Chapter 481: Voting by Show of Hands

The day after Natarajan returned, he convened a high-level meeting at the Tata Group.

The content of the meeting was mainly to discuss Norma's tens of billions of dollars investment overseas.

At the meeting, Norma took the initiative and talked about various things, introducing to everyone the benefits of the project, future profits, etc.

Norma's introduction received support from many people.

In fact, Norma had already revealed this project to these people and had already received their support.

It’s just that this time it was raised at the meeting in a more formal manner.

This is a showdown with Natarajan.

Norma just wanted to see what else Natarajan had to say in front of everyone.

He has already gained the support of most people. Even if Natarajan is the chairman, he can't go against the opinions of the majority, right? Natarajan has not yet established his own prestige in the Tata Group.

The aftermath of the Cyrus incident is still huge.

That is, the top management of the Tata Group did not think Natarajan could stay in this position for long.

In their view, Natarajan is the temporary acting chairman.

It won't be long before the position of chairman falls to Norma.

An outsider, a member of the Tata family, can tell at a glance how close he is to Ratan.

So, many people began to get close to Norma, and tried to curry his favor and flatter him in various ways, openly or covertly.

After Norma finished speaking, he looked at Natarajan with a confident smile on his face.

In his opinion, Natarajan might want to use such collective opinions to stop him? What a pity, Norma laughed in his heart.

Now, most people within the group are on his side.

Even if Natarajan is the chairman, he does not have an advantage in terms of the number of supporters.

Norma is full of confidence in this overseas project.

Once this project is finalized, regardless of how much benefit he can get from it, what he values ​​most is the influence of this project.

In a few years, when this project starts to make a profit, everyone will be able to see their own vision and abilities.

He has been dreaming about the position of chairman of Tata Group.

The more Norma thought about it, the more excited he became. He was getting closer and closer to this position.

Natarajan naturally noticed Norma's arrogant look.

When he held the meeting this time, he never thought of deciding whether the project would be implemented by a show of hands.

Because he knew very well that most people would definitely support Norma.

If I vote by raising hands, I won't have any advantage at all.

"Regarding this project, I think the risk is too great and the investment needs further study," said Natarajan.

In front of everyone, Natarajan will definitely express his dissenting opinion.

Since trusting Rodon, Natarajan knew exactly what he should do.

This was a great opportunity to kick Norma out of the power structure of the company.

Only when Norma is gone can he be truly worthy of the title of chairman.

Of course, Norma is not the key. The most important thing is Ratan behind Norma.

Only if Norma makes a big enough mistake can Ratan be disappointed and no longer support Norma.

"What else is there to study?" Norma said disapprovingly, "You've all seen the research materials from the consulting company in the United States, right? This project has broad prospects. It will be very helpful for our Tata Group to expand its overseas influence."

Among the large Indian companies, only the Tata Group has been relatively successful in its overseas development.

Like the Reliance Group, although it has a large scale in India, it is even larger than the Tata Group in some aspects.

After all, the industries monopolized by these major groups are different, and each has its own advantageous industries.

However, the proportion of Reliance Group's overseas investment is almost negligible.

In other words, the Reliance Group relies purely on various supports from the Indian government to engage in monopoly and make huge money in India.

Outside, there is no hair either.

The Tata Group was different. During Ratan's time, it actively expanded its overseas business.

Regardless of whether the British steel plant that Ratan had previously acquired was loss-making, it was this attitude and those major acquisitions that increased the visibility of the Tata Group.

Some of them suffered losses, while others made huge profits, such as the acquisition of the Land Rover Jaguar car brand.

With these successful examples, Tata Group's overseas investment has become smoother.

It is precisely because of this that the Tata Group has become a business card of India and has a considerable reputation internationally.

As for the Reliance Group, it can only dominate in India, and its influence abroad is not even a finger smaller than that of the Tata Group.

"Yes, Chairman, this project is very good." someone said.

"The consulting company in the United States is very professional, and we can trust the conclusions they give."

…

Most of the people present spoke up, and those supporting Norma were clearly in the majority.

This was completely within Natarajan's expectations and he was not surprised at all.

"Let's discuss this matter later!" Finally, Natarajan used his power as chairman to end the meeting.

Norma couldn't help but sneer in his heart.

He knew what Natarajan was thinking, and wanted to delay time. How could he let Natarajan do what he wanted?

Three days later, in the evening, Ratan summoned Natarajan.

The next day, the Tata Group held another meeting.

Natarajan sat in the main seat with a gloomy look on his face.

Everyone knows that Natarajan is in a bad mood.

In fact, they already knew what was going on.

Last night, Ratan called Natarajan over, and the content of the conversation was about this project invested by Norma Overseas.

Ratan was supportive.

In other words, last night, Ratan was doing Natarajan's work, or it could be said that he was giving orders to Natarajan.

Everyone basically has an idea of ​​what the result will be today.

Now that Ratan has spoken, can Natarajan refuse?

Ultimately, Ratan has the final say over the Tata Group.

Norma sat in his seat, he glanced at Natarajan secretly, feeling very proud.

Look, what are you struggling for?

Why must his uncle come forward? "Today we will continue to discuss the issue of the 10 billion US dollar overseas investment. Let's vote by raising our hands. I will not have the final say. The minority will obey the majority," Natarajan said.

Originally, he was the chairman and had the power to veto the decisions below.

Even if the majority of people below agree, those decisions cannot be passed as long as he disagrees.

This time, Natarajan's vote by raising hands was actually seen by everyone as a compromise.

After all, the majority of people support Norma.

Sure enough, when everyone raised their hands to vote, more than 80% supported it, with some abstentions and no one opposing it.

