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Chapter 948 - 520: The Apology Is Not Sincere, Directly Shut Down for Rectification (Please Subscribe)_2

Chapter 948: Chapter 520: The Apology Is Not Sincere, Directly Shut Down for Rectification (Please Subscribe)_2

With official news reports in place, even platforms like Twitter or TikTok dare not suppress the trending status or remove hot search listings anymore.

So.

In less than two hours, four hot search topics related to Huangcheng Forest Farm and Jiangjiu Group appeared on Twitter’s trending list.

The netizens who had worked hard to keep the topic trending finally saw the light again.

They had been trying to keep the topic hot before, but the platforms kept suppressing its visibility, which didn’t do any good.

But now that NTS had reported it, the Huangcheng Forest Farm incident was about to become a hotspot known to everyone, and the enthusiasm of these netizens to keep the topic trending increased even more.

By this time, there was basically no need for Mist City Arts and Science University to step in.

Mist City Arts and Science University had already done what they could; the rest was up to the masses of Xia Country.

"NTS finally reported it!"

"Jiangjiu Group is too despicable."

"Wow, these people are unbelievable, how could they dare to destroy the ecological protective forest for sand prevention and control?"

"They must be punished severely!"

"We call on the relevant departments to investigate the truth and severely punish the responsible persons and the company!"

"There must be some unspeakable deal behind this incident, so I’m squatting for a follow-up, hoping it doesn’t end with just a slap on the wrist."

"That’s right, Jiangjiu Group must pay the price!"

"This is our Xia Country’s ecological project, and to see it chopped down and burned like this is heartbreaking!"

"We demand a thorough investigation of the truth and severe punishment without leniency!"

"If not for the few journalism students from Mist City Arts and Science University initially, this would probably never have been exposed."

"Yes, I witnessed firsthand the efforts of Mist City Arts and Science University in this matter, thumbs up!"

"The student team from the journalism department of Mist City Arts and Science University are really brave."

"I don’t understand, wasn’t it reported by NTS? What does this have to do with Mist City Arts and Science University?"

"Let me educate you, the Huangcheng Forest Farm incident was first covertly investigated by a few journalism students from Mist City Arts and Science University. It was exposed later, but Jiangjiu Group managed to PR it away, so many people did not see it, and only after that did NTS report it."

"So that’s how it was."

The voices of netizens mainly focused on three aspects.

One was the heartache and anger over the deforestation and burning of Huangcheng Forest Farm’s ecological protective forest for sand prevention and control.

The second was the demand for severe punishment from the relevant departments!

The third related to Mist City Arts and Science University, as many netizens praised the journalism students and the university’s unrelenting effort to expose this issue.

This wave has earned Mist City Arts and Science University quite a bit of positive trust!

"The journalism students from Mist City Arts and Science University are the clear stream of the news industry."

"Exactly, what kind of news is being shown these days, just look at them."

"Adhering to the industry’s bottom line, do we now have to rely on the journalism department of Mist City Arts and Science University?"

"Honestly, the news on various platforms, such as Penguin News, Headline News, Surging News—it’s simply unbearable to watch, all they do is stir up emotions or create conflicts, really speechless!"

Meanwhile, the student reporter team from the journalism department of Mist City Arts and Science University also gained recognition from many netizens for their fact-based reporting that exposed the practices of Huangcheng Forest Farm.

And the netizens believed that the work of these journalism students from Mist City Arts and Science University even surpassed that of veteran media journalists and editors.

After all, those established news media would resort to anything for traffic.

But over at the journalism department of Mist City Arts and Science University, they were simply committed to conveying the news truthfully and never tried to guide the public for the sake of traffic. Even the news release they exposed this time was a very accurate and true presentation of the news event, without adding fuel to the fire or deliberately stirring things up.

Right after NTS exposed the Huangcheng Forest Farm incident, major media outlets quickly spread the news.

The heat soared to the top of Twitter’s trending search list, with a heat index of over 20 million yuan, it literally "exploded."

