Divorced The True Heiress Gets It All novel Chapter 699

Chapter 699

He was actually somewhat concerned. Although Aria, as a major shareholder of a large conglomerate, could secure partial funding, the review committee might question the project’s public interest because of this.

After a moment’s hesitation, Fred finally asked, “By the way, I heard you recruited one of Prof. Galan’s students for the Stars Group?”

“Yes,” Aria replied. She wasn’t just planning to poach Adrian’s students. She had her eye on the entire team.

If Fred ever found out about this plan of hers, he’d probably pull her aside for a serious heart-to-heart talk.

Sure enough, Fred said earnestly, “Ms. Saxon, you’re not the mercenary type. Otherwise, you wouldn’t have done so much charity work.

“The Stars Group is already Mandino City’s flagship enterprise; you don’t need to micromanage everything personally.”

“Besides, with the project budget being so tight, if someone with ulterior motives were to seize on this.”

Aria smiled. “I’ve got both ends covered. For everything else, I’ll trust you, Fred, and the other leaders to handle it.”

Recognizing her firm resolve, Fred smiled knowingly and said, “Mandino University and you are in this together.”

“Rest assured, Fred, I’ll be on campus tomorrow.” After the call, Aria finished her breakfast and drove to the Stars Group.

When Aria arrived at Johnny’s office, she found the door slightly ajar, and his exasperated voice drifted out from inside. Johnny looked at Silvia and asked, “Silvia, Mr. Qureshi gave you feedback. Why haven’t you made the changes?”

Miles, the head of the advertising department, stood rigidly upright and shot Silvia a glance. “Maybe she thinks I’m not qualified to give her guidance. After all, I only graduated from a second-tier university.”

Silvia said, “That’s not what I meant, Mr. Qureshi. You’ve misunderstood me.”

Silvia stood before the desk with her hands clasped together, her voice barely above a whisper. “The reason I didn’t make the changes is because I believe he’s deliberately making things difficult for me.”

Johnny raised an eyebrow. “Tell me, how exactly has Mr. Qureshi been giving you a hard time?”

Miles said defensively, “Mr. Oconnor, I’m not making things difficult. I’m just striving for excellence.”

Johnny cut in, “Let her finish.”

“We submitted three blind submissions for the initial draft,” Silvia stated methodically. “Mr. Qureshi selected Quenby Loring’s design as the base, but after four or five rounds of revisions, he was never satisfied.

“First, he claimed the color scheme was inconsistent, then the theme was unclear, and later that the brand elements weren’t prominent enough.”

Silvia shot Miles a displeased look. “All these elements were already finalized in the initial draft. Now he’s demanding major changes, which is essentially starting from scratch.

“If you weren’t happy with Quenby’s initial draft, Mr. Qureshi, why did you select hers to begin with?”

Miles was clearly caught off guard by how much Silvia said, and his face darkened. He retorted defensively, “That’s because your team completely missed the core of Quenby’s initial draft. That’s why you went off track.”

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Silvia scoffed, “Why not just let Ms. Loring do all the drawings herself? Everyone knows she’s your niece, Mr. Qureshi.”

Miles’s face burned crimson. “She got in through proper channels! But you, riding on your fake Saxon heiress status…”

Johnny slammed his fist on the table. “Are you questioning my hiring standards?”

Miles instantly fell silent. “I wouldn’t dare, Mr. Oconnor.”

Johnny set his pen down firmly on the desk. “Bring all three drafts to the 10 a.m. meeting and have everyone there vote to

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