Chapter 072: To Stop Before Going too Far
Qi Yu scrolled down. It was only half an hour since the video was released and there were already thousands of comments below!
“I am shook! Is this executive embezzling from and hollowing out his own company? Do Mei Wei’s shareholders know that their management is being so foul?”
“Speaking of which, does anyone know who Mei Wei’s boss is? He seems very mysterious?”
“Those internet celebrities all said it was an unwritten rule in the industry. It seems it’s not just limited to Mei Wei. My three views have collapsed…”
“u1s1, if there is a low-priced Mei Wei imitation store, I’ll support it. These big-name clothes are getting more and more expensive. I can’t afford them.”
“Which sister can show me Mei Wei’s imitation store? I want to shop…”
“Are you kidding? You want to support it? It’s an imitation stop, all their stuff is plagiarizer. Don’t designers need money? Doesn’t Mei Wei’s brand marketing need money? Everyone is responsible for rejecting piracy!”
“But the quality of Mei Wei’s clothes really hasn’t been that good these past two years…”
“If you’re saying that Mei Wei’s quality isn’t any good, just look at their reputation abroad. It’s always been the most value for money among the many light luxury brands. Besides, didn’t ME·WE only start to expand in the domestic market after they scored big abroad in terms of sales and reputation? The problem is obviously domestic!
……
Qi Yu found that the reaction of the netizens was significantly calmer after this news came out. There were already some people who have shifted from simply venting their resentment to discussing the incident itself. They discussed things like genuine goods and fakes, shareholders and management, Mei Wei’s quality and cost performance, etc.
Although there were still many emotional comments, there were also some rational voices guiding the direction of the discussions…
Fu Yansheng came over with the brewed tea. “Who was it that called?”
“Reporter Yang…” Qi Yu quickly handed the phone to Fu Yansheng. “Look at this.”
“Did something happen?” Fu Yansheng sat down beside him, took the phone, and said after looking through it, “Reporter Yang’s people was behind this news? Didn’t you just say that they couldn’t contact Tao Tao?”
Qi Yu explained, “Reporter Yang just called me and said it wasn’t them.”
Fu Yansheng was surprised. He then looked down at the comment and said in a deep voice, “But this news is advantageous for us.”
Qi Yu: “You think so too?”
When they made the plan, they also considered the possibility that Tao Tao wouldn’t cooperate. The alternative plan Reporter Yang proposed was also to release an audio file, but the protagonists of this audio file would be Qi Yu and Tao Tao.
That’s right. Although Qi Yu had gotten in the car with Tao Tao in front of all those people from the company that night, he had opened his phone’s recorder in the car and recorded their entire conversation. In this way, he could maintain his innocence, and secondly, he could use the recording as a clue for his subsequent investigation.
However, the risk of adopting this backup plan was that Qi Yu’s identity might be exposed. Although Reporter Yang’s people could mask Qi Yu’s voice, they wouldn’t be able to conceal it from Tao Tao herself. Once she makes Qi Yu’s identity public, everyone would know that Qi Yu was the mastermind behind this manipulation of public opinion.
Now, with this news that Pineapple Video released on Weibo, not only did it eliminate the risk that Qi Yu’s identity could be exposed, but it also did everything they originally wanted to do!
Fu Yansheng returned the phone to him and said, “Look at the trend of public opinion. Isn’t it obvious?”
Qi Yu said blankly, “If it’s not Reporter Yang, who would secretly help us?”
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Moreover, only the people who attended the secret shareholder meeting that day knew the inside story of this matter, and only three people voted in favor of this course of action at the meeting…
……etc. etc.……
Qi Yu carefully recalled the attitudes of everyone at the meeting. He then suddenly thought of a possibility. “Could it be… my dad?”
Fu Yansheng muttered, “Your dad certainly does have the motivation and ability to do this…”
Qi Yu thought to himself, if his father really did do this, did his father already have this idea early on or did he decide to follow the trend after seeing the news last night?
“Should I call him now to confirm it?” Qi Yu grabbed the phone and was about to get up.
Fu Yansheng held his palm and suggested, “It’s best not to. First, you can’t be 100% sure that your dad did it. Secondly, even if he did it, he must have his reasons for not contacting you. Maybe he’s still playing pretend with the parties working with the Qiu Family. If you call, will he answer you or won’t he answer you?”
