All the way, it was Ye Zhi who helped her carry the suitcase. Qin Yuhan asked for it several times but never got it back.
"President Ye," Qin Yuhan said, amused and helpless, "I can still carry a suitcase."
"No, no," Ye Zhi directly stopped her, "Your hands are for playing the piano. You must protect them well. Also, when you get abroad, focus on practicing the piano and don't worry about anything else. If you encounter any difficulties, you can tell me, and I'll help you solve them..."
Qin Yuhan felt a little touched. She said with a half-joking tone, "President Ye, you're even better to me than a boyfriend, though I don't have one yet. If this continues, I'm afraid I won't be interested in other men..."
"It's different," Ye Zhi said frankly, "You are my cash cow, so of course I have to protect you well!"
Qin Yuhan was speechless. Ye Zhi was still so straightforward.
Just as she was about to say something, her phone suddenly rang.
Qin Yuhan went to the side to take a call. Soon, she walked back with some surprise.
"President Ye," Qin Yuhan said, "The lawyer just called me. He said Cen Ya asked him to tell Ou Minghan not to appeal."
"Oh?" Ye Zhi was also a bit surprised. "She would say that?"
Qin Yuhan nodded. "She told the lawyer a lot of things and also told the lawyer that if I asked, she could tell me. The general gist of what she asked the lawyer to convey was that after Ou Minghan dies, she will remember him and miss him forever, and she will start a new life. Even if she gets married and has children in the future, she will bring her future husband and children to lay flowers at his grave every year. She also agreed to their pact for the next life, saying that if there really is a next life, she will give Ou Minghan a chance to atone."
"...She hasn't figured out this life yet, and she's already thinking about pacts for the next life," Ye Zhi couldn't help but complain.
"President Ye," Qin Yuhan was slightly startled. She couldn't help but ask, "Do you mean that Cen Ya didn't mean what she said?"
Actually, Qin Yuhan wasn't sure if Cen Ya was speaking from the heart or deliberately trying to provoke Ou Minghan. Her words sounded both sincere and insincere, and she couldn't quite figure it out.
"Whether it's true or not doesn't matter. What matters is that she recognizes one fact: she can't save Ou Minghan," Ye Zhi said calmly. "So, since Ou Minghan is using 'love' as a way to hold her hostage, she's responding with 'love'."
Qin Yuhan was slightly stunned. So that's how it was, and it all made sense now. She couldn't help but sigh, "It's rare for her to be so clear-headed. I just don't know if she's completely sobered up or just given up on Ou Minghan... Oh, President Ye, the lawyer said that Ou Minghan was very angry after hearing these messages and is now trying every means to appeal."
"A person like him, even if he knows the appeal is hopeless, will try every means to delay the time. However, the overall situation is settled this time. No matter how he struggles, he can't change anything," Ye Zhi said calmly.
Qin Yuhan nodded. For some reason, when she heard Ye Zhi say this, she felt a strange sense of relief, as if a heavy stone that had been pressing on her chest had suddenly been removed.
Afterward, Qin Yuhan took a plane and left.
Ye Zhi drove back to Taoxun, where Feng Jie was already waiting for her.
"President Ye, I received news that the headquarters of X Company is preparing to recall Austin and arrange for a new person in charge to come here," Feng Jie said.
Ye Zhi was not surprised. She jokingly remarked, "X Company has held on until now to recall him. It seems that this Austin holds a significant position at their headquarters."
The previous scandal with X Company was quite big. The ugly web interface was a minor issue; after all, if it's ugly, you can quickly change it to a better one. However, during an event organized by X Company, several of their product brands had a history of discriminating against Chinese people.
This greatly displeased many netizens, who launched a boycott and vocally condemned X Shopping. During that period, Austin was in a terrible state. To quell the netizens' anger, he had no choice but to delist the products from those brands, issue a sincere letter of apology, and even offer a scapegoat to appease public outrage.
Austin initially thought that after doing all this and delisting the products, the matter would blow over. And indeed, that's how it initially seemed. X Shopping's attitude in apologizing was decent, and with the explosion of online information, it was difficult for any single issue to maintain a high level of attention for more than three days. The matter had already begun to fade from public view, but then another unexpected incident occurred.
Some sharp-eyed netizens discovered that although the X Shopping in China had delisted the products from those brands, those products were still being sold on the international version of X Shopping!
This reignited the issue, and displeased netizens began to dredge up the past, demanding that the international version of X Shopping also delist the products that discriminated against Chinese people. Austin was almost driven to the brink of collapse. He could still make decisions about the website here, but how could he possibly control the headquarters? Even if he truly made demands to the headquarters, they would undoubtedly scold him and never delist those products.
With no other options, Austin could only play dead and refuse to respond. However, this further intensified public dissatisfaction with X Shopping. They firmly believed this was the arrogance of foreigners and launched another boycott. X Shopping's already poor performance was now exacerbated.
Austin couldn't hold on any longer. Seeing that the situation was unsustainable, X Company's headquarters decided to replace the person in charge to try a different approach. Feng Jie had friends at X Company, and this news had been circulating for several days. Now that it was confirmed, the employees of their company were also very excited.
"However, X Company has stepped on the public's sensitive spot this time. Without addressing the root cause, changing a few people in charge will be useless," Feng Jie said.
Ye Zhi nodded in agreement. X Shopping's international version would never withdraw those products. The international version's target audience was foreign customers, who wouldn't care about the attitudes of domestic customers. Without resolving this issue, their local branch would have no hope of turning things around.
She asked, "Our shopping website in country M is about to launch, isn't it?"
"Yes," Feng Jie replied, "Next week. President Tang has already started promoting it through T Live, and the results are currently good."
"Please work overtime with me tonight," Ye Zhi said calmly. "It's time for a meeting. X Company poses no threat in China, mainly due to cultural incompatibility and significant differences in concepts. However, in the international market, it will be quite difficult for Taoxun to snatch business from X Company."
In the evening, Ye Zhi convened a video conference. During the video conference, Tang Jiatong provided a detailed report on the preparation status of overseas branches, promotional plans, and so on.