The Self-Cultivation of a Reborn Massage Therapist

Chapter 337
“It comes from the wealthy clientele behind that massage parlor.” Wei Lan’s smile was bitter. “When we couldn’t deliver on our promise of ‘no appointment required’ to them, they blamed all their anger and losses on Jinling’s incompetence.”

“Mr. Wei,” Anna looked at her with a hint of pity, “would you like to know if your planned ‘trillion-dollar health industry’ could still be realized without Easy Slow Travel?”

Wei Lan remained silent for a moment, then slowly shook her head.

"Absolutely impossible."

"Why?" Anna asked curiously. "As far as I know, the massage techniques used in that massage parlor can be trained and mass-produced."

In their eyes, living, breathing people are nothing more than mass-produced products.

"Do you know what intangible cultural heritage is?" Wei Lan asked with a wry smile. "Because it requires not only technology, but also the inheritance and guidance. And what we lack is precisely this irreplaceable 'guidance'."

“My original plan was that even if Zhao Xiaochui didn’t agree, we could at least find a breakthrough from those thirteen girls… But who would have thought,” Wei Lan’s voice was filled with disbelief and exhaustion, “that those girls were all determined to only recognize him.”

She looked up at Anna, her previous sharpness gone, replaced by a calm that bordered on resignation: "Now that things have come to this, what other options are there?"

Anna paused for a moment, then asked the final question on behalf of the boss behind the scenes: "So, in your opinion, Mr. Wei, are there any feasible solutions at present?"

“Anna,” Wei Lan didn’t answer directly, but instead threw out a question, “In all your years in this industry, have you ever seen a hothead with no background, relying only on passion and skill, who could push us to this point in a game of this level?”

Anna thought about it carefully for a while, and finally could only shake her head with a wry smile. She could certainly list the achievements of many young talents, but considering their completely different starting points and resources compared to that masseur, she had to admit that she had never seen anything like it.

"Therefore, there's absolutely no room for maneuver," Wei Lan concluded, her tone unusually calm. "Given that stubborn young man surnamed Zhao's headstrong nature and the power he's currently displaying, there's only one way out—"

She took a deep breath, as if using all her strength, and said, word by word:

"Bring up the ugly donkey and publicly compensate and apologize to Easy Slow Travel through the most formal official channels for all our previous actions."

"Then, we'll flip the table over completely, and nobody will get another bite."

"I will take full responsibility for ensuring the shareholders' safe withdrawal."

There was no anger or resentment in these words, only a calculated decision.

She chose to use everything she had to ensure that Jinling Capital could leave gracefully, so that she would still have a chance to make a comeback.

Upon hearing this, the female assistant looked at her with admiration, stood up, and nodded, saying:
"I will convey your opinion to the gentleman in its entirety."

The office door closed gently, and silence returned.

Wei Lan's gaze returned to the screen. In the relaxed and leisurely live broadcast room, Lao Qin was completing his "confession." In the busy Fatou Police Station, the uniformed officer carefully recorded his information, but given his advanced age of 76 and the current "significantly minor circumstances," he was ultimately "kicked out," but was required to appear at any time and not leave the city.

In the video, Lao Qin shakily signed the papers and calmly walked out of the police station, accompanied by staff members who were walking slowly and at ease.

Almost simultaneously, Wei Lan's phone began to receive various notifications, with countless push notifications from social media platforms and news apps flooding in—all with headlines about her "dark history" being thoroughly exposed, amplified, and disseminated.

The online tsunami changed direction and surged towards her.

However, Wei Lan merely glanced at the shocking headlines and vile insults with a blank expression, then casually turned off her phone screen and tossed it aside.

A cold smile even appeared on her lips.

These public opinion storms, which could easily destroy a person domestically, have lost most of their deterrent power for her.

Her children have long since settled in America and are receiving a completely new education.

She had already paved her way out; her future was destined for the other side.

As for these so-called "relatives and friends" in China? Years ago, when she decided to embark on this path, they were already costs that she could abandon after weighing the options.

Wei Lan looked at the screen.

“Zhao Xiaochui, I don’t know your background, who you know, or what you’ve done.”

"Aren't you a hothead? Then keep being stubborn and see how those people who were humiliated by your stubbornness treat you in the future!" "You ruined my career, so I'll flip your table!"

……

On September 12, 2020, after the A-share market opened...
Gaoyi Investment (a subsidiary of Jinling Capital) issued an announcement:

"Our company deeply recognizes that there were problems of imprudent decision-making and insufficient due diligence in the process of investing in the Jin Dayang project... Our company sincerely accepts all investigation results and penalty decisions of the Securities Regulatory Bureau... We have begun to orderly transfer all the shares of the target company we hold and completely withdraw from the project. We sincerely apologize for the trouble caused to investors."

