Chapter 103: Publicity Goal

The hot search kept climbing. Soon, Feng Yuanyuan and Zhong Tianhou's classmates and friends began livestreaming, pouring oil on these two siblings, sharing their daily lives and what they've done.

Having finally managed to jump on the hot topic, the livestreamers naturally said whatever they knew, playing with the evidence in their hands, casually bringing up long-lost classmates and teachers, even calling them to chat about Zhong Tianhou and Feng Yuanyuan, trying to reap as much traffic as possible.

Moments, transcripts, chat records… and so on, everything that Zhong Tianhou and Feng Yuanyuan previously ignored were exposed completely.

Zhong Tianhou has been lying to please people since childhood; his grades were boosted by relay tutoring from one girl after another. In college, even a foolish girl voluntarily let him have her results.

Feng Yuanyuan's food, clothing, housing, and transportation have always been above average since childhood; when she was in university, her adoptive parents yearly treated her dormmates to meals, and during holidays, her dormmates could receive gifts sent by Feng Yuanyuan's adoptive parents. Netizens unanimously agreed that even biological parents might not be able to achieve this!

Especially when do-gooders found Zhong Tianhou's hometown and questioned those elders one by one, they learned that Feng Yuanyuan had been deliberately abandoned back then. This truth exploded, drawing out even more lurking netizens.

【Painful Mask: Ha! What should I say, go ahead and toss the girl? Anyway, after being raised by others, they'll still eagerly give the brother a BJ apartment?】

【What I thought I thought: I originally thought seeing online those adult women watching the old things that tormented her entire childhood and her mother half a lifetime would be satirical enough, but I didn't expect there could be even more satire. Truly the internet, letting me witness the diversity of the human species!】

【Pearl milk tea with coconut jelly: What's in her head definitely isn't milk tea and water; anyone with a bit of quality couldn't do this! Besides not being blood-related, what do her adoptive parents lack?】

【Since we're here: Only I care, but Su Clan's treatment is really this good? No wonder their HR is always surfing the net! Really bored out of their minds!】

……

Online public opinion exploded; in just one afternoon, Zhong Tianhou and Feng Yuanyuan became known across the net as the 'trash king' and 'brother-supporter demon'.

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Su Clan Group

Liang Yan, bored, also came over to look at the materials; the two kids watched together. While watching, Su Yu explained things to Liang Yan.

Liang Yan listened attentively at first, but not long after, her mind was full of doubts.

"Why would that girl give the house to her brother? Isn't that her home?"

"Because she's stupid!"

Liang Yan nodded, thinking it made sense.

"Why don't her adoptive parents live in her house? Isn't it the house they bought for her?"

"Maybe she grew up and doesn't like living with her parents, or maybe they have many houses, so they don't like living together."

Liang Yan didn't understand: "Our family also has many houses, but I've always lived together with my mother."

Zhu Xueheng really wanted to interject, but he was afraid his precious daughter would say to him, "You're not important!"

"Will posting their affairs online cause them harm?"

Su Yu nodded and shook her head, "This public‑opinion pressure affects those who care about face, but for the shameless who don't care what others say, it has absolutely no effect."

"Then if your family makes a fuss about this, wouldn't that be a loss?"

"How do you come to think that?"

【While we're buying traffic, we're also harvesting it—just the readership and subsequent follower‑growth revenue from those accounts could recoup the cost; if it blows up bigger and lasts longer, we could earn quite a bit.】

"Mom said, 'Hit the snake at seven inches, wound people where it hurts most; spend money where it counts.' You spent money to tell others about this, but you didn't hurt them—isn't that a loss?"

"But this time we never intended to hurt them at all! It was to promote our company's system!"

【Who could refuse a self‑delivered stepping stone that lets one whitewash their own company and even throw away their reputation?】

"Promotion—does your company lack staff?"

"Um, there's a related company that's short‑staffed, but not terribly so."

【How's Splendid Scenery doing? Still no result? Their efficiency is a bit low! Though I guess I haven't really asked. Mom was also reading business books earlier—should we let her practice on Splendid Scenery? But it's the entertainment industry; this practice would be 100% hell‑level difficulty!】

All those messy connections in the circle just thinking about them gives Su Yu a headache. Even with system help, checking information isn't instant, so there could always be loopholes. If she took charge, she might mess it up—let alone her mother, who has no cheat code!

【Forget it, I love Mom, so I won't push her into this pit. This mess should be left to my uncle!】

"Sizzle…"

Zhu Xueheng looked at Su Xi, whose documents were torn up, and asked, "How… how did this happen?"

Su Xi gave a fake smile, "Nothing!"

He picked up the documents, then casually grabbed a few more he deemed unqualified, and went to the neighboring office.

Zhu Xueheng didn't follow.

After Su Xi left, Zhu Xueheng opened the door, saw an employee enter the neighboring office, and turned to ask Su Yu, who was looking at the materials.

"What's your dad doing? Why go next door? Is he guarding against me?"

Su Yu replied without surprise, "Maybe he's going to scold someone—there are lots of documents, he'll have to yell for a while; kids shouldn't listen!"

Recently she's gotten used to it; outside, "your dad" equals "Su Xi".

Zhu Xueheng nodded thoughtfully; indeed, kids shouldn't hear so much foul language—how could they not turn bad?

