Lu Qiuyi and her legal department were discussing some specific clauses of the new employment contract that needed to be drafted later.

Moreover, the series of rumors circulating online about soy sauce factories will inevitably require intervention from the legal department.

The legal department, originally set up for the acquisition, is about to enter its busiest period.

For a fleeting moment, a single thought welled up in Lü Qiuyi's mind: "Finally!"

Previously, all I saw were the factory assembly lines and the hard work of various departments.

Their legal department, meanwhile, was in their air-conditioned offices, discussing the details of the contract documents and checking for any hidden wording traps.

These tasks can be handled by the few assistants and interns under "127".

Despite earning a million-dollar annual salary, Lü Qiuyi always felt that she was living too comfortably.

Especially compared to the 9-to-5 work schedule and endless overtime I had when I was employed before, I felt like this was some kind of heavenly life.

Even a vacation couldn't be better than this.

Now that work has finally come, Lü Qiuyi is much more excited than the others, ready to show her skills and prove that she is not just getting paid so much for nothing.

Just then, Zhou Lingling knocked on the door and entered the conference room with newly compiled data from the customer service department.

In the factory area, Zhou Lingling is the newly recruited deputy supervisor of the customer service department.

She didn't have any direct contact with Lu Fan on the surface, nor did she actively gossip to others about being Lu Fan's cousin.

So far, no one knows whether Zhou Lingling and Lu Fan are related.

Neither of them has any plans to make any public announcements.

What's there to say? Zhou Lingling's ability to establish herself in the customer service department is something both she and Lu Fan are happy to see.

If he were to reveal this and make people wary, it would be pointless and would also defeat the purpose of Lu Fan's original intention of having someone close and trustworthy to help him keep an eye on the company's internal affairs.

When Zhou Lingling knocked and came in, Wang Wei was even more excited than Lu Fan when she saw her:

"President Lu, this is Supervisor Zhou. I got my data from her."

Furthermore, the source of those articles on the internet also relies on Zhou Lingling.

Wang Wei made no attempt to hold back, strongly recommending Zhou Lingling among the management team:

"Lingling, what's your opinion on this?" Wang Wei encouraged Zhou Lingling.

Despite being in front of so many managers, Zhou Lingling didn't feel awkward or scared at all.

But she still appreciated Wang Wei's kindness, took a deep breath, and said to Lu Fan and the other managers:

"According to data compiled by the customer service department recently, the number of order cancellations has reached more than 600,000 so far, which is almost equal to the number of shipments in the past two days."

"Some long-time customers are also pressing for the truth of the matter, and some bloggers have begun to encourage these customers to seek compensation for the used goods!"

Wang Wei gasped: "Are there many orders like this? They're forcing us to pay compensation! How could they even bring up something like this?"

The meeting room was in an uproar; everyone was more or less filled with anger.

"This is outrageous! It's one thing to swear, but what is this? Cutting off someone's livelihood!"

"This is no ordinary business strategy; there will inevitably be people trying to take advantage of the situation."

Lu Fan's expression also turned somewhat somber, but having experienced the ups and downs of the business world, he had seen all sorts of grand occasions.

Naturally, they wouldn't be scared off by such a small number of order cancellations.

Lu Fan nodded to Zhou Lingling and continued to instruct Lü Qiuyi:

"Collect the chain of evidence, including all the comments that were used to control the narrative..."

"Since they dare to cause trouble, let's take this opportunity to go big."

“We can’t just suffer such a huge loss for no reason and expect our family to bear it all. I want them to cover all the material losses, including the compensation for the employees’ emotional distress.”

“If we don’t call on this group, they won’t learn their lesson once we’ve shed blood!” Lu Fan’s tone was calm, but anyone could hear the ruthlessness in it.

Normally, some people might find Lu Fan's vengeful temper frightening.

But what's the situation now?

It's a situation where someone has been beaten up and wants to retaliate.

If Lu Fan is too soft-hearted, his subordinates will become resentful.

He's going to fight back hard for everyone now, and everyone will applaud his opinion.

Lü Qiuyi indicated that she understood:

"I have already instructed the legal department to take immediate action to collect all relevant articles and links."

"Should we ask the platform to intervene now, at least to remove the article?"

Hearing this, Wang Wei said worriedly:

"They've already got us trending on social media. These crocodiles, who've seen blood, are probably just waiting to keep biting us. Even the platform won't care about us now that we're getting this much attention."

Lu Fan chuckled:

"Then let's deal with the platform as well. We can't just suffer the losses while they profit from the tragedy, only to walk away once everything is over."

"Besides, we also spent a lot of money on advertising. Since we've generated so much buzz, why can they use our content but we can't?"