The meeting room in the military headquarters wasn't a secret meeting room. It was where everyone usually held democratic meetings.
Therefore, it wasn't heavily guarded.
In the crowded hallway, the guards at the door, and the personal secretaries who followed the leaders out were all fortunate enough to witness this grand "rumor-refuting" event.
The video on the TV ended.
The meeting room was silent for a moment, then everyone turned to look at Huo Guanchen, who had been "refuted."
Huo Guanchen still didn't have any special expression. He looked the same as before, but there was a slight hint of surprise.
He cleared his throat and said with a smile, "I will ask Miss Guo about this again. The person who secretly filmed the video can't get away with it."
Speaker Long's mood had been at rock bottom since the beginning of the video.
He went from anger, to surprise, to grievance, and now he couldn't take it anymore.
Speaker Long chuckled and twisted his neck to look at Huo Guanchen standing at the door. "This' rumor-refuting 'is really good. She was singing General Huo's praises from the beginning to the end."
Huo Guanchen said calmly, "I think Miss Guo's logic is still very clear. She clearly said in the video that she wasn't forced to be a nanny at my house. She did it willingly. Isn't this refuting the rumors for Nianzhi?"
"Also, she even said what happened in the past. She publicly and sincerely apologized to Nianzhi in the video. Isn't that enough? Speaker Long, what else do you want? Sue her in court and put her in jail, or summon her to the Senate and have the members hold a hearing to question her? "
"She has nothing left. She came to my house to be a nanny to preserve her last bit of dignity."
The leaders in the meeting room looked at each other.
General Ji looked at Huo Guanchen with a sullen expression. He tapped his fingers on the conference table a few times and said, "On the surface, this is indeed the case. But don't you think there's something wrong?"
He looked at everyone in the meeting room one by one. "Don't tell me that you're all as touched as Director Huo."
"Haha …"
"Haha …"
"Haha …"
The meeting room was filled with all kinds of ambiguous laughter.
There were less than ten people in total. Other than Speaker Long, the rest were the top leaders in the military. Who didn't have a score to settle?
However, from their point of view, this was indeed Huo Guanchen's family business.
Previously, they were only worried that this incident would negatively affect Huo Guanchen's reputation. This would also be publicly damaging the military's reputation.
They weren't protecting Huo Guanchen; they were protecting the overall interests of the military headquarters.
Now that Guo Huining refuted the rumors, the comments on the internet immediately changed. Many people consciously stopped mentioning HGC.
Major websites now had enough reasons to filter HGC-related letters and Chinese words as keywords.
In less than an hour, the entire internet could no longer search for "HGC" or anything related to it.
The threat to the military headquarters' reputation had been resolved, and Huo Guanchen could also stay out of it. There were still discussions online about the feud between Gu Nianzhi and Guo Huining.
The news of "being forced to be a nanny" had already been quietly erased along with the ban of HGC.
General Ji and Speaker Long looked at each other. They had no reason to blame Huo Guanchen or continue to interfere with the Huo family's affairs.
"Alright, this matter is over for the time being. Director Huo, we won't comment on your personal matters unless they involve official matters. "General Ji looked up at him." If I don't sweep the house, how can I sweep the world? Director Huo understands this better than I do. "
How could a person who worked in politics not understand this principle?
Huo Guanchen only continued to smile and nodded. "The chiefs have a point. I will continue to follow up on this matter."
His style had always been like this. Whether he was happy, in pain, angry, resentful, embarrassed, or wronged, he would never show it on his face.
Moreover, the emotional fluctuations he displayed were not as simple as being emotional.
He had suffered such a huge setback with Bai Jinyi, but he was still calm in the face of it. Other than expressing regret, he still acted as usual. He didn't feel that he had lost face in front of others because of it.
Everyone in the conference room knew that Huo Guanchen had a nickname in the military headquarters — "The White Stripe in the Waves." It was actually a description of how slippery he was and how he was able to do things without getting stained.
"Alright, that's all for today's meeting. Director Huo, you really need to do a thorough investigation. Not only are you the Director of the Political Department, your son is also the Chief of the Special Operations Forces. Your son's fiancée is now the Chief Legal Advisor of the Senate. Your family matters can't be completely family matters anymore. "
In the conference room, a big shot who had a good relationship with Huo Guanchen smiled and tried to smooth things over.
