Chapter 221: Chapter 128: Heavy Bombardment Continuously_3
As soon as Lu Pingping finished speaking, all the journalists below raised their hands. Lu Pingping pointed to a lady with big eyes, and the beautiful lady with big eyes stood up and said, “Respected host, hello! I’m Huang Lu from Jianghu Daily. The question I have is: I heard that General Manager Lu Pingping was kidnapped before. Is this true?”
Yan Fei replied, “Journalist friend, our General Manager Lu Pingping has just said that she is standing right here, she wasn’t kidnapped. What you’ve heard is just a rumor without any basis.”
The journalist named Huang Lu said, “But I have interviewed several employees from Dream Technology before, and they all swore that General Manager Lu Pingping was kidnapped and that there was chaos within the company. How do you explain this? If you don’t believe me, I have video footage of their interviews here.”
Lu Pingping took over the topic and said, “I know who the employees you interviewed are, they are disgruntled because they were dismissed by the company, so they deliberately spread rumors hoping to take revenge on the company. Please, let’s conduct our interviews rationally, seek the truth, and not spread or believe rumors.”
Lu Pingping felt somewhat angry in her heart; her company’s employees lacked any sense of confidentiality, casually revealing significant information that could harm the company without realizing the massive losses and trouble this could bring. Therefore, she would conduct a detailed investigation after this, and those employees who accepted the interviews and spread falsehoods would be fired. On this point, Lu Pingping was not lying.
Huang Lu originally wanted to make things difficult, but was countered by Yan Fei and Lu Pingping, which left her sitting down somewhat disgruntled. The journalists below raised their hands again, waiting for an opportunity to ask questions. Lu Pingping pointed to a male journalist with a square face.
The male journalist stood up and said, “Respected host, hello! I am Yang Fuguo, a journalist from Ming Daily. I have a question for Chairman Yan Fei. Mr. Yan Fei just mentioned that you have closed the Food Processing Factory located in Shanghai and moved it to the Jinshan Development Zone of Suzhou City. Why did you move the factory? Do the leaders of Shanghai know about your factory’s relocation?”
Yan Fei answered, “Thank you for your question, journalist friend. I did say that we have relocated the Food Processing Factory to the Jinshan Development Zone under Suzhou City. As for why we closed the factory in Shanghai, it’s because we were deceived when acquiring it. The previous owner of that food factory obtained the land rights from the local township through illegitimate means. After discovering the truth, we proactively closed that food factory and returned the land to the local township. This way, we could correct the mistake in time and protect the interests of the township. As for whether the Shanghai municipal government knows about this… I feel that the relocation of the food production factory is an internal corporate matter, the company has the autonomy to decide, and administrative intervention isn’t necessary.”
Yan Fei obviously had grievances about the Shanghai municipal government not choosing to support him at a critical time; if you are not supporting me and claiming that the government should not intervene in corporate operations, then there shouldn’t be a problem with me relocating the Food Processing Factory! You should also not use administrative power to interfere with the operations of my enterprise. Yan Fei was furious inside and used this News Conference to express his dissatisfaction.
The journalists below gasped in shock; just the domestic market for the Weight Loss Cookies generates at least 70 billion RMB annually, and if you include the International Market, that figure could rise more than fivefold. This means that Dream Technology’s annual production value from just Weight Loss Cookies is between 350 and 400 billion RMB, not to mention the mysterious new product that Yan Fei had just announced, which has a market potential five times greater than that of the cookies. If you include this new product, Dream Technology’s annual output value would be at least between 2 trillion to 2.4 trillion RMB, which is the peak GDP achieved by cities in China other than Shanghai. With such a huge factory suddenly gone, it would have a significant negative impact on Shanghai’s GDP; who knows how many will regret their initial decision…
Following the shock, the next question came from a journalist: “…Mr. Yan Fei, you just mentioned your company will soon launch a product with amazing functions. I would like to ask Mr. Yan Fei what exactly is this product?”
Yan Fei said, “This product is top secret for now, and we can’t disclose it yet. But I can assure you, it’s really amazing and unique, and it definitely won’t disappoint once it hits the market. Even our company’s Weight Loss Cookies will pale in comparison.”
Yan Fei and Lu Pingping had already discussed that the Skin Antibodies product would be promoted using a brand-new marketing model. They would first pique everyone’s interest, then slowly reveal the product to consumers, attracting their attention before launching it fully and quickly capturing the market. So, they certainly weren’t going to reveal it now.
In fact, all the journalists present wanted to know what this product was, but since Yan Fei was not willing to say, they were helpless. However, they decided to pay close attention to Dream Technology; if they were the first to uncover the truth about this product, they might stand out in the news media and achieve their dreams of promotion and a pay raise.
The questioning from journalists continued, and a tall journalist stood up and asked, “…Mr. Yan Fei, you disappeared suddenly last night before signing the contract, giving up on the stock transfer agreement with Mr. Yang Liu for Dream Technology. Can you tell us the specific reason?”
Yan Fei spread his hands and said, “Because I was not satisfied with Yang Liu’s offer for my company, so I walked out of the signing ceremony. It’s a simple reason, isn’t it?”
The tall journalist pressed on, “Mr. Yan Fei, could you tell us specifically how much Yang Liu offered for your company?”
Yan Fei smiled and said, “Considering our company’s terrifying profit from Weight Loss Cookies, plus the amazing product we’re about to launch, what do you think is a suitable offer from Yang Liu for our company? So, I think your question should be directed at Yang Liu, not me.”