The crowd and journalists below the stage suddenly fell silent, all eyes turning to Li Qiushui.
Qin Shiyun nodded and took a step back, leaving the spotlight on Li Qiushui.
Li Qiushui had been with the company for a long time. When Qin Shiyun first founded the company, Li Qiushui was a receptionist.
Later, Qin Shiyun discovered her potential, nurtured and promoted her, allowing her to rise from a receptionist to the position of Vice President.
Now, in the company, Li Qiushui could be considered superior to everyone else.
At this moment, seeing Li Qiushui stepping forward to shoulder the burden and solve the problem, Qin Shiyun felt relieved.
Next, Li Qiushui spoke.
"Dear friends, esteemed journalists, as the Vice President of Beauty Company, I am willing to swear in my name that everything I am about to say is the truth, without a single word of falsehood!"
Li Qiushui took a deep breath and then proclaimed loudly
"Beauty Company indeed sells inferior beauty products!"
"The lady's face was indeed disfigured because she used Beauty Company's product!"
"Beauty Company indeed resorted to unfair violent behavior against this lady!"
Li Qiushui's three consecutive sentences, with three "indeed"s, instantly ignited the whole scene.
A commotion broke out!
"What's going on? Beauty Company's Vice President, Li Qiushui, exposing the company's dark side? Admitting everything?"
"Even the Vice President, Li Qiushui, has come forward to testify. It seems that Beauty Company is truly a terrible company! The lady who was disfigured is so pitiful!"
"Hmph, selling inferior beauty products, deceiving consumers, making a fortune for themselves, Beauty Company is simply heartless! Who would dare to buy their products in the future?"
"Qin Shiyun, you, the CEO of Beauty Company, what else do you have to say? Has your conscience been eaten by dogs?"
Amidst the uproar, the crowd roared angrily towards the stage.
"Qiushui, what... what are you doing? Why... why would you do this?"
Qin Shiyun looked at Li Qiushui in disbelief, her face turning pale. In her beautiful eyes, there was an expression of incredulity, as if she had seen a ghost.
Meanwhile, Li Qiushui wore a resolute expression on her face, ignoring Qin Shiyun and continued in a righteous tone
"To be honest, as the Vice President of Beauty Company, I naturally want the company to succeed, but I cannot betray my conscience!"
"I, Li Qiushui, still have a conscience!"
"Therefore, I am bravely stepping forward to expose the ugly side of Beauty Company!"
"Of course, I am fully prepared for the retaliation that CEO Qin might unleash upon me."
"I, Li Qiushui, hereby declare that from this moment on, I am no longer an employee of Beauty Company!"
"I am cutting ties with Beauty Company!"
As Li Qiushui finished speaking, she forcefully tore off her employee badge and threw it to the ground.
At the same time, Zhang Yong, the Deputy Manager of the Security Department, also tore off his employee badge from his chest, threw it on the ground, and stomped on it. He loudly declared
"I, Zhang Yong, Deputy Manager of Beauty Company's Security Department, also declare here that I am cutting ties with Beauty Company! I refuse to be their lackey! I want to be a person with a conscience!"
Following that, several employees from the Sales Department and a few security guards from the Security Department stepped onto the stage together.
They all ripped off their employee badges from their chests and threw them on the ground, loudly proclaiming:
"We have long been disgusted with the practices of Beauty Company. We refuse to associate ourselves with them any longer!"
"You... you..." Faced with the betrayal of Li Qiushui, Zhang Yong, and others, Qin Shiyun's face turned as pale as paper.
These employees, the vast majority of whom were personally recruited by her, and Li Qiushui in particular, were all nurtured by her.
Qin Shiyun treated her as a sister!
But she never expected that they would all betray her now!
Of course, there were also some employees and security personnel in the audience who remained loyal to Qin Shiyun.
They wanted to step onto the stage and drive Li Qiushui and the others away, but they were stopped by Zhang Yong, who commanded a few security guards who had betrayed Qin Shiyun, preventing them from coming up.
"Beauty Company is going bankrupt! Close down Beauty Company!"
"Beauty Company is going bankrupt!"
"Beauty Company is going bankrupt!"
At this moment, someone shouted, and then everyone followed suit and began shouting.
On the elevated stage, Qin Shiyun's face lost all color.
Amidst the roar of the crowd, she kept stepping back until she unknowingly reached the edge of the stage.
"Ah!"
Qin Shiyun stepped into thin air, losing her balance, and fell backward towards the stage.
In the next second, when Qin Shiyun was about to land, a pair of strong arms reached out from below and caught her.
Startled, Qin Shiyun looked up and saw a smirked face in front of her.
It was Ning Chuan!
"Why... why did you come now!"
Upon seeing Ning Chuan, Qin Shiyun blurted out without thinking, venting her grievances on him.
But as soon as the words left her mouth, she immediately realized.
Ning Chuan was just an unknown person with decent skills as a bodyguard.
Even if she gave him the position of Security Department Manager, how could he handle the current situation?
Whether he came or not, what difference would it make?
"Put... put me down."
Realizing this, Qin Shiyun quickly struggled to stand upright.
"Alright, from now on, leave this to me."
Ning Chuan let go of Qin Shiyun and said.
"Leave it to you? Can you solve the current problem?"
Qin Shiyun frowned at Ning Chuan and shook her head.
In her heart, she thought, as long as this mysterious Ning Chuan doesn't betray her like Li Qiushui and Zhang Yong, it would be enough.
The current situation was complex, perhaps even reaching a desperate point.
Li Qiushui, Zhang Yong, that Li Chuang, and the employees who betrayed her, their actions were definitely not spontaneous. It must have been planned in advance.
Behind all of this, there may be another mastermind!
However, how should she handle it now?
While Qin Shiyun was still deep in thought, Ning Chuan had already taken big strides toward the elevated stage.
"Hey, everyone, look! This person is the white-faced man maintained by Qin Shiyun in the company. He's the one who injured me!"
As soon as Li Chuang on the stage saw Ning Chuan, he immediately shouted angrily.
"Yes, that's right! This guy is called Ning Chuan, the white-faced man maintained by Qin Shiyun. Not only is Qin Shiyun wicked, but her personal life is also chaotic!"
Zhang Yong also pointed at Ning Chuan and shouted loudly.
"As far as I know, many of the wicked ideas Qin Shiyun came up with were suggested by this white-faced man she maintains!"
Li Qiushui also looked maliciously at Ning Chuan and sneered.
Crash!
The crowd below the stage erupted in commotion once again, and everyone's gaze focused on Ning Chuan.
Scandalous rumors like this often attracted the most attention.
Everyone wanted to see just who this white-faced man, who was maintained by Qin Shiyun, the female CEO of Beauty Company, really was.
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