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"In other words, these public websites are still stubborn?"

Seeing that several of his opponents were scared to death by the celebrity group's irregular tactics, Zhou Anan somewhat admired Zhongzhong.com's courage to stand out from the crowd.

But, from the perspective of Zhongzhong.com, no matter what, we have to hold on.

It's impossible to apologize, it's too personal.

It's a pity that the celebrity group refused the several compensation terms proposed by the other party.

A public apology, published on the home page for seven days, is the most basic bottom line and is non-negotiable.

For this reason, the relevant departments responsible for coordination felt it was reasonable and did not put such pressure on the celebrity group.

Both sides have considerable backgrounds, and they just look at it, and they don't get involved if they can.

"Look, do you want to see me?"

"Since we are in the capital, let's meet."

As for Mr. Chen of Wenqian Group, Zhou Anan was interested in meeting him for a while, and he had to give face to the representative of Hard Silver Capital.

Last year, in addition to the sudden rise of celebrity groups, among the large unlisted Internet companies in China, Wenqian Group received financing of US$400 million from several companies.

Therefore, Mingli Group and Wenqian Group are called the two eagles among unlisted companies in China's Internet industry by people in the industry, and they can be said to be in the limelight.

Of course he knew that this little trick of his would not delay the other party for too long. At most, it would only make the other party feel uncomfortable.

Even the trick of asking the representative of Hard Silver Capital for help and meeting with him in private has been used. Zhou Anan has to give face to the Internet veteran who is second only to him in the limelight.

There was no way, the other party was already in his forties, and the Wenqian Group was founded six or seven years ago. It was a bit unreasonable to say that he was an Internet upstart, especially considering Zhou Anan's age.

The two groups are rivals, but as major shareholders, there is no need for them to be enemies.

"OK."

An hour later, sitting in the Qinglan Coffee high-end flagship store at the Beijing Airport, Zhou Anan met Chen Wenhui, who was in his forties and an Internet aristocrat currently worth 2 billion.

"Mr. Zhou, nice to meet you."

Unlike Chen Yuhua and Mai Jiachen, who are in their prime and full of energy, Chen Wenhui is the kind of fat middle-aged man with a somewhat honest smile. He wears thick glasses. At first glance, it is difficult for outsiders to imagine that the other person has billions. net worth.

"Mr. Chen, my schedule is a bit busy. Please forgive me for making an appointment to meet here."

After shaking hands with the other party, Zhou Anan still had a good impression of the first meeting.

However, the more this happened, the more vigilant he became.

A Maitreya-like figure, the most perceptive person, when he is sold by the other party, he will also help the other party count the money.

You know, Chen Wenhui founded Wenqian Group with two college classmates, and they went through the initial difficult entrepreneurial stage together through thick and thin.

Nowadays, the market value of Wenqian Group exceeds 5 billion, but the other two founders who own a lot of shares have left the company's decision-making level, leaving him alone to control the entire group.

No one who can make it in this fiercely competitive Internet world is a simple and honest elder. Even if there are not a lot of bones at his feet, he will be able to achieve great success with ten thousand bones.

"Mr. Zhou is too polite. I should be the one taking the liberty of interrupting."

After sitting down, Chen Wenhui adjusted her thick glasses on the bridge of her nose, smiled and apologized, and then ordered a cup of coffee from the waiter who came over: "A cup of latte, thank you."

As soon as the waiter left, Chen Wenhui didn't delay and got straight to the point: "Mr. Zhou has to catch a flight. I won't waste your time, so I'll keep the story short. You must also know that we got a fairly decent amount of financing last year. Of course, , compared with celebrity groups, they pale into insignificance. However, we at Zhongzhong.com are prepared to..."

Listening to the heart-to-heart speech of this honest-looking middle-aged boss, Zhou Anan, who felt the same way, felt a little bitter while drinking Jiao Ma.

The road to starting a business is really hard. It is not easy for everyone to sit down and drink coffee and chat together.

Oh, these days, bosses who can't act can't get on the stage. Doesn't he, a rising star, also need to learn acting skills?

"What Mr. Chen means is that Wenqian Group's company page apologizes on behalf of Xiaonei.com, but Zhongzhong.com's homepage does not apologize?!"

After finally waiting patiently for the other party to finish reminiscing about the pain and sweetness, Zhou Anan summed it up for the other party.

