Chapter 84 - Are You Sure?

"Nina, are you sure?"Miss Tirana asked Nina Anderson for the last time. She was worried for her friend as she decided to continue her work in the High Clouds Enterprise,

"Yes, Tirana. I can do it. Don't worry too much."Nina Anderson said with a smile and entered the building of the company.

"Please be careful. Don't forget that, even a single mistake made by you is also their chance to torture you."Miss Tirana whispered to her.

"Yes. I know."Nina Anderson said and entered her office.

"Everyone gather in the meeting room. A meeting will be held within ten minutes."A peon came in and announced.

"What? Meeting with whom?"Her co -worker asked.

"With director. The director asked everyone must attend the meeting." The peon replied and left.

"Why am I having some bad feeling from this? Who might be in target now?"The man said in a worried tone.

"What do you mean? What target are you speaking of?"Nina Anderson asked curiously.

"Whenever this type of meeting called, the director has only one aim. To fire someone."The man said in a dramatic way.

"To fire someone?How?"

"The director of our department is not easy to deal with. Whenever he wants to fire someone, he assigns that person tough work. If the person fails to complete the work, he would fire the employee."

"I can't believe it! Why he would do that? And why I never heard of those things? I too worked here as a deputy director for more than six months."

"Now everything has changed. You will know. Now let's go."The man whispered to her and got up to go. Nina Anderson nodded and follows him to the meeting room.

There were twenty employees of her department were present. Everyone looked very worried.

"Why he called us like that?"Someone asked worriedly.

"I heard he is going to assign a duty out of the city."Another employee said.

"What? Why is he doing this?" 

"They called it our efficiency test."

"Hey. Stop talking. He is coming."Someone told and everyone fell silent immediately.

"Hello everyone. I am here with an opportunity again."The director said.

"An opportunity to get fired."Someone said in a low voice.

"Our CEO has decided to spread our business to the city L. We have even selected a suitable spot to build a resort there. But the locals are not willing to give us that plot. It is a big project on which we have spent a lot already. We can not stop it in that state. Now one of us has to go there to convince the local people of that place. We want to hand over that project proposal to one of you."The director said and looked at the employees present over there.

"Look, it is an opportunity for you. The boss has specially mentioned our department for this assignment. You should work hard to make our department feel proud. You are going to get a reward for that."The director added.

"Sir, are you going to fire the employee if he or she could not complete it?"Suddenly a lady asked.

"Of course.Is not that our rule? But why are you thinking negatively? I know that you have a high potential to do that. What do you think Miss Nina Anderson?"The director asked her with a smile.

"Me?I .....I don't think I should do it."Nina Anderson replied.

"Why not? You are the newest member of our team. And were not you the Deputy Director here? It is a chance to prove your ability. The boss herself said that she is going to promote the person, who would be able to do it. The annual day of our company is next month. Our chairman is going to reward the person on that day personally."The director said.

"Sir, I think our officers have already tried to get that piece of land already. But they were unsuccessful. How can I lowly person can do that? If I go there and can not convince the people over there, I will lose my job. As the punishment of not doing the task successfully is clear, should not the reward we would get also clear to us? We will be more motivated to do that if we can know what reward is our boss is going to give us?"Nina Anderson said in a calm tone.

She knew that it was a trap for her. So, she wanted to make clear everything in front of everyone. The director stared at her sharply and lost in thought.

"Yes. We would also like to know about the reward."A lady said.

"Yes, We will be motivated to take part in these types of activities, when rewards are clear to us. We always feard about firing us, we never thought about the rewards waiting for us."Another lady uttered.

"Ok. I will speak to the boss about this matter. Everything will be clear after some time. Miss Nina Anderson, you should get ready to do it. I will send your name to the boss."The Director said and left.

"But I..."Nina Anderson wanted to decline, but he did not give her a chance.

"What was that? Is he trying to fire her?"Nina Anderson heard someone whispered.

"Of course.Otherwise why he would take only her name? He appears to have a grudge against her. He is definitely making things harder for her."Another person whispered. Nina Anderson could not hear all these. She got up and leave the meeting room.

Inside the CEO office of the Trudominion Enterprise, the director was standing in front of the CEO, Lucy Lin.

"So, she is trying to trick me? It is not strange. She was always such a tricky person after all. She has no morals. Ok. Does she want to play a game with us? Good! We should fulfill her wish then.."Lucy Lin said with a smirk.

"What do you mean?"The director was confused now.

"Announce everywhere that we are going to promote the person to the post of director, who would do that task successfully."Lucy Lin said with a smile.

"Wh.....what? D.....director?How...how..."

"Mr. Tenjing.Are you worried? Don't worry too much. It is not good for health. Just do as I told you. And yes, now listen to the most important part of the announcement, if the person fails to get the project, that person would be fired and also would be blacklisted from any job in the future."

"Ok. I will do that. But what if she would be succeeded in that?"The director asked confusedly.

"Are you out of your mind? What do you thinking of me? Am I that fool to you?"

"I.....I am sorry. I don't dare . I know you are doing this after much thinking. I know you are very much interested in that project. Would not it be good if Miss Nina Anderson get it?"

"Yes. You are correct. My father is very much interested in that project, that's why I was also interested in it. It would have been a good chance for me to win his trust. My mother is nagging me to get that for my father. But I failed it.

I sent there all of our top executives for negotiation. But everyone failed. I went there last week myself. But nothing good happened. They reject me immediately.

I heard the local people of that place only follow the advice of the Rio Group, which is a non- government organization. The identity of the leader of that organization is secret to the world. And meeting with the people of the Rio group is impossible.

Truly speaking, if Nina Anderson can get the project successfully, it would help me directly. But  I am sure that she would not be able to do it . And that would be much more helpful for me."Lucy Lin said with a wry smile.

"But boss, I am curious about one thing. If you really want to fire her that much, why don't you fire her directly?"

"What am I doing right now is going to be much more fun. Isn't it?

"Ok. I understand." The director replied and left the CEO's office.

After one hour, Nina Anderson was in front of her manager.

"Nina, I think you should not accept it. It will harm you. You would not be able to join any other company if you failed to convince the villagers. I think you should think again, before accepting this task."The manager said in a worried tone.

"Sir, thank you for your concern. But I think I should accept this."Nina Anderson replied confidently. The manager sighed.

"Ok, Then. Here is the file. The contract is also inside of this file. Here all the data about the village as well as the villagers. Before jump into action, you should read everything carefully."The manager said and handed her a file.

"Thank you, sir."She replied.

"You have only four days to complete the task. I think you should start your journey as soon as possible. Earlier you would reach there, would help you more to mingle with the people there."

"Thank you, sir. I'll leave now."Nina Anderson said and left.

"Poor girl!If she would know that it is a trap! Boss is really cruel. How can she try to fire such a hard-working girl?"The manager muttered worriedly.