"Who released it, who filmed the video!" He Chao's hands and feet went cold after watching the entire video.
The video was about 2 minutes long and rather blurry, as the internet back then couldn't support very long or high-definition videos.
However, after meticulous editing, viewers could still grasp the gist of the matter at a glance.
It involved someone claiming to be a bank executive wanting to enter Jiangnan Group. The doorman at Jiangnan Group, following the epidemic prevention policy, asked him to register his information. The official refused entirely, insisting on entering Jiangnan Group without registering, even choosing to stay in his car without getting out, displaying an extremely arrogant attitude.
The video also showed the situation behind the car. A line of vehicles was blocked from entering the factory area by this car, honking incessantly, creating a very chaotic scene.
Although the picture quality wasn't very clear, the on-site sound recording was excellent, capturing the dialogue clearly, including the voice of the negotiator outside, Director Wang.
Director Wang registered himself and then continuously persuaded the leader named He to register as well. However, he was refused from beginning to end, only hearing a few arrogant words from Director He.
Finally, the camera panned into the car, capturing Director He's even more arrogant face.
"It's over!" Seeing his own face appear in the video, He Chao broke out in a cold sweat. He opened Jiangnan Search... after a moment's thought, he switched to Baidu Search, then typed in the keywords "Jiangnan Gate" and was flooded with over 200,000 search results.
"Impossible, how can there be so many search results!! It's only been a few days, how could it have spread so quickly!!" He Chao was truly on the verge of exploding.
He began to click on the top-ranking search results one by one. He discovered that the most popular search results were almost all dynamic posts published on Facebook.
So He Chao logged into Facebook again and saw that "Jiangnan Group Entrance" had become a trending search term on Facebook, directly appearing in the Facebook search bar.
Clicking search would reveal these news items.
In fact, even if you didn't click search, it didn't matter, because related news was directly posted on the Facebook homepage.
Even if you didn't visit the Facebook homepage, as long as you clicked on dynamics, you would find that some friends were commenting on this news dynamic.
In short, the news spread rapidly through Facebook. At this time, Facebook was quite similar to the later Weibo, serving as the world's number one information dissemination tool.
"Xiao Xu! Xiao Xu!" He Chao, with cold hands and feet, began to loudly call for his secretary. After summoning him, he directly ordered, "Go and contact the publicity and public relations departments. Tell them to immediately remove all this news and videos from the internet. Not a single one is allowed to remain!"
"Yes!" Secretary Xu immediately went to handle it, but hours later, a worried He Chao found that not only had the relevant news on the internet not decreased, but it had also increased rapidly. Baidu already had millions of search results.
He Chao dared not use the currently most popular Jiangnan search engine, otherwise, he didn't know how many search results there would be.
Even more terrifyingly, He Chao discovered that related news had already appeared on the websites of many mainstream media outlets, including some television news websites.
In other words, his face might appear in upcoming television news, and by then, he would truly have nowhere to hide.
In the afternoon, He Chao, who hadn't even had a bite of lunch, finally received his secretary's reply: "The public relations and publicity departments worked hard all morning and contacted many units. Half of them agreed not to report on this matter, but the other half said that as long as the matter circulates on the internet, it cannot be suppressed. If they don't report it, they will lose market share."
"So unless we can handle Facebook, we can't suppress it!" the secretary said.
"Then handle this Facebook!" He Chao said urgently. "Have our people contacted Facebook to ask them to remove these videos?"
"They haven't yet. They're afraid because Facebook is not a public institution, but a private enterprise, so it's a bit difficult to speak up," the secretary said softly, while also looking at his leader with a strange expression.
Why would his leader ask such a foolish question? Didn't he know who controlled Facebook by now?
Perhaps, He Chao truly didn't know, because he continued, "Since it's a private enterprise, it's even easier to handle. Does he have a loan with our bank? If not, find him. We can give him a low-interest loan and ask him to cooperate with our work!"
