After all the hard work Simon had put in, he betrayed her! Rosemary was so surprised that she couldn’t speak for a moment.
Leo naturally understood what had happened and looked at Simon with a stern voice, “Simon, why did you leak Beautiful Visage’s secret formula?”
Simon knew that Leo was the behind-the-scenes boss of Leo&Rose Cosmetics. Upon hearing this, he trembled and explained tearfully, “Mr. Bloomer, I’m sorry to you and Miss Fanny. I’m really damned!”
“They kidnapped my grandson. If I didn’t give them Beautiful Visage’s secret formula, they would have torn him apart… I… I really had no choice…”
“Evalyn Beauty Studios kidnapped your grandson?” Leo asked again.
“Yes. Evalyn Beauty Studios is a recently established company under Stellar Beauty Pharmaceuticals Group. The general manager is Lawrence!” Simon replied quickly.
“Lawrence?!” Rosemary’s face changed drastically as she cursed angrily, “That bastard!”
Rosemary took out her phone from her bag and found Lawrence’s number before dialing it directly on speakerphone.
“Rosemary, why are you suddenly calling me? Do you miss me?” After the call connected, Lawrence’s lazy voice with teasing tone came through the phone speaker.
Rosemary shouted into her phone, “Lawrence! You stole my company’s Beautiful Visage secret formula to produce counterfeit products for malicious competition! What do you want to do?”
Lawrence chuckled, “It seems like there is such a thing, Rosemary. It’s now an era of shared economy. Yours is mine, and mine is yours. What’s there between us to divide?”
Not only was Lawrence not afraid but instead showed an shameless attitude.
“Lawrence, the secret formula of Beautiful Visage has been patented by our company. You used illegal means to steal it. This is illegal. I will sue you!” Rosemary was completely enraged by Lawrence’s shamelessness.
“Oh really? Then go ahead and sue.” Lawrence sounded indifferent. “With my professional legal team assisting me, I believe our lawsuit will take at least one or two years. At that time, your market share of Beautiful Visage would have already been eaten up by my Visage Beauty!”
“Besides, even if you win the lawsuit, I have the secret formula in my hands. If I sell it to other small companies, what consequences do you think will arise? You should know better than me,” Lawrence said smugly while sitting on a leather sofa in Evalyn Beauty Studios’ general manager’s office with his phone and cigar in hand.
Lawrence wasn’t short of money to spend. He took the risk of obtaining Beautiful Visage’s secret formula for no other reason than to bring down Leo&Rose Cosmetics, a company founded by Rosemary.
Just from its name alone, Lawrence knew that Leo&Rose Cosmetics took one word from both Leo and Rosemary’s names. This made him quite unhappy because bringing down Leo&Rose Cosmetics would be equivalent to bringing down Leo!
“Scoundrel! Shameless!” Rosemary shouted into the phone.
Lawrence remained calm and confident as he replied, “Rosemary, after all this time, don’t you know my intentions towards you?”
“Lawrence, give up on your delusions!”
“Well then since you’re going to treat me like this, let’s put everything on the table. All you have to do is agree with one request of mine; I’ll make Visage Beauty disappear from the market and won’t leak out your Beautiful Visage secret formula.”
“What request?” Although she knew that Lawrence’s request was bound to be outrageous, she still asked patiently.
“My request is…” Lawrence paused intentionally before continuing, “to gather all your company managers together and make Leo kneel in front of me like a dog barking before withdrawing his shares from your company!”
After stating his demand out loud, Lawrence felt extremely satisfied inside.
Leo dared provoke him so he should prepare himself for what was coming!
“Lawrence, stop being delusional!” Rosemary hung up directly without any hesitation.
She never thought that such an uproar over counterfeit goods was actually aimed at her by Lawrence against Leo.
The management team looked at each other dumbfoundedly after Rosemary hung up her phone call during their meeting room discussion.
They never expected Evalyn Beauty Studios would propose such a ridiculous demand.
The absurdity of this requirement lay in treating business as child’s play just so someone could kneel down like a dog barking.
However, the crowd quickly came to their senses. Although the request was ridiculous, it was impossible to satisfy the other party’s demands.
Kneeling on the ground, barking like a dog, aside from the personal insult it brought, Leo, as the behind-the-scenes boss of Leo & Rose Cosmetics, held absolute controlling rights. Judging from the current development momentum of Leo & Rose Cosmetics, the potential benefits it could generate in the future would be immeasurable. Only a fool would withdraw their shares.
Rosemary scanned the room and asked, “You all heard their demands. Does anyone have a solution?”
The Chief Financial Officer pondered and said, “Miss Fanny, I have a suggestion.”
“Please, go ahead.”
“Let Mr. Bloomer publicly withdraw his shares, while secretly transferring the shares to his family members. Once the situation has passed, we can transfer the shares back.”
Leo immediately vetoed, “This plan won’t work. The issue with the counterfeit products was intentionally orchestrated by Lawrence to target me. So if there are any changes in my shares, he will definitely be watching closely.”
The Manager of the Planning Department couldn’t help but interject, “Mr. Bloomer is right. Even if we put aside the matter of the shares, how can we let Mr. Bloomer kneel and bark like a dog?”
“Insulting Mr. Bloomer is equivalent to insulting our company. Maybe we should report to the police and take legal action.”
“Legal proceedings take too long, and our losses will be even greater. I think there’s no need to confront Evalyn Beauty Studios head-on. It’s not a big deal to bark like a dog a couple of times.”
“Not a big deal? You say that so easily. Why don’t you get on all fours and bark a few times in front of me?”
“I think Mr. Griffiths makes a valid point. If it were me, facing such a huge crisis in the company, I would bark like a dog. After all, it wouldn’t cost me anything.”
“People live for their dignity. Mr. Bloomer is not as lowly as you are!”
“Damn it, who the hell are you calling lowly?”
The company’s profitability directly affected the personal interests of the management team present. In the midst of emotional turmoil, the discussion quickly devolved into mutual accusations.
Rosemary, feeling frustrated and unable to control the situation any longer, slammed the table and angrily said, “Enough! Shut up, all of you!”
The meeting room, which had turned into a chaotic marketplace-like environment, immediately fell silent.
Everyone knew Rosemary’s temper well. When this beautiful boss got angry, it was terrifying.