The public relations department of Lin Group worked overtime for more than half a month, keeping a close eye on the online public opinion and making public relations preparations.
Reporters in H City couldn't find Fang Qi and started the topic #Looking for Little Fang Qi#. Although they knew about it, they had not received any notification or instructions from their superiors, so they remained on hold for the time being.
However, no one expected that someone would make a fuss about Xiao Fangqi's grandmother's story. Several big V marketing accounts followed suit and reposted the rumor-mongering article, which became a hot topic.
The author narrates the life of Grandma Fang Qi from childhood to adulthood in a self-narrative tone.
Su Ling opened Weibo, clicked on the hot search, and quickly browsed the rumor-mongering article. After reading it, he cursed angrily.
"What nonsense!"
The article describes Fang Qi's grandmother as a top student at XX High School in H City. Her parents painstakingly nurtured her, leading her to the top scorer in the college entrance exam and admission to the Finance Department of S University. Her future seemed bright, but she engaged in promiscuous relationships with men and women in college, frequenting bars and other unethical places. She unexpectedly became pregnant in her sophomore year and was forced to drop out of college. Upon returning to H City, her parents, disgraced by the shame, kicked her out of the house and severed all ties.
Just seeing this, Su Ling was furious, and he wanted to find out who wrote the article and beat him up.
The following content is even more disgusting.
For example, Grandma Fang Qi raised her son alone and sold her body to earn a living. Fang Qi's mother was an orphan, and she found a child bride for her son. The full malice almost overflowed the screen.
The media loves the victim-blaming theory and forwarded it in droves to create topics. Some netizens who cannot distinguish right from wrong were led by the nose by them and made comments that were vicious and outrageous. Some even whitewashed Zhang Man and felt that Xiao Fangqi deserved the abuse.
Gossip can melt metal, and constant criticism can destroy a person.
Su Ling put down his phone, breathing rapidly, and clutched Lin Feng's clothes tightly.
"The culprit cannot be let off!"
Lin Feng hugged him, his eyes cold and his aura fierce.
"No one can escape."
Lin Group counterattacked quickly. After public opinion fermented for seven or eight hours, a topic suddenly became a hot search.
#Loving you is the happiness of my life#
Such a clichéd topic occupied the front row of hot searches. Many netizens were eager to click in and complain, but were surprised to find that the topic was initiated by the official Weibo of a famous financial magazine in S City.
Financial magazines don’t seem to have anything to do with love, right?
The sudden release of an emotional article piqued the curiosity of netizens, especially since the cover of the article was a picture with a sense of the times.
In the picture, a youthful man and woman are snuggling together, their eyes sparkling with light, filled with love for each other.
Sharp-eyed netizens discovered that the man in the picture looked like the current president of Lin Group.
[Are you kidding me? Who photoshopped this picture? My husband, my idol, is photoshopped here!]
Shameless! Is this financial magazine courting disaster?
[Looking closely, this person looks a little different from Mr. Lin.]
A lot younger.
[Maybe it's a photo of Mr. Lin from the past.]
Isn't this copyright infringement? How could a company as large as S City Finance Magazine make such a mistake?
Who's that woman in the picture? Get lost! You're not allowed to lean on my idol boyfriend!
[No matter what, anyone who touches my man will die! From today on, I will be the long-term hater of the financial magazine!]
Netizens clicked on the long Weibo post with a variety of emotions.
"...She has loved reading since she was a child. Once she gets her hands on a book, she can pore over it quietly for hours. To her, books hold a magical world; immersing herself in it can take her on a wondrous journey. Even boring textbooks are something she finds delightful to read."
"She was at the top of her class and was admitted to her ideal university. On her first day, she went to the library with a sincere heart and saw tens of thousands of books. She jumped for joy like a child."
"After school started, she would go to the library whenever she had free time, find a quiet spot, and read books voraciously."
"At some point, she noticed that there was a boy who always sat at the same table with her, and his focused expression was exactly the same as hers."
"Day after day, from freshman to sophomore year, they became the most tacitly understanding 'deskmates'. Even though they hardly spoke to each other, they could see appreciation in each other's eyes."
Netizens thought it would be a passionate love story, but it started out dull and boring, with just two nerds reading in the library.
