“President Sutton, the people at Sterling are about to revolt.”
On the road, Lucas said worriedly, “I noticed it last time I went to check on progress.
They’ve set their minds on not wanting to manage it.
Now it looks like a war zone over there.
How about I go handle it instead?”
Stellan Sutton lowered his eyes, flipping through the bodyguard’s report, and shook his head, “It’s fine.”
Eve Sherman was also somewhat anxious.
Sure enough, as soon as the car approached Factory One of Sterling, Eve Sherman saw a large crowd gathered at the entrance, some even wearing Sterling uniforms, passionately saying something.
Eve’s heart sank.
She quickly said to Lucas, “Pull over, let me go have a look.”
“Where are you going?” Lucas hadn’t finished speaking when Eve had already opened the door and got out of the car.
“These people are Sterling employees.
They heard you’re going to shut down the factory and have been causing a fuss here for several days.
They’re here to block you.
She’s really gutsy, going over like that.”
Lucas glanced uneasily at Stellan Sutton, “Is it going to be okay?
Maybe we should just leave it?”
Stellan watched Eve’s back, eyebrows slightly knitted.
Eve used to come with Phillip Langdon often for inspections, so she was a familiar face to them.
She only intended to check whether it was suitable for Stellan to appear.
Unexpectedly, as soon as she showed up, she was recognized by the workshop supervisor, Donovan.
“Sherman!”
Donovan’s shout instantly drew everyone’s attention to Eve.
They quickly surrounded Eve, each speaking emotionally.
“Is that Hess president really going to fire us all?!
On what grounds?!”
“What am I supposed to do if I’m fired?
I have a sick child to care for at home!”
“Exactly, exactly, that president is so heartless.
Sherman, I heard you work for their company.
You must know where we can find him.
Tell us, we want to talk to him directly!”
“If they don’t listen, I’ll take him down with me—he doesn’t care about us at all!”
Hearing this, Eve quietly took out her phone to message Lucas, advising them not to come over.
Stellan appearing now would probably get him beaten by the crowd.
“Sherman, say something!
What exactly is going on here?
No one’s giving us any answers, just telling us to sign and leave.
Isn’t this bullying?!”
Eve took a deep breath and said as calmly as possible, “Actually…
our company has been losing money for a long time now.
It’s just been acquired and needs to transform.
If it goes bankrupt, you won’t have anywhere to go either, so better to secure compensation and find new work.”
As soon as she finished speaking, someone shouted, “I can barely work as it is—what job could I find?!
I don’t want compensation; I want to stay at Sterling.
They can’t just carry me out forcefully.
I don’t care!”
“Exactly, exactly!”
They were in chaos, and Eve felt a deep sense of powerlessness.
“Wait a minute!”
Donovan suddenly shouted and grabbed Eve with a grim expression.
“I heard you’d become the assistant to that Hess president?
Did he send you to act as a persuader and get us to sign and leave?!”
Donovan’s words instantly ignited everyone’s anger.
“How could a young woman like you do something so ungrateful?
You’ve moved up, but look at us—old, weak, sick, about to lose our jobs.
You dare say such things!”
Their confusion about their future and anger over being fired found an outlet in an instant.
They surged over, glaring at Eve with anger so sharp it felt like they wanted to carve her up.
Eve’s head buzzed with their shouts, “Please calm down…”
She raised her voice, but it was drowned by their yelling.
Trapped inside, there was hostility in their eyes, as if failing to find Stellan Sutton today would mean they’d take her down here instead.