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Chapter 611: Chapter 612: Even Tap Water Wouldn't Do
Chapter 611: Chapter 612: Even Tap Water Wouldn't Do[Chapter 612: Even Tap Water Wouldn't Do]
If possible, Eric would have preferred Caroline, such a delicate girl, to stay in a castle forever, living an idyllic life like a carefree little princess. However, fairy tales could only ever remain tales, and most fairy tale stories didn't have true endings. Real-life fairy tales were even rarer than Disney's animated features.
Faced with the hopeful look in Caroline's beautiful big eyes, Eric ultimately couldn't bring himself to refuse her directly. Instead, he said, "Caroline, being my assistant isn't an easy job. Just because you got an MBA from Harvard doesn't mean you'll easily adapt to this work. First, you need to intern in my assistant's office for a long time --maybe months, even years. Only by standing out in that environment can you move forward."
Although Allen had little work experience when he started, he grew alongside Firefly when it was just beginning. His qualifications developed right along with the company, allowing him to perform well and stick around Eric for more than five years.
Over the years, as the Firefly system expanded, Eric's personal assistant office grew into a small team of more than ten people, aside from Allen, who reported directly to Eric. Though Eric rarely intervened in Firefly's management, it didn't mean he was oblivious to company affairs. One of the essential roles of that little team was to summarize vital financial, personnel, and project decision-making information within Firefly before submitting it to Eric for review. Another crucial responsibility was to keep track of all the film and television projects that Eric personally approved, ensuring they didn't deviate from his creative direction. While Chris primarily handled most of the holding companies like Yahoo, AOL, Cisco, and Nokia, many matters still filtered through the team to Eric. Moreover, the team also took charge of Eric's personal finances, scheduling, re
forth, asking, "Do you two know each other?"
"I ran into Mr. Williams on West Street while I was at the supermarket this afternoon," Melanie briefly explained, extending her hand formally toward Eric, "Hello, Mr. Williams,
I'm Melanie Gleason."
"Call me Eric," he replied, shaking her hand.
If it had been any other woman, she probably would have questioned how Eric and Melanie knew each other. However, Caroline didn't realize any of this and was instead thrilled by their coincidence. She invited Eric to sit, and while Caroline headed to the kitchen, nearing the kitchen door, she suddenly turned around, asking, "Eric, what do you want to drink?"
Eric chuckled softly, replying, "Just coffee, I think."
Melanie took a seat next to Eric. Though she seemed a bit reserved, she was significantly more talkative than Caroline. Noticing Eric casually inspecting the apartment's decor, she volunteered, "This is a place Caroline and I decorated together. She can take you to her room later; it's more interesting there."
As Melanie said this, she playfully winked at Eric. Eric was not clueless as to what Melanie meant, but just then, a little head popped out from the kitchen. "Eric, you can't go into my room! That would be so rude!"
Upon hearing Caroline say this, Eric understood what it meant. After all, a girl's room generally contained personal things related to her. "Don't worry, Caroline. I won't do that." Caroline indeed felt relieved and busily resumed her tasks without hesitation. Melanie laughed silently and pointed subtly at a door on the left side. Eric simply smiled and
shook his head.
Melanie was just joking when she asked, "Eric, did you come to Boston to deal with those companies on Massachusetts Avenue?"
"Yeah," Eric recalled Caroline mentioning that their instructor had taken these three companies as case studies. He glanced at a nearby photo of Caroline and Melanie beaming on
a bridge and thought to ask, "Caroline mentioned this afternoon that you guys analyzed those three companies as case studies. What do you think of their situations?"
Though Melanie didn't understand why Eric was suddenly questioning her, she realized that it could only lead to something good. After considering it, she replied, "I believe you shouldn't treat them as three separate companies. Especially in the future, if they continue with their current statuses, as the user bases of these three companies grow, there will be increasing management and technical conflicts, slowing down the growth of all three. Only by merging can they address these synergy issues. Additionally, during our investigation, while we didn't acquire specific data, we realized these three companies have reached a terrifying number of users, and there's no sign of slowing down. If they can't successfully transform commercially, with the rapidly increasing operational costs, I think even you might find it
hard to shoulder such a huge expense."
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