Book2:KigdomIteDreams

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    “No,thankyou”Aishareplied.“Iamgoingtobed.”

    Duskhaddesdedandthebusyafterworktraffichadsloweddowntoatrickle.Daylighthourswereshorternowthatitwasclosetowinter.Darknesscameonearlyandwithitthetemperaturedroppedsharply.Thereweren’tmanycarsorpedestriansoreet.OnlyafewcarsoftheemployeesstilldottedthehugeparkinglotofWorldBank,buttheareaallottedtothetopbrassofthebankwasatfullcapacity,crammedwithexpensivename-brandcars.Obviously,thepreparatorymeetingcalledbythenewleadershipoftheCEO,upperma,boardofdirectorsandstock-holderswasstillinprogress.RichardandJamazhadseizedthetrondmaofWorldBankusiremeforce,adramaticcoupd’etatenactedbeforetheeyesoftheentireboardofdirectorsandstockholders.Iably,ithadleftanunfavorablemarkonthemindsofthosepresentausofWorldBankasagiantofthefinancialindustrywithaservativeandrocksolidreputationhadsuffered.Thisfidencecrisisoberepaired,soMegginndecidedtocalgeneralstockholdermeetingagainassoonasthenewmace,toshowcaseabrandnewleadership,fullofvigorandvitality,owerfulnewresolution.Samantha,thevice-presidentofWorldBankwasabsentfromthisimportantpreparatorymeeting.Shewasbusywithanotherimportanttaskthatobetakencareof.Shekhatwhegeneralmeetingwascalled,therewouldfivesixhundredpartitsandsuffitamountofrefreshmentsmustbeprepared.Thiswasaformidableassignotonlybecauseofthequantityneeded,butalsothequality,whichmustbesuchastosatisfythepamperedtastesofthestockholders.Atfirstshewasjustgoingtohireacatererwhospecializedindesserts,butthehoughtsheshouldtalktoDimitri.Perhapshemightb