Chapter 864 – #97. Lanna (24)
She could not bear to refuse her husband’s earnest request.
She eventually decided to be introduced to her professional manager, and after a while, her professional manager came to interview her.
“This is Natalia.”
Her husband introduced her to a career that was extravagant.
Her university also came out of a famous place she could not have imagined, and her qualifications were incredibly glamorous.
As the head of her company, she knew she shouldn’t have said this, but she couldn’t help it.
“Is this kind of person saying that our company lacks something…?”
“I thought we were talking separately, didn’t we?”
“What are you talking about?”
According to Natalia, it makes sense that if she manages her company for two years and it performs, she gets a referral to a better place.
So, this means that this is where she gets her final evaluation before moving on to the next step.
“Hmm…That’s right.”
“I heard that the company’s growth potential is very high. After conducting a separate investigation, it turned out to be a company that has grown surprisingly smoothly.
He was definitely a person who graduated from a famous university, went to competitions with various fancy qualifications and even won awards, so he was pinpointing exactly what the company needed.
After hearing her words, I nodded my head.
“How about my plan?”
“I like it. If this happens, the company will definitely grow tremendously.”
It occurred to her that this man might be in charge of the company.
You must have an excellent ability to expand the company.
The only concern was the staff who were supposed to assist this competent man.
‘Can our staff follow this person well?’
Unlike this smart and competent person, the employees are all ordinary people.
I wasn’t sure if this person could get along with the employees and work at the company.
Of course, so are the employees.
‘Can this person and our staff get along?’
So, I thought it was necessary to introduce the employees and observe the situation before making a decision to hire them.
“Natalia is someone I can’t evaluate in terms of her abilities. She’s such an amazing person, and I think we should be grateful to her for coming to our company.”
“Thank you.”
She, too, accepted her praise as if she were accustomed to it, as if she had confidence in her abilities.
We can sign a two-year contract and part ways cleanly.
“I’m relieved to be able to introduce you to a good person for the employees. Would you like to say hello to the employees of our company?”
“Oh, hello. That’s not bad. We’ll be working together for two years.”
“That’s right. Company growth is important, but at least I don’t think it’s all about our company. I think you need to know what kind of place our company is and what kind of people we work with. In addition, it’s important that the company itself grows, but the company’s employees I think we need to grow together.”
Since she is the CEO who has to run the company, she thought it was necessary to give her the direction she wanted her company to take.
“It’s a win-win relationship with the staff…”
However, Natalia, who heard Lanna’s words, seemed to have trouble with her co-existence with her employees. For the first time, trouble appeared on her face.
“These are our secretaries.”
“Hello.”
“Is this the one you’re going to take care of temporarily?”
“That’s right, Natalia.”
“Please take care of me.”
“…Yes.”
After she introduced the secretaries, she introduced all of the executives and employees, and even the employees of the company’s major departments.
This process was tantamount to the staff evaluating Natalia, and Natalia evaluating the staff.
When it was time to eat lunch, the staff who had the time went to each other and ate together.
She knew Natalia was uncomfortable, but she deliberately kept her ignorance in order to see her limits and her patience.
‘If we despise our employees to such an extent that we can’t stand it, we won’t be able to hire them no matter how talented they are.’
Employees who have grown the company together.
Her employees were just as important to her as her company.
No, she didn’t necessarily think of the company and its employees as different beings.
She thinks she has a company because she has employees.
And if she was the temporary CEO who would take over the company for two years, she had to follow her thoughts.
‘Even if a company has grown, it is useless if the employees do not grow together.’
Consider the case when her talented interim representative leaves her company and she returns.
It wasn’t what she wanted to grow her shell without building up her inner self.
In that respect…
‘It’s not my style to get along with the staff.’
She didn’t seem to be the type to work while having a friendly conversation with her staff like she was.
‘Still, I’m not someone who can’t get along with the staff at all.’
Employees were also curious about the new interim representative.
Maybe that’s why the staff were actively talking to Natalia, the temporary representative candidate.
Natalia was embarrassed by the attention she received from her staff. At first, she stuttered even to her words in embarrassment, but she belatedly adjusted and accepted the attention from her staff.
