Daddy, Come Home For Dinner!

Chapter 930: Chapter 930: Boycott

Most of them also have direct ties with the Zhuang Family.

Such connections cannot be easily swayed by others.

Consider the person replacing Zhuang Mingyan, who must handle a large mess and can’t quickly gain control over her subordinates.

If it were certain that this person would completely replace Zhuang Mingyan, it wouldn’t be so bad.

But if it’s just a temporary job reassignment,

nobody wants to deal with such a thankless task.

Therefore, colleagues analyze for themselves that the company won’t let Zhuang Mingyan remain in a minor role for long.

Sooner or later, she will be transferred back to her original position.

Initially, the company promoted Zhuang Mingyan not solely because of her personal ability.

It was more due to her backing by the Zhuang Family and her connections in Hua Country.

Handling some affairs related to the International Cooking Competition in Hua Country is also more convenient.

Otherwise, given the mistake Zhuang Mingyan made this time,

even if they hadn’t yet learned of the backlash and resistance from Chinese netizens, the company wouldn’t be so lenient with her and treat her with such favoritism.

The company isn’t a charity; it’s unlikely to be so tolerant of Zhuang Mingyan’s mistakes.

When Zhuang Mingyan heard the information brought by her colleague, she was displeased, but she knew this was already a lenient punishment for her.

Zhuang Mingyan ended the call with her colleague in frustration.

But unexpectedly, the issue wasn’t over.

The hosting company’s department employees opened their emails and found that the inbox was completely filled overnight!

The company’s email, which has a large storage capacity, was completely filled—how many emails suddenly flooded in?

By Friday’s end, everything was still good.

Upon opening, they were all complaint emails.

The first one at the top was from a netizen in Hua Country.

It contained video clips of the Changping Cooking Competition, mainly featuring Zhuang Mingyan’s parts, with translated subtitles thoughtfully included.

The employees, looking at the full inbox, felt a bit overwhelmed for a moment.

They had to check them one by one.

Many of them were actually the same.

There were templates and phrases provided by other netizens.

Other netizens simply copied and sent them over.

But even so, they had to check them.

Because there certainly were different emails mixed in between.

When they saw identical emails, they directly skipped over them.

This slightly sped up the process.

In a short time, they had gone through dozens of emails.

Later, they skipped similar titles and checked emails with different ones, allowing them to review emails even faster.

Practically, the inbox was so full that other work-related emails couldn’t come in.

This really delayed quite a bit of business.

The employee hurriedly organized these emails and went to report to the secretary general.

"Now, netizens from Hua Country are saying that if we don’t handle Zhuang Mingyan, they will boycott our competition," the employee said.

The secretary general’s expression immediately turned serious: "Send me these organized emails. I’ll discuss them with Lucas."

"Yes."

After receiving them, the secretary general went to find Lucas.

Lucas thought to himself, what on earth was happening today, as the secretary general had already come twice within an hour.

"What’s going on now?" Lucas asked.

"It’s still about Jenny," the secretary general said.

Jenny is Zhuang Mingyan’s designation in the company.

The company’s employees came from various countries.

As it is an international organization,

there are employees of all colors, races, and nationalities.

To show that the International Cooking Competition’s hosts are fair, there is no bias based on nationality, skin color, or race.

However, since English speakers are the majority,

even if there are people from Hua Country at the company—most of them are either born here or immigrated at a young age—

they don’t really understand much Chinese anymore.

Of course, there are also students who studied here and stayed without returning to their home country.

But because of the company’s overall linguistic environment, everyone speaks English.

This results in even employees from Hua Country having a Chinese name, but still needing an English name in the company for colleagues’ convenience.

"Not only did Changping Company complain to us, but even netizens from Hua Country wrote complaint emails, threatening to boycott us," the secretary general said.

"Just some netizens, is it worth such a serious reaction?" Lucas still did not understand the seriousness of the situation.

"It’s not just some netizens; the number of complaint emails today filled our company’s external inbox to the point where no new emails could come in," the secretary general explained. "You should understand just how many people sent emails!"

"These are just the ones who succeeded in sending their emails. How many sent emails that couldn’t get through because the inbox was already full?"

"These are only the highly proactive netizens who directly filed complaints. How many have quietly decided to boycott without bothering to send us emails?"

"The number of netizens in Hua Country is enormous; it’s a very significant market. If those netizens decide to boycott us, the loss we suffer will be incalculable!"

"All along, our cooking competition has put considerable emphasis on the Hua Country market. With a large population and a vast market, they consume our derivative products swiftly and in large quantities. When we aim to create highlights, nowhere else can rival Hua Country’s numbers."

"Ignoring other factors, just consider the entertainment industry; those actors and films may flop in their own country, but as long as they can succeed in Hua Country, they can continue with sequels, even if they flop back at home. The actors still have a market to earn money."

The size of the Hua Country market can be seen as of great importance to them.

"Our cooking competition’s sponsors, in every edition, have mostly been from Hua Country. Even the title sponsors are mostly won by them."

Title sponsors have to compete for spots.

Sponsors only appear during specific segments of the competition.

This includes oral mentions by hosts, some product placements, and occasional ad logos appearing on screen.

But title sponsors are different.

They appear continuously throughout the competition.

From start to finish, their presence is prominent.

It’s the most thorough form of promotion.

Naturally, it costs the brand a significant amount of money.

"To break into the international market, brands from Hua Country are willing to spend extravagantly," the secretary-general said.

They care greatly about international recognition, not just being content with their domestic market.

Sometimes, they even overestimate the international market.

They regard global recognition as prestige, fame, and money.

Little do they know, in fact, that many highly value the Hua Country market even more.

"If a significant boycott occurs, and sponsors who support our competition are also boycotted, leading our International Cooking Competition brand to become highly risky, sponsors would be more cautious in investing in us."