dark crossing

The management of Far South Group will hold a regular meeting on time at nine o'clock every morning.

Originally, the content of the regular meeting on the 5th was to confirm and emphasize the new strategic direction of the group's real estate investment sector in 2020 under the circumstances of unfavorable policies.

As soon as the news of the murder case on the pedestrian street came out, the discussion at the meeting was temporarily adjusted to how the group should deal with the negative impact of the corpse dumping case on the Jiangning pedestrian street.

The public relations department, which didn't even need to speak at the meeting, temporarily became the protagonist of the entire meeting.

The manager of the public relations department is Guan Hongfen, who has worked in the Far South Group for more than ten years.

After she received the news in the early morning, she spent the whole night preparing today's speech.

On the stage, Guan Hongfen, who is best at making event associations, looked back with a heavy expression on the indiscriminate murder case 15 years ago that was very similar to the current situation and took place on the same pedestrian street.

"The homicide case that year was completely a black swan event. It caused the continuous stock price limit of our Far South shares. It took the entire group more than three years to gradually get rid of the negative impact of the incident..."

Chu Huainan sat at the far end of the conference room, looking through the various public relations plans submitted by the people below with his usual expression.

When he lowered his head to read carefully, his side face and jaw stretched into a smooth but sharp arc.

Sitting very close to his left, Wang Xiaojun hardly dared to look at his calm face.

Another murder case mentioned by Guan Hongfen happened 15 years ago.

This case, in which only one police officer was the victim on the surface, hit the Far South hard.

In just a few days, the stock market value of Far South Co., Ltd. evaporated by 38.36%. According to afterwards statistics, the loss caused by it alone was as high as tens of billions.

And Chu Huainan knew all of this.

Although, he was only 15 years old 14 years ago.

Many things from the age of 14 are naturally blurred today, but Chu Huainan cannot help but be impressed with this case.

Because in that murder case, in addition to the direct financial loss, the Far South Group also lost the group's chief financial officer, Ji Jiangning—that was Chu Huainan's mother.

Like a third-rate satire.Chu Huainan's mother died in the pedestrian street invested and built by her family, but it was not for work.

It was just because she happened to be free that day, and she stopped by on the way home and would pass by the pedestrian street.So I planned to go to the pedestrian street.

In more than three months, her son Huainan is about to celebrate his 14th birthday.

This time, Ji Jiangning didn't want the master to come and make a custom fit, since she already knew her son's size by heart.She wanted to secretly choose a dress for Chu Huainan by herself as a surprise.

Although Ji Jiangning came from a famous family, he married a husband with amazing wealth.But his personality is not domineering and arrogant at all, and he never likes to mobilize teachers and mobs.

She asked herself that she was doing a clean business, so she also hated the idea that many wealthy wives believed in that bodyguards never left her body.

But such a gentle and considerate Ji Jiangning, who was good at everything, died on the pedestrian street named after her.

What's even more ironic is that she was not killed by the murderer, but died in the chaotic commotion at the scene after the murder—because of the stampede.

According to the media at the time, in addition to the chaos caused by the murder, the design problem of the pedestrian street exit was also one of the main reasons for the stampede.

The accident resulted in one death, six serious injuries and 13 minor injuries.

The pedestrian street project was an attempt made by Chu Zhentang to help the Far South Group, which started out as a pharmaceutical company, transform into a multi-business group.

It is also the first real estate project in Jianghu City where the residence comes with complete commercial facilities.Undoubtedly, it was the most important project of the Far South Group that year.

However, to make matters worse, Ji Jiangning's death not only severely damaged the market value of the group, but also severely damaged her husband, Chu Zhentang, who fell in love with her when she was young and married for many years.

Chu Zhentang, the chairman of the board of directors of the Far South Group, received the news of his wife's accidental death, and was rushed to the hospital because of asthma caused by excessive grief.

Ji Jiangning's sudden death was once recognized by the outside world as the biggest reason for Chu Zhentang's untimely death.

Key projects suffered setbacks, the group's stock plummeted, the chief financial officer died, and the group's chairman was sent to the hospital...

In February 2005, the Far South Group was plagued by bad luck as if it had been cursed.

But it is in such a black swan event.There were still people who got away with the best of luck.

