After the substitution marriage, I became the CEO's white moonlight

Chapter 285 The Shadow Behind the Cooperation

Su Li's intuition has always been accurate. The assistant quickly replied that the explanation given by the partner was vague and hesitant, and it was obvious that they were deliberately hiding something. Su Li's doubts deepened, and she immediately forwarded the report to Gu Jinyan.

"Data falsification?" Gu Jinyan flipped through the report, his brows slightly furrowed, a cold light flashing in his deep eyes, "It seems that our partner is not as simple as he seems."

Gu Jinyan immediately arranged for a comprehensive investigation of the partner. At the same time, some unusual signs appeared within the company. At a high-level meeting, Wang Qiang, the marketing manager, actually revealed the latest marketing strategy of Gu's enterprise when reporting on the progress of the project.

"Manager Wang, what you just said seems to have gone beyond the scope of discussion of today's meeting." Gu Jinyan's tone was calm, but people who knew him knew that this was a sign of his anger.

Wang Qiang's face froze, and he stammered, "I... I just want everyone to have a more comprehensive understanding of the project..."

"Does it take the disclosure of company secrets to fully understand the project?" Su Li asked coldly, looking directly at Wang Qiang with sharp eyes, "Manager Wang, you'd better give us a reasonable explanation."

Wang Qiang was speechless, with beads of sweat on his forehead. He lowered his head in panic, not daring to look Su Li in the eye. Gu Jinyan did not ask any more questions, but simply said, "The meeting is adjourned," and stood up and left the meeting room.

After the meeting, Gu Jinyan called Wang Qiang into the office.

"Tell me, who instructed you to do this?" Gu Jin's tone was cold and intimidating without him being angry.

Wang Qiang's face was pale, his lips trembled, but he refused to speak. Gu Jinyan was not in a hurry, but just looked at him quietly, his eyes as sharp as an eagle.

After a long time, Wang Qiang finally couldn't bear the pressure anymore and collapsed to his knees. "Boss Gu, I was wrong! I... I was also bewildered for a moment. Please give me another chance!"

"You only have one chance." Gu Jinyan said coldly, "Tell me, who is it?"

Wang Qiang took a deep breath, as if he had made some important decision, and said in a trembling voice: "Yes... yes..."

At this moment, the office door was suddenly pushed open, and the assistant walked in panicked, "Boss Gu, something bad has happened..."

The assistant rushed in in a panic, breaking the solemn atmosphere in the office. "Mr. Gu, there is an emergency in the marketing department!" the assistant said hastily, sweating profusely.

Gu Jinyan's eyebrows jumped, and an ominous premonition came to his mind. "What's the matter?"

"Market analyst Xiao Li discovered that the direction of the partner's recent investments is very strange..." The assistant said while observing Gu Jinyan's expression, "Their investment direction seems to be deliberately targeting us, and..."

"And what?" Su Li asked, with a hint of anxiety in her tone.

"Moreover," the assistant took a deep breath, "all these investment projects are in direct competition with our ongoing core projects. If they succeed, our market share..."

The assistant didn't say anything else, but the meaning of his words was self-evident.

Gu Jinyan stood up suddenly, his face terribly gloomy. "Hold an emergency meeting immediately!" His tone was cold and full of unquestionable majesty.

It was late at night, and the lights were on in the conference room on the top floor of the Gu Group building. Su Li and Gu Jinyan sat side by side at the conference table, looking solemn. Also participating in the meeting were core members from various departments of the company, and everyone's face was filled with fatigue and worry.

"Everyone already knows the situation," Gu Jinyan glanced at everyone and said in a low voice, "For this cooperation case, we may have fallen into a trap from the beginning."

"Manager Wang leaked company secrets, and the partner's investment direction was suspicious. These two things seem independent, but there is probably some connection behind them." Su Li took over the conversation. Her slender fingers tapped lightly on the table, analyzing calmly, "All of this is too coincidental, so coincidental that it makes people have to doubt it."

"You mean, someone is manipulating all this behind the scenes with the purpose of targeting our Gu family?" an executive couldn't help but ask.

"We can't be sure yet, but we must prepare for the worst." Gu Jinyan said in a deep voice, "The most urgent task is to thoroughly investigate the company and find the traitor. At the same time, we must also find a way to stabilize the cooperation project and not let them succeed so easily."

The meeting lasted until late at night, and a series of response strategies were finally formulated. Gu Jinyan arranged for personnel to strengthen the company's internal information security management, thoroughly investigate the leak, and at the same time arranged for special personnel to closely monitor the movements of partners.

When they left the company, it was already late at night. Su Li and Gu Jinyan walked side by side on the empty street, the street lights stretching their shadows very long.

"Do you feel," Su Li broke the silence, "that this matter seems to have just begun?"

Gu Jinyan held Su Li's hand tightly, his eyes firm: "No matter who the other party is or what their purpose is, I will not let them succeed."

