In her heart, she silently complained: Does she not know how she got regularized? How can she still have the nerve to show off!
Sure enough, after hearing Tonia’s words, Clare’s expression changed. She could understand the underlying meaning and quickly left in embarrassment.
“Small-minded people getting ahead!”
Tonia spat and then said to Lara, “Lara, how about I take care of that news about the affordable housing? You can take a break and adjust your state.”
“No need, Mrs. Tonia.”
“I’m fine.”
Lara shook her head. Although she appeared delicate on the outside, she was quite resilient at heart, and such matters truly couldn’t bring her down.
In the President’s Office.
After understanding Neriah’s situation, Jacob let her leave.
The people in the president’s office must be the president’s trusted aides, so Jacob was also quite cautious in his hiring.
Although he had the support of his connections, he did not take Coastville Newspaper Group too seriously. However, this was still a chance for him to practice, and he wanted to do well.
He couldn’t afford to fail as a president on his first try!
Mr. Frank had left behind quite a few books on business management in the bookshelf. At this moment, Jacob used a study card he had obtained from a previous task and was seriously studying.
With the aid of the study card, not only could he remember everything he read, but he could also read ten lines at a glance, which was simply outrageous.
If he could maintain this state of learning, Jacob felt that he could review his high school courses and still score top marks.
Just as he was focused on studying, a WhatsApp message suddenly rang.
It was a message from Vivian: “Mr. Jacob, our Lara has been bullied!”
Bullied?? Seeing this message, Jacob exploded and immediately made a phone call.
However, Vivian took a while to answer, and her voice was very soft. Occasionally, the sound of flushing could be heard in the background, indicating that this worker had gone to the bathroom to take the call.
After listening to Vivian’s account, Jacob felt a bit speechless. This woman was indeed a new media editor, a total headline grabber.
What he thought was serious bullying turned out to be a workplace issue.
If it had been before, Jacob would have likely let Lara quit her job, as he wouldn’t have been able to intervene in internal matters of the newspaper.
But now the situation was different; he was the president of Coastville Newspaper Group! The Coastville Evening News was just a subsidiary unit.
Damn, a mid-level manager from a subsidiary dares to bully his sister-in-law! Is he looking to change jobs?!
After ending the call with Vivian, Jacob directly called Brody and briefly stated his demands.
“Don’t worry, President Jacob, I will give you a satisfactory answer within two hours!”
Brody immediately assured him.
This was the first order given by the new president after taking office, and it had to be executed properly.
In the Vice President’s Office.
Brody directly called in Jett Tucker, the manager of the Organization and Personnel Department.
“Whose relationship does Ivan, the head of the Coastville Evening News reporter department, have?”
The internal relationships of Coastville Newspaper were complex. Although Ivan was destined to be eliminated, Brody still wanted to understand his background.
“He’s related to Vice President Knox.”
As the manager of the Human Resources Department, Jett was well-acquainted with the leadership situations within the group and its subsidiaries.
“So he’s Knox Sen’s person; no wonder!”
Knox was one of the four vice presidents in charge of marketing and had always been at odds with Brody.
So upon hearing that Knox’s person had offended the new president, Brody felt quite pleased.
“Vice President Brody, are we going to optimize this, Ivan?”
Jett, having caught on to the hint, asked.
The so-called “optimization” actually meant dismissal, but to save costs, the target person is usually transferred to a position they cannot handle, prompting them to resign voluntarily, thus saving a sum in compensation.
“This Ivan must be optimized, and there’s also an intern named Clare who should be dismissed immediately!”
Brody directly issued the order.
“By the way, aren’t three subsidiary newspapers going to establish a new media operation center?”
“Transfer Lara to be the director of the new media operation center!!” Brody added.
“Vice President Brody, who is Lara?”
The names of the mid-to-senior leaders in Coastville Newspaper were almost all etched in Jett’s mind, but the name Lara was unfamiliar to him.
“An intern reporter from the Coastville Evening News.”
“By the way, send me her resume later.”
“Huh?”
“An intern reporter??”
“Directly transferring her to be the director of the new media operation center??” Jett looked completely bewildered.
Brody waved his hand impatiently: “Hurry up and take care of it! You have one hour!”
“Alright!”
“I’ll take care of it right away!”
Jett responded and was about to leave when he suddenly thought of something and asked, “General Manager Brody, who will replace Ivan’s position?”
“This?”
Brody hadn’t really considered this matter, but soon he had an answer: “When you go to the Coastville Evening News, casually ask Lara if she has any recommendations.”
“And then promote whoever she recommends!”
“Uh?”
“Okay!!”
Jett was quite puzzled by Brody’s decision.
But he always kept one principle in mind: whatever the leader says, whether he understands it or not, he must execute it! In any case, what the leader says is always right! Jett accepted the order and left.
Brody silently reviewed whether his command was appropriate.
He soon received a positive answer! Lara was the new president’s chosen candidate for regularization.
It was quite unusual for the group president to concern himself with whether an intern at a subordinate newspaper would be regularized, and even to speak up for her; this relationship was definitely not ordinary!
It could very well be a romantic relationship.
That’s why he directly gave her the title of Director of the New Media Operations Center on top of her regularization, which sounded impressive, but in reality, this New Media Operations Center was still in the preparatory stage. The group had no intention of investing heavily in new media; it was merely an experiment, at most staffing it with four or five employees.
According to previous plans, the staff of the New Media Operations Center was supposed to be youthful, so it made sense for Brody to transfer Lara there.
Of course, such an unconventional promotion would definitely raise eyebrows, but Brody didn’t care; after all, he had settled the leader’s lover! As long as the leader was happy, others could say whatever they wanted! And a personnel adjustment at a subordinate newspaper had earned him some goodwill with the new president.
Absolutely a win-win!!
Not only that, but he could also take the opportunity to suppress Knox’s influence, making it a perfect two-for-one deal!
In a good mood, Brody couldn’t help but hum a little tune.
At the Coastville Evening News’ reporter department.
