Where are you looking at?
Where are you looking at?
"It's not time yet. Two minutes are remaining." James answered, understanding the reason behind Zaki's quivering voice. He was scared. "Trust her. She won't disappoint you."
Chef Zaki was a small businessman, running a catering company responsible to handle the canteen of Unicharm and a few other companies. At the request of Suyin, he had included three additional people in his staff who would accompany him to Unicharm's manufacturing unit.
All three will work as servers and cleaners.
Yeah!
Servers and cleaners!
The two men standing before him were dressed just as that. Blue uniform and a cap.
"I-I think she's here." A cab pulled over, a man dressed in a blue uniform stepped out and bowed. He wore wide glasses in black that gave him a geeky look. With the phone glued to his ear, he peered inside the cab. "She's not. What is this, she had sent someone else at her place?"
"Where is Miss Zhao?" Long Tao's son frowned. He had requested Suyin to let him help her on the case. The guilt of not being able to do anything for Sarah was eating him inside out, after all, he was the one who supported her most to become the fashion blogger.
The other intern, "Who are you? You're not an intern. I'll call mam."
The phone rang, shocking everyone as the man in geek glasses fished it out from his pocket. He pressed the answer button, "Stop staring. We have a lot of work to do."
Everyone "…."
It was Suyin's voice that came out of the mouth of the man standing in front.
"M-Mam?"
"Miss. Zhao?"
"It's you?"
All three brought their gaze down from Suyin's face to….
Suyin crossed her hands over chest, "Where are you looking at?"
"Nowhere." They replied in sync, averting their eyes before she digs their eyes out. Curiosity kills the cat, they better keep the curiosity in.
Suyin's disguise and makeup were precise, reducing Zaki's worries to nothing.
"Miss. Zhao, what about your voice?" Long Ju asked.
Suyin dragged the black turtle neck tee she was wearing under the blue uniform and showed a sleek device sticking to her throat. She's not new to voice changing devices, however, this one was the least used method.
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It's been two days since she's working at Unicharm, and the findings were shocking.
She was right in her theory that the company had been working in an unhygienic environment. For a product that goes into direct touch with women's vagina, the company's hygiene standards were zero.
None of the employees wore gloves, masks and hair cap and neither they were screened before commencing the work. Heavy usage of chemicals, bleaching agents, and the fragrance was normal. Machines were not cleaned properly as there were black deposits at the corners. Other than moping and surface cleaning, they took no other measure to ensure the cleanliness.
Though most of the process was machine done, human intervention was required at every step. It's something normal! However, she was shocked to the core upon seeing kids working there.
Children were easy and cheap labour, working for as low as fifty Yuan a day. They were used for simpler, unskilled jobs and normally lives nearby in a slum. Now she understood why the company doesn't have an active surveillance system in the factory.
Though there were CCTV's installed everywhere, they were obviously just a showpiece. This was the reason Xiu Mei couldn't hack into their surveillance.
To hack there should be active surveillance!
"Mam, we got all the pieces of evidence. Should we take a leave now?" the intern wraps the hard-disks containing the video recording into a plastic bag, before hiding it inside Zaki's bag to let him pass it to other interns. "I think this much evidence is enough."
He was desperate to leave this place.
They had been staying at the premises for two days, sleeping in the kitchen, using dirty bathrooms, eating average food, and whatnot.
"No. I've very important work to do." Suyin shuffled through her small bag and took out her phone. Daiyu answered within a ringtone, "Release the second article."
Next, she called Gu Yuan….
"Suyin, I was waiting for your call. Just as you predicted, companies have approached me asking to pitch good words about their products and are even ready to sponsor free tampons and pads for underprivileged. In fact, the day before yesterday Unicharm had sent me a package containing their new tampons."
"That's good." To hide the evil glint in her eyes, Suyin turned. "My next article will talk about a budding fashion blogger who is fighting for her life after using tampons from a PR package. Further talking about the traces of chemicals, bacteria and inferior fibres instead of organic cotton as claimed by them. It will alarm Unicharm. Be ready."
"I am."
Hanging up, Suyin adjusted the cap on her head and winked, "Be ready, boys. We have to clean the premises."
*****
Within an hour, the article stirred curiosity among the people as the common question asked was the name of the company who sent the PR package. Shockingly, the article was released on Suyin's behalf with the documents attached from People's Hospital, leaving no space to question the authenticity.
Everyone started the speculation, and one of the fashion bloggers, as planned by Suyin, revealed that the only PR package of tampons she had received was from Unicharm.
Reporters approached the People's Hospital where Wang Shi was fully cooperating with Suyin without her asking and had instructed Li Han to air the fire set by Suyin.
All this while, Suyin had insured to keep Sarah and Long family's information confidential.
Li Han released a press statement on behalf of the hospital stating that they had been cooperating with Zhao Suyin over the entire matter and the findings were all true. Indeed, there's a patient under treatment who had used tampons with the presence of bacteria and chemicals on it. But he refused to reveal the name of the company until the investigation was going on.
"Is it really unicharm? Isn't it in the industry for long?"
"I know right! Can't believe I've been using such a dangerous product over the years. Thank god, nothing happened. Chemicals, bacteria, and inferior fibre!!! The boss must be an ass*hole who only cares about money."
"Zhao Suyin is doing so good. I wish soon she reveals the name, confirming that it's unicharm. We must ban this company."
"I've checked the social media accounts of many bloggers, it was only Unicharm who was about to launch their highly absorbent tampons. I'm sure it was them."
Seeing the internet's one-sided, Unicharm's CEO furiously kicked his chair. "We already have TSS warning label on the packet. What's our fault if the women are using it the wrong way? Handle this issue." He yelled at his company's higher-ups.
"B-But they've found the traces of chemicals and bacteria on the product, including the use of a mix of fibres instead of cotton."
"I don't care what they have found. Just handle everything, make sure that Zhao Suyin doesn't hold us responsible. She is—" he was interrupted by a knock at the door and his secretary stepped in uninvited. He was sweating, "Sir, Mrs Gu Yuan is on call."
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