Apart from Chen Xuyang and his group showing support for Mu Jinyu and Gu Xiyan,
the Gu family members, upon learning this news, were also prepared to "show their support" for Gu Xiyan!
"Have you heard? That girl Xiyan is with the Jinyu Company; they're going to hold a product launch tomorrow. I really don't know what gave her the courage to keep competing with us!"
In the Gu Family Villa, Gu Tiange sat on the sofa with his legs crossed, holding a wine glass and sipping red wine, speaking with disdain.
His wife, Chen Jiaomeng, was also laughing so hard that she was shaking, saying, "Giggle, giggle. It's really amusing. The company's secret beauty formula was leaked who knows how many times by their former CEO, and in the end, the company got shut down by Lin Pharmaceutical. Yet they still dare to shamelessly carry on!"
Gu Tianyun's wife, Liu Xiaoyun, chimed in, "Exactly, the investment and research and development costs of their company are not even on the same level as ours. Making another copy of our 'Jade Bee Dew,' do they really think they can start a price war with us?!"
Gu Tianyun shook his head slightly, his face showing disappointment, and sighed, "Ah, I remember yesterday, Xiao Yan even called me, urging us to stop, or we would get into big trouble. Yet today, she herself comes up with her own 'Jade Bee Dew.' It turns out her advising us to stop was just so their company could smoothly sell counterfeit 'Jade Bee Dew'!"
Gu Shiyu also sighed and said, "Ah, I never realized before that Xiao Yan could be such an ungrateful person, ready to sacrifice the interests of our Gu Family for an outsider's company!"
Gu Tiange and Lin Mengling, listening to their ridicule, had very ugly looks on their faces, but they didn't dare to say anything or speak up for their daughter.
Hearing their words, Gu Shiqian laughed and said, "Aunt, Mom, your words aren't right. What if they don't need to engage in a price war with us? What if they have acquired a new beauty formula that is ten times more effective than 'Jade Bee Dew?' So the fragrance of wine fears not the deep alleys, and they need not worry about being shut down by Lin Pharmaceutical!"
Liu Xiaoyun and Chen Jiaomeng, while applying "Jade Bee Dew," shook their heads with a chuckle and said, "How could that be possible? With prolonged use of our 'Jade Bee Dew,' one can look two to three years younger. If theirs is ten times stronger, then it would mean looking ten years younger. If that were true, wouldn't it be a miracle drug? If that's the case, we'd concede defeat!"
Gu Shiqian also laughed. She was just making a casual remark, and of course, she didn't believe that under such circumstances, Gu Xiyan and her team could find a better beauty formula and still manage to defeat them with a much lower price.
"Their press conference begins at twelve o'clock tomorrow, but since they've already been shut down by Lin Pharmaceutical, I guess not a single person will show up. As family, let's go and give Xiao Yan some support tomorrow!"
Gu Shiqian continued with a smile.
"This..." Chen Jiaomeng hesitated, saying, "Could this invite resentment from the Lin Family and lead to their retaliation?"
Gu Shiqian shook her head and laughed, "Mom, do you really think we're going to show our support?"
With that said by Gu Shiqian, Chen Jiaomeng understood.
So did the rest of the Gu family members.
...
The next day.
Noon, eleven-thirty.
Far East Building.
The product launch of the Jinyu Group was set up on the first layer of the building.
By this time, the building's main entrance was already covered with a layer of red carpet, and many flower baskets had been placed on both sides.
Just waiting for the journalists, media, influencers, colleagues from the beauty industry, and participating workers to arrive.
But...
With less than half an hour left before their new product launch, not a single person invited by Xu Qingya had arrived.
The women, including Gu Xiyan, who had been directing and arranging various matters at the venue, learned of this news and lost the heart to continue. They all walked out from the venue.
Gu Xiyan, looking at the nearly empty parking slots not far away, expressed some despondency and said, "So not a single one of them came. Is Lin Pharmaceutical really that powerful? Do these people all dare not offend them?"
"It's okay, since none of these reporters and media came, we still have our own official website and public account, which we can use for promotion," Xu Qingya comforted Gu Xiyan.
"But who pays attention to our official website and public account?" Gu Xiyan sighed.
Mu Jinyu also came out from the venue and said indifferently, "It doesn't matter if no one comes. Eventually, when we place the Beauty Pills in our specialty stores, there will be someone willing to take the plunge. Even if no one buys them at first because they find them expensive, we can gather some passersby and give away a few for free. That'll be enough to get things started!"
"That might be the only way..." Gu Xiyan said helplessly.
The method that Mu Jinyu mentioned was far less effective than being widely reported by the major media journalists and becoming an overnight sensation. They would need to first gather a group of loyal customers, and then allow time for the situation to slowly ferment, to truly unleash the power of the Beauty Pill.
Just as the women, including Gu Xiyan, were feeling utterly disappointed and preparing to return to the venue to inform the building manager to cancel the day's launch event,
they saw a Porsche make a turn, speed into the Far East Building Plaza, and then pull up in the parking slots near their entrance.
"Someone's coming."
Gu Xiyan and the others felt a surge of spirit upon seeing this, thinking that the painstaking planning and preparation of the past few days hadn't been a waste of time.
However...
When the car door opened, and a young couple, arm in arm, stepped out, Gu Xiyan's face suddenly soured.
This was because the newcomers were none other than Chen Xuyang and Lin Xiaoru.
Gu Xiyan's displeasure was not because her former suitor had given up on her to be with Lin Xiaoru, but because she realized that these two had come to mock her!
After all, Lin Xiaoru was the young miss of Lin Pharmaceutical, which had issued the ban against their Jinyu Company!
"Hey, it's already half past eleven, how come there's not a soul around?"
Chen Xuyang and Lin Xiaoru, walking arm in arm toward Gu Xiyan, looked around and couldn't help but chuckle, "Xiyan, it seems your product launch is a bit of a failure!"
"Is this amusing to you?" Gu Xiyan looked at Chen Xuyang with a frosty face and showed him little courtesy, "If you've come for a laugh, you've had your fun. You can leave now."
"Why should we leave?" Lin Xiaoru asked, a look of surprise crossing her face, and then, pulling an invitation from her bag, she said, "We've come to attend your launch. Why are you trying to drive us away?"
Mu Jinyu approached, her expression calm, and said, "You're from Lin Pharmaceutical, aren't you? Since you've already blacklisted us, why bother with the pretense? You might as well stay away from our launch. We've blacklisted you too. We won't be selling our products to you..."
Lin Xiaoru, hearing Mu Jinyu's words, was also taken aback for a moment, and then, as though she had heard a hilarious joke, began laughing so hard she clutched her stomach and doubled over.
"You're going to blacklist me? Withhold products from me? Hahaha... That's just hilarious. You're actually telling us that we can't attend your product launch? Let me guess, did you decide to cancel the launch since no one showed up? Hahaha..."