Days after an audio clip believed to have contained a conversation on how Da Vinci Furniture Co Ltd’s crisis could be saved by a well-schemed public relations (PR) campaign was released in Century Weekly, a pressman who provided PR service to the troubled furniture retailer was fired by his company.
Reports on Saturday said Beijing Times had removed Cui Bin from his position as general manager.
The conversation in the audio clip was believed to have involved Cui Bin, Da Vinci CEO Doris Phua and a reporter from China Central Television (CCTV) who exposed stories of Da Vinci selling fake furniture at high prices in July last year. Full story
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