NOVEL NEXT Chapter 482 - 482: Big Trouble
Chapter 482: Big Trouble
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
Ren Rong was indeed very angry at this moment. Just by looking at Lin Hui’s operation to ban public opinion, it was no wonder that Deputy Director Niu would say so just now. This matter had probably already been noticed by the upper echelons of the government.
Logically speaking, it wasn’t uncommon to remove the trending searches to suppress the popularity. Generally, as long as the situation wasn’t serious, it wouldn’t attract the attention of the officials. But this time, Deputy Bureau Chief Niu had come forward to remind him. It must be because this matter had attracted the attention of important officials in the central government, so he had to come forward.
Just like Deputy Director Niu said, public opinion wasn’t a personal possession. Therefore, although these Internet companies controlled the entire network of public opinion and seemed to be able to turn the tide, they were actually dancing with their hands and feet shackled.
After the assistant found out the reason, he was a little worried.
“How should we deal with this? Get CEO Lin to lift the ban on public opinion?”
Ren Rong shook his head and said,
“There’s no need to remove the ‘unfriendly.”
Since the matter had already been done, punishment was inevitable. If they removed the restrictions on public opinion now, they would only continue to create a stir in public opinion and wouldn’t be able to recover much of their losses.
“Get the company’s public relations department to draft a document saying that the company has taken note of this matter and will conduct an internal investigation.”
Ren Rong rubbed his slightly swollen forehead.
“At the same time, send an internal notice to suspend Lin Hui for internal review.”
The assistant agreed. After a moment of hesitation, he asked,
“President Lin called just now and said that he wants to talk to you. What do vou think?”
A trace of impatience appeared between Ren Rong’s brows.
“Who has the time to bother with him now? Tell him to settle down and not do anything.”
Not to mention how terrified Lin Hui was when he received the call from his assistant, Ren Rong went ahead to find the head of the Commerce
Department, who was also the highest person in charge of this event and told him about what happened online.
After the Minister of Commerce heard this, although he didn’t like the trouble that Lin Hui had caused, Dahong Company was, after all, a company that the government heavily supported and worked closely with. Therefore, he didn’t say anything to reprimand him. He only asked Ren Rong to go back and reorganize the management.
At the same time, Big Brother Le also received a call from a good friend. “Don’t worry, I’ve already passed the message to the elder. The elder was quite angry when he found out.”
It turned out that after Big Brother Le found out that Le Wan and Zhai Jing wanted to teach Lin Hui a lesson, he specially called a good friend to ask for a little help in secret.
As Big Brother Le, who had been in society for many years, he was more aware of many things than Le Wan and Zhai Jing. Without a strong external push, it wouldn’t be so easy to use this matter to bring Lin Hui down.
After all, Lin Hui was one of Dahong Company’s meritorious founding members. Ren Rong and the other higher-ups wouldn’t give up on him so easily.
Therefore, Big Brother Le thought for a moment and used some small connections to contact an old classmate with a family background. He asked the other party to pass on the news that Lin Hui had banned public opinion on the Internet to a high-ranking official.
The official was usually busy with government affairs and rarely paid attention to the media and the Internet. Therefore, when he suddenly heard that a corporate executive could abuse his private power to dominate the media and public opinion, he was very angry.
His good friend clicked his tongue on the other end of the phone.
“I’ll help you with this, but don’t tell anyone about me. Today’s matter wouldn’t end so easily. The elder had already sent someone to investigate the trending searches. There had been a lot of scandals on the internet in the past few years. If they really investigated, all the online platforms would probably be in trouble.”
Big Brother Le was also a little surprised when he heard this. However, the Le family was in the industry, so no matter how much trouble they caused on the Internet, these things wouldn’t affect them. Therefore, he could sit on the high platform and watch the show. As for the other party’s words about not revealing the matter, Big Brother Le didn’t want to involve his family, so he was naturally happy to keep it a secret.
Because of this, when Ren Rong secretly pulled strings and got someone to investigate why the matter was brought to the official, he only got one answer.
It was when the younger generation at home was scrolling through their phones, they suddenly saw that the news had disappeared and casually complained. In the end, it was heard by the official who happened to return home. After he understood the whole story, he flew into a rage and ordered a thorough investigation.
Ren Rong, who received this news, could only give up on investigating this matter and curse Lin Hui for being unlucky. Because the implications of this matter were too great, even if Ren Rong wanted to leave Lin Hui, his old subordinate, with some dignity, he had no choice but to carry out an internal review on him according to the rules..