Chapter 188 Those bastards!
"Hello, when can I contact Mr. Shen?"
"Hello, if Mr. Shen is unable to spare the time, can you please ask SZ's agent or send a representative to answer our questions?"
"We want to interview Mr. Shen!"
"Yes, yes, Mr. Shen is hiding from people. What does that mean?"
“We just want to ask why SZ launched water quality test strips and water purifiers.”
"Did SZ get some inside information? The recent diarrhea incident that has been making the rounds online, everyone is saying it's the changing seasons, but SZ has come up with a product. And the slogan is still: Protect your drinking water health?"
"As the president of SZ, won't Shen Linglan come out and say a few words?"
The front desk of SZ Life Sciences had never seen such a battle before.
She just went downstairs to get a takeaway, but she didn't expect that as soon as she turned around after getting the takeaway, microphones were put to her mouth one after another, and cameras kept clicking pictures on her forehead.
If Shen Linglan hadn't warned them in advance, the front desk staff would probably have been so scared that their tongues would have been tied.
But with her boss giving her a heads-up, she practiced her lines all night, and now they finally came in handy.
"I'm sorry, Ms. Shen has been busy lately. When she's done, she will definitely make time to answer your questions. Please don't worry, Ms. Shen will tell you everything she knows."
"Really?"
"Why can't I tell you now?"
The reporters were not appeased by the receptionist's words and still pointed their microphones at the receptionist, hoping to get first-hand information from her. However, the receptionist had already walked up the stairs with her takeaway, through the crowds of people.
The group of reporters were stopped by the security guards and looked at the back of the head at the front desk, wishing they could turn into her hair and go upstairs with her.
After the front desk clerk returned to the company, the calmness in her heart immediately disappeared - it was all an act.
She patted her chest, and the tension she had just felt eased a lot. Just as she was about to go to lunch, a voice suddenly appeared behind her: "Are you okay, Xiao Liu? Did you run into a reporter downstairs just now?"
The receptionist turned around and saw that it was her boss.
"Boss Shen! Yes! There are so many reporters downstairs, it's so scary! If you go down now, you will definitely be surrounded by three layers of people inside and outside!"
Shen Linglan had already made this plan, so she smiled nonchalantly and said, "It doesn't matter."
She was getting ready to go downstairs to face the interview with the reporters.
However, she was neither nervous nor afraid. As the spokesperson for SZ, she still fixed her hair before entering the elevator.
Huang Linfeng and Chen Mengxue, who were standing next to her, were much more nervous than her, holding a baton in their hands - which they borrowed from the building security guard.
The two men followed Shen Linglan downstairs as if they were facing a formidable enemy. Facing dozens of reporters, they suddenly realized that they had not prepared enough - one word from each of them was enough to drown out their boss with their saliva.
They both immediately became extremely defensive, but Shen Linglan was not afraid at all.
The reporters were stopped outside the building by security guards, and when they saw Shen Linglan, their eyes lit up like hungry wolves seeing a flock of sheep.
The security guards held everyone back so tightly that no reporter could break through the line and put the microphone directly to Shen Linglan's mouth.
Shen Linglan had a suit jacket draped over her shoulders, and the aura she exuded made it difficult for the reporter to equate her with an "ungraduated college student."
The reporters who had just been so aggressive in front of the stage couldn't help but toned down a bit and became more polite and respectful after seeing Shen Linglan.
"Mr. Shen, are you here to accept our interview?"
"Mr. Shen, could you please explain the two new products that SZ Biosciences just released at 9 o'clock this morning? Why did SZ release those two products?"
Shen Linglan pulled the coat on her shoulders and said to the reporters outside: "Developing new products is natural because there is market demand."
"What market demand? Mr. Shen, do you think our tap water has been poisoned?"
"Are you agreeing with the rumor on the Internet that tap water contains viruses?"
There was a male reporter who spoke sharply and stared at Shen Linglan, as if he wanted to find some flaws in Shen Linglan's expression.
Shen Linglan met his gaze and replied calmly, "If I answer yes, I will be invited in for tea tomorrow."
Once this was said, it was like an answer even though it was not a direct answer. "Is it true?"
"Do you dare to take responsibility for what you say?"
Shen Linglan did not say whether she agreed or not to the tap water issue. She only said, "I dare."
These two short words instantly caused a stir among the reporters.
"Is the tap water really poisoned!?"
"How dare that bastard do such a thing!?"
Someone in the crowd cursed something. It was obvious that they could no longer hold back. They all wanted to go to the government building and interview the leaders and cadres, and it would be best if they could also interview the people from the water company.
Chen Mengxue spoke up at the right time to remind the reporters, "Thank you for your hard work in coming here for the interview. The test strips and purifiers sold by our company are priced at NT$500 per set. If you need to buy them now, you can get a 20% discount, and they only cost NT$400. If you need them, you can leave your name and address with me, and I will arrange for someone to deliver them to your door this afternoon."
But the reporters couldn't afford to buy any purifiers now. They just wanted to get first-hand information so that they could get the headlines first. They all got on their cars and went to the government departments.
Only one reporter, who was about to leave on his electric car, turned back and ordered three sets of reagents from Chen Mengxue when he thought of his three children at home.
"Boss, what should we do next?" Chen Mengxue asked Shen Linglan while handing the baton to the building security guard.
Shen Linglan stretched her back and said, "Let's go home and sleep."
After saying that, she really walked towards the underground garage.
Shen Linglan really needed to go back to recuperate. In the past few days, Lu Shaohua had tried his best and contacted official contacts in various channels, but the people above not only ignored her, but also restricted Lu Shaohua's travel.
Today is the second day that Lu Shaohua has been suspended from work and locked up at home.
After knowing that Lu Shaohua was under custody, Shen Linglan announced the sale of reagents and test strips.
At the beginning, everyone was still waiting and watching, thinking that SZ was just taking advantage of netizens' heated discussion about diarrhea to launch some innocuous products in order to make some money.
After all, everyone knows that SZ Biosciences is not actually profitable.
But there are also people with weak stomachs who have been suffering from diarrhea. No matter what medicine they take in the hospital, it doesn’t work. So they decided to give it a try and bought SZ Bio-Tech’s purifying agent. Unexpectedly, the diarrhea stopped after they drank it.
A netizen posted this story online, but was quickly labeled as a troll, saying that he was hired by SZ Bioscience to promote the product.
Shen Linglan never lets the operators interfere in these matters.
"Let the netizens express themselves freely for a while."
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