What's there to write about?
As expected, it is a financial magazine, the writing style is dry and unattractive.
"That day, she sat in her usual seat. The boy came and sat opposite her. He wasn't reading, but just stared at her quietly. She felt uncomfortable being stared at, so she looked up and asked."
"The boy said: Do you want to date?"
Netizens stared.
You are indeed a nerd. Aren’t you afraid that girls will reject you if you are so direct?
She looked at the boy's sincere eyes and nodded: "Okay."
Netizen: ...
Even nerds can get girlfriends. Jealousy drives people apart!
The following plot is nothing more than confirming the relationship between boyfriend and girlfriend. The two continue to live a boring study life, dating in the library, sometimes reading their own books, sometimes discussing topics, sometimes doing homework, and studying attentively. There is no romance that lovers should have.
The only time we had close contact was on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival.
The two finally went out of the school on a date like a normal couple and watched the fireworks by the river. It was too late, so they stayed in a hotel for the night.
Although the author described the process very briefly, netizens were very satisfied. It is not easy to find a little sugar in boring text.
When netizens thought the story was going to develop in the direction of normal love, it suddenly took a turn.
The boy is dead!
Yes, you read that right.
The boy died in a car accident!
Ahhhh——
Have financial magazines finally learned to write sensational articles?
Without even getting any reward, the hero was killed. Is he still human?
Netizens read on angrily, as the whole story went in a direction that was never going back.
The girl watched the boy's funeral from a distance, without disturbing the boy's sad family, and returned to school. A month later, she found out that she was pregnant.
If it were someone else, they might try every possible means to have an abortion without telling anyone.
The girl didn't do that.
She took advantage of the holiday to go home and confront her parents about giving birth to the child. Her parents were furious and adamantly disagreed, giving her a choice: an abortion or severing ties.
The girl chose the latter.
Leaving the city and living alone in the small town, the girl found a job as a typist to earn a meager living and gave birth to a baby boy eight months later.
In order to take care of her child, she didn't even have a confinement period. She took translation work online day and night, which caused her to become ill.
Many netizens think the girl is stupid, while others are moved by her persistence.
With her own efforts, the girl's life became better and better, and her son grew up healthily. She sponsored an orphan whose parents had both passed away. With her support, the two children were admitted to University B together.
As time went by, they fell in love and got married during college. They had a lovely boy and the family lived a happy life.
Seeing this, netizens felt suspiciously that the plot seemed familiar.
Sure enough, the following text verified their thoughts.
The girl, who had become a grandmother, died of illness at the age of 45. Her son and daughter-in-law died in a car accident, leaving behind a five-year-old grandson who was alone and helpless.
If you still can't tell who this story is about, then this generation of netizens can be damned.
This is basically the story of Grandma Fang Qi!
However, due to preconceived notions, many netizens started to curse like crazy.
[Whitewashing article! This is a blatant whitewashing!]
[Isn't it funny? Just reading a book together in the library and falling in love?]
I don't deny that their family died tragically, but character flaws are inherently flawed, and perhaps this is retribution.
If the top beam is crooked, the bottom beam will be crooked. If a child inherits his grandmother's genes, he won't be much better when he grows up.
[The financial magazine in City S has truly fallen, actually accepting payment for writing whitewashing articles.]
If you can't make up a story, don't do it. It's too ugly.
[Has the financial magazine been cursed?]
Not only did netizens mock it, but even peers followed suit, and the topic #S City Financial Magazine Has Fallen from the Altar# directly topped the hot search list.
Faced with a torrent of negative reviews, the financial magazine remained steady, updating its Weibo account at a leisurely pace, using the hashtag #Loving you is the happiness of my life# and posting an interview video.
S City Finance Magazine: We Met in the Library — [Interview Video] 27 Years Ago
Netizens clicked on the video with a provocative mood.
Maybe because it’s been a long time, the video clarity is average, but it’s enough for netizens to see the picture clearly.
[Huh? Huh? I'm a little confused!]
[He is my idol husband, right? ]
I'm exhausted from complaining. What on earth are they thinking? They're dragging my idol husband into this show. Aren't they afraid of being sued by the Lin Group?
