My Life with Narration

Chapter 702: Chapter 693: Shen Yi’s Competitive Streak

"Does anyone get it, family? I ran into a shady company at an interview. In this day and age, they’re still doing gender discrimination. Classic case of a big company bullying people. Be careful at interviews, everyone!"

"Does anyone get it, family? A big influencer bullying newbies! Looks so kind online, even a Stock God, but turns out to be so awful in private. Puts on airs as if they’re an emperor from somewhere remote. I must be blind!"

"Does anyone get it, family? What kind of company is this? I went for an interview as a girl, and when I said a few things, they actually called security to push me out. I’m a girl, for crying out loud!"

"Does anyone get it, family..."

In the evening, Su Qing was sitting on the sofa scrolling through his phone. Video after video all started with ’Does anyone get it, family,’ as if this woman couldn’t say anything else.

Indeed, in the afternoon, Su Qing had gone to the human resources department to see Manager Cheng and asked him about the rumors being spread about their company online recently.

This matter isn’t too big, but it’s not too small either.

It’s not too big because the other party is just a small blogger with tens of thousands of followers. Although the video is popular, its spread is limited, and it won’t create much of an impact. It’s not too small for Manager Cheng, though.

After all, the issue involves the company’s reputation and stems from the HR department, so Manager Cheng cares a lot. Su Qing is concerned simply because he ran into this today.

Originally, he had nothing to do at the company, just idly passing time. He finally encountered something interesting today, and it ended up souring his mood, so naturally, he decided to find something to do.

So Su Qing found Manager Cheng and looked up the video about the company slandering online. As expected, with the help of the voiceover, it turned out to be Song Chunyan’s video account.

The latest few videos were all about ’Does anyone get it, family?’ with text identifying the company’s address and name.

In the video about a big influencer bullying newbies, Song Chunyan didn’t explicitly say it but used the term ’Stock God’ to subtly express it. Despite this, the video’s popularity was much higher than the others.

But considering she only has thirty thousand followers and the message is not very explicit, compared to those with hundreds of millions of views, it seems rather ordinary. Still, it has some buzz.

Looking at some comments in her video, Su Qing saw and felt it was just as expected.

"Gender discrimination? What a crappy company. This kind of company won’t last long, it’s terrible."

"Girls, be sure to avoid companies like this. If the HR can harass interviewees, who knows how dark the company leadership could be!"

"We girls have to protect ourselves out there."

"A big influencer? Who’s that?"

"Stock God? Could it be Big Qing?"

"No way, would Big Qing stoop to her level?"

"Open your eyes and see; the blogger’s address is Jiang City. It’s likely him. Don’t you know men are all the same?"

"Exactly, I think Big Qing is bullying people. Switching from fan to hater!"

"Ladies, it’s another day of fearing men!"

Granted, most of the comments were sympathetic and angry female users, with a few mindless followers and clueless onlookers.

As for the very rational ones, they were only a small part of it. The power of online opinion is significant, and he has started to feel it recently. But at the same time, he also discovered its flaw, which is that netizens can easily get caught up in the hype. Sometimes things aren’t even clear yet, and they get influenced by preconceived notions, joining the campaign to criticize like a snowball effect.

"What are you looking at? Why are you sighing like a bitter woman? Who gets it, who gets it!" Just then, Shen Yi walked out of the bathroom wrapped in a towel, asking, with a towel still on her head.

Got to say, Little Auntie’s skin is really white, not only white but smooth.

But luckily, I’ve grown from the boy I used to be, Su Qing was already immune, not like he was before when he couldn’t look away.

"Isn’t it that our company ran into a little trouble?" Su Qing said with a smile.

Upon hearing this, Shen Yi frowned: "A little trouble?"

"Yeah, an interviewee, after being rejected by us, started tarnishing our company online."

Saying this, Su Qing pulled Shen Yi over to watch the videos together, explaining what happened today and his and Manager Cheng’s speculations.