The man favored by the goddess of luck was sitting on Chu Huainan's right hand. He was Chu Huainan's cousin, Chu Zhensheng.

Chu Zhensheng is Chu Zhentang's cousin. When he was young, he was not valued by the elders in his family because of his mediocre business ability and he was very fond of gambling.

About a month before the case happened that year, Chu Zhensheng, who had lost a large sum of money due to gambling in Macau for several days and owed a huge debt, had no choice but to sell most of his shares in Far South.

Unexpectedly, Feng Shui took turns, just at the beginning of February, when he was lucky enough to withdraw a large sum of money.Yuan Nan's stock suddenly plummeted because of the murder case.

So Chu Zhensheng was lucky to cover his position in time and kept his share of the shares.He became the only lucky one among the shareholders of the Far South Group who did not suffer huge losses.

Guan Hongfen's speech was coming to an end, and Chu Huainan finally looked up from the thick documents.

Guan Hongfen has been in the industry for decades, and has done countless crisis public relations.

In the early hours of this morning, she and her colleagues held several conferences one after another.After researching, they all firmly believe that although this case will bring some bad effects, it will never repeat the same mistakes, and let the whole group experience the danger of 15 years ago again.

"In view of the above, in addition to the regular maintenance of local media relations, I propose that we in Far South can take the initiative to express our position on the official social platform after the case gradually becomes clear..."

Sensing the gaze from Chu Huainan, Guan Hongfen pushed up the glasses that had slipped slightly on the bridge of her nose: "Of course, after the police complete the investigation, if the merchants involved in the case are proved to be innocent and implicated, we can send a new one." The news shows that we also treat the merchants involved in the case equally..."

After Guan Hongfen finished her speech, the meeting room immediately burst into warm applause.

The admiration and admiration of sincere admiration and the sycophant's flattery mixed together lively in the empty venue.Like the criminal motive, it is difficult to be identified and stripped.

When Guan Hongfen returned to her seat, she couldn't help taking a peek at the young boss's face from the corner of her eye.

An efficient exchange of opinions will be over soon.

The senior management of the Far South Group underwent a major change as early as the second year after Chu Huainan took office four years ago.

The employees of the Far South Group privately called that personnel adjustment "purge".

Most of the old stubborn people in the top management who had a vegetarian meal in their corpses "retired and returned to their hometowns" because of the "cleaning up".

Those who can still stay and express their opinions in today's meeting are all "elite soldiers" with outstanding combat effectiveness.

Therefore, Chu Huainan does not believe that this sudden crisis will be a challenge that poses a threat to the Far South Group.

But his sixth sense has always been accurate.Moreover, this time the case is not only the same as the place where the case happened 15 years ago.

Today, when the corpse suddenly appeared in the eyes of the world, it was also the memorial day for Chu Huainan's mother.

In other words, on the same day and at the same place 15 years later, another murder occurred!In addition to these two points, the two cases actually have another subtle overlap.

The victim of the homicide 15 years ago was a policeman, and this time, the murderer also left a note about the policeman when throwing the body.

Are these disturbing similarities a coincidence?

But why do these coincidences occur?Why is it Jiangning Pedestrian Street again?

Is there a lot of scum just because there are a lot of people?

So what does that note mean?

police?Why the police again?

After the meeting, Chu Huainan left Guan Hongfen and her secretary alone, wanting to hear the detailed public relations plan, as well as more information about the case that the public relations department learned from the police or the media.

Guan Hongfen is a complete workaholic.She received the news that there was a case in Jiangning Pedestrian Street at three o'clock in the morning.

Ten minutes after she received the news, the public relations department she was in charge of had split into two groups.One line was responsible for inquiring more information about the case so that they could speak out at any time, and the other line was responsible for knowing the case overnight, conducting discussions, and finalizing the public relations plan for today's speech.

Therefore, when reporting to Chu Huainan separately, the information and plans were already ready.

Guan Hongfen's secretary is a young girl, not yet 30 years old, but she already has the demeanor of a strong woman in the workplace.She moves swiftly and draws inferences from one instance.

Before the boss asked, a PPT about the detailed plan and information was opened on the projection screen.

The female secretary of the public relations department clearly explained:

"The case information we have so far is that the pedestrian street of the group is only the location chosen by the murderer to dump the body.

