Hu Ling's televised debate greatly boosted her fame; previously, she might have only been well-known in certain circles in Donghai City.
But after appearing on this television program, almost everyone in the country knew that there was a compassionate and conscientious entrepreneur in Donghai City who cared about people's livelihoods.
Hu Ling gained many fans and supporters, and the reputation of Linglong Chamber of Commerce also spread, making her an instant sensation.
Shen Xingang and his group returned dejectedly.
Back at the company, he flew into a rage, pointing at Wang Dequan and cursing, "Didn't you say you could make her feel ashamed and humiliated with just a few words? How about this? You got yelled at and cried on the spot, you really made me proud!!"
Wang Dequan was also very aggrieved.
"President Shen, they're not playing by the rules at all. What they're talking about isn't economic matters at all..."
Wang Dequan was defending himself.
But Shen Xingang didn't want to hear his excuse at all.
"Enough, I don't want to hear your useless nonsense anymore. The internet is full of people cursing us. I really regret going on this show with you."
Shen Xingang berated Wang Dequan for several minutes, and the members of the Donghai City Chamber of Commerce present did not dare to utter a sound.
After a while, seeing that Shen Xingang had calmed down a bit, someone said, "President Shen, we don't need to be too pessimistic. Hu Ling just had a good talk on the show. In the end, it's just a show. If they want to raise their salaries, they still need the higher-ups to agree."
Shen Xingang also realized that Hu Ling was still under anti-monopoly investigation. As long as the investigation continued, they had nothing to fear.
"Right! Haha, I almost lost my mind too, I almost forgot about this. You're right, we don't need to be afraid of her, but we still need to control the online public opinion. You guys go and contact a few more media outlets to suppress those bad comments."
"Yes, Mr. Shen."
...
Linglong Club and Linglong Chamber of Commerce both opened a short video account.
The first video released was Hu Ling's speech on television.
Once the video was released, it was shared and liked wildly online, and the number of followers skyrocketed. At this rate, the account's launch was undoubtedly a great success.
"Sister Hu, it looks like you're going to become a big internet celebrity!"
Yang Yun, who is in charge of operating the account, said happily.
Hu Ling smiled and said, "The title of 'internet celebrity' is very meaningless; there's no need to take it too seriously."
"Understood, Sister Hu."
Just as Yang Yun was about to edit a few more videos of Linglong Club and upload them, she discovered that the video she had just watched had a lot of malicious comments.
One of them received a lot of likes.
[I don't believe someone who runs a club would be so kind. Don't be fooled by her. I'm a local from Donghai, and I know Linglong Club very well. They used to run a shady business, to put it bluntly, they were prostitutes. As the saying goes, prostitutes are heartless, and actresses are unrighteous. I heard from a friend that this woman was a widow who used her body to get close to an old man when she was young, and then inherited his property after he died. I strongly suspect that this woman killed him...]
This comment got a lot of upvotes, and then a lot of malicious comments were added, all about the dark history of Linglong Club.
Many of them are even fabricated.
They described Linglong Club as a very disreputable place, and portrayed all the technicians and staff there as promiscuous women.
Chen Zhe, who appeared on television with Hu Ling, was not spared either.
He was portrayed as a young man kept by Hu Ling, and as someone Hu Ling kept as a dog.
These malicious comments kept piling up.
Yang Yun's face turned completely dark.
"Sister Hu, this is malicious slander. Should we sue them?"
Hu Ling's expression was also not good, but she waved her hand.
"With so many people, how many can you sue?"
"So we're just going to let them talk nonsense?"
Yang Yun felt somewhat aggrieved.
"Hu Ling, don't even think about it, Shen Xingang must have ordered this to be done."
Lin Meiyu said.
Hu Ling nodded; "There's no one else but them."
"So what are you planning to do? Just ignore it? If you ignore it, won't these negative comments continue to escalate and affect our business?"
"Yes, it does have some impact..."
Hu Ling took out a women's cigarette and lit it in front of everyone.
After taking a deep breath, she looked at the people present and found that, apart from Chen Zhe, everyone else had their brows furrowed.
She was quite surprised by this.
[He's among those being slandered, so why doesn't he seem angry at all? Does he really want to be my gigolo?]
Sensing Hu Ling's somewhat strange gaze, Chen Zhe met her eyes openly; "Sister Hu, what's wrong?"
“We’re all obviously trying to figure something out, but you don’t seem nervous at all?”
"Sister Hu, I think this is a good thing."
"Good news???"
Those present looked at Chen Zhe as if he were a lunatic.
"Chen Zhe, are you crazy? Our Linglong Club is being smeared, Sister Hu is being smeared, and even you are being smeared. What kind of good thing is this?"
Yang Yun cursed.
Faced with Yang Yun's scolding, Chen Zhe was not angry. Instead, he looked at everyone and said slowly, "I've been thinking about how to help the technicians under Linglong Club get accounts. I've tried several, but the account-generating speed is not fast. The one or two that were slightly successful were by piggybacking on other people's big streamers. To put it bluntly, it depends on luck and is not very stable. Now that I've seen these comments, I realize that this is an opportunity sent to us by God."
"opportunity?"
Even someone as intelligent as Hu Ling couldn't quite understand Chen Zhe's thoughts.
"Yes, Sister Hu, they really did hurl some very harsh insults at us, you could say they used the most vicious language to humiliate us. But at the same time, their insults brought us a huge amount of traffic. During this period, I've spent time with those big internet celebrities and talked to them about their account creation process. It's safe to say that the real reason why accounts explode in traffic isn't because they have a good reputation, but rather because they did some stupid things in the past..."
Hu Ling raised an eyebrow, seemingly understanding.
"You mean... haters are fans too?"
"That's right! That's exactly it!"
"Hmm, that's interesting."
...
The others looked at Chen Zhe and Hu Ling, completely unable to understand what the two were saying.
Everyone was completely confused.
Yang Yun couldn't help but ask, "Sister Hu, what are you talking about? I don't quite understand."
Hu Ling smiled. She was a little angry when she saw the negative comments, but she wasn't angry anymore.
"To put it simply, good news doesn't travel far, but bad news travels fast."
"Good news doesn't travel far, but bad news travels a thousand miles."
The others looked at each other, and then it dawned on them that they finally understood.
...
Chen Zhe returned to the North District.
They called over the technicians who had been targeted online. The negative reviews were intentional; they had badmouthed almost every top technician and pretty girl in every branch. Chen Zhe and his team then turned the tables and promoted these people who had been targeted to live streamers.
There are three places in the Linglong Club in the North District that have been hacked.
Wu Yuanyuan is the most notorious for her accusations.
There was no way around it; Wu Yuanyuan was the most popular and famous person here before.
Chen Zhe showed the negative comments to Wu Yuanyuan, who was also very angry because she had never done many of them, and even if she had, she had never done anything so outrageous.
"So, what are your thoughts?"
"These people are all talking nonsense..."
Wu Yuanyuan originally wanted to give these haters a good scolding, but when she saw Chen Zhe's smiling face, she immediately realized something.
"General Manager, do you want me to become a live streamer?"
"Hehe, that's right, Yuanyuan, you're quick-witted."
...
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