She quickly stood up from her seat as she went over to the vice chairman's office, the office was at the second to the last floor on the top, and it was solely only when you have an appointment that you can go there or see the vice chairman
She got on the elevator on her way to the office, she stopped by the secretary office as she informed her of her appointment with the Vice Chairman
The secretary reached out as she use the intercom to communicate with him
"May I send them in sir?" There was a paused before she turned to Serena
"You may enter"
Serena walk to the office as she pushed the door open
"Good afternoon sir"
The man was busy with his file before he turned to her
"Do have your seat" he said as he pointed to a chair
His office was large, imposing desk(mahogany polished wood) with high- black leather chair, ergonomic and executive style, the visitor chairs were sleek and modern,they looked extremely comfortable with a sleek glass walls,
Luxurious carpet and art pieces were on full display along with a shelf that held company awards on display, Serena looked around the office impressed before she face the man
He appeared to be in his mid-40s she thought, he was tall, with salt and pepper hair that was neatly combed back, he was dressed in a sharp suit, and appeared to be confident and calculating, this was her very first time seeing him up close she find herself suddenly overwhelmed with nervousness
"You are originally from Team 2, is that correct?" He broke her train of thought as she straightened up
"Yes sir"
He nodded his head, she saw him going through her proposal
"Then why was your proposal submitted by the team 1 Managing Director?" Did you not submit to your Managing Director?"
"Ah I did submit to him sir, but he turned it down as he claims it is a waste of production time and effort"
There was a slight change in the man countenance as he finally lifted his head to look her over
"Then, why did you go through so much trouble to submit this proposal? When it was already rejected?"
"Sir, I had been working on this proposal for the longest time, and I don't think it is a waste of resources and production as he had claimed, there are so many cases and people with cancer and disease all over the world, as they fight to survive cancer, many of them are left with loss of appetite, this is a way of properly engaging them with different healthy meals to further increase their means of survival" she paused as she let her words sink in
"Our company producing this Meal-Kits, does not only serve as a means of making an income but it is a means to show them that we resonate with them and we see their plight, this we further help the company grow as one of the most thoughtful and generous company.
And a wise saying says 'food is a symbolic of love when words are inadequate" she added courageously
The Vice Chairman nod his head as he said to her "you said your Managing Director had turn this down"
"Yea sir, he did I was left with no option but to send this proposal to another team to submit as I thought it would promote the company and would be a waste to just dispose of it"
"What is your Managing Director name"
"Mr. Richard Patel sir"
"This is indeed an exceptional proposal, like you said it would be a waste to let it go" he paused
" I want you to personally ask my secretary for anything you need for this project" he took his stamp and stamped on the project file "Approved"
"You can take your leave" he said as he handed her over the file, she quickly accepted it and bowed a little as she took her leave
Before getting to her office she messaged Mrs. Olivia as she confirmed to her that the project had been approve, on her way back to her office she shouted a loud victorious "YES!" She did a short joyful dance before composing herself
After some time Mr. Richard was called by the Vice Chairman to come to his office immediately, she pretended to be busy with her work as he turned and looked at everyone, it seemed like he was shocked to get the call
For some reason he came back as he walked to his desk, his gaze fixed on Serena as he glared at her
"It seems like he had been seriously reprimanded " Serena thought
She knew she could not expect more as he was a brother to one of the shareholders of the company, she knows he would not face serious implications but she was still glad that she got her approval on her project
The project was the main reason she decided to work as a staff in a food company despite Kathy efforts in urging her to come work at her father's company, she wanted by all means to creates this "Meal-Kits" as she thought it was the least she could do for Abi and other patients around the world that was facing similar case as Abi, and also for cancer patients as that has been her dream when her mother died
During closing hours it was later discovered that Mr. Richard had been suspended for 2 weeks for Neglecting Company projects and Mrs. Olivia was to be promoted as the Acting Managing Director as from tomorrow
She was surprised, she did not expect it to get that far she only wanted him to be reprimanded into doing his duties the way he should, but either way she did not feel sorry for him because he was a awful person and he also had bad reputation with everybody in their team department
She looked around as she saw her other team members rejoicing on hearing the news, she could not deny the fact that she was also happy mentally
She got home on a good note that day as she dances around her room, she took her bathe as she brought her phone to check her text messages, she got one text from Kathy reminding her to come for her dress fitting tomorrow,she had completely forgot about the event
On Wednesday morning she went inside her company, she head straight to the elevator after she was scanned by the biometric scanner, she got inside the elevator as she greeted everybody there cheerfully
She went inside her office, before she started preparing for her project, she was the project head so she had to appoint staff members that would join her in the project
"Mrs. Olivia, I am appointing you as the second head of the Meal-Kits project" Serena appointed
She turned over to two other team members as she also appointed them
They were so excited to have been assigned to the project as they thanked Serena, the air in the office felt so light and airy as everybody was happy
"Now that I've appointed you guys,let's head to the meeting room for our first meeting" Serena instructed
Everyone that she called stood up as they made their way to the meeting room
"first thing first, as this is a Meal-Kits for both children and adults, I want you all to gather reputable chefs if possible celebrity chefs you know and submit their names, first thing tomorrow morning so we can decide on the chef tomorrow" Serena explained " I also need you all to start the preparation now, as we still have to contact some doctors for more info before we can start the Meal-Kits"
"Lastly, before we go, I will be taking off on Friday.so, I'm personally appointing Mrs. Olivia as the direct head on that day " that brings us to the end of this meeting"
" I hope we all do a good job" Serena said as she closed the meeting and close her file before standing up from her seat
She was in a hurry as she still had to check out her dress today she thought as she made her way to her office desk
She finished her things at her office on time as she got on her car to go home she glanced at her wrist watch "14:12pm" she still had time she thought
When she got home she took her shower as she dressed up in her casual wear, she wore a blue denim jeans trouser and paired it with a white t-shirt, she tied her hair in a low bun
"I'm good to go" she thought as she got on her car and hurriedly drove to Kathy's studio.