Ni Na thought and thought, the online trolls were found by Ou Minghan, it must be Ou Minghan's incompetence! Annoyed, Ni Na summoned Ou Minghan and gave him a scolding.
Ou Minghan appeared to be listening to the lecture, but he was resentful in his heart.
If they could have won against Ye Zhi with just trolls, he wouldn't have wasted so much money!
This time, Ni Na provided the funds, and he had acted entirely according to Ni Na's instructions. Now, he was being reprimanded by Ni Na. Indeed, this woman looked down on him from the bottom of her heart!
A chilling glint flashed in Ou Minghan's eyes, but he quickly regained his composure.
He knew what was bothering Ni Na. It was that she had spent money only to make a wedding dress for Ye Zhi. In this regard, he truly understood Ni Na. No one understood this feeling better than him.
Therefore, Ou Minghan immediately comforted Ni Na, saying that the online opinions were all caused by Ye Zhi spending even more money to hire more trolls to manipulate the public. The game sales were also fabricated data created by Ye Zhi for the sake of appearances. None of it was real, and the actual game sales were definitely less than a third of what was reported!
These words made Ni Na feel a bit better, but they also made her detest Ye Zhi even more.
"No! I can't let this go!" Ni Na gritted her teeth. "I refuse to believe that Tao Xun has no weak points! It must have some poorly managed projects! Ou Minghan, go and investigate now. Find out which projects Tao Xun is not doing well in, or has problems with. We need to find Tao Xun's weak spots to attack!"
Seeing Ni Na's firm attitude, Ou Minghan could only agree for now.
However, after leaving, Ou Minghan became extremely agitated. How could he possibly know Tao Xun's weak points?
After much thought, he thought of Feng Jie, his mole within Tao Xun, and thus made a call to Feng Jie.
Feng Jie, who answered the phone, was bewildered. He said blankly, "But Mr. Ou, I'm on vacation..."
This statement infuriated Ou Minghan. "Why are you on vacation when there's nothing wrong?! Tao Xun is so busy, and you're still slacking off? If you're so laid-back, how can Ye Zhi possibly value you? I think it's precisely because you're so undisciplined that she keeps you out of the central decision-making circle..."
Feng Jie: ...
He had said that Ou Minghan was Tao Xun's mole, hadn't he? He had!
He was on vacation, and Ou Minghan was more anxious than he was!
"...Tao Xun has already released new games, and you're not even paying attention?" Ou Minghan continued to scold.
Feng Jie couldn't help but mumble in a low voice, "That's handled by the game department, not me..."
"What did you say?!" Ou Minghan asked displeased.
Feng Jie cleared his throat and changed the subject. "Mr. Ou, may I ask what you plan to do? That way, I can cooperate with you."
"It's not me!" Ou Minghan, feeling rather annoyed, told him about the task Ni Na had assigned him.
Feng Jie was momentarily speechless. Oh dear, wasn't this free publicity for their Tao Xun? That was quite embarrassing!
So, he'd have to think carefully about whether Tao Xun had any projects that needed publicity recently.
"Mr. Ou, please wait a moment, let me think..." Feng Jie said, his mind racing.
Ye Zhi always proceeded steadily, and most of Tao Xun's businesses were currently running smoothly. Of course, there were also projects that needed publicity.
For example, the movies released during the Spring Festival. However, Tao Xun had already invested heavily in promotion, with saturation-level marketing, and did not need any further investment. Moreover, if he were to suggest it, it would definitely arouse Ou Minghan's suspicion.
"Got it!" Feng Jie's eyes lit up. "Actually, Ms. Ye invested a sum of money last year to produce a documentary!"
"A documentary? Is that so?" Ou Minghan was taken aback.
"Yes, yes," Feng Jie said immediately. "It's a small project, not a lot of money was invested, and it's an obscure documentary, so very few people know about it.
At that time, the director seeking investment had promised Ye Zhi that it would be completed within a year. But now, a year has passed, and there's still no news about this documentary! Something must have gone wrong!"
"Good, good... I knew that even Ye Zhi could make mistakes!" Ou Minghan was overjoyed. Suddenly, as if thinking of something, he asked with some concern, "Feng Jie, are the details you know accurate? What if I had just found someone to blacken this documentary, and Tao Xun started broadcasting it afterwards?"
"Mr. Ou, that's absolutely impossible!" Feng Jie said solemnly. He spoke with utmost sincerity, and he truly wasn't lying to Ou Minghan.
A year ago, Ye Zhi had given Ruan Rou an investment to fund her food documentary. Ruan Rou was very strict with herself. She would report her filming progress to Ye Zhi via email.
In fact, according to the original plan, this documentary should have been completed by now. However, Ruan Rou had poured a lot of effort into this work, and being a perfectionist, she was not satisfied with some of the shots and wanted to reshoot them in the spring of next year.
Feng Jie had learned that she planned to reshoot after running into Ruan Rou when she returned to Kyoto to report to Ye Zhi before he started his vacation.
Ruan Rou could be considered a "workaholic" at Tao Xun. Ye Zhi knew what this documentary meant to Ruan Rou, so she agreed to her reshoot plan.
Therefore, as Ruan Rou left Kyoto to continue reshooting the documentary, Feng Jie also began his vacation. This made him lament how wonderful a life without intense competition was!
Of course, he would reveal this matter to Ou Minghan because, judging by the time, the documentary should be starting its promotion.
Feng Jie pondered for a moment, then told Ou Minghan his speculation about the documentary's production issues.
"Ye Zhi is truly greedy! Does she really think she can make money by investing in anything? She's even dabbling in documentaries!" Ou Minghan immediately began to mock her mercilessly. "Let alone problems with the documentary production, even if it's finished, so what? I've never heard of any documentary making money!"
Feng Jie listened silently. It seemed the promotion for this documentary was about to officially begin.
"Mr. Ou, this is just my guess. I'm not entirely sure about the actual situation," Feng Jie said. "Why don't I try to inquire about this documentary after my vacation ends and I return to work at Tao Xun? We can then plan accordingly..."
"No need!" Ou Minghan interrupted him rudely. "With such a small matter, how long will it take until you're back from vacation?"
Besides, it wasn't his money. If it succeeded, it would disgust Ye Zhi. Even if it failed, Ni Na would be the one feeling bad.