She said, “It’s been hard.”
No matter how good she is from and how talented she is, the interview would not have been a comfortable position.
In addition, it must have been quite a burden since I received the attention of all the employees who came.
She couldn’t help but ask Natalia, who was clearly tired from her first interview, how she felt about being introduced to her staff.
“How was it to meet our employees in person?”
“…This company seems to have a very unique atmosphere.”
“Really? Are we unique? I don’t know what the atmosphere is like in other places.”
“It’s not easy to create this kind of atmosphere in a company of this size. Are you interested in company welfare?”
“You are very interested in company welfare. I hope my company is at least not a company you don’t want to work for. Did Natalia not like this atmosphere? I need.”
She was unlikely to lie, saying that if she was a capable woman like Natalia, she could be forced into a company culture that was difficult for her to adapt to.
Isn’t she a woman with many options?
But, surprisingly, Natalia has spoken positively.
“I was a bit taken aback at first, but I don’t think there’s any reason why I couldn’t adapt. I think I know what you were worried about. I know I have a rather cold image in my appearance.”
“It wasn’t that I was prejudiced because of her looks. Since Natalia’s conditions were so good, I was just worried about whether she would be able to lead our staff well and whether they would be able to follow her well.”
“I understand. And it’s my job to dispel those concerns.”
Is she also the one her husband recommended?
Even where she was a bit worried, Natalia showed her confidence.
After she finished her interview and returned her Natalia, she called the staff she had lunch with today and asked them how they felt about her Natalia.
“Uh…At first I was worried because it looked a bit sharp.”
“That’s right. My first impression of her wasn’t great.”
“Do you think you’re going to be very picky?”
“That’s right.”
It seems that Natalia’s first impression of her was not very good, as was Lanna’s concern for her staff as well.
“I don’t think it’s a joke if you’re very picky and can’t handle things perfectly.”
“But if you think about the company, it wouldn’t be bad to have such a representative.”
“He seems to be very capable… Where is he from?”
“That’s right. Just looking at it, it looks like he did very well in his studies.”
Even among the staff, opinions seemed to be quite divided.
There are people who view Natalia positively, and there are also people who view Natalia negatively, saying that she is too strict and cold.
However, if there was one thing her staff members collectively said, it was that Natalia’s ability seemed to be very good.
“Hmm…I looked at my career documents today, and he’s from a really good place. He’s won a lot of awards. To be honest, he’s not the kind of person who deserves to come to our company. I got a chance because I was recommended through my personal connections.”
Ordinarily, she would never have been able to get such representation.
Considering the size of the company, it is clear that he is a person who is full of minutes.
“Wow! It looks like our company is going well. To think such a person is coming.”
“Can we do our job well under such a great person?”
“I have to do it! That way the company will do well.”
“So you’re saying you don’t object to Natalia being hired as her representative instead of me?”
“How can we reject such a great person just because our image is cold?”
“That’s right. The representative must have seen it well.”
Ranna knew through her secretary’s office that her staff were uneasy about who would come as the interim representative.
Lanna revealed what she knew, and she wanted to see through her staff whether Natalia was capable enough to relieve her staff’s anxiety, she said.
“You say you decide the position of representative based on our opinions?”
“CEO, I am very grateful, but what can we add to such a matter?”
“I think this is for the CEO to decide. We believe in the CEO. Whatever choice he makes, we will follow.”
“That’s right, and don’t listen to what the staff say. The staff will be dissatisfied and anxious if it’s not you, no matter who comes as the representative. Maybe they’ll say no if we bring the president?”
In the end, it is said that their anxiety cannot be relieved without Lanna.
But eventually, she said, she would adapt to whoever was in charge.
After Lanna confirmed the wishes of her staff, she was alone in her representative’s office, immersed in her thoughts.
‘Let’s hire Natalia.’
That person will take good care of the company.
She was at least aligned with herself and her interests.
Natalia she has done her job here so she needs to move on to a better stage.
Lanna, whose company, which is growing with the help of her connections, shouldn’t run into trouble in her absence.
It was not only difficult to find someone with whom her interests matched, but she couldn’t bear to reject Natalia, who was also excellent in her abilities.
