With this pinch, the bit of unfamiliarity they had immediately faded. Back then, Lydia thought of Lindsey as a younger sister and would pinch her face from time to time.
In fact, a lot has changed since then. Lindsey wanted to say so, but she swallowed her words. Not everything was suitable to be told to others.
However, Lydia did not press her for the details about these years. She just casually changed the topic.
"As you can see, our Consulting Department has a new batch of staff. I'm really happy to have you back! Mr. Juhl looks gentle, but his means are really ruthless. Everyone has changed their style of work because of it. Tsk tsk."
Shaun’s way of doing things made Lydia respect and fear him. Lindsey did not know what she should say, so she smiled and nodded. “Well, it’s such a big company, so I guess he had to do so for people to respect him.”
Lydia agreed with her words. "Yeah, I guess so."
Later, Lydia called the staff of the Consulting Department over and asked them to briefly introduce themselves and the projects they were working on to Lindsey. After that was done, it was right in time for the meeting.
Although a lot of people had left Hemera, there were still quite a few that stayed. They were all surprised to learn that the new consultant was Lindsey.
Lindsey was very frank. Back then when she left Hemera, she had left on good terms. Coming back to Hemera was also after careful consideration, so she did not need to care about the thoughts of irrelevant people.
"Lindsey will also be in charge of the product development and promotion for the new project." After Shaun said that, he raised his hand for Lindsey to continue.
Having not worked for a long time, Lindsey felt a little nervous. However, when she stood up in front of the big screen facing the crowd, her nervousness dissipated.
"As far as I know, we have developed a batch of products ready to be launched into the market around the New Year to gain the feedback of consumers. I think that we can launch this batch of products into the market by Christmas. We can focus on our marketing to create a hype for the launch, then according to the feedback of consumers, we’ll make subsequent adjustments for upcoming models."
After saying that, Lindsey turned around and faced them sideways. The screen behind her changed to a data analysis table.
"Within the market, in the same product category, our competition are Denarius, Times, Vanke, and a few others. Among them, Denarius is undoubtedly the strongest and our biggest competitor. However, I’m sure that everyone has heard about what Denarius is going through during this period. We should seize this opportunity to launch this product first and gain a firm foothold in the market."
Lindsey then took out a marketing proposal. "This is the marketing plan that President Juhl had our colleagues from the Planning Department make before this. Everyone can take a look at it."
This meeting lasted for more than two hours. Besides introducing Lindsey to the various departments, they also discussed the details of the new project. Lindsey had to come up with something that could convince others, otherwise, even if her contract had been signed, she would hardly have any credibility within Hemera and it would put Shaun in a difficult position.
However, the good thing was that Lindsey spent a lot of time researching this in the past few days, and the results were pretty decent.
After the meeting, Shaun quietly gave Lindsey a thumbs up. Lindsey had not felt this sense of accomplishment for a long time and could not help but smile.
Since Lindsey started working, her life became busy and fulfilling. Every day, Lindsey sent Dezi to school before work and picked him up from school after work.
Lindsey shook her head to pull herself out of her rampant thoughts. After getting a glass of water, she dived back into her work.
Denarius, which was speculated to be in a mess at the moment, was actually quite the opposite. The Denarius employees continued their work as usual and were unaffected by the impending merger.
Zayn received news the day Lindsey joined Hemera and learned that the project Lindsey was in charge of happened to be their direct competition.
"Our new product development has come to an end. This time, the upgraded model has been improved in all aspects compared to the original version. According to the market response based on the original version, our revenue should increase another five percent after the launch."
Quentin reported this to Zayn like he was reading a script. He then looked at Zayn and asked, “Hemera’s new product launch will be on Christmas Day, probably riding on the festive atmosphere. President, our plan is to avoid clashing with Hemera, but if we launch before them, we can certainly beat them."
After that, Quentin quietly waited for Zayn's response. However, Zayn looked at his desk. His gaze was distant and he looked deep in thought.
Just when Quentin thought that Zayn did not hear him and was ready to repeat himself, Zayn suddenly said, "Don’t bring it forward."
"Then..."
Before Quentin could finish his words, Zayn continued, “There’s no need to bring it forward. We’ll do it on Christmas Day as well. Hemera’s launch is at The Shiraz? Then we’ll do it there too. There’s no need to announce this beforehand, just do the product launch directly."
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