Second Lead Syndrome: A Second Chance Chapter 198 - Presentation

Lena sat down on her chair patiently. This was just a formal meeting between the two big investors, making sure that their investment was going into great improvements. They already put in their investment but it was always good to establish a good relationship with them so future investments continue to come.

The door opened. Henry walked in first. Lena and Shen Mao stood up from their seats to greet the investors. Lena spotted an older man with a few of his employees. But what caught her eyes was a familiar face. She did expect to see him so soon again, the young master Huang.

Lena first assumed that CEO Huang would show up, but it made sense to send his son too.

Lena shook the hands of the older man first, introducing herself after her father.

"Hello." The older man shook Lena's hand. "I am Eddie Brown, COO of Cryus."

"Hello." So, the older man was the COO, not the CEO.

Eddie spoke in fluent Chinese. Cyrus was the company brand that Mr. Sanders built.

Lena shook hands with the other people that came with COO Eddie. And finally, she shook the hands of the young man that have been eyeing her the entire time. She kept her sweet smile up.

Tyler softly shook Lena's hand. "Nice to see you again, Miss. Shen."

Shen Mao glanced at Lena for a short moment. He did not know that Lena already met Tyler Huang.

"Nice to see you healthy and well, Mr. Huang."

"Pity that Miss. Shen did not visit me in the hospital. I had hoped to see you come to visit, but I was correct to come today instead of my father so I can see you."

He was still holding her hand and Lena kindly yanked it back. She cleared her throat. "Shall we sit gentleman?" She changed the topic.

Tyler was only here so he can see her? What did Hazel see in this man again?.

The investors sat on one each side while at the front, Shen Mao, Henry, and Lena sat down.

Shen Mao first thanked the investors and invited them for lunch. COO Brown immediately accepted the invitation to dinner but Tyler turned to his secretary. They whispered some things and then he turned to look at Lena again.

"Will Miss. Shen be there at lunch?"

Lena smiled sweetly at him. "Well, of course." Does this man know this is a formal business lunch, not a date?

"Then I will also be available for lunch with everyone."

The Shen company would also be having their yearly company celebration too. Shen Mao personally invited the investors to attend the event.

"CEO Shen." Tyler spoke. "If you don't mind, can I have a presentation of the information regarding our investment? I know my father was the one who invested, but as the next CEO, I also want to see how great our investments would profit us in the future. I already looked at the report, but I feel like seeing a presentation today would be... more informative."

He looked at Lena and smiled. Lena did not like that smile... that was the kind of smile she would give to Kris if she was going to do something mischievous.

"Absolutely, if COO Brown would not mind." Shen Mao spoke.

"No problem. I would love to see it again too." Eddie Brown replied.

Shen Mao looked at Henry knowing that it was to signal him to present the information to them. Henry stood up but Tyler interrupted.

"Wait." Tyler looked straight at Lena and gestured at her. "If possible, I would want it presented by Miss. Shen."

Henry looked at Lena. Lena does not know much of the ongoing projects and information on all of the Shen companies. She has been mostly assigned to SHYNE and has not worked at the main head company here. Lena only worked on a few things that interested her.

"I --" Henry spoke.

Lena grabbed Henry's hand to stop him. "I will be happy to. After all, who wouldn't want such a beautiful presenter."

'Boy... you're no match for me. And you are not as handsome as my boyfriend so you better knock that smirk off your face or I'll wipe it for you.' Lena smiled confidently back at Tyler.

Lena got up and nodded at Henry. Henry took a deep breath and gave Lena the controller to the projector.

Lena stood up at the front. "The majority of the investments will go to the main business branch of the Wine industry. Shen Wine produces exclusively expensive and the best quality of the wine."

"Why not target more of the population?" Tyler interrupted her.

"The basic concept of supply and demand. Expensive and high-quality wine is always in demand across the world. There are many companies producing just wine, but not many who can measure up the wine that the Shen Wine industry can produce."

Lena pointed to the screen using the laser pointer. "And likewise, more supply of our valued wine will also degrade the price of it. Last year we released our first affordable wine brand and it has made a success. However, its overall profit was still not as great as the higher qualities one."

She looked back at Tyler. "Does that answer your question?"

Tyler smiled. "Yes, but I have a concern. Just recently, the Shen company had a downfall in the production of their farms. The company will take a huge loss in production in the following years."

"Your information is incorrect." Lena did not take a breath to refute his statement. "Our company only lost 1% of our plants from the disease that spread. The Shen company was the first to find the cure for it, allowing our loss to be very minimal compared to other companies.

We already patented the spray for the cure, making the companies buying a large sum of the spray product. Now the Western companies are recently hit with the same disease, which they are already ordering the sprays too. Our loss of product was minimal, our organic crops were not infected, and we even made a large profit from the disaster."

"1% lost in production? But the spread of the disease must have affected the quality of the crops." He stated.

"Yes. About 30% of our product was infected. Even if we stopped them from dying, their chemistry is different, which will make them unusable for our original brand of wine. However, from that, we discovered a new product that we can create from the infected crops.

And it will even be more exclusive and valuable since the microbe needed to create that recipe only thrive in Asia. This new wine cost a lot to make but it is also worth the price."

"How do you know that it would successful already?" This time, it was COO Brown who asked.

"Becuase we always have the best recipes. Even with our affordable wine, it competed as the best lower price wine in its category of the competition. There has been no mark in our business history that the recipes we create were unsuccessful. Because this is fairly new though, we are not using investor's money. So you will be safe regardless"

Tyler looked at the data of the new wine expected profit. The estimated profit from it was high but its cost of production was indeed high too. If successful, it would positively impact the company. But if not, the company would lose a lot of money when it is released. Even if it does not directly impact the investor's money, it will still impact the company's reputation.

"I have looked at your company's last year profits and continuing income, but I can't see how you obtained the sudden cash to invest in this new recipe."

Finally... Tyler asked a good question. Shen Mao was curious too. In all honesty, Henry and Lena were the ones in charge of this project. He had been passing major projects to Henry, training him for his promotion.

"People invest in our company, but we also invest too. Have you heard of Project Crystal?" Lena asked.

Both of the investors and their employees looked at Lena. Project Crystal was a successful hit all over the world. The Zhao company already released its first production of the technology but only with the government and private companies. Everyone knew that such technology would be life-changing and a profitable asset.

"Our company has 15% of the shares and our family have 10% more, a total of 25%, making us the second-largest shareholder of the company."

Tyler's mouth dropped. How can the Shen family already have shares in the company when they just opened the company a week ago?! Even someone as prestigious as the Huang family were only able to get a mere 2% of shares.

Lena took that as her win. Seeing his startled face, Lena was already more proud of herself and her accomplishments. Even Shen Mao dropped his mouth.

He did not know that Lena was already growing up so fast and thinking about the future of the company. When did they start investing in Project Crystal and its company? He had not given Lena any money...

Lena went on and explained about the other companies and business that the Shen Company have. After a long conversation, COO Brown and Tyler were completely satisfied in their investments. COO Brown even offered to double their investment.

"Thank you for such an informative presentation. You have such a great daughter, CEO Shen. By any chance, is she engaged yet?" COO Brown asked.

Shen Mao chuckled and replied before Lena could say something. "Not yet."

"That's good." Both COO Brown and Tyler spoke at the same time then glared at each other.

Lena felt like this whole meeting had turned into a meeting looking for a potential husband. See! This is why you need to go public with your relationship status! But she knew why they are keeping theirs on the down-low for a while. For now, Lena will take care of these men herself.

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