Chapter 627: Chapter 646: Another Wrong Step
It wasn’t until Qian Duoduo flew into a rage that Qian Song realized he had made a terrible mistake.
The word "father" held too much authority in his eyes. Moreover, the fact that Qian Xingxing had been driven away previously also terrified Qian Song.
Qian Xingxing’s mother came from a powerful noble family, was favored by his grandfather, and held a large amount of stock. Even if he left the company, he could live comfortably for the rest of his life. But Qian Song was different.
As an illegitimate son, his mother was useless aside from her good looks, and she had limited money. If he were to be cast aside—
"Dad, I was wrong," he readily admitted.
Wrong, wrong, wrong. Who wanted to hear him admit he was wrong?
Qian Duoduo’s voice was grave as he asked, "Did you or did you not say you were going to make that streamer drop out of school?"
At this one crucial moment when public opinion could have been turned around, Qian Song made another mistake.
He didn’t tell Qian Duoduo everything he had done: that he had anonymously warned Jiang Qiuqiu and added her as a contact to force her to obey a "new arrangement."
He only claimed, "Dad, I swear I never said I wanted this woman to drop out of school."
"Why would I tell her to drop out? I really didn’t. I just said a few things—that her boss had resigned and she should be transferred to my supervision."
Only then did Qian Duoduo’s expression soften. ’As long as he didn’t say it, then it’s just a rumor.’ "How have you been managing the company while I’ve been away?"
"Letting people spread wild rumors."
"Also, with such a huge incident causing this much of an uproar, why didn’t you clarify things sooner? You are going to clarify this for me right now. Immediately."
"And don’t get any more ideas about this person." ’So stupid.’
His other son, on the other hand, was gradually revealing his talent for business.
’As expected of a noble’s son. Too bad he’s smart but disobedient.’
’Qian Song might be stupid, but he’s obedient and well-behaved. In the future, there would be plenty of time to slowly mold him into a worthy heir.’
Seizing the opportunity, Qian Duoduo offered some advice: "In the future, if you want to put the squeeze on someone, or do anything of the sort, don’t pick a top-tier streamer."
"You need to understand that streamers and the company have a mutually beneficial relationship. They are tools in our hands. They aren’t unique, but you can’t just throw them away carelessly, either. It’s a pain when you find yourself missing a certain tool."
"Some of the proposals you’ve made before have been very good," Qian Duoduo said. "But you can’t use this Jiang woman to execute your plans."
"You have to look at the person. You need to learn how to read people."
"Who should you pick for these things that cross the line?"
"Someone from a middle-class family."
"The scholarly type."
"Not one of the nobles."
"They need to be docile, or at least care about their reputation. That way, you have conventional leverage you can use to control them."
"Never pick someone with a strong personality. Even though a scorched-earth approach from them won’t always work, dealing with the police, military officials, and the courts over and over again is never a good thing."
"I understand." Qian Song put on the air of an obedient child. "I’ll be more careful from now on."
"Good. That’s settled, then. I’ll follow up on this. I’m taking a Teleportation Mecha back tonight, and I expect this matter to be resolved by tomorrow morning."
"Yes!"
After the call ended, Qian Song’s expression twisted for a moment. ’What should I do? He’s this angry just because of the public backlash. What’s he going to do when he finds out the streamer wants to terminate her contract...’
’Don’t overthink it. Just solve the problem at hand.’ He quickly logged into the company’s official Star Network account to refute the rumors. The statement clarified that management had never made any such demands of Jiang Qiuqiu, and that all incidents during her livestreams were purely accidental.
In the statement, the PR department also added a bit of praise for Jiang Qiuqiu:
Due to streamer Jiang Qiuqiu’s viewership consistently being the highest in the company, problems only arose because her popularity was so immense, resulting in an overwhelming number of scrolling comments.
