"What happened?"
Asked in a tense voice.
The assistant seemed very at a loss, and his voice was trembling like it was hanging on the unbroken strings: "Some customers... used Yayan's face cream, and caused skin allergies. They decided to jointly sue us. Today All the major media reported this matter at great length early in the morning, and the lawyer's letter just arrived... to your office."
The bad news was like enlightenment, making Yan Liang froze there.
After staying there for an unknown amount of time, Yan Liang suddenly woke up from his stupefaction until he raised his eyes and saw himself on the opposite background wall decorated with mirrors—the pale, bewildered self.
Yan Liang quickly walked into the clothes room, quickly tore off the items on the hanger, clamped the phone between her ears and shoulders, and changed her home clothes with both hands free. At the same time, her brain was running fast, thinking about the rescue method:
"Let the public relations department contact the heads of the major media and suppress the news as much as possible; find the customers who participated in the joint accusation in the fastest way, and let our people talk to them. As long as it can be resolved privately, how much money is not a problem."
While putting on the professional suit, Yanliang ordered in an orderly manner. The assistant repeatedly claimed on the other end of the phone, while Yanliang continued to order: "Find out the ins and outs of the whole thing, including which batch of facial cream had the problem, which batch Something went wrong with the production; look up the complaints we've had about cream allergies over the past year...”
Speaking of this, Yan Liang stopped buttoning his shirt—
Because I remembered something.
Creams… Allergies… Complaints…
Nearly a year ago, Xu Ziqing allocated the production line that originally belonged to Yayan to other leading products, and Yayan was forced to outsource production to other OEM factories. At that time, there were similar skin allergy complaints...
Are these two things related
Yanliang didn't dare to speculate, fearing that she would lose her footing, she hung up the phone, and ran out of the cloakroom with her coat and purse, until she ran out of the house.
The door of the apartment closed with a "bang" behind her, and in the aisle leading to the elevator, the sound of "da da" made by high-heeled shoes became more and more urgent, farther and farther away...
Yanliang drove all the way to the company, during which time he answered four calls, made seven calls, refused to answer three calls, and dealt with reports from subordinates, concerns from friends, and harassment from the media in order.
Xu Jinfu's call Yanliang naturally had to reject it, and when she hung up the call, she looked up - she had already entered the deceleration road in front of Xu's building.
Worse came next—
Yan Liang's scalp tingled when he saw clearly the group of reporters who were blocking the front of the building.
Among the many reporters guarding under the building, the sharp-eyed one recognized Yanliang's car at a glance, and rushed towards this side with the equipment in the blink of an eye.
Other reporters followed suit one after another, and in a blink of an eye the hot front of the car was blocked.
No matter how difficult the car was to move forward, and Yanliang didn't get out of the car, the reporter took a camera and took a quick shot of the window. The crackling and flickering flashing lights hurt Yanliang's eyes through the black protective screen attached to the window.
The security guards in the building rushed out belatedly to maintain order. It was impossible for her car to drive in. Seeing that the security guards outside the car were struggling to control the scene, Yan Liang simply turned off the engine and got out of the car.
She was still on the back foot of the car, and before she had time to step off, the voices of the reporters exploded in her ears like thunder:
"Miss Yan, Yayan, who is gaining momentum, suddenly exposed a quality problem, will the relevant responsible persons be implicated..."
"I heard that Xu's public relations department has blocked the news, this is..."
"Miss Yan, is the relationship between your sister and Jiang Shijun really as rumored..."
"Is Xu Ziqing really expelled from the Xu family's decision-making hierarchy because of his relationship with Jiang Shijun?"
"We just received news that your father will personally hold a media meeting this afternoon. Is he choosing to meet the media at this time to quell the troubles surrounding Yayan, or to refute rumors about your sister?"
"Miss Yan, there is news that Xu's board of directors will face huge changes, and the shares held by major shareholders will also change accordingly. Is this rumor true?"
"Mr. Xu, who just came back to life with Yayan, suffered two major blows on the same day. Do you have any corresponding countermeasures?"
