Feng Jie looked utterly defeated. With such a massive accident, how could he possibly know what to do?
He had desperately tried to call Ou Minghan earlier, but his calls wouldn't go through.
"You all research it first, see if there's any way to salvage this," Feng Jie said wearily. "I'll go find the President now."
Although he really didn't want to go to Ou Minghan, if he didn't, no one else would. Thinking of Ou Minghan's volatile temper, he even had the urge to just resign and leave.
However… having been by Ou Minghan's side for so many years, he inevitably knew some secrets he shouldn't. Ou Minghan would never let him leave.
Feng Jie took a deep breath and left the company as if marching to his doom.
After he left, the others were somewhat distracted.
This accident was too significant. It wasn't just a minor impact on Qianbai; it was monumental. They couldn't bear the blame for this.
Should they consider jumping ship? They heard that Taoxun offered good salaries and benefits, and there was a unified recruitment exam next month. Should they secretly sign up and try their luck?
Feng Jie was unaware that morale had plummeted and the team was becoming difficult to manage. He arrived at the Ou residence. The servants there recognized him and let him in directly. However, the servant warned him that Ou Minghan was still sleeping.
Feng Jie couldn't afford to wait. He barged into the bedroom and woke Ou Minghan up.
Under Ou Minghan's almost murderous gaze, Feng Jie quickly explained the situation.
"How could you not tell me about something so big?!" Ou Minghan's face contorted with rage. He abruptly grabbed a nearby desk lamp and hurled it at Feng Jie!
Seeing the lamp shatter at his feet, Feng Jie couldn't help but quietly defend himself, "Your phone kept going straight to voicemail..."
"Still making excuses!" Ou Minghan roared. His face darkened, and he strode up to Feng Jie. "What did I tell you all?! This endeavor was success or nothing! With such a colossal failure, what have you been doing?! We tested it so many times before, why didn't this come up..."
Feng Jie felt his eardrums ringing painfully. He felt like a mute trying to describe the taste of chili peppers; he had suffering but couldn't express it.
He knew this would happen. They had already warned Ou Minghan that it was a half-finished product. They had even suggested waiting to launch the new system, and testing it on the old system first to ensure everything was fine before going live.
But Ou Minghan wouldn't listen. He was eager to capture market share and desperate to solve their current predicament using this method, insisting on launching it first.
Now that something had gone wrong, Ou Minghan didn't consider it a failure of his own decision-making. Instead, he immediately shifted all the blame onto them.
Especially seeing Ou Minghan's increasingly distorted expression, Feng Jie felt a strange sense of fear. What if he actually laid hands on him?
The bedroom door creaked open, and Ye Qinya walked in. She approached Ou Minghan with a puzzled expression and linked her arm through his. "Minghan, why are you arguing..."
"Get lost!" Ou Minghan impatiently shoved her away. Ye Qinya let out a shriek and was sent flying backward, hitting the table behind her.
Ou Minghan immediately sobered up a bit. The situation had already deteriorated to this point. If he wanted to deal with the Ye family, Ye Qinya was his only card. He couldn't afford to offend her now.
He took a few deep breaths, put on a look of self-reproach, and hurried to help Ye Qinya up. "Qinya, are you okay? I didn't mean to take my anger out on you. It's all your sister's fault..."
At this point, Ou Minghan's face became uncontrollably grim.
Ye Qinya had hit her waist, and it was now hurting terribly. But hearing him say that, she ignored the pain and quickly asked, "Minghan, did my sister upset you again? What did she do?"
Ou Minghan gritted his teeth in anger. "She used despicable means to put my company in a passive position in the public opinion, severely damaging its image..."
Feng Jie couldn't stand listening anymore. Was that human speech? Ye Zhi hadn't held a knife to his throat and forced him to launch an unfinished application, had she?
Seeing that the two of them were about to continue their affections for a while longer, Feng Jie secretly slipped out of the bedroom.
Standing in the hallway outside, he took out his phone and saw dozens of missed calls from his colleagues. His head started to ache.
He had muted his phone earlier to avoid provoking Ou Minghan as much as possible. He hadn't expected so many calls in such a short time. Feng Jie felt a surge of apprehension. Had something else happened?
Suddenly, another call came in. Feng Jie took a deep breath and pressed the answer button.
"Assistant Feng, that's great, that's great! No, not so great..."
"What is all this nonsense!" Feng Jie said with a headache. "Have you figured out a solution?"
"Not yet... but Assistant Feng, M and W companies seem to have found a solution. They updated the old systems of their phones. As long as their phones are connected to the internet, our company's application will be automatically uninstalled! They also issued announcements and are preparing to share their experience with other companies. I believe this matter will be resolved soon!"
Feng Jie immediately felt relieved. He felt a complex mix of emotions, never expecting that one day he would be happy about others uninstalling his company's application.
"Then what did you mean by 'not so great'?" Feng Jie asked.
"Uh... M and W companies sent reminders to users of their new system phones, stating that our application is a high-risk application that could damage their phones. They recommended that users who had already downloaded it uninstall it as soon as possible. Now, our users are very few."
Feng Jie: ...
Given the magnitude of the accident, it was understandable for the two phone manufacturers to act this way. They couldn't say much. However, resolving the freezing issue was an urgent matter for them.
Feng Jie quickly hung up and returned to the bedroom.
He ignored Ou Minghan and Ye Qinya, who were still exchanging sweet nothings, and urgently said, "President, the problem is solved!"
Ou Minghan gently patted Ye Qinya's back, signaling her to leave first.
After listening to Feng Jie, he remained silent for a while before asking, "What's the reaction from Taoxun?"
Feng Jie blinked in surprise. "It seems like there's no reaction?"
Ou Minghan felt a surge of disdain in his heart. As expected, women were just women. He had been worried that Ye Zhi would seize this opportunity to do something, but he hadn't expected her to let such a good chance slip by. Since that was the case, he wouldn't hold back!
"Feng Jie, go back to the company immediately. I'll give you three more days to get that mobile application done right! After three days, our application must be back online! Also, contact those websites and forums and pay them to delete the posts badmouthing the company!"
Feng Jie hesitated. Taoxun's complete lack of reaction was too abnormal. He worried they might be plotting something big. However, he dared not utter such words now, lest he provoke Ou Minghan.
He carefully considered his words and said, "But President, although three days is barely enough, after such a major incident, I'm afraid users won't be receptive..."
"Why are you so foolish? Just issue an apology announcement and give them some cheap coupons!" Ou Minghan said impatiently.