10 Press conference

Days past and Eira was busy preparing for the cook school project. In a few weeks she is going to official announce it to the public. With the help of Johnson Enterprise she was able to get a big property to build the first school there.

Then the day finally came and she stood outside the press conference room waiting nervously for her turn to come in. A few board director also came to congratulate her and support her. Helen was also looking nervous left and right.

The door finally opened and a flood of camera lights and microphones were held into the direction of the door not wanting to miss a single breath of Eira Morgan, the young CEO of Morgan Noodles.

Eira breathed in to calm herself down and stepped to the stage confidently. The cameras and microphones followed every step of her clicking non stop. She stepped on stage and waited for the room to calm down a bit. Then she started her speech.

"Ladies and gentlemen, thank you all for coming. Today I am honored to present to you our newest project of Morgan Noodles. Since I was young my father always had to work from daybreak to dawn. There was not a single day he could rest at home. He struggled to make enough money to support us both. On top of that he was still training at his masters place so got a very little salary. Since we made it successfully till this day it was my fathers wish to help and support other cook who are in the same situation as we were. So this project is going to help our future master chefs to learn and to gain knowledge while supporting them financially and giving them unique experiences with a lot of high class restaurants and master chefs.

Ladies and gentlemen... this is our new project."

Eira pointed at the screen behind her. A virtual draft of the cooking was seen on the screen.

"Today the construction of this building will begin and it will finish in five years. Until then I will look for the best master chef around the world to invite them to this school to teach the future generation of master chefs. At this point I will also especially thank our sponsor Johnson enterprise for helping us making this dream come true."

Eira bowed and wanted to end the press conference when she noticed that a few reporters were looking at their phones and discussing something. One of them looked at and put his hand in the air. She saw it and nodded at him.

"Yes. Do you have a question?"

The reporter stood up.

"Miss Morgan, I just received news that Henning Corporation had donated a huge sum to this project and they were interested to also become a sponsor. Is this true?"

Eira was baffled to hear his statement.

"I- I am not suree were you got your news. It´s true that I had considered Henning Corporation as a sponsor but there were some difficulties in terms of the contract that´s why at the end I had a contract with Johnson Enterprise." She wasn´t sure how to deal with this unexpected question. This was only the second time she had to hold a press conference. She looked at Helen and the other board directors but they also shrugged the shoulder meaning they also didn´t know were the news of Henning Corporation donating money came from. The reporters saw that there was something not right and started to hold up their hands and everyone tried to ask Eira another question.

In midst of the chaos the door at the other side of the room opened and George Henning came in. He confidently stepped up at the stage beside Eira and took the microphone out of her hand.

"Hello everyone. I am George Henning of Henning Corporation. I am hear to clear your confusion. Our corporation truly regrets not being able to finish of the contract with Morgan Noodles but we still wanted to support this amazing project. That´s why we decided to donate a couple millions to this wonderful project." George smiled charmingly at the cameras. The reporter were in awe. They energetically took pictures of both of the CEO´s and quickly wrote their articles.

The news soon spread all around. Henning Corporation stood in a good light for just donating their money and the news attracted more people who wanted to also donate or sponsor some money to Morgan Noddles. A few rivaling companies of Henning Corporation even tried to top the sum of the donated money. All in all the fact that George Henning personally announced the news together with Eira Morgan boosted both of their companies.

After the reporters left Eira looked at George who was still grinning from ear to ear.

"Mr. Henning what are you trying to do?"

"Miss Morgan shouldn´t you thank me and not question me? I helped you and your project." George said still with the same grin.

Eira just shook her head helplessly.

"I in the name of Morgan Noodles thank you and Henning Corporation for your donation." She slightly bowed at him. At that moment John had arrived and saw George was standing there in front of Eira his grin growing wider when she bowed to him and thanked him.

John got angry and marched straight at George.

"You! What are you trying to do? Don´t just mess with other peoples just because you have some money to spare." If looks could kill John would have killed George several times by now. The said one was still happily grinning from one ear to another ear.

"Mr. Johnson. Why are you mad? This has nothing to do with you. I can do with my money what I want to do. Shouldn´t you be happy that I also decided to support Morgan´s project? You are the sponsor. You don´t want this to fail right?" George was smiling at John.

John didn´t know what to say and just looked angrily at his opponent.

Even though Eira personally didn´t like George she still thought the situation was hilarious. She tried to hold her laughter in. George noticed it and winked at her. Then he bid his good bye and walked away letting John fuming in anger.

The board directors who also witness this scene were looking at Eira impressed. To get both Henning Corporation and Johnson Enterprise to be involved in the project was a huge win and they were sure that Morgan Noodles will soon rise to be the top company.

Eira patted John on the back and tried to calm him down.

"John don´t be mad at him. Let´s go eat something. I am hungry."

He nodded his head and they both went to grab some dinner.