110. Workplace emotions are worthless
Gu Chuqi watched Bai Yihan, swaying and smug, walk behind Mei Xiao. He was filled with rage, his heart aching with rage. "It must have been that bitch Bai Yihan who leaked your privacy to Yao Ye. She must have overheard us talking," Chuqi said venomously. Ling Ling sighed helplessly and said, "That's not important. My privacy is worthless. We can only be valuable by monetizing our audience's emotions. This is a company, and no one will take on our emotional value because our emotions are worthless. Oh, forget it, let's get started!" Gu Chuqi was so angry that he threw down a pile of materials and went to the coffee shop downstairs to relax and calm down. Ling Ling stayed in the meeting room to reconcile strategy with Shao Yao, hoping to find a more concise slogan. Shao Yao chatted with Ling Ling about work for a few minutes, but she was a little absent-minded. She stood up and closed the door of the conference room, then whispered to Ling Ling, "Sister Ling Ling, I've never liked to focus on office politics and spreading boring gossip, but—you've been so good to me. I've heard Bai Yihan mention you and Sister Mei when chatting with many people these days...so I wanted to tell you something. I don't know whether it's true or not, but at least I want to remind you." Ling Ling patted the back of her hand gently and said, "Peony, thank you. Then go ahead. I will know my limits and won't act rashly based on anything I hear, let alone involve you." Shao Yao cleared his throat nervously and said, "I heard from them that not long after Mr. Fang started his business, Sister Mei came to our company. At that time, she was working as the company's receptionist and was married to Mr. Fang's driver. Later, Mr. Fang's wife passed away due to illness. Sister Mei had an ambiguous relationship with Mr. Fang for a while, so she divorced her husband and is now raising her son alone. Her son has been studying in Australia for the past two years. I heard that Sister Mei really wanted to rekindle her relationship with Mr. Fang. But after Mr. Fang's daughter came to the company and made such a fuss a few days ago, everyone is saying that you are the future boss lady. With someone like Sister Mei, who has had limited experience as a 'woman from Yuexi in the morning and a concubine in the Wu Palace in the evening', she must be considering you as an imaginary enemy now. Chuqi and I both support the creativity you brought to Acorn, so I think Sister Mei's diss just now was a personal vendetta." Ling Ling heard Shaoyao's analysis and said with a wry smile, "Alas, to settle a personal grudge requires a grudge to exist. And how could Sister Mei and I, Mr. Fang and I, even eat at the same table, be involved in an emotional entanglement? Rumors are truly terrifying, and I'm powerless to fight back. Let the innocent be cleared. Shaoyao, don't worry about me. Thank you for the information you provided me. These days...
Gu Chuqi looked at Bai Yihan, who was walking behind Mei Xiao with a smug look on his face, and was so angry that he felt like committing evil.
"The one who revealed your privacy to Yao Ye must be that bitch Bai Yihan. She must have overheard our conversation." Chu Qi said viciously.
Ling Ling sighed helplessly and said, "That's not important. My privacy is worthless. We can only be valuable if we monetize our audience's emotions. This is a company, and no one will take on the value of our emotions because our emotions are worthless. Oh, forget it, let's get to work!"
Gu Chuqi was furious, so he dropped a pile of materials and went to the coffee shop downstairs to calm down. Ling Ling stayed in the meeting room to discuss strategy with Shao Yao, hoping to find a more concise slogan.
Shao Yao chatted with Ling Ling about work for a while, but she seemed a little absent-minded. She stood up and closed the door to the conference room. She whispered to Ling Ling, "Sister Ling Ling, I've never liked to focus on office politics and spreading boring gossip, but—you've been so good to me. I've heard Bai Yihan mention you and Sister Mei when chatting with many people these days... So I wanted to tell you something. I don't know if it's true, but at least I want to give you a heads-up."
Ling Ling gently patted the back of her hand and said, "Peony, thank you. Go ahead. I will know my limits and won't act rashly based on what I hear, and I won't involve you."
Shao Yao cleared his throat nervously and said, "I heard that not long after Mr. Fang started his business, Sister Mei came to our company. At that time, she was working as the company's receptionist and was married to Mr. Fang's driver. Later, Mr. Fang's wife passed away due to illness. Sister Mei had an ambiguous relationship with Mr. Fang for a while, so she divorced her husband and is now raising their son alone. Her son has been studying in Australia for the past two years. I heard that Sister Mei really wanted to rekindle her relationship with Mr. Fang. But after Mr. Fang's daughter came to the company and made such a fuss a few days ago, everyone is saying that you are the future boss lady. Sister Mei has the experience of 'a woman from Yuexi in the morning and a concubine in the Wu Palace in the evening', her vision is limited but her tactics are unlimited. She must be considering you as an imaginary enemy now. Chuqi and I both support the creativity you brought to Acorn, so I think Sister Mei's diss you just now was a personal vendetta."
