Maleficent: Marrying Father's Ex

The sunlight penetrates through the floor-to-ceiling windows and sprinkles in the office in the morning, making the simple and cold office environment look so vibrant.

but……

Diaval sighed quietly.

The atmosphere in this office is not only gloomy, but also bleak and stagnant.And it's the kind of discomfort that can drive people out of rheumatism.

One of them is the Boss who is in the midst of his recent divorce.

Diaval glanced secretly, well, it was all black again.And with a deadpan face, it feels like there is a lingering and expanding resentment behind it.

There is another one.

This is the famous [her], Katherine White, this old hag, Diaval thought to himself.With a superficial smile, like the most vicious and ruthless character who can win an Oscar for Best Actress.

There's another, um, facial paralyzed Richard...

Who are these people, Diaval silently rolled his eyes.

In the villa district of Los Angeles.

The family is eating breakfast quietly.

Asa has the best appetite. Her mother has finally decided to divorce, and her sister is getting ready for a divorce. In Asa's opinion, these are the best things.

Bella barely ate some, she put on makeup to cover up the blackness under her eyes, and her spirit was better than expected.I thought I would suffer from insomnia last night, but unexpectedly fell asleep for a few hours.It's just that a small part of my heart seems to be missing, and it seems that I have finally let go of a heavy burden.

Bella silently chewed on this feeling of relief and loss, and didn't say much.

After a while, she sighed softly.

Don't think about it anymore, it's too late.Her next concern is her children.

Such as Asa's "gender awareness problem", and Aurora...

It's only been a week since she came back, and her face has shrunk a bit, and her eyes appear bigger and rounder.His dark blue pupils were foggy, and his brows and eyes were full of lingering melancholy.It turned out that the chin was a bit fleshy and pointed, and he hardly smiled these days, and he was extraordinarily quiet.

After breakfast, she walked over to Aurora.

"Mom, what's the matter?"

Bella looked at her, and for a moment didn't know where to start.

"R...Aurora," she was not used to calling her by shorthand, "how are you?"

Aurora smiled, "I'm fine, Mom."

Bella looked at her, and suddenly reached out and stroked her shoulder, "I'm worried about you."

Although this action was not a hug, Aurora was stunned for a moment before continuing to smile.

Bella saw that although there was a bit of a smile in her blue eyes, it was more of a frozen melancholy.She suddenly felt sour.

This guilt became more and more obvious after she came back last time and parted ways.As a mother, she didn't know that she was allergic to kiwi fruit since she was a child, which was too dereliction of duty.It's not that she doesn't care about her, it's just that they never had a good communication together, of course it's her problem.

When she was a baby, she was really cute, like an angel, with white to transparent skin, big sky blue eyes, and milk-gold hair, her smile melted your heart.

At that time, Bella was only 19 years old, and she was not ready to be a mother. She only wanted to live with Stefan, and even resisted the child.So when Aurora was taken up by her mother, she was relieved.

Later, her mother loved her very much and doted on her. Bella felt a little jealous in her heart, because her mother had been estranged from her since she was with Stefan. She was not reconciled, and she was not even enthusiastic about Aurora.

Aurora also noticed this estrangement, and after Asa was born, she ignored her even more.The two mothers and daughters drifted away like this, and they were even strangers.

Bella has not contacted Aurora since the last kiwi fruit incident, but she has been paying attention to her secretly, and learned that she and that woman registered their marriage, went on honeymoon, kissed on the street, and their various photo news.

Her smile is sweet and happy, her steps are light, and her whole body is full of youthful vitality, which makes people feel happy and pleasing to the eye.

But now the light on her body was dim, and her mind was heavy.

Bella asked: "The company's situation is very serious?" She actually didn't have much idea of ​​the company's current situation. When she was studying, she studied art. Later, she married Stefan at a young age, had children, and had her own art circle. , almost never touched the spring water, and most managed the family's charitable foundation, which was actually just a name. Her task was to attend some business family banquets, just to show her face and support the show.So her mind is also very simple.But she does have some memories of that malicious katharine White.

"I've seen her with my mother once or twice, but I'm not sure about her relationship with my mother. My mother never mentioned her in front of me..."

Bella tried hard to recall, "It seems that once I saw them quarreling, it didn't look like a quarrel, she was very angry alone, and the mother didn't speak. But after that, I never saw her again."

"I really don't know why this person hates us so much."

Aurora didn't like this woman, she rarely hated people, but this person was officially on her list of haters.She couldn't forget the way this woman looked at her strangely, and she couldn't forget what Maleficent said to her that night.

This Katharine is eccentric and repays her kindness.

This was the first time she saw Maleficent's helpless and somewhat painful expression.Given the choice, Mleficent probably wouldn't... no, she probably would, from a business point of view...

No, she can't think of her anymore, don't love her anymore.

Pain flashed across Aurora's face.

Bella looked at her worriedly.

Aurora closed her eyes, opened her eyes and said seriously: "Mom, I'm going to work in the company." She has received many calls from shareholders these days, and they all want to have an appointment with her.

