Time passed by minute by second, and when the hand pointed to 4:50, the Chinese person in charge of Mars walked into the room.
Roland Maas was extremely nervous at this time. When the other party came closer and said in his ear: "Mr. Maas, the time has come." Roland Maas became even more panicked.
Perhaps seeing Roland Maas' nervousness, the person in charge of the China District whispered in his ear: "Mr. Maas, our press conference will be over soon. You can go up and talk for ten minutes at most, and the rest The time is given to the host. If you add it up, it will take more than ten minutes if it is fast, and half an hour if it is slow. You can leave at 5:30 at the latest."
"Five-thirty..." Roland Maas murmured, nodded and said: "After it is over, contact Makino Technology as soon as possible. I want to see Li Mu, the sooner the better."
"Understood." The person in charge of the Huaxia District said, "I will contact Li Mu's assistant directly at that time."
"Okay." Roland Maas sighed softly, stood up, and said, "Hurry up and get rid of this bad thing in front of you. I can't bear it anymore. I told the host to say a few less words in the opening and finish the opening remarks later. Be streamlined.”
At this time, the media reporters at the press conference had already set up their long guns and waited patiently.
At five o'clock sharp, the lights gradually dimmed, the stage lights gradually increased, and a host in a suit stepped onto the stage.
The host came to the center of the stage with a microphone in hand, spoke in an authentic broadcasting accent, and said: "Thank you all friends from the media for attending the press conference of Mars Corporation of the United States. The preparation time for this conference was short, and many tasks were not able to be completed. Well done, and I hope you can bear with me. On behalf of all the employees of Mars, I would like to express my gratitude to all the friends who came."
After speaking, the host held the microphone on his lower abdomen with both hands and bowed deeply to the audience.
After a while, the host immediately picked up the microphone and continued: "Due to time constraints, we will get straight to the point and invite Mr. Roland Maas, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Mars Inc., to come to the stage."
As soon as he finished speaking, Roland Maas stepped onto the stage from one side of the stage. His appearance seemed to give the media reporters present a shot of blood. Everyone immediately cheered up and clicked at him. Keep shooting.
Roland Maas had never heard such a dense sound of shutters and the clicking sound of flashlights. The flash from the pavement almost made him lose his vision for a short time. He finally adjusted his mentality and rhythm and walked to the center of the stage. .
This distance of less than twenty meters seemed as long as twenty kilometers to Roland Maas. During this distance, he estimated that he had been taken at least thousands of photos by hundreds of reporters in the audience. , it is estimated that tomorrow these photos will be accompanied by various ridiculing titles and appear on the front pages of major media around the world.
When he walked to the center of the stage, Roland Maas, who had always been well-informed and had a good psychological quality, was nervous and didn't know what to do. Before he could speak, he felt his mouth was a little tight.
After taking a full minute to force himself to calm down, Roland Maas picked up the microphone and said in English: "Ladies and gentlemen, I am Roland Maas, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Mars Inc. Thank you for your support. arrival."
Roland Maas bowed, then stood up and continued: "The fundamental reason for holding this press conference is that on behalf of Mars, I want to express my deepest condolences to Makino Technology for our previous malicious marketing. apology!"
After Roland Maas said this, he felt that his face was hot, and the heat even burned his eyes, making his eyes sore.
After a pause, Roland Maas took a deep breath and continued: "A few days ago, Mars missed an online resource auction from Makino Technology. After the auction was acquired by a competitor, our then CEO I was very upset about the missed opportunity. On the spur of the moment, I made up a lie that was extremely lacking in professional ethics. I lied to the outside world that Mars missed the auction because Makino Technology’s online bidding system had a malfunction. In this regard, on behalf of Mars, I would like to Makino Technology expresses its most sincere apology and is willing to compensate Makino Technology for all the losses it has suffered. At the same time, it is also hoped that Makino Technology can forgive Mars for such irrational and lack of professional ethics. Here, I would like to express my condolences to Makino Technology Highest respect.”
After saying that, Roland Maas bowed deeply again, this time, he bowed for ten seconds.
Ten seconds later, Roland Maas stood up and said with relief: "Thank you again for coming, thank you all!"
After saying this, Roland Maas turned around and left the stage without hesitation. A large number of reporters hurriedly raised their hands to ask questions. Many reporters even rushed to Roland Maas, but the latter was directly in front of the staff. He was escorted down to the VIP room, leaving the chaotic scene to the host.
A press conference with the theme of apology came to an end.
Although Roland Maas only came up to say a few words, in the eyes of the media, this press conference was simply the most solemn apology in the modern business field.
Li Mu knew the entire content of the press conference right away. He was generally quite satisfied with Roland Maas's public apology. No matter what Roland Maas thought, at least his attitude at this apology meeting was adequate. Be sincere and objective enough in your wording without shirking responsibility.
