410: Chapter 41 Spreading Rumors Without Cost

Since his head still hurt a little, Shen Yan decided to walk to the nearby commercial street.

As he was walking, the tycoon system suddenly spoke in his mind.

[Ding! Special Mission Dropped!]

[Please enter the lottery shop on your left and choose to purchase Super Lotto.]

Hearing the voice, Shen Yan immediately turned his head to look to his left.

As expected, there was a lottery shop with an unremarkable storefront on his left.

He raised an eyebrow and stepped into the lottery shop without hesitation.

The owner of the lottery shop was a middle-aged woman. She glanced at him first, then asked him lazily, "What do you want to buy?"

Shen Yan: "I want to place a bet on Super Lotto."

As soon as he finished speaking,

The middle-aged woman placed her hand on the mouse.

Soon, dozens of numbers appeared on the screen in front of him.

"Choose."

Shen Yan didn't hesitate and randomly tapped a few numbers on the screen.

After selecting them, the middle-aged woman took out a QR code and asked him to scan it to pay.

[Ding! Special Mission Completed, dropping advanced wealth intelligence!]

[advanced wealth intelligence: The lottery shop at 56 Commercial Street will have the first lucky winner to claim the grand prize in two years.]

What does that mean?

Shen Yan paused for a moment, then looked up at the middle-aged woman in front of him and asked, "Is this 56 Commercial Street?"

The middle-aged woman handed him the lottery ticket in her hand.

"Yes."

Shen Yan blinked, then asked again, "Has anyone ever won the grand prize here?"

Hearing this, the middle-aged woman looked up and looked at Shen Yan with pity in her eyes.

"Tsk tsk tsk! Young man, you must have been tricked. No one has won the grand prize here in the last two years."

So... the person who is about to win the grand prize here is him?

Shen Yan pondered as he walked out of the lottery shop holding the printed paper.

He glanced down at the numbers on the paper.

These numbers were indeed the ones he had just selected; they hadn't changed at all.

Could it be that the tycoon system can now alter the numbers drawn for the Super Lotto?

After thinking for a long time, Shen Yan decided to put the matter aside for the moment.

Anyway, tonight was the time for the Super Lotto drawing.

If he wanted to verify whether his guess was correct, he just needed to wait for the numbers drawn tonight.

Just as Shen Yan was about to continue walking to buy himself a bowl of soup, his phone rang.

He took out his phone and saw that it was Shen Ya calling him.

"Xiao Ya?"

Shen Ya's anxious voice came from the phone.

"Brother, where are you now? Are you free? Can you come over to the Branch Company?"

Shen Yan didn't ask why and immediately said, "I'm free, I'll be right there."

After speaking, he hung up the phone and hailed a taxi directly to the Branch Company.

As soon as he arrived at the Branch Company, he saw Shen Ya pacing anxiously in the office like an ant on a hot pan.

"What's wrong? What happened?"

Seeing him, Shen Ya finally breathed a sigh of relief. She went up to Shen Yan and replied, "Brother, Prosperous Appointment is in trouble!"

Saying that, she led Shen Yan to the computer screen and showed him the public opinion online.

"Starting yesterday, there have been inexplicable online trolls and marketing accounts pushing a narrative, saying our software plagiarized someone else's concept. Not only that, they are also claiming that the person who created the software is hacking into their backend to steal their privacy."

The computer screen showed tens of thousands of comments in the software section that had surged from yesterday until now.

[Everyone, don't download this software. This software is not good stuff. People who download it will have their backend hacked!]

[That's right, my brother is a professional technician. He looked at this software and said it contains a Trojan horse virus.]

[This software also plagiarized someone else's concept. May those who plagiarize others meet a terrible end!]

[The boss of this company is named Shen Yan. I heard he's a social climber who kicked his wife to the curb after latching onto a rich girl. In any case, he's a scoundrel!]

There were many more comments like these.

Almost every single one escalated to personal attacks.

Shen Ya glanced at them, then directly closed the comment section. She turned to Shen Yan and said, "I've already asked the Legal Department to send a lawyer's letter, but the public opinion is currently very unfavorable to us..."

Hearing this, Shen Yan patted Shen Ya's shoulder and said to her:

"Don't worry. Our software didn't plagiarize anyone's concept, and the software doesn't have any Trojan horse virus. Facts will prove everything; this kind of thing won't affect us."

That's what he said, but Shen Ya was still very worried.

Although she hadn't faced this situation before, she wasn't foolish.

These comments were clearly targeting Shen Yan.

She bit her lip angrily and said, "Someone must be jealous of your good business and wants to sabotage you behind the scenes. How detestable!"

Seeing her angry on his behalf, Shen Yan found it somewhat amusing, and he actually laughed out loud.

Shen Ya didn't expect him to still be in the mood to laugh. She looked completely incredulous.

"So many people are cursing you, and you still have the mood to laugh?!"

Shen Yan laughed and replied, "Those people are all online trolls; don't pay attention to what they say. Besides, I'm not laughing because of them."

Shen Ya asked, completely puzzled, "Then what are you laughing at? You can't possibly be laughing because of me, right?"

Shen Yan raised his hand and rubbed Shen Ya's head, replying, "I just didn't expect you to worry about me so much."

Shen Ya glared at him.

"You are my brother. If I don't worry about you, who will?"

Shen Yan nodded.

"Exactly. This is why I insisted on having you come to work at my company. Like now, you can not only solve problems but also protect me—killing two birds with one stone."

Shen Ya's face flushed, and she started feeling a bit shy.

"I... I didn't do much. I just had them send a lawyer's letter and collect the statements from those marketing accounts and online trolls."

Shen Yan replied earnestly, "That's enough. You only need to do these things; let me handle the rest."

Shen Ya frowned and asked him, "I only need to do these things? But I still want to investigate who is using such despicable tactics..."

Before she could finish speaking, Shen Yan interrupted her.

"I already know who did it."

Shen Ya looked completely surprised.

"You already know who did it? Who is it?"

Shen Yan didn't answer the question. He rubbed Shen Ya's head again, then turned to leave: "Alright, I need to go now. Remember to keep an eye on the public opinion trend for me."

Seeing that he was unwilling to say more, Shen Ya didn't press the issue.

As soon as Shen Yan walked out of the company gate, he saw several messages Chen Guangke had sent in succession.

[#Shocking! The currently hottest recruitment software, Prosperous Appointment, actually plagiarized someone else's software concept!]