Chapter 1773 The Leak


    David carefully watched Charles'' face as he told him everything. He knew how serious this whole thing


    was. That was why he was so hesitant to tell Charles in the first ce. He didn''t know how to tell him


    properly.


    Charles'' face darkened as he listened to David. He tapped his fingers on the desk rhythmically and


    stared off into space. When David finished his report, Charles didn''t say anything.


    David didn''t say another word either. He remained standing, waiting for Charles to speak.


    "Knock, knock," someone''s voice suddenly intruded from the door.


    Charles and David both looked at the door.


    "Come in," David said after Charles nodded at him.


    Le took a deep breath, pushed the door open, and walked in.


    She knew about the leaked files long before David did. She didn''t realize that it would be such a big


    deal. It seemed that Holley''s n was working.


    "Le, what''s wrong?" David asked coldly as he looked at Le.


    She ignored David. Instead, she walked to Charles so that she was standing across from him.


    Then she put down some files on Charles'' desk. She looked into his eyes and said, "President Lu, I


    heard about the leaked documents online. Here''s my solution: I think before it gets more serious, the


    first thing we need to do is go to our partner''spany. I would suggest apologizing to them and


    take down all of Shining Company''s ads right away..."


    Le continued to share her ideas.


    David never liked Le. He just wrote her off as a pretty face, who knew nothing about business. She


    wouldn''t be here in the first ce if it weren''t for Melissa. But Le really impressed him today.


    The scandal had just barely started, and Le had alreadye up with solutions along with a drafted


    proposal. She was even quicker than David.


    Charles wasn''t really nning on listening to whatever Le was going to say because he thought that


    she was only making trouble again.


    However, he was surprised that Le hade up with constructive suggestions to deal with the crisis


    at hand. He lifted his head and looked at Le, who had a determined look on her face. Upon seeing


    this, he picked up the file she had ced on his desk and started reading it.


    After a few minutes, Charles said to Le, "Let''s go with your n."


    Then Charles said to David, "Work with Le, and find out who''s behind all this."


    "Yes, President Lu!" David answered immediately.


    "Now, go back to work." Charles gestured for Le and David to leave his office.


    David and Le exchanged nces before leaving.


    As soon as David and Le were out of the office, Le smiled at David and said to him, "Thank you for


    helping me, David."


    "I''m doing this for Charles and thepany. You don''t need to thank me," David said coldly.


    Even though Le had impressed him this time, that didn''t mean that he was going to change how he


    felt about her.


    David and Le spent the entire day trying to deal with the crisis. They were very efficient as they


    quickly came up with apensation n for their partner before the issue could get even worse.


    Their partner agreed to give the Shining Company a week to settle the problem. As long as Le and


    David could fix everything, all the while making sure they didn''t damage their partner''s interests,


    everything would be fine.


    Charles was pretty satisfied with what they had done, even though they couldn''t see it on his face. As


    David and Le waited for further instructions, he remained silent.


    David purposely coughed as if to bring back Charles'' attention.


    "President Lu, things are under control for now. And you have a meeting with President Xu tonight.


    Don''t forget."


    David knew that Charles didn''t like going to events like this, especially not banquets.


    Usually, David woulde up with an excuse so Charles wouldn''t have to go. But this was different.


    Charles needed to attend the banquet so that he could personally apologize to President Xu.


    Considering what had happened, they needed to show how sincere they were in their apology.


    Besides, David also didn''t want their efforts to be in vain.


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    In reality, this project wasn''t anything major. Charles could just as easily have let it go. However, the


    leaked documents had already gotten the attention of the public. Everyone was now watching closely. If


    they didn''t handle this properly, their other partners and investors might lose their confidence and trust


    in thepany. So even though Charles didn''t want to, he had to attend the banquet tonight, if only to


    assure their partners'' confidence in them.


    "President Lu, don''t worry. President Xu owes me a favor. I can go with you tonight. I''m sure he


    wouldn''t make things hard for you when he sees me," Le offered. Charles quickly nced at her.


    He stared at Le, lost in thought.


    Le was a little embarrassed being stared at by Charles like that. She lifted a hand to softly touch her


    cheek and put on a soft smile before speaking, "President, why are you staring at me like that? Is there


    something on my face?"


    Le could tell that Charles was impressed by her and that he just didn''t want to tell her.


    Le knew this was huge progress, but she also knew not to take it too far. She knew that if she did,


    she would only drive Charles away. This time she was going to take it slow, and wait for that one day


    when Charles would finally see her in a different light.


    "Le, you did a good job. Also, thank you for apanying me to the banquet tonight," Charles said


    to Le.


    "No problem, President Lu. If there''s nothing else, I should get back to work now," Le said calmly.


    She was on cloud nine but tried her best to hide her excitement. Then she left the office.


    After Le left, David asked Charles in confusion, "President Lu, Le really impressed me today. I


    mean, how does she know President Xu?"


    "Who''s behind the leak?" Charles interrupted. His face darkened.


    "It''s the new secretary. She said it was a mistake. I''ve fired her just in case, and Alice will take over her


    job."


    David was the person Charles trusted most in thepany. So David had the power to decide on huge


    things without even consulting Charles. Thus, he didn''t really have to report to Charles that he had fired


    a secretary.


    "A new secretary?" Charles murmured to himself, lost in thought.


    "President Lu, why? What''s the matter?" David asked upon seeing the confusion on Charles'' face.


    "Are you sure about that?" Charles asked David.


    He didn''t really expect David to give him an answer. There was just a lot going on.


    However, Charles didn''t want to believe that these were all just coincidences.


    "Yes, I''m sure, President Lu," David answered. He was confused as he didn''t know why Charles was


    questioning him like this.


    He knew Charles wouldn''t get suspicious over nothing. Something must have happened that led to this.