"What's my schedule for today?"
The moment Zhou Liying was back in her penthouse, without wasting any second, she called Min Yue. She wanted to return to work, to divert her mind.
"I am sorry miss, but I did not set a schedule for you for the day. I was not aware of your return so…." She looked guilty.
"Set it now then. I am going to change, meanwhile prepare a schedule for me." Zhou Liying ordered in a stiff and firm voice.
Min Yue looked at her with surprise. She had expected to find Zhou Liying in a good mood on her return, but guess what, she was in a bad mood, in fact, she was in a very bad mood.
Min Yue too was curious to ask Zhou Liying about the date and Mu Yuehan but she kept her curiosity to herself. She did not wish to become the target of her anger and irritation.
Min Yue also saw the glittering ring on the finger of Zhou Liying and why not, it was hard to ignore. It was too catchy and beautiful. Again, she kept her curiosity to herself, even when she was dying from inside.
"Did you prepare the schedule?" Zhou Liying asked once she was back after changing. Her voice held warning that Min Yue was to be punished if she had not done as ordered.
"I have." And with that, Min Yue recited the schedule.
**
Mu Yuehan too returned to the city and just like Zhou Liying, he too got himself busy in his business. He was a step ahead of her, he went to his office directly from the airport.
"Report."
Li Tao who was in Shanghai when Mu Yuehan was in Vegas, started to give the reports of the current happening in the company.
"Today is the monthly meeting of departmental heads. Now that, Mister Zhan is not here, will you be attending it?"
"I will."
Li Tao shook his head with dejection, feeling sad for the heads. In the morning, when he left the office, he saw relaxation on their faces. They all thought Zhan Wei was going to head the meeting.
A bomb was going to be dropped upon them when Mu Yuehan would enter the conference room instead of Zhan Wei. Meetings headed by Mu Yuehan were hundred times stricter than that of Zhan Wei.
**
The environment of the conference room was quite lively. The heads were chit-chatting with each other, waiting for Zhan Wei. He did not intimidate them in the way of Mu Yuehan.
"Last month, I was not able to achieve my target. I am sure, VP will neglect my one-time mistake. He will understand my reasons." The sales team head of shoe brand spoke without any worry or concern in his voice. He leaned on his seat as if he had achieved a double sale.
"You are lucky that iceberg is busy. Otherwise, no one was going to save your ass." Other departmental head spoke, rubbing his belly pot.
"Danger, danger, danger, I just got the news that iceberg is here. He will be heading the meeting." An employee entered the conference room and looked around with fret. "Everyone tighten your back, today is going to a long day for you all."
Everyone looked at him with fearful eyes and without wasting any second, they all were on their seats, in front of their laptops.
Not everyone was like the first department head. Many heads had outperformed themselves in the last month and now, they were altering their presentations, so they could impress Mu Yuehan.
Everyone stood up from their seats with straightened back. Fear or respect could be seen on their faces. With held breath, they all were waiting for the entry of Mu Yuehan.
Shoes of Mu Yuehan clicked against the floor and he entered in, with all his mightily aura. His lips tilted up in a smirk when he saw everyone looking at him with fear.
He caught some of them at the verge of tears. Many departmental heads, whose performance was not at par the last month were on the stage of fainting down. Their legs were weak but still, they stood straight, feeling deathly eyes of Mu Yuehan over them.
After scrutinising everyone in the conference room, Mu Yuehan walked toward his seat. Once he was seated, everyone took their seats one after another. No one dared to look at him.
"Mister Li, report." A sly smile appeared on the lips of Mu Yuehan when a shivering Mister Li stood up from his seat.
Mister Li was the same sales departmental head of the shoe brand. He was the one most relaxed and now, he was the most scared one.
From the moment, Mu Yuehan entered in the room, he was praying for Mu Yuehan to not look at him. He forgot, Mu Yuehan's eyes always fell on the person who was most scared of him.
"Mister Mu." He gulped. His legs were quaking violently. There was cold sweat on his forehead. His teeth were shivering and making a sound.
"Speak. I don't have much time to waste on you." The cold voice of Mu Yuehan bombed all around.
Mister Li kneeled on the floor and looked at Mu Yuehan with forgiveness. "Please forgive me. Please. Last month, I was not able to achieve my target."
"By how much?"
Mister Li gulped hard. His stomach was in knots. He knew he would vomit at any time due to fear. "Five per cent."
Mu Yuehan's eyes darkened. "Five per cent? How can you miss it by five per cent? You are…."
Before Mu Yuehan could say fire word, Mister Li spoke up. "It is not my fault. With the shift of Zhou corporation here In the country, many of our customers are moving toward them. They are giving a try to new choice."
"This is no excuse, Mister Li. I am giving you last chance. Next month, I want to see an increase. Otherwise, count yourself as fired. Next, Mister Jiang, report…."
Mister Li sighed with relief on getting another chance. He took deep breathes and patted on his chest. His face was all covered with sweat.
He stood up from the floor and took his seat. His brain was moving around and he felt as if he was going to faint any second. He gulped down air to calm himself down.
He opened the water bottle and gulped down all its content.
"True face publication again denied to sale the copyright of their book, even when we offered them the double of the market price."
Everyone stiffened and sneakily looked at the face of Mu Yuehan. It turned dark and dark and with that, the temperature of the conference hall fell below zero degrees.