The Pentium Era - South to North

Zhang Chen returned home and entered the courtyard to take a look. The lights in Yilin's house were dark, and the lights in his room upstairs were also dark. He thought Liu Ligan and the others were still in the hospital. Zhang Chen wanted to go to the hospital, but was worried about them. They had already been transferred to another hospital, so they dug into their own pockets. They still had the fare to go there. If Liu Ligan and the others were not at the Nongken Hospital, they would have no money left to go to other hospitals or come back.

Zhang Chen ran upstairs and searched, but couldn't find Liu Ligan's bicycle key, so he had no choice but to give up. He thought that it was already this time and Liu Ligan should be back soon.

Zhang Chen went to the bathroom, took a shower, returned to the bed and lay down. There was peace all around. The ghost was singing "Glory Days" in Cantonese, and then "Asian Heroes". Zhang Chen was very curious. , how many songs can this guy sing?

Unconsciously, Zhang Chen fell asleep. When he heard the sound of the motorcycle and the courtyard door below, Zhang Chen woke up and looked at his watch. It was already past one o'clock. He quickly ran out and lay on the railing of the corridor to take a look. , Liu Ligan came back alone.

"Where is Yilin?" Zhang Chen asked.

Liu Ligan looked up at him and shouted: "He is in his mother's ward and refuses to come back."

"How is Yilin's mother?"

"Fortunately, it's not life-threatening."

Liu Li went upstairs, but before anyone could get close, a smell came over him. He seemed to be holding a plastic bag in his hand. When he walked into the light, Zhang Chen was startled. He saw Liu Li The pole was covered in mud and filthy, and a white shirt had turned black.

He threw the plastic bag in his hand into the corridor at the door. There was a squeaking sound, and Zhang Chen asked, "What did you do? Did you throw it into the ditch?"

"I fucking climbed the garbage mountain." Liu Ligan said, kicking the plastic bag on the ground: "To find this piece of shit."

"What is this?" Zhang Chen asked curiously.

"We'll talk about it later. I'm going to take a shower first. You help me take off the towel and shorts. They stink like crazy." Liu Ligan said, taking off his shirt and pants in the corridor, throwing them on the ground, leaving only A pair of underwear and ran to the bathroom.

When Liu Ligan came back from the shower, Zhang Chen asked, "Tell me, what's going on?"

"Damn it, I'm in the hospital. Fortunately, Lao Bao reminded me." Liu Ligan said.

"Lao Bao? Which Lao Bao?" Zhang Chen asked.

"How many old guys do you know? Of course the one from Lily Company."

"Why did he go to the hospital?"

"Send it to Lily. The hospital has to pay 8,000 yuan. I don't have that much money, so I deducted it from Lily. Lily borrowed 10,000 yuan from their company and sent it here."

Zhang Chen understood and stopped talking. He looked at Liu Ligan and waited for him to continue.

Liu Ligan said: "That old bag reminded me that the cassette stove exploded, which was probably a product quality problem. I wanted to find the exploded stove and gas tank. This is evidence, but I ended up running there. , the stove and the gas tank had long been swept away by sanitation workers, so I chased them to the sanitation office, and they told me that the garbage had been taken away by garbage trucks and that the garbage trucks had gone to the dump."

"You just went to the garbage dump and came back to find this garbage?" Zhang Chen asked confused, "What do you want to do?"

"Go to that ghost guy. There is something wrong with the quality of their product. If it explodes, they are not responsible. Who will be responsible?" Liu Ligan said.

"They gave it to you, not sold it to you." Zhang Chen said, he felt that this matter was unsettling.

"Whether it's sold or not, if something goes wrong with their stuff, they have to be held responsible. Besides, they're not giving it away, they're paying for the advertising fee, or they're paying for it."

Zhang Chen shook his head: "I find it difficult."

"I don't care, just keep stalking. What else will I do? I don't know how much it will cost next. These orphans and widowers live on a few hundred yuan in rent every month. How can they have money?" Liu Ligan said. .

"Okay, I support you." Zhang Chen said, "Just let me know if you need my help."

"How can you help?" Liu Ligan smiled, "Get an ax to kill the ghost guy?"

"What if you need to put up a big-character poster in front of their company?"

"Okay, okay, there's no need for it. I figured out a way when I was digging through the garbage earlier. The mountain man has his own clever tricks." Liu Ligan said with a smile.

"What's the clever idea? Tell me quickly." Zhang Chen said anxiously.

