"I have also heard about the various conflicts and disagreements between you and Xiaoyu."
At the Feixun.com headquarters, Madam Lin looked at Tao Mu with a slightly curious but polite look. After a while, he slowly said, "Excuse me for being blunt, but Mr. Tao is such a young and talented entrepreneur who has created a fortune of tens of billions at such a young age. He should also be tolerant. In this case, why bother with an ignorant child like Shen Yu?"
Tao Mu smiled slightly: "It's not that I want to argue with him. But with Feixun.com's current status and influence, I can't let others spread rumors and slander me."
After a pause, Tao Mu added meaningfully: "Just like the Lin Group cannot allow family scandals to be exposed, affecting the company's external image and even affecting stock price fluctuations. The old lady should be able to understand my concerns by judging others by herself."
Madam Lin's expression changed slightly. It's not certain whether Tao Mu knew about the videos and photos from Luo Xi, so he said this to test her.
Madam Lin smiled slightly: "I heard some media comments on Mr. Tao. They all said that Mr. Tao is talented and eloquent, and he has never suffered any loss in quarrels with netizens. After seeing him today, I can see that Mr. Tao's eloquence is indeed extraordinary."
Tao Mu chuckled, not bothering to pay attention to Madam Lin's secret sarcasm. He asked directly, "Madam, are you here to pay the compensation for Shen Yu?"
"That's right." Madam Lin nodded, glanced at Tao Mu, who was a little too sharp in both appearance and words and deeds, and said in a gentle voice: "Our Rong An's sin almost harmed such a good child as Shen Yu. As Rong An's grandmother and an elder of the Lin family, I have to compensate Xiao Yu on behalf of my grandson, which can also be regarded as an apology."
"I wonder how much compensation Feixun.com asked Xiaoyu to pay when it sued him?"
"I haven't asked in detail about this. Madam, please wait a moment." Tao Mu said, and called Zhou Shenxing directly. Let Zhou Shenxing come and discuss the specific compensation issues with Mrs. Lin.
Lawyer Zhou is in the Legal Department, discussing the specific terms and profit-sharing standards for the artist contract grading with several other lawyers and employees from the Human Resources Department and the Management Department. After receiving Tao Mu's call, he was immediately refreshed, picked up the relevant documents for suing Shen Yu, and came over in a heroic and high-spirited manner.
When Lawyer Zhou pushed the door open, Tao Mu glanced at the time without leaving any trace. It only takes less than five minutes. As expected, when it comes to money, Lawyer Zhou’s work efficiency is extremely high.
With the "money-hungry" lawyer Zhou in front, Tao Mu, the boss, can retire with honor. Mrs. Lin, who had vowed to pay the compensation and settlement money for Shen Yu, was shocked when she heard the number reported by Lawyer Zhou: "Ten million?" Why don't you just rob it!
The latter sentence almost came out of my mouth. Mrs. Lin was concerned about her image as an old-fashioned aristocrat in Xiangcheng, and reluctantly swallowed the scream back into her stomach. But I still find it unbelievable: "Boss Tao, this price is a bit too much, isn't it?"
Due to the consideration of her image, Mrs. Lin did not say that Feixun.com actually dared to ask for such a price. Could it be that they thought that the Lin family was being taken advantage of?
"Not too much at all." Lawyer Zhou took over the conversation with an innocent look on his face. He placed a stack of data reports in front of Old Madam Lin.
This is the data from the time when Shen Yu first started to slander Tao Mu until the Cao Miao incident was exposed, and all the netizens followed suit to discredit Tao Mu. Including but not limited to Feixun search, Weibo platform, Qiandu entries and related entries of other search engines. It also included the various losses that Tao Mu and Feixun.com had suffered in each smearing process. This includes damage to the image and reputation of Taomu and Feixun.com, a decrease in registered users, and sponsors breaking contracts.
