This director is vindictive.

Chapter 609 Look, you're in a hurry again?
As the saying goes, you shouldn't talk about someone behind their back. Just as Chen Mo was chatting with the women about Lei Jun, his phone rang.

Chen Mo glanced at the caller ID and, sure enough, it was Lei Jun.

As soon as the call connected, Lei Jun's signature hurried tone came through the receiver, firing off a barrage of questions with a hint of resentment: "President Chen, that's not fair of you!"

Chen Mo rolled his eyes: "President Lei, I know you're in a hurry, but don't rush, speak slowly."

Lei Jun, on the other end of the phone, was taken aback by Chen Mo's words. He was clearly aware of the joke about Gao Yuliang and Qi Tongwei.

"Your actions have really screwed me over! The stock price plummeted even faster than the press conference went wrong, and those old guys on the board almost tore me apart this morning!" Lei Jun's voice came through the receiver.

Chen Mo curled his lip. If you were to talk about other companies, there might be a situation like the one Lei Jun described, but what about Dami Technology?

Are you kidding me?
Then Chen Mo curiously opened the stock software and found that, wow, the stock had fallen by 4.5% today.

For a company like Dami Technology with a market value of over one trillion Hong Kong dollars, this drop means tens of billions!

"Ahem, isn't it a bit too much? Besides, Mr. Lei, your acting skills are worthy of a Golden Raspberry Award. I remember when you held your press conference in September, the stock price seemed to have dropped by more than 8%, right? Back then, you were saying in the live stream that 'short-term fluctuations are normal'?" Chen Mo suppressed a laugh and looked at Yang Mi and the others who were listening intently. He then simply turned on the speakerphone.

Lei Jun, on the other end of the phone, felt as if he had been shot in the chest. It was like someone had brought up a sore spot!

After all, that press conference was definitely the most embarrassing thing that had happened to him recently.

The day after the press conference, the stock price plummeted by eight points, and the market value shrank by nearly 100 billion, which made him somewhat disheartened.

During this period, Dami Technology has been in the eye of the storm, with hundreds of thousands of vehicles being recalled, various negative news stories, and its own series of mishaps.

Suddenly, a loud crash came from the other end of the phone, like a teacup being overturned.

Lei Jun's voice suddenly rose eight octaves: "Can you compare them?! That time it was the market misinterpreting the new technology parameters, this time it's purely because of your three thousand iPhones and three hundred Teslas!"

He added through gritted teeth, "Now the whole internet is saying 'Chen Mo voted with his feet,' and even the cleaning lady asks me, 'Mr. Lei, is your car really inferior to Tesla?' I said, 'Brother Chen, do you have some grievance against your brother? You are also a shareholder of Dami Technology, and if the stock price drops, you will also lose money!'"

Liu Yifei suddenly burst out laughing and quickly covered her mouth. Lei Jun then realized something was wrong: "Wait...you put it on speakerphone?!"

No, you misheard.

Chen Mo lied without batting an eye, casually shoving his phone closer to Fan Binbin, who was laughing hysterically: "But speaking of Tesla, when their brakes fail, Musk just blames it on 'the owner not knowing how to use it'—do you want to learn that trick?"

Actually, this is the normal phenomenon. Take Xiaomi and Auto, for example. At the slightest sign of trouble, everyone is eager to confront Lei Jun directly. This kind of behavior is probably unique to Xiaomi.

"Learn what my ass!"

Lei Jun completely lost his temper: "I just responded to the accident, and then I saw your raffle with 300 Teslas! Mr. Chen, this is really unfair of you. Everyone knows you were the creative consultant for Dami Technology, and yet you're giving away cars and Dami cars in a raffle, but instead you're giving away Teslas. This is a betrayal! Do you know what netizens are calling me now?!"

Chen Mo suppressed a laugh: "A turtle in a wishing well? Aside from its name, not a single word it utters is true?"

"Wishing well, ugh, what the hell?" Leibusi completely lost his temper and even laughed in anger.

Unfortunately, this is exactly what many people on the internet are saying these days.

Yang Mi suddenly interrupted, "Mr. Lei, is it really true that a car can stop instantly at 200 kilometers per hour?" There was an instant silence on the other end of the phone.

Three seconds later, Lei Jun's voice suddenly weakened: "Chen Mo, how many people are next to you?"

Looking at the female celebrities in the room, who were trembling from trying not to laugh, Chen Mo slowly added, "Not many, you know, I do have a little more family than usual—"

A muffled thud came from the phone. Zhang Yuqi exclaimed softly, "Could he have fainted from anger?"

Actually, Chen Mo had a pretty good impression of Lei Jun. Although his public image had been somewhat distorted recently, that was due to his marketing strategy.

As for what the rice car is really like?
Well, Chen Mo didn't understand at all. After all, he didn't drive it. Although Lei Jun would send over a new car every time, most of the time it was just sitting there.

As for the problems with the car, there are certainly some issues, but they are not as exaggerated as some people think. It can be said that, to a large extent, Lei Jun's personal brand marketing made the car successful, and it also caused it to fail.

