Chapter 352: Deep into the Wood
"How could she not have plagiarized?! How could she have drawn so many designs in just one week? You must not have checked carefully enough!"
The staff looked at her with some dissatisfaction, their voices cold, "Designer Zhao, we're also very busy. We took some time out to come here and help you investigate this matter. Since you don't trust us, you can just investigate it yourself!"
After saying that, the other party closed the computer and left.
Zhao Mingyue looked at Yan Nan, who was standing aside with a look of disgust, and quickly explained, "Yan Nan, believe me, it's really impossible for Xiao Muzhen to complete so many design drawings..."
"How long are you going to make trouble?!"
Yan Nan felt that Qingshang had lost all her face because of Zhao Mingyue, and said coldly to the assistant: "Take her back to her workstation."
If she had been acting like this at any other time, it would have been fine, but today, both President Qu and President Huo were here, and she had slandered Xiao Muzhen out of thin air. If this matter wasn't handled properly, it would definitely affect Qu Ling and Huo Yunting's impression of Qingshang.
Yan Nan's assistant tried to pull Zhao Mingyue back, but she pushed him away and said coldly, "I'm not leaving! Don't forget, I was responsible for half of this project. Why should I leave? I want to stay here!"
"Zhao Mingyue, if you continue to make trouble like this, I have the right to fire you!"
Hearing this, Zhao Mingyue's eyes were filled with disbelief and hurt. She stared at Yan Nan and asked, "Are you going to drive me away just for Xiao Muzhen?"
Yan Nan was about to speak when Huo Yunting, who was sitting next to him, suddenly spoke up: "Zhao Sheji, what do you take your job for? Do you think it's just a game? You slandered your colleagues first, and then got angry when you couldn't find any evidence. The workplace is not the place for you to scheme against each other. If all Qingshang employees are like this, I think Qingshang can be removed from the list of companies Huo's company intends to cooperate with."
As soon as the words came out, Yan Nan and Zhao Mingyue's faces froze.
Seeing the coldness in Huo Yunting's eyes, Yan Nan hurriedly said, "Boss Huo, don't be angry. Zhao Sheji is just used to speaking without restraint. I'll ask her to apologize to Xiao Sheji right away!"
Huo Yunting looked at Yan Nan coldly, "She accused a designer of plagiarism, and you think that this matter can be let go with just a verbal apology?"
Yan Nan's expression changed, but Zhao Mingyue couldn't help but said angrily, "So what do you want? Mr. Huo, the Huo family has indeed developed rapidly in the capital in the past two years, but we, the Zhao family, are not pushovers. I heard that the Xiao family has recently terminated many of their cooperation agreements. Offending the Zhao family at this time will not benefit either the Huo family or you!"
Her eyes were full of arrogance and fearlessness, and she didn't take Huo Yunting seriously at all.
Anyway, she has the Zhao family as her backer, so Huo Yunting doesn't dare to do anything to her!
Qu Ling's eyes flashed with shock. He didn't expect Zhao Mingyue to be so stupid.
Dare to threaten Huo Yunting, doesn't she want to live anymore?
Although the Huo Group suffered a huge loss after terminating the contract with the Xiao Group, even the president of the Zhao Group, Zhao Mingyue's biological father, did not dare to be so arrogant in front of Huo Yunting. She was just the daughter of a president with no real power, yet she dared to speak so shamelessly to Huo Yunting.
As Zhao Mingyue finished speaking, the entire conference room fell cold, and everyone seemed to be in a world of ice and snow.
Yan Nan winked at Zhao Mingyue, but Zhao Mingyue showed no intention of retreating. Instead, she raised her eyebrows and said, "Boss Huo, this is Qingshang's internal affairs, so please don't meddle in it."
Huo Yunting chuckled and said slowly, "Really? I wonder when did you become the boss of the Zhao family?"
"Believe it or not, I'll call my dad right away, and the cooperation between Zhao and Huo will be terminated?"
Huo Yunting raised his eyebrows and said calmly, "As you wish."
Under his cold and mocking gaze, Zhao Mingyue gritted her teeth and dialed Zhao Tiancheng's number.
"Dad, can you cancel your cooperation with Huo's?"
