CHAPTER 583 GO FOR THE SITE
Chapter 583 Go for the Site
Manuel hurried into Edward's office. Along the way with Edward's secretary, he had learned what was
happening.
Outside the largest branch of Phillips Bank in Kensbury, a crowd of depositors held up a banner and
protested the bank, accusing it of obtaining illegal benefits out of their deposit but refusing to give them
the bonus accordingly. They succeeded to draw the press's attention. And before Manuel went there,
news of this had been spreading quickly.
Edward was so furious on hearing that. The incident undoubtedly worsened the Phillip Bank's situation.
If they lost the domestic depositors' trust, they were making a way for Sway's entry to Northfield. Just in
the meeting before, Edward had shown his determination to defeat Sway at the very first trial in
combat, which could curdle their following expansion in Northfield. However, they were ruining
themselves.
Manuel browsed the news on the phone, keeping in the loop about the incident.
If it was in a state of ferment, Phillips bank would be put in a more difficult position. Property © .
"Who was in charge of this project before?" Manuel asked.
The best solution must root in the source.
"It's impossible for me to take care of every project. For those unnecessary, I would leave it to the staff
if everything goes right." Edward said.
So now they had no idea who took charge of this project, leaving alone the accuracy of the accusation
against them.
Manuel seemed much calmer than Edward. He said, "Just take some inquiries. We have to put an end
to this stuff as soon as possible, or it must ruin the bank's reputation. If Sway makes use of it, it could
give us a fatal blow."
That was why Edward grew so furious and anxious.
He asked his secretary to carry out a quick investigation and soon they found the one in charge was
Terrance Wood in the marketing department.
Terrance was soon summoned to the office.
He seemed deeply frightened. And he took out all relative documents right away and checked them
term by term.
After checking round after round, they didn't find any problem. The accusation of their illegal benefits
was fictitious.
Frowning, Manuel was curious about the motive for this, wondering why a project which had been done
two years ago would have taken advantage of at this point.
"What's wrong with them?" Edward questioned with an angry face, "Haven't we fulfilled our contract?
How could this have happened?"
"They are used," Manuel concluded.
Edward stared at him.
"Especially at this stage, the worse our reputation grows, the easier Sway moves in."
"But it was made up."
"Even if we get things solved and break through the rumour, the public might stay doubtful of us. The
impact of public opinion sometimes is beyond our imagination, which was what our competitor wants."
"That's crazy! An international bank. How can I expect it will use such disgusting tricks?" Edward
swore.
"We don't know that they did it," Manuel said meaningfully.
Edward shifted his sight back at Manuel.
Manuel explained, "It's less possible that Sway can know so many details about our operation. A small
deposit project, how could they know? And how could they find out our depositors, given our protection
measures for the client's privacy? Moreover, how could they find out the bug in our project so shortly
and provoke our clients' anger? So the problem must be in our bank. We have a betrayer."
Edward was getting more furious.
With a heavy slap on the desk, he shouted, "Who the hell is the betrayer? I must peel him off when I
figure out who that is."
Manuel had no response for he would not wrong anyone without proof.
"What can we do now? Can we find out the betrayer?" Edward inquired.
"Remember our dialogue this morning? I mentioned 2 possible causes impelling Sway's landing in
Northfield, marketing competition, or an intentional plot. Now it's more likely that the second one
prevails."
"So do you mean there is someone in our bank seducing Swell to steal our market?" Edward asked,
remaining little composure.
"This is possible."
"Damn it!" Edward cursed suddenly.
Looking at him, Manuel realized the reason Susan swore frequently.
"Who the hell is that?" Edward asked.
"Just dig it out and the answer must come out sooner or later," with steadier nerves than Edward,
Manuel added, "Now the first thing we have to do is to quiet down the existing chaos."
"Didn't you say that it makes no difference even if we break through the rumour?"
"It will do more harm to our reputation if we just sit aside and do nothing." Manuel answered after a
quick consideration, "Let me go to the site."
"All right."
Then Manuel left Edward's office at once and called his secretary to arrange a car for him.
As soon as he strode back to his office for the computer, he realized that his computer should be in the
meeting room. So he turned around and happened to see Susan appear at the door with his computer
in her arms.
The sight of Manuel angered Susan since he left her in the meeting room and put her in a shitty
position. She didn't remember how she had delivered Manuel's arrangement in front of all those
people. She just felt so embarrassed there.
But Manuel had no time for her venting out the fury.
He ordered coldly, "Follow me with my laptop."
Then he strode outside, leaving his back to her and not asking if she agreed or not.
Susan was lost for her words.
Damn it.
How could Manuel be so disrespectful?
Was it hard to ask for her permission before ordering?
Clenching her teeth, Susan hurriedly followed him.
But Manuel was too fast to catch up.
Finally, when she got into Manuel's special car owned by the group, she was panting heavily. And she
had cursed Manuel a lot all the way.
"Next time take the seat of co-pilot at your duty," Manuel instructed coldly.