His fate
His fate
"Do we have any other options?"
The lawyer paused for a moment, "I suggest settling this out of court and trying our best to minimize the damage from this incident."
When Fei Yang heard that, he was anxious, "How can we do that? Isn't that the same as admitting guilt? Han Xianyu's name would be stained forever!"
At this moment, a refined gentleman in a grey suit across Fei Yang said casually, "So you want to drag all the celebrities in the company down just for Han Xianyu's sake?"
Fei Yang's expression changed, "Zhou Wenbin, what are you trying to say?"
Zhou Wenbin shrugged, "Fei Yang, we can't be too righteous. This issue was started by Han Xianyu and implicated everyone in the company—even our shares are dropping. To date, you don't even have any evidence to prove his innocence. Do you really want everybody in the company to be dragged down with him and await their deaths?"
Zhou Wenbin's words garnered the support of many of the other managers.
"Wenbin's right, there's no reason for all of us to take the blame for Han Xianyu's wrongdoings, right?"
"I also think the best course of action right now is to cut our losses immediately!"
The discussion got louder with almost everyone agreeable to settling this out of court. There were even some managers who complained, resentful of Han Xianyu for implicating the celebrities they were in charge of.
While the rowdy discussions were underway, Fei Yang's face turned uglier and both his hands shook with fury.
When Han Xianyu basked in glory, so many of them sucked up to him. Which of the celebrities under the management of these people didn't freeload on Han Xianyu's popularity?
But now, everyone's hitting a man when he's down!
"Xianyu, say something. All these people are pushing you to your death!" Fei Yang couldn't take it any longer and he turned to Han Xianyu, who hadn't said a word.
Han Xianyu sat silently in the meeting room. It seemed like he hadn't heard the discussions and noise around him. His pale face and dark eye circles revealed how worn out he was from this crisis.
He glanced coldly at all these people who wanted him to give up, an inexpressible emotion in his eyes.
When Zhou Wenbin heard everyone backing him up, a shred of subtle happiness beamed across his face as he turned to Chu Hongguang, "Chairman Chu, this implicates the reputation of the company so we really hope you make a decision soon!"
Chu Hongguang listened as everyone argued; he had a terrible headache. Naturally, he couldn't bear to let go of his money tree, Han Xianyu, but judging by the circumstances, it was probably too late to save Han Xianyu at this point. If this dragged on, it would be disastrous for the company and could also defame the other celebrities.
Fei Yang saw that Chu Hongguang was slightly wavering and he said anxiously, "Boss, Xianyu definitely didn't do those things! That couple is obviously trying to extort money from him; it's all for money! If we just give them some money, then Xianyu will be in the clear!"
"Fei Yang, is maintaining Han Xianyu's innocence still important?" Zhou Wenbin sneered and his gaze swept to the pale Han Xianyu, "What's important is not whether he did it or not; the public already believes he did it."
Fei Yang prepared to argue with Zhou Wenbin.
However, Chu Hongguang raised his hand and interrupted the two of them. He spoke gravely, "Wenbin's right, it's not important whether Han Xianyu did it or not. What's important is how we're going to protect the interests of the company."
Chu Hongguang's words instantly made Fei Yang's face turn ghastly white; he looked at Han Xianyu in panic.
Han Xianyu, who had just been sitting there with his handsome face completely numb, finally pursed his lips when he heard Chu Hongguang say "it's not important whether Han Xianyu did it or not."
Tsk, not important…
Everybody thinks it's not important…
Under the everyone's anticipatory gaze, Chu Hongguang took a deep breath. The corners of his lips moved slightly and it looked like he was about to speak.
Han Xianyu closed his eyes slowly. He didn't need to hear what Chu Hongguang was going to say—he could already see his fate…
"After careful consideration, regarding Han Xianyu's scandal, I've decided to protect the best interests of the company. We will immediately settle this out of court in accordance to the lawyer's advice and…"
A loud bang suddenly swallowed the last few words from Chu Hongguang's speech.
Every single person in the meeting room turned towards the sound.