"Just say she's being willful because she's spending her own money," Shen Qingshan said, sounding rather like a domineering CEO.
The people in the public relations department thought such words only existed in domineering CEO novels. They never expected that Shen Qingshan, who was nearly eighty, could utter such a childish statement.
It was quite bold, but would such a response backfire when it reached the public's ears?
The people in the public relations department wanted Shen Qingshan to come up with a more euphemistic way of answering.
"Maybe this isn't a good idea?" As if understanding what the public relations department people were thinking, Shen Qingshan slowly spoke up and changed his mind.
The people in the public relations department were touched. They thought the CEO had finally become a bit more normal. But then they heard an even more domineering statement: "Just reply with 'rich and willful'."
The people in the public relations department almost had a heart - attack. Who could tell them why the mature and steady CEO would say such things?
"Also, calculate the total assets of the Shen Group and figure out how much Nan Yi would have to spend every day to exhaust the Shen Group," Shen Qingshan added, as if the previous statement wasn't domineering enough.
The people in the public relations department looked utterly hopeless. The situation had developed to a point where they couldn't stop it. Since the boss had given the order, they had no choice but to follow it. But for some reason, they felt a bit excited about what they were about to do. What was going on?
As the people in the public relations department of a listed company, they were all good at handling emergencies. They always emphasized rigor and data support before taking any action. Now, suddenly acting so childishly, they even thought it might be interesting.
"Recently, everything Nan Yi does gets exposed by the media. You in the public relations department should look into it carefully. If something like this happens again, I'll have to consider replacing the people in the public relations department," Shen Qingshan suddenly changed the topic and pointed the finger at the public relations department.
A man who had been in the business world for half a century and had developed the Shen Group to its current scale was certainly not without merit.
It was only when dealing with Shen Nanyi that Shen Qingshan showed more kindness. At other times, he was still the decisive CEO of the Shen Group in the business world.
It was obvious that the recent events were aimed at Shen Nanyi. Whatever she did would cause an online uproar, which meant someone was targeting her.
He was still alive, but someone dared to go after his granddaughter. Shen Qingshan couldn't tolerate it at all.
Unlike the previous half - joking situation, this time the people in the public relations department really felt the pressure and could sense Shen Qingshan's anger.
"Don't worry, Mr. Shen. The public relations department will give you a satisfactory answer within a day," said the head of the public relations department, a middle - aged woman in her thirties who was known for her efficiency.
She quickly set a specific time and left the office with her things.
In the office, looking at the photo of Shen Nanyi on the table, Shen Qingshan's eyes were full of kindness and determination.
Among the younger generation of the Shen family, only the little girl was his favorite. What had happened to Shen Yi must never happen to Shen Nanyi again. He would protect Shen Nanyi from any harm at all costs.
Even in Singapore, Jiang Yiyuan was still holding her phone, constantly following the online situation, waiting to watch the show.
In her opinion, once the Shen Group knew about this, they would surely have a bad impression of Shen Nanyi.
She waited for a long time, but there was still no response online. Jiang Yiyuan even imagined that the Shen Group had held a meeting to decide to replace the heir because of this incident. Just thinking about this scenario made her extremely happy.
She kept refreshing Weibo, waiting for the Shen Group to issue a notice of dismissal. But the expected notice didn't come. Instead, the Shen Group responded in an extremely domineering way with four words: "rich and willful".
The people who had been discussing online were shocked by the Shen Group's attitude.
Moreover, the Shen Group provided a very convincing piece of evidence. The current total assets of the Shen Group were about tens of billions of US dollars. Even if Shen Nanyi spent ten million dollars every day, it would be enough for her to spend for a lifetime with some left over.
"I don't think there's anything wrong. The fun of the rich is to spend money, spend money, spend money. If I were that rich, I'd also like to spend money," one netizen said.
"Not to mention the market value of the Shen Group. Even if the money were deposited in the bank, it would be reasonable for the little princess to spend tens of millions every day," another netizen commented.
"If you can live a rich life, why be thrifty? Thrift is a poor person's mindset. The rich don't think about saving," a third netizen chimed in.
This announcement was quite a slap in the face. The netizens who had originally supported Shen Nanyi also expressed their opinions one after another.
Looking at the previous remarks online, they had wanted to speak up for Shen Nanyi, but the opposing forces were too strong, and they couldn't get a word in. Now that they finally had a chance to fight back, they naturally did so quickly.
"With so much money, wouldn't it be better to do some charity? Why consume so much?"
Of course, there were still some discordant voices online, criticizing Shen Nanyi for her extravagance. But they were quickly refuted by some rational people.
"Charity is a voluntary thing. No one says that the rich must do charity. Besides, doesn't the Shen Group do a lot of charity every year? If I remember correctly, the Shen Group is one of the companies that invests the most in charity in the country every year. Isn't that a slap in the face?"
With the popularization of quality education, most people online were rational. They repeatedly stated that they supported Shen Nanyi. As for the remaining few, Shen Nanyi didn't care.
But the matter wasn't going to end there. The Shen Group directly sued several accounts that had made the most aggressive remarks online and posted the lawyer's letters on its official Weibo. The speed was astonishing.
The Internet was not a law - free zone, but many people thought they could speak freely online without any responsibility. It wasn't until the Shen Group blurred out the Weibo names and real personal information and announced that it would sue that some people on the Internet realized the seriousness of the matter. Among them was Jiang Yiyuan.
After carefully checking the list several times and confirming that her name was really on it, Jiang Yiyuan still couldn't believe it. After all, the Shen Group and the Jiang family had maintained a superficial peace for so many years, and the two families still had some cooperative projects. Was the Shen Group really not giving the Jiang family face for Shen Nanyi's sake?
Before Jiang Yiyuan could recover, her phone rang again. She looked at the number and hung up directly.
But the person on the other end was obviously persistent and kept calling her. Finally, Jiang Yiyuan had to turn off her phone to avoid the matter for the time being.
With the online situation like this, her family must have seen it. Based on her understanding of her family members, this call must be to scold her. The more Jiang Yiyuan thought about it, the more annoyed she became.
Why was it that everything Shen Nanyi did went smoothly, while everything she did was a failure? Even now, she was being disliked by her family.
Shen Ye's concert was coming up soon. Jiang Yiyuan had originally planned to use this concert to repair her relationship with Shen Ye, since she used to be a professional super - fan. But now she suddenly changed her mind.
Shen Nanyi would surely go to Shen Ye's concert. So today was her only chance to turn things around.
Outside the concert venue, it was already crowded. Although the concert wasn't held in the country, Shen Ye's popularity was still high. The tickets for this global tour concert had sold out long ago.
Shen Nanyi held the VIP seat ticket and was among the first to enter the venue. Ling Xiaoxiao followed behind, looking around excitedly and constantly waving the glow stick in her hand. She looked like a typical little fan girl.
They didn't notice that Jiang Yiyuan, dressed up very discreetly, had entered the venue earlier with the crew members.