Chapter 244: Hire

The dinner went on smoothly with Noah and Ronnie appreciating how good a cook Oliver was. They could see where Ivy inherited her skills from. After dinner, the three men were in Noah's study waiting to see what Ronnie had in mind. 

"I have a suggestion, or an idea whichever category it fits." Ronnie stopped suddenly and turned to look at Noah who nodded for him to continue. "Even if we keep the exiting staff, we don't know how loyal they will be or to whom they are working for behind the scenes."

"Correct." Oliver clasped his hands and held them below his lips as he listened intently to Ronnie. 

"Even the senior-most or highly experienced employees might not be true to their work. So, why don't we create positions that are above them and hire people we trust. These people will decide what news to telecast and what all to be discarded. So, people are trying to hide something related to some powerful person, then they will get to know immediately."

Oliver thought for some time and Noah too pondered on this suggestion. This was a good idea to implement. Using this method, they could keep a check on all that would take place in the agency.

After a lot of thinking, Oliver was the first one to speak. "Your suggestion is very good. But there is a problem with it."

"And what might that be?" Noah asked. Though he liked Ronnie's idea, he too felt that there was something missing in it.

"This suggestion will work if the person leading the department gets all the news that has been collected. What if there is someone at the lower levels who try to manipulate with it? Then, we will never know about it."

"Hmm. That's a possibility. I did not think about it." Ronnie mused, his eyes narrowing slightly.

"This is where we can make use of the new staff we hire." Noah chimed suddenly gaining the two men's attention. 

"What do you mean?"

"The new staff we hire will be trained to report to the department leader directly. He or she will be in charge of all the news that has been collected by their concerned department. Yeah, but if this person too turns out to be a mole, we cannot help it."

"True. We cannot completely erase their existence. We can only reduce their number. This suggestion is good. We can implement it right away." Oliver agreed and clapped lightly thinking all problems to have been solved.

"I have a concern. How do we hire those department leaders? We need people who have experience and who can take up this job confidently. They also need to be honest."

"Do you know anybody who fits this criteria? We need at least some people." Oliver queried, thinking of all his past friends who might help him now.

"How many departments there might be?"

"See, there are sports, celebrity gossip and entertainment, politics, crime, international news, weather, business to name a few. These are some of them and in big agencies, the departments for each of these will be different. If you want I can make a complete layout. But I'll need some time."

"Sure, Mr. West. Take your time. We are not in a hurry. anyway" Noah agreed readily as they really had a lot of time. He had given Ivy and her team a month's time to come up with a plan and barely ten days had passed now.

"I think you know now how many people we will be needing. Do you have someone who can do this job?" Oliver asked when this issue was settled for now.

"I know one man who can do this job. He is quite capable." Noah replied. He had immediately thought about Max when Ronnie had put forth this suggestion. He was the best man for this job. With his experience and skills, he could easily take over the position. Though he also had Ivy mind, he knew she would never do boring jobs like these given her character. She was more fit to collect the news rather than to take decisions. So, he had erased her name in the list instantly.

"Hmm. That's good. We have one person with us. I think I know a few people from the past who might be interested in this job, but I don't know if they are alive or not. And even they are, I don't know if they are still here in this city."

"But there's nothing wrong in contacting them right?" Ronnie added. "If they are interested in working for us, then that's great. If not, then that's fine too."

"That's right. Give us their names and we will contact them." Noah agreed with Ronnie at once. 

"Sure. I have their names in a dairy which is at my house. If I could retrieve it, then I could give you their details."

Hearing his words, Noah immediately remembered something. When Joshua and he had gone to Ivy's house, he had found a diary that was filled with names and their details. He had ignored it at that time as he had deemed them to be unimportant. Now he knew what it held. He had to talk to Joshua to see if Ivy had brought the diary with her or not. Else, they would have to make a trip to her house to retrieve it.

"Don't worry, Mr. West. I'll take care of it. I think you must be exhausted right now. Take rest and don't forget to take your medicines."

Oliver bade him goodnight and went to his room while Ronnie and Noah stayed back. They still had work to do. 

"Ronnie, tell Shane to fix an appointment with Ivy and her team the day after tomorrow. I have somethings to discuss with them."

"Okay, Boss."

"Also, your ideas were good. Well done."

"Thank you, Boss." Ronnie smiled cheekily and scratched his neck again.

Noah pulled out his phone to make a call to Joshua to check about the whereabouts of the diary. But he stopped himself when he remembered what Joshua had told him over the phone in the evening. 'They must be solving their issues. I'll talk to him tomorrow when he comes to the office. I hope everything is alright with him and Ivy.'

Taking a deep breath, he and Ronnie started going through the plans for their hotel's inauguration. The date was nearing and they had a lot of work to do.

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