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Chapter 896 - 896 62 Come Watch the Fireworks 4_2

896: Chapter 62 Come, Watch the Fireworks 4_2 896: Chapter 62 Come, Watch the Fireworks 4_2 Is there a problem with Family Good Items?

If there is.

Isn’t there a problem?

I said, IF there is.

Legally, it’s not illegal; formally, it’s on the edge of illegality.

“You said that kind of social e-commerce is private; there are many private ones, all dying ugly deaths.

I’m the founder of Family Good Items, and I need to be responsible for my company.

In the short term, this expansion may seem barbaric, but in the long term, once Family Good Items’s pool is big enough, we can comfortably change our profit-sharing model with the big store owners.

First, grow big, succeed, then consider being respectable.

If I die before dawn, then no matter how beautiful the dawn is, it has nothing to do with me!

Don’t fool me with the law; whether Family Good Items is a pyramid scheme or is illegal, I know better than you!

Even if the police come, they’ll have to arrest me first.

What are you afraid of?”

Wang Xiaoxiao didn’t hold back, almost cursing the investors right in the face.

Otherwise, some investors would say their job is to be a bootlicker, and that’s how polarized the primary market investment is.

Nice nights of revelry, treating investors as playthings, and the neglected ones, no matter how willing they are to be like dogs to investors, it’s useless.

It’s all about interests.

As long as Family Good Items keeps running wildly, Wang Xiaoxiao has the right to slam the table and curse.

After hanging up the phone, Wang Xiaoxiao’s secretary hurriedly reminded her.

“They’re all here already.”

Family Good Items is a startup that hasn’t established a mature mechanism for dealing with sudden major public opinion crises.

Cheng’s sudden moves are calculated, but for Family Good Items, it’s still too abrupt.

Wang Xiaoxiao, with a sullen face, walked into the office, took the seat at the head of the table, and looked at Zhong Yajun and the others.

The executives of Family Good Items all looked down and submissive, none wanting to stir up the mother tiger’s whiskers.

“I don’t understand why she didn’t communicate with our operations.

It’s not like we can’t talk about money, and her situation is special,” she said coldly.

The decisive female entrepreneur spoke in a cold tone.

“Or is it that she did reach out, but you didn’t handle it properly?”

The vice president in charge of managing the platform’s stores responded.

“President Wang, the money she’s talking about being taken by us, that’s actually not true.

We only collect a small store management fee and listing fee.

The bulk of the money was used by her to cheat the store’s ranking.

In fact, we are the victims here.

Her actions of cheating for higher rankings are against the platform’s rules!”

It’s like a ruthless Ponzi scheme, and Family Good Items’ internal store ranking manipulation could be likened to a game developer selling its own cheats.

Wang Xiaoxiao understood the situation; they are all good-for-nothings who only know how to pass the buck when things go south!

With this thought, she followed the executive’s statement and fired back.

“You’re right, so you help me quell the public opinion then.

Can you do that?”

That’s how it is with startups, none of that office politics nonsense.

You perform or you shut up is also a viable management approach.

Viable does not equal good.

But…

regardless of whether it’s barbaric or scientific, at least it seems powerful, and people like Wang Xiaoxiao, with her rough ways, prefer this method.

It’s just that Family Good Items and Cheng’s Shanhaiguan, MAS, have hugely different corporate cultures.

“I can do it!

I just need a little budget.

I have already designed a plan to calm the public opinion.”

Senior managers at the corporate exec level are rarely fools, especially for execs in a startup—they are well prepared.

“Give me an overview.” Wang Xiaoxiao leaned back, arms folded.

“Three steps: donate to children, explain her violations, manipulate public opinion to turn it around.

Donating to children shows our corporation’s charity and warmth, allowing those unfamiliar with Family Good Items to recognize that we are a socially responsible company.

Explaining her violations defines the issue.

Only when things are clear can misunderstandings about us be dispelled, and this is also necessary for manipulating the opinion flip.

The last step, currently the public sees us as a pyramid scheme, which is absurd.

