Gu Xiyan finished speaking and then turned to point at the large screen behind her, snapping her fingers immediately.
Suddenly, a video appeared on the screen behind her, which was a video of the Jinyu Group's pharmaceutical factory in River City's Suburb, producing the Beauty Pill.
The crowd watched with some confusion.
Gu Xiyan opened her mouth to explain at the same time, "As everyone knows, our Jinyu Group's Beauty Pill is in such high demand that we sell out every day. This isn't us playing at hunger marketing, but because the production standards for the Beauty Pill are incredibly stringent. Aside from the issues with instruments and medicinal materials, there is also the problem with the local water and soil. In other cities, we can't yet produce qualified Beauty Pills, which is why there is only such a limited quantity available every day..."
Upon hearing Gu Xiyan's words, the audience vaguely guessed what she meant.
At that moment, Gu Xiyan turned back around and stared at the female reporter, saying, "The Beauty Pills we are currently selling globally are produced twenty-four hours a day on just these few assembly line machines. Tell me, if it were due to poor quality herbs, resulting in disfiguring Beauty Pills, why would so many people take them together, and in the end, only around a dozen suffered disfigurement?"
The female reporter had no idea how dire the situation was at Jinyu Group, with only these few production lines, and she turned red with embarrassment as she forced an explanation, "Perhaps, it is because of individual differences in people's constitutions that some people suffer no ill effects while others are disfigured after taking the pills. Or maybe disfigurement is a process that takes time, you can't prove that there's nothing wrong with your Beauty Pills."
Gu Xiyan did not rush to present more evidence, but watched the female reporter with a playful look, suddenly asking, "You make a good point, so let me ask you, do you think you would suffer disfigurement if you took a Beauty Pill?"
"I'm not sure," the female reporter shook her head, "Right now, everyone is concerned for their safety, afraid that taking the Beauty Pill will cause disfigurement, how could I dare to take that risk?"
"Oh, then why did you take a Beauty Pill before attending our Jinyu Group's press conference?" Gu Xiyan said with a smirk.
No sooner had Gu Xiyan's voice fallen,
Than the female reporter's complexion changed drastically.
The other reporters also cried out in disbelief.
"What?!"
"She still dared to take a Beauty Pill?"
"Why do I feel that something's not quite right?"
The crowd started murmuring amongst themselves.
Gu Xiyan shouted, "Quiet!"
The venue gradually grew quiet.
Seeing everyone's eyes on her, the female reporter's face turned even redder as she struggled to speak, "I don't know what General Gu is talking about. Under these circumstances, how would I dare to just take a Beauty Pill?!"
"Whether you took a Beauty Pill or not isn't something that can be determined by your words alone."
Gu Xiyan didn't argue with her but snapped her fingers after speaking.
Immediately, ten female employees of Jinyu Group stepped onto the stage.
Then, in unison, they each took out a Beauty Pill, without hesitation, and swallowed it down.
The reporters below the stage, unaware of the truth, clicked their tongues, thinking to themselves how desperate these employees must be to earn money.
They also wondered how much money Gu Xiyan had promised them for them to still dare to take a Beauty Pill during such a crisis!
During the silence, a close-up shot of these female employees' faces was taken, and the big silver screen behind them immediately showed clearly; after taking the Beauty Pill, their cheeks gradually flushed with a rosy hue, as did their eyelids and the areas under their eyes, all suffused with a special complexion.
The female employees with lower facial aesthetics did not mention the issue of their skin becoming fairer and smoother; just in terms of looks and temperament alone, they all rose several levels under the effect of this complexion enhancement.
Among them, those with higher beauty scores appeared even more ethereal and otherworldly under the glow of the enhanced complexion, their beauty beyond description.
All the reporters below turned their gaze uniformly towards that female reporter and also noticed her cheeks, eyelids, and the glint in her eyes that were touched by the same radiant complexion.
At this moment, another video appeared on the screen onstage.
The video showed the female reporter arriving without this particular complexion glow, with her looks and temperament clearly on a lower tier. After she got out of the car, her face manifested this distinct complexion enhancement.
The female reporter, seeing everyone's gaze and the video being played on the stage above her, turned pale, completely unable to fathom how Gu Xiyan could have obtained a video of her appearance before she left the house.
Even if she had reacted quickly, realizing that she was deliberately targeting her and that she needed to counterattack, where could she have gotten the execution force from, and how could Jinyu Group possibly have such capability?
After all, who could have anticipated who would create trouble during a press conference?
Therefore, it was certain that Gu Xiyan had pulled up surveillance video from near her home within the few short minutes after she made trouble and captured the footage that revealed what she looked like before leaving.
This instilled such fear in her heart. Coupled with the fact that she was already at a loss for words and under the pressure of guilt, she ended up completely unable to defend herself.
Gu Xiyan explained with a slight smile, "Many people don't realize that our Beauty Pill, after being ingested by customers, will cause a very special complexion glow to appear on their faces within four hours, enhancing their beauty, temperament, and complexion by a level. The reporter just now said she didn't take a Beauty Pill; how would you explain this video, then?"
The female reporter's face reddened, unable to utter a word, nor could she explain the complexion glow on her face!
Seeing the female reporter at a loss for words, Gu Xiyan couldn't help but feel triumphant inside.
In fact, the first generation of the Beauty Pill didn't have this effect.
It was all thanks to herself. Not long ago, she felt that merely consummating women's skin to perfection with the Beauty Pill might not sustain continuous sales—once a woman's skin became flawless, she was likely to curtail further purchases, acquiring only a small amount for maintenance purposes.
Thus, she thought that if taking the Beauty Pill could, within a short period of time, improve complexion and add to beauty and temperament, it could potentially make the Beauty Pill sell even better.
Upon hearing her suggestion, Mu Jinyu made some enhancements to the Beauty Pill.
As expected, while the initial Beauty Pill used to sell out within half an hour, the sales slowed down as customers' skins reached a point beyond improvement, and it began taking three to four hours to sell out.
Once this new effect was introduced, the Beauty Pill reverted to selling out within half an hour, with demand so high that sometimes stocks were gone within ten minutes.
At that time, Gu Xiyan had even taken the opportunity to claim credit with Mu Jinyu...
Reflecting on this, Gu Xiyan's mood turned very sour again. She suppressed the irritation in her heart and continued calmly, "You can't explain it, can you? Because you know the Beauty Pill will not cause disfigurement, which is why you dared to take it casually. The reason you have been constantly slandering our Beauty Pill is that you've been paid by others to stir up trouble!"
"I didn't…" The female reporter, panic-stricken, hurriedly tried to argue in her defense.
Gu Xiyan continued, "From now on, this reporter Miss will be blacklisted by Jinyu Group and will never be allowed to purchase any products from Jinyu Group. If any relatives purchase on her behalf and are discovered, they will be blacklisted as well!"
Upon hearing Gu Xiyan's verdict, the female reporter's face turned ashen!
Not being able to consume Beauty Pill anymore and with others too scared to purchase for her was truly worse than death for her!
After finishing, Gu Xiyan looked at her watch, then added, "We've wasted some time. I won't entertain you anymore. Now, I shall explain why I said earlier that this disfigurement incident involving the Beauty Pill is a setup, a frame-up!"