Chapter 181: Will Tang Jie’er Be Found Out?
Ye Chuxiao didn’t know the reason, and Senior Student Ziyi was also present, so he didn’t object.
Ye Chuxiao trusted Lu Ziyi, so she followed Chairman Tang’s request and wrote “Ye Chuxiao” on a piece of white paper.
Lu Ziyi placed Ye Chuxiao’s handwriting next to the back of the replaced design drawing.
Comparing the two, it was obvious that Ye Chuxiao’s handwriting was delicate, while the handwriting on the back of the design drawing had a somewhat sharp stroke. Even though the writer had intentionally restrained it, it still carried a personal style.
Ye Chuxiao’s original draft was replaced, and Chairman Tang and the two directors admitted it.
However, how could such a scandal of framing contestants occur in a competition organized by the Tang Group?
Chairman Tang’s gaze swept over the General Manager Tang Jie’er, but finally fixed on the staff member Xiao Yi, and commanded, “Xiao Yi, call over all the staff responsible for collecting submissions and sealing the designer information!”
“Yes!” Xiao Yi, with a pounding heart, went out with unsteady steps.
Ye Chuxiao looked confusedly at the back of a design draft with her name and information written on it, and it was written by someone else for her.
What was going on? Ye Chuxiao was bewildered. Lu Ziyi pulled her to his side and whispered, “It’s okay.”
Four staff members walked in tremblingly and stood in a line to the left of Chairman Tang, all with their heads bowed low, not daring to breathe.
The matter was very serious, and everyone was panicking. When the other staff members were called into the meeting room, they had already asked Xiao Yi what had happened and why the chairman had called them in for questioning.
Xiao Yi explained the whole story to everyone. The few girls were terrified. With such a blunder, they might be fired by the company!
“Xiao Yi,” Chairman Tang’s voice was slightly deep, carrying an imposing aura, “tell me the entire process of collecting submissions this morning! If Xiao Yi’s account is incomplete, the others will supplement it!”
“Yes… Yes, Chairman Tang,” Xiao Yi said nervously, “At 8:30 this morning, I and a few staff members waited in the adjacent meeting room for the designers to submit their drafts. By 9 o’clock, we had collected all twenty envelopes.”
“The designers were communicating in the meeting room. Miss Tang then asked us to bring the envelopes to this meeting room. After the four of us staff members had counted them, we affixed the designer information seals to the back of each design drawing.
“Then, before we prepared to take the design drawings to the head of the judging panel, Miss Tang did another check. Miss Tang supervised us throughout the entire process.”
Chairman Tang glanced at the other three staff members and asked sternly, “Do you have anything to add?”
“No… No,” the three girls stammered, “We were all together, and Miss Tang supervised… supervised us…”
Chairman Tang’s brow furrowed: “But when I came in just now, I only saw Xiao Yi alone. Where did the three of you go? Did you abandon your posts?”
“No, no, no…” The three girls shook their heads like rattles. “Miss Tang instructed us to entertain the designers and organize them for a group photo!”
Chairman Tang turned slightly, his gaze locking onto Xiao Yi and Tang Jie’er.
According to the statements of these staff members just now, the three staff members who came in later were entertaining the designers after organizing the design drawings, which ruled out the possibility of the design drawings being replaced.
And when Chairman Tang and the others entered the meeting room, they saw only Xiao Yi and Tang Jie’er. Either they committed the crime together, or one of them acted while the other was not paying attention.
Both Xiao Yi and Tang Jie’er were highly suspected.