Suddenly, Chen Mo changed his tone and became serious: "Hey, seriously, don't you think you've been putting too much emphasis on your personal brand lately? Test drives, car performance explanations, technology demonstrations—you've been doing too much of that."

If something goes wrong once or twice, people might just laugh it off. But if problems keep popping up, it's no longer a joke, it becomes a serious issue.

The sound of a lighter clicking came from the other end of the phone. Lei Jun sighed, "Do you think I wanted this? Now the whole internet only recognizes my old face. Gen Z calls the CTO 'Uncle' and calls me 'Dad'!"

"Moreover, rice is a latecomer to car manufacturing and requires a large investment, so I'm under a lot of pressure!"

Chen Mo didn't have any particular feelings about this, after all, he didn't manufacture cars. "To be honest, do you know why I give away Teslas but not rice, cars, or BYDs?" Chen Mo asked rhetorically.

"I'd like to hear the details! Come on, keep bluffing!" Leibusi said irritably.

"To be honest, I'm doing this for your own good! Think about it, if I'm going to give away cars to fans, I can't just give them a futures car, can I? Make them wait for dozens of weeks? By then, it'll be too late," Chen Mo said with a smile.

On the other end of the phone, Lei Jun retorted, "Don't be ridiculous. If Chen Mo wants a car, do you think I'd make you wait? It's just a few hundred cars. Who do you think you are?"

"Of course I know, but the problem is, if it's really in stock, what will the other fans who are waiting in line think of you? What, do Chen Mo's fans have special privileges? Do Lei Jun's fans have to step aside? I won't care, but you'll probably have to hold a press conference to explain." Chen Mo said with a sly smile.

Lei Jun paused for a moment on the other end of the phone, then smiled wryly and said, "Alright, that counts as one. Are there any more?"

“Of course there are more. Think about it, if a Tesla has a minor problem, people probably won’t think much of it. At most, they’ll just go to the local dealership to fix it. But if it’s a Mi Car, if there’s a minor problem, tsk tsk.” Chen Mo didn’t say much, but Lei Jun understood what Chen Mo meant.

This is the drawback caused by his overly strong personal brand and deep association with the brand.

"By the way, actually I don't know much about other things like technical issues, but there's one thing I'm quite curious about: is Da Mi really that short of money?" Chen Mo asked.

“We’re not that short of money, what’s wrong?” Lei Bus asked.

"Then why are you asking people to pay for the car before it's even finished being built or delivered? No, the delivery time is still undetermined. You don't even do this when buying a house!" Chen Mo asked, voicing a question that had puzzled him as well.

Lei Jun was silent for a moment on the other end of the phone, then sighed and said, "You are also the chairman of the company, so you should know that when a company gets big, it's impossible to be perfect in every aspect. Although Dami Technology is not short of funds, the employees below are short of bonuses and performance targets!"

"Moreover, there are all kinds of birds in a big forest. Although I am the chairman, I cannot make decisions on everything with just a word."

Moreover, listed companies' financial reports... well, they have no control over them!

Chen Mo understood immediately; the meaning was clear: the company needed to make its financial statements look good, and the employees needed to meet their KPI targets.

However, although Chen Mo understood, he could not accept it.

"But this is a huge blunder! As far as I know, this is still happening. I don't believe you're unaware of it. I bet your fans have already left messages for you in your live stream, and so many content creators are talking about it."
The "pay in full to jump the queue" and "no payment, no production" hunger marketing tactics are so unethical!
Do you know what netizens call this? "Greenhouse cultivation technology for chives!"

"If this continues, we'll ruin this great situation!"

Chen Mo spoke earnestly and patiently.

Actually, while Chen Mo has some influence on the rise and fall of Dami Technology's stock price, it's really not that significant.

He doesn't hold many shares, and they only represent a small portion of his assets.

I only said a few words because we all get along quite well.

“I will take care of these things. However, Brother Chen, although you are no longer the creative consultant for rice, you are still a shareholder. You have a lot of ideas, especially for the public. Do you have any ideas that can turn the current situation around?” Lei Jun asked after a moment of contemplation.

In this respect, no one in the entire country can compare to Chen Mo.

Of course, there's no comparison, because although Chen Mo also sells "products," he sells movies.

This thing is completely different from real industry.

Therefore, Chen Mo was completely unburdened.

This is why even Chen Mo's haters rarely find anything to criticize him for.

His biggest flaw, being a scumbag, is so undeniable that it's impossible to find fault with him, let alone anything else.

But Lei Jun is no good!

With so many products from Dami Technology, it's normal for problems to arise. And even small problems can accumulate to a considerable extent.

Furthermore, it's not that Chen Mo is speaking from a position of privilege, but rather that Dami Technology, or rather Lei Jun's PR team, really doesn't give a good impression; otherwise, they wouldn't have made so many baffling moves.

As for it being entirely a personal act? Don't be ridiculous. At this level, any public action is backed by a whole bunch of people offering advice and strategies.

"You've come to the right person. To put it bluntly, it's all about having one trick up your sleeve!" Chen Mo was no longer sleepy when he said this, or rather, he was quite confident.

(End of this chapter)