For most gossip-hungry onlookers, there was nothing particularly noteworthy about the matter itself. After all, positions like senior executives held little relevance to outsiders. They knew very little about them and paid even less attention to such matters.
It was like how everyone knew Apple's Jobs, and perhaps a few more people knew Cook, but nobody knew who Apple's sales director or head of HR was. Thus, there was not much to report in the news. They merely reported that Miss Chris Kate had suffered an accident while inspecting one of the company's landmark buildings and had tragically died. As for the cause, the Galaxy Conglomerate ultimately claimed that inadequate inspections by the staff had caused a problem with the core structure, then used that as grounds to send the chief engineer and a group of others to court.
After all, someone had to take the blame. And since the investigation concluded that it was a mechanical issue, naturally the people who did the work were the ones left holding the bag.
Of course, those people desperately protested their innocence, but unfortunately, their appeals meant little against a conglomerate. The Galaxy Conglomerate had money and power, enough to stand above the law. On the other hand, although they insisted everything had been inspected, the fact was that something had gone wrong... All anyone could do was observe a moment of silence for them.
But that did not mean Chris's death had no impact on the Galaxy Conglomerate.
Her main responsibility had been finance, making her a key link between upper and lower management. For example, when the executives approved an acquisition plan or a lower department needed funding and submitted an application, all of it had to go through Chris. Not to mention that a financial giant like the Galaxy