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Chapter 26 Adding Fuel to the Fire

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Jinlan Building, Songhai City.

This 36-story glass curtain wall building is located in the heart of the riverside CBD.

The rooftop bears four large characters: "Jinlan Group".

Jinlan Group mainly deals in women's cosmetics and personal care products.

With three sub-brands, it offers a full range of products from high-end serums to affordable makeup, and has over 1,200 counters nationwide.

In the industry, everyone knows the name "Jinlan".

At this moment, on the 26th floor of the building.

The door to the chairman's office was tightly closed.

Shen Tinglan sank into the large leather office chair, with a final draft of GG spread out in front of her.

She wore a well-tailored smoky gray suit jacket over a black silk shirt, with the collar slightly open and a few strands of hair hanging down beside her ears.

Behind the thin-rimmed gold-rimmed glasses, a pair of almond-shaped eyes were staring intently at the GG document, the brows furrowing deeper and deeper.

At only 29 years old, he transformed an unknown small company into one of the top ten in the industry in just six years, becoming the major shareholder and de facto leader of Jinlan Group.

In the cosmetics industry, everyone knows "General Manager Shen".

But now her face is full of frustration.

A young woman in a black bodycon dress stood in front of the desk, her legs, encased in black stockings, pressed tightly together, her hands clasped in front of her, her ten fingers intertwined.

The name tag read "Secretary of the President's Office, He Min".

Shen Tinglan didn't look at her; her gaze remained fixed on the GG document on the table.

The image shows a woman happily holding up a light stick that reads "Brother".

The text on the right reads: My mom has two husbands, one is my dad, and she sees the other twice a year. She basically doesn't dress up when she goes on dates with my dad, but when she meets the other one, she practically wants to wear a wedding dress.

The logo of Jinlan is printed in the lower right corner, a half-open orchid.

"Bang!" Shen Tinglan slammed the file onto the table.

He Min involuntarily shrank her shoulders.

Shen Tinglan took off her glasses and rubbed her temples.

She had read this copy several times, but each time she read it, her temples would throb even more.

What kind of stupid person would create something like this, and then have it happen to appear in her company?

Mother's Day is just around the corner, and she never expected that her expensively maintained publicity department would cause her such a huge mess!

"I've been spending eight million a month to support the publicity department," Shen Tinglan said through gritted teeth.

"This is the kind of garbage you give me?!"

He Min opened her mouth, but didn't dare to reply.

Shen Tinglan took a deep breath.

She has already found out the whole story.

The copy was written a month ago by the newly recruited planning team leader in the publicity department. He is a master's graduate from a 985 university, and his resume is very impressive.

When the proposal was submitted, the head of the publicity department was on maternity leave, so there was no one to oversee it.

The staff below dared not disobey their team leader, so they gave it the green light and directly included it in the deployment plan.

By the time she found out, GG had already launched simultaneously in subway stations in three first-tier cities and on more than a dozen short video platforms.

The advertising campaign cost over five million yuan.

The result was that the comment section exploded.

What disgusting copywriting!

[Other manufacturers: I don't know, why did they stab themselves in the back right from the start?]

[Support! Break the stereotype that women can only have one husband.]

[She's met her true love.]

Jinlan, a brand exclusively for cheating housewives.

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The product trended on social media for over a day, causing a sharp drop in the brand's reputation and a tenfold increase in return rates on e-commerce platforms.

In just two days since the incident, the company has lost over 100 million yuan in market value.

Shen Tinglan should have been resting at home.

For the past month, she has handed over the company to the senior management team and has spent almost all of her time in the game, leveling up, collecting illustrations, and posting guides on the forum.

She was forced to return to clean up the mess after the board members made more than a dozen phone calls.

Shen Tinglan rubbed her temples and pushed the final draft of the GG document aside.

"Was that person fired?"

He Min nodded quickly, "They were fired that very day. The planning team leader and the two executive editors from the publicity department have already... have already completed their resignation procedures."

"What did the Ministry of Justice say?"

"It's still under evaluation. If all partners pursue breach of contract claims, the amount of compensation could be...it could be quite complicated. There are a few advertising channels whose contracts we breached on our own initiative, and we might have to pay a significant amount in compensation."

Shen Tinglan didn't speak, picked up the water bottle on the table, took a sip, and then put it back.

"I need to see a draft of the official statement by tonight. Inform the brand department to remove all Mother's Day-related materials, not even a single image is allowed."

He Min quickly wrote in her notebook.

"And one more thing," Shen Tinglan raised her eyes, "have Vice President Li come over."

He Min was slightly taken aback. "Vice President Li is away on a business trip—"

"Make him fly back!"

He Min dared not say anything more, responded, turned around and quickly walked out, gently closing the door behind her.

The office fell silent.

Shen Tinglan leaned back in her chair and pressed her fingers against her temples.

Just then, the cell phone on the table suddenly rang.

She picked it up and glanced at it.

It was the "Original One" she had set as a special contact who sent her the message.

She took the Oracle game very seriously, and so did the top players.

This game is not simple. Although she doesn't know exactly what kind of changes it will bring, it will eventually attract the attention of the authorities.

She swiped the screen.

[Original: The exploration map has changed, and the method for finding hidden classes will take time and cannot be provided at this time.]

Shen Tinglan stared at the line of text for several seconds.

My mood worsened.

What does "still needs time" mean?

We agreed on about a week, and now almost a week has passed. You think you can just dismiss her with a single sentence?

There was no explanation, no new timeframe offered, just a dismissive "we can't give that right now."

Her delicate eyebrows furrowed, her refined and aloof face filled with displeasure.

The information from Jiangyuan was like adding fuel to the fire.

She switched to the group chat, scrolled through the records, and found that some of the comments made sense.

A hidden map no one has ever entered, a cat-eared race no one has ever seen, and the third-tier level is all thanks to this primordial mouth.

Shen Tinglan believed it at the time because the original description of the two magical beasts was so realistic; the descriptions were exactly the same and could not have been made up casually.

At the time, she subconsciously felt that it didn't matter if the other party was a scammer.

It's only a few hundred thousand.

Now that I think about it carefully, if "Original" were a veteran player in their twenties or above, or if they spent some money, they could have given the same information.

There are many people in the group who specialize in reselling information. She uses her "Illustrated Hunter" account to post free information, and people are taken advantage of by the information gap and pay to buy it.

As for a level of 30-something, anyone can brag. Anyway, you can't take screenshots in this game, so the level number is all based on what you say.

Most importantly, currently only one person on the entire server, Yuan Chu, has entered that so-called hidden map.

The probability of that is too small!

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