And at that moment.

Jiangjiu Group issued a timely apology.

[Jiangjiu Group]v: Regarding the issues with the forest farm contracted by our company as reported, we established an investigation team to ascertain the details and now publish the findings—the deforestation and burning of Huangcheng Forest Farm timber was the wrongdoing of our company’s temporary staff. We have issued penalties such as dismissal and fines to those involved. Our company has always adhered to ecological protection as a guideline and earnestly requests public oversight. We also extend our sincere apologies for the impact this incident has caused to the public!

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Wow!

The speed at which Jiangjiu Group’s apology tweet was released could definitely be described as a model of public relations.

However.

Inside Jiangjiu Group’s apology tweet, everyone noticed that Jiangjiu Group seemed to have used an old trick.

That is—temporary workers!

Directly blaming temporary workers has become a common tactic after many incidents.

Seeing this, netizens started cursing angrily, accusing Jiangjiu Group of being shameless.

"What the hell! They’re apologizing this quickly?"

"Damn! Could this apology be any more insincere?"

"So it’s the temporary workers again?"

"You’re telling me that the vast forest farm was cut down and burned, and then planted with grapes, all by temporary workers? Do you think we’re idiots!"

"This apology statement really insults our intelligence!"

"No one would believe this crap!"

"I’m really fed up with this maneuver, always blaming the temporary workers, blaming your ma!"

"Trash Jiangjiu Group, blacklisted for life!"

"Is this it? Is this it? Is this it? I’m directly just ’this’?"

"You call this a sincere apology? I suspect you guys at Jiangjiu Group think everyone’s a fool!"

"No need to talk anymore, the relevant departments should start investigating Jiangjiu Group right away!"

"Right, Jiangjiu Group deserves severe punishment without leniency!"

Originally, Jiangjiu Group just wanted to issue a perfunctory apology statement and then use some PR tricks to muddle through.

But unexpectedly, it seems that people are not buying it anymore.

When Ding Yue saw Jiangjiu Group’s apology statement, he was nearly dying of laughter.

"Wow, what was Jiangjiu Group thinking? Bringing out such trashy reasons?"

Ding Yue laughed while slapping the table.

In the office, colleagues Huang Youjie and Xu Bin were also in tears.

This was just too stupid.

Even Huang Youjie jokingly doubted at one point whether Brother Yue had already planted PR personnel inside Jiangjiu Group.

"Brother Yue, now that the matter has blown up this big, the relevant departments will surely punish Jiangjiu Group severely, right?"

Xu Bin looked at Ding Yue and asked.

"It’s inevitable," Ding Yue nodded and said, "Let’s just sit back and watch the drama unfold. We at Mist City Arts and Science University have done all we should."

At this moment, the director of the College of Forestry from the university, Jia Nong, finally spoke up, "We must make Jiangjiu Group restore the destroyed ecological shelterbelt."

As a professional in the field of agriculture and forestry, Jia Nong believed that no punishment was as important as having Jiangjiu Group restore Huangcheng Forest Farm’s sand prevention and control ecological shelterbelt.

"That’s actually a good suggestion."

Upon hearing this, Ding Yue smiled and nodded in agreement.

Indeed, as Ding Yue and his friends were discussing, the relevant departments finally made a statement about the Huangcheng Forest Farm issue and even held a press conference.

The press conference from the relevant departments clarified two points.

The first was to investigate the irregularities or even illegal operations behind Huangcheng Forest Farm, as it was shocking that a state-owned forest farm had been contracted out to a company.

The second was how the case of Huangcheng Forest Farm would be handled subsequently.

After the press conference by the relevant departments concluded, a bombshell news item was released.

[Breaking News! Jiangjiu Group has been ordered by the authorities to suspend business for rectification due to the Huangcheng Forest Farm incident!]

This news somewhat surprised Ding Yue.

Such a huge Jiangjiu Group, directly ordered to suspend business and undergo rectification!