Ivan called Tonia into his office again.
“Mrs. Tonia, you’ve been with our newspaper for a long time; when you have time, persuade Lara not to be so stubborn!”
“If she wants to progress, she needs to show some dedication and let the leader see her sincerity, right?”
There’s a line in the song “Red Rose”: what you can’t have is always stirring.
Right now, Ivan, this old man, was already quite stirred up, and it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say he was drooling.
Especially after tasting sweetness with Clare, he felt that Lara was just temporarily confused; after all, they were about the same age.
If Clare could accept it, why couldn’t Lara?
“Director Ivan, if it’s work-related, I have no problem with you asking me to say anything about Lara.”
“But I can’t speak on this matter; it’s too disgusting. You’ve got the wrong person for this persuasion!”
Tonia had been at the Coastville Evening News for over ten years and was merely the leader of the “Hotline News” interview team, with no hope for promotion, so she had nothing to fear from Ivan.
After all, she was a full-time employee with over a decade of service; they couldn’t just dismiss her without a valid reason.
Moreover, personnel matters weren’t under Ivan’s control; he only had the right to nominate during the regularization of interns and could write a nice recommendation.
“Director Ivan, if there’s nothing else, I have work to do, so I’ll be leaving.”
With that, Tonia turned and left the office.
Ivan, who had just hit a wall with both Lara and Tonia, was filled with anger. He paced back and forth in his office, thinking about how to impose some pressure on these two disobedient subordinates.
Just then, Clare knocked and entered his office, even kindly closing the door behind her.
“Director Ivan, is the regularization list going to be officially announced today?”
Although the list had come out, the group’s official website and internal communications hadn’t formally announced it yet. Clare was a bit impatient, so she came to ask Ivan.
“Today, there’s a big event happening at the group headquarters, so the announcement might be delayed!”
Seeing Clare, this dedicated little girl, Ivan felt a bit better and, while speaking, placed his hand on her slim waist.
To be honest, doing a little something in the office was quite thrilling.
“Director Ivan, don’t do that!”
Clare pretended to shy away, but her voice was sweet and flirtatious.
Ivan, this old man, couldn’t resist and immediately had some thoughts.
However, his office had poor sound insulation, and the outside was the office area, so anyone entering his office could see everything clearly.
Thus, it was unrealistic to do anything in his office, but he could take advantage of the situation while chatting. Just then, there was a sudden urgent knock on the door.
The two startled individuals quickly separated.
Ivan sat back in his office chair, while Clare stood properly at the desk, adopting a pose as if they were discussing work.
“Come in!”
Once they were settled, Ivan finally spoke.
The person who entered was his assistant: “Director Ivan, someone from the group headquarters has arrived and said that everyone on duty should go to the conference room; there’s something to announce.”
“From the group?”
“What a big deal!”
Ivan was a bit surprised.
“Could it be the announcement of the regularization list?” Clare’s eyes lit up.
Hearing this, Ivan couldn’t help but glance at the foolish intern.
Such announcements didn’t require the group headquarters to send someone personally unless there was a significant personnel change or something major concerning the newspaper.
“Let’s go see!”
Ivan tidied his clothes a bit and, along with his assistant and Clare, headed to the conference room.
At this moment, the editor-in-chief of the Coastville Evening News, Barrett, had already arrived. He was sitting in the main seat, with Jett, the manager of the group’s organization and personnel department, sitting beside him.
Sure enough, it was a personnel adjustment! Upon seeing Jett, Ivan’s heart had an answer.
This organization and personnel manager was usually very busy; if it weren’t for something significant, he wouldn’t personally make a trip.
Could it be that Editor-in-Chief Barrett was being transferred?
Ivan thought to himself, nodding slightly to the two sitting at the main table before taking his seat.
After waiting a moment, all the personnel on duty at the newspaper had arrived.
The originally spacious conference room was now packed tightly.
Lara was supposed to go out to cover news, but just as she was about to leave, she received the notice for a full staff meeting.
Now she was sitting in the corner with Tonia and two other reporters from the hotline news team.
“Everyone, quiet down!”
As the editor-in-chief of the newspaper, Barrett raised his hand to quiet the noise, and the bustling conference room immediately fell silent.
He pointed to Jett and said, “This is Manager Jett from the group’s personnel department; he has important personnel appointments to announce!”
“Next, let’s welcome Manager Jett.” After Barrett finished speaking, he handed the microphone to Jett.
Jett didn’t waste any time, as Brody had only given him an hour.
He cleared his throat slightly and said seriously, “I’m here to announce three personnel changes.”
“First, intern reporter Clare has shown a lack of diligence and poor business ability; as her internship period has ended, the group has decided not to retain her!”
Uh? What??
Hearing this first personnel change, everyone in the conference room was a bit stunned.
When did an intern’s employment status require the group’s personnel department manager to announce it personally??
This dismissal was quite a spectacle!
And Clare, who was still dreaming of regularization, was completely dumbfounded. When she first heard her name, she thought they were going to announce her regularization, but instead, she was directly fired!
“This, how is this possible?”
“Director Ivan, what’s going on??”
Clare cast a questioning look at Ivan, who also wore a bewildered expression, his face full of disbelief.
At this moment, many people’s gazes fell on Clare.
What could make the group’s personnel department manager personally come to fire an intern!
Had she committed a capital offense??
Too outrageous!! Meanwhile, Tonia in the crowd was quite excited. She whispered to Lara beside her, “If Clare is fired, then the regularization spot will likely be yours!”
At this moment, Lara was also in a state of shock; Clare’s dismissal was too sudden, especially since she had just been boasting to her not long ago. And now, in the blink of an eye, she was gone!!
As the crowd whispered among themselves, Jett’s voice rang out again: “Second, Comrade Ivan has worked diligently and achieved remarkable results; the group’s personnel department has decided to transfer Comrade Ivan to the group headquarters to serve as the deputy director of the Security Department.”
Wow~!
As soon as this second personnel appointment was announced, the conference room erupted.
Dozens of gazes instantly turned to Ivan.
Saying he was transferred to the group headquarters actually meant he was going to be a security guard at headquarters! This was what they called “optimization.”
Either report to work or resign voluntarily!
