Sui Zhao Hai glanced at Zhao Yuhuan’s phone again and then at the video on his own phone.
He noticed that the angles were indeed different, and the discrepancies were significant enough to distinguish them.
If that’s the case, blaming her would be a bit far-fetched.
Silently, Sui Zhao Hai pushed the phone towards Wang Minji.
The latter looked and also noticed the differences.
But his thoughts differed from Sui Zhao Hai’s.
"She must have deleted the video; such crucial evidence wouldn’t be left on the phone!"
"I didn’t!"
Zhao Yuhuan immediately denied it!
"If I had done it, I would have deleted everything; I wouldn’t have left anything behind."
"Heh... I know, with your lack of social experience, you wouldn’t think of all that."
Wang Minji sneered, "If I’m not mistaken, all of this was orchestrated by Lin Yi, right?"
"You really are a petty person, to even think of that."
Lin Yi said with a laugh:
"The question is, why’d I do this? Your naming fee isn’t higher than ours, and the guests you bring in aren’t as prominent, so why would I conspire against you?"
"Those are secondary concerns; whether a program can become a hit depends on its original content, not who’s got bigger names."
"If that’s what you say, then let me ask you, why did you act like a sycophant to secure Xu Qingqing back then?"
Lin Yi calmly said:
"I remember you said yourself that without Xu Qingqing, the show couldn’t go on. So why are you now saying it’s about quality?"
Lin Yi left Wang Minji speechless, stammering for a long while before retorting:
"Getting Xu Qingqing is to ensure the show’s baseline; they’re different issues, don’t mix them up. Besides, who do you think you are? I’ve been in the station for years, how dare you criticize me?"
"Indeed, I’m not worthy, but I know our naming fee is higher than yours, our guests have more clout, and our budget is less. If you’re so impressive, show us some results."
"You!"
Wang Minji trembled with rage, realizing he couldn’t outargue Lin Yi, he turned to Sui Zhao Hai:
"Boss, look at him, doing such things secretly and still being so brazen."
"Lin Yi, watch your tone; we’re all colleagues here, no need for hostility." Sui Zhao Hai advised, not believing that Lin Yi and Zhao Yuhuan were behind the matter.
"I’m not trying to compete, but without evidence, he’s continually accusing us, and that’s plainly wrong."
With that said, Lin Yi looked at Li Wei.
"Sometimes, you ought to self-reflect and see if you’ve offended anyone before lashing out like a mad dog when there’s trouble."
"You!"
Li Wei was too furious to speak, wanting to rebut but fearing Lin Yi’s retaliation later, he swallowed his words.
"You should learn from our director; yesterday the tax department came to say we were doing shady deals, I didn’t even blame you, Producer Wang?"
Zhao Jing said nothing, just watched Wang Minji’s response.
She had long wanted to bring this up; she wouldn’t take the fall silently.
Wang Minji’s face showed a hint of panic but quickly regained composure.
"Such things actually happened!"
Even Sui Zhao Hai was furious this time.
If this matter involved the tax department, the consequences would be severe, and he would be implicated.
"We can assure you there’s no shady deal; the budget is only 13 million, and you should know that, Sui Tai. We wouldn’t do such things."
Normally, if there were shady contracts, Sui Zhao Hai’s involvement couldn’t be avoided.
Lots of money must be secretly approved, it can’t bypass his hand.
"I’ll investigate this matter thoroughly and will give you an answer."
"Understood."
"Enough, let’s leave it at this for today. I trust Lin Yi and Zhao Yuhuan wouldn’t do such things. Let’s disperse."
Seeing Sui Zhao Hai say so, others had no choice but to leave.
However, after everyone left, Wang Minji returned to Sui Zhao Hai’s office.
"Why didn’t you deal with them, boss? They’re definitely the culprits." Wang Minji angrily said:
"Shall I call the police now? I know someone who can arrest them."
"Stop with the nonsense, do you have evidence? If this gets out, it’d be embarrassing." Sui Zhao Hai said:
"There’s so much dirt online, all emerging overnight, just those two don’t have the ability. It’s likely someone in the entertainment circle targeting Xu Qingqing, pulling this stunt."