The criticism of Xiyue beauty cream continued to escalate on Weibo the following day.
More and more people are commenting on Yan Ya's articles.
Passerby A: [This beauty cream is practically a poison jar containing a miracle cure; anyone who buys it is either a fool or has too much money.]
Passerby B: [I feel like the person upstairs is a domesticated wild boar. Are you insulting me? I also bought it—and used it, and I didn't have the same allergic reaction as this blogger.]
Passerby C: [This is a rip-off! Such a severe skin rash, it's not some kind of beauty cream, it's clearly just paint on your face, 90% industrial garbage.]
Compared to the overwhelming and surging attacks and accusations on the internet, the situation on television media has improved slightly.
Just yesterday, three media outlets were still covering the incident, but today, only the Hangzhou-based "Today News" is still persisting.
This seemingly optimistic situation is actually the result that Chen Ze painstakingly obtained after spending a huge sum of more than five million yuan.
What's troublesome is that even at such a high price, the "Today News" doesn't seem to have any intention of giving him face and continues to report on the matter as it pleases.
It's obvious that someone must have secretly given them instructions not to give up easily.
However, faced with such difficulties and obstacles, Chen Ze did not give up easily. He frowned slightly, thought for a moment, and then quickly picked up his phone and dialed a number.
A short while later, a familiar voice came from the other end of the phone.
Hello, who is this?
Upon hearing the question, Chen Ze quickly replied, "Hello, Qingyang, it's me! Chen Ze."
"Oh, it's you. What do you need?"
"It's like this, Qingyang, I wanted to ask if you have any powerful connections in Hangzhou? I've run into some trouble and need some help to resolve it," Chen Ze said bluntly.
After a moment of silence, the person on the other end of the phone replied, "Well... there is a little bit, but my connections don't have much influence."
"If it's just dealing with some ordinary, everyday matters, it's fine. But if it's a particularly important and tricky big event, I'm afraid it might be a bit risky. What's wrong? What exactly happened?"
Chen Ze sighed and briefly explained the smear campaign against Xiyue Beauty Cream and the incident reported by "Today's News".
After listening, Qingyang pondered and said, "This matter is indeed difficult to handle. If there is really a dark force behind it, it may not be easy to resolve. However, I do know an editor at Today's News named Xiao Wu. Perhaps we can get some information from him."
Chen Ze's eyes lit up, and he quickly said, "Okay, then I'll ask you to contact this Xiao Wu first."
Qingyang readily agreed.
Shortly after, Qingyang called back saying he couldn't handle it. Someone was paying special attention to this matter, and he guessed it was either Chen Ze's competitor or his enemy.
Although the matter was not resolved, he still expressed his gratitude to Zhao Qingyang.
After ending the call and realizing that using connections wouldn't work, he could only continue searching for clues in the beauty company's monitoring room.
Zhou Qianqian quietly stayed by his side, the two of them in the narrow and cramped monitoring room.
They stared intently at the screen, not missing a single detail, not daring to blink for fear of missing any important clues.
Time slipped by unnoticed, and two hours had passed in the blink of an eye. Maintaining such intense concentration for so long left Chen Ze feeling tired and frustrated; he even began to consider giving up on his search for clues.
However, just as he was about to get up and leave, he caught a glimpse of a video out of the corner of his eye that seemed a bit off.
He perked up and shouted, "Mr. Zhou, pause it! I think there's something wrong with that footage. Rewind it to 7 minutes and 50 seconds and take a look."
Upon hearing Chen Ze's urgent shouts, Zhou Qianqian quickly pressed the pause button and, following his instructions, rewound the video to the designated time point.
The two of them stared intently at the screen again, watching the video replay.
Suddenly, the previously smooth screen flickered slightly, and then, an astonishing scene unfolded—the time displayed at the top of the screen jumped from 7 minutes and 50 seconds to 10 minutes and 50 seconds.
This means that a full three minutes of content is missing from the middle of this surveillance video! Clearly, someone deliberately deleted this crucial information, causing the abrupt jump in the footage.
Chen Ze frowned, his gaze sharp as a hawk. He immediately turned to Zhou Qianqian and ordered, "President Zhou, please go and find out which security guard was on duty in the monitoring room on June 17th."
The monitoring room was small and the space was very limited. Zhou Qianqian glanced around casually and immediately noticed the duty roster hanging on the wall.
Without saying a word, she quickly stepped forward, reached out and took the duty roster, and began searching for the duty records from the previous month.
She carefully flipped through the notebook in her hand, and after a while, she exclaimed excitedly, "Found it, boss, it's Captain Yang who was on duty yesterday."
Upon hearing this, Chen Ze looked up, first glancing thoughtfully at the ceiling of the monitoring room, then turning his gaze to Zhou Qianqian standing beside him, and asked in confusion:
"I remember when the surveillance system was installed, I specifically told you to install surveillance equipment in this monitoring room as well, but I can't find any surveillance cameras anywhere here?"
Zhou Qianqian quickly smiled and explained, "Boss, I certainly won't forget what you asked me to do! When I was communicating with the technicians who installed the surveillance cameras, they made a suggestion."
"They say it's because we already have multiple layers of security and strict defenses here. If we were to install a conspicuous surveillance camera here, it might seem a bit redundant and out of place."
It must be said that the person who installed the surveillance system was quite clever in deciding to install those very discreet pinhole cameras here. This way, it doesn't affect the aesthetics and still serves its monitoring purpose.
However, the computer connected to this pinhole camera was not in the monitoring room, but in Zhou Qianqian's office.
After listening to Zhou Qianqian's explanation, Chen Ze showed a satisfied expression and nodded slightly in approval.
He then stood up and walked towards the door, with Zhou Qianqian following closely behind. A short while later, the two entered Zhou Qianqian's office at the end of the corridor.
Upon entering the office, Zhou Qianqian quickly walked to a small computer placed in the corner, sat down steadily, and skillfully began to operate it.
Her fingers flew across the keyboard, and various windows and menus popped up on the screen. Before long, she successfully pulled up the surveillance video footage from the 17th of last month.
As the video played, the two of them stared intently at the screen, afraid of missing any crucial details.
Sure enough, a short while later, they clearly saw Captain Yang sitting in front of the monitoring console, manipulating the mouse, and deleting a segment of surveillance video without hesitation.
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