Chapter 447
Melanie did not think much of the brief encounter with Mason.
She had just taken over Burning Star’s business department and was swamped with work every day.
Burning Star was already quite famous overseas. Coupled with the fact that they had worked with the department and Blue Inc as soon as they returned to Jepton, many people wanted to work with the studio. Melanie had been busy dealing with their various proposals.
Eugene still had not made LeapCo’s stance clear. Xander took Terence off the job and put Oliver in charge of the location instead.
When the project officially started, Melanie went to the site with Oliver because she needed to take some photos as well.
Oliver sighed along the way. “Boss said that Terence will probably be fired this time. A safety incident is no joke.”
They had installed surveillance cameras at the construction site to watch out for theft, and the cameras caught Eugene’s accident clear as day. It was undeniably Terence’s fault.
Melanie was not particularly perturbed by the news. Burning Star was a design company, after all. No one would work with them if they could not guarantee the safety of the construction site.
Moreover, she still remembered how dangerous it was that day.
If it were not for Eugene, the collapsed plaster strips would have all fallen on her. She would. have suffered much more grievous injuries than the wound on Eugene’s hand-
Xander acted quickly. After Melanie finished taking photos and returned to the office, she saw that Terence had already packed up his things and left.
Melanie frowned. “Have you fired him already? What about the company’s designs that he’s in charge of? Won’t there be a problem?”
Design leaks were the worst possible thing that could happen to a creative company. Melanie. was not familiar with Terence and did not know what his personality was like. She had only heard Oliver mention that Terence had been recruited. However, he was usually quite boring and did not like to hang out with the others. He preferred to go to the construction site whenever possible instead.
Xander said, “Our initial contract with him covered the issues with safety. He was the one who broke the terms first.”
Since Xander said so, Melanie felt a little more assured. She nodded. “As long as it’s taken care of. I wouldn’t want anything untoward to come out of this.”
Xander’s eyebrows relaxed. He looked down at Melanie’s tense face and suddenly said, “Why do I feel like keeping you here is a waste of your talent?”
Melanie raised her gaze and said seriously, “I should be the one thanking you guys for being willing to accept me even though I don’t know anything. You taught me a lot.”
Xander was slightly taken aback when he heard Melanie’s serious tone. After a while, he could
not hide the smile in his eyes. He suppressed a low laugh in his throat. “Alright, then I’ll live up to your expectations, my strongest recruit. I will work hard to expand the studio so that you won’t be poached by others.”
Originally, Melanie had only wanted to warn Xander of the consequences of firing Terence so quickly, but she did not expect her worries to come true.
On Wednesday morning, not long after Oliver left the office, he called Xander. His tone was troubled. “Boss, some people from LeapCo are here. They said that we broke the terms of agreement. They’re making a fuss about terminating the contract and asking us to compensate them.”
At that moment, Melanie and Xander were discussing something. When she heard Oliver’s words, she frowned. “Why would LeapCo say that at a time like this
Xander’s expression darkened. “Let’s go take a look first.”
It would not be good for Burning Star if LeapCo asked to dissolve the partnership at this point.
It might even cause the other companies that were interested in cooperating withdraw.
with them to
Melanie did not say anything on the way over. She kept thinking about how to talk to Eugene. However, when they arrived at the scene, they realized that Eugene was not there at all. It was Viola.
Terence was beside her. His usually dull expression looked even more wooden than usual. When he saw Xander approaching him, he subconsciously avoided Xander’s gaze.
