Back to the Past to Become a Fishing King-Chapter 550 - 317: Treatment for the Newcomer

Ma Yafei made quick money on Kuaishou, but soon his account was completely banned, disappearing from the public eye.

After seeing the site's announcement, Zhang Yang leisurely gave Old Zhao a call.

"Brother Zhao, the announcement is out. His face is banned, permanently banned! You can contact the media now to suppress the impact of the special event and get the donation hype going!"

"Got it! Leave it to me!"

...

A day later, several local stations around Eastern Mountain Province and satellite channels all carried this piece of news.

The president of a fishing gear company in W City, exemplified his style by donating all the gifts received from his Kuaishou livestream, along with rallying tens of thousands of fishing enthusiasts in the livestream room to donate towards building Project Hope for children in remote areas! 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

The ones spreading gossip vanished, and Ma Yafei's account was banned. He also faced subsequent lawsuits from Zhang Yang Company's legal team.

After this incident, Zhang Yang's fame and influence among the fishing enthusiast community on the platform rose significantly.

In this scandal, neither Zhang Yang nor Ma Yafei, the involved parties, could be considered true winners.

Zhang Yang spent at least hundreds of thousands to restore his reputation, while Ma Yafei, banned and running away, was completely shut down.

But there were unexpected gains in this incident.

To Zhang Yang's surprise, the newly opened Fishing Sisters account run by Xiaowei and YOYO blew up.

Just one special press conference where Xiaowei and YOYO briefly appeared to clarify the truth, Zhang Yang took the opportunity to promote them, and the result was an account with fewer than 2,000 followers gained over 10,000 new followers in less than half an hour. By the time Zhang Yang was near ending his stream, people were asking in the public chat what the sister-in-law's account name was.

In just under a day, a cold-start account gained over 40,000 followers, equivalent to several months or even half a year's effort for a regular fishing streamer.

Having played around online a lot, one must admit a reality — appearance is a special kind of resource. Just because it's pretty, it can gain tens of thousands of followers, and quite a few followers haven't even seen YOYO and Xiaowei fishing yet and just followed them haphazardly.

With the scandal settled, Zhang Yang became relaxed in the following days. The company structure is now very complete, and real matters have responsible individuals. Zhang Yang shamelessly continued to be the hands-off boss.

What? You ask about the subsequent legal accountability of Ma Yafei? There are specialized legal personnel following up, lawsuits can't be concluded in a short time. Evidence collection is complete, take it slow!

While Zhang Yang occasionally went to the company for meetings and usually spent his time relaxing in the store, one day the company front desk suddenly called Zhang Yang.

"President Zhang, there's a kid here at the company who said he's here as agreed to report to you! Is he your friend?"

"A kid? Friend?" Zhang Yang scratched his head, having no impression of this at first.

"Yes, not very old, at most in his early twenties! Seems quite dark-skinned, a bit like Brother Yan from our company's livestreaming team!"

Hearing this, Zhang Yang immediately remembered.

"Ask him if he's from Hebei and called Xiaobao!" Met Xie Tianhao at Jinghai Garden, and he persisted in letting his nephew learn from Zhang Yang. Zhang Yang agreed, but when he returned to W City, he never reported in. Now he's over ten days late coming.

"Yes! He says he is!"

"Alright! I got it. Ask him to wait at the front desk for a moment, I'll find someone to connect with him!"

"Sure!"

Ending the call, the front desk glanced at Xie Xiaobao: "Our President Zhang said to wait here for a while, someone will soon come and connect with you!"

"Alright, thank you, pretty sister!" Xie Xiaobao, though average-looking, had a sweet mouth. On his first encounter with the front desk lady, he was not shy, even slightly slick-talking.

"Wait here, it should be quick! Want some water? There's a water dispenser nearby!" Being called pretty made Xiaoli quite happy, pointing to the water dispenser by the wall.

"Not thirsty, thank you, pretty sister! Now that I'm here at the company, we'll be colleagues later, I'll treat you to iced tea after work! I'm Xiaobao, Xie Xiaobao! Friends and family all call me Bao Bao!"

"Nonsense, I won't call you that! I'm... not talking to you!" Xiaoli was a few years older than Xiaobao yet blushed after his two or three sentences.

"Haha! I'm not taking advantage of you. I'm really called Xie Xiaobao! If you don't believe me, I'll show you my ID card!" Xiaobao cheekily leaned over the counter and pulled out his ID card to show Xiaoli.

"Who wants to see your ID card! Alright, remembered it, Xie Xiaobao! I'm Xiaoli, you're Xiaobao, we're of the same generation! From now on, I'm your big sister. Follow me, you won't lose out!"

"Haha! Alright, big sister!" Xiaobao, feeling familiar, bowed, making Xiaoli laugh heartily.

Just when the two were chatting and laughing, Liu Zi came over from the company back door, holding half-eaten ice cream.

In spring, the company backyard dug a small competition pond. Recently, Liu Zi and Meng Fan practiced there, and they could catch a free lunch in the cafeteria.

Zhang Yang hadn't found anyone else, so Liu Zi was here to greet the new Xiaobao.