Chapter 325
Christina had no qualms about poaching talent, and she lifted her chin proudly. “Yes, it was me who arranged the meeting. Want to know who I invited?”
….
She crossed her arms and laughed. “I invited your research bigshot N. I just texted him, and he’s very interested in joining Olsen Group. So, we planned to have a chat here.”
Christina’s plan was simple.
No matter if N finally came or not, or how the talks went, just telling Keera about it would plant a thorn between her and N!
By then, even if N didn’t come, Keera probably wouldn’t trust him anymore.
In that case, N would have no choice but to jump ship!
She thought she was so clever.
As Christina thought about this, she began to laugh. “Keera, you are so indifferent to N. Aren’t you too cold? Besides, he’s so loyal to you. After you finally got divorced, you didn’t reciprocate and instead found a college student. Are you really being fair to him?”
Thinking she held a lot of powerful secrets, she looked down on Keira and accused her. “You should cherish your talents. You don’t even disclose his name publicly, hogging all the credit to yourself and your company. With such a big event today, you don’t even give N a chance to show off himself. Aren’t you being too selfish?”
Keira didn’t know what to say.
She furrowed her brows, exchanged a glance with Mary, and couldn’t help but laugh.
Mary said, “Christina, Keer’s business affairs are none of your business, are they?”
Christina put on an act of concern. “I just can’t stand it. I think you’re oppressing those with talent too much. If you’re so afraid of talent being snatched away, why don’t you treat them better? The Olsen Group is different. We definitely provide better opportunities and a stage for talents.”
Keira remained silent.
She coughed and nodded. “Right. I see the Olsen Group is indeed good at poaching talents.”
“You…!”
Christina became furious. She pointed at Keera and scolded, “What are you talking about? It’s all consensual. Don’t make it sound so ugly. But you wouldn’t hold him back, would you?”
Keira was perplexed.
Christina immediately frowned. “Don’t tell me. You’re really planning on not letting him go? He could go for labor arbitration. The Olsen Group will help him pay the breach of contract fee! Keera, this is really too much. It’s one thing for someone to work hard for you, but to not let them gain recognition? A company like yours is simply heartless!”
While she was arguing, Victoria came over with a few people.
Just in time to hear the end of the conversation, Victoria sighed lightly and said, “Miss South, if what my sister says is true, I advise you to part on good terms. Such a research talent has boundless prospects; they can’t be confined by your small company. It’s better to let him go now rather than have unpleasantness later…”
The people who had followed were starting to believe that Keira was oppressing N. Hearing Victoria’s words, they became indignant.
“Yeah, Miss South, your company can’t treat researchers like that!”
“Someone like N should be the star today, and yet no one knows who he is!”
“Maliciously suppressing employees is something you can be sued for!”
Keira swept her gaze over the group and scoffed, “Who said I’m maliciously suppressing my employees?”
Christina argued in a wronged tone, “If it’s not malicious suppression, then why doesn’t he even have authorship rights in the project report? There’s only a code name. Surely it wasn’t his choice to remain anonymous?”
The employees from Olsen Group came today, many of whom were researchers, and they frowned upon hearing this.
Authorship rights were of great importance to them.
Being part of a project meant having one’s name on it. If they truly were part of such a big project, they’d want the whole world to know, rather than just being glossed over with a code name.
Joined together, they believed it even more possible that Keira might indeed be suppressing someone!
Thus, the crowd became increasingly righteous in their indignation. “Right, you can’t suppress someone like that. How can you treat researchers this way?!”
“Actually, if you really want to know whether there’s suppression or not, why not just call N out, and we’ll find out?”
“Is he here today? He’s not even been invited to the dinner, has he?”
“My God, that would be so pitiful!”
“No way! I can’t stand this injustice! Miss South, let N join this dinner!”
Mary, hearing all of this, rolled her eyes. “You’re all babbling on and on here. Do you even understand the real situation? The way I see you now is just laughable!”
The crowd was perplexed.
Christina frowned, immediately responding to Mary’s comment. “How can you speak like that? I’ll call N right now and let him come to explain everything to everyone!”
No sooner had she finished speaking, Christina immediately took out her phone and dialed N’s number.
The moment she made the call, Keira’s phone rang.