Chapter 31: What Risks Could There Be?
“Haha, five hundred thousand followers!”
“That’s growing so fast!”
“Looks like we’ll break a million by tomorrow morning!”
“More than a million? At this rate, two million won’t be hard! Three million is even possible!”
“Sister Yao is awesome!”
“Sister Yao, now that you’re a big Internet Celebrity, don’t forget to take us along!”
……
Late at night, at the Xiaoxiang Media Company.
A group of staff members cheered and clapped, surrounding Li Yao in the middle.
Facing everyone’s praise, Li Yao’s overly sharp, pointed face revealed genuine joy, but she humbly said:
“Everyone is exaggerating. To have today’s results, we can’t do without everyone’s efforts, especially the brothers in the interaction group, who spoke up for me in the comment section and received a lot of insults. I’ve seen all of this. When I start selling goods later, everyone will get a bonus!”
“Long live Sister Yao!”
The cheers instantly shook the heavens.
At this moment, a man in his forties wearing gold-rimmed glasses and a suit pushed a cake cart over.
Seeing the lively atmosphere, the boss of Xiaoxiang Media, Xu Zhiqiang, said with a smile:
“Let’s all eat cake. This cake was specially ordered to celebrate Yao Yao’s million followers. Although it’s a bit early now, when we reach a million followers, everyone should be sleeping at home, so let’s eat it in advance now.”
“President Xu, you’re really too good to me.”
Li Yao’s eyes flickered, very moved.
Xu Zhiqiang said with a smile:
“This is all Yao Yao’s own ability. If it were someone else, they wouldn’t be able to gain five hundred thousand followers in two hours.”
Li Yao took the plastic knife and personally cut this five-layer cake and, together with Xu Zhiqiang, distributed it to everyone present.
During the cake-eating break, a female employee ran over in a hurry, worriedly saying:
“President Xu, Sister Yao, I just received a private message. The other party claims to be Qi Xuan’s childhood friend, Xue Cheng, and wants us to immediately clarify the matter of Qi Xuan’s ex-girlfriend, or they will sue us in court.”
Everyone fell silent upon hearing this.
Xu Zhiqiang, on the contrary, laughed:
“Sue us? That’s great. Let him sue us. I’m just worried that the hype isn’t high enough. Having him sue us will just save us a lot of propaganda fees.”
“But the legal risk…”
“No risk, what risk could there be?”
Xu Zhiqiang didn’t care at all:
“Not to mention whether the person in the private message is real or fake, even if it’s real, he’s not Qi Xuan himself. The main person is still up in the air. Does it fall to him to sue us?
Does he have evidence? Is he on the scene? Does he know the whole dating process? In the end, he’s just a guy who’s heard things and is helping his own side. Even if we go to court, we will never lose!”
“President Xu is right!”
Li Yao also stood up, full of confidence:
“That person is completely joking, there’s no need to pay attention to him.
Isn’t it a fact that I went on a date with Qi Xuan? Isn’t it a fact that he asked to split the bill at the restaurant?
If they want evidence, I can produce witnesses and material evidence at any time. What can he produce?
Even if the subsequent payment and the girlfriend relationship were slightly embellished by me, didn’t he say at the time that I wasn’t his girlfriend?
Since he was willing to come out and go on a date with me, didn’t that mean he implicitly wanted me to be his girlfriend? Then, if I agreed later, wouldn’t that be okay? Can you say that I’m not his girlfriend?
Even if Qi Xuan himself comes out to clarify, he can’t produce enough evidence, let alone others.”
“Clap clap clap.”
Xu Zhiqiang clapped on the spot, looked at Li Yao with some appreciation, and said to everyone present:
“Look, this is the confidence to become a big Internet Celebrity. If you panic at the slightest problem, what can you accomplish?
Learn from our Sister Yao. We have no problem at all. Those who say we have problems are harboring ill intentions and are enemies who want to destroy our interests. We not only don’t need to be afraid of such enemies, but we also need to fight back fiercely!”
“Xiao Zhang,”
Xu Zhiqiang said to the female employee just now:
“You tell the person who sent that private message that we welcome him to sue, or use rhetoric to provoke him to sue. That way, even if he screenshots and spreads it, others will know that we have a clear conscience.
If he really sues, we can also delay time by raising jurisdictional objections, etc. When the hype here goes down, we can just use the lawsuit to stir things up and continue to stimulate sales.
Then, when his lawsuit is over, and the lawsuit is almost resolved, we can turn around and sue him for defamation and infringement of reputation, etc.
With this back and forth, won’t Yao Yao’s popularity be maintained? Becoming a big Internet Celebrity with tens of millions of followers might not even be a dream.”
Everyone, upon hearing this, applauded on the spot.
Li Yao looked at him with even more admiration.
At this moment, an employee in charge of Business Affairs hurried over, saying excitedly:
“President Xu, I’ve received invitations from many large companies who want to reach a cooperation agreement with Sister Yao, inviting her to endorse products or do live stream sales. The prices they offer are all very high, and the fees for any one item are all over a million!”
“Really? How could they give so much?”
After the surprise, Xu Zhiqiang immediately became suspicious.
The employee quickly explained:
“They said that Qi Xuan is now extremely popular, and anyone who can get involved with him can get high cooperation fees. Sister Yao is his ex-girlfriend, and she’s gaining followers so quickly, so she’s naturally favored.
And they’re also raising the fees to be able to reach a cooperation with Sister Yao as soon as possible, taking advantage of this wave of popularity to launch products and occupy more of the market.”
“If we can sign the contract tonight, they said the price can even be negotiated further.”
Xu Zhiqiang’s breathing became heavier, and he immediately pushed people away, rushing to the computer.
After reviewing the account, chat records, and the cooperation agreement sent by the other party, confirming the identity of the cooperation partner and the authenticity of the contract, and then seeing the astonishing fees, even after being immersed in the media industry for many years, Xu Zhiqiang still couldn’t help but clench his fists and let out a low roar.
“We’ve made it!”
“This time, we’re really going to make it!”
After venting his emotions, Xu Zhiqiang looked at the people around him and waved his hand:
“Everyone’s year-end bonus will be doubled!”
The employees around them cheered upon hearing this, and the scene was boiling.
……
The next morning, Xu Zhiqiang was hugging Li Yao and was still half asleep when a rapid ringing suddenly came from beside him.
He groped around for a while, and Li Yao moaned, well, he touched the wrong place.
Then he reached for the other side and finally found the phone.
After pressing the answer button, he asked impatiently:
“Who is it, so early in the morning?”
The subordinate’s panicked voice immediately came from the phone:
“President Xu, something bad has happened!”
“Sister Yao’s chat records have been exposed!”
