Chapter 6 — Respect Has No Price

But he quickly adjusted his expression, opened his briefcase and took out a card and a silk scarf, his smile still unchanged.

“Miss, this time it was really our mistake.”

“I would like to apologize to the brand representative.”

"This is a silver VIP card. If you come to any of our stores in the future, you will receive a 10% discount."

“And this is this year's limited edition silk scarf, please give it to your mother.”

He brought the things in front of me. Then he intentionally added another sentence.

“I hope you can understand.”

“If this is made into a big deal, it won't be good for anyone.”

“You receive compensation, our brand maintains its reputation.”

“It's a win-win situation.”

“I hope you don't make a fuss about this.”

“Compensation?”

I looked at that silver card and just felt nauseous. The 300,000 yuan bag is a fake. Blackmail failed. A scam line lasted for three months, it is unknown how much money, sweat and tears of others was absorbed. They intended to use a 10% discount card and a silk scarf to gag me.

“This kind of compensation…”

“I don't need it.”

I received the VIP card and silk scarf. The smile on Director Tran's face just appeared— I turned and walked to the trash can. Throw it all inside. His smile immediately froze.

“Director Tran.”

I took out my phone and opened my contacts. In it there is a name noted:

“James — Global Vice President.”

“I agree with you, this shouldn't be a big deal.”

“But maybe…”

"You and I have different definitions of the word 'big deal'."

I directly pressed the call button. The phone rang two times and then connected. On the other end of the line came a middle-aged man's voice with a very clear English accent.

“Long time no contact, why did you suddenly call me today?”

“James, I have something to say.”

“Today I took my mother to experience your flagship store.”

“As a result, the store manager was slandered and blackmailed, saying we damaged a bag worth 300,000 yuan.”

“I'll test it out a bit…”

“Found out that the bag was a high-quality fake.”

"Then your operations director just arrived at the scene, gave me a 10% discount card and a silk scarf as 'compensation', and hoped I wouldn't make a big deal out of it."

The other end of the line was silent for a full five seconds. By the time James spoke again, his tone had completely changed.

“Have you turned on the video yet?”

I switched to a video call, raised my phone, and pointed the camera straight at Director Tran. The moment he saw the person on the screen— The blood on Director Tran's face drained away at a speed visible to the naked eye.

“Director Tran.”

James' voice was cold and scary.

“Just now you said… ‘this little compensation is enough’?”

Director Tran's lips twitched, but he couldn't utter a single word. In the video frame, James's face turned pale.

“Director Tran, I'm asking you.”

“The compensation you gave to the victim…”

“Is it a 10% discount card and a silk scarf?”

Director Tran's forehead began to sweat.

“J… James… this is a misunderstanding…”

“Misunderstanding?”

James' voice rose slightly.

“What I heard is that the store manager in charge of you slandered and blackmailed the special appraisal expert I personally invited to cooperate.”

“Your employees use fake goods to pretend to be store treasures.”

"Shop Your flagship during the past three months has defrauded at least three customers.”

“My dear Director Chen…”

“Your solution is a discount card and a silk scarf?”

He stopped for a moment, his eyes cold as knives.

“Do you think our brand reputation… is only worth that much?”

Sweat on Director Tran's forehead flowed down to his temples.

“James… I… I don't know this at all…”

“Don't know?”

James laughed coldly.

“He is the director of operations for the Greater China region.”

“Every warehousing process of the flagship store must have your signature for confirmation.”

“A counterfeit item sat on the shop floor for three months.”

“Three months of camera data.”

“Three customer complaints.”

“And yet you tell me… you don't know at all?”

Director Tran was speechless.