Xiaomi Heavy Industry, its first entrepreneurial venture!

Chapter 178 Public Opinion Strikes! (First Update!)

"Mr. Lin, this is Liu Yongqiang, the former public relations manager of Panasonic in the Yangtze River Delta region."

In the office of the Xiaomi factory manager, Gao Jin stood in front of the desk, turned to the side, and introduced the people around him to Lin Yi.

Opposite him, Lin Yi leaned back in his chair, a smile on his face, slowly sizing up Liu Yongqiang.

This is a person who looks very unremarkable.

He has a very ordinary appearance, or rather, a very typical appearance of a person from the Qin Dynasty.

If you just throw him into a crowd, you'll forget what he looks like after just one glance.

While Lin Yi was sizing him up, Liu Yongqiang was also sizing him up.

When Gao Jin was persuading him, he mentioned that the company's CEO was very young.

He had tried his best to imagine how young the company's CEO would be.

No matter how much he thought about it, he never imagined that the company's CEO was only in his twenties.

Liu Yongqiang took a step forward and lowered his head slightly:
"Hello, Mr. Lin. Mr. Gao said that your company is short of a public relations department, so I brought over a capable person from the original company's public relations department."

"They're all outside. Would you like to see them?"

"No need!" Lin Yi waved his hand, shifted his gaze to Gao Jin, lingered for a moment, and then returned it to Liu Yongqiang:
"Director Gao volunteered to me, and he convinced me with his actions."

"And Director Gao recommended you to me. You should not use people you doubt, and you should not doubt people you use."

"Now that you're here, take over the work of the public relations department as soon as possible, formulate relevant rules and regulations, and distribute them to the employees of the subordinate companies so that they have rules and regulations to follow when they are out and about."

"As for public relations expenses, I will have Director Ji allocate some funds to you first. You can just give me a list of the expenses to be used later."

These candid words brought a genuine smile to Liu Yongqiang's face.

After laughing, he took a step back and stood next to Gao Jin.

Across from him, Lin Yi pulled out several employee registration forms, stood up, and handed them to Liu Yongqiang:
"After filling out the onboarding registration form, send it to the HR office next door."

"Have Liao Xiangjun and Wang Bo sign and stamp it, and then they will officially start working."

"Remember to use an ICBC card for your salary. We have a business partnership with ICBC, so there are no transaction fees."

Holding the employee registration form, Liu Yongqiang nodded, turned around, and walked out of the office.

As the door closed, Lin Yi turned to look at Gao Jin and gave him a thumbs-up.
"You really know how to stir up trouble."

"By the way, didn't he sign a non-compete agreement?"

Gao Jin spread his hands: "I didn't sign it!"

"The core of Panasonic's management at all levels consists of Japanese people who were parachuted in from Japan."

"Among the Chinese recruited locally, apart from the few at the Beijing headquarters, the rest cannot be considered core personnel."

“For non-core personnel, there is naturally no need for them to make a fuss about non-compete agreements.”

"Because I'm not afraid."

"Now that we have public relations and HR, all we're missing is legal counsel."

"Mr. Lin, do you have a suitable candidate?"

The word "legal affairs" gave Lin Yi a headache. He nodded slightly and replied:

"I have already asked Secretary Qin to handle this matter."

"He said he would introduce me to a few people familiar with the business, and they would arrive around the 11th or 12th."

Hearing Lin Yi mention Qin Chao, Gao Jin breathed a sigh of relief. With this big brother from Suzhou City taking action, what else was there to say?
You can hire college graduates for finance and public relations positions, since these roles can be developed gradually, as long as no major mistakes are made.

Legal professionals need to be extremely knowledgeable about the law, very experienced, and adept at navigating social situations.

Simply put, you need to be invincible in the region.

The thought that he was invincible in Suzhou made Gao Jin straighten his back.

With such powerful connections, everything you do will go smoothly!
Lin Yi saw all of Gao Jin's actions. He didn't have mind-reading abilities, so he didn't quite understand why Gao Jin was doing this.

After staring at him for a while, he realized Gao Jin didn't explain, and he couldn't be bothered to care.

Lin Yi turned on the computer screen, opened the desktop folder, and then waved to Gao Jin:
"come over!"

"The telecommunications company's office building is almost finished. Take a look at the architectural plans. If there are no special requirements, then arrange the layout according to the architectural plans."

Since it concerned his office, Gao Jin immediately took it to heart, quickly walked over to Lin Yi, took the mouse from Lin Yi's hand, and began to carefully study the architectural drawings.

