Midnight Life Museum
Ai Bao became more comfortable in his conversation, and at this moment the investigation team was already in the final stages of their work.
With the help of store staff, they took samples very quickly. Several shopping baskets were already filled and placed in the corner against the wall.
Two copies of the list recording the goods taken have been printed out. Wang Yi was about to hand the list to Ai Bao when he heard Ai Bao say, "Let Team Leader Li and the others review it first."
"No need, everything has been confirmed. If there are no problems with Mr. Ai, we will leave first. We have more important work to do later."
Team Leader Li has already obtained what he needs, and the first priority is to get the store to sign and release it as soon as possible.
"Of course, everything depends on you." Ai Bao took it and signed his name at the bottom with a proud look.
At this point, the store clerks packed all the goods in shopping bags and piled them all together, creating a spectacular scene.
"Since you guys are still busy, I won't stay for now. Because of this incident, the group's stock price has fluctuated significantly, and I have a lot of things to deal with. Please understand."
Before he could finish his words, his cell phone rang with a long string of classical music. It seemed that he really had a lot of trivial matters to deal with.
"Sorry, I have to answer a call first." Ai Bao took out his cell phone.
Team leader Li didn't mind the slight and called his subordinates together: "Then we'll take our leave first."
They turned and left. Ai Bao was holding the phone to his ear and didn't seem to want to see them off.
The Consumer Association team left in a large group, and almost everyone had a shopping bag in their hands, which looked bulging. When they left the store, they attracted the attention of many passers-by.
Some people raised their mobile phones to take pictures, and many cameras were focused on them. After the video was spread, it would probably cause a lot of discussion on the Internet.
Ai Bao didn't know what call he received. When Ding Can turned his attention from the Consumer Association and returned to the store, he hadn't finished speaking.
He was mainly listening to the voice on the other end of the phone. His eyebrows were lowered, but he could still see the coldness in it. It was probably not something pleasant to hear.
He was only halfway through listening, looking into the distance with his eyes blank, making it difficult to understand what he was thinking.
Then he responded briefly a few times and hung up the phone. He walked straight across the shelves, came to the floor-to-ceiling window, and looked down at the street view outside the window.
There is a constant flow of traffic on the street, and people's shadows are frozen in the spacious and bright floor-to-ceiling windows.
The floor-to-ceiling windows were tightly closed, with no ventilation, yet one could still sense the hustle and bustle of the surroundings.
It has been a long time since I encountered such an interesting thing, Ai Bao thought.
*
There were still some customers gathered in the store, and the staff were politely reminding them that the store was closing and would not be open for business today, so they needed to cooperate and leave.
The crowd gradually left, and when only the shop assistants were left, the last person from the Consumer Association who was guarding the place stuck the seal he carried with him on the main door, took photos to record it, and then disappeared into the mall.
The crowd finally left as there was nothing exciting to watch.
In the small open space in the store, Wang Yi was gathering the employees who were going to work today for a small meeting.
He casually instructed, "Everyone go home today. Your salaries will be paid as usual, so consider it a paid vacation. But try not to go far away, or you won't be able to find anyone to hire you once the business returns to normal."
Someone couldn't help but express their curiosity: "Manager Wang, is there really nothing wrong with our store?"
"What are you talking about? Of course it's not like what the news said," Wang Yi said with a serious face. "Everyone just needs to wait patiently for the results. If any relatives or friends ask, please spread the word."
Seeing that most people still had confused and somewhat distrustful looks on their faces, Wang Yi clicked his tongue impatiently.
"Boss Ai and I are both here. Just look at Boss Ai and you'll know this can't be true. This is just a smear campaign by our competitors to discredit us. You all know how many customers our store normally has, so it's inevitable that others will be jealous."
His words were so convincing that they largely dispelled the doubts of the shop assistants.
I was thinking that this might just be vicious business competition, and the Lifestyle Museum was just caught in an unexpected disaster and was simply poured cold water on for no reason.
These words reached Hongba's ears from afar. He stomped his feet a few times in an unnoticed corner, and there were a few very light knocks on the shelves. "Isn't this just lying with open eyes? This is too bullying."
"Just wait, they'll get slapped in the face when the results come out." The alloy toy car was shaking with anger and almost couldn't hold back the restless tires.
The other products were also very excited and everyone was complaining.
Amidst their clamor, Shi Yan's voice seemed much quieter. "It seems Xiao Xia's guess was correct. I'm starting to worry about whether there will be any punishment."
Gao Wenwen sighed softly, "If the matter is really suppressed and the online method of speaking out doesn't work, what other methods can we use?"
You can't just run out of the store, grab a random passerby on the street, and gesture at them with your hands and feet.
It’s unrealistic to think about it.
It is very likely that not only will he fail to deliver the message, but he will also be taken to some research institute that produces abnormal items for research.
Ding Can looked at the translucent roller shutter door that had been pulled down at the entrance of the store, and could vaguely see someone parked at the door.
