Chapter 528: Wait and See

Early this morning, Fang Bai brought Xia Chenyu some things as promised, and after looking through them, Xia Chenyu was ecstatic. If Fang Bai hadn’t silently recited the "Pure Heart Art" at the last minute to dispel the desires in his heart, he would have been overwhelmed and swept away by the excited and passionate Xia Chenyu.In Xia Chenyu’s view, the things Fang Bai brought back could not only easily resolve the crisis the company was currently facing but could also be used to hit back hard at the mastermind behind the scene.

If today’s briefing goes well, Beauty Company could turn misfortune into a blessing and gain even greater fame from this crisis, which would be more effective than any advertising campaign.

"Do we still need to say ’thank you’ between us?"

Fang Bai met Xia Chenyu’s gaze and smiled, "Today’s meeting is a great opportunity for a comeback. If we handle it well, Beauty Company might just overtake the Shen Family’s Belle Group and the Li Family’s Heavenly Daughter Group, soaring to become the number one in Huaxia’s beauty industry!"

Xia Chenyu said, "Today we are all supporting roles, you are the protagonist! Fang Bai, the fate of Beauty Company is in your hands!"

Fang Bai nodded with a smile.

"Alas, you have helped me so much, in this lifetime I have no other way to repay you but to be at your service as an ox or horse."

Xia Chenyu’s body tilted slightly, leaning slowly into Fang Bai’s arms.

Fang Bai extended an arm to gently hold her delicate body, fingers combing through her smooth hair as he chuckled, "In the future, you are destined to become a great figure of a Female Immortal Empress; how could I dare to have you serve like an ox or horse? I would be inviting divine retribution!"

When Fang Bai had initially taught Xia Chenyu the Martial Dao cultivation techniques, he had said that one could become an immortal or an emperor by reaching the pinnacle in the path of Martial Dao. Xia Chenyu took it as a joke at the time, but hearing him mention it again, she couldn’t help but let out a chuckle and said, "Then let’s become immortals together and become a pair of immortal lovers in heaven, living forever. What do you say?"

"Hmm, there will be such a day. Then you and I, hand in hand, will roam the Carefree Immortal Realm..."

Fang Bai lifted his head, gazing into the endless sky, his expression resolute.

Although Xia Chenyu felt that it was a fantasy, she still harbored a longing and tilted her head snugly against Fang Bai’s chest, feeling a warm sense of happiness slowly spreading in her heart.

Zhao Xiaomeng and Wu Xiuyun stood behind Fang Bai and Xia Chenyu, listening to their sweet nothings, filled with envy.

In their eyes, Fang Bai and Xia Chenyu were a perfect match. If the two of them could come together, they might not be immortal lovers, yet their union would be even more perfect than that of immortals.

"President Xia, it’s almost ten o’clock..."

A moment later, Zhao Xiaomeng reminded in a low voice.

"So soon..."

Xia Chenyu reluctantly detached herself from Fang Bai’s arms and stood up straight. Fixing her clothes, she instantly regained her powerful woman image and said with a serious tone, "Let’s go, to the conference room!"

The multifunctional conference room on the third floor of Beauty Company’s headquarters building could accommodate nearly a thousand people. Some of Beauty Company’s more important general meetings were usually held here.

It wasn’t even ten o’clock in the morning yet, and the vast multifunctional conference room was already full. Latecomers could only stand or sit in the aisles in the back and on both sides.

"I wonder if Beauty Company can survive this crisis."

"This incident has blown up too much, it looks doubtful to me!"

"My wife and daughter have always been using products from Beauty Company, and the effects have been very good, they don’t believe there are any quality issues with Beauty Company’s products."

"Perhaps they haven’t used it long enough for side effects to show up?"

"They’ve been using it for over half a year, if there were side effects, they should have appeared by now, right? To tell you the truth, I also don’t believe there are quality issues with Beauty Company’s products, after all, such a large corporation would definitely take this seriously."

"Nowadays, how many truly conscientious companies are there? For the sake of making money, they all disregard the life and death of the people!"

"The spokesperson for Meike Company’s advertisements is the ’National Sweetheart’ Ye Wumei. This quality crisis of Beauty Company’s products has also had quite an impact on Ye Wumei’s image!"

"Do you see? The TV station’s live broadcast van has arrived... I heard it was invited by the Beauty Group. Today’s press conference might be broadcast live to the entire Huaxia."

"What’s the purpose of Beauty Company doing this? Aren’t they afraid of making the situation worse?"

"Let’s wait and see!"

With only a few minutes to go before the press conference, the atmosphere on the scene was already lively, with thousands of people whispering and buzzing with discussion.

Sitting in the front row of the conference room were a dozen or so "victims" of Beauty Company’s products and their relatives, each with an angry face, resembling volcanoes ready to erupt at any moment.

Taking the opportunity before the meeting started, some reporters began to interview the victims seated in the front row.

However, to the reporters’ frustration, the victims they were interviewing would start accusing Beauty Company of all sorts of "crimes" in front of the camera, tears streaming down their faces, as though, in their eyes, Beauty Company was an utterly unscrupulous, intolerable, heartless corporation that needed to be completely boycotted.

And through television, internet, and other media, these interviews were broadcast live to the entire nation of Huaxia, with tens of millions of citizens able to watch.

In response, many citizens left messages on the internet, supporting the "victims" and stating their firm intention to boycott Beauty Company’s products.

Some citizens were long-time users of the beauty company’s products, who were half convinced and undecided in their stance.

There were also a small number of staunch supporters of the beauty company who looked down on this and believed that those "victims" were shills hired by other beauty companies to deliberately slander and entrap Beauty Company.

However, those in support of the beauty company were only a small minority, and most citizens believed the inspection results issued by the relevant authorities yesterday, deciding they would not use Beauty Company’s products again and would switch to other brands.

At the same time, some people with interests entangled with "Beauty Company" or those who knew of Fang Bai’s close relationship with "Beauty Company" President Xia Chenyu, were also following the conference broadcast in real time, with mixed emotions.

"Xingping, are you saying that ’Beauty Company’s’ product formula was provided by my Brother Fang? You should know Brother Fang’s medical skills, they’re practically the art of immortals! If it was his formula, then it’s definitely not problematic! Hmph, there must be someone causing mischief in this affair!"

At the Yanjing Lu Family, Old Master Lu, Lu Shengguo, sat in front of the TV, his eyes wide as he watched the "victims" being interviewed on the screen, his thick white eyebrows furrowed tightly together.

Over the past year, Old Master Lu insisted on practicing the "All-Thing Follow Heart Fist" taught by Fang Bai every morning and evening. He was in good spirits, his complexion ruddy and full of energy, free of illness, and not only did he not seem older, but he looked even younger. ʀᴇᴀᴅ ʟᴀᴛᴇsᴛ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀᴛ ɴoᴠel Fɪre.nᴇt

Even the Prime Minister, upon visiting him, couldn’t help but learn a few moves and planned to practice them after returning home.