The Woman From Hell

"Counterfeits of Golden-O Face Cream have recently been found, and they've caused discomfort to consumers' faces. The current situation remains unclear. No relevant feedback has been given by either Grant Corporation or Pristine Group. Hence, we shall continue our

reports here."

The day before Theo returned, news of Golden-O Face Cream counterfeits took the internet by storm.

Closing the report, I rubbed my temples. Neil was sitting across from me. Similarly, he was also troubled by this.

"How can there be counterfeits?" Neil scratched his head. He was unable to come up with an answer even after a long time.Text property © Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org.

I frowned. "We produce Golden-O in our own factory, and it's controlled by the EUR team. How could there be issues? Where did these counterfeits come from?"

"No, there was a time in the middle when you returned to Green Orange. In order to expand production volume and avoid short supply, Mr. Nibel and President Grant talked about looking for an outsourcing factory for joint development. These fakes are most likely coming from that outsourcing factory."

"Why did such a thing happen? Which factory is it?"

Neil pondered for a bit before answering, "Gloria."

"Contact them quick."

Neil called them many times after getting their contact information but could not get through.

"They obviously had prepared to disappear a long time ago.

This incident looked planned no matter how one looked at it.

Nibel paid a lot of attention to this Golden-O project, though. Could he have arranged it?

I looked at Neil in front of me but did not share what I was thinking.

"If this is the case, then we'll have to release a joint press to clarify our position first. We will have to bear all the losses. If distributors want to return their stocks, we'll have to accept them. It's fine." "Okay. I'll go back and deal with it now."

After Neil left, I was about to call Theo when he called.

"Wanda, I saw the report."

"Something went wrong just as we predicted. Do you want us to do as we've planned?"

Theo and I had considered that something like this would happen. Nonconformity invited punishment There would always be people who would cause trouble when they saw that we were not going along with the situation. Hence, we had come up with a countermeasure back then.

Theo was silent on the phone for a minute. He then replied, "No, don't worry about it first. Let's wait."

"But the news is spreading more and more now. If we don't deal with it promptly, it'll affect both Grant Corporation's and Pristine Group's shares."

"It's okay. Just wait. I'll be coming back tomorrow. Wait for me."

"Okay."

I could sense Theo's calmness. He could remain calm even in this situation.

I just did not understand why we had to wait a few more days.

Theo would only be coming back tomorrow, but the news would spread further today. Negative press about Grant Corporation would also increase. Forget keeping everyone's faith, we would also be betraying our customers' trust.

I threw my phone to the side. Out of sight, out of mind.

In the end, I endured until the next

day. Just when I had arrived at Grant Corporation, I saw that Theo was already in the office and quickly greeted him. "You came back. [saw Grant Corporation's share price.

There was a drastic fall orse. I'm

réputation is also getting worse. I'm worried it'll affect you."

Even if Theo did not care, the shareholders would.

Theo still just smiled at me. "Don't worry, it'll be fine."

"Do we really have to wait some more?"

He nodded. "Yes. A bit more."

"Can you tell me what you plan to do?" I stared into Theo's eyes. I did not want to wait with so much unease in my heart. I hoped Theo would tell me what he was thinking.