America started its counterattack from the bum

Chapter 400 Come, watch the fireworks 4
When faced with major public opinion, the attitude and response of the parties involved are very important.

The person involved here does not necessarily refer to a specific person, but as a representative figure of Shanhaiguan, Cheng Daiqi, who is named the founder of Shanhaiguan in his self-introduction in the video, does need to shoulder this heavy responsibility.

He exhaled softly and spoke in an innocent tone.

"How about we make a bet? I should be on the hot search list tomorrow. Okay, everyone, don't look at me as if I were a person being judged."

At this time, there is no point in joking, at least few people in the audience will laugh.

But Mr. Cheng needs to show his attitude in this way.

"As you all know, I am the chairman and founder of Shanhaiguan Media. As a cultural and entertainment worker, my team and I always pay attention to various public opinions about us. For example, I will check Zhihu from time to time to see if I have been posted today.

There are many interesting questions on Zhihu, but most of the top answerers like to say "First see if it is true, then talk about why."

Just now this classmate said that Jiajiahaowu was engaged in pyramid schemes and swindled the life-saving money of a mother of a young child with cancer, and that my company became an accomplice in this matter. There are at least two points in this question that are very inaccurate.

First, as a party involved, I need to point out that Jiajiahaowu is a social e-commerce platform with private domain traffic as its core competitiveness. It is not a fraudulent company that uses pyramid schemes as a profit model. In the legal sense, it is even considered an innovative Internet company.

It is a pity that a store owner of Jiajiahaowu has encountered a misfortune in her family. I am willing to donate money to help this mother overcome the difficulties.

However, here comes the second point - there is no clear reference standard between commercial companies' pursuit of profits and vague business ethics. Whether legal business activities are evil and how they are evil is not something that can be easily determined.

Well, to put it simply, we entrepreneurs and business controllers are not omniscient geniuses.

Perhaps some students who pay attention to the news sometimes have a feeling that the behavior of social organizations, commercial companies, and even government agencies often make ridiculous or even tragic mistakes.

This is a normal state. The unexpected events in the process and the uncontrollable results are not subject to the will of the operators and managers. Once you enter the workplace, this experience will become clearer.

Finally, I want to say.”

Cheng Daiqi hesitated for a moment, as if it was difficult for him to say the next words.

His previous answer was already controversial, but what followed was even more unexpected.

"If this poor mother wants to seek help through legal channels, I am willing to help!

It can also be regarded as Shanhaiguan’s response to various doubts.

The significance of this matter is that I hope everyone can feel our sincerity, that’s all.”

You said Shanhaiguan was an accomplice. Okay, then I will now help this mother who is suspected of being cheated!
Helping the weak is the correct approach.

No one knows how to respond to emergencies better than Mr. Cheng.

In just a few minutes, the most popular response plan was given, which also took into account the impact of public opinion.
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Mr. Cheng was able to find a way out gracefully when being questioned in a conference hall with thousands of people. This was the inevitable result of his long-term preparation.

But on the other hand, Wang Xiaoxiao, who always had good things in her family, couldn't be decent.

In the office, Wang Xiaoxiao suppressed her anger and explained to the investor.

"There is nothing wrong with our promotion model. It has been reviewed by you. You should know that e-commerce is not something that can be done carelessly. If I don't have the courage, do you believe I can do it?"

Is Jia Jia Hao Wu a pyramid scheme?
Yes or no.

Because there is nothing wrong with the model of multi-level agency, commission at each level, and the commission ratio increasing as the level goes up. A lot of sales companies do this. Can we say that they are all pyramid schemes?
That would be a mess!

"Senior store managers can get more rebates, but their rebate amount is not high. Overall, the saved promotion costs can fully cover this part of the rebate. What's more, our transactions are real."

Wang Xiaoxiao continued to explain to the investors.

Jiajiahaowu's "Jiajia Store" has rebates for store owners. This nominal traffic sharing can be regarded as a commission-based profit-sharing model, which can encourage store owners to help Jiajiahaowu expand in their own network circles.

The question is what is the basis for this commission.

Specifically speaking, even if you sell a comb to a monk, there is always a product, which can be simply understood as normal sales.

The problem with Jiajiahaowu is that its "products" are virtual and have no value outside the platform.