…………

Shanghai, Donghai Town, Donghai District.

Shanghai is a modern metropolis, but some of its districts still retain a rural appearance.

Donghai Town is such a small town.

Freelance painter Ichiro Tamura stood at the entrance of his rented courtyard, occasionally tiptoeing to look around.

As he tiptoed for the twelfth time, a Jinbei van that had been driving for an unknown amount of time slowly pulled up in front of him. The passenger window rolled down, and a burly man leaned out.

"Mr. Ichiro Tamura?"

"It's me!" Tamura Ichiro nodded repeatedly, then gave the two men a fawning smile.

The burly man in the passenger seat looked at the obsequious Japanese man in front of him, then turned to the driver and whispered:
I want to hit him!

The passenger didn't respond, but just rolled his eyes.

He then opened the door and got out of the car, and then called the person in the passenger seat to get out as well.

The two arrived at the back door of the Jinbei van. The door opened, revealing a Mijia refrigerator inside.

At this moment, Ichiro Tamura also came to the back of the van, glanced at the refrigerator, and then turned his gaze to the two burly men:

"Gentlemen, where is my payment?"

The burly man in the driver's seat rolled his eyes, then opened the fanny pack hanging on his waist and showed the banknotes inside to Ichiro Tamura.

The brand-new banknotes are very stiff; you can hear a crisp sound when you scratch them with your fingernail.

Amidst that crisp sound, the burly man in the driver's seat followed with his voice:

“Mr. Tamura Ichiro, here is 20 yen. The remaining 10 yen will be given to you personally after the matter is completed.”

Tamura Ichiro tried to grab the money, but the burly man's hand slipped, tossing the banknotes aside, followed by a slightly mocking voice:
"I can give you the money, but now, Mr. Tamura, I need you to recite your lines."

After saying that, the burly man in the driver's seat waved the banknotes in his hand again.

For the sake of the money, Ichiro Tamura took a deep breath, his expression shifted, and he began to curse loudly:
"Your refrigerator is seriously leaking electricity. Because of using your refrigerator, my house burned down."

"I now demand a refund plus three times the purchase price, and compensation for the damage to my house."

"If you don't compensate me, I will take this matter to the international stage."

The two burly men watched expressionlessly from the side. Finally, the burly man in the passenger seat looked at his companion beside him:
"I feel like something's missing."

The burly man in the driver's seat scratched his head and said, "I feel like we're missing someone who got electrocuted. Ideally, this person would have been burned in the fire, then escaped, and finally watched helplessly as the house was burned down."

"If the person we find can take this photo, it will definitely be a huge hit."

Hearing that he would be electrocuted, then burned alive, and finally watch the house burn to the ground, Ichiro Tamura refused. He pointed to the banknotes in the burly man's hand:
"You don't have enough money!"

"You have to pay more!"

"It will cost at least 500 million."

Upon hearing that more money was required, and that it would cost 500 million, the two burly men immediately broke into smiles and repeatedly praised Tamura Ichiro's acting skills.

The two then had Ichiro Tamura perform in Japanese.

Having confirmed that the dialogue was plausible, the burly man in the driver's seat handed 20 yen to Tamura Ichiro. Together with his companion, they carried the refrigerator behind him into the rented courtyard. Instead of carrying it into the main house, they took it into the wing room to the left of the entrance to the courtyard.

The side rooms and the main house are separated by a distance of two or three meters, and between the two houses is a corridor that runs along the wall.

After the two burly men put down the refrigerator and left, Ichiro Tamura began to arrange the surroundings.

Refrigerators are not easily ignited, so some ignition source is needed.

These things need to be placed next to the refrigerator to increase the heat.

After a busy night, Ichiro Tamura finally got everything ready.

After a good night's rest, I plugged in the power early the next morning and then confidently rode my bicycle out.

Less than two hours after he left, blue smoke began to rise from the compartment where the refrigerator was kept.

The wisp of smoke was very small; if you weren't looking carefully, you wouldn't see it at all.

Another half hour passed, and the smoke gradually became thicker.

Even its color turned jet black.

Along with the black smoke, a strong, pungent smell of glue emanated from the smoke, carried away by the wind and dispersed to the surrounding area.

People in the surrounding courtyards, influenced by the stench, finally noticed the wisps of smoke rising from here.

When the others came to check, the smoke had turned into open flames.

