Ch 172: Those Poor Foreign Devils, They Can’t Even Say “holy Crap”!

Young Master Cao has always been vengeful… uh, petty… no.

Young Master Cao has always lived by the principle of “if you don’t provoke me, I won’t provoke you.”

Right.

That’s the kind of person he is.

Wang Chengye is in, and it’s highly likely he’s not getting out. He left so much evidence on his computer, easily taken by a hacker.

It wasn’t just unspoken rules and some vulgar videos.

There was also a list of company bribery.

Betraying the company’s interests.

The company behind it all won’t let him off.

Including this public opinion incident, it’s considered a major dereliction of duty, causing huge economic losses to the company.

He definitely won’t be getting out.

The people who could have saved him are all in the chain of evidence and are also in trouble.

But…

This matter isn’t over.

Before, so many artists and celebrities came out to attack Miracle Media, whether Wang Chengye instructed them or they were just riding the wave.

Since you dared to ride the wave, you have to face Miracle Media’s counterattack.

However,

Most of these were artists beyond the third tier.

There weren’t many truly famous ones.

That’s why those people could become top-tier celebrities, they all have brains.

Cao Cheng privately released a list of non-cooperating artists.

He didn’t say he was banning them.

Young Master Cao doesn’t do that sort of thing.

They simply won’t be cooperating.

The artists whose names were mentioned were all distraught, feeling their future prospects were bleak and their stardom dimmed.

Some were unconvinced.

For example, an 18th-tier male artist, who had played a few supporting roles, directly spoke out on social media, questioning Miracle Media: “Why are you banning me?”

But this cry against the injustice of fate didn’t attract any attention.

Even the entertainment reporters, who love a good story, didn’t bother with him.

Weibo with a few thousand fans, and who knows how many are fake…

The company didn’t even pay him any mind.

Let him fend for himself.

He’s really blind, thinking he could resist?

Even if you provoked them first, even if they simply dislike you, they can ban you if they say so.

Who would offend a wealthy person to defend an 18th-tier small artist like you?

This guy isn’t just any wealthy person.

He has money, people, programs, and a bunch of cinema chains.

A proper tycoon in the making.

Not to mention Young Master Cao’s counterattack directly sent the most arrogant Wang Chengye to jail.

Young Master Cao is now “coming with might”.

His sharpness is undeniable.

Who dares to challenge him?

Even some small companies, worried that their 18th-tier artists’ previous statements had offended Young Master Cao, and that it would affect them, so they preemptively got rid of their small artists.

Afterward, they used their connections to apologize.

……

Unfortunately.

Everyone misunderstood Young Master Cao.

Cao Cheng has always been a true hero, he doesn’t fire the first shot.

Even when he retaliates, he only targets those who deserve it.

So,

After releasing the non-cooperation list, Cao Cheng didn’t have time to deal with the entertainment industry’s matters.

He’s too busy!

He also has to wake up early every day to steal vegetables, water, and get rid of pests…

This game is incredibly popular now, Cao Cheng found almost all of his friends are playing it, everyone is playing it.

It’s that exaggerated.

Young Master Cao played the farm game while feeling incredibly fortunate.

Thankfully, he was well-prepared and launched this game, which kept his emotion value at a massive amount every day.

Without this emotion value to support him, Cao Cheng wouldn’t have been able to extract so many treasure chests.

He also wouldn’t be able to ensure an adequate supply of cosmetic essence.

To promote it globally, that requires a massive amount of X essence!

The peak period of this farm game is short, at most one or two years.

But the duration isn’t short.

It’s estimated that it will be shut down in ten years.

Based on the current performance, it’s enough to sustain Cao Cheng until his next game comes out, like Battle Royale games or similar.

After a little calculation, Cao Cheng determined that he wouldn’t lack emotion value and he wasn’t in a hurry.

Continue drinking tea.

……

The beauty industry has also been busy lately.

Miracle Cosmetics, after making its debut at the Spring Festival Gala, gained fame through a press conference, and then quickly became low-key.

Offline channels aren’t many, but online, everyone still scrambles for limited quantities every day.

Slowly, many people felt that Miracle Cosmetics’ products were becoming scarcer.

At first, they could still get some, but later it became harder to get than Moutai.

One, more people were grabbing it.

Two, there were fewer products.

Following this, news spread within the beauty industry:

“Miracle Cosmetics is being suppressed by foreign tycoons, the raw materials for herbal essence are being snatched, the production line is almost at a standstill, only producing a very small amount of products daily, resulting in Miracle’s cosmetics being hard to find.”

“This is a scalper’s paradise, a Bronze Set that originally only cost 380 yuan is being sold by scalpers for as high as 2200 yuan.”

“While Silver is being sold for as high as 8600 yuan.”

“Gold for sixty thousand!”

“…”

This news quickly spread.

And it made many people suddenly understand why it was getting harder to buy recently.

“Damn it, I knew it, that’s why I couldn’t get any!”

“My Silver Set is almost used up, I was just about to grab another set, but I haven’t gotten anything in a week, it’s the scalpers.”

“Wrong, it’s not just the scalpers, it’s also a production problem, there are no raw materials, production is reduced, and scalpers are taking advantage of the situation, so we ordinary people can’t get any.”

“Yeah, I heard that many scalpers are using software, with hundreds of accounts grabbing at once…”

“Wuwuwu, what do I do? Can anyone sell me a set? The scalpers’ prices are too expensive…”

“Damn it, those foreign devils don’t want to see our domestic products doing well.”

