In an office building in Nat City, the interior decoration was quite worn out, with many glass doors marked with the words "for sublease" or "for rent."
It was evident that this was an office building with few tenants and was already on the verge of collapse.
"Brother Watt, the data has come out. Our numbers are pretty good this time, and we've made another profit, but they're still a bit lower than last time's forwards and comments."
In a small room in the office building, the air was thick with smoke. Computers were placed on the tables, and several staff members were typing on their keyboards.
A short man in his twenties, holding an A4 paper document, eagerly handed it to his supervisor.
This was a studio mainly engaged in the operation of marketing accounts on the Internet.
Brother Watt, the leader of the studio, had previously worked in an advertising company. After realizing that he could earn much more money with his abilities, he resigned.
Nowadays, his team runs several marketing accounts, and the results are quite impressive.
Brother Watt took the report handed by his subordinate, glanced at it briefly, and nodded, "…This is good enough. This time, we'll write a soft advertisement about online novels."
"…Last time we covered a social event, so its influence can't be compared. Honestly, I'm surprised by these good numbers this time."
"It was just a job, and I didn't expect any surprises."
Brother Watt clicked his tongue in satisfaction, sounding quite pleased with himself.
There were basically two ways for marketing accounts to make money.
One was to drive traffic and earn money from social platforms like Weibo. This type of income was typically the result of many small amounts accumulating over time, and it was sometimes unstable.
The other was to make the marketing account bigger and stronger, so that naturally, people would find them for advertising, writing soft advertisements to criticize competitors.
This was the main source of income for marketing accounts.
This time, their team had received a job to write a soft advertisement criticizing an online novel.
Of course, these marketing accounts wouldn't actually read the book and find problems to criticize.
What marketing accounts did was stir up the emotions of netizens and create points of conflict. What they criticized was not the content but to stir up people's anger from a moral high ground.
Honestly, Brother Watt was surprised by the number of forwards and comments they received on Weibo this time.
Earning money from both the employer and the platform, Brother Watt was naturally delighted.
'This is a proof of our team's ability.'
He thought triumphantly.
"Alright, we're done with this matter. Let's prepare for the next one."
Brother Watt stood up and clapped his hands, drawing the attention of the many staff who were working.
It wasn't that he had a sudden change of conscience and stopped spreading rumors, but rather that they had already earned quite a bit of money.
Continuing to stir up trouble on this matter wouldn't bring in much income and wasn't worth wasting energy.
"Okay, Brother Watt!"
The few employees in the company responded thunderously.
"Hello, you have two parcels!"
Just then, there was a knock at the door. A courier walked in and handed the parcels to the receptionist.
"What is it?"
Brother Watt asked casually after seeing the parcels.
The receptionist glanced at them and smiled, "…Brother Watt, it's a lawyer's letter."
"Oh, just tidy them up and put them somewhere."
Brother Watt shrugged and said indifferently.
Many people might feel scared when receiving a lawyer's letter.
But Brother Watt knew that it had no legal effect. It was just to scare people. Only ordinary people would be afraid of it.
As a marketing account that often spread rumors, they had received lawyer's letters countless times.
However, as a marketing account, they would pick topics when stirring up trouble and never provoke those they couldn't afford to offend, so there was no need to worry.
But for some reason, Brother Watt felt uneasy this time, especially because the parcel was too thick, terrifyingly so.
"Let me see that parcel."
The receptionist was a bit surprised. There was already a stack of lawyer's letters in the drawer, and Brother Watt had never looked at any of them.
But the receptionist still obediently handed both parcels over.
Brother Watt picked up the thickest parcel, glanced at it, and his heart skipped a beat.
He quickly read it, and his face paled as he continued.
"Clatter——"
The thick document suddenly fell to the ground, drawing curious glances from others in the company.
"Zoe, go search on TianYanCha what this Ayi Entertainment Co., Ltd. does. How come I've never heard of this company?"
Brother Watt's voice began to tremble.
Zoe, the receptionist, quickly opened a webpage and searched. After a few minutes, she said, "…Brother Watt, I checked this Ayi Entertainment Co., Ltd."
"…It should just be a company under someone's name without any business."
Brother Watt's tense nerves just relaxed a little when he heard Zoe swallow and say, "…But the controlling shareholder of this company is Yates Investment Co., Ltd."
"…And Yates Investment Co., Ltd. is a subsidiary of the Yates Group. This group…this group is one of the top private enterprises in our country."
"Its main business is non-ferrous metals, copper mines, and other energy industries. Last year's turnover was…nearly a hundred billion dollars."
As soon as she finished speaking, Brother Watt's vision darkened, and he almost fainted.
Inside that thick document were all the many rumors they had spread before on their marketing account. If these were investigated deeply, they were all rumors.
However, as long as the victims of the rumors didn't speak up, nothing would happen.
But in this document, the company had somehow found many of the victims they had rumored about.
And these victims had authorized the company to fully handle the lawsuit on their behalf.
The usual tactic of dragging out litigation was useless when facing a company backed by a large group.
Moreover, now that the evidence was conclusive, Brother Watt knew that there was a great chance he would go to jail if this company really sued!
"Who did we offend recently? Haven't we always been careful and not provoked those big capitalists, let alone any state agencies?"
Brother Watt trembled as he lit a cigarette. The evidence was too clear. He just wanted to make some money and didn't want to end up in jail.
The other staff members in the company saw Brother Watt muttering to himself with a frightened expression and stopped working, and they were all scared. They didn't know what had happened.
Brother Watt quickly opened the second parcel. Inside was a very ordinary lawyer's letter, but seeing the issuing unit of the lawyer's letter scared Brother Watt again.
China Publishing and Culture Communication Co., Ltd. for Brother Watt, who had worked in the advertising industry for many years, he of course knew what this publishing company did.
It was one of the many publishing companies under the China Publishing Group. In simple terms, it was the national enterprise.
"I finally know where the problem lies. What's the background of the author?"
Brother Watt could guess a little about why the publishing company would send a warning letter like a lawyer's letter. It might be because the author had a cooperation with this publishing company.
Generally, when encountering this situation, Brother Watt would directly admit defeat and try to reduce the trouble to the minimum until it disappear.
And usually, this national enterprise would just issue a warning. As long as you didn't be unappreciative, they wouldn't waste their energy on you.
China Publishing and Culture Communication Co., Ltd. was just a publishing company under the China Publishing Group, and its influence was not that great, so it didn't deserve to fear.
But the letter related to the Yates Group was extremely terrifying, especially with so much specific evidence inside.
It wasn't until the cigarette burned his hand that Brother Watt came to his senses. He hurriedly stood up and shouted, "…Delete the posts, delete them quickly, and write a sincerely worded apology letter!"
"…Also, give up the employer's information!!"
Brother Watt gritted his teeth and spoke.
This betrayal of the employer almost ruined the credibility of the marketing account, making it impossible to continue tosurvive.
But money could still be earned, and the marketing account could be rebuilt. But if he went to jail, his life would be ruined!
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