Chapter 271 Counterattack
Chapter 271 Counterattack
What did he mean? All the directors were confused about Horace's abrupt move. What was in the
latest news?
The phone that Horace threw on the table slid into a director. The director picked up the phone
curiously and looked at it. Then his face suddenly changed, "How come?"
When the crowd heard his words and saw his expression change, they were also curious about what
he had seen.
"What happened?" Sean asked with an unfriendly look. It was not easy for him to seize a chance to
defeat Horace. He must not make any mistakes at this critical moment.
"Mr. Kirkland, look." The director stood up and walked to Sean, handing Sean the phone in his hand.
Seeing the content on the phone, Sean's face turned livid.
Seeing this, everyone took out their mobile phones and began to search for news about Kirkland
Group, and then their faces all darkened. Ccontent © exclusive by Nô/vel(D)ra/ma.Org.
As soon as they entered the words "Kirkland Group" in the search box, the information shown in almost
all the news titles was "Food Additives of Kirkland Group's Product Exceeds the Limit", "Consumers
Ask for An Explanation from Kirkland Group", "Issues of Food Safety, Kirkland Group Under
Investigation".
Everyone clicked it open with a serious look. It turned out that the subsidiary companies in charge of
food production were found to have obviously excessive supplements. And these subsidiaries were
owned by Sean.
Several influential news media published this news. For a time, Kirkland Group was pushed to the
forefront of public opinion, exerting a negative impact on society.
Customers were also extremely disgusted with this kind of thing, and they all launched a strong attack
on Kirkland Group on the Internet.
"Aren't they afraid of killing people? Who is responsible for the supervision of such a company? I think
it should be sentenced to intentional homicide."
"Such a company must be severely punished, making them bankrupt. Let's see if they dare to do such
a conscienceless thing."
"I don't know what the hell the food inspection department is doing. Dose the department work? The
government should strengthen the effectiveness of punishment system. Give us a safe environment."
"I really hope that Kirkland Group will duly handle this accident, and I also hope that the victims of this
incident can get their compensation. And I demand that those responsible be brought to justice."
...
Looking at the comments of netizens, everyone was a little flustered. Once customers doubted the food
safety, it was difficult to find a way to regain their trust.
If this matter couldn't be solved well, not only subsidiaries owned by Sean would be closed down, but
also the reputation of the whole Kirkland Group might be affected.
"Have you seen it clearly?" Horace looked around. When the crowd heard his words, they all looked at
each other in silence, no longer behaving in a threatening manner.
Seeing that everyone was silent, Horace snorted in his heart. Weren't they all domineering just now?
Why were they all dumb now?
Then he turned to look at Sean and asked, "How are you going to explain this to everyone?"
Giving Horace a ferocious look, Sean was speechless and didn't know how to defend himself. The
news was exposed so suddenly that he was caught off guard.
Seeing everyone's expression, Russell stood up and took the mobile phone of a director beside him to
check. After reading the content of the news, he immediately became furious.
"Sean, what the hell is going on?" Russell pounded the table and questioned. "I have told you many
times that you must pay attention to food safety. This thing can't be ignored. Do you turn a deaf ear to
my words?"
"Grandpa, how could I forget your words? But I didn't know about it until now." In a hurry, Sean stood
up and explained to Russell. "It must be done by those workers. I'll investigate the matter now."
"It's useless to investigate now. The news has been reported," Russell was so angry that his face
turned red.
Being scolded in front of so many people, Sean felt a little embarrassed, but at this time, he could only
answer carefully, "I see, grandpa. I'll ask people to handle this thing right away. Please believe me, I will
deal with this matter."
At this time, Horace saw Sean's assistant pacing anxiously outside the meeting room and looking at
the situation inside from time to time.
With a sneer in his heart, Horace said to him, "Come in."
The assistant also knew that it was not a good thing to go in at this time, but he had to listen to
Horace's order, so he had to bite the bullet and go in.
He wanted to whisper to Sean, but his action irritated Russell. "What? Is there anything that I can't
listen to?"
"No, sir. It's... it's..." The assistant stammered with fear. He glanced at Sean and had to say, "It's Mr.
Scott, director of Paxcred Food, who wants to see Mr. Sean Kirkland. He said he had something
important to report."
"Well, what else can it be? It's all your fault." Pointing at Sean, Russell scolded, "Let him in!"
"Yes, sir." After receiving the order, the assistant left the meeting room in a hurry.
Soon, a bald, fat middle-aged man came in. Before he entered the room, he spoke first, "Sean,
something bad happened. Please hurry up..."
After entering the meeting room and seeing the scene inside, this man immediately stopped talking.
My God! Why there were so many directors, and even Russell was there? Did he know that the food
company has been investigated? So, he was waiting to blame me?
At the thought of this, Mr. Scott's forehead began to sweat. He was afraid that he would lose his job.
"What happened?" Russell snapped.
Hearing Russell's words, Mr. Scott was a little trembling. "Sir, people from Food Security Administration
came. They said that Paxcred Food would be temporarily suspended from business. And we must
cooperate with the investigation. I have no idea what we should do, so..."
Hearing his words, Sean's face darkened and glared at him.
Never make, always break. Why did he have to come at this moment? He just added fuel to the fire.
Frightened by Sean's glare, Mr. Scott's legs were trembling. "I'm afraid that I will have a hard time this
time," he thought.
"All of you are so troublesome," Russell hadn't been so angry for a long time. "Go and deal with it."
"Yes, Grandpa." With these words, Sean walked out of the meeting room with a dark face.
"Wait a minute." Seeing that Sean was about to leave, Horace said, "Sean, didn't you just say that
anyone who made a mistake wouldn't have the right to take over Kirkland Group? Now that such a
thing happened to the company under your control, does it mean that you will also hand over the
shares of Kirkland Group?
"Horace..." Sean angrily pointed at him, but couldn't say anything to refute him. If he didn't let go of the
thing that Horace had leaked clients' information, he would get himself into trouble in the end.
Thinking of what he had just said, Sean felt his face burning, and at the same time, he hated Horace
even more in his heart.
He didn't believe that such a coincidence would happen. He had just summoned the board of directors
to attack Horace, and then such a bad thing had been exposed on the Internet. He was sure that it
must have something to do with Horace.
But no matter how reluctant he was, he had to let go of Horace first.
"That's enough," Russell yelled. "This is not the time to quarrel. You two still have the mood to argue
here. The most important thing now is to find a way to suppress the news on the Internet."
"Okay, Grandpa. I'll go now." Sean glared at Horace and left the meeting room quickly.