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"They can be excellent. The problem is they don't have the desire to be excellent in their work. Many of them don't set a high standard for themselves,"

Jacob said. He already knew how this meeting would end. He wished he could just end it immediately.

"I think this discussion is going nowhere. You already made your plans. There's no need to further stretch this meeting," Jonathan added, as he leaned back on his chair and stared at Jacob.

Jacob smiled in return, but did not reply. Jonathan was accurate in his observation. He was right that the meeting was just Jacob's cover-up.

He had already decided what to do.

"What's your suggestion, Mr. Jacob?" asked an old director. There was reluctance in his voice, as well as confidence. His respect towards the company's young leader was evident.

Jacob established a reputation in the past few years. People in the company either respected him or were afraid of him.

Directors would pay attention to his every move. Even a slight cough from him would elicit a reaction from the board members. And this meeting was turning out to be very serious.

Everyone in the room knew the solution to the company's problem would not be simple.

"We need to reduce the staff and lay off some people," Jacob uttered in a low voice. Even Cindy was surprised when she heard him.

The room burst into an uproar. Directors were talking all at once. Each one aired their opinion and disapproval. Mass lay-off was unheard of in the Shi Group. Nobody suspected it was the agenda for today's meeting.

The Shi Group was a huge and prolific company. They didn't think it is necessary to fire people when they could still pay them.

"I'm afraid that's not appropriate, Mr. Jacob."

"It will be difficult for people to find jobs once they are laid off."

hear about this, and it will not be

have families to feed. Our own

kept talking simultaneously.

a judge who wanted order in

not a charitable organization. It doesn't make sense to keep so many people. We cannot afford to keep unnecessary employees who are not doing

before he continued. His tone

contributed anything ever since they joined

Jacob glanced at them.

directors started speaking again, all at

They'll have

part of the company's core principle is to put the people first," another director chimed

affect the company's unity and stability. Besides, wouldn't it be difficult to identify

telling them to stop, and they did. Even if they were disappointed, they would still heed and listen to whatever Jacob said. By raising his hand, everyone knew Jacob was about to speak, and no one dared

We need a fresher perspective. We need to change from the inside. We need new people who could co-carry the company, and not be a burden to us, unlike the people we are going to let

clear to the directors what he wanted to do. But they still thought he was being

and gritted their teeth. But they didn't say a thing. Their anger

a facade. There was nothing

or argue against it with Jacob. He did, after all, seemingly discuss the matter with them. But they

Jacob already thought it through. He has made up his mind. There's no point in arguing it further. Is there anything else in the agenda

his legs, laced his fingers, and leaned back on

the other directors. They didn't see that coming from Jonathan. They expected him to be the most dissatisfied with Jacob's decisions. They should be in a heated argument by now.

are we going to proceed then? How do we tell them that they're getting fired? It's not very easy to deliver such painful news

they had friends and family who worked for the company, who were grateful that the directors gave them their jobs, and

they cannot do anything