Phoenix Rising: From Heartache to Heroism
Chapter 310 Unraveling Deceptions

Upon investigation, they found that the racket that flew apart was new, not old equipment.

Janice who responsible for procurement was held accountable and was just as baffled.

This had never happened before.

"That's impossible. We haven't received any new equipment recently, and the gear for the sports event hasn't even arrived at the school yet."

"Then where did this new badminton racket come from?"

Janice fell silent, unable to make sense of it.

However, a sudden thought struck her.

"What did the racket that flew apart look like? Bring it to me."

She realized that a batch of sample equipment had arrived from the factory recently.

Could it be that one of the sample rackets was the one that broke?

But even as samples, the quality shouldn't have been this poor!

When she saw the remnants of the broken racket, she confirmed it was indeed one of the samples.

The quality was entirely different from what they had previously ordered.

It was easy to tell they were not of the same standard.

At first, Janice thought the factory might have sent the wrong items, so she immediately called them.

The factory confidently insisted that there had been no mistake.

If the factory had sent the wrong items, it would be understandable, but their firm assertion that they had sent the correct samples indicated something was amiss. Janice quickly went back to check the order form Zelena had submitted.

The listed items did not match the quality of the samples that had been delivered.

Given that this was for the school's sports event, there was no room for mistakes.

Thankfully, they had not yet decided to go with this factory.

If the samples were this poor, what would the entire order be like?

The school took this matter very seriously and demanded a thorough investigation.

The next day, Janice called Zelena to the office.

Zelena thought the school was ready to allocate funds.

To her surprise, Janice was there to hold her accountable.

"Zelena, tell me honestly, what is going on with this order?"

Zelena, confused, asked, "Ms. Janice, what are you talking about? I don't understand."

"The samples from the factory you dealt with caused an incident. Yesterday, a racket almost hit the education bureau officials during their visit!" Zelena was speechless.

What!?

She stood there in shock.

Janice then took out the form Zelena had submitted and compared it to the delivered samples. The specifications did not match at all.

The school had ordered from this factory before, so Janice still had some old receipts.

Comparing them side by side, the discrepancies were obvious.

Upon calling the factory, Janice discovered that Zelena had arranged for second-grade products without permission!

By the time Janice confronted Zelena, she had gathered enough evidence. It wasn't hard to investigate.

What she didn't expect was that Zelena had the audacity to pull such a stunt!

Using her position for personal gain, she had tried to pass off inferior goods.

What benefit did Zelena get from this? It was clear she intended to pocket some money!

"If I hadn't discovered this, how much longer would you have kept it hidden?" Janice demanded.

Zelena remained silent.

She hadn't expected her scheme to be exposed so quickly. Panic flashed through her mind, but she quickly composed herself and defended, "There's no way, Ms. Janice. I would never do such a thing. Someone

must be trying to frame me!"

Janice slammed her hand on the desk. "Frame you? Let me tell you the truth. Initially, in our meetings, we hadn't decided to go with that factory because we already had a better option!" It was a stroke of luck.

If it hadn't been for the superior offer from White Group, they might have chosen the cheap option Zelena had submitted.

If they had, and something went wrong during the sports event, the consequences would have been disastrous.

The city's leaders were attending the event, and a mishap would have left a terrible impression.

Violeta's suggestion had helped them avoid this risk.

Without the samples, they wouldn't have known Zelena had arranged for second-grade products.

Zelena was stunned. "Not that factory? Then who did you choose?"

She had assumed that requesting samples meant a decision had been made.

Only now did she realize that wasn't the case.

Janice handed her a signed

cooperation agreement with White Group's factory and said sternly, "Take a look yourself. The school signed a contract with a new factory yesterday, facilitated by Violeta with White Group."

White Group's factory?

Zelena took the contract and almost fainted from anger.

It was facilitated by Violeta, and it was with White Group ...

Violeta's family's business?

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Before Zelena could fully process this, Janice continued, "Zelena, there's no point in arguing. This is a serious matter. I will report this to the school accurately, and you will be punished accordingly. Now, leave."

"Ms. Janice...

"

Janice ignored her pleas.

Zelena had no choice but to leave the office.

As soon as she was outside, Zelena pulled out her phone and searched on Eye of Heaven.

Using the factory name from the contract, she quickly discovered that the Bright Way Factory was indeed a subsidiary of White Group.