Chapter 352: An Essay from the Dongjiang Daily

Xiao Jian only called Chen Yang back in the evening, confirming that Su Mingyue had only caught a cold. After going to the hospital and finishing the IV drip, her condition had improved and her fever had subsided.

But Zhao Xiaoxiao unfortunately contracted the S virus; because it was detected early, she temporarily had no life-threatening danger. She has now been sent to a designated hospital for isolation treatment.

Upon hearing this news, Chen Yang felt very guilty. Because Zhao Xiaoxiao contracted the S virus while she was looking for chain stores for the company. If Chen Yang had not expanded business in Shencheng beforehand, she would not have deserved this suffering.

Chen Yang informed Hu Shiyou about Zhao Xiaoxiao's S virus infection and again reminded him to definitely take this issue seriously.

Although epidemic controls would bring great profits to the Old Hundreds E-commerce Platform, as a Reborn Person Chen Yang still did not want the painful experiences of his previous life to repeat in this world.

Every day at work they had to take their temperature; once an abnormal temperature was detected, the person would suddenly collapse. Even if later found not to be infected with the S virus, they would still be isolated by those around them.

In his previous life, Chen Yang had personally witnessed a colleague with just a severe cold being driven mad.

To prevent the tragedy from recurring, Chen Yang hoped to use his full ability to reduce the harm of the S virus to the minimum.

Besides conveying his ideas to the high-ranking officials Liu Jianghua, Hu Shiyou, and Kong Jie, all Chen Yang could do was buy more anti-virus masks.

If he bought a lot, at least the mask production in Dongjiangsheng would increase significantly.

Once the epidemic became severe, when ordinary people bought protective masks there would no longer be a panic-buying frenzy. Moreover, Chen Yang could also donate his stockpile to other areas in need.

After arranging the protective work in Dongjiangsheng, Chen Yang again called Zhu Zhu and Guo Jin, asking them to also make protective preparations in Hong Kong.

As for Shencheng, besides reminding Hu Shiyou, Chen Yang also entrusted Xiao Jian to temporarily take over the execution authority of the Old Hundreds Financial Investment Company, and go to the mask processing plant in Shencheng to purchase a large quantity of protective masks.

After finishing Xiao Jian's work, Chen Yang drove to the Sunshine Garden Community to find Chen Chunmei, giving her several boxes of masks purchased by Shen Anna. Then he also reminded her that a highly dangerous contagious virus might spread from the south recently, and she and her family must definitely take precautions.

Only after everything was arranged did Chen Yang return to Qingshui City. If the S virus eventually still spread to Dongjiangsheng, he hoped to be able to stay by Lin Wei's side.

But the day after Chen Yang returned to Qingshui, Shen Anna suddenly called him.

"Boss, someone posted an article on the Dongjiang Daily criticizing our Old Hundreds Sausage for using dead pig meat as raw material."

Chen Yang asked: "Who wrote this article? Is there any related evidence attached?"

Shen Anna said: "It was written by a contributor named Luolin. He provided no evidence, merely doing a cost analysis based on the price and usage of our Old Hundreds Sausage, and then claimed we might be using cheap dead pig meat to lower ingredient costs."

Upon hearing this, Chen Yang directly said: "Since there is no evidence, just call the police. Also have Qin Qin send a lawyer's letter to the person named Luolin."

Shen Anna said: "Boss, should we first go to the Meat Industry Company to confirm, and then send Luolin a lawyer's letter?"

Chen Yang said: "No need, with my sister-in-law watching the finances, even if Song Yajun had this idea it could never be realized. I estimate this is a gunman hired by Wu Junhui, deliberately writing such articles to mislead the public. As soon as consumers develop doubts, our products will be affected. Meanwhile, the new product sausage from Xingcheng Food Company has a chance to regain the market."

Upon hearing this, Shen Anna angrily cursed: "This Wu Junhui is good-for-nothing. An executive of a listed company actually used such despicable means to attack competitors. I'll have Yexin go settle the score with him!"

Chen Yang, worried about startling the snake, quickly spoke to soothe her: "Anna sister, don't rush. We'll start with Luolin and gradually pull out the mastermind behind the scenes."

Shen Anna, annoyed, said: "Boss, you're really bold! People have already smashed the sign, yet you still have the mind to play games with them."

Chen Yang laughed: "What's the hurry? I have evidence in my hand that Xingcheng Food Company uses dead pig meat to make sausages. When the time is ripe, I'll throw it out, guaranteeing Wu Junhui will be greatly surprised."

Shen Anna did not expect Chen Yang had prepared countermeasures in advance, and she breathed a sigh of relief: "Boss, you have evidence—why didn't you say so earlier? You made me worry all day."

Chen Yang said: "If Wu Junhui doesn't cause trouble, I originally didn't want to use that evidence. Now that he has made a move, we must also let him finish his act. The feeling of suddenly falling from the peak of pride into a valley probably isn't too pleasant, right?"

Shen Anna did not expect Chen Yang to be this ruthless, laughing: "If you do this, Xingcheng Food Company won't even get a chance to reform—it will go straight to ruin. By then, how will you explain yourself to Governor Liu?"

Chen Yang snorted: "Since Xingcheng Food Company doesn't want us to have an easy time, what reason do I have to let them continue surviving? They dare to spout nonsense without evidence, while we have evidence—why can't we be factual?"

Shen Anna felt Chen Yang's reasoning was sound, and immediately had Qin Qin draft a lawyer's letter to be sent to Luolin, the contributor of the Dongjiang Daily.

Chen Yang also called Chen Bing, asking him to investigate the mastermind behind Luolin.

Who would have thought Luolin was a soft-boned person; as soon as Chen Bing's people brought him to the police station, he immediately confessed.

It turned out that the manager of the marketing department of Xingcheng Food Company gave him two thousand yuan, asking him to deliberately smear the Old Hundreds Sausage.

In that case, Wu Junhui would temporarily be cleared of suspicion. Everything was an act carried out by Xingcheng Food Company.

Chen Yang thought for a moment, then called Liu Jianghua.

"Governor Liu, to clear the name of our Old Hundreds Sausage, I hope the province can send a professional team to the production line of our Old Hundreds Sausage to conduct an inspection, to see whether our company really used dead pig meat as raw material."

"Chen Yang, I read that article; it's all speculation, with no substantive evidence. You can ignore it."

Chen Yang said: "Governor Liu, you're wrong. If I don't pay attention, consumers will implicitly assume our Old Hundreds Sausage is a problematic product. Over time, everyone will go buy other brands of sausage, and our Old Hundreds Sausage will be completely ruined."

"Alright! Then I will send a professional team to Qingshui City to let you prove your innocence."

Chen Yang hurriedly expressed his thanks. With the provincial experts stepping forward to testify, the rumors naturally collapsed.