Chapter 150: Genius Mute
The conference room was quiet, and the big screen on the wall glowed with a chart full of numbers, but Genevieve wasn’t looking at it.
She sat at the head of the table, back straight, face calm, legs crossed neatly under the table. Her nails tapped lightly against her tablet as someone across the table spoke.
She had never liked numbers. They confused her and made her feel like woozy. That was another reason she didn’t mind handing it all to Abigail, who she knew loved numbers.
She figured since it was Abigail’s company anyway, she should worry about the numbers.
"...which is why I think we need to move the deadline forward by two days," said a young man in a dark blue suit as he clicked to a new slide with a row of red arrows and dates.
The slide showed the timeline for testing, mold rework, production, and packaging.
He continued. "Last week’s delay in thermal testing cost us three full workdays. The shipping timeline is now too tight. If we don’t compress something in this phase, we risk missing our delivery promise to TechSpan and the other distributors. I’m proposing we shorten the design revalidation period from five days to three. The design tweaks are minor. Mostly structural reinforcements to the connector arm. If the design team can run simulations overnight and double up on shifts, we can shave off the time we lost. It’s aggressive, but I think it’s doable."
Genevieve nodded slowly, then turned to Abigail, who was seated quietly by her right side.
It was a team meeting held to introduce Abigail and Jamal to the rest of the product development team, and to have the team monthly review.
In the past when Abigail was away, Ryan had made sure Genevieve scheduled the team meetings around Abigail’s free time so that Abigail could listen in on the meetings discreetly and tell her what to say and do after. As a result, Abigail was very much familiar with the modus operandi of the team.
"What do you think?" Genevieve asked Abigail, and all eyes turned to Abigail.