Offer To The CEO

Monday, continued …

Lu Jingho, however, saw red at those words, and angrily spat out "You, incompetent executive. You failed to prevent this from happening."

Calmly, wanting to avoid a significant confrontation Deputy Vice-CEO Tang replied "Mr Lu, we are reviewing everything we can to figure out what happened. I have already tasked people to determine while the deals collapsed, as we had been reassured until the collapse happened that the signing of the contracts would occur."

"Once I have the reasons why everything happened, Mr Lu I will make a full report available to the board. While you are not currently a board member, as of your concerns and your involvement in the matter to date, I will make sure you receive a copy of that report as well.

"You damn well better find out the reason, or I will see to your sacking for being incompetent."

Taking a breath before continuing Deputy Vice-CEO Tang, replied as calmly as he could, given he observed that Lu Jingho was becoming more aggressive standing in his office. "Mr Lu, I had been directed by the board that we were not to communicate with you in any respect and were to have you immediately escorted out of the building should you arrive."

"I have done neither, out or respect for you for everything that you have done for the company, and for all the assistance you have given me throughout my career to date. However, you will need to leave ..."

"Do not tell me what to do, I have every right to be here," yelled Lu Jingho.

After taking another breath, Deputy Vice-CEO Tang continued "Mr Lu I will not debate you. I hate having to say this but I would suspect others may have called security to have you escorted from the building. I want you to leave with the dignity and respect you deserve, given everything you have done for the company."

"More importantly, your remaining here, I would suspect will jeopardise the outcomes in respect to the criminal charges against you. Lu Corporation are involved in the negotiations to resolve as many of these charges as possible without any criminal records being created for you, as it not only protects the company but your legacy with the company."

"Mr Lu, the problem is the longer you remain here, the easier it becomes for someone to argue that you are interfering in what we are doing for your own advantage. Of course, Lu Corporation's actions to protect itself, protects you, but we need to show that we acted at arm's length, for your benefit."

Deputy Vice-CEO Tang looked at Lu Jingho and realised that his answer had satisfied him. Thank goodness, with a few other non-family member senior executives this morning they had all had a quick discussion about handling him. They had decided that it was necessary to make sure that he felt that he was the most important person to be considered in the whole situation, as they all knew the consequences if he felt belittled or not in control.

Lu Jingho turned storming out of the office and heading out of the building. Before he left the area, he turned and yelled "You all better damn well figure out why as soon as I leave this company, to deal with false allegations that things to wrong. It is pure incompetence, and you better be careful, or you will not have jobs in the future."

Deputy Vice-CEO Tang, moved over to his office window and seeing that Lu Jingho had departed the building he picked up his telephone and called the company's new independent legal representatives, advising them of the visit from Lu Jingho. He decided to provide them with a copy of the footage from the new security cameras he had installed in his office about a month ago.