Chapter 53: High Probability of Being Tricked
After hearing the explanation, He Xiaoli was so stunned that she was speechless. Anyone who read it would think it was a statement of dissatisfaction, but the person involved gave a completely opposite explanation. She is truly a reporter, and her ability to confuse right and wrong is truly admirable.
Zhang Mingliang had similar thoughts as his girlfriend. It was also the first time he heard this version of the explanation, and he even felt a sense of freshness and refinement in his heart.
"Isn't your explanation a bit forced?" He Xiaoli asked after she came to her senses. "Are you going to leave the capital? Or have you contracted some terminal disease that prevents you from eating dumplings? Why do you think you won't be able to eat them in the future?"
She suspected that the other party had no idea that the dumpling restaurant was owned by her colleague's girlfriend's family when he posted on Weibo. Later, Zhang Mingliang saw the Weibo and told the person the truth, and then the other party came here to force an explanation on her.
"Brother Liang told me that your dumpling restaurant is not doing well and is going to close, so I felt this way," said Xu Jie.
"Even so, you should have made it clear on Weibo to avoid misunderstandings from netizens..." He Xiaoli suddenly stopped talking, her mind starting to become a little confused.
Although the other party explained to her, he did not explain to netizens. That is to say, after reading the Weibo, netizens still think that the dumplings in her dumpling restaurant are not delicious. But if that is the case, why do so many people come to check in? Shouldn't they come to check in because the dumplings are delicious?
Or maybe all netizens understood what the blogger meant, but she was the only one who didn't? But the Weibo comment section was full of curses, scrambling to prove that the blogger was wrong and to contradict the blogger.
The more He Xiaoli thought about it, the more headache she had, and the more confused she became.
Zhang Mingliang seemed to see his girlfriend's confusion, so he told her everything Xu Jie had said to him at noon.
Bar promotion, two million black fans, the advertisement failed. He Xiaoli was stunned when she heard it, and wondered in her heart, is there such an operation?
"Why didn't you tell me earlier?" He Xiaoli pinched her boyfriend's arm hard, causing herself to be embarrassed.
"Oh, didn't I want to give you a surprise? Who would have thought that you were so suspicious that you didn't even believe me." Zhang Mingliang said aggrievedly while rubbing his arm.
He Xiaoli felt embarrassed immediately after hearing this, but she was also a straightforward person, so she bowed and apologized to her boyfriend's colleague directly: "I'm sorry, I wronged you."
"Sister-in-law, you are too polite." Xu Jie said quickly, "Brother Liang usually takes good care of me, and I don't want to see him frowning and sighing all day long."
Zhang Mingliang raised his head and straightened his chest. Xu Jie's words made him feel very honored.
At this moment, he suddenly remembered something and took out a book from his bag and handed it to his girlfriend: "Aren't you a fan of Su Yun? This is Su Yun's book. It has her autograph on it. There are also two autographed photos of her. They were both given to me by Xu Jie."
He Xiaoli was overjoyed when she received it, her face full of joy, and she greeted them warmly: "Don't leave, I'll ask the kitchen to make you something to eat."
"No need, sister-in-law. I just came to see the effect. I'll be relieved if it's not a failure." Xu Jie waved his hands repeatedly. Seeing so many people in the dumpling restaurant, he said, "You guys do your own things. I'm going home first."
"Don't worry, I haven't had the chance to thank you yet. How can you just leave like this? No, you must stay for dinner tonight." He Xiaoli said seriously and nudged Zhang Mingliang beside her with her elbow.
"Yes, yes." Zhang Mingliang held Xu Jie.
"Su Yun is still waiting for me at home. I have to go back early. I can't let her worry, right?" Xu Jie explained.
He Xiaoli suddenly realized why the other party was in a hurry to leave. "Okay, then I won't keep you today. When you have time another day, let Mingliang bring you over for dinner."
"Okay, sister-in-law." Xu Jie nodded, thought for a moment and said, "I don't know how long the effect of my advertisement can last. If you want to keep it going for a long time, you have to find a way on your own."
He Xiaoli also knows that the effect of advertising is only temporary, but being able to help the dumpling restaurant in its most difficult time is like providing timely assistance.
Xu Jie is gone.
He Xiaoli and Zhang Mingliang stood on the side of the road and looked at it from afar.