Qi Yu: “……”
Fu Yansheng: “Talk with Reporter Yang, have him hold his actions first. We’ll look at the situation before deciding what to do next. In case the other side proves to be friendly forces, we will still need to ensure that the two sides are moving in sync. Otherwise, with more people involved, the situation will become complicated.”
Qi Yu remembered that his father had said on the phone yesterday that “the situation is a bit complicated”. A lot of associations arose in his heart. He sent a message to Reporter Yang to explain the situation and relayed Fu Yansheng’s opinion.
Just then, there was a knock on the door of Fu Yansheng’s office.
“Come in.” Fu Yansheng directly stood up as he responded.
“Chief Fu…” A young woman in professional attire opened the door, holding a stack of documents in her hand. She was about to talk to Fu Yansheng, when she suddenly saw Qi Yu sitting on the sofa.
The woman was momentarily stunned. She gave a soft “Ah”, as if recognizing who the young man in front of her was, an astonished expression flashed across her face.
“Manager Chu,” Fu Yansheng greeted her lightly and said, “Let’s go to the mini conference room next door and talk.”
“Uh… OK.”
The woman called “Manager Chu” was still looking curiously at Qi Yu. She then heard Fu Yansheng address the young man, “Chief Qi, please stay here for a while. I’ll be right back.”
Qi Yu: “……???”
Why was he suddenly calling him Chief Qi?
Qi Yu thought that Fu Yansheng’s company might have a policy against bringing in non-work-related people, so he cooperated, pretending to be a big boss who had come to talk about a cooperation. He said with a straight face, “Alright, go.”
Chu Meng: “…………”
While waiting for in his office, Qi Yu couldn’t help sending a message to Secretary He: “Is my dad busy today?”
Secretary He didn’t reply for a long time. Qi Yu went to Weibo to read the comments again. In a very short time, the vast majority of netizens have already picked up on “Ivy”. Several tags related to Mei Wei have entered the hot search; #Mei Wei Imitation Store Ivy#, #Mei Wei Executive Imitation Store# and so on.
When Fu Yansheng came back, Qi Yu was still scanning the various comments on his mobile phone.
“Still paying attention to that news?” Fu Yansheng asked.
“En…” Qi Yu raised his eyes, “Are you finished?”
“Not yet, just came in to see how you were doing. There’s going to be a meeting in ten minutes.” Fu Yansheng walked around to his desk, looking for something.
Qi Yu put away his phone. “That manager just now was pretty.”
Fu Yansheng: “Do you know who she is?”
Qi Yu: “Who?”
Fu Yansheng found the documents he wanted, and walked over to Qi Yu: “At Skyline last April, she took a fancy to you and had me ask you for your number.”
Qi Yu: “…So, did you give the number you got to her?”
“When she saw you teasing me, she thought you were some gay guy fishing for a bankroller in that bar. She never asked me about it afterwards,” Fu Yansheng said as he sat down close next to Qi Yu. He reached out and placed his hand on Qi Yu’s shoulder. It went up again, rubbing the back of Qi Yu’s neck with his palm, “As for me, because of this, gay rumors about me were spread around the company for more than a year…”
Qi Yu laughed. “No wonder you just called me ‘Chief Qi’ in front of her just now…”
…Some gay guy fishing for a bankroller?
Just who was whose sponsor, huh…?
“I’ve just found out that you’re also very possessive?” Qi Yu narrowed his eyes slightly.
“You only just found out?” Fu Yansheng’s tone was slow. That desire that Qi Yu was all too familiar with was already showing in his eyes.
Qi Yu didn’t resist. He was clearly aware that they were in Fu Yansheng’s office. Someone might knock on the door and interrupt them at any time, but he was also faintly excited about it… Because those few words from Fu Yansheng had just stimulated him so well that he couldn’t bear it. He want to declare his sovereignty over this man in this place.
Qi Yu took the initiative to close that last bit of palm-sized distance between the two of them, letting the other party get his wish.