For more than a year, Shen Yu used his right to speak as a public figure to maliciously guide netizens to discredit Tao Mu several times without solid evidence, and even guided fans of other stars to carry out online violence against Tao Mu... Lawyer Zhou added up all of Shen Yu's actions, listing the mental harm and financial losses Tao Mu suffered as a result, and comparing the attention Shen Yu received as a result, as well as the notices and endorsements he received during the period of discrediting Tao Mu. The purpose is to combine the two together and prove that the reason why Shen Yu keeps discrediting Tao Mu is to increase his own popularity. The economic benefits brought about by this can certainly be regarded as Shen Yu’s “criminal motive” to deliberately discredit Tao Mu. Considering that Feixun.com is a rising enterprise that is highly dependent on the public opinion environment and its own image, the consequences and impact of Shen Yu's smear campaign against Tao Mu will of course be magnified.
So ten million is definitely not a rip-off. In fact, this is the number Zhou Shenxing came up with after carefully considering the Shen Group's liquidity and the Shen family's emphasis on Shen Yu, and deducing the Shen family's bottom line of tolerance. If we simply consider the level of damage Shen Yu inflicted on Tao Mu and Feixun.com, Zhou Shenxing could even add another zero to the end of this number.
Zhou Shenxing was well prepared and had solid evidence. Big data, related news reports and loss statistics were presented in front of Mrs. Lin. In the end, even Mrs. Lin had to admit that the price of 10 million was indeed reasonable.
However, before coming, Mrs. Lin did not expect that Feixun.com would ask Shen Yu to pay so much. In fact, Old Madam Lin thought that Shen Yu could at most apologize in public and then symbolically pay a compensation of one or two hundred thousand. She never expected that the final compensation amount would be ten times what she had imagined.
Zhou Shenxing sighed disapprovingly: "If Shen Yu could hold a press conference in public and sincerely apologize to the media and netizens nationwide, the compensation would not be negotiable. The key is that Shen Yu has been banned by Optoelectronics. All domestic media cannot report news related to Shen Yu. We at Feixun.com have no way to get a public apology from Shen Yu. In this case, we can only make up for it in terms of compensation."
"We, Feixun.com, are about to conduct our Series A financing. Shen Yu made up rumors and created so much negative news, which had a very bad impact on Feixun.com. If the Series A financing fails, the loss that Feixun.com will have to bear will not just be 10 million." Lawyer Zhou's words were convincing and very convincing.
Madam Lin immediately said, "That's easy. If Feixun.com is indeed planning to raise funds through A round, our Lin Group is willing to--"
"This matter has nothing to do with what we are going to discuss today." Tao Mu interrupted Madam Lin. He looked at Lawyer Zhou expressionlessly.
"Speaking of which," Zhou Shenxing still looked at Madam Lin with an innocent face, and said with a smile, "It's a good thing that Guangdian ordered Shen Yu to be banned. Otherwise, if the news that Third Master Lin was jealous of Shen Yu and had his third leg broken was exposed, I'm afraid the Lin Group would have been on the headlines."
Mrs. Lin put down her coffee cup with a look of surprise. The second reason she came to Feixun.com was to discuss with Tao Mu the removal of the relevant reports on Lin Rongan.
"How much does it cost?" While studying abroad, Lin Rong'an often made the front page headlines of the entertainment section of Country Y because of news about group fornication. Therefore, the Lin family is also familiar with the operations of these public relations media to withdraw their reports. However, after Lin Rongan graduated and returned to Xiangcheng, because the Lin family had too much influence in Xiangcheng, not many newspapers dared to report negative news about Lin Rongan. At most, they would publish some gossip about how Mr. Lin San was a playboy and kept models and female celebrities as his mistresses. Even so, the Lin family would immediately withdraw the report if they showed any dissatisfaction.
It was because of the submissive attitude of the Xiangcheng media that the Lin family was spoiled. That is why the Lin family took a tough stance and asked Feixun.com to remove the report when they first came into contact with it. After all, mainland policies tend to support Hong Kong businessmen, and many Hong Kong businessmen also feel superior when investing in the mainland. Therefore, they did not take new media like Feixun.com seriously.