Its product is 'grade'.

Its mechanism tacitly permits or even encourages new entrants to upgrade by paying money and placing orders. After upgrading, they can develop more new "Jia Jia Xiao Shop" shop owners, who can then continue to place orders and repeat the upgrading process.

Judging from the data, this model is very suitable for financing. Just a little investment can get this system running.

Once the system is up and running, new money will continue to flow into the pockets of greedy people.

Therefore, from the actual perspective, Jiajiahaowu has the characteristics of a Ponzi scheme.

This is also the reason why Jiajiahaowu was trapped in Chengdaqi’s simple design.

Any questions about Jia Jia Hao Wu?

If so.

no problem?

I said, it is as if.

Legally, it is not illegal, but formally, it is on the verge of being illegal.

“The kind of social e-commerce you mentioned is closed. There are many closed social e-commerce companies, and they all died miserably. I am the founder of Jiajiahaowu, and I am responsible for my company.

In the short term, this expansion may seem barbaric, but in the long run, when the pool of good products is large enough, we can calmly change the profit-sharing model with big store owners.

First grow big, then succeed, and then be respectable.

If I die before dawn, no matter how beautiful the dawn is, it has nothing to do with me!
Don’t fool me with the law. I know better than you whether Jiajiahaowu is a pyramid scheme and whether it is illegal!

Even if the police want to arrest someone, they will arrest me first. What are you afraid of?"

Wang Xiaoxiao was so rude that she almost pointed at the investor and scolded him.

Otherwise, some investors would say that their job is to be a bootlicker. Investment in the primary market is so polarized.

The good ones party every night and treat investors like slaves, while the bad ones are ignored by everyone and it is useless no matter how willing they are to be dogs for investors.

It's all about profit. As long as Jiajiahaowu can continue to run wild, Wang Xiaoxiao has the right to slam the table and curse.

After hanging up the phone, Wang Xiaoxiao's secretary hurriedly reminded her.

"They are all here."

Jiajiahaowu is a start-up company and has not established a mature mechanism to deal with sudden and major public opinion incidents.

Although Mr. Cheng's attack was well planned, it was still too sudden for Jiajiahaowu.

Wang Xiaoxiao walked into the office with a gloomy face, sat at the head seat, and looked at Zhong Yajun and others.

The senior executives of Jiajiahaowu were all humble and submissive, and no one wanted to stroke the tigress's whiskers.

"I don't understand why she doesn't communicate with our operations department. It's not that money can't be discussed. Her situation is also special." The decisive female entrepreneur said in a cold voice with a cold tone.

"Or did she contact you, but you didn't handle it properly?"

The vice president in charge of store management on the Jiajiahaowu platform answered.

"Boss Wang, what she said about the money being taken away by us is actually not true. The money we collected was only a small amount of store management fees and entry ranking fees. The bulk of the money was used by her to illegally increase the store level.

In fact, we are the victims. Her illegal level-up behavior violates the platform's rules!"

This is how a ruthless Ponzi scheme works. The level-boosting in the stores of Jiajiahaowu can probably be understood as plug-ins sold by the game manufacturers themselves.

Wang Xiaoxiao understood what was going on. They were all wimps who only cared about doing nothing. When something went wrong, they just knew how to pass the buck!
Thinking of this, she followed the executive's words and choked.

"You're right. Can you help me calm down the public opinion?"

This is how it works in a startup company. There aren’t so many office struggles. If you are capable, you do it. If you are not capable, just shut up. This is actually an optional management method.

Optional ≠ good.

Regardless of whether it is barbaric or scientific, it at least looks "combat-ready" enough, and rough characters like Wang Xiaoxiao like this approach.

It can only be said that the corporate culture of Jiajiahaowu and Shanhaiguan and MAS under Mr. Cheng are very different.

"It can be done! It just requires a small budget. I have designed a plan to calm public opinion."

There are not many fools among senior managers at the white-collar level in the workplace, let alone executives of start-up companies. They come well prepared.

"Tell me a brief summary." Wang Xiaoxiao leaned back and folded her arms.

“Three steps: donate money to the child, explain her violation, and manipulate public opinion to reverse it.

Donating to children demonstrates the fraternity and warmth of our company, and can allow people who don’t know our products to realize that we are a socially responsible company.