"Fire! Fire! Call 119, quick, check if anyone's home!"

"Go and turn off the power!"

The people in the surrounding courtyards were very helpful; some cut off the power, some brought water, and some called the fire department.

The fire station wasn't far from here, and the fire truck arrived in just a few minutes.

The tap was turned on, and the high-pressure water gun shattered the glass through the courtyard wall and rushed into the room, extinguishing the open flames.

After extinguishing the fire, the firefighters searched carefully for a long time before finally confirming that it was a storage room for supplies, and no one was inside.

After confirming that no one was there, the group busied themselves searching for the person.

When the landlord arrived and saw that his house was on fire, he fainted immediately.

In no time at all, the ambulance arrived, loaded the person in, and then left again.

Ichiro Tamura had been wandering around the neighborhood. When he saw the fire truck, he didn't rush. Instead, he waited until his landlord called him before he hurriedly rode his bicycle back, carrying the groceries he had bought at the market.

Before he even got close, he started yelling in Japanese.

Upon hearing his Japanese, the neighbors looked at each other in bewilderment, and the firefighters were also taken aback.

We can't speak the language!

After cursing in Japanese for a while, Tamura Ichiro finally showed a look of sudden realization, turned around, and bowed deeply to the firefighters.
"Um, thank you all for your help."

After bowing, he raised his head again, looking visibly shaken, and asked:

"May I ask what caused the fire?"

At this moment, the firefighter in charge of on-site investigation came over, and in his hand was a piece of burnt power cord.

After shaking it slightly, the other person said softly:

"According to preliminary speculation, the fire was likely caused by an internal short circuit in an electrical appliance, which, combined with the excessive amount of clutter in the room, ignited it."

To explain briefly, the firefighter raised the power cord in his hand, turned around, waved it at the people who had gathered around, and said loudly:
"Dear uncles and aunts, when using electrical appliances, we must make sure to check the power cord in our home."

"If it's an old aluminum wire, it must be replaced with copper wire."

"Sockets should also be properly grounded, and leakage protection and circuit breakers should be installed."

"If there is a leakage, the circuit breaker will trip, and without power, there will be no fire caused by the leakage!"

"In addition to the basic usage environment, we also need to purchase products from reputable manufacturers."

"Does everyone understand?"

"Understood!" the people around responded in unison, including Tamura Ichiro.

As the firefighters began packing up to leave, he immediately lowered his head, his face filled with lingering fear, and walked into the yard, into the side room, and toward the charred refrigerator.

Just then, another commotion arose outside the door.

He turned around and found two people holding video cameras.

A man and a woman; the woman was holding a microphone, and the man was holding a camera.

The woman holding the microphone saw Tamura Ichiro and winked. Tamura Ichiro immediately understood, knelt down on the ground, and burst into tears.

The camera and microphone were handed over, and a woman's soft voice rang out:
"Sir, we have just finished interviewing the heroic fire brigade, and now we would like to interview you."

"Can I?"

Ichiro Tamura did not respond immediately, but continued to sit on the ground and cry.

The female host watched for a while, then brought the microphone to her lips and said to the camera:

"Dear viewers, we are now at the scene of the fire in Donghai Town."

"Based on the information we obtained from interviews with firefighters, this was a typical fire caused by an electrical leak."

"Dear viewers, please pay close attention when using household appliances at home."

"Now let's interview this gentleman."

"It is said that this gentleman is also a famous painter."

"Because I love China, I traveled thousands of miles across the ocean to come to China."

"Now let's turn the camera on him!"

The photographer slowly turned the camera around to face Ichiro Tamura directly, and the female host's microphone followed.

At this moment, Ichiro Tamura finally raised his head, his eyes filled with tears, and choked out:

"I love China, so I came from Japan to live in China."

“Here, I feel like I’ve found my true self.”

"But all of this has been disrupted today."

"My life was disrupted by a Xiaomi home appliance."

"They talk about technology equality, and their refrigerators are cheaper than those from other manufacturers."

"Moreover, its performance is even better than that of home appliances from other manufacturers."

"So I bought their home appliances."

"But reality slapped me hard in the face. I treated people with sincerity, but they treated me like a Japanese person and bullied me."

"When the refrigerator was first delivered, I felt a slight leakage of electricity as soon as I plugged it in."

"I thought it was releasing static electricity, and I thought it was normal."

"But what?"

My house burned down!

"I rented this house."

"I still want to pay compensation!"

(End of this chapter)