"Hmph! Ms. Scott, making money is about action, not just words. I heard you didn''t even graduate from high school. Can you even understand a contract?"


    A young director spoke up loudly.


    Natalie looked at him. He wasn''t allied with Joanna or that man. She had looked into him—Mr. Hayes, son of the previous Mr. Hayes. He had joined Sebastian after his return to the country because he admired his talent.


    "Mr. Hayes, rumors are just rumors. I, Natalie..."


    Joanna quickly cut her off, mocking her. "Natalie, running apany isn''t like your schemes to win a man''s affection. You never finished high school. That''s a fact. You can''t even read a contract, so how do you n to manage thispany?"


    "Under your ''leadership,'' vultures will pick the Griffith Group clean within three months. Do you want all the employees to lose their jobs?"


    "Do you have any idea that they have families to support, mortgages and car loans to pay? If they be unemployed, how are they supposed to survive?"


    After Joanna finished, Maxwell Griffith added, "Natalie, running apany is not a game. You seized The Griffith Group through illegal means to begin with. Do you want to ruin everyone else now?"


    Mr. Hayes and several other board members red at Natalie.


    Natalie raised an eyebrow at Maxwell Griffith. She didn''t know his name, so she could only call him Mr. Griffith.


    "Mr. Griffith, why don''t you exin what Joanna meant? Why were all your management rights taken away?"


    Joanna froze. With the leverage Natalie held over her, she was constrained at every turn.


    "Natalie, stop trying to argue,"


    Joanna said, then turned to the


    other directors. "Everyone, I can


    guarantee that Natalie, a person


    who didn''t even finish high school, is in no way qualified to manage thispany. The Griffith Group belongs to the Griffith family Inviting Chairman Griffith back to take charge is what you all should be doing. Of course, everyone needs Sebastian, and Sebastian will continue to lead you all to greater profits."


    "As for an ipetent socialite like Natalie, she should be escorted out of the building immediately."


    Joanna shot Natalie a disdainful smirk.


    As long as she held this over Natalie''s head, no shareholder would support her. Natalie had too many weaknesses to be exploited.


    Mr. Hayes tapped the table. "Ms. Scott, even though you hold more shares, we can''t feel secure entrusting thepany to someone who knows nothing."


    "That''s right. We won''t hand over thepany to some young girl who doesn''t know what she''s doing."


    With Mr. Hayes taking the lead, all the shareholders voiced their opposition.


    Maxwell Griffith suddenly spoke. "Natalie, I know you desperately want the chairman''s seat, but who would hand thepany over to someone as ipetent as you? Everyone here is driven by profit. In this cruel business world, profit is the core of everything. It''s no surprise that all the shareholders are standing on the same side. These are people who work hard for profits. No one is foolish enough to support someone with no ability to bring value to thepany. That''s the way of survival. I advise you to step down from that position."


    Natalie watched him until he finished, then let out a coldugh and swept her gaze over the room. "How ridiculous. You''re judging mypetence based solely on Joanna''s one-sided story?"