After saying that, Mr. James left.
Irene and the others looked at each other, not understanding what he meant.
After Mr. James left, Elio said, “Someone in the company leaked the secret.”
“But I don’t know who that person is. I have to investigate him carefully when I go back.”
Irene nodded to show that she knew. Her expression was a little serious. If this person was not found out in a day, it meant that they could not live in peace in the future. They were always worried that someone would leak the company’s secrets.
“Irene, you must find this person as soon as possible.” Millicent also looked anxious.
…
The consequences of returning to the company were not small. Many shareholders knew that Irene did not buy that piece of land. They looked a little pretentious, and the one who caused the most trouble was David.
At the meeting of the company, David said, “It’s a great loss that our company didn’t bid for that piece of land this time.”
Several shareholders also nodded in agreement. If this piece of land was developed by their company, their strength would be greatly improved.
“Why do I have to say that you are too self-willed? Isn’t it good for us to work together?”
“Why do you have to fight alone? And that Ann family’s young master. His surname isn’t Wilson, and he’s not a member of our company. Who knows what he’s up to? Don’t even know if he’s trying to lure a wolf in.”
Irene sneered in her heart. When Elio came to help her at the beginning, they had made several cooperations, but he didn’t say that at that time.
David’s words implied that Irene was a man of her word and wanted to provoke the dissatisfaction of the shareholders so that they could attack her together.
In his eyes, she was just a little girl. She had just been a president for a short time, and she was confident that she could continue to do it in the face of so many shareholders’ accusation.
At that time, he would find an excuse to say that Irene was not familiar with the company, so he asked her to learn more. During this period, they would temporarily take charge of the company and see how Irene would refute. David thought proudly, as if he had seen the president’s seat waving at him.
Irene’s silence made David even more arrogant.
“President Jones, you treat us shareholders as outsiders. You said that we won’t harm the company.”
“Besides, the company’s loss of benefits is not good for us. As the saying goes, people are very popular. If you can listen to us more this time, maybe this piece of land will not be bought by that unknown company.”
David’s words were reasonable, as if he was devoted to the company. Those who didn’t know his true face would probably be fooled.
It seemed that Irene was very wary of these shareholders. She could even trust an outsider, but she was on guard against them as if they were thieves. Would they betray the company? Many shareholders felt a little uncomfortable when they heard this.
Seeing that Irene did not speak, David thought that she was speechless.
David seemed to be very considerate of the company’s shareholders. Coupled with what he said, many shareholders were a little shaken and began to think about whether Irene, the president, was qualified or not.
In their opinion, David was also the leader of the company. From the perspective of the company’s interests, he didn’t doubt what Irene said at all. He was a little dissatisfied with Irene.
Some shareholders who supported Irene were a little anxious. In their opinion, Irene had no major mistake. Originally, the bidding was unpredictable. Who could win the ticket?
How could Irene be defeated so easily by David’s words? After watching David’s good performance, Irene finally said, “Mr. Lee, have you finished speaking?”
“I want to tell you one thing. At the end of the auction, the organizer announced the base price of all the companies, and the Wood Group’s price was only tens of thousands higher than ours. What does this mean?”
Irene’s words were like a bomb thrown into the crowd, and David was caught off guard by her words.
After all, the auction had just ended, and generally, it would not announce the price of all the companies’ bidding. Even if it was announced, it would take some time or some means to find out.
David didn’t expect that Irene would find out so soon. Tom lost his temper because he didn’t buy the land. He didn’t tell David that he didn’t get it or the organizer announced the price on the spot.
When Irene went to bid, she only brought a few trusted subordinates. The news of David was not so fast. Seeing that Irene did not get the bid, she thought that no matter which company bought it, she could take this opportunity to pull Irene down.
He never thought that things would develop like this. If he had known this would happen, he would not have been so impulsive for the time being. Maybe Irene would have noticed something.
“It doesn’t mean that there are some people in our company who eat from the inside.” Irene continued.
In her opinion, David was very suspicious and could not wait any longer. Irene did not believe that there was no ghost in her heart, but she doubted that there was no definite evidence in her hand.
