CHAPTER TWO: THIS IS A PROMOTION

"Ms. Thompson, this is..." Brandon looked at her approaching, nervously starting to speak. "Come with me," Brandon waved his hand, indicating for Sarah to follow him into the office. After listening to Brandon's words, Sarah couldn't help but widen her eyes, "What?" "That's right, Ms. Thompson, I sincerely invite you to join our President's Office," Brandon said confidently, with his hands clasped together. At least, he couldn't think of any reason why Sarah would refuse. "But..." Sarah hesitated. She had only come to run an errand, never expecting something like this to happen. Brandon handed her the contract in front of him, "There's no but, Ms. Thompson. With your abilities, you are fully capable of handling this job, and the salary in the President's Office compared to your original department will only be more, not less. And don't you think that with your abilities and personality, you're actually more suited to work here?" He paused for a moment, adding, "This is also a kind of promotion." Sarah hesitated for a moment but ultimately accepted. Brandon breathed a sigh of relief. When she came back from lunch, everything on Sarah's desk had been moved to the President's Office, even the potted plant on her desk had been moved to her new workstation. It had to be said that Brandon's efficiency was quite high, the new workstation was set up exactly like her old one. She sat comfortably at her desk, warmly greeting her new colleagues, although they all seemed very busy. Not long after in the afternoon, the legendary president arrived. Sarah stood with them at the door to greet the president. The elevator doors opened, and a man and a woman came out. The man was in a suit, his hair meticulously groomed, and everyone bowed slightly and greeted in unison, "Good afternoon, President." Sarah couldn't help but sneak a glance, feeling inexplicably familiar. Suppressing her doubts, she followed suit and bowed respectfully. The woman behind the man, Sarah recognized. She was the president's chief secretary. Watching the man leave, Sarah finally lifted her head to assess him. He had broad shoulders, narrow hips, long and straight legs. Even from his back, she could tell the president was quite handsome. But was it just her imagination? She felt like she had seen him somewhere before but couldn't remember. Matthew didn't pay attention to anyone and went straight into the office. The woman behind him stopped, "Mr. Brandon, is the selection of the president's secretary ready?" "Secretary Samantha, rest assured, I have personally selected the candidate," Brandon respectfully replied. Samantha glanced at her watch, "Bring the candidate to the president's office in half an hour." Upon hearing Samantha's words, the people in the President's Office became excited. "Is Secretary Samantha really leaving? Is the President's Office going to promote someone to be the president's secretary?" "Hasn't this been prepared for a long time? My god, why don't we know who will get this opportunity?" ... The president was finally going to select a new secretary, and everyone was eager to try. Brandon watched his somewhat crazy colleagues and coughed lightly, "Pay attention to the impact, go back to work. Have you all finished your tasks?" Upon hearing Brandon's words, the people in the President's Office left. Indeed, with the president's return, the "easy days" in the President's Office were over. Sarah was a bit puzzled. She pulled her colleague Madison aside and asked, "Doesn't the president already have a secretary? Why do they need to select one?" Madison looked at her as she was new and said without reservation, "The Secretary Samantha you just saw is the Chief Executive Secretary who has been with the president for many years. But I heard she's getting married and going on her honeymoon soon, so they need to select a new secretary to take over her work." Sarah was still a bit confused, "So the other secretary will be selected from our President's Office? What kind of person are they looking for?" After listening to the two talking for a long time, Logan finally couldn't help it. He sarcastically said, "The President's Office isn't a place where just anyone can enter. Unlike some women who rely on their looks to force their way in. Just because of you, you dare to dream of becoming the president's secretary? Dream on!" Sarah didn't know why Logan had such animosity towards her, but Madison pulled her sleeve and then shook her head, indicating that she shouldn't argue with Logan. Seeing Logan leave his workstation, Madison whispered to Sarah, "You don't know, Logan has had his eyes on the position of the president's secretary for a long time. Don't talk to him. Although he's a man, he's very scheming. He sees everyone as his competition. Just ignore him." Sarah nodded silently. She thought it was a great opportunity to be in the President's Office, let alone dreaming of being the president's secretary. At this time, Brandon received a new notification. The president immediately wanted to see all the financial statements from last year to this year, as well as performance reports from various departments, and material procurement records for the past three quarters. Although all the company's data would be summarized in the President's Office, Brandon was not the one in charge of everything. "Who is responsible for the performance reports from departments and material procurement records? And the financial statements for the past two years?" Brandon stood in the center of the office, looking like he was facing a great enemy. And the people in the President's Office all looked at each other, each responsible for different projects. When they heard Brandon's question, most of them shook their heads, indicating it wasn't them. Just as Brandon was about to go back to the office to check the distribution records, Sarah weakly raised her hand, "It's with me.” Seeing Sarah, Brandon felt like he wanted to die. Misfortune indeed never comes singly. How could the president choose like this? Just when they were about to redistribute the work to others, Sarah was the one who had just moved here. But now that others didn't have time to prepare again, they could only let Sarah go ahead. "Sarah, prepare all the materials the president wants and report to the President's Office immediately," Brandon didn't give Sarah any chance to refute. All her colleagues looked at Sarah with sympathetic eyes. Maybe this newly transferred girl would be the last time she appeared in the President's Office. Sarah went to the President's Office, feeling a little nervous. "President, these are all the materials you requested." In fact, she had already organized the materials in a few hours. Although the division of labor in the Farida Group was very clear, the materials submitted were mixed. But as long as she carefully organized them, the work was not very difficult, just a bit tedious, and she also needed to remember the markings she made. Looking at the colorful paper clips on the materials, Axel found that each color represented the data of a department, and each large folder contained all the documents of the same category. Even Selena, who was standing beside him, gave Sarah an approving look. Sarah looked at Axel's face, the wire-framed glasses didn't cover his somewhat cold eyes, his facial features were firm, and his thin lips were tightly pursed, giving him a somewhat aloof appearance. Perhaps due to his temperament, he gave off a sense of detachment. Sarah couldn't help but feel more familiar with him the more she looked, but she still couldn't remember where she had seen him before. "Do you have the electronic version of the PPT and the summary record?" Axel raised his eyes to look at Sarah, who was staring at him. "President, yes," Sarah quickly took out a small rabbit-shaped USB flash drive from her keychain and handed it to Selena. "All the electronic versions of the materials the president wants are in the second folder. I've already labeled everything." Sarah breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, she had prepared the electronic version first. During the presentation, Sarah also prepared a small note. While explaining, she stole a glance at Axel's face. Fortunately, she didn't make any mistakes. Watching Sarah leave after the presentation, Axel pondered for a moment and then said, "Go get her file.”