“I thought someone had died in Eternality Hospital. “
“I thought something was wrong with the medicine.”
“Tsk, it was all an act.”
“How shameless of them.”
Disinterested, the crowd dispersed.
In the hallway of Eternality Hospital, Gladys rebuked James, “What are you doing? That was the perfect advertisement opportunity. Now, you’ve ruined it all. What do you mean by a publicity stunt? Does this look like one to you?”
James took a seat and lit a cigarette.
Lex asked, “What’s going on, James? Did you really arrange for this?”
“Arrange?”
James’ face darkened. “How would I have the time for this? With so many things going wrong all at once, does this look like a publicity stunt to you? If we don’t say so, do we admit something was wrong with our medicine? Do you know how much damage that would cost us if the media got to the bottom of this?”
Tommy stepped forward and said, “Are you trying to say something was wrong with our medicine?”
James nodded. “Most likely.”
Tommy said coldly, “Even if something’s wrong with the medicine, whose fault do you think it is? Thea’s the chairman of Eternality, and she makes every decision of the company. Thea, I heard Eternality recently changed medicine suppliers. Is that true?”
James glanced at Thea.
Thea nodded. “Indeed. Our previous supplier was a small company. With the deepening of our collaboration with Celestial Group, I terminated the contract with the previous companies and started getting our supplies from Celestial Group. Celestial Group is a well-established corporation, and its medicine should be fine.”
Megan spoke sarcastically, “Only you would know if anything was wrong with the medicine. The profit is great, after all. Who knows if you’ve been pocketing the earnings and selling fake medicine instead?”
“That’s right.” Tommy looked at Lex and said, “Grandpa, you have to look into this. Everything was fine at Eternality before Thea became the chairman. It has only been a few days. Look at what happened already. Besides, I heard David had bought a two-million-dollar luxury car. It’s not the end of the month yet, and the dividends have not been issued. How did he get all that money?”
Megan nodded. “You must’ve been putting too much in your pockets. You must’ve at least taken a couple of million from the company. After all, you’ve even got yourself a new two-million-dollar luxury car.”
David yelled, “Bullsh*t. I bought this car a long time ago. And I paid for it myself.”
Gladys was dissatisfied too. She scolded him. “Watch your words, you two. Thea would never do such a thing.”
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