Chapter 1205: 666 Reputation Damage
"In other words, this Zhongzhong.com is still stubborn and stubborn?"
Seeing that several competitors were frightened into submission by Mingliu Group's tactics of not playing by the rules, Zhou Anan was somewhat impressed by Zhongzhong.com's courage to stand out from the crowd.
However, from the perspective of Zhongzhong.com, we have to hold on no matter what.
It's impossible to apologize, the worst that can happen is that we can just settle it privately.
Unfortunately, Mingliu Group unceremoniously rejected several compensation conditions proposed by the other party.
A public apology and a seven-day posting on the homepage are the most basic bottom line and there is no room for negotiation.
For this reason, the relevant departments responsible for coordination felt that it was reasonable and did not put so much pressure on the Mingliu Group.
Both sides have considerable backgrounds, so they just need to watch and not get involved if possible.
"Look, do you want to see it?"
"Since you are in the capital, let's meet."
Zhou Anan was interested in meeting Mr. Chen from Wenqian Group, but she also had to give face to the representative of Hardsilver Capital.
Last year, in addition to the emerging Mingliu Group, among the large domestic unlisted Internet companies, Wenqian Group received US$400 million in financing from several capitals.
Therefore, Mingliu Group and Wenqian Group are called two eagles among the unlisted companies in China's Internet industry by people in the industry, and they are in the limelight.
Of course he knew that his little trick would not delay the other party for too long, at most it would just make the other party uncomfortable.
Even asking the representatives of Hard Silver Capital for help and meeting him privately had to be used. Zhou Anan had to give face to the Internet boss who was second only to him in popularity.
There is no way. The other party is already in his forties, and Wenqian Group has been established for six or seven years. It is a bit unreasonable to call him an Internet upstart, especially considering Zhou Anan's age.
The two groups are rivals, but as major shareholders, there is no need for them to be enemies.
"OK."
An hour later, sitting in the Qinglan Coffee high-end flagship store at the Beijing airport, Zhou Anan met Chen Wenhui, a man in his forties, an Internet tycoon currently worth 2 billion.
"Mr. Zhou, nice to meet you."
Different from Chen Yuhua and Mai Jiachan who are in their prime and full of energy, Chen Wenhui is a slightly plump middle-aged man with a simple and honest smile and wearing thick glasses. At first glance, it is difficult for outsiders to imagine that he has a net worth of tens of billions.
"Mr. Chen, I'm a bit rushed, so please forgive me for meeting here."
After shaking hands with the other party, Zhou Anan had a good impression of the first meeting.
However, the more this happened, the more vigilant he became.
People like Maitreya are very good at playing tricks on others. When they are sold out by others, they will help them count the money.
You know, Chen Wenhui founded the Wenqian Group together with two college classmates. They went through thick and thin together and went through the initial difficult start-up stage.
Today, the market value of Wenqian Group exceeds 5 billion, but the other two founders who own a lot of shares have left the company's decision-making level, leaving him alone to control the entire group.
None of those who can carve out a path to success in this cruelly competitive Internet circle are honest old men. Even if there are no piles of bones under their feet, their success is the result of the sacrifices of thousands of others.
"Mr. Zhou, you are too polite. I should be the one who disturbed you."
After sitting down, Chen Wenhui adjusted the thick glasses on her nose, apologized with a smile, and then ordered a cup of coffee from the waiter who came over: "A latte, thank you."
As soon as the waiter left, Chen Wenhui didn't waste any time and went straight to the point: "Mr. Zhou has to catch a plane, so I won't waste your time and will make it short. I'm sure you know that we got a decent amount of financing last year. Of course, it's nothing compared to Mingliu Group. However, we at Zhongzhong.com are preparing to..."
Listening to the heartfelt speech of this honest-looking middle-aged boss, Zhou Anan, who "felt the same way", felt a little bitter while drinking Jiao Ma.
The road to entrepreneurship is really hard. It is really not easy for everyone to sit together and drink coffee and chat.
Oh, these days, bosses who can’t act can’t even get on stage. As a rising star, shouldn’t he also take some acting lessons?
"Mr. Chen means that Wenqian Group apologized on behalf of Xiaonei.com on its company page, but not on the homepage of Zhongzhong.com?!"
After waiting patiently for the other party to finish reminiscing about the good and bad times, Zhou Anan gave him a summary.
Haha, these days everyone is an old fox, avoiding the important issues and focusing on the trivial ones.