At almost the same time, Ugly Donkey Group issued a supplementary announcement:
"An emergency independent investigation by the Board of Directors revealed that some employees of the Group, without authorization or knowledge of the Group, engaged in unfair competition against Easy Slow Travel (BJ) Health Management Co., Ltd. in pursuit of personal performance, using methods that seriously violated business ethics. Such behavior completely violates the Group's values ​​and operating principles. The Group is deeply shocked and saddened by this, and has suspended the relevant responsible persons from their duties to cooperate with the relevant departments in further investigations. We extend our sincerest apologies to Easy Slow Travel and its employees, and will actively discuss compensation plans to make up for their losses."

"At the same time, the Group deeply reflects on the operational irregularities that occurred in the Sichuan and Chongqing markets, fully accepts the penalty decisions of the relevant departments, and will immediately carry out thorough rectification to ensure that similar incidents do not occur again."

Unlike that young, impetuous fool, the seasoned capitalists, on the other hand, were to preserve their strength as much as possible while acknowledging the temporary setbacks, and to keep the destructive power of the storm within their own tolerance.

Since we've run out of options with you, we'll just have to back down!
If you continue to persist, you will be disregarding the bigger picture and showing narrow-mindedness. In that case, you will no longer be facing us, but people from another level.

2020年9月12日，15:00
EasyMotion issued an announcement stating that it has completed the acquisition of more than 90% of the shares of Jin Dayang and has formally submitted an application to the stock exchange for the delisting of Jin Dayang.

Almost simultaneously, as the officially appointed coordinating representative, Secretary Liu stepped solemnly through the once again closed gates of the Relaxing Slow Walk shopping mall.

Meanwhile, the official live stream, designed for a relaxed and leisurely pace, quietly launched.

The camera was focused on a dimly lit corner:

A girl, completely overwhelmed by the impact of the internet, is curled up in a corner, her body trembling uncontrollably, her eyes vacant, and her mouth uttering incomprehensible babbling.

Zhou Yaqin's voice came from off-screen:

The live stream remained focused on the distraught girl; her unconscious trembling and babbling formed the most heartbreaking backdrop. Zhou Yaqin's voice rang out from off-screen, calm, clear, yet carrying an undeniable resolve:
"I am Zhou Yaqin, the person in charge of Relaxing and Slow Travel."

"Now, on behalf of Easy Slow Travel and all the employees who have been seriously harmed, I am formally reporting this case to the relevant authorities and initiating a private criminal prosecution against the individuals involved whose actions were egregious and who are suspected of committing crimes."

"Do you think the law can't be punished because of the sheer number of people? Do you think anonymity is a shield?"

"Now, I'll just call out a few names, and you can find your own places."

The entire live stream room fell silent; everyone held their breath.

"User 'JusticeExecutor88', IP address in Dongshan Province, real name Zhang Wei. You sent a total of 17 private messages, saying that you wanted the girls in our store to 'get hit by a car and die when they go out,' and you even attached a satellite screenshot of her neighborhood, right? We have already forwarded your 'concern,' along with all your personal information, to the local authorities. They are very interested in cases of 'picking quarrels and provoking trouble' and 'threatening personal safety.'"

"User 'Deep Dive Sister Is Me,' located in Pudong, Shanghai, real name Wang Li. You're a master at Photoshop, photoshopping our employees' faces onto all sorts of offensive images and spreading them wildly in hundreds of groups. We've found out you're an HR person at a foreign company. We've already packaged all your photoshopped images and your online comments and sent them to your company's Asia-Pacific headquarters and disciplinary department. The email subject is—'Report on Professional Ethics Regarding Cyberbullying by Your Company's Employees.' Oh, and we also CC'd your neighborhood residents' group?"

"And then there's that student, Ms. Li, who claims to be a 'university student in Beijing.' Not only did you dox our employee's home address, but you also harassed her parents, who are over seventy years old, by phone, causing them to be hospitalized with a heart attack. We know your student ID number and your advisor's name perfectly well. This morning, our lawyer personally delivered this complete evidence, including phone recordings and online screenshots, to your school's president's office and inspection team."

With each name Zhou Yaqin uttered, it was as if she were pronouncing a person's social death. In the live stream, countless people frantically clicked "back" and tried to delete their accounts, but it was too late.

Zhou Yaqin's voice grew increasingly cold:

“We won’t just send you a lawyer’s letter; that would be too easy on you.”

"We have packaged each of your IDs, statements, and real identity information into individual files. These files will be delivered to your workplaces, schools, communities, partners... to the places in your real lives that you care about most and fear losing most!"

"You want to ruin our girl's life with public opinion? Then we'll use the facts to tear apart the 'decency' you rely on to survive in reality!"

The camera slowly pans away from the distraught girl and focuses on Zhou Yaqin's eyes, which burn with the flames of revenge.

"Game over."

"Now, begin the liquidation."

(End of this chapter)