Chapter 55: Endorsement Digs a Hole

Xu Yihuan and Xu Rongyu exchanged a glance.

Xu Rongyu pondered for a moment and quickly made a decision.

"Okay, Secretary Rong, go contact the public relations department and suppress the trending topics. If necessary, you can release some information."

"Zhang Chen, go outside and tell Eric's assistant that the press conference will be postponed to another day. Then, stop the press conference without giving a reason. For the media that have come, appease them and apologize, but don't say a word about anything else."

Secretary Rong and Zhang Chen had no objections, agreed, and got to work.

Xu Rongyu then took Xu Yihuan to another VIP lounge.

He knocked and went inside; only Eric was there.

"Oh, you've arrived."

"Come and sit down."

Eric sat in the main seat with no change in expression, and even warmly invited Xu Yihuan and Xu Rongyu to sit down.

It's hard to tell what Eric's attitude is.

But one thing is certain: Eric must have already known about what was trending on social media, otherwise he wouldn't have called them over.

"I already know about what happened online."

Eric spoke slowly and deliberately, his attitude and tone remaining the same as when they were in the private room.

"So what do you mean?" Xu Rongyu asked.

"We believe that this issue of trending on social media should be resolved as soon as possible, otherwise it will affect the market's perception of us."

"If you have no problems on your end, we're thinking of suppressing the trending topic for now."

"Perhaps we could find some scandalous information about a male celebrity and release it to help quell the buzz?"

The two did not expect that Eric's solution would be to suppress trending topics.

I was a little surprised for a moment.

"You mean...we should continue our cooperation?"

Xu Yihuan couldn't help but ask.

It's becoming increasingly difficult to find partners with sufficient trust in the business world.

Eric was even more shocked by Xu Yihuan's question.

With wide eyes, he asked, "Why not continue? Haven't we already discussed some of the details?"

"You're not going to back out now, are you?"

Xu Yihuan breathed a sigh of relief and shook her head with a smile: "It's okay, it's just that trending topics will inevitably have some negative impact, and we were worried that you would mind."

"Oh my god, Huan, you don't actually believe us, do you?"

"When I saw the video mentioning the top scorer in the college entrance examination, I knew something was wrong."

"Besides, that girl is too ugly. She must have offended you somehow to be pushed down by you."

They hadn't expected Eric to think that way, which was perfect, saving them the time of explaining.

Xu Yihuan glanced at her father.

Xu Rongyu understood and cleared his throat: "Eric, what I hope is that our collaboration can be kept secret."

Eric was puzzled: "Why? In this situation, shouldn't the best course of action be to clarify things immediately?"

Eric didn't know why he should let things play out for a while, but he felt that if these rumors weren't clarified, it would be very detrimental to the Xu family's stock market and Xu Yihuan's reputation.

Of course, this has nothing to do with them.

He was just curious.

Xu Rongyu chuckled: "I heard that Vitachip is also preparing to expand into the Chinese market. Vitachip and the Chen family are in talks, but businessmen are all focused on profits. Whoever offers more, they will naturally cooperate with."

"Because of this accident, even though we can't do business with your company, we will remain on good terms and will certainly not stop your company from seeking better opportunities."

Eric understood Xu Rongyu's implication almost instantly.

Their group and Vitasonic Group have always been bitter rivals.

Both sides are now preparing to expand into the Chinese market, which is fair competition.

They secured a partnership with the Xu family, while Vitacore had to settle for the Chen family instead.

But what if VitaCore doesn't even get its hands on the Chen family?

This was an angle Eric had almost never considered.

Eric's eyes lit up immediately.

"I understand, Mr. Xu, thank you."

Xu Rongyu nodded: "It's alright, our cooperation will proceed as usual. It's just that you might have to make do with something. I've already had the press conference canceled."

Eric has no time to care about press conferences right now.

He stood up, ready to discuss the specific plans with his boss.

On the other side, the Zhou family.

When Zhou's mother saw the video, her face immediately darkened.

This is the video she wanted! But all she was thinking about was getting the surveillance footage.

I never expected someone would actually take pictures...

It seems that I can no longer use this video to discuss cooperation with the Xu family.

The money that was about to be received vanished, and Zhou's mother's mood worsened considerably.

I watched the video twice more.

The video has been muted, making it difficult to ascertain the truth of the matter.

However, Zhou's mother was still able to piece together the truth from Wu Qingqing's facial expressions.

This is clearly a case of trying to scam someone and ending up getting scammed yourself; what an idiot.

Frustrated, Zhou's mother quit Weibo.

This trending topic will probably disappear in a couple of days; Xu's PR team is still very strong.

The person who posts the video is an idiot for having something but not knowing how to use it!

Zhou's mother was about to turn off her phone and put on a face mask.

At that moment, a financial news message popped up at the top of the phone.

Today, the press conference announcing the cooperation between the Xu Group and the Ausuo Group was abruptly terminated, with the organizers yet to provide a reason.

Both parties are extremely powerful conglomerates, and netizens are eagerly anticipating their collaboration, but what will the outcome actually be...?

Zhou's mother's heart skipped a beat, but after reading the contents clearly, she couldn't help but feel happy.

Even if it doesn't benefit me, I'll still be happy to see others suffer.

Just as Zhou's mother was about to take a closer look to see if there was anything else,

A phone call came in.

"Hey, Yanxin, isn't that trending topic about the poor student your family sponsors?"

"Your child from a poor family became the top scorer in the college entrance examination?"

Upon hearing this, Shen Yanxin's face immediately turned proud.

"Oh dear, I don't even know if he's the top scorer in the college entrance exam. He estimated his score to be 680."

The person on the other end, who seemed to be doing something, immediately responded upon hearing that question.

"That's definitely a sure thing! Yanxin, you're so lucky. Your son is such a good student, and the sister you're sponsoring is so amazing..."

After praising them for a while, they slowly got to the point.

"Yanxin, I have a learning machine that I'm looking for a spokesperson for. What do you think..."

It's not that the other side doesn't want to look in the entertainment industry, it's just that there are too many unqualified people, and their products have very high educational requirements.

Some spokespeople charge exorbitant fees, making it simply not worthwhile.

So they turned their attention to students taking the college entrance examination.

It has scores and gimmicks.

Unfortunately, their product was scheduled to launch on June 30th.

There is also the work of filming and promotion in the early stage.

I was just wondering how to find the person when I saw this video.

Such a video can generate a lot of buzz, and it also allows you to promote their products!

This is an extremely high chance of winning!

Upon hearing this, Shen Yanxin's eyes immediately lit up.

Even if there's no way to make money through collaboration, it would be good if Wu Qingqing could make a fortune in the entertainment industry!

"Okay, you wait here, I'll go talk to her!"

She didn't even dare to imagine how many people would compliment her when the college entrance exam results were released.

She has managed to raise both her son and daughter to be so outstanding.