"If he has a loan with our bank, then it's even easier. If he doesn't want to end up like Jiangnan Group, he'd better cooperate with us and delete the news obediently. Otherwise, I'll have him repay the money tomorrow! Do I need to teach you how to say this?" He Chao almost shouted.
"..." Secretary Xu was extremely embarrassed. He thought He Chao really didn't know how to handle this with him.
Tell him that Jiangnan Group is behind Facebook?
If he said it, he would be offending his superior. With a leader as petty as He Chao, he would definitely not let him go in the future, and his career would be over.
Therefore, this matter could not be spoken of, at least not from his own mouth.
You should know that Secretary Xu's office was quite intelligent. While expressing his firm adherence to the leader's orders, he secretly placed a document on the leader's desk. This was the asset structure list of Jiangnan Group, clearly stating that Jiangnan Group held 100% of Facebook.
"This way, the leader should discover the truth!" Secretary Xu sighed in his heart. This company was too demanding. His leader was intelligent, cunning, and malicious, but sometimes not meticulous enough. To this day, he hadn't thoroughly investigated Jiangnan Group, leading to such a ridiculous situation. xxs1
In fact, Secretary Xu had truly wronged his leader, because He Chao was also somewhat unlucky this time. Under normal circumstances, he would definitely have investigated Jiangnan Group in detail.
However, this mission had come very suddenly. The chairman had assigned the task a day earlier, and he had gone to investigate Jiangnan Group the next day. Two days later, he encountered the current intelligence. In total, it was only four days.
During these four days, He Chao's main work was planning the entire process and strategy for absorbing Jiangnan Group. He really didn't have time to investigate the details.
Besides, there was another important reason: the name Facebook didn't have any trace of Jiangnan Group, and Jiangnan Group was most famous for its blind box business, which led He Chao to instinctively believe that Jiangnan Group had its own blind box and server businesses. He never expected that there would be a social media business so far removed. Director He felt terrible.
Secretary Xu put down the document and quietly went back to work. He Chao, consumed by anxiety, didn't look closely at his desk, or rather, he didn't glance at it at all. His mind was entirely occupied with how to deal with this crisis until the office phone rang, and the chairman's voice came, asking him to come to his office.
"Why are you so careless when handling things, leaving such a big handle in others' hands?" the chairman asked coldly, making He Chao's heart sink by half.
"Chairman, I've already found a way to solve the problem!" He Chao quickly said.
"What way?"
"The matter is still only spreading on the internet, and mainstream media haven't had time to report it yet. Most people don't know about these things. Give me one day, and I guarantee all related videos on the internet will be deleted!" He Chao quickly said.
"Delete them all? How will you delete them all? There are videos of you all over Facebook, how will you delete them?" the chairman questioned.
"As long as we pay a price, we can give Facebook some benefits or threaten them, and they will delete these videos! After all, they are an internet company; they don't dare to confront us banks!" He Chao said.
"..." The chairman fell silent, just looking at He Chao quietly. For some reason, He Chao felt the chairman was looking at him like an idiot.
Did he say something wrong?
"You go back and calm down first," the chairman suddenly waved his hand. "Don't bother dealing with this matter anymore. I'll find a way to solve the problem!"
"Yes, Chairman!" Since the chairman was taking action, it would naturally be fine. He Chao felt much more relaxed, but he found his chairman's expression very strange.
It wasn't until he returned to his office and instinctively glanced at his desk that he discovered the Jiangnan Group's asset structure list that had suddenly appeared on the desk. His intelligence immediately came back online. After carefully reviewing the asset composition list, he slumped into his chair like a pile of mud.
Oh God, what foolish things had he just said? He had actually told the chairman that a small benefit could make Facebook delete videos, not knowing that Facebook was owned by Jiangnan Group. This was clearly Jiangnan Group using Facebook to destroy him. He was simply the most foolish person in the world.
"No, what stupid thing did I do! What foolish thing did I say!" Recalling his performance in the chairman's office and the chairman's expression, He Chao finally understood completely.
At the same time, he understood that the chairman was probably going to give up on him, this idiot.