Despite the freezing temperature in the room, sweat began to bead on Minister Huang's forehead. He shook his head in denial. "President Ji, this might have been a mistake. We don't normally have this kind of problem."
He clenched his jaw hard and glanced at everyone present. "Besides, I haven't heard anything about a problem with our medical equipment this time. You can't falsely accuse me!"
Ji Hanxing narrowed his eyes and looked up at everyone. They all snapped to attention. The main event of the day had arrived.
"We keep stock from every batch of ice in the group's ice storage, don't we, Minister Huang?"
Minister Huang was stunned. He had clearly forgotten about that. He spent his days drinking, carousing, and indulging in extravagance. When would inspecting purchases ever fall to him?
"President Ji, the people under me handle all the inspections. I don't know anything about this..."
"You don't know? As head of the procurement department, you don't know about the purchasing and inspection of ice? That's dereliction of duty."
"If you don't know, why do all the delivery slips from Tasdon bear your own signature, Minister Huang? You're lying."
"I've already spoken with the person in charge at Tasdon. You colluded with the head of Tasdon's production department to inflate prices and take kickbacks. Tasdon has already emailed me the evidence."
"Our group is also formally ending its partnership with Tasdon."
"Finally, the matter you just questioned, about the ice causing problems with the medical equipment, has indeed not been made public. I'll release all that information later."
"The outcome of our handling of this incident involving Minister Huang will be announced at the same time."
"Let this be a warning to everyone."
Minister Huang's eyes were bloodshot. He still wanted to fight back, but the man who had been dozing earlier shot him a fierce glare. His eyes widened, his eyeballs seeming about to burst from their sockets. He clenched his jaw tightly, but in the end, he said nothing. Looking dejected, he lowered his head in tacit acceptance.
Ji Hanxing lightly pointed at Director Zhang, the director of the marketing department:
"Director Zhang, the Ji Group intends to establish a partnership with the Ice and Snow Ice Factory. I'll leave the negotiations to you. I believe your abilities and experience should bring us a satisfactory result."
Ji Hanxing's gaze held a deeper meaning, and Director Zhang's eyes lit up.
He stood up excitedly. "Yes! I'll make sure it gets done!"
Everyone in the meeting room exchanged looks. A hint of satisfaction flashed in Ji Hanxing's eyes. "Meeting adjourned."
No one moved. Ji Hanxing lowered his brows and walked out first.
Xue Hui followed him out, his face full of admiration. He had never expected President Ji to have been holding back such a big move all these days.
Even the head of procurement had been removed outright by President Ji. He was Deputy General Manager Wang's trusted aide, his wife's younger brother.
No wonder Ji Hanxing had told him to check Deputy General Manager Wang's whereabouts before the meeting. It had been to go after his brother-in-law.
Still, Ji Hanxing had kept this matter so well hidden that even he hadn't known about it. For a moment, Xue Hui felt a little hurt. Did Ji Hanxing not trust him?
"It's not that I don't trust you. Didn't I say I'd give you two days off?"
"Since I'd already promised, it wouldn't have been right to assign you more work."
Ji Hanxing's voice rang out, startling Xue Hui. It turned out he had unwittingly spoken his thoughts aloud.
Hearing Ji Hanxing's explanation, Xue Hui was even more touched. What an angel of a boss! A heavenly boss!
He would give his life for President Ji! He would work until the Ji Group went under!
Ah, no, take that back! The Ji Group couldn't go under even after he retired!