Tang Jiatong listened to Ye Zhi's words. After this incident, although the general public in country M had a certain change in their view of products made in country C, Taoxun did not act in haste or expand on a large scale.
Instead, Taoxun took a steady approach, maintaining its existing customer base as the main goal under the pressure of the massive X Shopping. This was something Tang Jiatong excelled at, and she handled it with ease.
Furthermore, in terms of publicity, Tang Jiatong adhered to the principle of leveraging any available opportunity, constantly capitalizing on X Shopping's popularity.
Austin, who had been closely watching Taoxun, finally found his chance.
The previous reversal of public opinion had made Austin very anxious. He never expected that a situation he thought was a sure win would be overturned by Taoxun.
He had already promised Miles that if he lost this time, he would no longer have the opportunity to target Taoxun, which also made Austin too embarrassed to face Miles.
But now, Taoxun was actually leveraging their popularity! Austin excitedly gathered Taoxun's small moves and eagerly went to find Miles.
Austin said excitedly, "Miles, Taoxun indeed has great ambition! Their target is X Shopping, and we cannot just sit idly by! Look at their promotions, such as 'Taoxun Shopping, More Popular with Young People than X Shopping,' 'Taoxun Shopping, the Choice of a New Era,' and so on. We must counter this..."
Miles sighed and interrupted him somewhat helplessly, "Austin, do you remember what you promised me before?"
"I... this..." Austin said unyieldingly, "But Taoxun is leveraging our popularity, that's a fact!"
"So what?" Miles's expression remained calm. "If Taoxun is leveraging, it means they also recognize us as the number one. Besides, have you seen any actions from Taoxun other than leveraging our popularity?"
Austin's mouth gaped open, and he stammered for a long time without being able to say anything.
Miles continued, "After this public opinion storm, Taoxun has become more cautious. They haven't blindly believed that our country's customers have collectively started choosing products from country C, nor have they optimistically expanded their scale and continued to invest without end. This, on the contrary, indicates that the other party has a long-term vision and does not value temporary gains or losses. Yet, you harbor disdain for such an enemy. I think you have never reflected on yourself, have you?"
"I, I..." Austin's face suddenly looked somewhat embarrassed.
Miles looked at his expression and said regretfully, "Austin, I am very disappointed in you. Perhaps your path was too smooth, which has made you so arrogant and conceited. How about this, you leave country M first and go to a small country in Europe to manage the market there."
Austin's eyes widened in shock. The small country Miles mentioned was truly small, and its market was also very small. By asking him to go there, Miles was essentially giving up on him.
He wanted to argue, but when he thought about his repeated defeats by Taoxun, he didn't even have a valid reason to defend himself. He could only bitterly agree.
In the end, Austin followed the arrangement and went to a small country, living a 'painful' life where he only had to work for an hour a day.
Without the deliberate targeting from X Shopping, Taoxun's development abroad was very smooth. Ye Zhi was very confident in Tang Jiatong's abilities, so she did not pay much attention to it anymore.
Meanwhile, the first trial verdict for Ou Minghan had also come down. As expected, due to his extremely malicious actions, he was sentenced to death.
Ou Minghan was naturally unresigned and had already begun to appeal. However, no matter how he appealed, it would only be a delay of time and would not change the final verdict.
After the verdict was announced, someone posted the judgment online. Through the judgment, people learned about Ou Minghan's death sentence and his wicked deeds, and the internet was immediately filled with condemnation.
Ou Minghan had truly become famous this time, and without any paid online commentators.
Concurrently, due to Ou Minghan, Cen Ya was also trending. There were sarcastic remarks, curses against her, wishes for her to accompany Ou Minghan in death, and suggestions for the relevant authorities to investigate Cen Ya and see if she was involved with Ou Minghan.
However, to everyone's surprise, Cen Ya, who was being exposed online, not only did not collapse but seized this wave of attention and became an internet celebrity.
It was Zhan Ruoqing who noticed this and shared the news with Ye Zhi immediately.
"Internet celebrity?" Ye Zhi was very surprised.
"Yes, she became famous for her eccentric quotes," Zhan Ruoqing said. "She's been popular recently because of Ou Minghan, and a media outlet arranged an interview for her. During the interview, she said, 'Although he lost his life, I also lost my most precious love.' 'Although he is dead, as a person who is alive, even if I find a new partner and have my own children in the future, I will have to spend my entire life remembering him. So compared to him, I must be more in pain, and this is my punishment!'"
These words almost made Ye Zhi burst out laughing. However, she was even more surprised. "Has she awakened?"
"Do you call this awakening?" Zhan Ruoqing was speechless.
"At least compared to her past self. If it were her in the past, she would definitely firmly believe that her death would be the greatest punishment for Ou Minghan. She would choose to be the one who died, not the one who lived," Ye Zhi said indifferently.
Zhan Ruoqing was stunned. "That's true. Her being able to say these words shows that she has actually realized how absurd her past thoughts were. A dead person is just dead; it doesn't stop the living from marrying and having children and enjoying life."
"But what surprises me even more is how much her resilience has improved. Ye Zhi sighed, "It seems that she has been beaten by life and has started to grow..."
"Grow what?" Zhan Ruoqing pouted. "She's doing all this for her new boyfriend. Her current boyfriend is in the media industry, and he designed a new persona for her that suits her. Using the reason that if she doesn't follow his arrangements, it means she still has feelings for Ou Minghan and doesn't love him, he forced her to become an internet celebrity!"
Ye Zhi: ...
It seemed Ye Zhi liked the type of Ou Minghan. As soon as the old Ou Minghan was sentenced to death, a new Ou Minghan appeared to gaslight her. However...
"Current boyfriend?" Ye Zhi was curious, "Could it be that she's already had several boyfriends?"
"Yes! Since Gu Sheng broke up with her, she's had so many boyfriends that I can't count them on one hand!" Zhan Ruoqing said gossipy, "Now that Cen Ya is trending, netizens have dug up all her recent love histories!"