I was exposed for adding my female boss to my group of female friends.

Lu Qingxuan clutched her clothes at her chest, staring intently at Chen Ya with a grim expression.

"Is this the thing you want to photograph?"

Chen Ya said, "This is just the first one. We need to produce more than five short videos in the next two days and release them on various platforms. Time is tight, so we'll start preparing now."

……

"This is outrageous!"

Grandma Yu slammed her hand on the table, her eyes still blazing with anger.

Lu Qingzhou sat to the side, his expression unfathomable.

Lu Yuanwu sat at the bottom, his round face looking completely innocent, but a cunning glint occasionally flashed in his eyes.

"I admired Chen Ya's talent and sent him to Yunshang Jinghua. I repeatedly told him not to interfere with normal business operations, but I never expected him to treat it like a child's game!"

Lu Qingzhou remained calm and said in a low voice:

"It's secondary that Lü Yuanwu was wronged; the main thing is that if he ruins the reputation of this account, then we will become sinners against the Lu family."

With a tearful expression, Lü Yuanwu said, "Yes, I repeatedly advised him not to be so stubborn, but he just wouldn't listen. He even threatened that as long as I stayed at the company, Yunshang Jinghua wouldn't work for a single day. I really had no choice but to leave."

Grandma Yu's eyes flashed with anger. She took a few heavy breaths, raised her phone, and dialed a number.

"Beep-beep-"

After a few rings, a surprised voice came from the other end: "Great-Grandma, why are you calling me?"

Grandma Yu's tone was unusually stern: "Lu Ruixiang! You and your godson Chen Ya, get over here! Get to Guihe Manor!"

Chapter 234 I am over four million

Lu Ruixiang felt like she was suffocating.

She picked up the phone and dialed Chen Sheng's number, but her fingers could barely hold the phone properly, and the brand-new iPhone 14 Pro fell heavily onto the desk.

She had suffered cold looks and ridicule, and endured sarcasm from family members behind her back, but she had never been scolded like that by her great-grandmother over the phone to her face!

"Hey, Chen Sheng, I'm asking you, what exactly did Chen Ya do?..."

...After hanging up the phone, Chen Sheng was completely dazed.

Chen Hai and Lu Qianzi were eating nearby when they overheard part of the phone call.

"Dad, what's wrong?" Chen Hai put a spoonful of steamed egg custard into his mouth.

“Chen Ya has gotten into trouble,” Chen Sheng swallowed hard. “Great-grandmother wants your mother to take Chen Ya to Guihe Manor right away to apologize to Lu Qingzhou’s nephew.”

Lu Qianzi's eyes showed worry, and Chen Hai gave a soft "humph".

"With his personality, he's bound to get into trouble sooner or later."

After saying that, he threw the spoon into the bowl with a loud thud and wiped his mouth with a handkerchief.

"Dad, I'm not trying to criticize you, but ever since you brought him home, you've let him run wild and haven't taught him any rules. It's too late that he's caused such a mess now."

Chen Sheng frowned and said, "It's too late to say anything now. We should hurry up and think of a way to prepare something to apologize to them in person."

Chen Hai said with a look of disgust, "Let him prepare it himself. No one in my family can afford to lose face like that."

Lu Qianzi asked, "Dad, what exactly happened?"

Chen Sheng said, "I'm not entirely sure either. I heard from your mother that after Chen Ya arrived at Yunshang Jinghua, he threw a tantrum and drove away the original person in charge. Now Yunshang Jinghua has come to a standstill."

Chen Hai and Lu Qianzi exchanged a glance.

“No wonder, I was wondering why Yunshang Jinghua hadn’t updated for two days,” Chen Hai said, sounding a little smug. “He shut down the account as soon as he arrived, that’s pretty impressive.”

"Say less," Lu Qianzi frowned.

Chen Ya is now family too; their fates are intertwined. She doesn't understand why Chen Hai is still so carefree.

After being reprimanded by Lu Qianzi, Chen Hai didn't dare to utter a single word in rebuttal. He simply took out his phone and started scrolling through Douyin (TikTok).

There's no use in rushing anyway.

He made a heart shape with his hand in response to a short video on Douyin.

……

In Guihe Village, Old Mrs. Yu's chest was still heaving.

