausted. The meeting didn't go too well and the level of unprofessionalism was simply too much when Collins finally snapped and let loose a whole string of interesting insults.

- Rewind back to 9.01 a.m -

Wilmer walked into the meeting room after having a cup of coffee in his office. He decided that it was no longer necessary to bring up the issue of their contender and instigator for the leak of confidential company information after the call from Elfie.

The CEo took some time to collect his thoughts and ready for the meeting when his secretary entered the room.

”Sir, the meeting is about to start. Should I prepare the things you texted me about last night?”

Wilmer smiled at Carol. As usual, she was efficient about everything.

”There are some changes to the plan. I'd like to start the meeting agenda with an announcement. Call in the security, we don't need the spy to feed more information about our second phase of the project. There's no reason to continue keeping him. However, you can distribute the minutes and meeting agenda as per usual. That will give him enough reason to lead us to the hive.”

Carol bowed and left to distribute the printed notes. The pretty secretary entered the meeting room full of smiles and offered everyone a cup of coffee, something she didn't often do. Casia Lee, the head of human resources and admin, was surprised to see the unusual behavior.

”Something good happened during the weekend?” she asked and Carol grinned.

”Something like that,” she replied and Cody rolled his eyes with a snort.

”Leave it to the girls to play. Where is Wilmer? He's late.”

Nobody paid the head of General Operations and heed. They were too used to Collins' uselessness to care. If anything, they were more curious about the reason for Carol's smiles. It didn't seem like personal news because the lady was good at separating work and personal life matters. While it was common knowledge that Carol was a proud member of the LGBT society, nobody bothered her for it except for Cody. Carol was a very efficient secretary and working with her made things a lot simpler. before Mrs Wilde introduced Carol to the company, they would often find Wilmer buried under heaps of paperwork with an aura of death surrounding him.

While waiting for Wilmer to make his entrance, the directors flipped through the meeting minutes that Carol distributed. The secretary watched for reactions while she served coffee and took note of Collins' smirk. Now that the line was cast, all the had to do was wait for the bigger fish to bite after Collins took the bait.

The door opened and Wilmer entered the room confidently.

”Good morning ladies and gentlemen, I hope I didn't keep you waiting for too long, the Monday blues are getting to me despite the great weekend. I heard that you went to the beach on Saturday, Ken. How was it? You have quite the tan there.”

There was a round of good-natured chuckle and a short recount of his trip by Kenneth Butterworth the Sales Director.

”I see that you've done quite the reshuffling to our projects based on the meeting agenda notes,” Max Morgans, the head of Research & Developments commented.

Wilmer nodded. ”Indeed. It was after long consideration and discussion that I decided to revise the plans a little.”

Cody rolled his eyes. ”What's the point of having monthly meetings if finalised plans are simply going to be revised on a whim like this?”

Robert Wang, the Business Consultant, turned to the fat man and clicked his tongue. ”For a General Operations Director, you seem to be forgetting that if it weren't for your inability to meet the last deadline we wouldn't need to have any revisions?”

Not missing a beat, Tracy Mcgardens the Chief Financial Officer decided to give a verbal report of last quarter's figures.

”I recall that due to the mismanagement and poor execution of the first phase, Wilde Inc. had to bear a loss of 4.7billion in forecasted sales.”

Cody could not refute when Kenneth confirmed the numbers.

”Please, it's only a Monday and the meeting hasn't started. Let's hear Wilmer out, surely there is a reason for such a change,” Shin Yamamoto, the director of Legal Affairs spoke out.

The room quieted down again and everyone turned to Wilmer who smiled serenely. Jessica Miller, the head of Marketing and Public Relations had a feeling that she'd seen this before. A sense of dejavu came over her and the woman wondered if something big was going to happen today.

Casia Lee gave Jeffery Lam, the Chief Information Officer, a look and they smirked in sync. The email had been scheduled for a company wide announcement and they were simply waiting for Wilmer to make his move.

”Thank you Shin,” Wilmer nodded in the Japanese man's direction. ”I believe you're all wondering why I decided to introduce such a drastic change without consulting anyone about it. The truth is, the company has been infected with a slow-spreading poison that we've been unable to counter until very recently. As for what this is about, Carol if you would please...”

The efficient secretary dimmed the lights and started the projector. Cody who was sipping on his coffee comfortably in his chair nearly spat the beverage out when he saw his own face in a video. Although nobody could see who he was talking to, it didn't really matter. The General Operations director knew exactly what this was about and felt cold sweat forming underneath his armpits. he turned green with unease when Carol hit the play button.

”Do you have it?” Cody in the video asked.

The unknown man with his back facing the hidden camera passed Cody a thick envelope that the corrupt director snatched quickly with his grubby hands. The room was full of gasps when they saw how Cody counted the money and handed over a blank envelope, no doubt containing confidential information about the company's projects.

The video ended and another incriminating evidence appeared. This was the financial records that Tracy and Jefferey worked hard to recover.

”As you can see, ladies and gentlemen... I think there is no need for words any longer. Shin and Casia, I will leave the rest to you. Xavier and Gavin, please follow me to the office. We will be discussing about the project duty segregation for the operational department. Meeting adjourned for today.”

Cody was fuming and thoroughly humiliated when nobody paid him any attention.

”Do you really believe that? It's a conspiracy against me!”

Shin adjusted his glasses and calmly called for the security to escort the fuming man out. Casia also calmly passed the stunned director who paled.