A Call That Changed Her Entire Life

Chapter 1500 Some Tricks

"Boss, according to our current data, the products that were released by our company today are almost sold out. Now, all the merchants have called us to urge the delivery of more goods. Our product launch is a success, if I do say so myself."

Sam gleefully reported the sales results. However, when he noticed that Jacob's expression remained stoic, he turned it down a notch. "It's a pity that the person responsible for the KING Group's success couldn't be poached to work for our company. If he was here, I do not doubt that our products would have been more superior. In fact, we probably would've made double the profits."

Jacob listened intently to Sam's report and reviewed the data carefully. He kept nodding as he talked.

The result was nearly within his expectations.

Jacob thought over his plan again and made sure that it would go smoothly and perfectly.

Back then, HT Group had prepared two new plans for the product launch. If one of the plans weren't executed to perfection, then the other one would be used as an alternative immediately.

Originally, their best plan was to poach the head of the research and development in the KING Group to make sure that the HT Group's new products could have the same, if not better, quality. Unfortunately, that plan had failed.

The second plan that Jacob mentioned was the one they had ended up executing. Since HT Group's products couldn't compete with the KING Group's products in terms of quality, Jacob had to think of a different strategy for small profits and quick returns. He figured that they could first enter the food market, and then snatch the consumers away from the KING Group by improving their product quality.

"But Mr. Gu, regarding the product quality improvement in the future..." Sam was still a little concerned. After all, he had to admit that the KING Group was quite competitive. They wouldn't back down so

easily.

If the KING Group continued to dominate every business they ventured into with more outstanding talents, then it would be extremely difficult for the HT Group to surpass them.

"Don't worry too much. Someone will come to our company soon." Thinking of how Darren had looked before leaving the other day, Jacob turned to Sam and ordered again, "Just continue looking out for new products. I think Darren still has something up his sleeve."

"Okay."

Sam had been monitoring Darren's movements since the beginning, but he was still caught off guard. Something terrible happened concerning the HT Group's newly launched products. However, Sam couldn't pinpoint the exact cause of the problem.

"Boss, the public relations department has been dealing with the public opinions on the internet. However, since the incident happened so unexpectedly, we need some more time to handle it."

Jacob browsed through the comments on the internet. He knew that Emily must have seen them by now, but he had no time to call her at the moment.

"Inform all the major media companies that we will hold a press conference at three o'clock." It was impossible for the public relations department to appropriately handle the food poisoning incident. Holding a press conference to explain the situation was the best approach they could take for now.

Jacob squinted angrily at the strings of curses he saw on the Internet.

'Darren, you bastard. I truly underestimated you. I didn't expect that you would do something like this, ' Jacob thought to himself.This belongs © NôvelDra/ma.Org.

However, if Darren thought that he could defeat the HT Group in this way, then he was wrong. Perhaps Darren wasn't the only one who underestimated his enemy.

As Jacob had expected, Emily was anxiously waiting for him at home.

A few days ago, she had been just casually browsing through her social media at home, filled with great joy for all the good news about the new product launch of HT Group. But now, all she could see was the food poisoning issue that had happened.

"I have always thought that the HT Group was a role model when it comes to the quality of their goods. However, it seems that perhaps I've had a lapse in judgment."

"No company is perfect. But if the HT Group doesn't give out a reasonable explanation about the food poisoning incident, it will be the only thing that people will remember about them."

"I heard that one of the ingredients in the HT Group's snacks didn't match up to the given standard. How could they allow those products to be launched to the market? Is making a profit really more important than the health of your consumers?"

"Go to hell, HT Group! You dare launch subpar food to the market. I hope you all suffer food poisoning!"

Emily was so angry that she was incredibly tempted to make her own account just to argue with the netizens who were speaking ill of HT Group.

Looking at the small bundle of snacks in the room, Emily was confident that the snacks produced by HT Group were high-quality. On the day of launching the snacks in the market, Jacob had brought her back a lot of those snacks. Everyone in her family who had eaten the snacks was fine. So how come those people on the internet were claiming that they had gotten food poisoning after eating the snacks?

Someone must be sabotaging the HT Group!

"Mrs. Gu, if you are worried about Mr. Gu, you should give him a call." Seeing that Emily was trembling with anxiety and anger, the servant beside her couldn't help but feel concerned about her well-being.

Emily stared at the phone for a while before she finally reached for it and started to dial a number.

"Ms. Gu, there has been a new development," the servant beside her murmured just as she was about to make the call.

Emily's heart suddenly skipped a beat and she had a bad feeling about it. When she saw the distressed expression on the servant's face, she was sure that something bad had happened.

"Due to the involvement of several people and areas in the food poisoning incident of HT Group, the quality inspection bureau immediately went to the manufacturing unit to investigate the incident and test the product quality. Now, what the audience is seeing is the test result of the inspection. The results show that the snacks produced by HT Group do contain an ingredient that does not match up to the standard of the guidelines…"

The servant opened a video on her phone, and the host's voice echoed all over the room. As she heard the host's report, Emily felt dizzy. Her brain felt dull and empty. She didn't know what to think.

Didn't match up to the standard? What did that mean?

Emily stayed in a trance for a long time. When she got her bearings, the first thing she did was pick up the phone to call Jacob. However, Jacob didn't answer her calls.

At this time, Jacob was caught off guard. He hadn't expected that Darren would even guess how he would react after the public gave their hateful opinions. He had planned to schedule a press conference to clearly explain the incident to the public and what HT Group was going to do about it. After the press conference, he planned to find the evidence and prove that he was being framed. But he hadn't

expected that the quality inspection bureau would be so quick to come to his company before he was able to do anything.

As he thought of the test results of the quality inspection bureau, Jacob huffed coldly.

It seemed that Darren had a lot of connections and had proven himself to be quite resourceful. He already had moles within HT Group. Jacob was going mad as he thought about it over and over. He was being framed and he had no solid evidence to properly back it up or connect it to Darren. However, he quickly regained his composure and thought about what the KING Group might do next.

He wasn't sure if he had lost or benefited from the matter. Maybe both but in equal proportions, so there was really no effect in the end.

It was difficult to tell how long the KING Group would hold out and if they would survive as a company in the near future.

They could no longer hold a press conference because the result of the quality inspection bureau was already public knowledge. The only thing that Jacob could do at the moment was to cooperate with the investigations of the relevant departments. He was strong enough and mentally prepared for these things to happen. However, he was worried that perhaps Emily would be most affected by the comments on the internet.

The public opinions on the Internet had become rather controversial because of the alleged food poisoning. Somehow, the comments even doubled after the result of the product testing came out. It was as if a bomb had exploded and had the public voicing out their concerns one after another. Previously, some of the netizens might have been still willing to give them the benefit of the doubt. They could have gotten enough of the public to believe that the food poisoning incident was just a mistake. However, now, it would be a difficult task to get even just one person to believe them.

Almost everyone in the comments had negative opinions and was actively cursing the HT Group.

"Emily, you'd better be staying away from the news on the internet these days. Don't read the comments. Uninstall all apps if you have to. If you are free, just spend more time with the kids. Don't let yourself get stressed over this. Think about the children."