The help-seeking video soon became unavailable. On October 4, the user posted another video bowing to the camera to express gratitude to the leaders for their help. Videos previously posted on their homepage also became unavailable, prompting netizens to question whether they had been pressured.
On October 3, a netizen claiming to be a master's degree employee working a four-team, three-shift rotation at Liaoning Qingyang Chemical posted a video saying that his uncle passed away at the end of September, that his request for bereavement leave from factory leaders was not approved, and publicly pleaded with the leaders to approve two days off.
Master Kong reported instant noodle business revenue of over 13.7 billion yuan, up 2% year on year; Uni-President reported food business revenue of over 5.6 billion yuan, up 4.7% year on year.