Shocking Strategy to Leave No Survivors

#A Devastating Scheme Uncovered!#

This topic exploded across the entire internet.

Some sharp minds quickly gathered information about the cosmetics industry, most of it publicly available.

Putting the pieces together, it’s not hard to see there’s a grand strategy at play.

First:

The X Essence Serum made its debut with Miracle Beauty.

Miracle Beauty secured the ten-second countdown slot at the Spring Festival Gala for a staggering 66.66 million yuan—that’s where the plan began.

The brand’s reputation spread far and wide, helped along by the new buzzword “666,” which made the brand a household name.

Next came the product’s word-of-mouth acclaim, passed from person to person.

Second:

Once the X Essence Serum gained recognition, every cosmetics company at home and abroad couldn’t ignore it. They spent huge sums and went through great effort to track down the raw material supplier for X Essence—TC!

Third:

Among the foreign cosmetics companies, Paul from Olay used tempting incentives to sway General Manager Li, who gradually started controlling the supply of Miracle Beauty’s raw materials.

This left Miracle Beauty with no materials to work with, forcing them to continually reduce their product output.

Meanwhile, Olay launched its own version of the X Essence, boasting titles like “Olay Divine Serum” and “The New Crown Jewel of Beauty.”

At this point, Paul suddenly ran into trouble for unknown reasons and left his position under President Hua; Vincent took over.

Fourth:

During Olay’s personnel changes, TC signed numerous supply agreements with domestic and international beauty companies.

This marked the beginning of X Essence’s global expansion.

Miracle Beauty’s usage was squeezed even tighter, almost leading to a courtroom showdown.

Their product line sharply diminished, and their reputation was gradually overshadowed by competitors, seemingly destined to vanish without a trace.

Fifth:

Then, TC suddenly announced that their formula had been stolen and pointed fingers at foreign companies.

However, there was no response or acknowledgment from those companies, and the partnership began to sour.

Sixth:

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A savvy insider mapped out the entire sequence of events.

Only then did the general public and consumers learn the full story.

Though all the information was publicly available, ordinary people rarely bothered to dig into it.

In fact,

At first glance, everything seemed fine—normal even.

But as the story unfolded, people’s expressions grew increasingly uneasy.

The royal wedding was the pinnacle for X Essence, with two billion viewers worldwide watching the historic event. The product’s ads ran across every major economy on the planet.

That advertising campaign cost a fortune.

Naturally, it catapulted X Essence into global fame.

Yet, the very next day after the royal wedding, TC declared bankruptcy and announced they had no stock left.

It seemed the real battle was just beginning.

Within a month, market inventory dwindled, and scalpers drove prices through the roof.

These products were sold little by little, in scarce quantities.

Wealthy women didn’t care about the price; as long as they could get a box of the serum, they were willing to pay whatever it took.

Though Miracle Beauty’s Supreme Set was priced at 990,000 yuan, the scalpers pushed the price for the A-grade, diamond-level set to over three million yuan…

And it was nearly impossible to find a single box.

This month-long frenzy only pushed X Essence’s reputation to new heights.

Right at this critical moment, Miracle Beauty announced a launch event for their new X Essence product.

The timing was impeccable.

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That’s where things stand.

Only after reading every word carefully do you realize there’s definitely some serious scheming behind it all.

But there’s no evidence.

At most, it just feels like Miracle Beauty held back a big move and struck at the perfect moment—pretty impressive.

Yet, the most crucial scene has arrived.

Cao Cheng didn’t show up at his own new product launch. Instead, he was having dinner with General Manager Li, laughing and joking, arm in arm.

If you still can’t see what’s wrong here, then honestly, you’re just being dumb.

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Once you know the outcome, you can reverse-engineer everything and uncover much more.

Assuming General Manager Li and Cao Cheng were in cahoots from the start, then everything suddenly makes perfect sense.

A truly ruthless strategy.

All the international competitors ended up becoming unwitting promoters helping X Essence break into global markets—high, mid, and low-end alike.

And these competitors spared no effort in pushing X Essence, ultimately dressing Miracle Beauty in a wedding gown.

With this move, Miracle Beauty transformed from an unknown domestic cosmetics brand just a year ago into the undisputed global champion.

Whoever controls the essence controls the throne.

Whoever controls the essence holds the power.

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That night.

The amount of negative backlash Cao Cheng received was the highest ever.

Even more than when he launched that farming game before.

That shows just how shocking the impact was.

More than half the responses were negative.

Almost all were devastating hits.

Leads flooding in from all over the world turned into waves of emotional backlash.

The next day.

Cao Cheng posted a photo of himself with General Manager Li, captioning: “Old Li is a real talent. Although we had a bit of a misunderstanding before, it’s better to resolve than to hold grudges. I’ve decided to invite Old Li to join my company as head of R&D. I’m handing over X Essence to you… @General Manager Li”

General Manager Li responded immediately: “Thank you for your trust, Mr. Cao. Looking forward to working closely with you. @Cao Cheng!”

Seeing these two playing along in perfect harmony,

Fans sneered.

“Alright, alright, stop pretending. We all know you’re in on this together. Why bother putting on a show? Do you think we’re fools?”

“This is hilarious, still acting at a time like this? Cao Cheng, General Manager Li, you guys should be actors.”

“I suddenly get why it’s called TC. Damn... it means ‘take all,’ huh?”

“Wow, I just realized it too. From the start, they planned to take over all the competitors?”

“No wonder it’s called TC. I thought it was some English acronym, but it’s just the initials in pinyin?”

