The Self-Cultivation of a Reborn Massage Therapist

Chapter 245 High-Level Preparations
The three men, including Six-Fingered Man, returned to the shop and shakily let go of each other's hands. Their clothes were completely soaked; they knew it wasn't from heat, but from cold sweat.

"He's just like..." The shop assistant couldn't think of a better adjective.

"A vicious murderer?" the shopkeeper said uncertainly.

The other two thought for a moment and nodded in unison.

"Remember to take a hot shower, don't catch a cold." In the cool shop, the manager took the towel handed to him by the waiter and turned to walk upstairs.

A moment later, the store manager went into a room.

"Mr. Ma."

Looking at the disheveled store manager, Ma Jinquan, who was released on bail, asked in surprise, "What happened to you?"

"We've run into that weird kid."

“That kid is indeed a bit strange.” Ma Jinquan nodded, looking at the group of people who were having a heated discussion around the conference table.

"The value of a relaxed and slow massage lies in solving clients' physical problems and providing effects that traditional massage cannot match, and even have a supernatural quality. This effect is unique and cannot be replicated," a well-dressed young professional said in a deep voice, pointing to the data charts on the projector.

"What we at Six Fingers offer is simply 'relaxation,' 'fatigue relief,' and 'comfortable experience.' Our value lies in providing standardized services and environment."

"The imbalance between the two does not constitute fair competition. Therefore, with direct commercial and administrative means all ineffective, a head-on confrontation will only lead to a slow death. We must find another way and open up a new battlefield!"

"Ha~ That's easy to say, but what about the strategy? What about the specific measures?" someone retorted dismissively.

"Core strategy: Cut off their foundation; smear them to ruin their reputation; create trouble to exhaust their energy." The young and shrewd man spoke with a firm tone.

The room suddenly fell silent, and some people who knew the inside story looked up at Ma Jinquan.

Ma Jinquan coughed awkwardly and said softly, "Don't bring up hiring online trolls and malicious negative reviews, creating negative news and manipulating public opinion. Take me as an example, this path won't work. Before Easy Slow Travel started using review sites and group buying, we didn't take the usual route, so our attacks simply didn't hit the mark."

"Mr. Ma, do you know about 'the law does not punish the masses'?" the young elite retorted. "Since Easy Slow Travel is now venturing into the short video arena, you should know what challenges it will face. Mr. Ma, this is not ten years ago. The way short videos work is to use nine truths and one lie to express the effect of ten lies!"

Ma Jinquan was taken aback upon hearing this, and asked, "What do you need?"

The young elite thought for a moment and said confidently, "Phase one: intelligence gathering and public opinion probing."

“Through legal (or gray area) channels, conduct in-depth investigations into the personal background, social relationships, financial situation, past experiences, and even family members of the owner of Easy Slow Travel.”

"At the same time, we dispatched professionals to personally experience the relaxed and slow-paced techniques of the technicians, and evaluated their authenticity, scope of application, number of technicians, service process, customer characteristics, appointment mechanism, etc. We focused on their 'unique' aspects and looked for breakthroughs in scientific explanation."

"On various platforms, anonymous posts of 'rational discussion' are published, such as 'Can massage really cure diseases?', 'Are some massage parlors that claim to cure all diseases scams?', 'How to identify pseudoscientific massage?'. The posts do not directly name Easy Slow, but guide public opinion toward the direction of 'miraculous = scammer'."

"The purpose of doing this is to observe the online public opinion's reaction to this type of topic, and whether any loyal customers who prefer a relaxed and slow approach will come out to refute it. This is to prepare for a large-scale negative public opinion war later on."

At this moment, sitting opposite Elite was Yan Xiao, who had also been released on bail. He waved his hand and said, "The shop owner, Zhao Xiaochui, is an orphan and only 19 years old. The black history and financial problems you're thinking about don't exist. His resume is impeccable. Don't start from that point."

"..." The elite was silent for a moment before slowly asking, "So, what we're dealing with is a massage therapist with an impeccable resume and unparalleled skills?"

Yan Xiao and Ma Jinquan nodded simultaneously: "That's right!" "It's a good thing he's not in finance," the young elite muttered thankfully.

Yan Xiao nodded in agreement: "That's right, people in finance are all dirty."

"..." The young elite looked at Yan Xiao with an unfriendly expression. "Mr. Yan, what are you doing right now? Are you playing clean?"

Yan Xiao shrugged and said nonchalantly, "If my words offended you, I apologize."

"Tch~" The young elite glared at him, "Do you know what people say about you online—ugly donkeys who cheat the government are the dirtiest and most disgusting things in history!"

Yan Xiao jumped up, glaring at him: "Who are you talking about?"

The young elite from the shareholders was not intimidated and stood up to glare back: "What are you going to do about it!"

The atmosphere froze.

Just as Ma Jinquan was about to step forward to ease the tension, he found that the two of them had sat down at the same time.

Ma Jinquan: "..." We're just acting.

The young elite looked at Ma Jinquan, who had stepped forward, and asked softly, "In that situation just now, if it were that young masseur, would he have resorted to violence?"

Ma Jinquan turned to look at the store manager.

The shop manager, who was wiping away cold sweat with a towel, nodded without hesitation and said, "Yes!"

The young elite and Yan Xiao exchanged a glance and nodded in unison. It was clear at a glance that they had reached a consensus.

"He can continue being a unique massage therapist, but don't expect him to do anything more!"

"We need to break his mentality!" The young elite surveyed his surroundings and instructed, word by word:

"Phase Two: Undermining the Foundation and Striking the Core"

"We will poach all of EasySlow's employees at any cost: cleaning, security, logistics, finance, as long as they are employees, we will poach them, let them taste the bitterness of betrayal first."

“If we can’t dig any deeper, we’ll launch an in-depth investigation regardless of the cost, including his personal background, social relationships, financial situation, past experiences, and even his family members. I don’t believe everyone is as clean as him.”

"After a thorough investigation, the strategies for dealing with these employees are as follows: exposing their past misdeeds online; making anonymous phone calls, sending text messages, and letters to intimidate them and create psychological pressure; creating 'accidents' to make them feel threatened; spreading rumors to damage their image and relationships among relatives, partners, and social circles; and using their weaknesses or vulnerabilities for emotional blackmail."

Some chilling words were uttered, and the calm-faced young elite, now serious, stared at Yan Xiao and said:

"Our goal is to alienate that young massage therapist from everyone, break his mentality, make him no longer trust anyone, and whether he continues to be his number one or a wandering ghost, he will no longer be able to affect your store's high-end customers."

Yan Xiao clapped his hands in satisfaction. He glanced at his watch and chuckled, "Investigate first, then we'll wait before taking action. Some industries involved in his non-core businesses are already preparing for a full-scale counterattack!"

(End of this chapter)