Catherine smiled gently at Wu Yi. "You know, because you're usually so serious, you become even more flustered when you lie."
Wu Yi bit her lower lip. If she handed the contract to Catherine now, Catherine would know exactly what was going on. However, this was not what Catherine had in mind, and she could completely steal the credit.
For some reason, this was the first time Wu Yi wanted to defend Director Wei in front of Catherine.
"Miss Catherine, this isn't anything important."
But Catherine's tone was irresistible. "Hand it over!"
In the end, Wu Yi had no choice but to give Catherine the contract and its copy.
After comparing the two, Catherine quickly found the problem. "So that's how it is. It's my fault for being startled by the huge compensation. Otherwise, I should have suspected those workers earlier."
Since there was a solution, Catherine naturally wouldn't let Wei Yumeng take the credit. She immediately called Mr. Lin.
"Mr. Lin, I've figured this out. Please ask those workers to come to Fengshi Group."
As Catherine spoke, she went to arrange a conference room. She intended to clarify the entire matter in front of those people and make the instigators pay.
Wu Yi watched Catherine's retreating back, then turned and walked towards Wei Yumeng's office.
"I'm sorry, Director Wei. Miss Catherine took the contract halfway."
Although Wei Yumeng hadn't expected this to happen, it wasn't a major issue for her.
"If she took it, she took it. Did you compare them?"
Wu Yi nodded. "The two contracts are indeed different."
Wei Yumeng looked at Wu Yi. "Go and check your computer for an electronic version of this contract, Wu Yi. It would be best to record the editing time as well."
As Wu Yi turned to leave, she suddenly remembered something and said to Wei Yumeng, "Oh, right. The copy of the contract I just got was also provided by the worker who raised the issue today. I suspect he's the mastermind, and the other workers were just misled by him."
"I've noted that. It seems quite possible."
Wei Yumeng watched Wu Yi leave and stood up. Regardless of how things turned out, she needed to talk to Catherine. Although they had their disagreements, they had to put them aside for the sake of work.
But as she stepped out of the office, she saw a group of workers walking towards her, grumbling.
"Is there already a result? Are they going to pay us?"
"What are you thinking? If they were going to pay us, why would they ask us to come here? Mr. Lin would have just given it to us."
"That's true. These bosses are all tight-fisted, holding back our wages. How could they be so prompt this time? You all need to be careful, don't get easily swayed by a few words from them."
Wei Yumeng hadn't expected Catherine to summon the workers to Fengshi Group with just two contracts. That was a rather bold move.
Furthermore, even though it had been proven that the two contracts were different, there was no proof that the original contract wasn't forged later. If these workers realized this, the situation wouldn't be easily resolved.
Now, Wei Yumeng needed more concrete evidence to resolve the matter.
Catherine stood up as all the workers gathered.
"I believe you're all wondering why I called you here so quickly. I can confidently tell you that we've figured out what happened."
Catherine then projected a copy of one contract and the company's original contract onto the big screen.
"Do you see any difference between these two contracts?"
Soon, some people reacted. The issue they pointed out only existed on the copy.
A worker immediately stood up. "What do you mean by this? Are you not going to take responsibility and use this fake contract to accuse us of deliberately provoking trouble?"
"Look closely. This original contract is not forged, but this printed copy is a forged contract."
"What makes you say that?"
"The contract was originally written by your company. It's not wrong to write another one now."
"Right! If you plan to sue us with this, we won't stand by idly."
Catherine felt a surge of anger watching the workers. "Don't talk nonsense. This original contract is the one I drafted. You deliberately created a fake contract to cause trouble."
"Don't think you can do whatever you want just because you're the boss. Is it true just because you say so? We're not fools!"
The conference room descended into chaos. Catherine then realized how reckless her actions had been. In fact, she hadn't fully understood everything.
But what could she do now? It would have been better if she hadn't called these people to Fengshi Group, but now she couldn't even escape.
"I think you don't intend to compensate us and plan to renege!"
"Let's grab her. Don't let her have another chance to harm us."
With that, the workers surged forward, intending to grab Catherine directly. Catherine, filled with fear, quickly hugged her head and crouched down, completely at a loss.
"Wait!"
Wei Yumeng's figure appeared at the doorway. "This matter is not over yet. We will naturally give you the explanation we promised."
"Who are you?"
Wei Yumeng looked at the worker who asked the question. "I am the project director of Fengshi Group. I am currently in charge of all projects here."
Seeing Wei Yumeng take responsibility, Catherine quickly chimed in, "That's right, she is the true person in charge of this project."
Instantly, all the workers turned their attention to Wei Yumeng.
"Everyone, please be quiet. Let's analyze this matter together before making a decision, shall we? If, afterward, you still believe Fengshi is responsible, I will bear all consequences."
The workers seemed intimidated by Wei Yumeng's presence and, after exchanging glances, said, "Fine, we'll give you one chance."
"First point." Wei Yumeng projected the two different contracts onto the screen again. "This contract was not forged by us."
"Why do you say that too? Do you think we're fools?"
Wei Yumeng remained unfazed and brought up the transmission record from her computer.
"Look at this." She then opened the original file directly from her email. "This email specifies the time the electronic contract was sent. These times are determined in real-time and cannot be faked."