At this moment, Gu Jinyan's phone suddenly rang. He glanced at the caller ID and his expression changed slightly...

The voice on the other end of the phone was low and hurried, as if suppressing some emotion: "Mr. Gu, you'd better turn on the TV and watch the financial channel now."

Gu Jinyan frowned slightly, and a bad premonition came to his mind. He hung up the phone and turned on the TV. The financial channel was broadcasting an industry summit live. In the picture, the president of the partner stood on the stage and talked freely. However, when he talked about the cooperation with Gu Group, his tone became sarcastic.

"We have always upheld the principle of honest cooperation, but unfortunately, some companies do not seem to know how to cherish it." The president of the partner said meaningfully, his eyes sweeping across the camera intentionally or unintentionally, "They lack basic integrity and sense of responsibility in cooperation, which has caused a serious lag in project progress and caused us huge losses."

Although he did not mention any names, everyone could tell that the "some companies" he was referring to were the Gu Group. His remarks were undoubtedly an attempt to smear the Gu Group and damage its reputation.

Su Li and Gu Jinyan in front of the TV both looked very ugly. They didn't expect that the other party would attack so blatantly and chose to do so in such a public place.

"They want to destroy us completely!" Su Li clenched his fists, with flames of anger burning in his eyes.

Gu Jinyan didn't say anything, but picked up his phone and dialed a number: "Help me check which competitor of our company is closest to the person who just spoke..."

The results of the investigation came out soon. Just as Su Li and Gu Jinyan expected, the partner had a close relationship with a competitor of the Gu family. This competitor had been eyeing the Gu Group and wanted to replace it. This cooperation event was probably a trap set by them.

"It seems that we have really met our match this time." Gu Jinyan put down his phone, a sharp light flashing in his eyes.

Su Li also put away her anger, and replaced it with calmness and determination: "Since they want to play, we will accompany them to the end!"

A few days later, on the top floor of the Gu Group headquarters building, the door of a conference room slowly opened. Su Li and Gu Jinyan walked out side by side, followed by several company executives.

"Remember, you must keep calm and act according to the situation." Gu Jinyan warned in a low voice.

"Don't worry, I know what to do." Su Li gave him a confident look.

They were about to leave for the partner company for a crucial negotiation. This time, they had to expose the other party's conspiracy face to face and safeguard the reputation and interests of the Gu Group. The elevator door slowly closed, reflecting the firm and resolute expressions of Su Li and Gu Jinyan. This war without gunpowder smoke had just begun...

The black Maybach was driving in the traffic, like a sharp blade cutting through the water, with an unstoppable momentum. Su Li sat in the car, tapping the documents lightly with her fingertips, with a bit of coldness in her clear eyes. Gu Jinyan, sitting in the driver's seat, looked ahead, but there was a storm in his deep eyes.

Arriving downstairs of the partner company, Su Li and Gu Jinyan got out of the car side by side. They automatically blocked the curious and inquiring gazes from the surroundings. They walked straight into the magnificent hall. The reserved meeting room was on the top floor.

"Mr. Gu, Ms. Su, sorry for the long wait." The president of the partner greeted them with a smile, as if the malicious slander had never happened. "Please take a seat. I have prepared the best Longjing tea."

"Mr. Wang, you are too polite. Let's get straight to the point." Su Li's tone was cold, without any intention of greeting.

The smile on Mr. Wang's face froze for a moment, then he returned to normal and pushed a document in front of Su Li: "This is our latest progress report on the cooperation project. Please take a look."

Su Li took the document and read through it quickly, with a sneer on her face. This report was full of loopholes and the data was obviously fake. The other party obviously did not take this cooperation seriously.

"Mr. Wang, is this your sincerity?" Gu Jin's tone was cold, with an unquestionable pressure.

"Mr. Gu, what do you mean?" Mr. Wang pretended to be confused, but a trace of panic flashed in his eyes.

"I think there are some misunderstandings between us that need to be resolved." Su Li threw the documents on the table, stood up and walked to the French window, overlooking the entire city. "Some things cannot be hidden, and the truth will always come out."

"Ms. Su, you can eat whatever you want, but you can't say whatever you want!" Mr. Wang's face darkened and his tone became tough.

"Whether you are talking nonsense or not, Mr. Wang knows it clearly." Su Li turned around and stared at Mr. Wang sharply, "I advise you not to challenge our bottom line."

The atmosphere was tense and the air in the conference room seemed to be frozen.

With a "bang", the door was suddenly pushed open from the outside, and a panicked figure ran in, his face pale and sweating profusely.

"Boss Gu, this is bad..." The person who came was Gu Jinyan's assistant. He was panting and his voice was trembling. "Over there in the monitoring room... we found..."

Before he could finish, Gu Jinyan stopped him with a look.

"What happened in the monitoring room?" Su Li keenly noticed that something was unusual and asked.

The assistant looked at Su Li, then at Gu Jinyan, and finally gritted his teeth and took out a USB flash drive from his pocket...