Huo Guanchen quickly stood up and gave a standard military salute to the people in the conference room. "Yes, Chief."
..
The commotion in the courtyard of the military headquarters fell silent because of Guo Huining's "refutation of the rumors".
However, the atmosphere in Song Jinning's apartment was even more heated.
Lu Jin was so angry that he almost smashed the television in the living room.
He pointed at the wall-mounted television and shouted at Lu Yuan, "… This is what you call refuting the rumors?! Is your old madam Hong suffering from dementia?! It's been a whole day. Where's her refutation of the rumors?! "
Lu Yuan also shook his head helplessly and said, "I've been in meetings today. I called her in the morning and thought that her statement would come out soon."
Lu Yuan knew that he wouldn't be able to reason with Lu Jin at this time.
This was because there were too many things to complain about in the video online, and they had a lot of dirt on Guo Huining. It would only be a matter of minutes before they could turn the tables and slap him in the face.
But if it was that simple, why would the other party spend so much effort to cause trouble?
Lu Yuan and the others had calculated the online craze. Without an investment of tens of millions of yuan, it was impossible to create such a scale.
Therefore, after discussing it with Huo Shaoheng, they both decided to wait and see how far the other party would go.
On the other side, old madam Hong had taken the initiative to refute the rumors, and he had agreed. He had to give the old lady a chance to apologize, right?
However, Guo Huining had still exceeded their expectations.
Lu Yuan smiled and changed the channel. He said lightly, "… Guo Huining has an expert behind her."
Lu Jin glared at him. "Do I need you to say that?! Her clothes, makeup, tone of voice, and even her body language have all been carefully prepared and rehearsed! "
"She shot this video at least a hundred and eighty times to achieve this effect!"
His gaze turned back to the television. Some channels were broadcasting Guo Huining's apology.
Lu Jin spat hatefully and pointed at Guo Huining, who was becoming more and more dignified and elegant on the television. "Nonsense! The grudge is getting bigger and bigger. Let me tell you! If you want to climb up by stepping on my daughter, you'll have to do it over my dead body first! "
Lu Yuan: "…"
Just as they were arguing, old madam Hong's lawyer's letter to refute the rumors finally arrived.
The major media and television stations immediately followed up.
Because the HGC could no longer be mentioned, the media also had to find a new hot topic.
And the Hong Corporation, which was still at the forefront of the storm, was of course the best target.
In old madam Hong's lawyer's letter to refute the rumors, she focused on the matter of the Hong Corporation firing Guo Huining and stated that they continued to reserve the right to pursue Guo Huining's legal liability.
However, this statement happened to echo what Guo Huining had said in her video to refute the rumors, "… I was wrong, I was guilty, and I will bear all the consequences." It made it seem that Guo Huining was sincerely apologizing and willing to pay the price for what she had done. Meanwhile, the Hong Corporation was still pursuing her relentlessly to completely destroy Guo Huining.
The netizens, who easily sympathized with the weak, were once again led by the water army to stand on Guo Huining's side. They mocked the Hong Corporation one after another. If they wanted to sue, then sue. What rights did they have to reserve?!
All the statements of only sending a lawyer's letter but not going to the court to formally file a complaint were all hooliganism to tease the onlookers!
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This was today's second update: Chapter 2011, "The Grudge Is Getting Bigger and Bigger."
It's Monday again. Please give me a round of recommendation votes ~ ~ ~
It seems like it's also the end of the month? Time flies. Please give me a round of monthly votes as usual.
There were two updates today.
PS: Some people always say, "Do I need to know how to refrigerate myself when I evaluate a refrigerator?"
But dear, you're not evaluating the refrigeration of a refrigerator, but teaching it how to refrigerate.
Don't you need to know how to refrigerate yourself before you can teach a refrigerator how to refrigerate? — ← _ ← I'm speaking from my feelings, don't take it personally.
Dear, you can use this to argue back against those contrarians who like to say, "Do I need to know how to refrigerate myself when I evaluate a refrigerator?" (???)?
Muah, muah ~ ~ ~
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