"Boss, our plan is a great success. There are already many organic fans on the internet!" Hao Jianguo excitedly reported to our boss, Mr. Huang, one morning.
The term "organic fans" did not exist in this era, of course. It was a popular internet term invented later, during the time of "Monkey King: Hero Is Back." However, Mr. Huang had used it a few days prior to describe the enthusiastic players who voluntarily spoke for Tianxing 5. The term "organic fans" then quickly spread throughout the company.
From senior executives to ordinary employees, everyone enjoyed dropping the term "organic fans" as if they would be out of place in the company without it. For someone like Hao Jianguo, finding an opportunity to use the term was indeed fortunate.
"Is that so? What are these organic fans saying?" Mr. Huang casually asked.
"They are praising our chips as being the best, world-class!" Hao Jianguo quickly replied. This topic was one he had carefully chosen because he knew Mr. Huang was a deeply patriotic individual who enjoyed hearing statements like "China is world-class" or "Jiangnan is world-class." Thus, he deliberately chose such topics to make Mr. Huang happy.
Did Hao Jianguo have an ulterior motive for making Mr. Huang happy?
Of course, he did. Just yesterday, that old gentleman had conveyed a message to Hao Jianguo stating that Motorola personnel were planning to use Weibo for a public opinion offensive against Jiangnan. Therefore, Hao Jianguo was instructed to cooperate with these individuals' actions.
This old gentleman needed the Jiangnan Group to suffer a significant loss, preferably plunging the Tianxing 5 mobile phone into severe difficulties, and even causing the entire Jiangnan Group's reputation in the United States to collapse. He wanted Mr. Huang to feel the pain of desperation.
Only then would he have an opportunity to sway Mr. Huang's mind and persuade him to agree to the Jiangnan Group going public, thereby further realizing his plan to gradually control the Jiangnan Group through financial means.
Hao Jianguo initially found this very difficult to understand. In his opinion, if that elder had simply employed a few tactics, the Jiangnan Group would immediately face insurmountable challenges in the United States, rendering such elaborate planning unnecessary.
However, the elder had told Hao Jianguo that while he could do so, it would be too obvious and easily noticed by Huang He. Huang He was a stubborn individual who would not bend. If he knew that the elder was acting behind the scenes, he would likely refuse to let the financial companies controlled by the elder interfere with the listing matters.
Therefore, such situations required a scapegoat. Motorola, which had proactively emerged at this time, was the perfect scapegoat. Thus, Hao Jianguo was instructed to cooperate with the action.
The elder indicated that the public relations company's methods were quite effective and the designed plan was rather ingenious, but it wasn't enough. It would be best if the Jiangnan Group could make some cooperative moves, such as issuing some arrogant statements at the peak of the public opinion's praise.
From this, it was evident that the elder indeed possessed an astonishing level of control over American society. As soon as Billy Howard's plan began to unfold, this gentleman had already obtained the entire plan of the opposing party, a truly terrifying display of power.
Of course, if one were to break it down, it wasn't that surprising. Among the dozen or so rumor-mongering companies that Billy Howard collaborated with, four were secretly controlled by the elder's companies. Therefore, when the collaboration plan was handed over to these rumor-mongering companies, they reported it immediately.
Indeed, as the unseen hand pulling the strings across the United States, the most crucial aspect was to control public opinion, to completely obscure one's existence through public opinion, and to prevent the common folk from finding a target for their resentment of the wealthy. Therefore, controlling a large number of media outlets and rumor-mongers was a perfectly reasonable course of action.
Returning to the main topic, after receiving the order, Hao Jianguo pondered how to execute it and how to make Mr. Huang become arrogant. After much thought, the best way was to leverage the "organic fans" by proactively mentioning them and making it seem as though the entire United States was strongly supporting Mr. Huang.
This would surely make Mr. Huang arrogant, and his subsequent order to cooperate with these organic fans' actions would naturally follow.
"Alas, these organic fans are good, but their eyes are blind!" Mr. Huang muttered. He didn't find anything wrong with what Hao Jianguo said. After all, organic fans, in essence, were very prone to self-delusion and self-aggrandizement, fabricating unrealistic things based on their own imaginations, which was quite normal.
"Then, boss, I have an idea. If you think it's okay, I'll proceed with it!" Although Mr. Huang's expression was a bit strange, Hao Jianguo continued as planned.
"What plan?" Mr. Huang retorted.
"It's to organize a few lucky draws. We'll randomly select over a dozen users who support us and give them a Tianxing 5 phone as a reward. It can be considered a benefit for these organic fans!" Hao Jianguo said with a smile, but his plan was rather insidious.
Because as soon as Mr. Huang approved and implemented this plan, he would only select those fan accounts and influential accounts, meaning those who specifically praised the Tianxing 5 chip for its power. From an outsider's perspective, this would imply that the Jiangnan Group highly valued their opinions and implicitly endorsed their praise.
