Chapter 1415: Thorn in the Side and a Pain in the Flesh
Chapter 1415: Thorn in the Side and a Pain in the Flesh
Xu Ke comforted Hong Xuan briefly and directly looked at Xiao Zhen. Since Xiao Zhen wanted to continue with this matter, it didn’t matter, everyone would just keep stalemating.
"Since I said it myself, I will take full responsibility. This matter has nothing to do with anyone else, only me, Xu Ke. Besides, I guess the Chairman has long disliked me and is eager to get rid of this thorn in his side."
Xu Ke made his point very clear, and at this time, all the employees of the branch were deeply moved. Normally, when faced with such matters, company leaders tend to pass the blame onto others, but Xu Ke didn’t; he took all the responsibility upon himself.
Moreover, the consequences and costs for him personally were extremely severe. Not only was losing his job a possibility, but also losing his means of livelihood. If he moved to another company, he couldn’t pursue another industry easily. What should he do?
Xiao Zhen nodded. Anyway, right now he was most eager to deal with Xu Ke, and as for the others, they could be left alone for the time being. When work-related errors occur in the future, those who have offended him could be swiftly kicked out.
"It seems you do have some self-awareness. I’ve long disliked you, and if it weren’t for my daughter, you wouldn’t still be lingering at the branch." Xiao Zhen frankly disclosed everything: "But now my daughter has settled down and won’t care about this matter, so I’ll handle it."
Xu Ke didn’t say anything else and let Xiao Zhen speak. After Xiao Zhen finished talking, he seemed to lose interest.
At this moment, Xu Ke finally raised his head and scoffed, saying so much, what use is it? Just produce the evidence.
"Since the Chairman has finished speaking, then produce the evidence of our framing. If the Chairman can’t provide it, that means the Chairman owes me an apology."
Upon hearing Xu Ke’s words, Xiao Zhen suddenly felt like he had swallowed a fly — he had come here looking for trouble, how could there be any evidence?
Moreover, the stories online were already ironclad, what more evidence was needed when almost everyone was saying the same thing?
At this moment, Xiao Zhen’s assistant suddenly panicked: "Today’s evidence is still with our Headquarters. I’ll bring it to you in a few days. And who carries evidence around with them anyway?"
After the assistant finished speaking, he initially wanted Xiao Zhen to leave now and not cause more trouble at the branch. Otherwise, it would be bad for everyone involved. But Xiao Zhen at this moment seemed to have caught all of Xu Ke’s weaknesses and wished he could kick Xu Ke out right now, unwilling to heed the assistant’s words or understand the assistant’s hidden implications.
"No need to send it another day, I’m going to carefully search today to find evidence of your so-called framing of others!"
After speaking, Xiao Zhen directly grabbed the computer at the reception desk and started searching for anime online.
Seeing Xiao Zhen’s posture, Xu Ke narrowed his eyes: "Looks like the Chairman didn’t know where our anime supposedly framed others before coming here. So came simply to cause trouble, what gives a clueless CEO such confidence? Who gave it to you? Sometimes I wonder if Xiao Group really belongs to you. If it does, would you make such a scene?"
Just as Xu Ke was speaking, a commotion was heard at the door, particularly loud. Xiao Zhen wanted to respond, but was surprised to see his favored son-in-law Su Zining entering with a group of journalists.
Xu Ke glanced at Secretary Zhou.
Secretary Zhou was particularly distressed at this time, having waited for these journalists, but Su Zining had pushed her aside and even had others block the security, barging in wildly.
"President, I really couldn’t stop them. They barged in like robbers. I’m very sorry I couldn’t hold them back."
Xu Ke shook his head, it seemed the other party was well-prepared. In that case, relying on Secretary Zhou, a weak woman, couldn’t possibly stop these people. But since they were already here, they might as well sit down together and see what unfolds.
"No worries, you couldn’t possibly stop them. Enough, since they’re here, you can rest. No need to stand guard, I want to see what they intend to do at our branch."
Su Zining was initially tidying up, preparing to leave Changnan District for work, but upon hearing news from Headquarters, and hearing Xiao Zhen was coming to cause trouble, after inquiries, he directly brought journalists over. As long as he pleased his father-in-law, wouldn’t he have a chance to be the ideal son-in-law?
And Xiao Zhen was particularly delighted to see Su Zining, eyes showing appreciation. He wouldn’t doubt his chosen son-in-law, who seemed to know him inside out, making this matter exceptionally outstanding.
"You did well this time, I was just about to call journalists, but you brought them over, fitting right into my plans. Us two are truly connected."
Xiao Zhen praised sincerely, and Su Zining humbly replied, "I was just worried you might be bullied, so I brought journalists over directly to witness."
At this time, Xiao Zhen felt Xu Ke had no chance to turn things around, so he directly opened the anime and watched for five minutes.
Then he turned to Yu Group’s anime, and upon seeing it, he was immediately uncomfortable.
However, those journalists had already surrounded Xu Ke. These journalists were specialized in chasing rumor and couldn’t not know about the happenings on Weibo, desperately wanting to thrust the Weibo matters in Xu Ke’s face.
"May I ask the President of Xiao Group’s branch, how do you view those topics on Weibo? Moreover, those topics on Weibo are very disadvantageous for you personally, could you explain if the plagiarism of Yu Group is genuine due to your lack of ability or was it accidental copying?"
"Did you apologize after plagiarizing Yu Group’s anime? Also, Yu Group said they want to file a lawsuit. I wonder if Xiao Group’s branch will take on this lawsuit, and why as President, your personal opinion hasn’t been published yet. Is it because you’re guilty?"
"Now that the Chairman of Headquarters has come to call you to account, what are your thoughts? How are you dealing with this matter? President, why aren’t you speaking? Is it because you’re guilty? Or because you plagiarized, you have no room for rebuttal?"
The journalists’ questions were particularly aggressive, almost convinced that Xiao Group had committed plagiarism.
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