Who goes to work if they're a decent person?

Chapter 21 Let the Bullets Fly for a While

It was the same private room in the bar, and the same three of them.

The fat shareholder and the bald shareholder were laughing very happily; if you didn't know better, you would think their wives were giving birth together in the delivery room.

The swaying, overweight shareholder raised a glass of wine to the two men.

One toast to the past, one toast to tomorrow.

"Young Master Gu, you truly live up to your reputation! You can create a grand spectacle with just a slight gesture."

Look at the commotion! The entire platform is filled with people bashing Chen Lu.

The bald shareholder joined in the fun, clapping his hands and saying, "Young Master Gu is awesome! Come on, let's toast Young Master Gu!"

Gu Yun sat on the sofa, not really understanding what had happened, why the whole internet was suddenly attacking Chen Lu.

However, since both shareholders believe it was his doing...

Then you naturally have to put on a show.

He waved his hand and then pushed up his gold-rimmed glasses.

"I hold the sun and moon in my hands and pluck the stars from the sky; there is no one like me in this world." His voice was gentle, as if a powerful and arrogant king had been reincarnated.

The fat shareholder and the bald shareholder only felt that Gu Yun was even more awesome.

"I've said it before, I'll take action. This kind of scene is nothing."

The bald shareholder chimed in at the opportune moment, "Yes, yes, Mr. Gu is awesome! Cheers!"

The three clinked glasses.

"Their livestream is finished now, we don't even need to do anything..."

"Sigh, I really want to see if that old guy Zhang Zhicheng is so angry he's vomiting blood and hiding in his office crying right now? Hahahaha." The fat shareholder made a regretful face.

The bald shareholder laughed.

Gu Yun touched his nose and chuckled, "No rush. Wait until Chen Lu's live stream completely messes up and that old guy is desperate, then you can give Zhang Zhicheng the final blow."

He raised his glass to the portly shareholder: "Mr. Zhao, brilliant!"

Then he clinked glasses with the bald shareholder, saying, "Mr. Xu, you're awesome!"

The two shareholders clinked glasses with Gu Yun: "Young Master Gu is both tall and strong!"

After clinking three glasses together, they declared, "This time, we're determined to take down that old man!"

Hongyun Building, sixth floor.

Su Ming sat alone in Liu Wei's office, looking at the computer in front of him.

His WeChat was flooded with messages, beeping incessantly.

There were Zhang Zhicheng's, Chen Hao's, Chen Lu's, and a bunch of other people.

Chen Hao: Ming-ge, come quick for backup! Although I can take on ten at once, it's not just ten anymore!!

Zhang Zhicheng: Xiaoming, something's not right. The online comments... should we take down the live stream?

Chen Lu: I'm so angry! How can there be so many idiots?!

He also received a lot of inquiries from his colleagues, all asking him what to do about being the person in charge.

Su Ming looked at the screen, thought for a moment, edited the message, and then selected to send it to the group.

There were no lengthy explanations, and no talk of panic.

He sent a single, simple line of text to everyone.

Su Ming: Don't rush, I'll take action. Let the bullets fly for a while.

After sending the message, he closed WeChat and ignored it.

Su Ming was actually delighted by the overwhelming negative news online.

Netizens love a good show; the more juicy gossip there is, the more excited they get.

This way, the traffic will be even greater, and in the end, all of this traffic will belong to Chen Lu.

"Since you want to play," Su Ming stretched, "then I'll show you something awesome, and show you what a real traffic extravaganza is."

Starlight Shines Company.

Everyone was stunned for a few seconds when they saw Su Ming's reply.

"Holy crap! Isn't this guy way too arrogant?"

The person in charge of the operations department who was in contact with Su Ming couldn't help but swear.

This immediately attracted the attention of the surrounding colleagues, who all turned to look, sensing that there was some juicy gossip to be had.

"Brother Tie, what's going on? Who upset you again?" A girl couldn't resist the urge to gossip and asked first.

"Damn, that new guy... what's his name, Su Ming? He's so arrogant and pretentious."

"You know that there are smears against Chen Lu all over the internet today?"

I messaged Su Ming asking what to do next. Guess what he said? He replied, "I'll take action."

"What the hell did he do? He actually did it?"

"Ugh, this guy is obviously the boss's relative; he has absolutely no skills."

I think Chen Lu was just someone the company paid a lot of money to sign to enhance his image. Maybe this Su Ming is the boss's illegitimate son.

"Heh, let's see how he gets out of this mess."

Meanwhile, in Zhang Zhicheng's office, he was pondering how to handle the aftermath.

He has already called the public relations department to come over for a detailed discussion; the online public opinion needs to be handled quickly.

Soon, Li Yang from the public relations department arrived at Zhang Zhicheng's office.

"Mr. Zhang, I know what happened, and the situation is quite complicated."

As soon as Li Yang entered, he got straight to the point: "The live broadcast is about to start, and so much negative news has surfaced at this crucial moment."

As he spoke, Li Yang handed a document to Zhang Zhicheng.

"Mr. Zhang, look. These accounts are too obvious; they're taking advantage of this time to target Chen Lu."

Moreover, their content was very direct, focusing entirely on attacking Chen Lu for being ungrateful, engaging in live-streaming sales after terminating his contract, and having an unseemly business practice.

"I have a feeling this must be propaganda created by online trolls hired by his former company."

"Moreover, many influencers also posted videos to smear Chen Lu, which stirred up the emotions of many fans and onlookers."

Even many of their comments are quite logical; they're not the kind of obviously fake bots that ordinary people can't tell the difference.

Zhang Zhicheng looked at the documents in his hand and listened to Li Yang's explanation, his expression turning somewhat grim.

The company is now in a very awkward situation, and he plans to sell this batch of goods to recoup some of the company's losses.

"Is there any good solution now?" Zhang Zhicheng asked Li Yang.

Li Yang thought for a few seconds, "Hmm... Mr. Zhang, the usual methods of deleting posts and controlling comments are too late. The other party has a large budget. For every post we delete, they can post ten more."

Moreover, the more we suppress it, the more likely it is to provoke a rebellious mentality, making onlookers think we are guilty.

"What should we do then?" Zhang Zhicheng asked.

Li Yang thought for a moment and said, "The only way now is to create a bigger hot topic and divert the attention of the onlookers."

"We can't get entangled with them on Chen Lu's morality, because they are attacking and smearing Chen Lu right now."

The more you dwell on it, the more likely you are to create conflict and generate more negative public opinion.

"So we need to think about what trending topics can divert everyone's attention, but the time is really too short..."

Li Yang seemed to have thought of something else and continued, "Or we could have Chen Lu issue a statement acknowledging some of the mistakes and using sincerity to win everyone's sympathy."

The risk of doing this is too high, and I don't know if Chen Lu will agree.

Moreover, if handled poorly, it could solidify Chen Lu's reputation for being ungrateful.

After listening to Li Yang's suggestion, Zhang Zhicheng pondered for a while and then decisively rejected it.

Even if they agree, isn't this pushing them into a fire pit?