It is estimated that 99% of the users of Zhongzhong.com are unaware of the website's controlling shareholder, Wanqian Group. Who would have the time to visit the company website of Wenqian Group?
The most important thing is that Wenqian Group apologized on behalf of Xiaonei.com. Although Xiaonei.com and Zhongzhong.com are the same website, most people would not go to the bottom of it.
It’s a beautiful thought.
"Yes. In addition, if Mr. Zhou feels that it is inappropriate, our Wenqian Group will also provide some financial compensation. However, I think Mr. Zhou will definitely not think highly of this little thing."
With a simple smile, Chen Wenhui adjusted his glasses again.
In his opinion, Mr. Zhou, who is so young but has a net worth of tens of billions, must be a young man who values his reputation and would not care about that little bit of so-called compensation.
Otherwise, if it gets out, colleagues in the industry will laugh at you.
Therefore, after failing to reach a private settlement with Mingliu Group several times, he contacted the founder behind the scenes through Mr. Che, the head of HardBank Capital in Asia, and prepared to open a gap from this aspect.
As a veteran in the domestic Internet industry, he was so humble that he came forward to seek peace, which was already a great respect for the other party.
Face is both very valuable and worthless to a middle-aged group boss like him.
"No, financial compensation is still required. So, I agree with Mr. Chen's apology statement posted on the homepage of Wenqian Group, but I want to add an extra clause to this apology statement."
Shaking her head, Zhou Anan directly broke the other party's fantasy and pointed out that she wanted financial compensation: "It is stated in the apology statement that Wenqian Group will compensate Mingliu Group for 666 yuan in reputation loss."
“.”
After hearing the young boss's request, Chen Wenhui felt happy but also a little confused.
666 yuan, what does this number mean?
Listen, it's quite smooth.
"Why, Mr. Chen, do you think there's something wrong?"
Seeing the other party's silence, Zhou Anan thought that the other party had understood the bad taste in it, so she asked calmly.
"No, no, thank you Mr. Zhou for your generosity. I'll use coffee instead of wine to show my appreciation for Mr. Zhou's generosity."
Quickly shaking his head to show that he agreed with the other party's opinion, Chen Wenhui picked up the coffee with gratitude on his face and spoke with thanks.
Finally, this not-so-big problem was solved. As expected, this young man just cares a lot about his reputation.
"polite."
Raising the coffee cup, Zhou Anan took a sip with a smile.
Hopefully, when this 666 meme spreads, it won’t make this middle-aged CEO angry and embarrassed.
"Boss, are you going to let Zhongzhongwang go so easily?"
As soon as the middle-aged boss left, Huang Ying asked the boss about his deeper meaning.
The reason why their Mingliu Group is holding on to Zhongzhong.com is that they see the other party's intention to raise funds and go public, and they want to use it as a deterrent to other competitors.
After this period of time, the effect is indeed obvious. There are fewer voices on the Internet slandering celebrity groups.
However, I always felt uncomfortable that the boss agreed to the other party so easily.
You know, all other websites have issued apology notices, but Zhongzhong.com has remained silent, which has made many netizens very angry, not to mention the staff of their Mingliu Group headquarters.
"It's okay. We should be generous."
Seeing the beautiful assistant looking a little angry, Zhou Anan comforted her and instructed: "After the compensation from Wenqian Group arrives, have the group's official account publish a statement of forgiveness."
After listening to the big boss's instructions, a smile flashed in Huang Ying's eyes. This young boss really knows how to have fun.
No wonder the big boss proposed that strange compensation amount earlier.
"Looking at the sincerity of Wenqian Group's apology, it makes me happy to receive 666 in reputation damage compensation. If conscience is rated out of 100, I'll give it 82!!!"
As soon as he got off the plane at Hangzhou Yushan Airport, Zhou Anan received a report from his beautiful special assistant.
Wenqian Group was very efficient. The apology letter, reply letter, and reputation compensation on the company's homepage were completed within just one hour, as if they were afraid that a big boss would go back on his word.
Mingliu Group was also very cooperative and immediately after receiving the compensation, it posted a forgiveness statement on the homepage of Mingliu Weibo and mobile WK browser.
A small number of netizens who were still worried about Zhongzhong.com not publishing an apology letter immediately dug up the affiliation between Wenqian Group and Zhongzhong.com, and liked and reposted the meaningful new updates on Mingliu Group’s official account.
(End of this chapter)
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