When Lu Qingzhou brought Lü Yuanwu over, she immediately realized that Chen Ya had made a huge mistake.

Despite her advanced age, the old lady knew how important updates were for a new media platform.

Only by updating daily can good user habits be established and user engagement maintained.

If you don't update on the first day, readers will just find it strange. If you don't update on the second day, readers' engagement will decrease. If you don't update on the third day, readers will forget about your channel altogether.

As Lu Qingzhou just said, things are different now. The platform's advantages have been exhausted, and we've long entered an era of intense competition within the industry. If I don't read yours today, there are hundreds of other accounts waiting for me to read, with so much exciting content that I can't even finish reading them all.

So if you slack off for a day or two, user engagement drops, and it's hard to make up for it even with ten times the effort.

Lu Qingzhou was also very tactful. He didn't say how bad Chen Ya was when he came over. He just let Lü Yuanwu complain while he added a few necessary pieces of information.

After a few exchanges, Grandma Yu got angry.

Because Yunshang Jinghua is too important to the Lu family.

There is no truth to the claim that Lu Qingzhou is slandering Chen Ya on his own... It is true that Yunshang Jinghua has not been updated for two days, and it is also true that user data has plummeted.

On Weibo alone, Yunshang Jinghua lost 20 followers, directly topping the follower loss list. Just hearing about this is enough to make anyone's heart stop.

Grandma Yu's face was ashen: "I will naturally handle Chen Ya's matter. As for Yunshang Jinghua, is there any way to remedy the situation?"

Lu Yuanwu sighed and said, "It's hard to make up for the loss of two days of interruption, but I've come up with a plan that should be able to turn things around."

In reality, the followers lost by Yunshang Jinghua were paid by Lü Yuanwu to be fake followers; he simply had them remove a batch of inactive followers. The claim of losing 20 followers and topping the follower loss list was just a carefully orchestrated publicity stunt.

Once he returns to Yunshang Jinghua, he can spend money to buy another 40 followers, which will naturally become news and further solidify his position in Yunshang Jinghua.

In fact, he should thank Chen Ya. A light bulb that's always on goes unnoticed until it goes out, at which point people realize its importance.

Lü Yuanwu was the third wheel. Chen Ya gave him a perfect excuse to turn off the lights, and through Chen Ya, he made a good impression on his great-grandmother.

In the past, he would never have received such attention from the family.

A black Lexus drove into Guihezhuang.

"Boom."

The car doors were opened and closed one after another, and Chen Ya, Liu Ruying, Lu Qingxuan, Cui Lingfeng and others got out of the car.

Lu Ruixiang was already waiting at the door. When she saw Chen Ya get out of the car, she quickly stepped forward with a serious expression: "What exactly happened?"

Chen Ya said, "You'll find out when you get inside."

After saying that, he walked straight ahead.

Lu Ruixiang grabbed him: "Tell me clearly first, what exactly did you do?"

Her idea was to first go over her statement with Chen Ya to figure out how to deal with his moves later.

"Just making a little money since I have nothing else to do."

This answer left Lu Ruixiang baffled. She looked at the people behind Chen Ya with the same surprise, and saw Lu Qingxuan and Liu Ruying as well.

She noticed that everyone's faces showed nothing but exhaustion, and no one said a word.

Everyone was exhausted after a long day and had no energy left to talk.

Lu Ruixiang could only swallow her doubts and follow Chen Ya to see her great-grandmother.

Soon, everyone entered the main room of the courtyard. There, the great-grandmother was sitting in the center of the eight-immortal table, with Committee Member Gao sitting next to her, and Lu Qingzhou and Lü Yuanwu sitting at the lower end.

"Great-Grandma." Lu Qingxuan bowed and greeted her, but Old Madam Yu kept a straight face, showing no sign of happiness.

This was quite different from her previous expression when she saw Lu Qingxuan; clearly, she hated Lu Qingxuan because of her hatred for her.

Two days ago, Lu Qingxuan would have been frantic by now, but she could only glance helplessly at Chen Ya.

Lu Yuanwu's attack was exactly as she had predicted.

However, after witnessing Chen Ya's actions, she now knows that she can simply lie back and watch the show.

Seeing the expression on Old Madam Yu's face, Lu Ruixiang felt uneasy and even more worried about her future.