"When I first learned that Su Yun was marrying an ordinary man, I was depressed for a long time and felt that they were not a good match. Now it seems that there must be something shining about him that attracted Su Yun, such as his willingness to help others and his selflessness..." He Xiaoli said to her boyfriend while looking at the taxi driving away.
"Of course, my brother Xu Jie is a hidden talent." Zhang Mingliang said proudly.
The two didn't return to the dumpling restaurant until the taxi disappeared from their sight.
While helping out, Zhang Mingliang discovered a strange phenomenon: many people would take photos with their mobile phones and post them on Weibo while eating dumplings. He didn't know what was going on at first, until one time he secretly glanced at the customers' phones and found that they were all leaving messages in the comment section of Xu Jie's Weibo.
"I've already arrived at the dumpling restaurant. There are a lot of people there. The dumplings taste really good. They're not as bad as Soft Rice Jie said."
“These are the best dumplings I’ve ever had, no arguments.”
"Zha Zha Jie, I dare say there is definitely something wrong with your tongue."
In addition to the text, photos of the dumpling restaurant were also posted, which definitely proves the truth.
With the on-site verification by some fans, those fans who could not be present immediately became excited and left crazy messages in the comment section.
"Scumbag Jie, are you disappointed that your conspiracy didn't succeed?"
"Justice may be late, but it will never be absent."
"If you make a mistake, you must admit it. If you are beaten, you must stand firm . If you are a man, don't delete your Weibo like you did last time."
“…”
While fans were scrambling to defend the dumpling restaurant, there was a person crying silently in the corner.
Wu Hao laughed for a long time when he saw the Weibo post posted by Xu Jie at noon. He thought to himself that with the other party's tendency to be criticized, those who praised him were forced to suspend business for rectification, and now it's the turn of those who disparaged him, shouldn't they just close down?
However, just as he was waiting to see the show, he found that in addition to the usual criticism of Xu Jie, the fans in the comment section were speaking up for the Dumpling Restaurant and fighting for justice. There were even local fans in Beijing who threatened to go to the Dumpling Restaurant to vindicate the dumplings. Such comments surprised him, and he couldn't understand why the bar was boycotted by fans while the Dumpling Restaurant was supported by fans.
Out of curiosity, he brought two followers to the dumpling restaurant. On the one hand, he wanted to know whether the dumplings here were as bad as Xu Jie said, and on the other hand, he wanted to see whether Xu Jie's fans would really come here to check in.
He ordered six kinds of dumplings with different fillings, tasted a few bites of each, and found that the dumplings were not as bad as Xu Jie said. Instead, they were delicious. Even he, who usually doesn't like dumplings, ate them with relish. Fans also began to counterattack Xu Jie with pictures and the truth in the comment section.
At first he thought that these fans might simply be against Xu Jie. When Xu Jie said something good, the fans hated him, and when Xu Jie said something bad, the fans liked him. But gradually he felt that things might not be as simple as they seemed.
Doesn't reporter Xu know that his fans are all haters? After the incident at the bar last time, he must know, but if he knows, why did he write bad things about this dumpling restaurant on Weibo? Doesn't he know that his fans will still oppose him?
Thinking of this, an idea suddenly popped into his mind.
"Sister, is your dumpling restaurant usually so crowded?" Wu Hao asked a waiter who was serving dishes.
"There are a lot of people during the New Year holidays, not so many on normal days." The waiter said truthfully and left in a hurry.
"oh."
Wu Hao fell into deep thought.
Just then, he saw a familiar figure in the dumpling restaurant, but for a moment he couldn't remember where he had seen him.
"Hey, stop eating." Wu Hao stretched out his leg and kicked Su Lei who was sitting opposite him. "Look at that person serving the dishes. Does he look familiar to you?"
Su Lei looked up and said with a puffed mouth: "Isn't that my brother-in-law? Bah, isn't that Xu Jie's colleague?"
Wu Hao raised his eyebrows, "Are you sure?"
Su Lei nodded while eating, "Sure, I saw this guy outside the gate when I went to the TV station to wait for Xu Jie a few days ago. He even asked Xu Jie for my sister's autographed photo."
When Wu Hao heard this, his face immediately turned gloomy.
He felt that there was a high probability that he had been fooled!
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