The questions were sharper than the next, but Yan Liang never said a word, passed through the crowd under the security guards, and finally managed to hide in Xu's building.
After the pushing and shoving just now, Yanliang was already in a mess, she brushed her hair, resumed her quick steps, and quickly walked into the elevator.
The assistant trotted along, and reported to Yanliang out of breath: "The shareholders rushed over after receiving the news, and now they are gathered in the chairman's office, saying that the chairman must come over in person, and give us an answer to today's incident. Shareholders have a say."
Yanliang looked anxiously at the continuously rising numbers on the floor monitor, and asked his assistant, "Where's Mr. Jiang?"
"In the chairman's office, calming shareholders."
"Did he give any orders?"
"The instructions given by Mr. Jiang are roughly the same as the things you told us to do on the phone before. In addition, after the chairman comes, Mr. Jiang will have to get away to do other things, especially to lobby people other than the board members. Those shareholders, advise them not to sell Xu's shares."
Yan Liang felt a headache just hearing these. She thought last night that she would hold a make-up wedding banquet with Jiang Yunan after this busy period, but now it seems that that is simply an extravagant wish.
After the question and answer, the elevator had already arrived, Yanliang stepped out of the elevator and walked all the way to the office. The assistant continued: "Originally, according to your request, I compiled Xu Ziqing's scandal into a press release and sent it to reporters I knew well. It was revealed that shortly after the opening of the market today, our stock has fallen by the limit.”
Yanliang couldn't stop sighing.
It was really helpless to think about it, she had only been vicious once, and yet she suffered retribution so quickly. If the timing of the two scandals was not so coincidental, everything would be different today...
"If the two scandals, especially the allergic incident, are not resolved before the market opens tomorrow, the stock price will definitely fall even worse. At that time, I am afraid that it will cause panic among shareholders who are not members of the board of directors and cause them to sell irrationally."
As soon as she finished speaking, the assistant asked, "Boss Yan, what do you want to do?"
Yan Liang shook his head. This is beyond the scope of her authority. The only thing she can do now is to deal with the problem of Yayan.
Maybe the more you want to save it, the worse things will become
All the consumers who jointly sued Xu's company refused to settle the matter privately, even though the conditions offered by Yanliang were attractive enough.
Not only did the judiciary intervene in this matter, but the chiefs of the quality inspection, industry and commerce departments all called Yanliang directly, demanding her to resolve the matter as soon as possible, otherwise they would disregard face and strictly investigate and deal with it according to normal procedures.
The media's revelations became more and more pungent, and they even dug up the story of Xu Ziqing misappropriating Yayan's production line a year ago.
Almost at the same time, Yanliang also learned the reason for this incident: "Those consumers who jointly sued Xu's used the batch that had a problem under Xu Ziqing's hands a year ago."
"We have already withdrawn that batch of products, how could it be still in circulation in the market?"
"This...we haven't found it yet."
"Then continue to look down!!!"
Yanliang almost yelled at the receiver, and then put down the receiver with a "snap".
Before it was lunch time, Yanliang had already received the news: many Yayan products on the sales channels had been removed from the shelves. Yanliang's first reaction after learning about this was to contact the general manager in charge of Mingting Plaza.
Ming Ting's manager was also in a dilemma, and after dealing with Yanliang to the end, he could only give her an ambiguous answer: "Actually, we are also in a dilemma. How about this, Miss Yan, tell President Lu personally. If President Lu promised you, We will do it."
Yan Liang is at the end of her rope. There was hardly any time for hesitation, and as soon as he hung up the phone of the general manager of Mingting Plaza, he dialed Lu Zheng's phone.
It's a pity that Lu Zheng's secretary answered the call on his behalf: "I'm really sorry, Mr. Lu is on vacation abroad. He doesn't deal with company affairs during the vacation."
Hearing such an excuse, Yan Liang's heart was already more than half cold.
He leaned on the back of the chair with his head raised and his eyes closed. Before he was clean for a while, the assistant knocked on the door and came in: "The call from the first-level agent—do you want to answer it?"