"Great-grandmother, it was him who kicked me out that day." As soon as Lu Yuanwu saw Chen Ya enter, he immediately followed the principle of the guilty party accusing the innocent first and pointed at Chen Ya.

“I know,” Grandma Yu nodded.

Her expression was solemn; she had already figured out how to handle the situation before Chen Ya arrived.

Previously, she had defied public opinion and appointed Chen Ya to take over Yunshang Jinghua. Although this demonstrated the Lu family's eagerness to recruit talent, the decision was clearly wrong.

Chen Ya messed things up in a place where everyone thought it was impossible to mess up, and made an irreparable mistake.

Now her behavior is being observed by the Lu family. If this mistake is not corrected, she will lose prestige, and the Lu family will lose face.

"Chen Ya, you ignored my advice and previous warnings, and went your own way, ousting Lü Yuanwu from Yunshang Jinghua and causing Yunshang Jinghua to come to a standstill. You shall leave Yunshang Jinghua immediately, and Lü Yuanwu shall return to his position as head of the company."

"At the same time, you must bow your head and admit your mistake to Lü Yuanwu in person. Your attitude must be sincere. You must apologize exactly as he asks you to. You cannot be careless in the slightest."

“Lu Ruixiang, Lu Yuanhu mentioned to me the other day that your family should attend the family meeting. Well, let’s just skip that. Go home and teach your children some manners. Our Lu family values ​​family tradition the most. If something so shameful is exposed, it will only embarrass everyone.”

After her great-grandmother finished speaking, she looked up at her and asked, "Is there anything you want to say?"

Lu Ruixiang immediately said, "Great-Grandma, I will definitely teach him a good lesson when I get home."

Her lips were trembling as she said this.

Just two days ago, she was still having a wonderful dream, and she almost woke up laughing in her sleep when she attended a family meeting.

This wonderful feeling didn't even last two days, and then, bam, it was gone!

Grandma Yu then turned to Chen Ya and said, "Apologize now, in front of us. Lü Yuanwu, you say it, and he does it. If there's anything you're not satisfied with, make him keep doing it until you are."

Lu Yuanwu's smugness was almost uncontrollable, but he still managed to suppress his pride and try to appear humble and calm.

"Hmm, let me think. Then you shout 'I'm sorry, Brother Yuanwu' three times, and then kneel down and kowtow three times. Make sure you kowtow loudly enough for me to hear you."

After saying that, Lu Ruixiang's face was just as ugly as Old Madam Yu's.

While they were talking, Chen Ya pulled up a chair for himself and sat down casually.

He listened attentively as Lü Yuanwu spoke, a faint smile playing on his lips.

After Lü Yuanwu finished speaking, he slowly asked, "Does it have to be this way?"

“I’m not satisfied if it’s not like this.” Lu Yuanwu’s round face also gave him a fake smile.

"You won't come back to work unless you kneel down and kowtow, right?" Chen Ya seemed to laugh even more heartily.

"Mmm," Lü Yuanwu nodded insincerely.

Chen Ya nodded: "Okay, you didn't need to come back anyway. Go stay somewhere cool."

"Chen Ya!"

Before Great-Grandma could speak, Lu Qingzhou frowned and slapped the table.

"The fact that the Lu family is willing to let you sit here and speak to you so politely is already an act of extreme leniency from them. Your only role now is to apologize to Lü Yuanwu and properly invite him back to Yunshang Jinghua. Do you understand?"

Chen Ya looked at Lu Qingzhou.

"You're Lu Qingzhou?"

Lu Qingzhou was angered by this impolite question, and simply gave a cold "humph".

Chen Ya smiled. This guy inherited his Haiya Company, and he hadn't fully taken revenge yet.

He beckoned to Liu Ruying with his finger and said, "Bring up the account books."

Liu Ruying responded by taking out two ledgers from her handbag, and Lü Yuanwu narrowed his eyes.

He had known all along that Chen Ya was relying on evidence of his embezzlement.

However, he already had a solution.

If not, he wouldn't be sitting here with Lu Qingzhou.

Therefore, he was already confident of success.

“You mean what I call embezzlement, right?” Lu Yuanwu said in a low voice, “I’ve told you before that you’ve misunderstood. Since Great-Grandma is here, I’ll explain it to you point by point again, so that Great-Grandma can hear whether I’m right or you are right.”