After the previous few times, Qi Yu will now respond in a similar manner. He could often feel how Fu Yansheng reacted more strongly to certain actions. This made him experience more of the joys of kissing…
The Qi Yu from a year ago probably never could have imagine that there would come a day when he would be sitting in this man’s office and making out with him so unscrupulously; tip of his nose against tip of his nose; kissing like it would never be enough.
But Fu Yansheng just said that he would have a meeting in ten minutes. He didn’t dare be too indulgent, otherwise he could be kissing him like last night and it would be endless.
Guessing that the time was almost up, Qi Yu withdrew and Fu Yansheng subconsciously chased after him, wanting more.
Qi Yu raised his hand to block him. He glanced down at the other’s certain spot and reminded in a low voice, “Teacher Fu, we should stop before we go too far…”
The man’s breathing became a little harder. The eyes behind the lenses flashed with a fierce obstinate light, but that aggressiveness was only fleeting.
He quickly recovered his composure, stepped back, and placed the pile of materials that he had left on the table on Qi Yu’s lap. “This is the information I compiled for you during the day regarding some Internet technology companies. Read through them and work out the main business direction and characteristics of each company. I’ll check your homework once I’m finished with my meeting…”
Qi Yu: “???”
Qi Yu had yet to react when Fu Yansheng leaned over and licked the other’s lips. He then smiled and got up to leave.
Qi Yu: “……”
He thought he was here to supervise work, but he’d actually been locked up in the office by the teacher to do his homework?
After Fu Yansheng went out, Qi Yu took two more ferocious swigs of tea before starting in on the stack of documents.
After reading absently for half an hour, Fu Yansheng still hadn’t returned, but his cell phone rang. Qi Yu glanced at the caller ID and quickly picked up. “Dad?”
“Where are you now?” Qi Yuancheng asked.
“…in Teacher Fu’s company office,” Qi Yu glanced down at the documents on his lap and said solemnly, “He’s making me study information about Internet technology companies…”
Qi Yuancheng asked, “Did you go to work at Mei Wei today?”
“I did. The company is taking Chief Liu’s matter very serious. We were in a meeting the entire day…” His previous doubts made Qi Yu unable but to say, “Dad, another piece of news came out in this evening. Did you see it?”
“I saw it,” Qi Yuancheng paused and said, “You still have three days of working at Mei Wei, right? I’ll be a little busy these days and I may not be able to answer your calls. You can discuss with Xiao Fu regarding the future arrangements. If there’s anything you don’t understand about the group’s work, just ask him…”
Qi Yu asked, probing, “Is there anything I can help with regarding Mei Wei?”
Qi Yuancheng: “No, you don’t need to do anything anymore. These days, make sure to bring the bodyguards with you wherever you go. Pay close attention to your own safety. Dad will take care of the rest.”
Qi Yu was startled. Staying calm, he said, “I know.”
Qi Yuancheng told him a few more things and hung up the phone.
After a while, Fu Yansheng also returned. Qi Yu immediately said to him, “My dad called me.”
Seeing his expression, Fu Yansheng raised his eyebrows and asked, “Was it your dad who did it?”
“He didn’t say. But I think he should be because his tone was very calm,” Qi Yu said excitedly, “And just like you, he told me not to do anything anymore and said that he will take care of the rest.”
“Really?” Fu Yansheng smiled, “Then it seems that you didn’t know your dad very well before. Maybe even if you’d done nothing, your dad already had plans on what to do behind the scenes. And you said he cares a lot about his old friendships and righteousness and would want to protect Qiu Mingyang. Look at his good acting skills, he even managed to trick his own son.”
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【Little Theater】
Chu Meng: F*ck, turns out, that guy who seduce our President Fu at Skyline last year isn’t some gay teen idol riding a donkey while looking for a horse!
Lin Han😕 ? ?
The two went to see Qi Yu’s name and title at the registration log at the front desk.
Lin Han: It turns out that we misunderstood! That little teen idol is the bankroller daddy! (#°Д°)
Translator’s Notes: HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYONE!!!
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Thank you so much for the chapter! And wish you a VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR!
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Late happy New Year~ Thanks u for the chapter 😘
thanks for the chapter!
Our future president Qi is a sugar daddy who pay xiao Fu baobei a large sum of money plus bedroom services cough cough