Ling Ling heard Shaoyao's analysis and said with a wry smile, "Alas, to settle a personal grudge requires a grudge in the first place. And Sister Mei and I, and Mr. Fang, we've never even shared a meal together, so how did we get mixed up in an emotional entanglement? Rumors are truly terrifying, and I'm powerless to fight back. Only the innocent can be cleared. Shaoyao, don't worry about me. Thank you for the information you provided. I've certainly sensed a bit of a strangeness in Sister Mei's attitude toward me these past few days. However, excluding the personal feelings involved, her criticism of me just now does have some merit. My long copy did seem a bit overshadowing, crowding out the product and weakening the audience's memory. It's unprofessional. I really need to change it."
Shaoyao admired Lingling's generosity. She said to her, "Sister Lingling, let's review Acorn's strategy together. I think the emotions you gave Acorn kitchenware are quite creative, and this is also what President Jiang is most interested in. We should keep it, right?"
Ling Ling cast aside the gossip and intrigue and quickly got herself into work mode. "That's right, but we need to highly condense this emotion. Each product should have only one emotional core, and all other branches should be pruned away. Don't just blindly sell negativity to customers. We should be the audience's emotional relief station, not let them become our emotional trash can. Copywriting that is too long and complicated will indeed lead to misunderstandings and be counterproductive. I'll read these copywriting again, streamlining it word by word."
Shaoyao showed her the finished PPT and said, "Sister Ling, is there anything else I need to modify in the presentation I'm giving to the client?"
Ling Ling looked at her with hesitation, then finally decided, "I think you should refine your PPT skills. After all, clients have limited time and patience. We can't expect them to unravel our ugly PPT shell and find our incredible ingenuity. We need to capture their attention and convey our key points in a structured manner within the limited time and space."
Chuqi was making notes in his notebook quickly. He admired Ling Ling in his heart for her character and business ability.
Ling Ling continued to flip through the finished PPT she made and said, "The mask you chose is a bit too distracting. When I first came to Group A, Brother Chong taught me the concept of first visual retention. If you strengthen the light and dark contrast of this page, you can highlight the key points." Ling Ling demonstrated it to her, and the effect was immediately apparent. Chu Qi exclaimed a few more times.
Ling Ling continued her selfless teaching: "For your quote on this page, you should reduce the font weight and density. I think you could use red. On the one hand, it will coordinate better with the color scheme of the entire page, and on the other hand, it will resemble a discounted price at a supermarket. Because the client is a small company, our current price is actually higher than the market average, so this price presentation will give the client less of a sense of pressure. The overall style of your PPT has improved, and the client won't think we're cheap. And with this design for the price presentation, and the added creativeness of our copywriting, the client will actually feel like they've gotten a good deal. This way, you won't have to worry about closing the deal."
When Ling Ling said this, Shaoyao just wanted to stand up and applaud. She was determined to follow Ling Ling as her master.
Mei Xiao finally approved Acorn's copywriting, and the client, Mr. Jiang, was also very satisfied. While Ling Ling was watching the poster shoot, something went wrong. The qualified photographer they had hired was under arrest, and the rented venue and equipment were about to go to waste.
Ling Ling suddenly thought of a person who might be the only cheap labor force that could save the situation at the moment.
She called Hao Shengnan. "Help! I need to shoot a set of advertising photos, but the photographer I hired was suddenly banned, and now everyone in the studio is just sitting there doing nothing. It's too expensive to hire a professional photographer on short notice, and if I hire a half-baked photographer, his skills will definitely be worse than yours! So, can you come and save the day?"
Of course, Hao Shengnan was cheering.
Ling Ling asked the company again, and they said that as long as the client approved, they didn't care, as long as the budget didn't increase. She called Jiang Guo again, and Jiang Guo just said, "I trust you. I don't care who you contact."
So Ling Ling and Hao Shengnan did it with confidence and boldness.
Through Hao Shengnan's lens, Oaknut Technology's food, kitchenware, and smart appliances are transformed into objects with emotions. From the "I don't have many smiles, I can't give them to you" series to the "I'm exhausted after work, lazy as a wretch" series... Each design is unique and authentic, incorporating a touch of playfulness amidst the somber tones.
After a long day of hard work, the sun set in the west. After everyone finished work, Ling Ling sincerely praised Hao Shengnan, "Shengnan, your performance today was so impressive that to describe it as anything but 'awesome' would be an insult!"
Sheng Nan pretended to be polite and said, "Alas, I only showed off a little of my inexhaustible talent today. It's nothing to mention. You know me too. I've had a rough life and faced obstacles in my career. I only have this hobby of photography. I let my ideals overshadow reality. Otherwise, how could I have survived so tenaciously until now!"
"Okay, I get you. You've lived your life so well, so I have to reward you for your life! Come on, there's a Michelin restaurant next door. We're inviting Master Hao to dinner today, so we have to have something classy." Ling Ling dragged her into the shopping mall next door.
After the two of them happily started eating, Hao Shengnan asked Ling Ling, "How have you and Yu Chuanbei been doing lately? I haven't heard you mention him."
Ling Ling pursed her lips and said, "For us... let's just call it a cooling-off period before breaking up."
"Break up?! Lingling, don't be silly. The probability of meeting a man like Yu Chuanbei, who is both beautiful inside and out and highly compatible with you, is extremely low in this world. It's really luck that helps you meet such a suitable partner at the best stage of your single life and youth. Don't cherish him, and don't give such a good man to other bitches." Hao Shengnan tried her best to persuade her.
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