Renee’s face turned red with embarrassment, but she didn’t give up and said, “Mr. Melendrez, Dr. Bloomer is not an ordinary person.”
“Miss Browne, you talk too much,” Clare frowned. “Please leave now. My dad needs to rest.”
Renee sighed softly and said, “Since that’s the case, we’ll leave immediately.”
“Clare, see them out and pay the young man 500 thousand dollars for the consultation fee,” Baltasar casually spoke while his eyes remained fixed on the TV screen. “In the future, don’t bother me except for Dr. Corin.”
Clare nodded obediently and said, “Dad, I got it.”
Leo smirked.
He had wanted to reveal Baltasar’s condition so he could treat him on the spot but seeing how arrogant he was being made him lose interest.
Some people always act superior and look down on others; Leo didn’t mind letting them fall hard.
“Mr. Melendrez,” Leo said as he left with Renee by his side. “Remember what I’m about to say: in three days you’ll experience chest pain; in seven days you’ll vomit blood; in fifteen days you’ll have a stroke; within a month either become a vegetable or die.”
“If you want to live, then go kneel at Nameless Clinic for one day and one night.”
Leo’s words made Clare furious as she shouted at him saying, “You bastard! How dare you curse my father!”
Baltasar stopped his daughter from acting impulsively while shaking his head disdainfully at her youthful ignorance.
Leo and Renee left the villa behind.
Outside of the gate, Renee apologized saying, “I’m sorry Leo, that they humiliated us.”
Leo shrugged it off with a smile saying, “It has nothing to do with you; it’s just that the Melendrez family is too arrogant.”
“Let me take you out for lunch later as an apology…” As soon as Renee finished speaking, the door swung open, and a tall and stylishly dressed woman walked out. The woman’s name was Aryanna Davy, Clare’s assistant, and she was followed by two burly bodyguards.
Aryanna approached Renee and Leo, her tone just as harsh as Clare’s, “I’m sorry, Miss Browne, Mr. Bloomer, but our young lady has asked me to ask you to leave the premises of this villa.”
The entrance of wealthy people was not a place where just anyone could stand, and they were being arrogant, as expected.
Renee was slightly taken aback, her anger difficult to contain. She gritted her teeth and said, “We’ll leave right away!”
Aryanna took out an envelope and said, “Our young lady also said that since you don’t want the 500, 000 consultation fee, she can’t let you leave empty-handed. Here’s 1, 000 dollars for travel expenses.”
“Tell your young lady, I’ll give her 2, 000!” Leo took out 2, 000 dollars and threw it at Aryanna. “And tell her that when Baltasar kneels down, I hope to catch a glimpse of her.”
“I will report your disrespectful words to Miss Melendrez, and I hope you can bear the consequences.” Aryanna was visibly angry, her tone sharp. “Now, please leave immediately.”
The two bodyguards took two steps forward.
“Renee, let’s go!”
After having lunch with Renee, Leo asked her to drop him off at a BMW 4S dealership. Leo had become accustomed to driving and having a car was convenient.
Half an hour later, Leo drove a BMW 3 Series sedan out of the dealership. Just as Leo was about to return to the clinic, his phone rang.
“Leo, something big has happened. Do you have any time now? Come to the company’s conference room.” Rosemary sounded urgent on the phone.
“Don’t worry, I’ll come right now.”
Ending the call, Leo drove towards Leo & Rose Cosmetics company.
When he arrived at the company’s conference room, many people were crowded inside. Among them were department heads, managers, directors, and executives. However, apart from Rosemary, Leo barely recognized anyone in the room.
Everyone was sitting together, with Rosemary at the center, engaged in an intense discussion. The situation seemed a bit chaotic.
Leo realized that no one had noticed his entrance and couldn’t help but speak up loudly, “What’s going on?”
Upon hearing Leo’s voice, Rosemary stood up from her chair, holding two small white bottles in her hand. She walked up to Leo and said, “Leo, take a look, our products have been counterfeited.”
Leo took the two small white bottles from Rosemary’s hand and examined them closely. From their appearance alone, it was difficult to distinguish between the two.
The only noticeable difference was the product names: one was called “Beautiful Visage,” and the other was called “Visage Beauty.” Beautiful Visage was naturally a skincare product produced by Leo & Rose Cosmetics, but Visage Beauty… Evalyn Beauty Studios?
Leo tried to recall but realized he had never heard of a company called Evalyn Beauty Studios in Langstel before.
Leo then opened the caps of Beautiful Visage and Visage Beauty and sniffed each one carefully. As soon as he smelled them, his eyebrows furrowed deeply.
“Leo, I have conducted a detailed comparison and analysis of this Visage Beauty product in a professional institution. Its main ingredients are exactly the same as our Beautiful Visage!”
“In other words, the formula for Beautiful Visage has been stolen by a company called Evalyn Beauty Studios, resulting in the appearance of counterfeit products in the market.”
Rosemary’s beautiful face looked grim.
Leo pondered for a moment and asked, “Besides you, who else knows the formula I gave you?”
“Our Technical Director, Simon,” Rosemary replied without hesitation. “But Simon shouldn’t betray me. After all, he has been with me since the beginning of my entrepreneurial journey.”
Leo scanned the people in the conference room and asked, “Is he here?”
“No, he had some personal matters to attend to and took leave for the past couple of days. But I just called him, and he should be coming soon,” Rosemary replied.
Leo nodded and handed the genuine Beautiful Visage and the counterfeit Visage Beauty back to Rosemary. “Continue the meeting. When Simon arrives, I’ll ask him for more details.”
After Rosemary returned to her seat, the Deputy Chief of Marketing, holding a report, said helplessly, “Miss Fanny, not only does the counterfeit product use the same formula as Beautiful Visage, but it is also priced lower. It has rapidly seized the market share of Beautiful Visage. From the sales report, it’s evident that the sales of Beautiful Visage have been rapidly declining.”
“Miss Fanny, the current situation is even more severe than he described. In the past three days, many high-end department stores have found our prices too high and have stopped cooperating with us, turning to Evalyn Beauty Studios instead. If this continues, Beautiful Visage will face a severe sales slump,” the Marketing Manager added with a pained expression.
Just as Rosemary was about to speak to calm everyone down, the Technical Director, Simon, walked into the room.
Seeing so many people in the conference room, Simon couldn’t help but tremble. His gaze then shifted to Rosemary, and suddenly, he rushed up to her and knelt down on the ground.
“Miss Fanny, I’m sorry!”
The magnitude of the situation, combined with Simon’s abnormal behavior, weighed heavily on Rosemary’s heart. She immediately realized what had happened-Simon had leaked the formula.