—Exactly! The child kindly took her own pocket money to buy toys for the other children. That’s called sharing! Think back to when you were kids—did you have that kind of awareness?
—Besides, the girl seemed perfectly clear-headed to me. She didn’t just buy toys, either. Didn’t you hear her say she would give them books and workbooks later? She even said that anyone who made it into the top ten could go to an amusement park!
—I’m dying! The moment those kids heard “workbooks,” their jaws dropped. Sure enough, homework is the natural enemy of children no matter the era, hahaha!
—To be honest, after seeing that final scene, even if she was putting on an act, I’d still support her! Food, clothing, and toys only solve their immediate needs. For children in an orphanage, the only way out is to get good grades, take advantage of the government’s financial aid policies, and get into a good university so they can build a future!
—This! Seriously, the gaokao really is the only way these children can change their fate! The little girl thought so far ahead for them. Even if she was pretending, I’d still support her!
—I don’t think she was pretending. She genuinely gets along with those kids. Otherwise, do you really think so many seven- and eight-year-olds would listen to you?
—Don’t you all think this little girl has incredible leadership and logical thinking skills? No wonder she comes from a wealthy family—she’s had all kinds of mental training. My kid’s already in middle school and still acts like a toddler. q-q
—Girls are born with leadership instincts when it comes to caring for their group.
…
After the official media reports came out and the video was released, public opinion online gradually began to recover. The Group’s public relations department realized this was a good opportunity and released some of the videos from Seventh Miss’s previous visit to the orphanage as well.
Of course, they edited out Mrs. Ge’s parts.
Everything went smoothly until the detailed list of donated supplies was posted online, at which point the entire internet erupted.
—Well, she’s young, so she really doesn’t know how to hold back. This little girl is so refreshingly honest! [Laughing cry]
—What the heck, fifty thousand dollars can buy this much stuff? What did people donate before? A million or two million, and there still weren’t any major items!?
—Tsk, I believe now that this little girl genuinely wants to do charity! The visit happened in September, but it only came to light because of the black hot search!
—Oh my, posting such a detailed shopping list must have offended a lot of people! The girl is way too honest!
—Exactly! Who knows how many people’s interests she’s stepping on! @Jiang Corporation’s official account, make sure you protect your young miss!
—Everyone’s praising her for being kindhearted, but no one’s complimenting how adorable she is? She’s cuteness itself~
—I hereby announce that she’s my cyber-daughter! Seriously, who wouldn’t want such an adorable, sensible daughter who even reminds everyone to do their homework?
…
Because of the earlier black hot search, even when some people who disliked her tried to post sarcastic comments, the masses quickly shut them down.
Empty words online are useless. Why don’t you show us your actual donation certificates?
If you haven’t donated a single cent yourself, stop criticizing a child online. Go home, slap yourself a few times, and then come back!
Mingyue Tower.
Because of the earlier “suppression” phase, Qiuyun did not let her young miss look at her phone. Instead, she stayed in the room and carved wood with her.
Although the young miss was emotionally steady, she was still a child. It was better for her to have as little contact with this kind of negative material as possible.
Only after someone from MR called to say that the water had been drained and public opinion online was now mostly positive did Qiuyun end the ban and open the social media platforms to look at the praise.
Sure enough, the words “gaokao” were practically carved into the bones of the Chinese people as a KPI. Qiuyun had gotten the young miss to play the trump card of urging everyone to study, and the murkiest waters had immediately cleared.
She told the young miss the good news.
Jiang Chuling continued carving the wood in her hands and showed no intention of going online to take a look.
“Sister Xiaoqiu, I’m not going to look,” she said seriously. “Just like you said, bad comments can affect me, but good comments can affect me too. I need to have my own standards and not let other people influence me.”
Qiuyun was slightly surprised, but immediately shut off her phone.
“Okay. We won’t look.”
She had never expected that, at such a young age, the young miss would already possess such awareness.
She had a promising future ahead of her!
The incident continued fermenting online for two days. Not only did Jiang Chuling gain a large following of “mom fans,” but the Jiang Corporation also successfully established a positive public image.
At the weekend family dinner, Old Master Jiang praised Jiang Chuling over and over again. He even said that the way she had climbed onto a box reminded him of himself when he was young. In short, he was so pleased that he could not have been more satisfied.
As for the smear campaign from before—even though it had caused no real trouble on the surface and had instead accidentally put them on the trending searches for free—no one brought up the fact that it had backfired so spectacularly.
Still, cough cough, everyone had more or less guessed the truth.
At the dinner table, Ge Furen’s usually gentle and loving expression was genuinely on the verge of twisting out of shape.
Wonderful.
Not only had she lost a huge source of illicit profit, she had also ended up taking the blame!
Yet no one would mention it, leaving her with no grounds to defend herself. If she rashly brought it up and tried to explain, wouldn’t that only confirm that she had a guilty conscience?
She had known that little troublemaker’s invitation to the orphanage was not made with good intentions!
The girl had truly dealt her a vicious blow.
The orphanage hot search finally came to an end.
But every gain came with a loss. Having fans meant being investigated by curious netizens.
Jiang Chuling’s basic personal information, such as her name and age, was dug up. Everyone also adopted the nickname used by her family and affectionately began calling her Little Seven.
Two days later, Qiuyun instructed two former MR employees to successfully infiltrate the fan group. They then encouraged everyone to say that Little Seven should attend the annual meeting so they could see their fresh, beautiful daughter in person!
The fans promptly flooded the Jiang Corporation’s official account with comments asking for Little Seven to attend the annual meeting as well.
The public relations department’s online team was responsible for monitoring public opinion, so the situation was reported to their superiors. The report was passed upward, level by level, until it finally reached Old Master Jiang.
To be honest, he had always avoided letting the children come into contact with the Group too early, so they would not lose themselves in wealth and power at a young age.
But Little Seven was a girl. On top of that, she had a good image and was naturally approachable, which could help shape the Group’s public image. If she attended as a charity ambassador, then perhaps… there was no harm in it?
When Qiuyun received the news, she was working overtime at Tanmeng.
After all, with the big boss away and Daniel entrusted with the sacred principle of “when in doubt, ask Miss Qiu,” Qiuyun had found herself with even more to do at Tanmeng.
Daniel handled the company’s external business dealings with President Pei, while Qiuyun took over internal management.
“Okay, understood. Yes, I’ll adjust my schedule.”
After hanging up, the corners of Qiuyun’s lips lifted by two pixels. She immediately sent the young miss a text message.
In the past, the young miss had always replied instantly.
But now she had an image to maintain. Her classmates kept asking whether doing charity was fun and things like that, so she had started switching her smartwatch to silent mode during class.
“Chief Artist Qiu, Sun Guoping is here again. He’s downstairs.”
Daniel immediately came in to report the news.