"You can't say it. It won't work if you say it. Let's go and have a midnight snack with me. Damn it, I haven't eaten anything since noon." Liu Ligan said.

The two of them went downstairs. On the stairs, Liu Ligan asked, "By the way, how are you?"

"I don't know. I've been bragging all night, but I didn't mention the project, but Mr. Tan said that this matter is almost certain." Zhang Chen said.

"Great!" Liu Ligan shouted, "Today is really full of joy and sadness today!"

…

The next day, Liu Ligan went out and did not go to wash the building. Instead, he went directly to the Hong Kong company. He saw that their company was busy. The vice president of the company was very happy to see Liu Ligan and talked to him. He said that the effect is good, the advertising effect is good, and we are considering whether to increase advertising investment.

Liu Ligan told him that I am not here to talk about advertising today. No matter how much you invest, I am not in the mood to talk. I am here to deal with a troublesome matter.

"What's the trouble? Can I help?" the vice president said.

"I really need your help." Liu Ligan looked around and said to the vice president, "There are too many people here. Let's go to the conference room to talk."

The vice president said yes.

When he arrived at the conference room, Liu Ligan put the plastic bag on the conference table and said to the vice president, look, this is your stove.

The vice president stared at the pile of rags on the table and exclaimed: "How could this happen?"

"You ask me, who should I ask?" Liu Ligan said, "Now the person has been bombed and is staying in the Nongken Hospital. Reporters have already passed by. I asked the family members not to accept interviews yet."

When the vice president heard this, his face turned pale and he said, "Reporter Liu, wait a minute, I'll call the boss over."

After a while, the Hong Kong boss came. When he saw what was on the conference table, he was dumbfounded, but looking at the stove and the broken gas tank fragments, it was indeed his company's trademark.

"It's impossible. There's nothing wrong with our product. It must be improper use by the user." The boss argued anxiously.

Liu Ligan said: "We are not arguing about who is responsible now, but discussing how big the impact will be if this thing spreads. You see, if you say there is no problem with product quality, then the users say it is a quality problem. , what should we do in the end?”

"Then ask an authoritative organization to test it." The boss said.

"Yes, it must be this way, but how long will this process take? One month, two months?" Liu Ligan said, "The problem is that the news media will follow it. The cassette stove is such a new thing, and it can kill people when it explodes." Hurt, this is a hot topic in the news. I have received several colleagues asking me about this matter, and I told them to leave it alone for the time being. But if there is a quarrel between the two parties, this matter will definitely not be hidden.

“In just one or two months, I can guarantee that no one will buy your products, and those who do will not dare to use them and will ask you to return them.

"And it's not just Hainan. You were the first to promote Hainan, right? You also know that our media will definitely reprint each other's hot and somewhat sensational news. At that time, it was not Hainan, but The whole country knows about this. Can your products still be sold? Can the market still be open?"

The boss and the vice president were silent. Liu Ligan looked at them and continued: "Take a step back and say that the final test result is indeed caused by improper user operation. So what? You guys, the worst thing is not to You will lose money, but your goodwill has been lost, and people will think that your product is terrible, just like a grenade.”

The boss said unconvinced: "How can it be the same as a grenade? Mr. Liu, your statement, I, I, I..."

"Okay, okay, I'm exaggerating, but having said that, if you operate the grenade correctly, you will hurt the enemy. If you operate it incorrectly, you will blow yourself up. Well, you are a stove. If you operate it incorrectly, you will blow yourself up. The cost of this operational error is too high. I won’t say it is the same as a grenade, but think about it, who would dare to buy your product?" Liu Ligan asked.

The boss and the vice president looked at each other. After a while, the vice president asked: "Reporter Liu, tell me how to deal with this matter."

"According to me, it was not easy for the lady who was hit by the bomb, an orphan and a widowed mother. Once this kind of news hits the news, it will definitely arouse widespread sympathy. I mean, let's not hold anyone responsible. You, just think of it as charity and take up this matter," Liu Ligan said.

The final result of the negotiation between the two parties was that their company would bear all of Yilin's mother's medical expenses, nutrition expenses and lost work expenses. In addition, a one-time consolation payment of 30,000 yuan would be given.

"Okay, now we can talk about advertising." Liu Ligan said, "I promise you, whether it is in "Haicheng Evening News", "Hainan Daily" or other media, I will give you a 20% discount."

Liu Ligan thought to himself, if you do charity, then I will be doing charity for you too.