Chapter 204



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“Probably because the company wasn’t very important. It was just a subsidiary that went bankrupt and was no longer valuable. At that time, you were busy competing with Franklin for the hotel development project at the South China Sea Resort. I was in charge of all these small businesses.”

“Why did you go bankrupt?” Joseph asked him, “Why didn’t ST Group adopt a strategy to help the company?”

“ST Group couldn’t help itself. The reputation of the brand was ruined by those black-hearted factories and the manager at the time. They were so brave that they made cutbacks in a large number of children’s clothing materials and the materials chosen were of poor quality. The chemicals they contained were harmful to human beings and the news was blown to the four winds at that time. However, as SY Clothing and ST Group did not have many relationships, the headquarters was not affected. By the time I went to SY Clothing, the company was already empty.”

Five years ago, Joseph was not yet the head of ST Group. Harrison was a little concerned about Joseph running the company alone, plus Joseph had kept the birth of the child from Harrison and this made him unhappy, so the power to run the company was spread out and restricted.

Franklin, Joseph’s cousin, had the other half of the power to manage the company.

The hotel development project at the South China Sea Resort was a decisive game between the two, and it took Joseph two years to win. Franklin, who was the loser, packed his bags and left the ST Group. At that time, all the companies in the real estate investment industry were bidding for the project and had no time to worry about the trivial matters of the subsidiaries. They were all focused on the South China Sea Resort project, which would bring them a lot of profits.

Therefore, it was true that Joseph knew nothing about SY Clothing.

And there was another important reason.

Magnus, on the other end of the phone, said significantly: “It was said that the manager of SY Clothing at the time was Franklin’s lover. The two had a complicated relationship, so the company received a lot of ill-gotten gains. The company’s performance reported to the head office was always mediocre, but the head office surprisingly did not send anyone to manage it.”

It was simple to understand. SY Clothing was under Franklin’s control at the time, and Joseph couldn’t intervene in it at all.

“Put together the specific things that happened at that time and send it to me.” Joseph pondered for a moment, “I want a directory of all the clothing designers who worked at SY Clothing at that time.”

“Okay.”

After hanging up the phone, Joseph turned around. He was surprised to see Dante standing behind him.

“It’s not a good habit to eavesdrop on other people’s calls.” Joseph deliberately sneered at him. His words were unkind.

Dante, however, was a little taken aback. As Joseph was about to walk away, Dante turned and said to him from a distance.

“It’s impossible for you not to know what happened at that time. It was major news and the final blame placed on me was a decision made by someone at your headquarters.”

“I’m not interested in what happened to you then. Nor am I interested in why you hold a grudge against me. There are plenty of people who hate me, you’re not the only one.” After finishing his words, Joseph walked into the clinic without looking back.

The dark-haired man stood at the entrance of the clinic. His figure and the white walls of the clinic formed a sharp contrast of black and white, like a statue standing still for a long time.

After his wounds were dressed, Hayden fell asleep for two hours. When she awoke, she was almost numb, but still felt a little pain when she moved. He couldn’t help a gasp of pain.

“You’re still in pain, aren’t you?”

Joseph held her hand with an anguished expression. “The doctor has said that right now you are in no condition to travel long distances, as the blisters may tear. Therefore, we will observe your situation overnight and go to the city hospital tomorrow morning.”

Hayden’s voice was a little hoarse, probably due to too much yelling earlier. It took him half a minute to find his voice, “I’m hungry.”

Joseph who initially had a serious expression was taken aback and stood up hurriedly. “I’ll help you buy some food.”

“No need.”

Hayden blinked looking at the man behind him, “Mr. Bruke, you’ve come to bring me food, haven’t you?”

Joseph turned around and sure enough, he saw Dante standing just outside the entrance to the room, carrying a simple wooden box of food in his hand. He could vaguely smell the aroma of fish.

When he saw Dante, he became angry and his face immediately darkened. “Who asked you to come? Take that stuff away.”

“Give it to me, is it fish soup?” .

Joseph’s face was pale and he felt very embarrassed when he heard Hayden’s words lying on the bed.

Hayden was embarrassing him and even made an effort to greet Dante enthusiastically. He tried to sit up from the bed, but this caused him to tug at his wound and he grimaced again.

Dante rushed into the room, looking like he didn’t know what to say.

“Don’t move.” Joseph held Hayden’s shoulders to keep him from moving. He turned his head to look at Dante warningly, “Stay there and don’t move. Give me the stuff.”

“What are you doing? Mr. Bruke kindly came to bring me food.”

Hayden endured the pain and forced a smile at Dante, which looked more like a grimace than a smile.

“Mr. Bruke, thank you.”

Dante held the box of food with one hand and scratched his head with the other. “No, I’m the one who should apologize. I want to apologize to you.”

Without waiting for Hayden to respond, Joseph held out his hand with a cold expression. “You don’t need to talk nonsense. Just give me the stuff.”

If Hayden hadn’t wanted to eat a mouthful of fish congee, he really wouldn’t have wanted to touch anything from the psychopath.

However, as if Hayden had seized the opportunity, he fiercely pinched Joseph’s arm and looked at Dante with a smile.

“Mr. Bruke, sit down. It’s no big deal, you don’t have to take it to heart. You didn’t mean to. I’m just curious as to why you were so angry earlier.”

At her words, Dante’s face stiffened. He was at a loss and didn’t know whether he should sit down or stand up.

Joseph looked at him dismissively and blew on the fish fillet to cool it and held it close to Hayden’s mouth.

“Why don’t you ask me instead of asking him.”

“Do you know what they fought about?” Hayden ate a mouthful of fish congee with his spoon and looked at Joseph in amazement.

“I’ll tell you while you eat.”

Joseph didn’t like her interested look. She was curious about everything, but just ignored him standing in front of her.

The time it took to finish a bowl of chowder was enough time for them to explain the whole story to her.

To put it mildly, they were both right.

By that time, Dante was already a famous designer in the industry and a friend invited him to go to SY Clothing. His friend told him that it was a company that was supported by the ST Group, so he would have more freedom to design. But when he had been working at SY Clothing for a while, he received a batch of orders for high school students.

At that time, the fabrics Dante advocated were not directly adopted because of their high cost, so he got angry during the conference and said something ironically. He said that if the company wanted to save so much money, the defective fabrics had to be used, since they were not noticeable. But the factory was not expected to actually use substandard fabrics to pass them off as good.

Then something bad happened.

Dante wasn’t aware of all this, and when he found out, his superiors said it was all his fault, just to maintain the company’s reputation. Dante, aggrieved, could no longer stay in the design industry. So he was furious and went to Sea View.

In the end, Dante was so angry that his face turned red and he hastily said.

“It was the ST Group statement that clearly put the blame on me, and at that time the president of the company was you, Joseph Beckham.”

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