As Ou Minghan was still in a daze, an executive with a pale face rushed into his office. "President, this is bad, this is really bad..."
"Shut up!" Ou Minghan felt his eyelids twitching violently. He gritted his teeth and snapped, "What are you shouting for?!"
"It-it's like this," the executive, ignoring Ou Minghan's displeased expression, handed him his phone. "Quickly look at Qianbai's official Weibo..."
Ou Minghan took the phone with annoyance, and the next moment, his eyes widened in disbelief!
"First, we must apologize to everyone who purchased A-brand mobile phones on the Qianbai website. You have been scammed!
There were no mobile phones at all. You thought you could buy genuine phones for six hundred yuan less? It's time for you to learn a lesson from your losses and deception. The world is indeed this cruel.
I have taken your money and left, so don't worry about me. Oh, and I want to especially thank someone. President Ou, you truly are the boss I love the most in my life.
Your most loyal employee."
"Crash—"
Ou Minghan was furious. In a fit of rage, he threw the phone away! He felt a surge of blood rushing to his head, his mind buzzing!
The executive, his heart pounding, instinctively moved to pick up the phone. But Ou Minghan's face was so grim he looked like he could devour someone, and the executive didn't dare to even breathe heavily!
"Who is responsible for Qianbai's official Weibo?!" Ou Minghan gritted out, "Why would they post something like this?!"
"President Ou," the executive said with a pained expression, "All of Qianbai's accounts are personally managed by Assistant Jia..."
Jia Cheng...
Thinking of that glaring phrase, "Your most loyal employee," Ou Minghan felt a sudden sweetness in his throat, almost spitting out a mouthful of blood!
"Delete it! Quickly delete the announcement!" Ou Minghan furiously pounded the desk.
"But Assistant Jia has also changed the account passwords, and only he can log in..."
"Then retrieve the password. Do I need to teach you such a simple matter?!" Ou Minghan roared in anger.
"Y-yes, yes..."
"Where is the money? This promotion had a dedicated account, is the money still there?" Ou Minghan asked urgently.
The executive hesitated before saying with some reluctance, "The money has already been transferred by Assistant Jia..."
Before he could finish, Ou Minghan interrupted him in fury, "What were you all doing? How could money in the company account be personally transferred by Jia Cheng? Where is the financial manager? Why did he agree to the transfer?!"
"The previous financial manager was fired by Assistant Jia. The current financial manager was personally hired and promoted by Assistant Jia, and he is also unreachable." The executive said with a hint of sarcasm.
Ou Minghan felt a wave of dizziness. His legs went weak, and he directly slumped into his chair.
After Jia Cheng had first dismissed a manager, Ou Minghan had instructed HR to cooperate fully to clear his path.
Later, he dismissed several more employees. Ou Minghan hadn't paid much attention, but the financial manager was among them?
This meant that he had dug his own grave, leading to his own deception?
"President, are you alright?" Seeing Ou Minghan's face ashen and his expression utterly lost, the executive asked instinctively.
"Why did HR agree to such outrageous personnel changes?!" Ou Minghan gritted out.
The executive felt speechless. He couldn't help but say, "President, Assistant Jia holds the imperial sword that you personally gave him. He can dismiss anyone he wishes. If HR didn't cooperate, he would claim they were opposing you. Who would dare say no to him?
Moreover, those who went along with him were promoted and received salary increases, while those who didn't were demoted or sidelined. The company's internal affairs were already his domain. Who would dare defy his will?"
Ou Minghan felt as if a bucket of cold water had been poured over his head. The Qianbai that he thought could be revived, was its truth actually like this?
Had Jia Cheng been playing him like a fool all along?!
"Jia Cheng, that despicable scoundrel!" Ou Minghan cursed angrily, "Beast! Animal! Ungrateful wretch! And I treated him so well, trusted him so much..."
The executive stood opposite him, speechless, listening to Ou Minghan unleash all the profanities he knew upon Jia Cheng.
"Call the police! Call the police right now! You must catch Jia Cheng! I want him in prison! I want him to wish he were dead!" Ou Minghan shouted until his voice was hoarse.
The executive felt his ears going deaf, and he quickly agreed. Then, he picked up the phone from the floor and swiftly left Ou Minghan's office.
Ou Minghan gasped for air. He had yelled so loudly just now that he felt somewhat oxygen-deprived.
He clutched his chest, took out his phone, and scrolled through his contacts.
Seeing Jia Cheng's name, he tapped on it several times, but his slightly trembling fingers repeatedly missed the mark.
Ou Minghan forced himself to calm down and finally managed to dial Jia Cheng's number. However, no one answered.
Ou Minghan then called Foster, but there was no answer either. His heart began to sink.
Only at this moment did Ou Minghan finally accept the reality: he had truly been deceived. He wanted to calm down, but he couldn't.
***
Qianbai's official Weibo deleted the announcement, but it had been up for quite some time, and it had already been screenshotted.
The internet erupted in an uproar. Qianbai's low-price sale of A-brand mobile phones was actually a scam? Qianbai's employees had absconded with the purchase funds?
Immediately, the victims began calling the police, and some were even forming groups to sue Qianbai for refunds.
Ye Zhi also saw the news and was utterly shocked.
She had guessed that the truth might be absurd, but she hadn't expected it to be this absurd.
Feng Jie contacted Ye Zhi. He still had some friends at Qianbai. From them, he learned the truth of the matter, and now he relayed it to Ye Zhi.
In the evening, Ye Zhi carried a few cans of fruit beer to Qi Xuan's house.
"Butler uncle, please prepare some side dishes for us. I want to chat about gossip with Qi Xuan!" Ye Zhi said excitedly.
"Certainly!" the butler agreed quickly.
"Beer?" Qi Xuan looked at her with some surprise.
"Yes, didn't you ask if we had any alcohol at my place last time you visited? We didn't then, so I'm making up for it this time," Ye Zhi said with a smile. "Besides, how can you chat about gossip without beer and meat?"
Qi Xuan glanced at the fruit beers. Well, in a strict sense, they were also considered a bar.
"What gossip?" Qi Xuan pondered for a moment. "Is it about Qianbai's mobile phone incident?"
"Mmm-hmm," Ye Zhi nodded. "The inside story of this matter is like this..."
Soon, the butler brought out the side dishes. Ye Zhi also explained how Jia Cheng had eliminated dissidents within Qianbai, dismissed the financial manager, and replaced him with his own people. Externally, he had found a scammer named Foster, who posed as someone from Company A, gaining Ou Minghan's trust.
Finally, after the incident broke out, Jia Cheng absconded with the money and fled.