This little issue was not enough to alert Shen Yi, the boss, so Manager Cheng didn’t report and planned to handle it himself.

After all, employees can’t let the boss worry about everything. This is something the old team from the capital who came with Shen Yi knows well.

Furthermore, the other party is just a small influencer, can’t really shake their big tree, at most just slightly irritating.

"So? Are you planning to fight fire with fire? Planning to get directly involved?" After listening to Su Qing, Shen Yi stared at him for a while before speaking.

In response, Su Qing chuckled and shook his head: "What’s my status, what’s her position, is it worth me getting involved?

In this matter, regardless of who’s right or wrong, if I act personally, I lose. Let’s not even discuss anything else; she’ll definitely ride the wave of popularity. Maybe not too much, but if it blows up, she could at least gain a hundred thousand followers. I don’t want to let someone like that benefit. If others see the opportunity here, my peaceful days will be over. I don’t want to find trouble for myself."

For sure, sometimes being too high-profile isn’t beneficial for action; too many eyes are watching, and it’s easy to get caught and amplified online.

After all, in the self-media industry, there is a niche specifically for stirring up hot topics, plus with him having the advisor position at Jiang City Public Security, he’s generally not suited for personal intervention.

"Then what are you planning to do?"

"Plan? If it can be resolved with some money, why should we step in? It gains us nothing.

I’ve already told Manager Cheng to go to the PR department to find Director Wang to handle it. Just right, there are cameras in our company, and because of some previous special cases, when things happened today, some employees secretly recorded videos with their phones. By then, letting Director Wang find some people to work on it isn’t hard, after all, he’s the head of the PR department, a professional troll!" Su Qing replied carefreely, his tone very relaxed, not the least bit anxious or troubled.

After all, with thing after thing happening in this period, even if he didn’t realize it, his ability to handle matters was rapidly improving. Together with voiceover prompts, at least in outsiders’ eyes, he was already quite adept.

Wen Jingqi, Old Mr. Wen, Shen Yi, Director Wang, even Tang Nan, which one of them isn’t shrewd? Learning from them, you become alike, especially the means of the Wen family father and son. After a few times, even if you can’t learn it all, you can pick up bits. This little issue? It’s a piece of cake!

Seeing Su Qing like this, Shen Yi suddenly had a sort of motherly... uh no, older sisterly sense of satisfaction. The young man she had been nurturing was finally on the right track.

You know, in the past, she was truly the kind of career-oriented leading lady who prioritized career. But since Su Qing began showing potential, she didn’t want to be so exhausted anymore.

Now work is so busy, neither of them has any time to rest. It’s okay for a short term, but if it goes on like this, it won’t work.

So she wanted to train Su Qing, let her man lead the charge in the future, while she could manage from behind, patch up gaps, and occasionally take it easy.

Tang Nan hasn’t gone out this year because she transferred much of the power in her hands to him. Anyway, she also wanted to gradually retreat to the background, hoping for a movie a year was already considered prolific. The rest, let’s honestly work in the capital!

"That sounds about right. You, finally starting to look like a boss. When we encounter problems, we have to leverage our advantages, instead of recklessly charging ahead. Although it may feel satisfying and could half-succeed, the price is too high, and there are hidden troubles for oneself, unnecessary." Shen Yi nodded and smiled.

"What’s this? Auntie Shen is abdicating for someone more worthy? Just right, since I ousted Old Su’s reign, I haven’t had a target. How can a true man lag behind forever~~"

Shen Yi: ...

"A true man doesn’t lag behind. Then don’t let me be on top anymore, I’m tired. You do it yourself!"

"Ahem, actually being underneath is quite nice too, I have poor teeth; eating soft rice is no big deal!" Hearing this, Su Qing immediately eased.

Auntie Shen, please continue!

Upon hearing this, Shen Yi rolled her eyes at him and spat, "Scram, don’t I know you? How are the preparations for tomorrow?"

"Always ready!"

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