After a series of events including the hotel kissing scandal, Huo's official announcement, and Su Qianhui's self-directed and self-acted scandal, the online storm gradually subsided. On August 20, the "Eat Better" advertisement was launched.
A very interesting scene unfolded in the subway and office buildings: two companies' advertisements were competing against each other.
"Eat Better" launched a team of female riders and regained some market share with higher discounts and faster speeds.
Huotuan mainly occupies core business districts in first- and second-tier cities and has exclusively signed contracts with a number of high-quality merchants. According to the "China Catering Index", Huotuan's average consumption value per order is 12% higher than that of "Eat Well", and it still maintains its competitiveness in the high-end competitive field.
What troubled Jin Heng most was that Huo Tuan's Baidu Index was significantly higher than Chi Hao Yi Dian's. This meant that Chi Hao Yi Dian still faced the predicament of being effectively intercepted by Huo Tuan. To address this, he assembled an anti-Huo Tuan interception team, but with little effect. In terms of skill, no one could surpass Huo Yunchao.
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Gao Qiang's case went to trial on August 23.
On this day, Xue Qiandai and Huo Yunchao arrived at the gate of the Imperial Capital High Court.
Looking at the solemn and dignified characters above the courthouse gate, Xue Qiandai felt a sense of great satisfaction.
"Aren't you going in to take a look?"
Because there were enough witnesses, Huo Yunchao, out of personal desire not to let Xue Qiandai appear in court, prevented her from doing so.
"How is the foundation operating?" Xue Qiandai was more concerned about the future of the female employees who had been harmed.
"We're still missing a foundation president. Are you interested, Dai Dai?" Huo Yunchao asked affectionately, his arm around the girl's shoulder.
I thought Xue Qiandai would be too busy with her roles as a coffee shop partner, Taobao shop designer, and director, but I didn't expect her to be so enthusiastic about it. "Okay, I will definitely live up to your expectations."
Huo Yunchao was both proud and disappointed. "You're getting busier and busier, and you spend less and less time with me."
Xue Qiandai looked at him with sparkling eyes, "My beauty, no matter how many titles I have, you will always be number one in my heart."
The trial lasted a full three hours before the verdict was finally reached. Gao Qiang was sentenced to 20 years in prison. Huading Capital provided both material and emotional compensation to the female employees.
Gao Ruhai walked out of the courtroom, looking 20 years older in an instant. He saw Huo Yunchao and Xue Qiandai. If he still didn't know who was responsible for all of this, he wouldn't deserve to be called Gao Ruhai.
"Mr. Huo, you're truly impressive! You've surpassed your predecessors. I admire you!"
Huo Yunchao sneered: "President Gao, you flatter me. Those who do many evil deeds will surely perish. Let us learn from this."
"Hmph." Gao Ruhai snorted and turned away.
Next to appear was Yu Xue. She testified against Gao Qiang in court.
"Thank you, Senior Sister Yu." Huo Yunchao said sincerely.
Yu Xue gave a helpless bitter smile. In the end, she did everything she could, following Huo Yunchao's expectations. She didn't reply to Huo Yunchao; instead, she looked at her former rival.
"Xue Qiandai, I've paid back everything I owed you." She took a deep breath, feeling completely free. "Now we're even."
With a smile, all past grievances were forgotten. Xue Qiandai said frankly, "If you can't go back to Huading, you can work at the Foundation. The Foundation is still short of a committee member."
Xue Qiandai had just taken over Huo Yunchao's position as president, and she immediately wanted to find a committee member for herself, intending to become a hands-off manager.
Yu Xue, not understanding why, laughed and said, "I have very high salary requirements."
Xue Qiandai waved her hand dismissively, not caring, since Huo Meiren was paying anyway. "No problem, money's no object."
Affected by the Gao Ruhai and Gao Qiang incidents, Huading Capital suffered another setback in the capital market.
On August 25, Huading Capital held a board meeting. At the meeting, two opposing viewpoints emerged.
One faction believed that Gao Ruhai had caused incalculable losses to Huading and decided to remove him from his post.
The other side argues that Gao Ruhai made outstanding contributions to Huading in the past and should not be subjected to such unfair treatment.
The two sides voted and were evenly matched.
At this moment, three young men appeared on the board of directors' table: Huo Yunchao, Gu Fan, and Zhang Duo.
Enemies meeting are bound to be hostile, and Gao Ruhai coldly stared at the three of them. "President Huo, what brings you here uninvited? This is Huading's internal affair, and it is none of the business of outsiders."
Huo Yunchao looked at a director who was standing opposite Gao Ruhai and said, "Director Lin, please tell Director Gao my identity."
Director Lin respectfully invited Huo Yunchao to take a seat. "Chairman Gao, this is our new board member—Chairman Huo. He owns 11% of Huading's shares and has a say in Huading's development."
These words immediately drew all attention to Huo Yunchao. This stake exceeded that of many directors present. Moreover, Huading's 11% stake was equivalent to all the capital Huo Yunchao had invested in selling Happy Farm last time. Had he gambled his entire fortune? Or was Huotuan incredibly profitable? What audacity! How much hatred must he harbor for Chairman Gao!
Huo Yunchao sat down, looked around, and said, “I propose that Mr. Gao Ruhai be removed from all his positions at Huading. Huading will forever remember Director Gao’s contributions.”
From this point on, Gao Ruhai was completely out of the game.
Subsequently, Huading Capital issued a notice announcing its withdrawal of investment from "Eat Well".
Fireball is better at eating, new round, KO.
After leaving Huading, Zhang Duo couldn't help but ask, "Junior Brother Huo, you just set up such a large trust not long ago, how come you've bought so many Huading shares again in the blink of an eye?"
Huo Yunchao laughed and said, "I bought some shares of Huading after it hit the daily limit down several times. By the way, I made a profit in the Bitcoin market, which just covered my losses on Huading's shares."
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