From being mediocre, even on the verge of closing down, to creating a brilliant revival in just a few years becoming an amazing miracle in the industry.

He had also received numerous honors in the financial sector, even his rivals mentioned him with a measure of admiration.

Ye Lu was stunned.

After closing the file, leaning back in the leather chair, various thoughts flashed through her mind. This Huffman was indeed a complex person, his past was a mix of destruction and praise. But without a doubt, his abilities were absolutely genius, and his personality was bold enough to be unrestrained.

From those files, this person’s personality doesn’t seem to follow conventional rules and doesn’t place much importance on societal norms.

Ye Lu rested her chin in her hands, thoughts swirling in her eyes.

Such a clever and visionary person, why would he agree to the board’s proposal to determine her and Yiren’s qualifications to inherit the Hua Group based on performance in such a short time?

She was truly baffled, feeling that a person with such a personality should not make such a vulgar and superficial decision.

"What are you thinking about?" Hua Lunxi hurried in, looked down at the piles of newspapers and magazines about Huffman on her desk, furrowed his brow a few times, completely disagreeing, "At this time, how can you still have the mood to read about him?"

"What happened?" Ye Lu asked in surprise.

"The fact that Yiren has overtaken the company’s business contract has spread throughout the group. Now, people in the company are all talking, laughing at how you are no match for Yiren. This matter has badly affected your reputation. In the directors’ eyes, they will think more of Yiren’s capabilities than yours."

Hua Lunxi paced around the office, clearly very anxious.

"With such an impression formed, it’d be even harder to change in the future. You’ll be at an even greater disadvantage. We must think of a way to turn this around."

Ye Lu’s eyes widened; she could indeed anticipate that this matter would definitely spread, and it was detrimental to her, as losing business to Yiren was indeed a humiliating situation.

But she had not expected it to spread so fast, rumors running rampant in the group.

She kept her composure and thought, probably Yiren had sent people around to publicize this matter quickly, boasting and taking the opportunity to suppress her, making her even more embarrassed and under more pressure!

"Turn it around, brother, what do you think?"

Hua Lunxi became serious: "This was a business negotiation already underway by Company S, now that it has failed under your management, you must find a way to reclaim a deal to fill this gap. That might slightly change the directors’ views of you, reduce their dissatisfaction. At the very least, they could see that you are trying to compensate for this loss."

"Has Huffman expressed any opinion on this matter?" 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

"I haven’t seen him express anything, but the directors are obviously displeased with you, believing Yiren’s capabilities exceed yours."

However, Ye Lu contemplated and asked an unrelated question.

"In the group, how much influence does Huffman have in deciding the heir?"

Hua Lunxi didn’t quite understand why she suddenly asked this, but still answered: "About thirty percent, while the remaining seventy percent is decided by shareholders’ votes. Whoever gets fifty percent support will win."

"Is that all?" Ye Lu felt somewhat disappointed. She thought Huffman’s opinion would account for at least forty to fifty percent, given that he was the CEO of the whole group and had more direct authority over the choice of the successor.