“Before, they constantly suppressed domestic brands, acquiring them and then dissolving them, and now they’re doing it again?”

“Those of different races will have different minds.”

“Miracle, add oil!”

“Miracle, hold on!”

“Miracle… we support you~~~”

This sparked a sense of national consciousness.

……

That day,

Olay’s new CEO arrived in Zhonghai.

Olay held a press conference.

To ensure a smooth transition of power in the executive ranks, the Vice President announced that there would be no large-scale personnel appointments, only a promotion of a Vice President, a European Chinese woman, as the new CEO Vincent’s deputy.

The press conference wasn’t just to announce personnel changes, but also a new product.

The new CEO Vincent, using standard French, spoke for a long time.

Then the translator began.

“Mr. Vincent said that we will be launching a brand new product…”

“The product contains herbal essence, X essence.”

“…”

The reporters were stunned for a second, and then the flashbulbs went off, flash flash flash—

There have been rumors recently that Miracle Cosmetics’ essence was snatched by foreign products, Miracle Cosmetics didn’t speak out, and the executives couldn’t be interviewed.

Unexpectedly, Olay directly announced sensational news.

This almost confirmed the fact that Olay stole the herbal essence X.

A reporter asked: “I want to ask Mr. Vincent, regarding the rumors in the market, it is said that Olay and some international brands used methods to snatch Miracle Cosmetics’ X essence, what do you want to say about this?”

Vincent doesn’t speak Chinese.

After listening to the translator’s feedback, he started rambling for half a day, but his face showed disdain for the market’s claims.

A moment later.

The translator said: “Mr. Vincent means that it’s just market competition, this X essence isn’t something unique to Miracle Media, whoever gets it, gets it.”

“This essence is produced by another factory, we paid three times, five times, or even more to get it, this is normal market competition, the highest bidder wins.”

“It’s the factory’s own choice, the most normal market behavior.”

“As for the ‘snatching’ you mentioned… that’s nonsense.”

“If Miracle Cosmetics has the ability, they can also snatch our things, as long as they have the strength.”

After finishing, the translator also imitated Vincent’s expression, smiling at everyone.

The reporters were speechless.

A few were very angry.

It wasn’t necessarily because they were defending Miracle Cosmetics, but they just couldn’t stand the foreigners’ behavior.

However…

This is Zhonghai.

The battle against flattery hasn’t started yet, whether it’s the petty bourgeoisie or financial people here, they are quite fond of foreigners.

When foreigners win, they feel like they win.

……

The press conference ended.

Olay also began various promotions.

The saying goes that a new official has three fires, Vincent announced his arrival with the launch of a new product.

The new product was launched globally.

The price also followed Miracle Cosmetics’ pricing, in one word: expensive.

And the product was divided into ABCDEF levels, F being the lowest and A being the highest!

Prices ranged from a few hundred for the most common to millions for the top tier!

That’s right.

Millions.

Cao Cheng is much darker than this.

……

After Olay’s product came out.

The next day.

Young Master Cao spoke out, on his social media platform: “ABCDEF? Wow, if you add a G, I can sing it, those foreign devils are so pathetic, they don’t even know how to say ‘wow’!”

“…”

Fans were stunned.

What are you saying?

Soon someone interpreted Young Master Cao’s meaning, he was furious.

The furious Young Master Cao didn’t know what to say, so he could only complain about the level division.

Although his complaint made sense.

But…

It felt a bit sour.

Olay’s fans were also chattering.

“Isn’t this much more classy than someone’s bronze and silver?”

“That’s right, you can tell the level at a glance, whoever that is, with their bronze and silver, do you think this is ancient times? Hilarious.”

“Hilarious my ass, sitting so crooked, why don’t you just run out of the country?” An irritable guy couldn’t help but rant.

But he was quickly targeted by the female fans.

“What’s with the moral high ground in market behavior? If you have the ability, launch a product that’s better than theirs, cheaper, and in larger quantities… If you don’t have the ability, then shut up.”

“Sisters, who understands? They outperform us and we can’t even say anything?”

“Oh, oh, oh, this uncle, do you understand cosmetics? Don’t try to morally bind us, we earn our own money, and we can spend it however we want.”

“Exactly, sisters, don’t bother with these men!”

This matter didn’t blow up.

It only caused a flame war within a small circle.

Cao Cheng glanced at it and was overjoyed.

Was his Son of Fortune’s sarcasm aura activated?

Great, great.

He also memorized these female fans’ IPs, and tracked their identities.

In the future, for some things that require real-name purchases, they won’t be able to get them.

Directly add them to the blacklist.

Cao Cheng cackled.

These irritable female fans should provide quite a lot of emotion value, right?

Sweet!

……

In the following month, not only Olay Group’s brands, but also other brands, including American cosmetics groups, launched products with X essence.

The prices were all very high.

Global promotion!

Various soft articles, movies, many movies had cosmetics inserted into them, at a huge cost.

And they had various royals endorsing them.

It has to be said that the groups behind these brands are truly powerful, various queens, princesses, and even some nations’ First Ladies, greatly praised this essence in many public occasions.

Making high society women clamor for it.

……

This is something Cao Cheng’s channels couldn’t achieve.

If he were to promote cosmetics, reaching this level would be almost impossible, because of skin problems.

“When are you planning to wrap things up?”

“This is just the beginning? Let them earn, earn more, and then they’ll spit it all back out, double.”

This was a conversation between Eldest Sister and Young Master Cao.