(Mid-April 2026, New York, Global Department Store Global Headquarters / XX Group Headquarters)
The Special Inquiry and Briefing Session at the Global Department Store global headquarters finally drew to a close after three hours of intense clashes and stunning reversals.
When Director Charles Kingsley, speaking on behalf of the special committee, resolutely announced that MGI's evaluation report—deemed "lacking in objectivity and rigor"—was rejected, and reaffirmed the board's firm support for Li Banjia's team and the Asia region's "Lighthouse Project", Global Chief Operating Officer Karl von Schmidt's habitually stern face instantly turned ashen. He slumped powerlessly into his expensive leather chair, as if all the strength had been drained from his body. Meanwhile, the two arrogant MGI senior partners, under the scornful and questioning gazes of the surrounding directors, looked utterly wretched, wishing they could crawl into a crack in the floor.
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