Financial magazines are going further and further down the road of self-destruction. [Lighting candle.jpg]
A row of confused comments floated across the video screen, all asking who this person was. As the reporter asked the question, they soon got the answer.
Reporter: "Thank you very much, Mr. Lin Xuan, for accepting the interview with Caijing Magazine."
Young man: "Hello."
[Lin Xuan? Who is Lin Xuan? Isn't he the current president of the Lin Group?]
[The current president is Lin Feng.]
I heard that the reason why the financial magazine is so popular is that they can always get interviews with every "Mr. Lin" of the Lin Group.
As the video played, Lin Xuan asked and answered questions with reporters, and netizens finally confirmed that this Lin Xuan was the son of the previous President Lin and the brother of the current President Lin.
strangeness?
Why did the position of head of the Lin Group end up being inherited by the younger brother? Where did the older brother go?
Halfway through the video, the reporter jokingly asked, "Does Mr. Lin have a girlfriend now?"
Lin Xuan: “Yes.”
He didn't talk much and answered the questions very seriously. The reporter didn't expect him to admit it. His expression froze for a moment, but he quickly adjusted.
Reporter: "Would we be lucky enough to know how Mr. Lin and his girlfriend met?"
The corners of Lin Xuan's mouth seemed to curl up, and a hint of tenderness appeared in his eyes.
"We met in the library. We sat at the same table reading for two semesters and barely talked. I really enjoyed being with her, so I took the initiative to ask her out."
The reporter was surprised: "Huh? We've been sitting at the same table for two semesters, and you don't even talk to each other?"
Lin Xuan: "Yes. So when I proposed to her, I thought I would be rejected."
On the screen, a row of post-production subtitles appeared: The top student’s thinking process is unique.
[Uh, where have I seen this plot before? ]
[Met +1]
[I have a bad feeling...]
Reporter: "Did she refuse?"
Lin Xuan: "No, she agreed."
Reporter: "Really? That simple?"
Lin Xuan: "Yes. We are very satisfied with each other and get along very well."
Reporter: "Well, that's surprising. But the simple life is the real life! I wish you and your girlfriend peace and happiness forever."
Lin Xuan: "Thank you."
The topic about his girlfriend ended here, and the subsequent interviews were all related to the Lin Group, such as what blueprint he would have after inheriting the family business in the future.
However, just this short paragraph is enough to stimulate netizens' wild imagination.
Someone put the photo on the cover of the "whitewashing article" and the screenshot of Lin Xuan in the video side by side, and then crossed out a paragraph of text from the "whitewashing article". Netizens were shocked to find that Xiao Fangqi's grandmother = Lin Xuan's girlfriend!
Immediately afterwards, some bloggers with status and position, who were certified as awesome, retweeted these two Weibo posts from the financial magazine.
【After 27 years, I met my old classmates again. I missed them so much.】
[Do you still remember our agreement? Lin Xuan——]
I never thought that Fang would drop out of school like this. Alas, things are unpredictable.
[Whoever spreads rumors about my junior, I will be the first to rush up and sue him! ]
[Are these Junior Fang and Senior Lin? They used to be a couple at S University!]
Netizens counted them one by one and found a full twenty, essentially executives from major companies, financial tycoons, and influential figures. Their stance confirmed the authenticity of the two Weibo posts from the financial magazine.
The public relations department of Lin Group struck while the iron was hot, guided public opinion, and successfully turned the situation around. Netizens' comments all changed in style.
[Oh my god! This twist is incredible! Grandma Fang Qi is actually related to a wealthy family!]
[Who can guarantee that Xiao Fangqi's father is Lin Xuan's son? ]
[I think the financial magazine article, with its pictures and videos, is much more convincing than the previous one.]
A wealthy family like the Lin family, with a history spanning hundreds of years, would certainly protect their reputation and wouldn't take the initiative to get involved in other people's misdeeds. Therefore, the previous article slandering Grandma Fang Qi was definitely slander!
I don't think this alone means anything. If you can, let the current CEO, Lin, speak up!
The financial magazine responded to the request and posted a third Weibo post.
Welcome to the live broadcast room of the financial magazine: Interview with Lin Group President and Husband.
The author has something to say: There should be another chapter tonight, I will work hard to code~~
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