On Sunday morning, Jiang Xiaoli was still sound asleep in bed when she was woken up by a phone call.

Yan Chengcheng's voice was very anxious, "Xiao Li, the design of our unreleased autumn new style has been leaked!"

She instantly snapped out of it. "Don't rush, tell me slowly what happened?"

Yan Chengcheng spoke quickly, "This morning, Xin Xin, Xiao Yue, and I went out for breakfast. We saw a girl wearing a very familiar outfit. When I got home, the more I thought about it, the more something seemed off. When I came to the company, I realized it was exactly the same outfit as one of our 'Five' autumn new arrivals, only the color was slightly different."

She rubbed her temples. "Don't worry, come to the company right away and call a meeting for the design department! Then send people to various wholesale markets to see if they have any of our clothes for sale."

Yan Chengcheng agreed, "Okay, I'll arrange it now."

Jiang Xiaoli quickly washed up and got ready before arriving at the company, where the five of them met up first.

Ren Zhiyi calmly began, “Our second batch of autumn new products consists of 7 sets and 13 individual items. First, we need to confirm how many items have been leaked and have already entered the market.”

Jiang Xiaoli nodded. "Hurry up and take people to check out the clothing market in Kyoto. If they find any of our new products, be sure to find out where they got them from."

Ren Zhiyi nodded, "Yes, we have submitted patent applications for every design. No matter how it was leaked, I will make them pay the price!"

Jiang Xiaoli took a deep breath. "You guys handle this first. I'm going to a meeting in the design department."

This was the first time that all the design department staff had been notified to return to the company for a meeting while on vacation.

When Jiang Xiaoli entered the meeting room, everyone was discussing what had happened.

She went straight to the point, "Everyone, go back now and bring all the design drafts from the autumn collection from a while ago."

The crowd was somewhat confused, but seeing her serious expression, they quickly went back to retrieve the design drafts.

Jiang Xiaoli sat up straight, looked around at everyone, and said, "Our second batch of autumn designs has been leaked. We don't know yet whether the third batch will be leaked."

Whoosh—

The dozen or so designers in the office immediately started making a fuss.

Feng Can got impatient and stood up, cursing, "Which scoundrel is doing this?"

Huang Siyu tugged at his clothes, "Keep your voice down!"

Jiang Xiaoli noticed the varying reactions of the crowd.

She tapped the table twice, and the conference room fell silent instantly.

"By recruiting you all into the design department, '307' offers unrestricted creative freedom and high-level benefits within the industry. I believe the company has treated you fairly."

She paused for two seconds and then said, "This incident has caused huge losses to the company. As the largest shareholder of the company, I assure you all that if anyone leaked the design drafts for any reason, as long as they admit it, we will not hold them responsible. I will give you five minutes to think it over."

After she finished speaking, she picked up the design drafts they had brought earlier and began to look at them.

About five or six minutes later, Jiang Xiaoli looked up and asked, "Is anyone there?"

No one stepped forward.

Jiang Xiaoli smiled slightly, "It's good that no one is here. Everyone from our design department is here today. Let's all be witnesses. If I find out later that the new product was leaked from one of our design department members, don't blame me for being ruthless."

Feng Can couldn't help but speak up, "President Jiang, we remember your care and support. I don't think this was done by the design department."

Jiang Xiaoli neither confirmed nor denied, saying, "We'll discuss the specifics after the investigation results are available."

She clapped her hands. "Alright, now our most important task is to come up with new autumn clothing designs and not let our second and third batches of new products be left blank."

Jiang Xiaoli looked through each of their designs and selected more than thirty. "As you all know, these are the designs that we didn't select before. Go back and revise and improve these drawings."

She thought for a moment and set a timeframe: "The situation is sudden, and we're pressed for time. We need to submit the drawings by Tuesday evening."

Everyone responded in unison, and no one objected.

Jiang Xiaoli nodded. "Thank you all for your hard work. I'll treat you all to dinner once this is resolved."

Back in her office, Jiang Xiaoli's face darkened. She called Song Guoqiang, "Brother Song, help me investigate a few people..."

Around 4 PM, Hu Jingxin and the others returned, and the five of them met for a meeting.

Yan Chengcheng reviewed the results of their investigation. "It shouldn't have been leaked from the two factories. Since we acquired the Jinshi Garment Factory, the styles produced by the two factories have become different. However, the leaked styles include those processed in Baocheng and those processed in Jinshi."

Hu Jingxin nodded, "I noticed that too, and what's strange is that the leaked designs are all by Feng Can and Hu Miao."

Jiang Xiaoli raised an eyebrow. "Interesting."

She then asked, "Have you found out where these leaked clothes came from?"

Yan Chengcheng nodded, "I asked, and it's quite a mixed bag. There are many different factories, and the quality of the clothes they make varies. Even the same style can have inconsistent quality."

Ren Zhiyi looked at Jiang Xiaoli, "Xiaoli, I think the problem still lies with the design department."

Jiang Xiaoli nodded, "It's obvious, I really didn't expect that."

She sighed, "I just gave them a chance in the meeting. Our next step is to replace the old styles with the new ones. As for our losses... let's talk about that after we find the mole."

Chang Yue frowned, "But we can't sell the new products we've already produced."

Ren Zhiyi suggested, "Let's tally up the total inventory of the leaked styles and register them..."

Jiang Xiaoli gritted her teeth and said, "Quickly remove the labels from all the leaked inventory and then wholesale them at cost price."

They all looked at Jiang Xiaoli and said, "Xiaoli, it seems we've been working for nothing all this time."

Ren Zhiyi understood what she meant. "What we at 'Five' sell is design, not cost-effectiveness. If the design is leaked, even if our quality is good, we won't have a large number of customers buying it."

Xiaoli is right. Before they start mass production, let's cut off the labels and wholesale them at cost price. Let's recoup our costs first, and then we can worry about other things.

Hu Jingxin said worriedly, "Xiao Li, if we don't catch the mole in the design department, there's still a possibility of leaks when we design new products."

Jiang Xiaoli nodded, "So I'm already investigating the mole. I'll be in charge of designing these two batches of autumn new products. Zhiyi, I'll need your cooperation these next few days."

Ren Zhiyi nodded, "It's no trouble at all, it's my pleasure."