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How long is Chapter 69?
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General Motors headquarters.
A meeting room.
Tom propped his head up with his hand, his face grim as he watched the arguing crowd in the meeting room.
At this point, more than two hours had passed since he returned with the USB drive.
The online buzz surrounding General Motors is growing increasingly intense. This surge in attention stems partly from organic traffic and partly from the instigation of certain organizations.
However, whatever the reason.
Tom felt that they couldn't delay any longer, as crisis communication is all about "timely response".
Unfortunately, things didn't go as planned. Tom wanted to resolve the issue as soon as possible, but the Public Relations/Communications Department called a meeting with his colleagues in the Government and Public Affairs Department.
Once it starts, it lasts for two hours!
Two hours is fine, Tom has attended meetings that are even longer than this before.
The problem is, nothing has been discussed in these two hours!
crazy.
I'm going crazy.
Ultimately, this negative public opinion stems from the association he was in charge of donating to.
If this public opinion has any negative impact, he cannot escape responsibility, even if the initial decision to donate was made by higher-ups in order to dispose of the waste at a low price.
However, when assigning blame, he should still be held responsible for "insufficient investigation of his partners".
Therefore, Tom is really anxious now.
But rushing won't help. For large companies like GM, which are on the verge of bankruptcy and have explicitly stated that they will lay off employees in their self-rescue plan, employees in various departments will only have one idea when they get to work: "Formal procedures, shirking responsibility."
Any decision that deviates from the plan requires repeated meetings, approvals at each level, and the distribution of responsibility.
As for the final result, that's not important; what's important is that the work process must be completed step by step.
If Tom had only taken back an "association statement" today, the public relations department would have already issued the statement according to the crisis public relations handling plan.
Regardless of the outcome, just tell me if it complies with the regulations?
But Bane deliberately gave Tom a "public relations plan".
And Tom isn't in the public relations department.
From his perspective, he would simply think that the plan was indeed very good, and that he was solving a big problem for the public relations department, while also solving a big problem for himself.
But the public relations department might not think that way.
From their perspective, Tom brought this thing back, should I use it or not?
Is there any possibility of a reversal after using it?
Will the three main characters in the story, Jimmy, Howard, and Debbie, sue General Motors?
Who will take responsibility for the unpredictable consequences?
If we don't use it, and the current crisis isn't resolved, and superiors start to hold us accountable, asking why we didn't use this plan, how will we explain it?
Shouldn't we have a meeting to discuss this in detail?
Honestly, before Bane time-traveled, he suffered quite a bit from this kind of eerie atmosphere.
Many things could be handled efficiently, but they often end up in a situation that is difficult to manage.
However, it was precisely because he had suffered such torment that Bane gave the USB drive to Tom, because he knew very well what Tom would face.
Inside the meeting room.
Tom clenched his fists for what felt like the umpteenth time.
Finally, after the public relations team started arguing for the sixth time, he couldn't take it anymore.
"Clap clap~" He clapped twice.
Tom first drew everyone's attention to himself.
Then, suppressing his anger, he gritted his teeth and said, "Everyone, I have to remind you that nearly four hours have passed since the news about the scrap metal plant appeared on the front page of various platforms."
If this drags on, who knows how public opinion will develop? Can you guys hurry up? That Bane who provided the solution only took three minutes to explain it!
"Tom, I know you're in a hurry, but haste won't solve anything. Introducing this plan will only take three minutes, but what about execution?"
"Can it really be done in three minutes?" Eisen, the head of public relations, asked rhetorically.
"So you know that implementation takes time? Then hurry up and implement it! It's been two and a half hours, and you've been arguing for two and a half hours without getting any results."
"If you hadn't insisted on bringing up this particular proposal, would we have had this long meeting?"
"What a generous gift of crabs!" Tom was genuinely amused and exasperated. "I brought back the wrong plan? Is issuing a statement all you need to do, according to your logic?"
"Otherwise what? In the past, every time something negative happened, it was resolved with an official statement."
Eisen's reply reminded Tom of what Bane had said before, and he immediately put it to use: "I'd like you to take a look at those news articles. Did they mention the association even once?"
What's the point of you issuing a statement from the association now? Even if you issue a hundred statements, the public will just see this association as a scapegoat pushed out by our company!
"Tom, don't offer too much advice on things you're not qualified for, okay?"
"OK, OKOKOK——————Can I know when you'll be able to get this done?" Tom said, barely suppressing his anger.
"Within 24 hours."
"How long?!" Tom was dumbfounded. 24 hours? Is this even considered crisis management?
"This is already very quick. We will issue a statement shortly, first officially denying the news circulating online. Then we will take the time to confirm whether this story of a falling out is feasible."
Once it is confirmed to be feasible, appropriate channels need to be arranged for dissemination, as this plan is suspected of infringing on the portrait rights and reputation rights of others.
Therefore, the channels through which this news is published must absolutely not be related to our company. Also, it takes time for this news to gain traction and become popular.
Public relations manager Eisen began giving Tom a lesson.
Tom was so confused by what he heard that he couldn't sit still any longer.
He stood up abruptly, glanced at Eisen and the others, and said, "Anyway, handling public opinion is your public relations department's job. If any problems arise, you will be held responsible."
After saying that, he angrily turned and left the conference room.
A few minutes later————
He stood by the floor-to-ceiling window of his office.
Looking at the Detroit River across the river, he loosened his tie and unbuttoned the top button of his shirt, only then feeling that his breathing was a little easier.
Honestly, he'd love to go and shoot Howard and Eunice right now.
Knowing that GM is currently laying off employees, they still got themselves into this kind of trouble.
I took a few deep breaths.
Tom seemed to have thought of something and started rummaging in his pocket. As he rummaged, he found a business card in his inner pocket.
He took out his phone and dialed the number on the business card.
Soon, Bane's young and cheerful voice came through the receiver: "Hello?"
"It's me, Tom."
"Wow, Tom, how's it going? Is everything resolved?"
"—" Tom was taken aback by the question. After a second, he spoke again, "I'm asking you, if you were to execute your own plan, how much time would you need?"
"If the funding is in place, you can get it done whenever you want."
"Sorry, I didn't understand. What do you mean by 'I can get it done whenever I want'?"
"Let me put it another way: once the funding is in place, you'll see the news you want appear on the homepages of Google, Yahoo, and Digg in one hour."
"How long?!" Tom wondered if there was something wrong with his ears.
"1 hours."
"Are you kidding me?"
"I never joke about this kind of thing."