Zhao Tiancheng was in a meeting. Upon hearing this, he said coldly, "Why are you suddenly saying this? The decision of which company to cooperate with is made by all the shareholders of Zhao Corporation. What does it have to do with you?"
Zhao Mingyue's face paled as she whispered, "It was Huo Yunting. He deliberately made things difficult for me at a meeting at Qingshang today. Anyway, he's already partnered with the Xiao Corporation. If our family also terminates the partnership with the Huo Corporation, then Huo Yunting will have no choice but to curry favor with you to get cooperation, right?"
She spoke very softly, so only Yan Nan, who was closest to her, heard what she said.
He couldn't help but have a flash of disgust and contempt in his eyes. He really didn't want to see this stupid and vicious woman for even a minute.
But when he thought about what Zhao Tiancheng said to him after Zhao Mingyue lent him money, he had no choice but to continue to endure it.
His hands hanging at his sides unconsciously clenched, and his whole body began to tense up.
It only takes another half a year for him to completely sever his relationship with Zhao Mingyue. Just endure it for another half a year!
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhao Tiancheng's angry roar came over.
"Zhao Mingyue, what on earth did you do?! I'm warning you, if you anger Huo Yunting and cause any problems in the cooperation between the Zhao and Huo companies, I will beat you to death!"
After saying that, Zhao Tiancheng hung up the phone.
The next second, Huo Yunting's phone rang.
Seeing that it was Zhao Tiancheng, Huo Yunting curled the corners of his cold lips and answered the call directly in front of everyone.
"Mr. Zhao, what do you want to talk to me about?"
He turned on the loudspeaker so that everyone could hear Zhao Tiancheng's voice.
"Mr. Huo, I'm sorry, Mingyue has been spoiled by us. Please don't bother with her. Otherwise, I will treat you to dinner at Jinyuxuan tonight and apologize to you on Mingyue's behalf."
Huo Yunting chuckled softly, but his voice was devoid of warmth. "Boss Zhao, I'm afraid I don't dare to eat your meal. Miss Zhao just said in front of Boss Qu that it would be useless for me to offend the Zhao family. I'm sure Boss Zhao looks down on me just as much as Miss Zhao does, so that's why Miss Zhao dared to say that in public, right?"
“No, no…”
Zhao Tiancheng was so anxious that cold sweat was about to break out. Recently, Zhao's company had encountered a financial crisis. If they lost the order from Huo's company, they might not be able to survive.
"Mr. Huo, I will definitely educate Mingyue well. She is just a little girl after all. Please be magnanimous and forgive her this time!"
"Miss Zhao and I don't know each other, and we have no friendship. Why should I forgive her? Besides, Miss Zhao is already an adult and should be responsible for every word she says. It's the Huo family that's out of reach of the Zhao family. Mr. Zhao should just bring his secretary to the Huo family to terminate the contract."
Without giving Zhao Tiancheng a chance to speak, Huo Yunting hung up the phone.
Zhao Mingyue, who had always looked confident, now had a pale face, with disbelief and fear in his eyes. He lowered his head and dared not speak.
From this phone call, she could already see that it was the Zhao family that was begging the Huo family for cooperation, while she was just talking smugly about feeling that she could threaten Huo Yunting.
If the cooperation between Huo and Zhao was really terminated, Zhao Tiancheng would definitely not let her off.
Thinking of this, Zhao Mingyue no longer cared about her dignity and knelt down with a plop.
"Boss Huo, I'm blind. Please forgive me this time!"
Huo Yunting didn't even look at her and said coldly, "I'm not the one you should apologize to."
Zhao Mingyue immediately understood, and even though she was unwilling, she could only grit her teeth and apologize to Xiao Muzhen.
"Xiao Sheji, I'm sorry, it's my fault. I shouldn't have accused you of plagiarism without knowing the truth. Can you please let me go this time? I'm sorry!"
Xiao Muzhen raised an eyebrow and said with a smile: "Of course, Zhao Sheji, I just want you to clear my name. Just apologize to me, no need to kneel. After all, we are colleagues and we will get along well in the future."
She still remembered clearly what Zhao Mingyue had done to her, and it would not be fun to just kick him out of Qingshang like that.
"Are you really willing to forgive me?"
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