Superstar Husband & Genius Wife - Chapter 26：Pretend Don't Know

“So this is papa’s company office,” Ethan thought as he finally arrived at the NamTech office. Ethan looked at the multi-story office building from the inside of his car before he finally got out and walked into the office.

In front of the office, there is a person wearing a security guard uniform who is standing, when he saw Ethan who seemed to enter the office, he greeted

“Good morning, sir,” said the office security guard who was in front of the office with a friendly smile.

“Good morning, sir,” Ethan replied with a smiling nod and stepped into the office.

The receptionist got up from her seat when she saw someone wearing a suit enter the office, from her experience of several years as a receptionist, she could tell that that person was an important person.

“Good morning, sir,” she said with a smile.

“Good morning,” Ethan replied with a smile and headed straight for the elevator. His father said his room was on the 6th floor. He pressed the two elevator buttons there but it seemed that both of them were heading upstairs.

While waiting, Ethan decided to look around the area and his gaze fell on a woman wearing a college alma mater jacket.

“Isn’t she the woman in Bali?” thought Ethan, remembering the woman’s face. Ethan then decided to walk over to her.

“Looks like she’s busy, right? Maybe I shouldn’t do it? Then what am I gonna talk about if I greet her? Oh right, her necklace is still on me,” Ethan thought after a while just standing silently near Carolina who was busy with her cellphone screen.

“Excuse me …” said Ethan, grabbing Carolina’s shoulder.

“Yes,” replied Carolina and then turned to look at Ethan.

Ethan could see Carolina in shock before she finally put on her previous facial expression.

“She knows me,” Ethan thought, smiling happily that she remembered him.

“What is it?” asked Carolina.

“Have we met?” Ethan asked, suddenly curious about Carolina’s answer. Since observing Carolina at a hotel restaurant in Bali, Ethan could conclude that Carolina wants to keep her image up and likes to pretend.

“Sorry, it looks like you got the wrong person,” replied Carolina with a smile. Ethan immediately noticed the smile. It was the fake smile he wore a lot.

“Wow, so she wants to pretend she doesn’t know me, huh?” Ethan thought, growing interested in the woman.

“Sir Ethan!” Ethan was just about to continue with his words, but suddenly a familiar voice came from behind him. Ethan then turned around and saw Agung standing behind him.

Since knowing that Ethan can speak Indonesian, Agung no longer uses English and greets Ethan in Indonesian.

Ethan finally decides to let Carolina go first, he can ask Agung later to find out the identity of Carolina.

“Hello,” Ethan finally says and walks along with Agung in the direction of the elevator.

***

“Woahh,” Ethan became amazed when he arrived on the 6th floor, where his office is located. On that floor the interior design is white and there are a few sofas that seem like a waiting room in the middle of the room.

Ethan could also see that there were only two doors on the floor, one that read Toilet while the other had the words CEO’s room.

Right in front of the door that reads the CEO’s room, there is a tall table like a reception desk. Ethan immediately assumed it was Agung’s desk, their office secretary.

When he realized that Agung was staring at him, Ethan tried to calm down again. Currently, he is a CEO! He was embarrassed too when he looked “countrified” in front of Agung because he had never seen such a good room.

“Ahem, that’s my room, right?” Ethan asked, looking again with dignity.

“Yes, Sir. This is my place. If there is anything you need, you can call me via the intercom,” said Agung, then walked to his desk and began to busy himself.

Ethan no longer wants to bother Agung anymore and immediately enters his office.

“Woah … the room is bigger than director Ha Joon’s room,” said Ethan when he saw his room which had a small living room, toilet, and work table.

Once inside, the first time Ethan did was inspect the toilet in there.

“Woah…” Ethan couldn’t stop being amazed when he saw that toilet which also had a shower in it.

“There’s a bidet too, boss’s toilet is indeed different!” he said amazed then tried to occupy the sofa which became the living room in there.

“Wow, the sofa is softer than director Ha Joon’s room,” Ethan muttered again then walked over to the large glass to see the city view in front of him.

“I think in the afternoon I can see the sunset from here,” Ethan murmured again.

Satisfied with the sight, Ethan finally sat in the leather director’s chair and took out the documents that Agung had prepared in advance from his bag.

After a while, Ethan decides to call Agung over the intercom.

“What’s the matter, sir?”

“Please have a meeting with the deputy directors in 30 minutes,” said Ethan and then immediately turned off the line after getting an answer from Agung.

***

“Good morning, everyone,” said Ethan as he entered the meeting room. In the room, there are already 5 people.

“Is this all?” Ethan asked Agung who was accompanying him.

“Yes, sir,” said Agung, who was standing behind him.

Ethan then looked at the five people who were there consisting of 3 men and 2 women. The five of them were clearly older than him, considering their position as directors.

“Introduce beforehand, I am Ethan Nam, the youngest son of the Nam family. You can call me Ethan. I’m here to replace Mrs. Wang who was the previous CEO for a while because her health condition was not possible for her to work,” said Ethan introducing himself first then told the others to introduce themselves.

Ethan learned that the five deputy directors were deputy directors of technology, finance, marketing, operations and sales.

“Agung,” said Ethan, as if giving a code. Agung who understood immediately handed over the paper that was being held by him.

“Ladies and gentlemen, see the paper given by Agung,” said Ethan. The five people then read the paper.

“I don’t know whether Mrs. Wang and Mr. Nam have realized or have discussed with all of you ladies and gentlemen, but the profit of our company for the last four months at a glance looks the same, but it seems that it is slowly starting to decrease from 0.2, 0.3, and 0, 5. I’m afraid that next month our company’s profit will decrease to 1%,” said Ethan to those who read the paper.

“For that, I am calling on you to submit a business proposal in three days. The goal is to increase profits in the next three months by 5%,” said Ethan with a smile because it seemed he looked dignified even though he was below the other five deputy directors.

“Hmm … sorry sir Ethan,” a woman who is the deputy director of sales raised her hand.

“Yes, please.”

“Looks like three days is too much,” said the woman who was immediately approved by the others.

“Okay then in 5 days. So it means Friday this week. I want market research, development strategies, and countermeasures for our competitors. You don’t have to print the report and send it on file to Agung,” said Ethan as he looked at them.

“Any question?” added Ethan when they just sat there and looked at each other. Initially, they thought that at least their new CEO would give them 2 or at least 1 week. But it turns out that their leader only made it 5 days!

If they want to complain again, they are afraid they will be mistaken for laziness! So inevitably they just stay silent and don’t want to express their thoughts anymore.

Ethan, who saw the room’s atmosphere suddenly cold and the other’s expressions became strange, added, “If I’m satisfied, I’ll add your bonuses in this current quarter.”

Ethan’s words immediately made the five people smile again.

“If you have no more questions, please get back to work!” said Ethan then went out first from the meeting room followed by Agung.

After Ethan left, the five of them started their own “meeting.”

“Wow, I was shocked when he said he wanted his business proposal within three days! Could it be Mrs. Wang who told him like that?!”

“I still want Ms. Elena to lead us, Mr. Ethan seems too young.”

“Mr. Ethan isn’t too bad! At least he’s still making concessions to us. If it’s Mrs. Wang or Ms. Elena, surely we won’t be able to relax like that. ”

“Yes, but the work is increasing, right?”

“Alright, let’s go back to work. There’s a bonus waiting for us, haha. ”

The others smiled when they heard that!