"Little Yu sis, I still can't figure it out—if you don't need that many employees, then telling others what your company's system is like, what's the use? Or is it just wasting money?"

"People have fatigue periods. Just like living with your dad—after a long time you'll find him annoying, but after not seeing him for a while you'll think he's not so bad."

Zhu Xueheng objected! How could his precious daughter possibly find him annoying? Clearly, when she sees him bringing food, she's obviously happy, flying over in an exaggerated way, but the fact that she runs over with a beaming smile is true! Who taught Su Yu this bizarre analogy?!

Liang Yan nodded, "Exactly, that's right!"

Zhu Xueheng slumped on the sofa, pondering whether, the next time he goes on a business trip, his precious daughter will miss him or forget him, thinking her mom has given her another dad.

"Is this related to that matter?"

"Yes! Living too long in a company like the Su Clan can make some people turn a bit foolish. People are never satisfied—that's normal. Even when the company pays wages, we must consider employees' emotional issues.

If you don't give them a sense of fulfillment and urgency, they'll feel tired and bored. They'll selectively ignore everything outside, thinking the boss gives too little or the work isn't good enough to make them happy.

At that point, maybe the employee you hired for ten thousand yuan salary does worse than the one next door hired for five thousand. Employee productivity drops, and as the boss, you'll lose money.

【Giving money can't be free; you have to let others know you gave it, so they'll willingly work.】

"How come? You're giving more money than elsewhere—why wouldn't they be happy?"

"For those who already have money, money isn't important; emotion is. After they save up from their monthly wages, they'll unconsciously seek emotional fulfillment. If the company can't provide it, they might quit. Even if they don't quit, they're prone to resentment, which can drag down other employees."

Zhu Xueheng wondered, "Is this something Su Xi taught her, or did she think of it herself?"

Liang Yan didn't understand; from childhood her environment told her money is important. Now that her mother has money, she can take her away from the suffocating Liang family.

Mother works also so that she won't have to work so hard in the future. If she has money, mother won't need to work.

Liang Yan was troubled; she didn't know how to rebut, and could only stress, "Money is important."

"If you were given a hundred yuan every day, you'd feel surprised on the first day, maybe happy on the second, what about after a month? After a year? Would you still be happy because of that hundred yuan?"

Liang Yan didn't know whether she would be happy. She thought for a while, her wandering gaze landed on Zhu Xueheng, and in a low voice asked Su Yu, "I was very happy with dad on the first day, I was also glad to change dad the second time, but after that I felt bored. Is that so?"

Zhu Xueheng widened his eyes! He regretted! Why did he let Su Yu and his daughter discuss freely? Why didn't he go back to watch Su Xi scold people?

All the sorrow is his!

"Almost, right!"

"Then why say that the younger brother's wife looks like Liang Chengwei's wife?"

"Let them argue among themselves. Zhong Tianhou is a villain; he is capable, but he married into his wife's family, and the food, drink, and house are all provided by his wife's parents. If his wife doesn't want it, then her parents also won't."

【The enemy must of course be internally divided!】

Liang Yan's focus was off, "So is my mother also married into dad's family?"

She and her mother's food and drink are also provided by dad; if dad is unwilling, should she and her mother leave?

After leaving, can they move to Xiao Yu's little sister's house? Xiao Yu's little sister's mother is very gentle! She won't drive them out, right?

Zhu Xueheng shook his head vigorously, how could marriage be called "marrying into the wife's family"?

"I am equal with your mother! There is no 'marrying into'; we have a normal marriage; you are your parents' daughter, you will inherit everything of ours, so don't overthink!"

Most importantly, don't keep thinking about getting a different dad. This biological dad is under so much pressure! He doesn't even know where he fell short, and he doesn't dare to ask his daughter directly; being a dad for the first time is so hard!

Liang Yan frowned, "There was a dad before who said the same."

Before, she had a dad she liked a lot, and her mother wanted to marry him. He said he would transfer all his belongings to her before the wedding, making her the happiest daughter in the world! But he had an argument with her mother, left, and didn't take care of her.

"That dad didn't marry your mother, but I did! We are legally bound; unless your mother rejects me, I won't leave! I've written my will, made it public, and all my belongings are yours!"

Zhu Xueheng felt lucky for the first time! If Liang Lijiang really remarried someone else, his hope of getting Liang Yan back would be a fool's dream!

Liang Yan stayed silent, not knowing what she was thinking.

The awkward atmosphere spread, and Zhu Xueheng deliberately changed the subject, "Chu Han Ya is not Liang Chengwei's wife; the old man dissolved their marriage arrangement."

"Ah?"

Liang Yan looked up a little dazed.

"What?"

【Oops, I wasn't paying attention!】

"It's the woman you saw at the Shi family banquet that day, wasn't she with Liang Chengwei? She's no longer Liang Chengwei's wife. The old man personally went to dissolve the engagement."

Su Yu naturally remembered who it was and knew it was Chu Han Ya. Liang Yan thought for a moment before recalling.

"Is that the woman who took Xiao Yu's little sister's lounge?"

Zhu Xueheng nodded, "Exactly!"

Su Yu and Liang Yan stared intently at Zhu Xueheng, "Can you tell us why?"

Zhu Xueheng, feeling flattered by the stare, readily agreed.

"Of course!"

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