Chapter 185: Episode 185: Finding a New Path in a Saturated Market
However, the weekend trip to the suburbs of Beijing that the four of us were supposed to take also fell through because of the contract with Japanese cars that Zhang Yongzhong signed.
The storm over the plate and coil advertising scandal had yet to subside when Zhang Yongzhong went ahead and posted an advertisement for Japan’s Hongda Automobile.
It was a case of trouble following trouble.
"Big brother, can we not add fuel to the fire at such a critical moment? Do you want the forum to die even faster or what?" Zhou Xueyin and the others cursed Zhang Yongzhong while they worked overtime deleting meaningless insult posts.
"Xiaozhou, why has the Hongda advertisement been taken down? Are we not getting the ad revenue anymore?" Zhang Yongzhong called, fuming, and grilled Zhou Xueyin.
"Forget about it! Could you use your brain when you take these ads? Which company nowadays would dare to take on advertisements for Japanese brands? We have to pull this ad even if it means losing money! And more, you went ahead and posted it without my consent! If there are any losses, they’ll have to come out of your salary!" Zhou Xueyin retorted angrily.
With patriotic sentiment in the forum already at an unprecedented high, Zhang Yongzhong was truly acting like a fool, adding to the chaos.
Just when the netizens were about to let them off the hook, this advertisement goes up... game over!
Zhou Xueyin really felt like throwing in the towel...
But in recognition of her older employees who had been with her for many years, she persisted. Despite being very dissatisfied with Zhang Yongzhong’s behavior, she couldn’t change the reality and had to learn to adapt, cleaning up after him if nothing else.
They were so close to achieving the sales target for the first half of the year, but they missed it by a hair due to the self-destructive actions of the two big manufacturers.