157 To be CEO Part 2

The man who brought the objections was about forty years old and one of the new smaller shareholders.

"I don't deny that the Meiden family has a knack for business, but I have my doubts about Gustav himself," he spoke up. "So far he has not once shown interest in the company and has not even worked here for an hour. Previously, he made it clear that he was not interested. I hesitate to trust a person of this type. In addition, the rumors that have been circulating about him do not make me think of him as a person who is capable of bearing the burden of such responsibility."

"A rumor can be a good source of information," interjected Julius Linden, smiling provocatively at the speaker, "but it can also be purely what it is, which is a rumor, often disseminated to vilify someone. There have been and still are plenty of rumors about me, and the facts show that I am not the worst possible CEO. Unless I'm wrong."