Chapter 333: Have We Offended You?
In a room in Modu, Fu Shaofei was leisurely sipping tea.
He had been removed from his position a few days ago. Of course, by now many of us know that being removed from a position isn't a punishment.
Even if it's a promotion, you have to be removed first, and then appointed to a new position.
So during this time, he stayed at home, occasionally browsing online for fresh news.
Of course, he mainly focused on Tang Fangjing's situation.
A while back, when Fu Shaofei saw those sudden online attacks, he realized who was behind it. So for the past few days, he kept watching, curious about how Lawyer Tang would handle it.
Then he discovered the other party resolved it by directly throwing money at the problem.
This left Mr. Fu speechless. What started as a small issue gradually evolved into a public education campaign, forcing Tang Fangjing to spend his own money.
Yet, he was still curious about how the so-called public education campaign would be conducted.
Many people talked eloquently about the harm caused by monopolistic exclusion of competition, but it was hard to say much in specific cases.
This afternoon, while watching, Mr. Fu suddenly froze.
The video showed a mountain of materials, but what caught his attention was a particular line in the video.
"He... he sued the remaining car companies, just to conduct this public education campaign?"
Truthfully, Fu Shaofei thought at his age and with his level of experience, he'd seen all sorts of storms, and met all kinds of people.
But now he realized, he had never seen such a person or such an incident before!
He never dreamed that for that inexplicable public education campaign, the other party would go to this extent!
Thinking about the dumbfounded expressions of the five car company managers after watching the video, Fu Shaofei suddenly burst into laughter.
"Those guys must be dumbfounded right about now, haha. I'm really getting more and more interested in this, no way... I have to call them up and taunt them, haha..."
Fu Shaofei was genuinely happy at this moment. Anyway, he had already been removed from his position and feared nothing. At most, he'd just face some disciplinary action for his past deeds.
But witnessing such a brilliant performance, what's a disciplinary action worth!
However, he decided to hold off on making the call for now, as those old guys might not know yet. Best to wait a bit.
Meanwhile, the video had shot into the trending list like a rocket.
The number of comments and shares skyrocketed.
"Master playing dumb": Damn, going this far? Indeed, old Tang never disappoints, all for just a bit of vinegar to wrap this dumpling, makes sense!
"What You Thought was a Shady Path": A tiny bit of public education, makes total sense, even though it's only five of the best-selling car companies in the country, with a combined market value of countless billions, even though... forget it, I can't do this anymore, are they really trying to tear the sky apart!
"Jingzhou's Procuratorate really willing to play along with this?"
"Peeking Through the Cracks": I think those five car companies in Modu must have one thought right now: Bro, did we mess with you?
"Tifa's my Wife": Hurry up, this time is really going to be a bloodbath, but I'm more curious about those who previously claimed that monopolies have no impact. @Shepherd Riding a Yellow Ox, @The Hypocrite, you guys need to show up, everyone wants to see you take a step!
The comment section was already in complete chaos, yet it was mostly filled with merrymakers.
For merrymakers, this period was practically like a holiday, seeing those once lofty state-owned enterprises being dragged to court, and monopolistic operations, sounding so high-end, being stripped bare.
It felt too good, really too good!
Naturally, online it was mainly merrymakers around; people watching the fun out of everything, and if faced with inexplicably one-sided criticism, there's no doubt, it's either because of vested interests or sheer stupidity—with the former being more likely.
And in the comments, most notably like people like Old Ju directly mentioning those who previously claimed "monopolies have no impact."
Especially "The Hypocrite," everyone is now asking what his thoughts are.
After all, to put it honestly, he had a significant connection to this issue.
Because he claimed that monopolies don't impact ordinary people's lives, Lawyer Tang specifically tagged him in his post saying he wanted to do some public education work.
And so... he went after all remaining five car companies.
Do you call this a bit of public education work? Those five car companies must be dying to kill right now!
If it were a normal company, there really might be literal blood being shed; the stakes are sky-high, staggering to the point where many are left speechless.
That's how it is with monopolies, making real money when they do, but they're equally forceful when they need to lose money.
Thus, you can see, the country severely fines behaviors that monopolistically exclude competition; just like that certain e-commerce company a couple of years ago, facing massive fines.
At the 4S dealership, Manager Liu looked at his phone, his previous smile gone, now covered by beads of cold sweat on his forehead.
He was truly frightened by Old Tang's move.
Because the "The Hypocrite" posting online was his doing with a sockpuppet account.
Originally, he thought he could incite dissatisfaction against Old Tang among the public, but who would have thought Tang would seize the moment to conduct a public education campaign.