Then, when the truth was revealed, and everyone discovered that the Tianxing 5 chip's technology was stolen, these lucky draws and endorsements issued by the Jiangnan Group would be logically interpreted as the Jiangnan Group's utterly hypocritical behavior, completely ruining the Jiangnan Group's reputation.
"This is truly a perfect guidance. The great strategists of antiquity, Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong, were none other than myself!" Hao Jianguo thought proudly.
"That's acceptable!" Mr. Huang pondered for a moment and felt there was no issue with it. It was acceptable to reward the organic fans for their support.
"Yes!" Hao Jianguo nodded excitedly. With this, everything was ready, and nothing more was needed.
However, the next moment, Hao Jianguo heard Mr. Huang continue, "But we cannot give away Tianxing 5 phones, because our Tianxing 5 must adhere to the rule of being exclusively obtainable through blind boxes. We cannot go back on our sales promises!"
"And although there are indeed organic fans on the internet, there are also many of our own paid promoters. Lucky draws are too easily exploited by small accounts. I think we should give them premiere movie tickets for Iron Man, and also a dinner with me!" Mr. Huang said with a smile. "Iron Man is about to be released in a few days, so let them come and join the excitement. I can also meet these organic fans, give them some encouragement, and take photos, which will help us bridge the gap with our fans!"
"Ah..." Hao Jianguo froze for a moment. This was not the plan he had devised.
"Jianguo... Jianguo... do you have any opinions?" Seeing Hao Jianguo remain silent, Mr. Huang asked.
"No, I think this plan is excellent. Boss, you are truly farsighted. I was just thinking about how to arrange this matter and whether we should invite reporters for some publicity!" Hao Jianguo, reacting quickly, quickly covered up his thoughts.
"We shouldn't invite too many reporters, as it would seem too deliberate. However, it's fine to have one or two reporters happen to be there to take photos and conduct interviews!" Mr. Huang instructed, and Hao Jianguo immediately expressed his admiration for the boss's magnanimity.
"Oh, right. Go and call this person named Malik here. I have something to discuss with him!" Mr. Huang suddenly said.
"Malik?" Hao Jianguo was stunned. He couldn't recall this person and had never heard his name. Was there a senior executive named Malik in the company?
"Alas!" Seeing Hao Jianguo's reaction, Mr. Huang sighed and said in an old-fashioned tone, "Jianguo, you are good in every way. You are smart, eloquent, and capable, but you lack practicality. You are too detached from reality. Malik is a grassroots employee of the company. These days, he has been constantly working hard for the company's listing matters and even had a car accident a few days ago, resulting in his hand being cast in plaster."
"Even so, I saw him arrive at work on time this morning. If you don't even know the situation of such an excellent employee, how can you effectively lead the company's specific work? You need to reflect on this!"
"Yes! Chairman, you are right. I was wrong!" Hao Jianguo quickly said, but in his heart, he clearly didn't attach importance to these matters.
It wasn't that he didn't understand these principles. It was just that his original intention was not to manage the company well but to damage it as much as possible. Therefore, even if he understood these things, he wouldn't act on them. Such excellent employees should be expelled from the company as soon as possible!
Of course, Hao Jianguo couldn't voice these inner thoughts. Instead, he personally invited this Malik over. Then, after some discussion between the two, Mr. Huang, along with a few bodyguards, left directly with Malik. Hao Jianguo didn't know what they were going to do.
However, he didn't have the time to concern himself with such matters. He still needed to quickly implement the lucky draw.
Although Mr. Huang had altered the lucky draw, as long as there was a lucky draw, the essence remained the same: demonstrating the Jiangnan Group's arrogance and hypocrisy. As long as it made observers feel extreme hypocrisy, the purpose would be considered successfully achieved.
Meanwhile, Malik curiously observed the Chinese person beside him, whom he had seen once but still didn't know their specific identity.
Well, although BLm was a company of the Jiangnan Group, based on its shares, it was an enterprise jointly invested in by the United States Priority Foundation and the Jiangnan Group. The chairman of the company was Miss Versailles.
Therefore, apart from the company's high-level management, even many middle-level employees assumed that the ultimate boss behind the company was Miss Versailles, unaware of Mr. Huang's presence behind her. Let alone minor figures like Malik.
Although Mr. Huang was a household name in China, in the United States, Mr. Huang was at most just a passerby. Therefore, he was at least somewhat famous in the tech industry, but how many people were involved in the tech industry?
In the eyes of 99.99999% of Americans, Huang He was a name that evoked no memory!
And even if Malik knew of Huang He, or had even seen Huang He's photo, he wouldn't be able to recognize the person in front of him as Huang He.
This was because, just as Black people generally looked similar to Chinese people, Chinese people generally looked similar to foreigners, with a frighteningly low degree of distinctiveness.
Of course, if one looked like Brother Ma, their distinctiveness would be absolutely very high.