Chapter 619 - 618: Totally Unexpected

Chapter 619: Chapter 618: Totally Unexpected

Afterwards, the situation was brought under control, and those who were ready to stir up trouble couldn’t find an excuse, so they dispersed sheepishly.

Henry Grant drove away as well.

That night, the speech South Grant gave in front of The Ellison Group was spread on the internet by someone.

This incident already had a lot of attention, and once it was uploaded, it attracted a lot of interest.

The comments underneath were overwhelmingly in support of The Ellison Group, and soon, The Ellison Group was labeled as a business with integrity.

Meanwhile, everyone also learned that The Ellison Group was facing huge compensation payouts, but anyone with foresight could see that although The Ellison Group’s product had issues, they had won in terms of reputation.

The words South Grant said were truly impressive.

The businesses originally seeking compensation from The Ellison Group began to hesitate.

Businessmen rely on reputation and market.

Reputation is given by consumers, and the market also requires consumer recognition.

Now, many people support The Ellison Group. Although their demands for compensation are justified in contractual terms, pressing The Ellison Group for compensation would inevitably leave an impression of kicking someone when they’re down.

While everyone was still contemplating, the owner of The Ellison Group’s biggest order publicly declared online that they would not require compensation for this order, and that they were waiting for The Ellison Group to overcome their difficulties—all because of the words South Grant said.

After posting this message on Weibo, this person gained a lot of fans.

The group of netizens who had been supporting The Ellison Group all gave him likes and also promoted the sales of their products.

That’s the character of our people; they admire those who uphold loyalty and justice.

If a business shows loyalty like this, it implies good character, and good character usually means the products they sell shouldn’t be too bad, which in turn boosts sales.

This was beyond everyone’s expectations.

Soon, people began to follow suit, expressing on Weibo that they would not demand compensation from The Ellison Group and would stand by them during this difficult time, waiting for the final evaluation result to come out.

South Grant didn’t expect his words to have such a big impact. Originally, everyone was urging for compensation, but now many major clients have stated that they can wait, and they waived their rights to compensation terms.

The remaining minor compensations are something The Ellison Group can still cover.

In this way, The Ellison Group’s crisis was alleviated, and South Grant could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

At least with the absence of those huge compensations, South Grant had something to report back to the board.

Nathan Foster found out about this afterward. When South Grant was handling matters at home, Nathan Foster overheard it through a phone conversation and only then saw what was happening online.

South Grant ended the call on the balcony, and when he was about to return inside, someone embraced him from behind.

The familiar scent and warm embrace brought a soft smile to South Grant’s lips.

"Are you tired?" Nathan Foster asked him.

South Grant shook his head.

"Why didn’t you tell me?" Nathan Foster asked him.

"I could handle it," South Grant replied softly.

There was one thing South Grant didn’t mention to Nathan Foster. He had gone to inquire with people from the quality supervision department and discovered that the current person in charge of this matter was a retired soldier who used to work under Harold Foster.

It’s now well known that South Grant is Harold Foster’s granddaughter.

For someone trained by Harold Foster to extend a courtesy to South Grant would be quite normal.

But that person didn’t.

If it wasn’t that he was excessively fair and impartial, then it might be that someone else had directed him to act this way.