Explaining that she violated the rules is to characterize the matter. Only when things are made clear can we eliminate the outside world's misunderstanding of us, and this is also the basis for manipulating the reversal of public opinion.

The last step is that we are now considered a pyramid scheme company in public opinion. This is ridiculous. Mr. Wang, I plan to send a lawyer's letter of warning, buy soft-text press releases, and place new advertisements.

Crisis, crisis, this public opinion storm is coming with great force, but the reverse heat is also traffic. Jiajiahaowu is engaged in private domain e-commerce, and traffic is king!

As long as we respond effectively, this may be a good opportunity for Jiajiahaowu to go viral! "

Whether Jiajiahaowu is a pyramid scheme or not, the senior executives know better than anyone else.

It’s still the same logic - the person who wronged you knows better than anyone else how wronged you are!
It can be understood that every one of the executives of Jiajiahaowu in this conference room is a weasel, but this vice president made a chicken cry.

However, most people still approve of his plan.

Following this executive, other executives also began to scramble for the opportunity.

"Boss Wang, I also have a plan!"

“Actually, I have one too.”

Do they all want to go through fire and water for the good things in their homes?

It would be naive to think so.

They know clearly that if Jiajiahaowu cannot pass this hurdle, it will be doomed sooner or later.

For white-collar workers, whether the company is going bankrupt or not is actually not a big deal. What matters is whether they can make a fortune in the end.

Wang Xiaoxiao ignored these weasels who were trying to imitate the sound of chickens, and instead watched the video on Zhong Yajun's phone, her face as black as the bottom of a pot.

"What does he mean?"

Zhong Yajun answered somewhat anxiously.

"Is it because the promotion contract negotiations with Shanhaiguan were not going smoothly?"

The answer is not related to the question, but it seems to say everything.

Our relationship with them is not as good as before, sister.

You can't expect others to save you. Yes, they are taking advantage of your misfortune, but isn't it normal to do so?

"Little man!"

Even when being accused of pyramid schemes, Wang Xiaoxiao was able to remain calm because she believed that she was engaging in pyramid schemes but was within the protection of the law.

But when someone took advantage of her misfortune, she really couldn't help it.

I am bad, but since you took my money, you have no right to say anything to me!
Lao Luo: If you are being kept by someone, don’t talk about independent personality!
"Boss Wang, what Boss Cheng means is that if that person needs legal help, can't we just communicate with her first and solve it privately?"

Zhong Yajun reminded.

Wang Xiaoxiao's brows were furrowed and her eye shadow was heavy, so everyone in the conference room could see that she was struggling and thinking.

“We can resolve this privately, but the condition is that she publicly admits that she violated the rules and apologizes to Jia Jia Hao Wu!

Your three-step plan is good. Please refine it and give me a specific plan.

Xiao Zhong, go contact this person and talk to him first.

Push forward on both fronts at the same time and get through this storm as quickly as possible!"
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Get over this storm as soon as possible?

Ha, it's unclear whether Cheng Daqi agrees or not, but Ai Guobei strongly expressed that he disagrees!
In Huadu, Ai Guobei got together again with his friends who were journalists in the NF Department.

They are both admirers of the West and local intellectuals. Regardless of whether they have a good relationship or not, they can always pee in the same pot.

"Old Ai, you've made a lot of money in America. Now you're different and even bring bodyguards with you when you go out. Hahaha, should I call you Mr. Ai from now on?"

Ai Guobei's face looked like he had been raped. He forced out a smile that looked as if he wished Cheng Daiqi would die, and spoke.

"You don't know my situation. There are too many Chinese people here, and a large number of them have strange ideas in their minds. In their eyes, if we say a few words, it's like we have committed a crime.

These people are stupid and only know violence, so I hired bodyguards."

In fact, this was Mr. Cheng's arrangement, so that Ai Guobei could figure out who he was working for.

"Ha, yes, the people here have never been exposed to real modern ideas. They are controlled too much. They still think they live in some great place!"

This statement was too explicit, so Ai Guobei laughed it off and started talking about their common enemy - Cheng Daiqi.

"Let's not talk about that. Cheng Daqi has been in trouble again recently. He actually got involved with a pyramid scheme. Do you think he is a clown?"

(End of this chapter)