Owen had no choice but to listen to his son. The next day, he expressed his opposition to the interim CEO's selection at the meeting. He appointed Markus to deal with some documents and affairs temporarily for Avery.
In this way, as an assistant, Markus naturally became the target of the company's board of directors, shareholders, and management, like a thorn in their side.
Markus had suffered a lot on that. In the past few months, he had been picked on by the directors and shareholders on almost every matter that he handled on behalf of Avery. They all beat around the bush, saying a young assistant like him was inexperienced and unfit for the position.
The denotation beyond their words is that Avery's refusal to select an interim CEO was a terrible decision. However, no one dared to say it bluntly, so they only picked fault on Markus.