Chapter 16 — Fire the Wrong Person, the Whole Company Pays

I turned to the second page.

“At the same time…”

“Similar content began to appear on a series of industry forums in the form of ‘anonymous leaks’.”

“A week ago…”

“Another anonymous post appeared on an industry media account.”

“The content completely distorts the truth.”

“Inverting black and white.”

I turned to the third page.

“And the origin of all these articles…”

“I found it.”

“Account registration information.”

“Posting time.”

“Activity pathways coincide with a particular person's behavior.”

“Including details that only internal company employees would know.”

“They all refer to the same person.”

I stopped for a few seconds. More than two hundred eyes in the auditorium were all looking at me.

“Former marketing director of Hoa Nhan…”

To Dao immediately stood up.

“You slander me!”

“Slander?”

I move the timeline screen to the next page. Above is: A photo of To Dao's circle of friends. Photo of the debunking post on the forum. Photo of a post on a media account. Same phone number information used to register an account. That phone number... is in To Dao's mother's name. The sound of cold air immediately echoed continuously in the hall. To Dao's face instantly turned pale.

“It's not over yet.”

I opened the last page.

“To Dao's husband is the third largest shareholder of Nhuan Cam biotechnology company.”

“During my time working at Hoa Nhan…”

“To Dao took advantage of her personal relationship with research director Tran Hao…”

“Support Nhuan Cam to train Hoa Nhan's core technical personnel.”

“Purpose…”

“It's transferring Hoa Nhan's core formula data to the company her husband holds shares in.”

Business registration information. List of shareholders. Timeline of calls. Each page is projected onto the big screen. To Dao stood dumbfounded on the spot. Lips trembled continuously but no sound came out. Chief Secretary Chu stood up from his chair.

“Dear everyone…”

“As a representative of the industry association…”

“I need to say a few words.”

She walked to the front of the stage.

“Documents provided by Ms. Lam Thu…”

“I looked into it three days ago.”

“Timeline.”

“Chain of evidence.”

“Origin of information.”

“Everything has been preliminarily verified.”

“The industry association absolutely does not tolerate any behavior that takes advantage of position to harm corporate interests…”

“Or intentionally defame the reputation of people in the profession.”

She turned to To Dao.

“Miss To Dao.”

“The association will officially record this incident in its records.”

“At the same time…”

“We recommend that member businesses carefully evaluate the risks when cooperating with her and Nhuan Cam company.”

To Dao's legs were soft. I almost fell down on the chair. She put her hands on the edge of the table and looked around. No one looked back at her. The people who were just smiling and greeting... One by one, they turned away. Ha Vy sat in the last row, bowed her head and buried her face in her hands. At this time, Ha Van stood up from his chair. Step on stage.

“Finally…”

“I represent Thinh Hoa Group to officially announce something.”

He turned to the entire hall.

“Thinh Hoa's research center has reached an exclusive cooperation agreement with Ms. Lam Thu.”

“In the future…”

“Miss Lam Thu will become Thinh Hoa's core research partner…”

“Directly in charge of public development formula for many product lines.”

The entire hall was silent for two seconds. Applause erupted like waves. Investors in the front row stood up and applauded. People in the industry stood up and applauded. The media area continuously echoed with the sound of camera shutters. To Dao stood in the middle of that sea of sound. It was like all the strength in my body had been drained away. The night the industry exchange ended... To Dao wiped out her entire circle of friends. She texted every acquaintance in the industry. Try to explain. Try to save. No one answered. The next day, Nhuan Cam company posted an official statement. Announcement that To Dao's husband withdrew from the list of shareholders. The words are cold to the point of distance. It was said that that night, her husband called and argued fiercely.

“Look what you've done!”

“Now Nhuan Cam's partners are all waiting to see the situation!”

“Two big contracts say lost is lost!”

“Are you going to work or causing trouble?!”

Phuong Dinh asked around and asked questions from people in the industry and then told me everything.