Chapter 1540: Chapter 1540: Extorting the Rich
Beauty Lin called the other party over, but it wasn’t to humiliate them—she represents Guojia Machinery now.
To humiliate someone using public power for private matters, when isn’t it possible? Why do it at this critical juncture?
So she ignored the other’s words, even though he was an old senior, "Whatever prejudice you have, I don’t care; what I need to say is... do you want to smooth things over with Feng Jun?"
"I dream about it," the old boss responded without hesitation, then sighed, "It’s your young generation’s era now."
Beauty Lin was indifferent to his lamentation—the old timers’ cries are something she’s seen too much of as the new generation, no sympathy here, "So you want to smooth things over, right?"
"Definitely want to smooth it over, must smooth it over," the old man nodded without hesitation, "This old body I don’t care about, but my son, I have to protect... you’ll have your own son one day!"
"My son is still in his dad’s sack," Beauty Lin sneered, given her career she’s seen all kinds of hysteria, and doesn’t mind his reaction at all.
She smiled mystically, "If you want things to smooth over, then show some sincerity!"
The old boss seemed a bit confused, "Of course I have sincerity but... may I ask, can you make the decision?"
Beauty Lin gave a slight smile, "Well, that’s true. You should discuss sincerity with Feng Jun."
The old boss understood immediately, nodded in realization, "Feel free to tell me anything, if it’s within my power, I’ll do it."
It’s tough for him, addressing a woman younger by three or four decades as ’you.’
Beauty Lin nodded, leisurely watching him, "If I heard correctly, are you trying to wait for Feng Jun?"
"Not wait," the old man quickly explained, "Just want to meet him personally to explain some related misunderstandings."
"You won’t meet him," Beauty Lin smiled faintly, "None of us can, let alone you?"
"Understood," the old man nodded again, "Actually I can meet others, that’s what you mean?"
Beauty Lin smiled mysteriously and didn’t answer his question.
The old man had guessed the situation, "Do you mean you can give me some advice?"
Beauty Lin smiled again, still not answering.
He’s sure she’s trying to make some extra cash from him, and he straightforwardly said, "Then name a price!"
Beauty Lin coughed lightly, "What kind of price should I name? Your words, old sir, are a bit unclear to me."
She’s planning to get some extra money from him. Technically, her job doesn’t allow it, but since he decided to stick to Luohua stubbornly, she doesn’t have enough reason to stop him, so selling some irrelevant information can earn her a little money.
But when he asked her to name a price, she wouldn’t—it’s asking for trouble.
The old boss understood her mentality as well; seeing her not name a price, he could only take the initiative himself, "There are three of you here altogether, I offer ten thousand, as fees for advice from all of you, deal?"
"Ten thousand?" A young person sneered, "In a decent place in the Imperial Capital, that’s not even enough for a restroom down payment, are you mocking us?"
An older person coldly spoke, "Three people? How many people are there with us, can you know?"
The old boss felt reckless at the words, "I underestimated, I’ll offer fifty thousand, please provide some guidance."
Beauty Lin looked at him coldly, remaining silent. She thought fifty thousand was about right; anymore would be risky.
But the old boss thought she was still unsatisfied, bit his teeth, "A hundred thousand, no more; otherwise I’ll just keep waiting."
The young person chuckled lightly, "Keep waiting... you need our permission for that."
The older person exchanged a glance with Beauty Lin and spoke in a serious tone, "Speaking only?"
"I brought cash," the old boss replied solemnly, he came prepared to reconcile, not just with cash but also with a card, in his plan, spending a million to pass this hurdle is worth it.
The driver was his son’s chauffeur, along with a family nephew, carrying two hundred thousand in cash.
The two young men took a hundred thousand in cash, put it in one suitcase, and loaded it into Beauty Lin’s car.
Beauty Lin didn’t speak, but glanced at the young colleague.
The young person received the hint and moved forward, speaking quietly, "Come early tomorrow, before eight, the one who will be live streaming will come out of the estate, whatever you need to say, tell him."
Feng Jun can’t come out, but you can wait for the people live-streaming.
The old boss nodded, didn’t speak, and after a while, suddenly asked in astonishment, "And what else?"
"What more do you want?" The young man looked at him strangely, "Isn’t this information enough?"
Holy crap! The old boss almost swore, he spent a million bucks just to buy a piece of information that’s so easy to come up with, was this extortion?
However, thinking about what the other said, "You want to keep watch, you need our permission," he knew he couldn’t lash out, so he could only smile apologetically and ask, "Even if I can’t meet President Feng, you should at least tell me about the live-streamer’s identity, personality, right?"
