"There will be no changes to the plan," Jin Di said evenly. "Once the evidence is complete, the situation will reverse. Then we'll see who the public sympathizes with."
Ryan Zhao straightened. "Understood, President."
He left the office with heavy steps, secretly hoping that the business legend himself would intervene. But hope proved useless.
Jin Di had already spoken to Lu Jianhong on speakerphone.
"You're the head of the company now, Jin Di, my boy!" Grandpa Lu's voice had boomed through the office. "Every decision you make is your responsibility alone. If the company prospers, the credit is yours. If it collapses, the blame is also yours. I will not interfere."
"Yes, Grandpa Lu," Jin Di had replied calmly.
"I only stepped in before because of my precious granddaughter Xiulan, not for you," the old man had continued bluntly. "Do you hear me?"
"I understand."