All eyes were on Natarajan.

Natarajan has not yet expressed his position.

If Natarajan kept his promise, then raising his hand or not would not change the outcome.

Since the number of supporters has exceeded half, the result has been decided.

"I personally have reservations about this project," Natarajan said.

"Everyone has his or her own opinion. Some are optimistic, while others are not. This is perfectly normal. However, most of the people here agree that I believe this project will be successful," Norma said with a smile.

His tone was the same as usual, but everyone could see that Norma was very proud.

Because Natarajan compromised.

What does it mean to be reserved? It's obvious that you are unwilling to accept it.

Ratan's side had agreed, so even if Natarajan objected it would be of no avail.

In short, in Noma's opinion, Natarajan's attitude no longer matters.

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He is no longer strongly opposing, but has abstained.

As for his so-called reserved attitude, it is obvious that Natarajan is just complaining out of unwillingness.

Norma is open-minded and will not argue with Natarajan about these things.

"I hope so." Natarajan said lightly.

The more he looked at Norma, the more he disliked him.

Looking at Natarajan leaving, Norma also disliked him.

But this time he won, and he felt very happy when he saw Natarajan leaving with a grim face.

However, Norma still wanted to give Natarajan some eye drops.

That night, Norma came to Ratan.

"Did you pass?" Ratan asked.

"Uncle, it has been approved at the group meeting." Norma replied respectfully.

Norma didn't dare to show any disrespect in front of Ratan.

"That's good, do a good job, this project is very important to you." Ratan smiled.

These words made Norma's breathing become heavy.

Although Ratan didn't say it explicitly, Norma could naturally imagine it in his mind.

This was a test from his uncle, but also a great opportunity for him.

This is the time to achieve success.

This is a key step towards his becoming chairman.

Who made my uncle have no children? I am like his own son. If he doesn't cultivate me, who else can he cultivate?

Norma is not conceited. Among his uncle's descendants, he is the most outstanding one. The others are far inferior to him.

Who else could take the position of chairman except him?

"Uncle, don't worry, I will do it." Norma said immediately, "However, the chairman did not agree with the vote this time, but cast an abstention vote. He said he had reservations about this project."

Hearing this, Ratan’s eyes were fixed on Norma.

That sharp look made Norma lower his head: "Uncle, I'm worried that the chairman will not cooperate with some of the next matters."

"Humph!" Ratan snorted coldly, "Don't I know who Natarajan is? He is the chairman of the Tata Group. As long as your project is beneficial to the company, he will not do anything behind your back. You can rest assured to do it. Also, Natarajan is the chairman after all. He has his own ideas. He has his own understanding and reasons for not being optimistic. And this time he followed my orders. Of course, he is stubborn, so he did not vote in favor. It is his right to reserve his opinion. It is his limit to be able to do this step, and he has already given you face."

"I was wrong." Norma quickly admitted his mistake.

He just wanted to file a complaint against Natarajan in front of his uncle.

Because the uncle clearly wanted Natarajan to support him, but Natarajan finally abstained and said he had reservations.

Isn't this against uncle's orders?

I didn't expect my uncle to say this. It seems that Natarajan still holds a very high position in his heart. I have underestimated Natarajan.

Norma was not stupid and understood it immediately.

There is no need to continue to mess with Natarajan at this time.

After all, the project has been approved. As long as I can do a good job on this project, wouldn't it be normal for an outsider like Natarajan to make room for me? It would be bad if my uncle felt that I was not broad-minded enough.

I have to pay more attention to this in the future.

Pay attention to your image in front of your uncle, at least don't let him dislike you.

"Focus on your work," Ratan added.

"Yes, uncle."

The next morning, Norma went to see Natarajan to discuss some details of the overseas project.

In fact, talking about details is false. The real purpose is that Norma wants to observe Natarajan’s real attitude towards this project.

To his surprise, Natarajan was very cooperative with him.

Regarding his request, Natarajan said that the group would fully support it.

Originally, in Norma's mind, the reason why Natarajan gave up this time was actually because of his uncle, and he should be unhappy about it.

Although I have my uncle behind me, as it involves some internal management of the company, I believe that even if Natarajan tries to make things difficult for me over this matter, my uncle will not step in.

It’s not possible for my uncle to interfere in everything.

Then why did the uncle retire? Now he found that Natarajan's attitude should not be fake, and he was really willing to cooperate with him. Could it be that he was overthinking?

Did I underestimate Natarajan's generosity? This makes me look a bit mean.

If Natarajan cooperates in this way, I can still give Natarajan a good position within the group when I become the chairman in the future.

Of course, Noma knew that Natarajan was a talent and capable.

Otherwise, he would not have been valued by his uncle and become the chairman of Tata Group.

After Norma left, Natarajan's face darkened.

Now that this project has been approved, Natarajan will definitely cooperate, at least not give any handle to those with ulterior motives.

For example, he suppressed Norma and deliberately did something bad on this project.

These are actually very low-level and will only make Ratan distrust himself, and he won't be able to stay in the position of chairman for long.

Now he could only believe in Rotten's plan. As long as what Rotten said really happened, it would be a fatal blow to Norma.

At this time, I have to actively cooperate with Norma, so that I can at least have an explanation to Ratan.

After all, this time the Norma project was actually Ratan’s idea.

It is impossible for me to go against Ratan.

There's no way. That's the real boss behind the scenes. I'm just an employee and there are some things I cannot ignore.

Necessary compromises are still needed in order to achieve greater benefits.

Natarajan is not the impatient type, he is patient.

For the ultimate goal, what does it matter if you endure for a few years?

(End of this chapter)