"Hai Ling, are you two okay? Do you want me to come along?" Shiina Riki expressed appropriate concern to Hai Ling.

After thinking for a while, Hachiman Kailing finally refused Deng and Li Xi's request to go with them.

"We're not going there this time to intensify the conflict with Best Inc., and Best Inc. won't directly mobilize the Best Inc. gang to encircle and suppress the two of us.

"This time we are going to negotiate with Best Inc., but as far as I know, neither of you is good at this kind of conversation, right?" Hai Ling said to Li Xi and Deng with a smile.

This sentence made Gao Songdeng lower his head in guilt.

Shiina Riki glanced at Takamatsu Deng, sighed, and said, "Then you two can go first. Keep in touch anytime."

Hachiman Kailing assured Takamatsu Deng, "Please rest assured, I will protect Chihaya-san."

"Deng Deng, there will be no problem on our trip this time." Chihaya Aine also comforted Takamatsu Deng.

The next day, Chihaya Aine arrived at the headquarters building of BEST Inc. in a car driven by Yawata Kairin.

 Soon, Aiyin and Hailing were welcomed into a conference room in the BEST building.

After entering the conference room, the two saw the large team of lawyers hired by Best Inc.

After meeting Aiyin and Hailing, one of the older lawyers in the legal team got straight to the point:

"So, what do you want?"

Hearing this question, Hachiman Kailing laughed contemptuously: "What do you mean by want something? Why did you call us here? Of course we want fighter jets."

The Baishi Lawyers looked at each other in silence, realizing that this guy was not easy to deal with, and then turned around and began to persuade Chihaya Aine.

The arguments used to persuade Aiyin were nothing more than: the advertisement is just a joke and should not be taken seriously. If Aiyin really acts like this, how will these big companies and enterprises carry out advertising in the future?

This set of rhetoric was quite reasonable. Not only did he humble himself towards Aine, but he also tried to win her sympathy.

The only problem was that Chihaya Aine had developed a strong resentment towards the Baishi Gang because of their previous black-on-black behavior, and consequently, she had no sympathy for the Baishi company.

More importantly, they were able to capture a loophole in Best Inc.'s advertising and use it to obtain a fighter jet.

This is exactly what Chihaya Aine is looking for, the kind of hot event that will make her name resound throughout New Tokyo.

Therefore, Chihaya Aine also insisted that she just wanted to exchange for a fighter jet!

Chihaya Aine also pointed out: Since there is no disclaimer in the advertisement, Best Inc. must fulfill its promise and cannot let customers pay for the company's blunder!

After several hours of fruitless communication, there was still no progress on this matter.

In the end, it was Best Inc.'s lawyers who chose to give up.

These two guys are as stubborn as ballast stones and refuse to be persuaded.

There was no other way, so the lawyers had to take out the trump cards given to them by the top management of Best.

A female lawyer handed Aine a note.

She said: "There are too many legal issues to resolve in this misunderstanding. We might as well be direct and change the prize."

Chihaya Aine opened the note and it read: Seven hundred and fifty thousand US dollars.

Another Best Inc. lawyer smiled and added, "This figure is just a temporary offer. We can continue to discuss it, and it shouldn't be difficult to round it up to one million US dollars."

Wow, now that's great, Chihaya Aine can almost get this huge sum of money from Best Inc. without spending a penny.

The conference room suddenly fell silent.

Chihaya Aine and Hachiman Kairin looked at each other and realized that the matter had entered a new stage.

"Sorry, we need some time to discuss this."

So the two of them left the Best Inc. meeting room and came to the corridor outside.

After coming out of the conference room, Hachiman Kairin asked Chihaya Aine:

"Chihaya, this amount of money is no longer a small sum. If we stop here, we can consider it a small sum of money we have gained without much risk.

“Moreover, this amount of money will not lead to us being hunted down by the Baishi Gang later.

"Of course, compromise has its price, but you are my employer, so I support you no matter what decision you make."

Chihaya Aine hesitated for a moment and sent a message in the Line group.

Chihaya Aine planned to ask her teammates: 一②ling (三)尔林⑺罒巴群 for their opinions.

"This matter is mainly about you and Hailing working hard and taking risks. You can do whatever you want." Shiina Riki replied to Chihaya Aine.

