Chapter 192 - 124: Spending 10 Million to Buy Peace

Chapter 192: Chapter 124: Spending 10 Million to Buy Peace

"???" Zhang Lin was bewildered by Lin Muxue’s words. "Senior Sister Lin, someone wants to give us money? What’s going on?"

Lin Muxue explained, "It’s Lili Fragrance. They want to make peace and shoot a collaborative video with us. They’re offering three million privately. Right now, everyone online is questioning them, so they want to use this method to salvage the situation."

’So that’s why she left herself an out before?’ Zhang Lin realized. Lili Fragrance had indeed left some wiggle room, saying they couldn’t rule out the possibility that Li Yuan Agricultural Products had special techniques.

Thinking about it now, this was the escape route she had left for herself.

With that escape route, plus a collaborative video with Li Yuan Farm, she could recover from this setback. At least she wouldn’t crash and burn completely.

With that in mind, Zhang Lin asked, "Senior Sister Lin, what do you think? Should we accept their offer for that price?"

After all, he was the one who had stoked the "unscrupulous farm" controversy in the first place, using Lili Fragrance as an unwitting accomplice. The idea of them now paying for a reprieve was certainly satisfying.

Lili Fragrance was the type to get played for a fool and still help the swindler count their money.

So, there was no need to crush them completely.

But Lin Muxue immediately shook her head and said, "Only three million? That’s a lowball offer. No matter how you look at it, their intentions were malicious from the start, otherwise we wouldn’t have been able to use it against them. Besides, if she’s willing to offer three million to buy peace the first time around, it means that’s nowhere near her bottom line."

"Then what’s a suitable price?" Zhang Lin asked.

"Ten million," Lin Muxue stated bluntly, explaining, "For an account like Lili Fragrance, her appearance fees alone are astronomical, not to mention her ad revenue. Plus, she rakes in a fortune every time she promotes cosmetics. Ten million is a lot, but compared to her potential losses, she can afford to take the hit."

Zhang Lin was stunned by his senior sister’s appetite.

’The thing is, ten million is no small sum. Will they actually pay up?’

But since Senior Sister Lin had said so, he nodded. "Alright, we’ll do as you say. Once the ten million is in our account, I’ll give one million to your operations department as a departmental fund!"

"Then I’ll thank you in advance, President Zhang. It’s my birthday tomorrow, so I can use the department’s money to throw myself a birthday party. President Zhang and Miaoying should come too!" Lin Muxue’s mood seemed to brighten instantly.

She returned to the operations department and immediately replied to Lili Fragrance.

She dared to ask for ten million because she had, of course, looked into Lili Fragrance’s situation.

While a cosmetics blogger of her caliber couldn’t compare to a professional promoter like Jiaqi, who could rake in over 1.8 billion a year, Lili Fragrance could still afford to cough up ten million to save themselves.

「Lili Fragrance Studio.」

Zhao Lili soon received a report from her assistant. "Lili, Li Yuan Farm has responded. They said they can cooperate, but the cooperation fee is ten million! And they sent a photo of a man, saying he’s a very famous lawyer, but they didn’t say anything else!"

As she spoke, the assistant handed the phone to Zhao Lili. The photo on the screen was of none other than Chen Xin.

Zhao Lili’s face fell.

’This is a threat, isn’t it?’

The planner beside her immediately spoke up. "Lili, if they really get a lawyer to sue us, they’d have grounds for it. As it stands, the You City officials are already backing Li Yuan Farm. If we get sued on top of that, and public opinion turns against us, there’s a risk our account could get banned."

Having been in the internet game for so long, Zhao Lili naturally understood this.

There was a reason many influencers, including herself, ran multiple accounts. It was a failsafe in case the main account was ever banned, so they could continue live-streaming on a secondary one.

But if the main account got banned, it would be a crippling blow.

At this thought, Zhao Lili said at once, "We can give them the ten million. However, I need to film a clarification video first, and I’ll need the Li Yuan Farm account to give it a ’like’ to help stabilize our situation. As for the collaborative video, we’ll head over as soon as we finish up things here tomorrow."

The assistant nodded. "I’ll reply to them right away. I’ll arrange the payment immediately!"

Zhao Lili sighed silently. This time, she had truly suffered a double loss. Even after spending ten million to buy peace, her application for the international fashion conference for cosmetics bloggers was definitely not getting approved now.

If the matter here wasn’t so important, she would have booked a flight to Li Yuan Farm right now to resolve this in person.

...

「Li Yuan Farm.」

Zhang Lin had left the office center and made his way to the lounge area.

When he arrived, he saw Zhang Yuan and her team already busy at a sales counter. A standing sign and the counter itself were both covered by a red cloth, hiding whatever was underneath.

However, a crowd of tourists had already gathered around, and they were murmuring amongst themselves:

"Why so mysterious? As if we can’t guess!"

"Exactly! This must be where they’re selling the moisturizing cream!"

"We’re ready and waiting!"

"..."

More and more tourists gathered around.

The situation online had already flipped. Most people now knew that the moisturizing cream from Li Yuan Farm was incredibly effective. The farm’s own visitors were especially interested in this, and many had been asking where they could buy the cream.

The online videos had already said that it could only be bought at Li Yuan Farm.

The bloggers also claimed that Li Yuan Farm’s moisturizing cream was a treasure-grade item. If you came to Li Yuan Farm—if a girl didn’t buy a jar for herself, or a guy didn’t buy one for his girlfriend—then your trip was a complete waste.