However, this was not enough for him to let go of Roland Maas and Mars. Behind him, he still had one pit after another waiting for Roland Maas.
At the press conference, the first thing Roland Mas did after returning to the VIP room was to ask his assistant to contact Li Ziwei and try to meet with Li Mu.
Li Mu did not refuse this time, and directly asked Li Ziwei to convey to Roland Maas, telling him that she could meet him at Makino Technology. After receiving Li Mu's confirmation reply, Roland Maas immediately left the press conference and took a low-key car. The Buick commercial vehicle went to Makino Technology again.
On the way to Makino Technology, Roland Maas asked for a small gel pen from his assistant and carefully pinned it in the inner pocket of his suit.
This gel pen is actually a recording pen with almost no flaws. It can record in a loop for more than ten hours. This is a special skill tailor-made for Li Mu by Roland Maas.
Roland Maas felt that an arrogant young man like Li Mu would not give up the opportunity to continue to humiliate him after forcing him to bow his head and apologize. It just so happened that he wanted to meet with him after the press conference to discuss the specific aftermath. To put it bluntly, he was asking him to show his favor, so he guessed that Li Mu's arrogance would be even more arrogant when they actually met.
In this case, be prepared in advance. When the time comes to meet Li Mu, when Li Mu pretends to be cool with you, you will deliberately show weakness. While letting Li Mu take the initiative to expose his subjective intention of deliberately suppressing Mars, you will also expose Li Mu's arrogant side. Record it quietly, and then directly throw a big twist to the world, so that they can see clearly the actual face of Li Mu.
In Roland Maas' view, Li Mu's personality in the outside world is too perfect, and the more perfect the personality, the more completely it will collapse once a scandal breaks out. Therefore, he hopes that through this meeting with Li Mu, The opportunity directly destroyed Li Mu's character.
If he could get evidence that Li Mu was arrogant and deliberately used his influence to threaten Mars into submission, he would be able to find a chance to win back the victory;
If Li Mu himself is not satisfied with his press conference apology and wants to get more vested interests from Mars, and at the same time he gets first-hand evidence, then Li Mu will be even more doomed.
Roland Maas knew that Li Mu had always had a huge appetite, and the blackmailing of Google was simply a big deal. If he dared to bring up his unscrupulous intentions against Mars face to face, he could directly reverse the entire incident and make Mars the ultimate leader. winner.
When the business car arrived at the entrance of Makino Technology, Roland Maas got out of the car with his assistant and walked into the building.
This time, the receptionist who received Roland Maas was still the same receptionist as yesterday. However, today she did not stop Roland Maas. Instead, after completing the registration, she said to Roland Maas: "Mr. Maas, our Mr. Li only wants to I’m here to see you alone, as for the others, please move to the reception room to rest first.”
Roland Maas nodded slightly, and then took the elevator upstairs alone with a staff member.
The staff took Roland Maas directly to the door of Li Mu's office. Li Ziwei was already waiting here. Seeing Roland Maas being brought to the door, she took the initiative to greet him: "Hello, Mr. Maas, I am Li Ziwei.”
"Oh, Miss Li!" Roland Maas looked at Li Ziwei with a friendly face and said with a smile: "I didn't expect Miss Li to be so beautiful in person. It's better to meet her than to be famous!"
Li Ziwei smiled calmly and said politely: "Thank you, Mr. Mas."
After that, before Roland Maas could speak, Li Ziwei pointed to the door of Li Mu's office and said, "We, Mr. Li, are waiting for you inside. Please come in."
Roland Maas hurriedly said thank you and then walked into the office.
At this moment, Li Mu was playing with the kung fu tea set on the coffee table in the reception area. When he saw Roland Maas coming in, he waved to him with a very polite smile and said: "Hello Mr. Maas, you are here at the right time. Come and try the Chinese tea." How does the tea taste?"
Li Mu was so friendly when he first came up, which caught Roland Maas off guard. He was stunned for a moment, then walked up to Li Mu and said with a smile: "Mr. Li, I have heard your name for a long time, and today I finally have the opportunity to meet you. I can see you in person." You are truly honored.”
Li Mu looked at Roland Maas, smiled slightly, and said, "Mr. Maas, don't be so polite. Come on, please sit down."
Roland Maas sat down opposite Li Mu. He wanted to trick Li Mu into telling him something, so he said humbly: "Mr. Li, I have held a press conference and apologized as you requested. I don't know what you are talking about." When will the many restrictions on Mars on Twitter be lifted? Especially those negative news about Mars, please hold your hands high and don't deliberately let them spread. To be honest, this will still have a great negative impact on our official brand promotion. of."
Li Mu smiled quietly and said, "What are you saying, Mr. Mars? As the Internet is a virtual world, I can't interfere with what kind of content users are willing to post? Do you want me to do this for Mars?" Shouldn’t we deliberately block those negative news?”
(End of chapter)