"I support Xiao Ai's decision." Takamatsu Deng also believed that Chihaya Aine should make the final decision on this operation.

As for Nagasaki Motoyo and Kaname Rakuna, they did not respond to this message.

However, in a moment like this where a quick decision is needed, not replying is tantamount to acquiescence.

After obtaining the approval of her companions, Chihaya Aine began the final weighing in her mind.

On one side is the Harrier fighter jet worth 35 million US dollars, but the possibility of Best Inc. fulfilling its promise is very slim.

On one side is one million dollars in cash, which can be obtained immediately and with lower risk.

Chihaya Aine looked at the note in her hand, and recalled the days when she fled in London in a hurry, and the cultural relics transaction she encountered at gunpoint when she just returned to New Tokyo.

Finally, she made up her mind.

Aiyin raised her head and said, "My dad asked Jiulinqi Jiuwuba Ling*meng to ask for a fighter plane."

Lost Children Gathering: Chapter 50: The Magic Moment of Journalism

Chihaya Aine and Hachiman Kairin returned to the conference room.

After returning to the conference room, Hachiman Kailing watched Chihaya Aine tear the note with 750,000 US dollars written on it into pieces in front of many lawyers from Best Inc.

"I want a Harrier fighter jet." Chihaya Aine announced to the lawyers.

The negotiations between Chihaya Aine, Hachiman Kailing and Best Inc. ended in a breakdown.

On the way back to Toshima Ward from the Best Inc. building in Hailing's car, Aiyin Hailing kept talking about the follow-up response to this incident.

Hai Ling believes that since they have refused to reach an out-of-court settlement with Best Inc., the lawsuit between the two and Best Inc. must continue.

Moreover, although the other party is not willing to waste time on the lawsuit with the two of them, facing the legal team of Best Inc. and even the possibility of the other party transferring interests in the judicial system, the chances of winning the lawsuit are slim.

"But actually, I still have a way." Hai Ling said to Chihaya Aine.

"What we cannot obtain through law, we can get through journalism," said Hai Ling.

"Large companies like Best Cola value business reputation and public opinion the most. As long as we create a buzz online and make most people in New Tokyo believe that Best should give you the fighter jet, then they will have to give it to you.

"On the other hand, it can also increase your personal visibility in New Tokyo and prevent Best Inc. from trying to harm you."

After returning to Toshima Ward, Hachiman Kairin contacted reporters from several media outlets on behalf of Chihaya Aine.

Not only that, this news also spread quickly on major private radio stations and online platforms.

Hachiman Kailing purchased a large number of water armies through channels to hype up the topic.

The bizarre story of "a high school student in Toshima Ward exchanging a Coke for a fighter jet" quickly spread across various districts of New Tokyo.

Various TV stations also began to report on this incident.

For a while, the hot search topics on various websites were: #BESTCOLA you are confused #Chihaya Aine occupies New Tokyo #7 million points for fighter jets is really worth it #Just finished drinking Wasabi Coke

However, just as Chihaya Aine was on the hot search list, Best Inc. was also paying close attention to this matter.

Sensing that Chihaya Aine and Hachiman Kairin were trying to stir up public opinion, Best Inc.'s operations officer, Ibu Yuuko, expressed disdain: "She's too young to play with him! Isn't Chihaya Aine just looking for fame? He's adding fuel to the fire!"

What Chihaya Aine did not expect was that Best Inc. not only did not avoid the issue of commercial fraud, it did not even criticize Chihaya Aine's own smuggling activities.

Best Inc. responded to this matter proactively and formally.

BEST Inc. made the following three statements: First, there is no misleading or fraudulent issue in this advertisement. Giving fighter jets as prizes is an absurd joke and is purely for advertising effect.

Secondly, our company has made huge concessions and has shown great sincerity in proposing a compensation plan for Ms. Chihaya Aine, with the amount reaching one million. However, she is still not satisfied and has refused reasonable compensation.

Finally, despite our company's lack of negligence and the fact that we have offered compensation, Chihaya Aine still attempted to manipulate trending topics. Her malicious intentions are clear as day. Whether this woman truly seeks justice as she claims is up to you all.

It had to be said that Best Inc. had done a great job responding to the wave of public opinion with this announcement, their words were righteous and powerful. They even avoided attacking Aine by exposing her smuggling activities—after all, a large portion of the people of New Tokyo had been involved in similar shady dealings, and exposing this matter might resonate with the general public.

