Chapter 1321 Another One!
There was a new post released on the official Weibo account of Qiming Pharmaceutical Company.
After that, it was quickly reposted by the various media outlets that followed this hot topic.
The netizens took a look at the latest news.
“What is going on?”
“There’s a mole?”
“So, they didn’t do it intentionally. One of their internal staff was up to no good.”
“Could it be that we have wrongly accused them?”
For a moment, netizens were a little confused and didn’t know what was going on.
“Since it’s an internal problem, go and check it out as soon as possible. Find the culprit and deal with the person seriously.”
“That’s right. We can’t blame the whole company because of a worker’s mistake.”
“Find out the truth as quickly as possible.”
“I hope this is not a public relations trick you devised to ease the crisis. You’d better not have decided to slander the Three Billion Foundation.”
Some kind-hearted people began searching for solutions to help Qiming Pharmaceutical Company.
After a while…
The official Weibo account of Qiming Pharmaceutical Company forwarded a comment that asked them to locate the traitor. It then replied, “Rest assured, everyone. We have called the police and filed an official case. Once we find the scum that incriminated the charity foundation, we will punish the person severely! Moreover, if anyone in our company caused the scandal, we will bear the responsibility. Mr. Fang Qiu promised to pay the four patients four million Huaxia coins and give ten thousand Huaxia coins to any patient who bought inferior traditional Chinese medicine. We hereby announce that our company will compensate them for all the losses!”
As this statement was posted on Weibo…
Lots of netizens saw it…
And they were even more convinced that there was a traitor who worked behind the scenes to undermine this company. Otherwise, this company wouldn’t have reacted in this manner.
How could any company that had no scruples stand up and take responsibility in the first place?
This company was like Fang Qiu’s Foundation.
There was nothing wrong with them. When the incident happened, they took the initiative to step forward and shoulder all the responsibility!
Due to this idea and Qiming Pharmaceutical Company’s fast response, everyone felt it was not in the wrong.
Somewhere else…
In Beijiang…
In the office at the cultivation base…
Fang Qiu also saw the Weibo post released by Qiming Pharmaceutical Company.
“Humph.”
When Fang Qiu saw the two posts on Weibo, he couldn’t help sneering in an instant. “A fucking bunch of hypocrites. When they messed with me, they drove me up the wall. Now they imitate my way of handling this public relations crisis. Let’s see who will win in the end!”
After that…
Fang Qiu took out his mobile phone.
He found He Xue’s WeChat ID, clicked on it, and sent a message. “Start the second round!”
After a while…
“Alright!”
He Xue replied.
In just a few minutes…
The official Weibo account of the Three Billion Foundation released another piece of news.
It was almost the same as the Weibo post that exposed Qiming Pharmaceutical Company.
“The latest progress of the case: According to the results of the police’s investigation and sufficient evidence: Huizhong Pharmaceutical Company was found to be one of the parties involved in the case of dealing in shoddy traditional Chinese medicine. Therefore, our Foundation has decided to stop all business dealings with Huizhong Pharmaceutical Company. Meanwhile, we have officially filed a criminal charge against it in the Capital Intermediate People’s Court!”
As soon as the Weibo post was publicized…
The netizens erupted in furore.
“What the fuck, another one?”
“Huizhong Pharmaceutical Company? It’s a first-class domestic company, the same size as Qiming Pharmaceutical Company.”
“I still have some medicine from this company at home. Damn it!”
“It’s time for Fang Qiu to release the evidence, right?”
In shock…
They all went to Fang Qiu’s Weibo account and waited to see the evidence from Fang Qiu.
Sure enough…
Just after a few minutes…
A new complete chain of evidence appeared on Fang Qiu’s Weibo account. Huizhong Pharmaceutical Company was proven to have slandered the Foundation. It bribed doctors working for the Foundation and instructed them to sell fake and inferior drugs.
When they saw this chain of evidence…
The netizens were taken aback, then they all felt surprised.
“This chain of evidence proved that it played the same sinister tricks as Qiming Pharmaceutical Company. What the hell is going on?”
“Even the middleman’s name and bank card number are the same!”
“Holy shit. Seriously?”
“What’s wrong?”
“According to Fang Qiu’s evidence, it seems that Qiming Pharmaceutical Company and Huizhong Pharmaceutical Company have joined forces to frame his Foundation.”
“There must be an inside story. We want it, please!”
Over at the other end…
In the WeChat group of pharmaceutical companies…
Some people immediately delivered screenshots of the new posts on the Weibo accounts of the Foundation and Fang Qiu.
In the chairman’s office at Huizhong Pharmaceutical Company’s office building…
A man in his forties with a crew cut and bronzed skin froze before his desk. His eyes gazed at one Weibo page on his computer, and he remained motionless. But gradually, his eyes began trembling in panic.
Just like the boss of Qiming Pharmaceutical Company…
The middle-aged man quickly picked up his phone and asked for help in the WeChat group.
After he sent his desperate message asking for help…
Over at the other end…
Mr. Luo burst into laughter. He had just exerted much effort and stabilized his company. Laughing happily, he told everyone in the group, “I knew I wouldn’t be the only unlucky guy. You enjoyed watching the fun when others get into trouble. This time, you can enjoy it to the fullest. Now I’m not the only one suffering, and there will be more unfortunate companies. There will be more, beyond any doubt!”
His company was the first one to be exposed. With everyone’s help, Mr. Luo adopted the best method to stabilize the situation.
However…
The other companies couldn’t use the same method.
As the first one uncovered by Fang Qiu, he seemed to have obtained some benefits.