Judging from the feedback analysis from the police, the possibility that our group's pedestrian street is the first scene of the murder is extremely low. "

When the female secretary was studying, she was a gifted orator who was never nervous even if she gave a speech to thousands of people.But at this time, because of Chu Huainan's occasional glance, his heartbeat suddenly accelerated.

She thought to herself: It seems that the rumors about the secretary's department are not exaggerated at all.Our boss is indeed a male vixen with its own lethality!

As she thought about it, she couldn't help but glance adoringly at Secretary Wang Xiaojun who was taking the minutes of the meeting with a professional face.

This unnatural pause did not affect the female secretary's concise introduction and analysis of the whole case.

Chu Huainan propped his chin, looking thoughtful from beginning to end.

And Guan Hongfen didn't see the clue either.

She thought she was right-hand man, but she was a little nervous to be stared at by the boss, so she gave her a positive look and signaled her to continue talking.

The female secretary cleared her throat, quickly adjusted her state, and continued with the previous words: "So far, the media reports have mainly focused on the note and the murderer's bold act of throwing the body in the street.

The black police mentioned in the note is a topic that is related to the interests of the general public and is somewhat politically sensitive. It is a topic that is a social pain point.Coupled with the fact that the media deliberately magnifies it, it is bound to trigger a lot of discussions recently..."

After the introduction of the case, the female secretary stopped as if relieved.

She is now convinced in her heart that working with Chu Huainan requires blindness and face-blindness, and she has to train a golden bell-covered iron shirt against hormonal attacks.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but despise himself silently. Like the group of young graduates in the office who only flirt with their idols and bosses, they feel flustered and short of breath when the boss looks at them.

Although, there is a boss with a godly face, who is usually pleasing to the eye and is very happy.

But at the moment when you need to look directly at that fairy face for a long time and make an analysis and report calmly, it is simply too terrible.

The female secretary sincerely admired Wang Xiaojun, who was also an Ivy League graduate like her.

Working next to Chu Huainan, how can he not be distracted by his face and make mistakes.This is really the ruthless man among ruthless people.

Guan Hongfen didn't know that the secretary she had brought out had already written a small paper in her mind entitled "On the Harm Caused by the Public Fox to Human Beings".She is quite satisfied with the analysis and report of her subordinates.

It is not easy for a professional woman to stand for a long time in high heels, and Guan Hongfen came here in the same way, so she kindly indicated to the secretary that she could find a seat nearby.

The female secretary specially chose a location farther away from Chu Huainan, so as not to be chemically harmed by the male vixen again.

And Chu Huainan, who had no idea that he had caused a tsunami in the hearts of his female subordinates, was reviewing the details of the case over and over again in his mind.

His slender left index finger rests on the slight depression in the center of the lip line of his lower lip, his thumb rests on his chin, and his elbow leans against the table to form an elegant sharp angle.This is the usual posture when thinking about a problem seriously.

Chu Huainan silently read the third-to-last page of the PPT several times.

On that page, Guan Hongfen's team spent a lot of time and relationships, and learned all the known evidence about the case from multiple channels.It's not much different from what the police have.

"Information collection and response plans are well done. Indeed, this case involves multiple social hotspots and will definitely attract widespread attention."

Chu Huainan gently placed the metal signature pen on the shiny glass tabletop in the conference room.

There was a slight "clang" that was almost inaudible, but it made the listener's nerves tense all of a sudden.

"The management of local media is important, but don't ignore the monitoring of public opinion on the Internet.

The location, time, and key words of this case all overlap with those of 15 years ago. If I were the media, I would inevitably bring up the old stories of the case back then.

The whole group must make comprehensive preparations for this.There is one more thing..." Chu Huainan's voice paused, "This point is my own selfishness. "

When the two people in the public relations department heard this, their hearts tightened for no reason.

Secretary Wang Xiaojun also looked up from the meeting minutes.

"I don't want any media to release the photos of the scene back then." This sentence was very soft, but unquestionable, with a bit of indifference and cruelty: "This is the bottom line for me and the Far South Group."

The three people present nodded in unison.The implication of Chu Huainan's words is very clear——

The media can review the case as necessary.

However, any media that wanted to use the homicide case and the stampede it triggered to hype and release bloody and tragic photos of the scene to gain attention must be dealt with very cleanly.