Chapter 186 - 121: There Are Still So Many ’Good People’ in This World

Chapter 186: Chapter 121: There Are Still So Many ’Good People’ in This World

"President Zhang!" Lin Muxue was in a meeting with her subordinates, organizing the arrangements for two bloggers. When she saw Zhang Lin arrive, she greeted him and explained, "President Zhang, these are the two ’do-gooder’ bloggers we paid for—150,000 yuan each. After we release our promotional video, they’ll start attacking and badmouthing us to stir up controversy. We’re using the other 200,000 to hire an online mob to support them."

"With the buzz Li Yuan Farm has right now, their videos will quickly start trending. At that point, the farm will remain silent, creating the illusion that their accusations are true. Then, during the trial event, we’ll let the product’s effectiveness speak for itself and stage a huge reversal."

"It’s just a shame our budget is limited. The two ’do-gooder’ bloggers we found have a limited number of followers and not much fame. Compared to Li Yuan Farm’s eight million followers, the impact might be significantly diminished."

"I see." Zhang Lin understood her point.

The farm had a lot of loyal fans now, and its public image was excellent. Two low-tier ’do-gooders’ would struggle to completely tarnish their product’s reputation. But they had no choice; they couldn’t find a bigger blogger willing to play the part.

Finally, Li Yuan Farm posted its latest promotional video: "Our newest event is here! Using a special, traditional technique, the farm has created a unique moisturizing cream from rapeseed oil. Tomorrow afternoon, we will select lucky visitors to participate in a trial for our new moisturizing cream. Over a dozen online influencers and bloggers will be joining the event too!"

As soon as the video was released, it captured the attention of countless fans. As it gained traction, many casual viewers were drawn in as well.

"For real? Li Yuan Farm is making skincare products now?"

"I can’t believe it. Can you even make moisturizing cream from rapeseed oil?"

"I’m actually going to Li Yuan Farm tomorrow anyway, so I might as well go check it out. I wonder how well it works!"

"..."

The flood of comments made it clear that both fans and casual viewers were rather shocked and incredulous that Li Yuan Farm was producing a moisturizing cream.

It was as incredible as a phone company deciding to manufacture cars. But when that phone company actually *did* produce a car, the results were spectacular. By now, who hadn’t heard the meme about the billionaire CEO, President Lei, personally opening a customer’s car door?

After the video was posted, Lin Muxue let it simmer. It wasn’t until 8 p.m., prime time, that she gave Liu Qian the order. "It’s time. Have our two ’do-gooder’ bloggers make their move."

"Right away, Lin. Huh?" Just as Liu Qian was about to get started, she let out a sound of surprise. After tapping on two phones, she handed them to Lin Muxue and Zhang Lin with a strange look on her face. "Lin, President Zhang, you need to see this video."

Lin Muxue took the phone, confused. She was stunned when she saw who the blogger was. "Zhao Lili? She’s one of the most popular skincare bloggers in the country!"

In the video, Zhao Lili’s voice could be heard. "I was previously invited to Li Yuan Farm’s trial event for their moisturizing cream, but I declined. I didn’t feel it was necessary to go, because I already know what the result will be. Let me show you some data..."

"...As you can see from the data, to be precise, the elemental composition of rapeseed oil is not suitable for use as an ingredient in moisturizing cream. Furthermore, brands like Lancome and L’Oreal have researched rapeseed oil in the past and ultimately abandoned it!"

"For Li Yuan Farm to use an ingredient that major brands have already proven unsuitable is questionable, to say the least. Their rapeseed Flower Sea may have been beautiful, but that’s irrelevant. Of course, I’m not completely denying the possibility that they could create a moisturizing cream, but the chances are extremely low. After all, they’re just a farm!"

"She’s tearing into us!" Lin Muxue’s eyes suddenly lit up.

Zhang Lin had seen it too. He couldn’t help but exchange a look with her, and they both saw the same thought reflected in each other’s eyes: ’The world is full of "do-gooders," after all!’

Without a moment’s hesitation, Lin Muxue immediately gave new orders to Liu Qian. "Have our two bloggers change their strategy. Tell them to repost Zhao Lili’s video and voice their support for her. Hype up her video. Give the entire 200,000 to the online mob and have them immediately start supporting Zhao Lili and trashing us as hard as they can."

’A big, unwitting volunteer has just shown up. It’d be a waste not to take full advantage of this!’

「Meanwhile, at Lili Fragrance Studio.」

Zhao Lili and her strategist were in front of several computers and a row of phones, checking the performance data for the video she had just posted.

The strategist smiled and said, "Lili, you were right. This Li Yuan Farm is just making moisturizing cream with some crude, homegrown method. They boast about it being a ’traditional technique,’ but they’re using rapeseed of all things. That’s a first for me. It’s like they don’t even know the basic ingredients for a moisturizing cream."

Zhao Lili nodded. "Using rapeseed to make a moisturizing cream is definitely a bit far-fetched. After all, major brands like Lancome and L’Oreal already tried using rapeseed oil and gave up because it wasn’t suitable."

The strategist added, "Now we should spend some money on an online mob to support our video. By leveraging Li Yuan Farm’s popularity, the video should blow up quickly. It ought to gain you a ton of new followers."

Just then, a nearby operations staffer quickly reported, "Lili, it looks like we don’t need to hire an online mob for this video. The likes and comments are increasing incredibly fast—more than ten times the rate of a normal video. It’s climbing so quickly, it’s going to blow up any second. And what’s more, two other cosmetics bloggers have already reposted our video, declaring their support for you!"

"Bloggers are already jumping on the bandwagon this fast? Well, at least it saves us some money." As she spoke, Zhao Lili clicked on the two bloggers’ videos, and her expression changed slightly.

’Something’s not right.’

Just then, the same staffer called out again, "Lili, come take a look at this. These comments seem a little off!"