At the same time…
Everyone in the Huizhong Pharmaceutical Company was frantically trying to solve this problem. Some new comments soon got around online.
“I’ve scanned through the chains of evidence posted by Fang Qiu. If the incident was a private act on the part of Qiming Pharmaceutical Company’s employee, why would he join forces with Huizhong Pharmaceutical Company? It doesn’t make sense.”
“If the two companies had worked together, their actions would match all the evidence.”
“Why would any worker of Qiming Pharmaceutical Company slander the Foundation together with Huizhong Pharmaceutical Company? There is no logic in this. Besides, why would any internal staff of Qiming Pharmaceutical Company frame the Foundation? It was not helpful but harmful to the person. There was no need for an individual employee to do that. He or she could just wait for Huizhong Pharmaceutical Company to do the job.”
“Qiming Pharmaceutical Company is highly questionable. Think about it: an individual has no reason nor ability to attack a Foundation. Right?”
“Oh dear, but Qiming Pharmaceutical Company said there was a mole. Was this their solution to deal with the public relations crisis?”
“Qiming Pharmaceutical Company deceived us again?”
“It’s uncertain whether we were deceived, but from the chain of evidence, Qiming Pharmaceutical Company looks pretty suspicious to me!”
Soon…
Netizens began to doubt the statement released by Qiming Pharmaceutical Company.
Some netizens had even secretly begun to investigate it.
At the Beijiang cultivation base…
In Fang Qiu’s office…
Zhou Xiaotian, Sun Hao, and Zhu Benzheng sat before the tea table, each with a laptop. They were busy typing on the Internet.
Their words successfully led other netizens to think from the new angle they wanted.
“Ha-ha!”
Zhou Xiaotian immediately roared with laughter. Together with Sun Hao and Zhu Benzheng, he looked up at Fang Qiu and said, “The youngest, what do you think? We are awesome, aren’t we? Please call us the leader of paid Internet trolls!”
Fang Qiu smiled.
On the other side…
When Mr. Luo, president of Qiming Pharmaceutical Company, saw the new situation online, he just couldn’t think straight.
It hadn’t been easy for him to do that public relations stunt, and he had just begun to reverse the alarming trend. But all of a sudden, all his efforts seemed to have been in vain.
He didn’t dare to hesitate at all.
At once, he told the network publicity department to hire paid Internet trolls quickly.
In another place…
Huizhong Pharmaceutical Company, which had just been exposed, copied Qiming Pharmaceutical Company’s way of public relations.
“Our company sincerely apologizes to everyone for all the trouble we have caused. As soon as our company received the news, we placed all the employees under strict control. Now we have joined forces with the police to carry out an investigation. We want to catch the real culprits who are out to damage the Chinese Medicine industry as quickly as possible. Any criminal behind this will be severely punished. If the rumors are true, our company is willing to offer the Three Billion Foundation double compensation and donate 50 million Huaxia coins!”
After the announcement was released…
Netizens were stunned at first.
Some didn’t know whether to believe it because this public notice looked very similar to the one released by Qiming Pharmaceutical Company.
However…
Before long, the paid Internet trolls of Qiming Pharmaceutical Company joined the war of words.
Under their influence, everyone became less suspicious. Gradually, they had a slightly good impression of Huizhong Pharmaceutical Company.
“It should have been done secretly by the internal staff of the two companies. After all, big companies like them can’t target a charity foundation because it may put them out of business.”
“It seems to be the case!”
“It turns out that both the two companies didn’t know anything about this.”
“Such an evil member harmed the company and slandered the Foundation. This person deserves the harshest punishment!”
In the office…
“Damn it. They’re extremely shameless!”
As Huizhong Pharmaceutical Company began dealing with the public relations crisis, a large number of paid Internet trolls appeared on the Internet. Such a scene instantly irritated Zhou Xiaotian.
“These people are completely shameless about what they have done.”
Zhu Benzheng, who was usually good-tempered, was so angry that his face turned pale.
“A group of cowards! They slipped away every time we were determined to crack them down.”
Sun Hao was also pissed off.
Over there…
“You can’t make an omelet without breaking a few eggs. The bosses of the two companies have some brains. They are good at pushing away the blame!”
Fang Qiu, sitting before his desk, smiled.
“The youngest, what should we do?”
Zhou Xiaotian asked.
“Since they want to use tactics to play with us slowly, let’s continue our battle!”
Fang Qiu said with a sneer.
Over at the offices…
In the WeChat group of pharmaceutical companies…
“Mr. Li, you’re amazing! With the same trick, you smoothly eased this public relations crisis.”
“Mr. Li built and developed Huizhong Pharmaceutical Company. Undoubtedly, he is powerful.”
“What I admire most is Mr. Li’s tremendous courage. Nothing ventured, nothing gained. Indeed!”
“Now, the crisis is finally over.”
Bosses of other pharmaceutical companies spared no effort to flatter Mr. Li, Huizhong Pharmaceutical Company’s President.
“For the time being, this crisis is over. But my company’s stock price will decline when the stock market opens tomorrow. You guys used Mr. Luo and me as cannon fodder. We’ve suffered a great loss. So, let’s have a discussion. How about you give us some compensation? I think this request is fair and sensible.”
Mr. Li inserted this message among the various compliments.
His meaning was straightforward.
He wanted money!
“That’s right.”
Mr. Luo of Qiming Pharmaceutical Company immediately emerged and added, “We bore the pressure for all of you. Although we were unwilling to do so, at least we withstood the assaults. We saved your companies. We are not demanding excessive compensation, but you should at least show your gratitude, right?”
