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What's going on? Why are the trending topics all these entries?

After reading these few messages, Shen Yan immediately called Chen Guangke.

Where are you?

Hearing Shen Yan's question, Chen Guangke replied to him, "It's working hours, where else would I be besides the company? You still haven't answered me, what's the situation with the trending topics?"

Shen Yan replied with a wry smile, "I just found out about this news too. Since you are at the company, help me find Xiao Wu and set up a meeting room. The three of us will discuss this matter."

If I'm not mistaken, Chen Wu should be behind this."

As soon as the words fell.

Chen Guangke's cursing voice came through the receiver.

Because the sound was too unbearable to listen to, Shen Yan quietly moved the phone further away.

He only put the phone back to his ear after Chen Guangke finished venting his anger.

"You two wait for me in the meeting room first. I'm at the Branch Company entrance right now and should arrive at the company in about ten minutes."

After hanging up the call, he hailed a cab to the Company Name building.

"Creak..."

The meeting room door was opened.

Chen Guangke and Wu Ya were sitting inside the meeting room.

As soon as he saw him, Chen Guangke impatiently stood up and asked him, "What are your thoughts?"

Shen Yan closed the door while asking him back, "What are your thoughts?"

Chen Guangke answered without hesitation, "That's naturally to fight back against them! Everything on the trending topics is fake content. We can definitely sue them into oblivion!"

Shen Yan curled his lips and walked to a chair to sit down.

"But the ones guiding public opinion right now are all marketing accounts. Who are we supposed to sue?"

Chen Guangke pouted.

"We have plenty of people in our Legal Department anyway. We can sue as many as we can!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Wu Ya next to him spoke up.

"Emotionally, I completely agree with your proposal, but rationally, I have to remind you that suing won't be of any use."

Chen Guangke frowned and asked, "They are spreading rumors, are you saying we can't sue them?!"

Wu Ya shook her head.

"That's not what I mean. I mean, even if you win the lawsuit against them, it won't be useful."

"Spreading rumors itself doesn't require bearing very serious legal consequences. At most, they'll just have to pay some money, and that small amount they pay us won't even cover the cost of the lawsuit."

Chen Guangke sat back in his chair, looking dejected.

"Then what should we do? Are we just going to let them continue guiding public opinion and spreading rumors about us?"

Wu Ya didn't speak. She turned to look at Shen Yan.

Shen Yan cleared his throat and said to the two of them, "Actually, this matter is neither very big nor very small. Chen Wu's goal is very clear: our software relies on its base users."

"Once our base users start questioning our software, the activity level of our base users will drop sharply."

"This is what he wants to see, and it's what we cannot allow. So, I plan to absorb this wave of negative traffic."

Absorb the negative traffic?

How to absorb it?

Chen Guangke and Wu Ya showed confusion on their faces.

Shen Yan scratched his cheek and replied vaguely, "Let's leave it like this for now. We will only issue a simple clarification and do nothing else."

Hearing this, Chen Guangke and Wu Ya became even more confused.

Public opinion online was escalating, already affecting their software.

They believed that they should quickly discuss a countermeasure now, rather than holding steady.

How could Shen Yan not know what they were thinking?

In reality, he had his own plan.

If the tycoon system could really upgrade to the point where it could alter the real world, he would definitely win the grand prize in the Super Lotto tonight.

Once he could win the grand prize, he could use that incident to change the direction of public opinion and simultaneously establish a 'lucky charm' persona for himself.

Through surfing the internet during this period, he had fully understood netizens' preferences.

Netizens nowadays were very fond of internet personas.

As long as he marketed his 'lucky charm' persona online, many people would surely speak up for him.

With two waves of public opinion converging.

He could use the lottery win to clarify the rumors, and simultaneously use the negative traffic to promote his software—killing two birds with one stone.

Unfortunately, he couldn't explain his plan to Chen Guangke and Wu Ya right now.

He couldn't exactly tell these two that he had already foreseen winning the lottery grand prize, could he?

That would be ridiculous!

"In summary, let's leave this matter as it is for the time being. You two first help me monitor public opinion and control the direction of the narrative. Don't do anything else."

Although Chen Guangke and Wu Ya had many questions in their hearts, they still chose to trust Shen Yan unconditionally.

"Alright, then what about the land issue?"

Hearing the question, Shen Yan replied to the two of them, "I have already contacted the person. They said this issue is a minor problem and they can help us solve it."

As soon as he finished speaking.

Wu Ya and Chen Guangke both breathed a sigh of relief.

"Finally, some good news."

Seeing them relax their vigilance so early, Shen Yan said to them with a smile, "They only said the problem is a minor one; they didn't say they can 100% solve it for us."

As soon as these words came out, Wu Ya and Chen Guangke immediately tensed up again.

"Huh? Then do we need to prepare some backup plans?"

Shen Yan couldn't help but smile.

"You two really are... Alright, I was just joking with you. I trust that the person An Ran introduced to me is definitely capable. Let's temporarily leave this matter to that person for now."

"What we need to discuss now is how to counterattack Chen Wu."

Hearing this, the expressions of Wu Ya and Chen Guangke immediately became much more serious.

"Chen Wu's main business is domestic and international trade. We can't reach that far."

"Right, we have no way to use public opinion to counterattack them the same way he's attacking us."

Shen Yan thought for a moment, then asked the two of them, "What kind of trade do they mainly do? What product categories?"

Chen Guangke and Wu Ya exchanged glances and shook their heads simultaneously.

"This... we haven't looked into it."

Shen Yan frowned slightly.

"Isn't that information in the materials you found?"

Chen Guangke explained, "He deals in domestic and international trade, and the traded products are all in English. You know my English level..."

Shen Yan sighed.

"Forget it. You look it up online now and see what type of products he mainly deals in."

As soon as he finished speaking.

Chen Guangke immediately opened his computer without hesitation to check the information.