Chapter 264 - 190: Impossible to Explain

Chapter 264: Chapter 190: Impossible to Explain

The "Hello, President Chen!" account, left over from Xiangzi’s 7:30 stream, had barely any followers.

So a post on there might as well have been invisible.

However, he and the other guests were all following each other.

"General Cao" happened to see the post and quote-tweeted it with a comment: "The marketplace is a battlefield, where sieges and conquests are staged everywhere!"

"General Cao" was a major influencer with three million followers. His post instantly caused a massive stir.

Hordes of his fans followed the trail to the "Hello, President Chen!" account and started flooding it with insults.

"Shanyun Auto, you’re utterly shameless!"

"Shanyun Auto, can you do anything besides play dirty tricks?"

"No wonder Shanyun Auto is losing money! They’re spending all their investment funds on jacking up rent prices!"

"Shanyun Auto, stop trying to sell cars. You should get into real estate speculation instead!"

Chen Xiao noticed all the hateful comments on his account and was about to start blocking people. But then he took a closer look. ’Huh! They’re all bashing Shanyun Auto. In that case, it has nothing to do with me!’

He closed the app and drove home. ’My dear Xiangjun should be well-rested by now. I’ve been a bit too vigorous lately. She can never handle my onslaught. *Sigh*!’

Meanwhile, Jin Wuxian, the General Manager of Shanyun Auto’s Public Relations Department, received a call from a subordinate.

"President Jin, our official account is being brigaded!"

Jin Wuxian was completely baffled. "Brigaded? Over what?"

"Feichi Auto’s fans are saying we used dirty tricks to snatch their dealerships, and that one of our KOCs is shamelessly bragging about it online, acting all smug!"

’Which KOC? Shanyun Auto only has a handful of them. And none of them should know that we took over several of Feichi Auto’s dealerships!’

’Since when did our own KOCs have such good inside information?’

The subordinate sounded helpless and frustrated. "It’s not our KOC!"

Jin Wuxian’s head was spinning. "I’m giving you one chance to rephrase that. Look at what you’re saying. One second it’s ’our KOC,’ the next it’s ’not our KOC’!"

The subordinate’s voice cracked. "President Jin, it’s that ’Hello, President Chen!’ account, the one from the livestream with you! The fans all think he’s our KOC, but he really isn’t!"

’Holy shit, Chen Xiao!’ Jin Wuxian suddenly remembered how he’d been gloating in front of Chen Xiao not long ago. His triumph had turned to tragedy.

"Then explain, quickly! Stop this before it escalates into a full-blown fan war!"

The subordinate said, "I did explain! But the haters and paid trolls are just attacking even harder now!"

"How did you explain it?"

"I issued an official clarification that ’Hello, President Chen!’ is not our KOC!"

"What damn good is an explanation like that? Everyone’s already riled up; they won’t believe you even if you say he isn’t!"

The subordinate sighed. "You’re right, they don’t believe me. In fact, my explanation just made them even more convinced that ’Hello, President Chen!’ is our KOC!"

’Moron! Idiot!’

Fuming, Jin Wuxian opened the social media app and went to their official account. Damn, it was a total circus.

A fierce flame war was raging in the comments. The two fanbases had already exchanged thousands of blows.

And the topic of "’Hello, President Chen!’ not being Shanyun Auto’s KOC" was being brought up over and over again.

"So he’s not your KOC, he’s your temp worker, right? Just blame the temp when things go south!"

"To all of Shanyun Auto’s KOCs out there, I pity you. The moment there’s trouble, your masters are the first to abandon you!"

"Shanyun Auto, you do the crime but won’t do the time. How can a company like this make luxury cars? Your corporate DNA is flawed!"

Enraged, Jin Wuxian immediately called Chen Xiao, but Chen Xiao hung up on him several times in a row.

The call finally went through more than ten minutes later.

"FUCK! Chen Xiao, why do you keep hanging up on me? Are you feeling guilty or something?!"

"I was eating some fruit. It wasn’t a good time to talk."

’My darling Xiangjun was feeding me. How could I possibly answer the phone at a time like that? It would’ve killed the mood!’

Jin Wuxian’s face darkened. ’If I talk to Chen Xiao much more,’ he thought, ’I’m going to have a stroke before I turn forty!’

"Why did you post that on social media? Are you trying to start trouble, to instigate a war between Feichi Auto and Shanyun Auto?"

"Social media? Not at all. On one hand, I was congratulating you. On the other, I just registered this official account, and it’s important to post some buzzworthy content. How else am I supposed to get followers?"

"But you know, that one post gained me several thousand followers. A lot of Shanyun Auto fans are leaving comments. I’ve already got hundreds of replies!"

"Chen Xiao, are you even human? You’re building your happiness on our suffering!"

"It wasn’t on purpose. I’ve actually always wished you well. Every day I pray that Shanyun Auto successfully completes its begging rounds!"

Jin Wuxian roared, "You animal! You’re more vicious than the haters! Tell me the truth, are some of those haters your alt accounts?"

Chen Xiao chuckled. "You know this is my first time using this platform."

Jin Wuxian thought back. ’It’s true! He only registered the account for the livestream.’

"Don’t provoke Feichi Auto anymore for now. Everything you say is just attracting more hate for Shanyun Auto!"

"No can do. I finally have a little bit of a following. If I don’t talk about Feichi Auto, I’ve got nothing to generate buzz!"

Jin Wuxian...

’You’re not trying to be a damn influencer, what the hell do you need buzz for!’ He was going insane.

"Chen Xiao, if you really want to talk about Feichi Auto in the future, try to bring Junxing Auto into it. Those two have a rivalry, so it’ll generate even more buzz!"

Jin Wuxian thought he had come up with a brilliant idea.

"That’s right, Chen Xiao! A fight between their two fanbases would be even more explosive. You could probably gain ten thousand followers in a single day!"

"Alright, I’ll take your word for it. I’ll give it a shot!"

Having finally succeeded in diverting the disaster, Jin Wuxian breathed a sigh of relief. He hung up and rushed to deal with the crisis PR.