This argument can reverse the public opinion that is generally biased towards Chihaya Aine.

Although ordinary people think that Chihaya Aine is more right, they also don't think that Best Inc. did anything wrong in this event.

In the end, the people of Tokyo just regarded this incident as a piece of fun.

This time, Best Inc.'s response has muddied the waters of public opinion, making it so that the direction of public opinion no longer seriously affects Best Inc.'s market performance.

Not only that, Best Inc. also issued a warning to various media outlets that were planning to invite Chihaya Aine to appear on TV programs:

Best Inc. will cancel its advertising sponsorship for anyone who dares to invite Chihaya Aion to a TV show!

As one of the financial backers of the New Tokyo TV media industry, Best Inc.'s measures have produced immediate results.

Chihaya Aine's good days of appearing on TV every day are over!

After this series of attacks caused Chihaya Aine's personal popularity to plummet, Best Inc. also released a video to the outside world.

In the video, Octagon spokesman Shinji Masaki changed his previous relaxed tone on private ownership of fighter jets.

He claimed that although he had previously said that demilitarized fighter jets could be privately owned and sold, the demilitarized parts included important parts besides weapons, such as the aircraft's engines and vertical take-off and landing.

Without these crucial components, a fighter jet cannot be called an aircraft.

Therefore, if Chihaya Aion wants to redeem a fighter jet from Best Inc., Best Inc. will ultimately only give her an empty shell that looks like a fighter jet.

At this point, it was no use for Chihaya Aine to ask Best Inc. to redeem the fighter jets.

Best Inc.'s combination of tactics is fast and fierce, and each one is enough to hit the key points.

Best Inc.'s response to this crisis demonstrated to the outside world what a giant company is like, and also stabilized Best Inc.'s stock price fluctuations and enhanced shareholders' confidence.

"Alas, this operation can be said to be a complete failure..." Chihaya Aine complained to her companions in the conference room.

"Although I'm already very happy that I can become famous in New Tokyo.

"Um... Hachiman-san, I'll pay for all your expenses." Chihaya Aine suggested to Hachiman Kairin.

Although it was agreed in advance that the remuneration would be paid from the profits afterwards, Chihaya Aine felt embarrassed to let the other party run around and return empty-handed when there was no gain.

"Oh? Chihaya-san, it's too early to give up now." Hachiman Kailing said.

"Actually, I still have a card to play," said Hai Ling.

"Ah?" Chihaya Aine looked at Hailing in shock.

Is this the strength of the Bess mercenaries? !

Chapter 51: What has been done will be done again

"Everyone, think about it. According to the exaggerated advertising style of Best Inc., it is impossible that the situation of redeeming fighter jets this time is the only one." Hachiman Kailing explained to the gang members in the meeting room.

"Earlier, when I was preparing for the public opinion war with Best Inc., I had already been collecting information about Best Inc.'s similar advertising campaigns."

Hachiman Kailing took out a stack of old newspapers from her briefcase.

This newspaper reported on a marketing campaign carried out by Best Inc. in another archipelago country.

During that marketing campaign, Best Inc. marked different numbers on the bottle caps of its bottles of Best Cola.

Each batch of Coke will have a fixed number announced on the local TV station. Once the local residents buy a Coke bottle with the corresponding number on it, they can ask Best Inc. to redeem a reward of up to one million pesos (local currency).

This marketing campaign was very effective in opening up sales channels for Best Cola in that archipelago country.

After all, who doesn’t want to be the lucky one to get those “special bottle caps”?

Logically speaking, as long as this marketing campaign is carried out step by step, Best's local sales will continue to rise, and it will surpass Cool Coke and become the local mainstream.

It's a shame this aggressive marketing campaign is going to go wrong if nothing goes wrong.

When the winning bottle caps were announced on TV, the first prize number was set as "349".

According to Best Inc.'s original plan, two bottle caps could win the grand prize in this event.

However, it was later discovered that the employees who organized the event had made a mistake in the numbers!

The jackpot should have been "134".

Among this batch of Coke sold, more than 800,000 bottles with the bottle caps with the number "349" have been sold on the market!

If all of them were exchanged, a total of approximately 32 billion US dollars in local currency would be needed!

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