Unfortunately, Feixun.com does not buy into the Lin family’s account. Their attitude is even tougher than that of the Lin family. Mrs. Lin had no choice but to use money to speak, just like she did with the media from Country Y.
Given the influence of Feixun.com on domestic public opinion, it would naturally cost a lot of public relations fees to remove the relevant reports about Lin Rong'an. However, the Lin family is wealthy and probably doesn't care about these millions.
In comparison, it was the compensation that Feixun.com demanded from Shen Yu that made Mrs. Lin feel more embarrassed.
"Can't you be more flexible?" Madam Lin asked tentatively, "Ten million is not a small amount."
"So I'm very curious. The Lin family has no relationship with Shen Yu, so why do they have to pay for him?" Lawyer Zhou asked, and then casually suggested: "But 10 million is indeed not a small amount. The old lady can talk to the Shen family. If you two families are willing to cooperate, this amount of money will not be a large sum for the Lin family and the Shen family."
I don't know if she was out of her mind or if she really felt guilty about Shen Yu because of Lin Rong'an's matter. Madam Lin actually called Chairman Shen in front of Zhou Shenxing and Tao Mu.
Seeing Mrs. Lin patiently communicating with Chairman Shen about the compensation, Zhou Shenxing was so shocked that he was speechless.
Is this world so mysterious? There are actually people who are willing to take out millions to help others pay compensation, and seem afraid that others will not accept it?
Lawyer Zhou did not hide the shock on his face at all, and turned to look at Tao Mu who was sitting calmly beside him. He shook his head in disappointment.
It turns out that being brain-dead actually has this benefit. If he had known this earlier, he wouldn't have worked so hard in his life. He wants to be a baby too!
Tao Mu had no idea that the treasure of their Feixun Network was almost stimulated to turn into a crying monster. He was also shocked by Madam Lin's brain circuit.
Opposite Tao Mu, Madam Lin had already discussed Shen Yu's future with Chairman Shen. He even took the initiative to suggest that Shen Yu go to Xiangcheng for development. Madam Lin plans to buy out Shen Yu's ten-year agency contract for five million. Although at present, Hong Kong's entertainment industry is becoming increasingly stagnant. But the centipede is still alive even after death. The past glory of Hong Kong's entertainment industry can still radiate to Southeast Asia. Mrs. Lin thinks that Shen Yu has a very spiritual image. Although he has been banned in the mainland, Shen Yu is still a blank slate to Hong Kong, Japan, and South Korea. Madam Lin believed that with Shen Yu's talent and spiritual energy, he would be able to create his own brilliant path.
After being targeted and blocked by the Yan family, the Shen family father and son originally wanted to give up Shen Yu. But no one expected that Mrs. Lin would express her support for Shen Yu at this critical juncture. Although Mrs. Lin clearly stated that the 5 million signing fee would be paid directly to Feixun.com in the form of compensation.
But what the Shen family father and son valued was not the five million. But it is the Lin family’s attitude towards Shen Yu.
Standing in the chairman's office of Shen Group, Shen Yu twirled his fingers nervously. I have to say, what Luo Xi said in the ward that day really scared him. Fearing that the Lin family would hold him responsible, Shen Yu rushed to the airport after leaving the ward and booked the last flight of the day back to Shanghai. He asked his father and elder brother for help overnight.
The Shen family's father and son have been venting their anger on Shen Yu because the Yan family mobilized their forces to target the Shen Group. But I didn't expect Shen Yu to become so troublesome after arriving in the capital. For some unknown reason, he had offended the Lin family and the Luo family again, and one of them became a eunuch and the other had his leg broken.
The Shen family father and son were worrying about whether they would provoke retaliation from the two families when they received a call from Madam Lin.
Instead of blaming Shen Yu, he pleaded for Shen Yu.
This made the Shen family father and son realize the value of Shen Yu again.
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