“That’s way too obvious. How did we never notice before?”

“Of course. Criminals are all law-abiding before they commit crimes.”

“Now I understand why the second season of ‘The Voice’ was sponsored by Olay. So sneaky—making money from Olay while promoting their own products!”

“Holy shit, don’t say it, but you’re right… I totally get it now.”

“Cao Cheng is ruthless.”

“I’m dubbing Cao Cheng the ‘Industry Troublemaker.’ This guy is a real pain in the ass for competitors—he does it in stocks, entertainment, and now cosmetics. A true ‘kill the competition’ strategy. Does he even care if the industry can handle it?”

“I’m starting to worry about Cao Cheng’s safety. He’s made too many enemies. This goes against the whole ‘harmony brings wealth’ principle. Who does business like this?”

“Cao Cheng, you’ve got some serious mojo.”

“Are you still just shooting the breeze? Hurry up and buy cosmetics! The online stock has been adjusted—Bronze and Silver tiers are now unlimited, and prices have dropped.”

“Charge, charge!”

“Go! Screw the competitors!”

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For ordinary consumers, this was just a bit of excitement.

Just something to watch.

But for those within the industry, it was nothing short of a disaster—shameful and humiliating, with the future of their jobs hanging in the balance.

They’d been played.

This whole wave was basically international brands using their own channels and prestige to give Miracle Beauty a massive free promotion.

The upside? They made a little money.

After all, this year’s financial report did show some improvement.

But looking back, the numbers didn’t add up.

Especially the stock price—it plummeted sharply, triggering circuit breakers…

Altogether, assets evaporated by hundreds of billions.

And there was no end in sight.

Once the trading halt ended, another circuit breaker kicked in, like a bottomless pit, with no sign of the price stabilizing.

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“What?”

“She’s dead?”

“Died of anger?”

Five days later.

A major news story spread across the globe.

The First Lady of Cosmetics, the richest woman in Europe, the matriarch of Oulai… had died!

The world was stunned.

Even many people back home who’d never heard of her were taken aback.

“Wow, did Young Master Cao really make the old lady die of anger?”

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“Don’t spout nonsense if you don’t know. The old lady had been locked in a legal battle with her own daughter for years—it was family infighting. She was obviously driven to death by her own daughter.”

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“In any case, it’s serious—such a wealthy tycoon just died like that?”

“She was old, you know, over ninety. It was a peaceful passing.”

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Speaking of which,

This incident did have some connection to Cao Cheng, but not much.

After all, the First Lady’s health was already poor, and she’d been caught up in family feuds for years. It was normal for her to be weak.

The company suddenly hit a major crisis, the stock price crashed multiple times, so it was understandable she got sick from the stress.

As for whether she died of anger—who knows? Maybe her daughter took advantage of the situation to cover it up. For hundreds of billions of euros in assets, people can do anything.

Besides,

Her daughter was no saint. This was somewhat reminiscent of Emperor Taizong of Tang—no imprisonment of the mother, but sidelining her was normal.

Plus, the family was riddled with scandals, a complete mess.

So Cao Cheng didn’t pay much attention. He didn’t even light a candle. The death of a foreigner? People back home didn’t even know what was wrong. They just liked to stir up trouble, saying things like “rest in peace” and “may heaven be free of Cao Cheng”…

Look at that.

Is that even human language?

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After the First Lady’s death,

Coincidentally, the court ruled in favor of her daughter, who officially took over Oulai.

She was nearly sixty when she finally took the helm.

No wonder she fought so hard with her mother for control—if she hadn’t, who knows how much longer her mother would have lived.

At her first press conference as head of the company, the daughter declared war on Miracle Beauty, vowing to avenge her mother.

At the same time, she announced personnel changes, appointing her own butler as CEO.

This round of statements managed to calm the internal factional struggles within the company somewhat. After all, with the justification of avenging his mother, both the old guard and the new faction found common ground in support.

Miracle Beauty is the external enemy; unity against the outsider is the tradition.

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Many people wanted to interview Young Master Cao, but no one managed to get through.

Such a huge news story, yet no interviews—what a shame. Even the number of paparazzi surged dramatically, all desperate to catch any scrap of information about Young Master Cao.

However,

Before anyone could locate him, news from abroad suddenly exploded.

The heat around this matter had never died down, so any new development was bound to attract a wave of curious onlookers back home.

#OrlaneInternalConflict#

The content was: shareholder Fran impeaching Young Beidang, along with all of Young Beidang’s subordinates.

Young Beidang is the daughter of the First Lady.

As for the reason behind the impeachment, it was because of a video. The old lady’s health was already fragile, and she was hospitalized after being so upset. The causes included a stock trading suspension and being sabotaged over the X serum.

Of course, there was also a quarrel with her daughter.

In short, she ended up in the hospital.

In the video, the daughter spoke with extreme malice inside the hospital, so much so that the old lady could barely breathe. Then, the daughter even pulled out the respirator...

Murder!

Matricide!

Once the video surfaced, the board members were furious.

In any country, regardless of beliefs, matricide is an unpardonable taboo.

Fran presented this video and, with a group of allies, pushed Young Beidang out of the board.

This news was not concealed; the video was handed over to the local police.

Young Beidang was immediately taken away.

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At this moment, Young Master Cao posted a topic: “Old Betten’s death is truly a pity. After all, she was the grand lady of our cosmetics industry, a genuine predecessor. Though we are from different countries, I respected her. So I have decided—I will avenge the old lady! I will have no peace with Orlane!”

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