Chapter 58 - Suspicion of Chu (1/2)

“Quanshou, Juying, Meihu, Haijiao, Jiongtu.” the secretary lists all the Internet forums that refuse to retreat the relevant information about Gu’s defamation of its peers from their home page.

Shao Tianze’s voice is cold without any trace of anxiety: “Find some hackers.”

Indeed, at this time, if the other parties won’t friendly withdraw the information or delete them, Gu’s has to employ hackers.

The secretary’s face is even grimmer: “They have good firewalls. The hacker group we used to employ is now working for the Chu family, so they just politely decline our request.”

On hearing the secretary’s words, Shao Tianze’s handsome face becomes cold: “Which website first uploaded content?”

After thinking about it, the Secretary says, “Chairman Shao, several large forums started to upload at the same time. There is no order of it. And once the information got uploaded, it would get high-frequency clicks immediately. Within an hour, it had reached 100 million clicks.”

When the Secretary says this, Shao Tianze’s eyes glow dimly. He says in a sharp and cold voice: “Such a high click volume is abnormal, there must be someone manipulating behind the scene.”

The secretary also agrees with what Shao Tianze has said: “Chairman Shao, what do you think we should do now?”

Shao Tianze is sitting in a chair with a somber face in a moderate manner. He is really familiar with Gu Changge’s way of dealing with company affairs since they had been married for many years. And he is also a smart man who learns a lot from Gu Changge, a business genius.

The secretary is worried: “Chairman Shao, if we don’t stop the fast dissemination of the public opinion now, it will have a considerable impact on Gu’s reputation.”

Shao Tianze raises his head and looks at the Secretary coldly. “It’s not that bad as you think. Tianxiang salon is just a small industry under Gu’s control. It can’t represent Gu’s as a whole. Even if we abandon the Tianxiang salon now, it won’t have a great influence on Gu’s reputation.”

“But…” The secretary is in a dilemma. “But the turnover of Tianxiang salon is very considerable. Chairman Gu attached great importance to Tianxiang Beauty in her lifetime. Chairman Shao, would it be appropriate if you abandon it in such a casual way?”

The secretary is doubtful and uncertain about Shao Tianze’s abandonment of Tianxiang salon.

Shao Tianze’s face is tightened up little by little. His soft and beautiful face turns cold and solemn.

Looking at his eyes behind the gla.s.ses, the secretary feels that he has said something wrong: “Mr. Shao, I didn’t mean to mention that just now. Don’t be so sad.”

Shao Tianze’s left-hand finger has been clenched into a fist which hangs naturally on his side. Because his left hand is not on the table, the Secretary can’t see the movements of his hands.

Otherwise, the secretary would know how hard Shao Tianze’s clenched when he mentioned the word “Chairman Gu”. For a moment, his pale hands had clear bulging green veins on the back.

The secretary is cautious.

Shao Tianze still says with a peaceful tone: “Tianxiang salon is not only Changge’s industry but also Gu’s inseparable industry. I certainly will not give it up because of some public gossip.”

The secretary nods and says nothing more.

Finding his nervousness, Shao Tianze tells him to go out and continue his work: “Since the websites refuse to withdraw this matter from their home page, we’d better keep silent first. Sometimes, some things need not be explained urgently, otherwise, they will be more and more obscure.”

The secretary nods modestly: “Yes, Chairman Shao.”

After the secretary goes out, Shao Tianze squints bitterly.

The clenched fingers are loosened one by one, but his chin is tight, and his face is not as soft as usual.

He always repeats that word—Chairman Gu…

Although Gu Changge is dead, these are people still remembering her.

Why?

Just because Gu Changge is surnamed Gu, the original owner of Gu’s?

Shao Tianze sneers and undoes his fist finger by finger. With his hands placed on the table, he looks at the picture of Gu Changge on the desk and shakes his head. “Gu Changge, you are dead. Why should these people still remember you?”

Gu Changge in the photo is still young, around 26 years old. She is beautiful and elegant. She is as white as a floating cloud in the sky which can’t be stained.

With his slender white fingers, he rubs the photo as gentle as touching the woman’s cheeks. But his words are cold and ruthless: “Changge, don’t be too proud. Even if all staff of Gu’s remember you, it can’t prevent them from following my surname, Shao, from now on.”

The woman in the picture still smiles.

Shao Tianze feels that the woman seems to be laughing at his arrogance, satirizing his incompetence. And he could not help but throw the picture frame in the air.

A snap.

The crystal frame falls to the ground, and the fragments split the woman’s smile in the picture.

He smiles, with bitter coldness and hatred in his eyes.

The secretary outside hears a noise in the office and phones him anxiously. “What’s wrong, Mr. Shao?”

“I just accidentally broke something, come in and clean it up.”

The Secretary quickly comes in from the outside and cleans up the debris. But when he hands the photo to Shao Tianze, Shao Tianze takes a glance at the person on it and then put it in between the pages of an unimportant book.

After the secretary goes out, he throws the book into a trash can, “Changge, it’s time for you to leave Gu’s.”

Like this photo which should no longer appear on the chairman’s desk.

Because you are no longer the chairman of Gu’s board.

Gu’s does not belong to you anymore.

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On this noisy day of the Gu family, Song Yunxuan is extremely calm.