CHAPTER 811 SUSAN BACK

Chapter 811 Susan Back

It was beyond Susan's expectations that this business trip took her half a month, as she had expected

to finish the trip in a week. And her project had been nearly wrecked by so many unexpected events

happening midway. She hadn't realized that the customer company had a little wish for cooperation

with Phillips Bank till she was in deep conversation with the boss of that company. That was why the

officers of that company had always rejected Susan's requests for a meeting with them. The project

would have failed if Susan hadn't gone to visit their office. Luckily, the officers there were favourably

impressed by the sincerity of Susan's party. Susan waited outside the customer company for meeting

the officers every day and finally got an opportunity to cooperate.

It was afternoon when Susan and Matt returned to Kensbury City after signing the contract with that

company. Susan had wanted to have a rest at home. She didn't have good sleep during the business

trip, worrying about the contract every night. But as soon as they came back to Kensbury City, they just

got a phone call from Manuel and they were asked to go to the office.

Later, they arrived at Manuel's office, exhausted. There was nothing changed these days. Susan

looked calm and composed. Suddenly, the door opened, and Clara Stern came into the office with

three cups of coffee.

"President, your mocha, please. I made it for you." Smiled Clara.

Manuel nodded, "Thank you."

Clara had a sweet smile on her face. She passed the other two coffees to Susan and Matt and then

went out.

Susan felt Manuel was in a bad mood. "The contract has been signed." She began and handed the

contract to Manuel.

Manuel took a glance at the file.

"The content of this contract meets the requirement of our company. The customer company is gratified

at the cooperation with us." Susan continued.

"If so, why it took so much time?" asked Manuel.

Susan hesitated a moment, and then explained, "In fact, they have no intention of cooperating with us,

for they are in negotiation with other companies. It concerns them that we lack experience in cross-

industry projects. That's why they had always rejected our requests for a meeting with them. The

matter was not what I had prefigured it. This project would have fizzled if you hadn't called my attention

to that."

Susan was filled with admiration at Manuel's insightful view when she realized the customer company

had no intention of cooperating with Phillips Bank. She had thought they had been too busy to give an

interview to her. Now she had learned that there was no place for sincerity and sentiment in business

affairs.

Manuel still had a poker face, silent.

Susan continued, "We had stayed there every day to have a meet with them those days, and finally we

met them. They agreed to meet us for showing respect to you." That's not her flattering remarks, but

the facts. On the one hand, it was Susan who had struck a chord in them. On the other hand, they

thought highly of Manuel's business talents. "They had challenged our ability to engage in cross-

industry business in the beginning, but they started to hesitate when I mentioned you. Shortly

afterwards, they told me they believed in your business talents and decided to cooperate with us after

careful consideration. That's the whole story of the contract." Susan continued. Content is property of .

It was also from this matter that Susan found the gap between her and Manuel had been increasingly

widened. She had always given the cold shoulder to Manuel in her childhood, yet now she felt she was

out of his league.

Manuel still kept silent when Susan finished her report. Then Susan just sat there quietly and waited for

his criticism. She thought, "Whatever you think, fine by me." She had an increasingly peaceful state of

mind now.

"Susan, you are the general manager, and you bear the responsibility of the company. Didn't you think

you're going away affect the company's operations?" Manuel asked.

Manuel didn't award praise for her. Instead, he blamed her lack of due consideration.

"I'll not do that again." She admitted her fault readily, without explanation. She worked remotely at the

hotel these days, and sometimes she still worked at late night. Yet that couldn't be the reason for her,

she thought. The only thing she needed to do was to admit her fault as Manuel said.

"You must get my permission for wherever you go," Manuel said in a cold voice.

"Yes," responded Susan immediately.

"You may get out now." Said Manuel.

Susan and Matt got out of the office then. They were quite sleepy.

"You can go home now." Susan began.

Matt didn't say no, since he was indeed exhausted from the business trip. He had wanted to defend

Susan when Manuel criticized her, but he suppressed his thoughts. It was common that one would

think of himself more in the workplace.

"OK, and you?" said Matt.

"Do you think I can leave now? Manuel is not satisfied with me at all." Susan said resignedly.

"Then I…"

"You just go home. You're my direct subordinate, not Manuel's." Susan interrupted him. It was

uncommon to bypass the immediate leadership in the workplace. "You just have a good sleep, and we

have a lot of things to deal with tomorrow." Susan continued.

"All right. Take care!" said Matt.

Susan nodded. She thought she was young and could withstand stress.