Chapter 12 — Fire the Wrong Person, the Whole Company Pays

That opportunity came faster than I thought. The afternoon I returned to the company, Co Hanh sent an email to all employees.

“Later this month, Hoa Nhan will hold a third quarter expansion meeting.”

“All department managers, core technical personnel, and outside investor representatives must attend.”

“Content includes: adjusting product lines, optimizing personnel structure, confirming intellectual property rights.”

I looked at the last four words over and over again. Confirm intellectual property rights. Phuong Dinh almost rushed over.

“Have you seen the email?”

“Claim that intellectual property!”

“General Manager Co is really ready to go to the end!”

“So Tran Hao must be very scared, right?”

“His patent forgery is now about to be taken straight to the council!”

“It's not just about patents.”

I opened the drawer and took out the business registration documents of Nhuan Cam company.

“Will also appear at the meeting.”

Phuong Dinh was stunned.

“Are you planning to expose To Dao in front of the council?”

“I want her to show her tail herself.”

Phuong Dinh still doesn't quite understand. That night, I did something. I let Tieu Ton and Tieu Wei take turns responding to Tran Hao's message. Say they agree to cooperate. At the same time, send the "list of core data retrieved". That list is fake. It's a set of documents I intentionally prepared. On the surface, it looks very similar to core data. But inside there are only frames and titles. Doesn't have any real value. After receiving the list, Tran Hao immediately forwarded it to Nhuan Cam's contact. As for Nhuan Cam... She called To Dao's husband again. Less than two hours after that call, To Dao's actions in the company began to become very unusual. She continuously found three different department managers to "talk to". On the surface it looks like a normal chat. But the focus is only one. Probe who holds the complete data of the core formula. Phuong Dinh continuously reported every move to me. I finished reading each news one by one. The corners of the lips slightly raised. About to take the bait. Board expansion meetings are held on the last Friday of the month. The location is a large meeting room at the company headquarters. On both sides of the long table sat more than thirty people. Council representative. Outside investors. Manage departments. Core technical personnel. No one is missing. Tran Hao's position is in the back left. When he entered the meeting room, many eyes stopped on him for a few seconds. After the product announcement… His situation in the company was extremely awkward. Ha Vy sits in the last corner. I almost wanted to hide my whole body in the chair. To Dao sat in the middle of the row on the right. On the outside, he still looks calm. I sat opposite Co Hanh. The first half of the meeting was all usual content. Financial reports. Adjust product lines. Next quarter's budget. Nothing special. Until we get to the part…

“Claiming intellectual property rights.”

Co Hanh's speaking speed slowed down.

“This category…”

“I added it myself.”

He opened the file in front of him.

“Currently Hoa Nhan holds six core product patents.”

“The inventor registered on the documents is research director Tran Hao.”

“But during the product announcement last month, Mr. Ha Van of Thinh Hoa Group publicly presented evidence, doubting the authenticity of the ownership rights. own these patents.”

Co Hanh raised his head.

“Tran Hao.”

“Do you have anything to say?”

Tran Hao stood up. The pharynx moves a few times.

“General Manager Co… this…”

“I can explain.”

“When registering a patent, it follows the company's internal process.”

“The research results of the research department have always been registered by default using the name of the person in charge of the department…”

“It's customary…”

“Routine?”

I spoke up. All eyes immediately turned to me. I stood up, opened the laptop in front of me and turned the screen towards the conference table.

“Everyone can look here.”

“Here are the original registration documents for six patents.”

“In the inventor section…”

“Originally it was all written with my name.”

“But three days before the application was submitted…”

“Someone used the research director's administrative rights to change the inventor's name from 'Lam Thu' to 'Tran Hao'.”

“Editing time.”

“Operation account.”

“Login location.”

“It's all traceable.”