Hehe, we are all old foxes these days, avoiding the important and taking the easy.

It is estimated that 99% of the users of Zhongzhong.com do not know that the website is controlled by Wanqian Group. Anyone who has nothing to do will look at Wenqian Group's company website.

The most important thing is that Wenqian Group apologized on behalf of Xiaonei.com. Although Xiaonei.com and Zhongzhong.com are the same website, most people will not go to the bottom of it.

I thought, it was beautiful.

"Yes, in addition, if Mr. Zhou feels it is inappropriate, our Wenqian Group will also provide some financial compensation. However, I think Mr. Zhou will definitely look down on this trivial matter."

Chen Wenhui smiled honestly and adjusted his glasses again.

In his opinion, Mr. Zhou, who has a net worth of tens of billions at such a young age, must be a young man who cares about face, and he will never look down on the so-called compensation no matter what.

If not, if word spreads, colleagues in the industry will also laugh.

Therefore, after several private negotiations with the celebrity group failed, he contacted the behind-the-scenes founder through Mr. Che, the head of Asia of Hard Silver Capital, and prepared to open a gap in this aspect.

As a senior figure in the domestic Internet industry, he humbled himself and came to seek peace, which was considered to have given the other party a great deal of face.

Face, for him, a middle-aged group boss, is both very valuable and very worthless.

"No, financial compensation is still required. In this way, I agree with the apology statement posted by Mr. Chen on the homepage of Wenqian Group Company, but I must add an additional statement to this apology statement."

Shaking his head, Zhou Anan directly broke the opponent's fantasy and pointed out that he wanted financial compensation: "The apology statement stated that Wenqian Group will compensate Celebrity Group for reputational damage of 666 yuan."

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After hearing the young boss's request, Chen Wenhui felt happy but also a little confused.

666 yuan, what does this number mean?

Listen, it's quite smooth.

"Why, does Mr. Chen think there's something wrong?"

Seeing the other party's silence, Zhou Anan thought that the other party had understood the evil intention, so he asked calmly.

"No, no, thank you very much, Mr. Zhou. I'll take coffee instead of wine to express my gratitude to Mr. Zhou for his magnanimity."

Quickly shaking his head to express his approval of the other party's opinion, Chen Wenhui picked up the coffee with a grateful face and said thanks.

Finally, this trouble, which was not a big trouble, was solved. As expected, this young man has a good face.

"polite."

Zhou Anan raised the coffee cup and took a sip with a smile.

I hope that when this 666 meme spreads, this middle-aged boss will not become angry.

"Boss, did you let Zhongzhong.com go so easily?"

After the middle-aged boss left, Huang Ying rarely asked the big boss what he meant.

The reason why their celebrity group clings to Zhongzhong.com is because they see the other party's intention to raise funds and go public, so as to serve as a deterrent to other rivals.

After this period of time, the effect is indeed obvious. There are far fewer voices slandering celebrity groups on the Internet.

However, it always makes people feel uncomfortable when the big boss agrees to the other party so easily.

You know, other websites have issued apology announcements, but Zhongzhong.com has remained silent, making many netizens angry, not to mention the staff of their celebrity group headquarters.

"It's okay, let's be generous."

Seeing that the beautiful assistant looked a little angry, Zhou Anan comforted her and said, "After the compensation amount from Wenqian Group is received, you have the group's public account issue a statement of forgiveness."

After listening to the big boss's instructions, a smile flashed in Huang Ying's eyes. This young boss is really good at playing.

No wonder, the big boss previously proposed that strange amount of compensation.

"Looking at the sincerity of Wenqian Group's apology, it is really happy to receive 666 reputation damage fees. If conscience has a perfect score of 100, I will give it 82 points!!!"

As soon as he got off the plane at Hangzhou Yushan Airport, Zhou Anan received a report from the beautiful special assistant.

Wenqian Group is very efficient. The apology, reply letter, and reputational compensation for the company's homepage were all processed in just one hour, as if a certain boss would regret it.

Celebrity Group was also very cooperative. As soon as it received the compensation, it issued a forgiveness statement on the homepage of Celebrity WeChat and mobile WK browser.

A small number of netizens who were still struggling with the fact that Zhongzhong.com did not issue an apology letter immediately revealed the affiliation between Wenqian Group and Zhongzhong.com, and liked and forwarded the meaningful new developments on the official account of the celebrity group.