Today is the weekend and there are already many people shopping in the mall. If a store suddenly closes on the floor, even if you don’t know about it, you can’t help but take a few more glances at it.
If things really develop in a bad direction, now that the public is paying so much attention to the Blue Beach Preferred Living Center, there will also be many people following suit and making negative comments and insults.
Once a so-called reversal occurs, the direction of the wind on the Internet will change immediately.
Because of the guilt in people's hearts, there may be large-scale retaliatory consumption, which will cause more substandard goods to flow into the market.
She said slowly, "We'll take it one step at a time. Let's go online tonight to see if there's any updated information."
At least they have to prescribe the right medicine and know what the Life Museum has done in response before they can take the next action.
As for the products, it’s no wonder that they have such a reaction.
If the clerk did not know the inside story, it would be understandable, but as the manager of the head office, it is impossible for Wang Yi to be kept in the dark.
Many clues can be seen from the fact that he seldom comes to the store and tries to avoid close contact with the products.
It really makes people angry that they can say such words without blushing or beating their hearts.
"Mr. Ai?" Wang Yizheng had just finished speaking in a stern tone. Because he mentioned Ai Bao, he hoped that he would say something to calm the employees down.
Ai Bao seemed to have just heard his words. He turned his head slightly to the side, and a gentle smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
"Manager Wang is right. We should all work together at this time. The Blue Beach Group's current scale is inseparable from the efforts of everyone present. Although I don't know everyone's names yet, I still want to thank you."
Most of the store clerks are women, and when they see a successful elite like Ai Bao, they can't help but look at him with a filter.
I think this guy is handsome and rich. Even if I don’t have the chance to chat with him, it’s nice to just look at his appearance.
After hearing what Ai Bao said, they seemed to be drugged and nodded one after another.
"Don't worry, Mr. Ai, we will definitely trust the company."
Ai Bao raised his hand to adjust his glasses. The thin lenses reflected a small piece of light under the ceiling light, making it difficult to see his current expression.
"Then let's all go home for now. Manager Wang, please stay and review our daily cash flow with me to calculate the subsequent impact of closing the store."
"Okay, go home as soon as possible."
The store clerks leave very quickly, and paid vacations are rare, so of course we need to cherish the opportunity in front of us. Besides, it is still early, so after having lunch in advance, we can still have a whole afternoon and evening of entertainment time.
Just spending today's salary always feels like getting a bargain.
Soon, the store returned to peace. Even though it was very far away from the cash register, in this relatively quiet environment, one could still hear the conversation between Ai Bao and Wang Yi.
They were still calm at the moment, which showed that their attitude towards the investigation team was not a deliberate pretense, but they were really confident about the situation ahead.
"Mr. Ai, the post last night was detected by the group's PR team just five minutes after it was published. However, the poster was too cunning and used multiple accounts on different websites to post. We didn't have time to delete it in time. Furthermore, the associated phone number was a virtual number, so we couldn't locate the exact person to negotiate with. So, we implemented the emergency plan we had previously tested and at headquarters..."
Ai Bao waved his hand to signal him not to continue: "I understand. Just make the arrangements and don't make any mistakes during the process."
"Don't worry, I've copied all the footage from the past month's business hours and will be sending it to the IT department for testing. I hope they can find the person who reported me. Shall I take you back to the group headquarters first?"
Sure enough, Wang Yi’s purpose of coming to the store was not to check sales, but to use video recording to identify whether there were any suspicious people and then lock them down.
But they would never have thought that the person who initiated the post did not act during the day, but in the dead of night when everything was quiet and there was no surveillance.
Ai Bao nodded: "Okay, you clean up this place, I'll go turn off the power."
Wang Yi said with a look of understanding: "Please wait at the door, I will take care of these things."
"No need, just take care of this side and turn off the computer." After saying that, Ai Bao turned around and walked towards the inner room at the back of the store.
In order not to affect the boss's progress, Wang Yi finished quickly and the store's ceiling lights were turned off.
The lighting in some areas was average, and even though it was almost noon, it was already noticeably dark.
The merchandise, which had been whispering to each other, now knew that the power was off and there was no one around, raised their voices and spoke without restraint.
While denouncing the person in charge of the lifestyle museum, people were also wondering how someone could be so shameless. Even with the evidence right in front of him, he could still act so relaxed.
If passers-by could not vaguely see the scene inside the store from outside, they would really want to get together and complain loudly.
I was so upset that I waited until the mall closed, and all the goods rushed to the computer impatiently.
The computer board is currently the only tool that can obtain news from the outside world. After it is turned on, they all look at the operation of the tag, wanting to know what updated news there is today.
Ding Can turned on the computer, but before he had time to search the web, he saw a pop-up ad in the lower right corner of the screen.
The first thing that caught my eye was a line of clear and concise characters:
"Is Blue Beach Group being maliciously smeared by its peers?"
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