He drove to the company, and as soon as he returned to the president's office, Assistant Zhou came to greet him.
"Boss Qin..."
Seeing him hesitant, Qin Zun said casually, "What's wrong?"
"Regarding the evaluation of the results of the cooperation plan for MX Company, there was a problem."
Looking at his expression, Qin Zun could easily guess: "Does this matter involve fairy tales?"
Assistant Zhou nodded and said, "Yes, during the board evaluation yesterday, plagiarism was discovered."
Qin Zun frowned: "Plagiarism? Tell me in detail."
In order to avoid suspicion, Qin Zun did not interfere in this matter after the evaluation results.
He has no idea what happened yesterday.
"The board secretary was showing the contestants' proposals on an LED screen, and the board's executives were judging them. But when it came to my wife's proposal, someone pointed out that it was almost identical to a previous one. They immediately asked the secretary to pull up the previous proposal for comparison, and sure enough, they were identical. President Li was furious, saying he never expected a plagiarized work to appear before them so openly."
After hearing this, Qin Zun did not say anything, but looked thoughtful.
Assistant Zhou took the initiative and said, "I think someone accidentally took the wrong copy of the plan? Someone else's? Or maybe the secretary accidentally deleted and copied another copy before presenting the plan?"
"No, that's unlikely. You also said that the two plans are almost identical, which means there are still some differences. If the previous file was accidentally deleted and copied, this would never happen."
Assistant Zhou was confused: "Then,"
"I remember the selection process for this plan was that it would first be screened by their department manager, and then submitted to the board of directors for selection."
Qin Zun paused and continued his analysis. "If we still follow the previous process, then the plagiarist only needs to submit their proposal in advance, and the person who submits later will be eliminated in the first round, and no one will ever know about it again. But it didn't expect me to change the rules at the last minute. This was something it didn't anticipate."
It's not that he favors fairy tales, but according to common sense, if someone really plagiarized someone else's plan, they would definitely submit the plan in advance and be included in the shortlist in advance. No one would copy someone else's plan and then submit it slowly, waiting to be eliminated. This is unreasonable.
Tonghua was the last one to submit her proposal, so no matter what, she couldn't have been the one who plagiarized.
However, it is probably difficult to convince the public with only one side of the story.
Qin Zun suddenly thought of a bad situation: "Has this matter become a big deal?"
"It has spread throughout the company."
Qin Zun's expression showed a hint of solemnity: "We still have to cover up this matter and not let it get out of hand. Also, hide the names of the two employees involved in the plagiarism incident and don't let anyone who knows the inside story leak the information."
The bigger the fuss becomes, the more people will know about it. If they knew that Tonghua was involved in a plagiarism case, and she happened to have taken a day off today, when she returns to work later, it is inevitable that someone will deliberately say something unpleasant in front of her.
She was the victim in this matter and did not deserve to be treated like this.
"The name of the suspected plagiarist must be kept secret and not be spread outside."
"Okay, President Qin, the board of directors asked me to ask you how this matter should be handled going forward."
"Did they offer any solution?"
"One director suggested that since there were two similar proposals, they should simply choose the one submitted first and avoid making a big deal out of it. Other directors disagreed, saying the matter must be thoroughly investigated, as it involved a matter of public esteem for the company. Another director suggested putting the two suspected plagiarized proposals aside and choosing the best one from the others. They're currently arguing and haven't reached a conclusion yet."
"Humph, they're a bunch of good-for-nothings, all they think about is a life of luxury and debauchery. I thought they'd come up with some good ideas. I really overestimated them."
Assistant Zhou lowered his head when he heard the president scolding the other directors as worthless. Although he sometimes thought the same thing in his heart when he saw what the leaders of the board of directors did, he didn't dare say it out loud.
I can only silently give Mr. Qin a thumbs up in my heart. You are so right.
After scolding the director, Qin Zun thought for a moment and said, "How about this? Since the review results are not available yet and there is no way to prove who plagiarized, let's add another round of tests and an interview. If they came up with the plan themselves, they must be very familiar with it."
After hearing this, Assistant Zhou's eyes lit up. This was indeed a good idea.
This way, we can avoid making a big deal out of it and at the same time identify the real plagiarist.
"Okay, Mr. Qin, then when would be a good time to arrange it?"
"Of course, the sooner the better, to prevent anyone from making backups and preparing ahead of time. The top management will hold a meeting tomorrow morning, so let's schedule it for three o'clock tomorrow afternoon."
"Okay, I'll arrange it right away. Do you want to attend this interview?"
Qin Zun thought about it and realized that he couldn't appear in front of her, but he didn't want to miss the meeting.
He wanted to know what the results of her month-long efforts were.
"How about this, let's arrange tomorrow's interview in the conference room."
Generally, company meetings are held in small conference rooms in each department, but there are exceptions.
Tiansheng sometimes holds meetings for all company departments, and each meeting is attended by at least several hundred people.
The large conference room is the only place in the company that can hold such a grand event.
In the past, when meetings were held, employees would sit at the bottom, while leaders and executives at all levels would sit at the top and speak with microphones.
This time, the contestants were participating in an interview and evaluation, so they were required to speak on the stage while the leaders and executives sat on it.
As long as you dim the lights in the conference room and find a more secluded place to sit, you will definitely not be discovered by her.
"Okay, Mr. Qin."
After all the instructions were completed, Assistant Zhou turned and left.
Qin Zun estimated that he would have to go to the hospital to pick up Tonghua in the afternoon. Because he was preoccupied with things, which affected his work efficiency, he simply changed the content of his work.
Finish the unimportant things today and deal with the important things later.
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