“President Jones, what if the Wood Group finds out that you accidentally leaked it out? I heard that Elio had dinner with Tom before.”
David tried to make trouble. Today, he probably offended Irene, so he might as well offend her. Anyway, Irene had no evidence to prove that he had never had any contact with Tom.
“Mr. Lee, I heard that it was a coincidence. You are very well-informed,” Irene looked at David and said.
“President Jones, are you suspecting me? I have been in the company for so many years, and I have done a lot of hard work without any credit. You disappoint us old officials.” David suddenly cried, as if Irene had done something wrong.
Many shareholders spoke for David, saying that he would not do such a thing.
“What’s wrong with Mr. Lee? I just talked about it casually and didn’t say it’s you. It’s too much of a reaction.” Irene pretended to be very surprised.
David said with some embarrassment, “I’m afraid that President Jones will misunderstand me…”
“Well, that’s all for today’s meeting.” Irene probably had a suspect in her heart. She also knew where the target was, so she began to investigate from David.
After Irene interrupted them and told them that someone had leaked the bidding price, everyone’s focus was on it. No one blamed Irene for failing the bidding.
After all, it was a big deal that someone in a company colluded with the outside company, and this person was quite capable. Otherwise, he would not get Irene’s bidding price. Irene had done a good job of keeping secrets. Few people knew about it.
David and the others were also afraid to say anything. If Irene insisted that they were traitors, it would be hard to explain. It would leave a stain on their taking over the company in the future.
David was a person who valued reputation very much. He didn’t want to be gossiped about behind others’ backs, and he didn’t want to have any board members talk about it in the future.
Although David did contact Tom, he didn’t get Irene’s bidding price. At most, he just provided the news. David didn’t know who the mysterious man was, and Tom didn’t tell him.
After returning to the office, Irene had a headache. David had a lot of shares and his position in the company was quite important. If it was really him, it would be a little troublesome to deal with it.
After several days of investigation, Irene finally pulled out a few nails that had been arranged by someone around her. The identities of these people were still high.
All kinds of clues pointed to Tom, but these people were quite stubborn. They only said that they were obsessed with Tom’s money and then gave him some news. They did not admit that it was Tom’s order.
Irene didn’t have any hard evidence to prove that she couldn’t do anything to David. If she acted rashly, the board members of the company might have a problem with her and could only expel these people as a warning to others.
After David pushed out a few scapegoats, the matter of having a mole in the company was over. Irene could only remind her to keep an eye on David. In addition, she was more careful about the people around her.
“How’s the investigation of Irene going? Did you find out?” Elio called and asked with concern.
“I’ve caught him, but I can’t catch him in a short time. Han Bai, please help me find out who David is and find someone to keep an eye on him.”
Irene had no choice. There were too many things in the company, so she could only ask Elio for help for the time being.
At this time, Millicent came to the company with the cooked soup. When she came to the office, she saw Irene making a phone call, but she didn’t make a sound.
“Is it for Elio?” Millicent put down the soup in her hand and asked.
“Well, I asked him to help me investigate a person,” Irene said after hanging up the phone.
“Have you found that person?” Xia Wang asked with concern as he picked up a bowl and filled it with soup.
“It’s just that we can’t do anything to him for the time being without evidence.” Irene was helpless. David was cunning and it was difficult to catch his weakness at the moment. She could only wait to see if Elio would make any progress.
Irene’s eyebrows were almost knitted together. “Well, don’t think too much about Irene. Foxs always show their tail. Come and drink it while it’s hot. The chicken soup that has just been cooked is not delicious when it’s cold.” As she spoke, she called for Irene to sit down and handed over the bowl.
“Millicent, I find it a little strange. Normally, those people arranged by David wouldn’t know the price of my bidding at all. I have kept it so well. I really don’t know which part is wrong.”
When Millicent heard this, she was a little stunned when she handed the bowl over. “Who knows? Maybe you didn’t notice something. After all, David has been in your company for so long. Not to mention his strength, many people support him.”
Millicent said indifferently. Irene thought it was reasonable. Maybe David had used other means to get it.
“But you have to be careful next time. Don’t let him succeed again.” Millicent reminded him.