Facing Li Fengying's accusations, Hu Hao's brows furrowed even tighter.
If this woman weren't useful, he would have kicked her out long ago.
"Enough, it's just a few minor tricks, they won't affect anything."
"Liu Ying, go, take Ms. Li to record another video."
"Understood, boss."
Beckoning to Li Fengying, Liu Ying led her into an office.
In the center of this office was a hospital bed, and beside it, a ventilator and a monitor.
It was clearly set up like an intensive care unit.
"Manager Liu, what is this for?" Seeing the scene before her, Li Fengying was bewildered.
Liu Ying chuckled, "Do you remember the news we spread?"
"Fu Mei's mother, worried about her daughter, has fainted multiple times, and now, you've been diagnosed with a terminal illness."
"Oh, oh! A sob story, I get it!"
"Since you understand, lie down then."
Liu Ying tilted her chin, gesturing for Li Fengying to lie on the bed, and also signaling for the staff nearby to help.
This plan had been prepared by her and Hu Hao for several days, all to deal a heavy blow to Qin Xuan.
You, Qin Xuan, can fight?
The thugs I hired couldn't defeat you.
Fine!
This time, we'll engage in a battle of public opinion.
I'd like to see if you can solve this problem as easily as you crushed those thugs.
Daring to threaten me and President Hu?
You're still far from it!
...
Meanwhile, Qin Xuan's phone was already flooded with various calls and text messages.
Countless abusive messages and unknown calls were pouring into his phone.
It was relentless.
Fortunately, those close to Qin Xuan, such as Qin Ling'er, Xiao Ya, and Hu Zi'an, had managed to contact him before his phone number was leaked, so they weren't overly worried.
However, the problem was becoming increasingly serious.
The speed at which the public opinion surrounding the assault incident was developing far exceeded everyone's imagination.
Its popularity had firmly secured the top spot on all major platforms.
This meant that the issue could no longer be resolved by simply reducing its visibility.
Either urgent public relations to clarify the truth.
Or a complete shutdown, deleting all videos and information related to the incident, and forcing netizens to wait for the truth to be released.
But clearly, neither was the optimal solution.
For the former, their influence was too weak; even if they released the truth, it would be drowned out by public outcry, eventually disappearing without a trace.
The latter would incite public anger, and regardless of any reasonable explanation that followed, they would be labeled as using power to control public opinion.
Therefore, Yuan Mengqi and the others could only rely on finding evidence to directly reveal the truth.
However...
"General, I contacted the person in charge of 'Zongheng Tiandi', but he said the hard drive storing the surveillance footage has been completely damaged and cannot be read."
"I can guarantee that someone is behind this!"
Yuan Mengqi's expression was stern, her voice icy cold.
This made her, already cold and beautiful, appear like a thousand-year-old block of ice.
"General, the Jiangcheng Enforcement Bureau also said the same thing. They can only urgently produce a辟谣 announcement and video now," Xie Yuqin's tone was also not good.
It wasn't that she had any issues with the Jiangcheng Enforcement Bureau, but rather a deep resentment towards the netizens who attacked without understanding the truth, and towards the instigators behind the scenes.
Although she hadn't interacted with Qin Xuan for long, the incident with the vampires at Linjiang Immortal had made her highly respect him.
Now, to see someone so brazenly targeting her superior, Xie Yuqin was naturally furious.
What Yuan Mengqi and Xie Yuqin thought, the other two women naturally agreed with.
Fan Miwei angrily put down her phone, her small face set, and said, "The most detestable are these Weibo big Vs who are just chasing trends."
"They only care about posting videos and gaining traffic, completely disregarding the truth of the matter."
"Now they act all righteous and want to bring General Qin to justice, but what about after the truth is revealed?"
"How many will admit their mistakes and sincerely apologize to General Qin?"
"Isn't that because there are enough followers?"
After Fan Miwei finished speaking, Wan Lingqiu also chimed in with a complaint.
"Look at these indignant 'great heroes' online, aren't they all embodiments of justice?"
"But the reality?"
"Only a few netizens are clear-headed and willing to wait for the truth, while everyone else is just blindly following and swayed by the wind."
"They just want to criticize others from a position of moral superiority!"
Sensing the anger of the four "Golden Flowers," Qin Xuan chuckled and shook his head, "Don't be like this."
"The popularity of this matter has just begun, and netizens are at the peak of their emotions."
"It's understandable for them to say some slightly excessive words or make some slightly emotional actions."
"Besides, as Mengqi said, there are people maliciously guiding public opinion behind this, and netizens are also tools used by those behind the scenes."
"So the current focus is on how to catch the mastermind behind the scenes."
"And how to present the complete truth of that moment to everyone."
As Qin Xuan spoke, his eyes narrowed slightly.
When thinking of his enemies in Jiangcheng, his first thought was naturally his former company boss, Hu Hao.
He had also tried to communicate with the video producer to find out if they were Hu Hao's people.
But he had only seen the lone producer of the video, with no other figures appearing.
"How about this, Mengqi, have our technical staff behind the scenes check the IP address where the video first leaked, and see if we can locate the mastermind."
"Yuqin, you continue to maintain contact with the Jiangcheng Enforcement Bureau and see if I need to provide any information from that time."
"As for Lingqiu and Miwei, you two aren't needed here, go help clear the tables."
"No problem, my benevolent General Qin—"
Having received Qin Xuan's orders, Wan Lingqiu and Fan Miwei both rolled their eyes.
The usually playful Wan Lingqiu even replied to Qin Xuan with a drawn-out, peculiar tone.
Qin Xuan chuckled, and as he casually glanced at his phone, he noticed that his landlady, Aunt Wang, had suddenly called him.
Without a doubt, Aunt Wang must have also seen the videos online.
So, while there were no harassing calls, he quickly answered the call.
"Hello, Aunt Wang..."
Watching Qin Xuan walk aside to make the call, Chen Zhongping and Ye Shuliang exchanged glances.
Although they weren't very familiar with Yuan Mengqi and the others before, they knew their status in the military.
The youngest major general in history was no joke.
Yet, these four individuals were calling Qin Xuan "General" and taking orders from him to do menial tasks like clearing tables.
No matter how they looked at it, their relationship was more than just friends.
Thinking of this, Chen Zhongping and Ye Shuliang both turned their gazes to Elder Shen.
Swallowing a mouthful of saliva, he then quietly asked, "Elder Shen, your Wuyang is also in the military. What exactly is the identity of this younger brother Qin Xuan?"
Shen Zhengyang gave a wry smile and shook his head, "To be honest, I don't know either."
"But what I do know is that these four girls were recently assigned to a mysterious leader as subordinates."
"From the current situation, the mysterious leader Wuyang mentioned should be this Qin Xuan kid."
"And for him to be the leader of a major general, he must be at least a lieutenant general..."