Chapter 353: Losing
Everything When Richard was about to file a complaint with the company, he suddenly received a notice of the investigation results, saying that there was no evidence to prove that he had colluded with Du Yunkai or had any bad intentions against the company, so his position was restored and all affairs went on as usual.
Richard stared at the computer screen and read the email over and over again. It was not that he suspected there was a conspiracy, but it was just lightly brushed aside. It was unbelievable no matter how he thought about it.
The next day, he returned to work and met Edwin in the elevator. He had returned with his team.
Edwin smiled maliciously at Richard: "How does it feel to be at home doing nothing? I really envy you. It's like a long vacation. After the vacation, I believe you will be more attentive to your future work, right?"
Richard's heart was filled with alarm bells. He felt that this guy had the words "I will mess with you again, just wait and see" written on his face.
Edwin negotiated a cooperation with Xu's company, which not only brought huge profits to the company, but most importantly, opened a channel for the company to enter the market of Country Z. He had already received a notice of promotion and salary increase while waiting for his flight at the international airport in Hai City.
His current position is two levels higher than Richard.
When the elevator arrived, Richard said to Edwin, "You and I have always kept our distance from each other."
Edwin walked out before him: "That's not necessarily true."
This successfully aroused Richard's defensiveness. He was also confused. Before he came to D&L, he had no contact with Edwin. After he came, although they belonged to the same department, they were in different groups and rarely spoke to each other throughout the year. Why did Edwin treat him like this? Richard kept reviewing whether he had offended Edwin in any way.
The result of the review was no! He wondered if he had offended him inadvertently during the only encounter and conversation with him. He couldn't figure it out.
He didn't have time to think about it, because the company issued a task that day and a new game project was launched, this time targeting the market of next year's "general election."
D&L does not take sides, but buys stocks, and the gameplay is mainly based on krypton gold. In the future, when the game is promoted, it will be claimed that no matter which candidate is elected in the end, players who support the candidate will receive a certain amount of return on investment, and 50% of the game's revenue will be used to support the leadership of the new president.
Richard and his team had been busy with this task for less than two days when he was called over by management again. The investigator showed up again, and this time the "crime" he was accused of was "leaking company secrets."
All the items in Richard's office were moved away, and he was completely dazed when he sat in front of the investigator.
"Leaking company secrets?" Richard asked, "What secrets did I leak?"
The investigator said: "For this game project, you leaked the idea to D&L's rival company. Their game has already started production, and according to insiders, it will be launched earlier than ours. Edwin accidentally learned about this and reported you to the company. Now, you can defend yourself or admit it."
What a joke! What a joke! Richard thought, he didn't do anything. "I'm sure Edwin is framing me!"
The investigator said, "Please calm down. You have a criminal record. Oh, this 'criminal record' does not refer to your leaking company secrets, but the Jingshan Technology incident. It was Edwin who interceded for you, so you were able to resume your position. Richard, you should thank him instead of accusing someone who once helped you when something happened."
"CNM! Damn it!" Richard couldn't help but curse out the only two Chinese sentences he knew in his life.
The investigator frowned: "What did you say?"
"I'm talking about evidence!" Richard was furious. "You said I leaked the information, and I did? Show me the evidence!"
The investigator crossed his fingers and placed them on the table. "Richard, you are a very capable person, otherwise the company would not have spent a lot of money to recruit you, but your performance is so disappointing."
"Stop talking nonsense and show me the evidence!" Richard knocked on the table.
The investigator handed him the sealed file bag and said, "The company respects talents and wants to retain them. In fact, as long as you sincerely repent, the company is willing to give you another chance. After all, Edwin has already interceded for you once again, but he may even reduce your salary..."
"Shut up!" Richard now felt both psychologically and physically disgusted with the syllable "Edwin".
Because his speech was interrupted, the investigator felt that Richard was "ungrateful" and "a hopeless case", and his whole face and even his eyebrows showed his dissatisfaction.
Richard opened the file bag, flipped through the so-called "evidence" inside one by one, and then laid it out in front of the investigator: "This, this, and this are all fabricated. These, all, are intentional misinterpretations."
The investigator looked at the photo Richard pointed to: "You said it was a misinterpretation?"
The background of the photo is a coffee shop. Richard is sitting and talking with a brown-haired man in a suit. This man is a supervisor of the rival company. He met him at the last party. It was also a chance meeting in the coffee shop. The two chatted about the coffee in their hands and the weather outside.
The investigator had lost patience with Richard: "But he has admitted it. I believe you have seen the back of this paper. It is the bank transfer record he made to you."
Richard had not noticed this just now, but he immediately grabbed it and took a closer look. He was so shocked that his pupils dilated. He asked why there was an extra sum of money in his account two days ago. He called the bank to find out the source, but the bank said there was no problem with the money, but they could not disclose the customer's information.
"This is a frame-up!" Richard slammed the paper on the table. "This is a blatant frame-up! I don't even know where the money came from!"
The investigator didn't want to pay attention to him anymore and said to himself: "Originally Edwin told me that if you confessed, then the evidence would not be presented to the company and he would save your life. But, Richard, you are really stubborn and ungrateful. You won't cry until you see the coffin."
Before leaving, the investigator left all the "evidence" to Richard and said, "Go hire a lawyer quickly, a good one. Otherwise, the worst that can happen to you is that you will lose everything."
Richard didn't dare to waste time and quickly spent a lot of money to hire a famous lawyer, but he still lost the case. D&L didn't seem to want to send him to jail, "just" wanted him to lose everything, and really limited his assets, leaving him no money.
His villa and luxury cars were all seized and auctioned to pay off his debts. He left home without even a piece of clothing. Fortunately, he paid the lawyer's fee in advance, otherwise he would not only be bankrupt but also bear huge debts.
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