President Wang, I’m planning to send lawyer warnings, purchase promotional articles, and launch new ads.

Crisis is just that, the current public opinion storm is fierce, but the contrary heat is also traffic.

What Family Good Items does is private domain e-commerce, and traffic is king!

As long as we deal with this effectively, it might turn into a great opportunity for Family Good Items to break out!”

Everyone at Family Good Items knows if it’s a pyramid scheme or not, the executives clearer than anyone else.

It’s the same logic—the one who wrongs you knows best how wronged you are!

One might interpret that every executive of Family Good Items in this meeting room is a weasel, yet this one vice president started crowing like a chicken.

However, most people still pretty much approved of his plan.

Following this executive, the other executives also began to seize opportunities.

“President Wang, I also have a plan!”

“Actually, I have one too….”

Do they all really want to go through fire and water for Family Good Items?

Thinking so would be too naïve.

They’re clear that if Family Good Items can’t make it through this, it’s bound to go downhill sooner or later.

For these white-collar workers, whether the company goes downhill or not isn’t really the point; what matters is whether they can make a final buck out of it.

Wang Xiaoxiao ignored these weasels that were learning to crow and instead watched the video on Zhong Yajun’s phone, her face as dark as the bottom of a pot.

“What does he mean by this?”

Zhong Yajun replied somewhat uneasily.

“Is it because our promotional contract negotiations with Shanhaiguan didn’t go smoothly?”

An answer that misses the point, yet seems to say it all.

Our relationship with them isn’t what it used to be, sis.

You can’t expect others to save you.

Yes, they’re kicking us while we’re down, but isn’t that normal?

“Scoundrels!”

Wang Xiaoxiao can hold her composure being accused of running a pyramid scheme because she admits she’s engaged in pyramid selling—it’s just within the protection of the law.

But being kicked while she’s down is something she can hardly bear.

I’m bad, but you took my money, you have no right to criticize me!

Old Luo: If you’re being kept, don’t talk about having an independent personality!

“President Wang, what President Cheng means is, if that person requires legal assistance…

can’t we just communicate with her privately and resolve it that way?”

Zhong Yajun reminded her.

Wang Xiaoxiao frowned heavily; her eyeshadow was so thick that everyone in the meeting room could see her struggling and pondering.

“We can resolve it privately, but on the condition that she publicly admits her wrongdoing and apologizes to Family Good Items!

Your three-step plan is good, now refine it, give me a detailed proposal.

Little Zhong, you go contact that person first, start negotiating.

Proceed on both fronts simultaneously, let’s get through this storm as quickly as possible!”

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Get through this storm quickly?

Ha, whether Cheng Daqi agrees or not is unclear, but Ai Guobei strongly expresses his disagreement!

In Huadu, Ai Guobei gathered again with his circle of journalist friends who are also in the NF system.

They are both admirers of foreign cultures and pseudo-intellectuals—whether their relationship is good or not is another matter, but they can always pee in the same pot.

“Old Ai, you’ve made a pretty penny in America, haven’t you?

You’ve got quite the style now, even bringing bodyguards when you go out, haha, should we start calling you President Ai?”

Ai Guobei’s face looked as if he had been violated, forcing out a smile as if wishing Cheng Daqi were dead, and said,

“You don’t know my situation.

There are too many people from Hua Country, and many of them have weird ideas in their heads.

They think that when we speak a few words, it’s like we’ve committed a crime.

These people are irrational, they only know violence, that’s why I had to hire bodyguards.”

In fact, this was arranged by President Cheng, to make it clear to Ai Guobei who he was working for.

“Ha, yes, the people here have never been exposed to real modern thought, they’re controlled too fiercely, they still think they’re living in some great place!”

That comment was too blunt.

Ai Guobei laughed it off and started discussing their common enemy—Cheng Daqi.

“Let’s not talk about that, Cheng Daqi has gotten into trouble again recently, he’s actually gotten into cahoots with a pyramid scheme, doesn’t that make him a joker?”