Chapter 1341: Chapter 1341: Waiting for the Fish to Bite
Justin Battleson began pondering how to handle the situation.
"Is it very serious?" Charlotte Thompson looked at Justin Battleson, her brows tightly furrowed without the slightest trace of relaxation, and asked with a worried tone.
"Mm."
Justin nodded as he listened, then continued, "It’s not just about whether we’ve signed cooperation agreements. Two companies even chose to break their contracts outright and pay compensation. This has wasted much of the time and effort we’ve invested, resulting in considerable losses for our company."
"How could this happen? Why would they act like this? What benefits could this possibly bring them?"
Upon hearing Justin’s explanation, Charlotte was simply astonished.
Though Charlotte had never run her own company, she had often observed her brothers managing corporate affairs back in Ashton.
Not to mention the intrigues within a company, Charlotte was also familiar with inter-business competition. Still, this kind of behavior was something she had never heard of before.
After a moment of contemplation, she proposed her idea: "Could it be someone manipulating things behind the scenes, forcing those companies to suppress the group?"
Justin’s eyes slightly shifted upon hearing Charlotte’s suggestion.
"Besides, don’t you feel this is all too coincidental? You just got injured and were hospitalized, and the company immediately received reports of multiple businesses refusing to cooperate. The timing is suspiciously precise."
It wasn’t that Charlotte was making baseless assumptions, but overly coincidental events always sounded unconvincing to her.
Still, Charlotte was determined to investigate what had happened with the production team. Anyone who dared hurt Justin Battleson wouldn’t escape her judgment.
"Actually, that’s not all."
At this point, Justin paused. Charlotte quickly picked up on the implied meaning of his words, her expression growing increasingly serious.
"Are you suspecting someone within the company is behind this?"
Justin didn’t directly answer her question but instead gave her a faint smile.
As for the mastermind behind everything, Charlotte already had some guesses.
Luckily, Justin and Charlotte had made some preparations earlier, so while this incident was abrupt, it wouldn’t have too drastic an impact on Justin.
"The trap has been set—now we just wait for the fish to take the bait."
Justin smiled at Charlotte and, finally, pulled her into his embrace.
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After leaving the hospital, Charlotte got in touch with Annie Anne.
"How are things on your side?"
Annie thought back to Charlotte’s previous anxious demeanor and couldn’t help but ask.
"The doctor said there’s nothing serious anymore—just the external injuries that still require rest and recovery."
Charlotte briefly shared with Annie the details the doctor had told her earlier.
"By the way, are you at the production site now?"
"Today our production team switched to filming outdoor scenes. What happened with Justin Battleson in the indoor set made the director very nervous. Plus, we’re only shooting one scene today—after that, the entire team will be temporarily resting in the afternoon. About half an hour from now, you can come over."
"Alright, I’ll come find you soon." Charlotte replied and then hung up the phone.
Charlotte and Annie planned to investigate the incident that had occurred with the production team earlier.
Although the explanation given by the team was that the props department had made an inspection error, Charlotte’s intuition was telling her that things weren’t that simple.