Deleting surveillance records can still be recovered. But if we turn off the surveillance, it will be a bit troublesome to investigate...
"President Qing, who do you think betrayed the company?" Yin Panpan was at a loss.
Qing Yan quickly thought of Hu Linquan's face in his mind. "We don't have evidence yet. With tomorrow's new release, you can..."
Qing Yan whispered something to Yin Panpan, who listened and doubted herself, "I... I'm afraid I can't do it..."
"You can," Qing Yan patted her shoulder, giving her great confidence. "I believe in you."
After Yin Panpan left, Qing Yan pulled up the surveillance footage from that day. Sure enough, someone had covered their tracks by deleting the evidence.
In fact, among all the deletion modes, manually deleting was the easiest to recover since it only caused a single change in the internal format of the hard drive. Following specific rules, the data could be easily restored.
Qing Yan's slender fingers tapped on the keyboard. After a while, all the previously deleted content appeared before their eyes.
Qing Yan saw a familiar figure entering her office.
It was indeed Hu Linquan!
At that time, there was no one in the office, and he had been there for quite a while. It was easy to guess that he was probably secretly photographing the design drafts.
When he left the office, his hands were empty. But from his confident and proud demeanor, it seemed that his scheme had succeeded, even his footsteps exuded a sense of triumph.
Without hesitation, Qing Yan's fingers tapped a few more times, disconnecting the exclusive Wi-Fi in his office.
On the other side.
Just after finishing a phone call, Hu Linquan looked down and realized his Wi-Fi had been disconnected. After reconnecting, he sat back in his chair and sipped his tea.
He didn't notice that the Wi-Fi he had just connected to was specially prepared by Qing Yan for him.
Qing Yan easily infiltrated his phone. At this moment, he was replying to a voice message to someone named Jin Shang, "That little blonde says she has a solution. She's young and thinks she can show off her abilities by speaking a few tough words. Little does she know that even if you and I take action, we are powerless against the current predicament."
"If she dares to release the same design tomorrow, I'll make sure she loses everything."
"Hahaha..." Hu Linquan chuckled while savoring his exquisite black tea. He leisurely continued, "Rest assured, she knows the consequences after the new release."
"With Yin Panpan's design talent, I wanted to bring her under my wing. Unfortunately, those who cannot be bought are nothing more than expendable pawns to us."
"She'll soon be behind bars. However, for a nobody like her to have her work recognized by the great designer Jin and help him achieve fame and fortune, it's already her honor."
Qing Yan copied all these conversations, as well as their previous chat records, as evidence. By searching through the chat records, she discovered that on the anniversary of Yin's father's passing, right after they left the office, Hu Linquan entered the office and secretly took photos of the sketches. There were a total of 23 designs, all of which were sent to Jin Shang. The time and style of the sketches matched perfectly. This was solid evidence!
After a while, while listening to a tune, Hu Linquan changed the tea pot and, while drinking, sought out Lin Shu, the boss of Shuyi Company, for some benefits.
"President Lin, I have given you the best design drafts from our company. I heard that you have already sold several thousand pieces of the finished product, and it will soon surpass ten thousand. According to our prior agreement..."
"Don't worry," Lin Shu quickly replied, "You'll get your 30% commission, no less! But as we agreed before, once you regain the position of the boss, you'll have to give us some favors at Shuyi Company."
"Naturally!" Hu Linquan said leisurely, "We're all on the same side, and I know what to do."
...
Qing Yan scanned all the apps on his phone and copied all the useful information, then called He Ning.
"Go and bring President Hu here."
He Ning hurriedly went to fetch him.
After a while, Hu Linquan swaggered in. "President Qing, do you want to know how to solve the predicament in front of you?"
Before Qing Yan could speak, Hu Linquan sat across from her and smugly smiled. "If I were you, I would simply submit my resignation letter and let headquarters handle it..."
"So, President Hu, are you eyeing my position? You keep emphasizing resignation... do you think you can handle it?" Qing Yan lightly raised her lips, exuding a strong presence.
"Hah," Hu Linquan found it amusing, "You're the one who can't handle it, right? Tomorrow, if you can't deliver the goods, let's see how you explain it to everyone!"
"Don't worry about that, President Hu."
Qing Yan threw a stack of reports in front of him. "These are the expense reports for every month since the company opened. I've gone through them, and on average, you spend just over a hundred thousand each month. Especially this month, there are a total of thirteen receipts, totaling one hundred and thirty thousand. What kind of clients are you entertaining with such a hefty sum?"
"Can't you read? President Qing, can't you read? Do I need to read each one to you?" Hu Linquan leaned back in his chair, appearing relaxed. "Like this month, entertaining thirteen clients cost thirteen thousand each on average..."
"The first receipt, on the 3rd of this month, you met with Liu, the vice president of Tianyi Clothing Company, and took him out for dinner, golf, and sauna, spending over nine thousand."
Hu Linquan wore a ruffian-like expression. "Any problem? I treat him to a meal, and he'll cooperate with us in the long term... You, a little girl, don't understand these social conventions..."
"But this month, Vice President Liu's wife is giving birth overseas, and Vice President Liu is out of the country, not in China."
Upon hearing this, Hu Linquan's expression changed slightly.
"This is the information I found." Qing Yan turned the computer screen toward him, showing photos of Vice President Liu living abroad.
"On the second invoice, on the 7th of this month, you met with General Manager Chen from Rubberband Company, treated him to a seafood feast, sang at a KTV, and had foot massages... It cost thirteen thousand."
Hu Linquan became somewhat uneasy. "So what?"
"On the 6th, General Manager Chen had just been to the emergency room for kidney stones, high uric acid, and gout. He received IV fluids at the hospital. It's impossible for him to have joined you for a seafood feast on the 7th."
Hu Linquan's face turned a bit unpleasant. "Do you have evidence?"
"Since I brought you here, naturally I have sufficient evidence." Qing Yan continued, "On the third invoice, on the 9th of this month, you treated the General Manager of Xuan Yi Company to a tea house, massage, and hot spring, spending fourteen thousand."
"And then?"
"He was on a business trip. From the 7th to the 11th of this month, he wasn't even in Beijing."
Hu Linquan had fully realized that the situation was not good. His body unconsciously straightened up, no longer as audacious as before.
"These are the pieces of evidence of your falsely reported expenses over the past year." Qing Yan clicked the mouse, and hundreds of files appeared on the screen. She faintly curved her lips. "President Hu, do you have anything else to say?"