Yan Liang had no choice but to open her eyes again, "Help me to appease them first."
This is an uphill battle. As for who her opponent is, Yanliang has not seen clearly yet... The only thing she can do is to hope that Lu Zheng's private phone call can be connected when he is abroad.
Yanliang dialed the number, held her breath and listened to the waiting tone.
After waiting for three beeps, it was... connected.
"Hello?"
Thank goodness it was Lu Zheng's voice.
Yanliang immediately sat up straight by reflex, sorted out and hid all the bad emotions, and then she said: "Mr. Lu, it's me, Yanliang."
"Oh?" Although it was only a short word, it already revealed Lu Zheng's surprise. There seemed to be a hint of surprise in the surprise—surprise
Yanliang didn't have time to speculate on his reaction, and said respectfully: "I'm sorry to disturb you."
Hearing what Yan Liang said, Lu Zheng obviously paused.
When he spoke again, he had recovered his usual calm tone, which to Yan Liang's ears inevitably seemed formulaic: "Miss Yan is looking for me for business?"
On the phone side, Yanliang took a deep breath before regaining the courage to speak: "It's like this..."
After briefly explaining the whole story, Yanliang aired his request as if he was going all out: "I hope Mr. Lu, for the sake of our pleasant cooperation during this period, promise me that for the time being, don't sell the products on the Yayan counter. Take it off the shelves."
"..."
"..."
Listening to Lu Zheng's damn silence, Yan Liang subconsciously paced back and forth in front of the desk with the phone in his hand, extremely anxious.
"This..." Lu Zheng said suddenly.
Yanliang seemed to be able to smell the refusal he would say next from his tone, so anxious that she interrupted him directly: "I promise to put an end to Yayan's scandal within the fastest time—three days! Just three days, three days If I fail to fulfill my promise in a few days, and you want us to take it off the shelves, or even withdraw it from the cabinet, we have no complaints."
"..."
"..."
"Okay," Lu Zheng finally decided, "Just three days."
Temporarily keeping the sales channel of Mingting Plaza, Yanliang can be considered to have an explanation to the first-tier distributors.
Just after hanging up Lu Zheng's call, the assistant knocked on the door again and came in, "Zhou Cheng, Director Zhou's call... would you answer?"
Yan Liang waved her hands weakly, then after a second thought, she stopped the assistant who was about to close the door: "The shareholders are still in the chairman's office?"
"Yes. Your father is here."
Yanliang got up without thinking, left the office directly, and went straight to the chairman's office.
There was no one outside the chairman's office, and the chairman's exclusive receptionist was not sitting on the desk at the entrance. Yan Liang walked all the way to the office door without any hindrance.
He didn't knock on the door either, just pushed the door open and walked in.
As soon as I opened the door, I heard a shareholder say: "...the only way now is for someone to stand up, take responsibility, and take the blame."
Another person asked: "Who is willing to take it? Such a big responsibility..."
Before this person finished speaking, Yan Liang knocked on the door.
As soon as two "knock knocks" sounded, everyone present looked over vigilantly.
Xu Jinfu, who was sitting on the chairman's seat, frowned immediately.
The two uncles also called out in surprise: "Yan Liang?"
Only then did Yanliang approach, and said as he walked: "The elders should have received the news, the batch that Yayan has problems with, has something to do with my sister, right?"
"..."
"..."
Judging from the reactions of everyone present, Yanliang already knew it well: the uncles should know about it.
Xu Jinfu immediately stopped drinking: "Yanliang, you go out first."
Yanliang ignored this: "Uncle Chen is right. If you want to curb the decline now, you have to cut your wrists. Since you need someone to take the responsibility, I have someone to choose. The uncles will see if it is suitable." suitable-"
Xu Jinfu had foreseen something, stood up angrily, raised his hand and pointed at the door: "Yanliang! What nonsense are you talking about, get out!"
roll…
This word is really harsh.
Yan Liang frowned and smiled, Suan Shui answered his father, and then continued: "This person is—Xu Ziqing."