"One hundred only buys you this much information," the young man replied nonchalantly, "If you’re not satisfied, you can take the money back, don’t worry, I absolutely won’t stop you."
Take the money back... the old boss definitely didn’t dare, that would completely offend the other party, so he could only smile wryly and plead, "Can you at least give me some hints on how to deal with that live-streamer?"
"How can you be this stupid?" The young man looked at him with displeasure, "That live-streamer is essentially a straightforward person, understand? It’s your family that’s been too overbearing, got it?"
Your words, how are they any different from not saying anything? The old boss complained silently in his heart.
However, even bystanders felt that the other side was straightforward, and he felt this matter wasn’t really hard to handle.
Honest people can be deceived honestly, although he didn’t dare to bully the other side, he felt this matter was relatively easy to manage.
The old boss tried to invite a few people for dinner, but they clearly weren’t interested in paying him any attention, so he drove away and found a place nearby to stay—after spending this million, at least he didn’t have to wait outside the manor all for nothing.
The next day, he really came over early, and indeed stopped Gao Qiang’s car around eight o’clock.
Gao Qiang was surprised to see someone blocking the car, glanced at Beauty Lin not far away, lowered the car window, and asked, "What do you mean by this?"
"Hello," the old man stepped forward, smiling apologetically, "Are you the live-streamer known as ’Cancer is Not as Fierce as a Tiger’?"
Gao Qiang glanced at Beauty Lin again, then lightly coughed, "We don’t accept fans showing up at our door, you should know the rules."
"The Dou Niu live-streaming platform is run by my son," the old man didn’t hide it, "The kid was ignorant, and had offended you in the past, I came specifically to apologize."
"The Dou Niu boss’s dad?" Gao Qiang was momentarily stunned, then dismissively smirked, "Your kid’s not young, if apologies worked, what do we need the police for?"
You, a driver, need to be this arrogant? The old boss looked at Lin Heihu, "Of course, I’m not just here to apologize, I certainly have my sentiments, as long as you are willing, anything can be negotiated."
Lin Heihu shook his head, then nodded upwards, "You just talk to him, he can represent me fully."
The old boss looked at Gao Qiang in astonishment, dared this person not just be a driver?
Gao Qiang shook his head helplessly, "Turns out poor vision runs in the family, your son’s poor in judging people, and you’re not much better."
With the old boss’s thick skin, he wasn’t ashamed by these words, he gave a dry laugh, "My son mainly infringed on the rights of this live-streamer, so I sought him to talk, what should I call you?"
"How you address me doesn’t matter," Gao Qiang replied seriously, "Actually, you didn’t just infringe on the rights of one live-streamer, we all went to White Whale, didn’t plan to take the money, and your son still chased after us, being ruthless..."
"This was done by the employees below, it has nothing to do with my son," the old boss instinctively deflected blame, then realized it wasn’t appropriate, so he added, "Of course, he has management issues, I admit to that."
"It’s more than just management issues," Gao Qiang coldly laughed, "We were all subjected to difficulties, it’s a procedural thing, very natural, meaning we’re not the only aggrieved live-streamers, can you deny that?"
How could the old boss dare deny it? It was indeed like that, even he didn’t respect live-streamers, and there were too many that had been humiliated, if the other wanted to find evidence, it really wouldn’t be hard at all.
No one had stood up for live-streamers before, the platform made it difficult for small live-streamers with impunity, now someone stood up to uphold justice, what kind of reaction would it cause was obvious.
So he found an excuse, "The issues might objectively exist, live streaming itself is a novel thing... discovering problems isn’t fearful, as long as they’re corrected, don’t you think?"
Gao Qiang was most annoyed by people who blatantly lied, using some specious reasons to cover up their true intentions, he couldn’t help but coldly laugh, "Clearly it’s a filthy matter, and the way you put it, it becomes objectively existing?"
The old man put on a serious face, about to argue, when he heard the live-streamer speak, "Old Gao, wait a moment... this gentleman, how do you plan to express your apologies?"
The old man got excited when he heard this, he had indeed considered specific operations, so the answer came instantly.
"First is to unfreeze the account and restore the live stream room, second is to not only pay the revenue share but also provide financial compensation, third is a recommendation spot on the homepage, if you have any other conditions, feel free to mention them."
Gao Qiang’s mouth twisted, a faint sneer appeared on his face, "Heh, financial compensation... how much can you compensate?"
(Updated to summon monthly tickets.)