Bella doesn't know anything about business matters, but she also feels that the situation is not good now, "They want you to take over your father's position?"

Aurora shook her head and said, "How is it possible? They want me to let me sell the shares in hand."

Bella was taken aback and frowned deeply. According to the law, shares can be inherited. She has 20.00% on hand, Aurora has 21%, and Asa has [-]%. Stefan, the deputy director, was withdrawn. Originally, one of the three of them could act as an agent, but she doesn't care about it herself. Asa is still underage, and Aurora is too young. According to the company's tradition, she is [-] years old to be eligible for internship. Now if she is parachuted into management, Certainly not convincing.She is so young, it's hard for those shareholders not to embarrass her based on her qualifications.

The more Bella thought about it, the heavier she became, and she was shocked and regretful. Even if she used her heart and learned more from her mother back then, she would not have ended up in such a passive situation today.

Aurora did not tell her one more thing. On the phone, several shareholders all hinted at one thing. The name of Woodsen Group is too personal. In the past ten years, the economic benefits have not increased much, and the brand effect has been declining year by year. With reform.They proposed to change the name and start a new one.

No matter how innocent Aurora is, she understands that they are making excuses.In the final analysis, the sophistication of the world is due to the interests, not to mention the indisputable fact that the performance has not been good in the past few years.Now that the three of their mothers are in a situation where they have no way to be alone, laymen can see that they are the weak side.

Now many people are watching, not only the management of the company's headquarters, the department heads of the branches, and even the employees below.They are all looking at whether she will give up the shares, and if so, who will be the ultimate beneficiary.

Founded in 1956, Woodsen has sold a total of 50 housing units in the past 40 years. The customer market covers the continental United States, Argentina, Mexico, and Puerto Rico, a total of 44, with annual sales of US$120.5 billion and land reserves of US$62.94 billion. .

Woodsen Group's main business is residential housing, covering almost all residential housing markets, including first home buyers, second home buyers, third home buyers, senior housing and international real estate markets.At the same time, the company also operates real estate financial services and construction material production.

From 1961, real estate began to be saturated. At that time, the first generation of chairman resolutely decided to expand geographically, except for the wealthy area of ​​Los Angeles, and successfully expanded to New York, Washington, D.C., and the outskirts of Chicago.So until the 70s, these areas were the main source of income for the Woodsen Group.

In the early 70s, William Woodsen, the second-generation chairman, and his wife Amanda Woodsen completed the transformation from a family-based operation model to a socialized operation model through listing.

It went public in 1969, issued 50 common shares, and began to introduce external funds. In 1973, the company was listed and traded on the American Exchange AMEX. In 1983, the group's shares began to be traded on the New York Stock Exchange.

I have to mention a person here. In 1975, after William Woodsen passed away unexpectedly, Amanda Woodsen served as the third chairman, acquired ICM Mortgage Company, started the real estate mortgage business, and entered the field of real estate finance. By connecting the residential housing construction business and the mortgage loan business , Opened up a virtuous circle of customers, companies, and funds.Driven by this combination of industry and finance, the company's assets increased by 30.00%. In 1983, the group's shares began to be traded on the New York Stock Exchange.

This is also when Amanda became famous on Wall Street. That year, Fox, The New Yorker, People Magazine, including The Economist and other major media and tabloids called her the "Finance Empress" and "Iron Fist Queen".All kinds of beautiful words smashed the dictionary.

What is even more amazing today is that since the mid-80s, under the leadership of the new president Amanda, the service/raw material suppliers have been introduced throughout the company to promote the quality leadership plan (PQL), promising to provide customers with high-quality products and services, and for the company. The structure and raw materials of the built houses carry out commercial quality insurance to relieve customers' worries.This move set a precedent in the industry and won the trust of consumers.And left other peers far behind.

It's not the first time Diaval has read the material of Woodsen Group, but every time he reads it, he will be overwhelmed by Amanda's vision and strategy.Such a woman is not only talented and wise, but also has a soft and intellectual appearance. She often smiles kindly, but the wisdom of her eyebrows and eyes gives her a mysterious and unique atmosphere.Very, very charming, people can't help but want to get close, and then fall in love more deeply.

It's a pity, hey, I didn't raise my daughter well, which is also understandable. When they were young, the Woodsen couple focused on their careers, so they inevitably neglected to spoil their daughter, which created Bella Woodsen's weak and independent character. will be irresistible.

Stefan Ramsey is also mud can not support the wall. Diaval sneered. He represented such a company with a good operating model for five years, but it got worse and worse, and the situation continued.

Of course, apart from some other objective reasons, (his boss also made some small jokes from it).

Today's Woodsen Group has internal and external troubles. Is Aurora really all right?

Diaval couldn't help becoming more and more worried...

The author has something to say: Tomorrow is an update for Yulai City Lord, thanks again for the long comment.

The development of Woodsen Group draws on the development experience of a real estate company in the United States. (Please pat~)

Recently, I will start to revise the text from scratch (punctuation marks, typos, capitalization, land acquisition, etc.), so there may be false update prompts, so you don't need to read it. (Don't mind ha~ cute laugh)