Lily didn't respond directly, but instead, she glanced at Fade and then at Ryan. After a while, she responded in a clipped tone, "Mr. Hu, what if I don't think you're the right candidate and I don't agree to the voting?"
Ryan was startled for a split second and his gaze became even more piercing.
He didn't expect Lily to have such an unyielding attitude. She didn't even bother to find an excuse to reject him.
His face became sullen and his eyebrows raised. He then said in a somewhat threatening tone, "Miss Wei, you shouldn't be emotional when it comes to deciding this. After all, this affects the whole company and if any problem was to arise after the decision making, it will only cause great damage to the company."
"Are you threatening me?" Lily snorted as she glared at Ryan.
Ryan didn't want to put on a show anymore. He snorted and spoke honestly, "If a leader won't listen to their followers, how is the company supposed to operate smoothly? To say the very least, our sales department doesn't agree to have you as the acting chairman."
After saying that, Ryan glanced around at the people who had supported him just now. They immediately agreed in unison.
"Miss Wei, our production department also agrees with Mr. Hu."
"Miss Wei, I have contacted several suppliers and they’re all concerned about who’s going to be our chairman. They wouldn't trust the position with anyone ordinary."
"I'll get straight to the point, Miss Wei. If you become the acting chairman, the entire research department will resign." Ramsey Huang, a member of the company's research department, spoke up threateningly.
Concurrently, Lily's face had become grim and her eyes were burning with anger.
She looked like a volcano that was soon to erupt at any time.
Seeing this, Fade gently patted Lily's shoulder and cast a long glance around him before chuckling softly. He said, "Sister Lily, let me say something."
"Sure." Lily nodded and sat down. She watched Fade stand up from his seat and walk toward Ryan and the others.
Fade had not spoken much from the moment he had joined the meeting. Ryan and the others had almost forgotten about his existence. However, with Fade getting up and walking towards them now, they all started feeling apprehensive.
Nevertheless, with the large support he possessed, Ryan was at ease as he knew that the company would at least feel pressured by them. He did not fear Fade, and he was ready to face him head-on.
Fade ignored Ryan. Instead, he walked right up to Ramsey and said, "You're saying that once Lily is the chairman, you’ll resign, right?"
Ramsey gritted his teeth despite his fear and replied firmly, "Not only me but also the whole research department."
Ramsey sounded confident. After all, the research department was one of the key departments in the company. Without them, new products couldn't be developed and old products couldn't be improved. The company's performance would only deteriorate in their absence.
To form a research team was not an easy task. It was a timely process to identify the research direction, to explore necessary methods and strategies, and not to mention to solidify the collaboration among the team members. It couldn' t be done overnight.
He thought that Fade would be affected by his words, but Fade was not bothered in the slightest. He glared at Ryan and others and said, "Are you implying that I don't know much about the research department? Who do you think developed the best selling products of the company? Was it Dr. Huang over here?"
"I..." Ramsey was flustered and he couldn' t respond.
This was because the best selling products in the past two years were not developed by their department. This included the scar removal gel as well as Fei's Life Elixir Wine. President Lin had directly brought them over for production. They did not know who had developed these products.
Lily spoke up at this moment, "Both the scar removal gel and Fei' s Life Elixir Wine were developed by President Chen alone. Moreover, the formulas of the products under the same series as well as the new products we sell in Jade City were all from President Chen."
"Now, do you still dare say that he doesn't know a thing about research and development?" Lily retorted.
"What? How could this be... Those best-selling products were actually developed by him? 1-1 don't believe it!" Ramsey was in disbelief to hear the revelation. "Any new product requires thousands of experiments and constant trials. How could he have done that In such a short time?"
"Nothing is impossible." Lily interrupted Ramsey as she continued saying, "Don't forget that President Chen is also the founder of the Sincere Medical Center. The Ephedra Syrup developed by him was acknowledged and even awarded by our country leaders."
"He developed the Ephedra Syrup, the medicine that could break the monopolization by foreign medicines in our country. Do you think he can't develop some ordinary makeup products?" she added.
Everyone was reminded of Fade's achievements and identities upon hearing Lily's words.
In that split second, everyone's expressions darkened. As for Ramsey, he had turned ashen pale.
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