"All right, it's settled." Xiao Mo swept his gaze over everyone present. "As for He Rumeng and her husband, leave them hanging for now. Why do I feel like the more they target us, the better things get for us?"
Nuomi chimed in, "Right, leave them alone for now. If we really followed the Three-Surnamed House Slave's script, exposing He Rumeng's past and responding with someone's private affairs would be the complete opposite of the aboveboard approach we're taking now. We'd only be lowering ourselves."
Everyone laughed. Wang Xiaoliang nodded. "Three-Surnamed House Slave-what a nickname! Nuomi, you really are something!"
"Of course." Nuomi winked at Wang Xiaoliang.
Huang Xueli sat up a little straighter. "Before we get serious, we need to put this on record with Industry and Commerce. Explain our specific circumstances. It's better to report it proactively than wait for them to come knocking. If we successfully take over the Liquor Factory, we should first reassure the workers, suspend operations for rectification, and keep outsiders out."
"That's a very good suggestion. This is where we need Dahuang." Xiao Mo smiled at Huang Xueli.
"Following that line of thought, we should take preventive measures with the platform too."
"Keep the wording vague," Nuomi picked up. "But we can't drag it out too long either. Just long enough."
"Tomorrow's the deadline we agreed on with Fake Li. I'll stall him," Xiao Mo said, glancing at his phone. "I'll say we're still negotiating with the manufacturer. He'll record it; there's no need to guess about that. Then he'll release it and trigger online attacks against us. He gets traffic and followers, and if we're right that Li Zhenglu paid him to do this-oh! No, that the Three-Surnamed House Slave hired him-then he'll also get a sizable commission."
"We need to write