"A young entrepreneur, only 24 years old.
A genius who has repeatedly created scientific research miracles at the age of youth.
Being treated with unreasonable and barbaric methods by the government of a country!
Technology is coveted! Warehouses are looted! Business is targeted!
In order to bring the latest scientific and technological achievements to North American users and players, he risked sending priceless products to the United States, only to have them unreasonably detained by law enforcement agencies!
This is a serious violation of modern commercial civilization and the spirit of international rule of law!
The government of a dignified superpower is targeting a small businessman in this way…
Extremely barbaric! Utterly shameless!"
This is an excerpt from Huo Dao's manuscript—"Barbaric 'Encirclement,' Unbreakable Backbone of the Strong!"
There is much similar content in the manuscript.
Huo Dao was indignant and impassioned!
He angrily denounced the . government's bullying of Zhumeng and Xu Meng, such a vulnerable individual!
This is the fundamental basis for his manuscript's argument.
Huo Dao felt there was nothing wrong with this.
—An individual alone, facing a world power, is undoubtedly the weaker party.
Based on this, there is the unquestionable and universally applicable legitimacy of "the strong bullying the weak" and "the weak resisting tyranny."
Only then can he argue on principle, using this simple moral view to win the sympathy and support of the world.
Huo Dao's logic flowed smoothly, and the manuscript was therefore written smoothly.
But he never expected!
That the starting point of all this—
[Zhumeng had a batch of precious bottled media snatched away, and Xu Meng became a victim.]
Would actually turn out to be fake!
And Xu Meng himself announced it!
Now things were awkward, as the starting point was no longer valid.
—Xu Meng was not a victim at all!
From the beginning, he saw through the other party's plan and deliberately sent a batch of garbage over.
The other party even regarded the garbage as treasure, and rushed to snatch it eagerly, not knowing how much effort they had spent researching it these past few days!
Xu Meng only used a batch of waste materials, plus a little shipping fee, to make the FBI and CSB, and even the . government behind them, look like clowns.
Considering the current global attention…
They had lost face to the whole world!
Now, if he were to publish the manuscript again, saying that Xu Meng was a "bullied weakling"…
Netizens would only think he was being absurd and disgusting the federal government.
"Huh?" Huo Dao suddenly paused.
"It seems… it's not entirely impossible?"
Anyway, judging from the current trend, Xu Meng and Zhumeng don't need him to speak up for them.
Might as well add some showmanship.
Huo Dao revised the manuscript a bit, and still sent it out, only the key point of the argument became—
"Zhumeng was openly robbed!"
On the contrary, those talk shows immediately arranged it.
Especially the various talk shows in the United States, it was simply a godsend material!
As long as they slightly avoided the FBI, this material could definitely be told for several episodes!
In the comments section of Xu Meng's announcement, players were immediately overjoyed:
"So, the FBI snatched a batch of garbage?"
"I was saying, why hasn't Xu Meng responded all this time? Turns out he really doesn't care!"
"A mistake by the staff? Guess if I believe it?"
"You say this staff member who made the mistake, is his name 'Xu Meng'?"
"It must be Xu Meng! So I only have one question: What exactly is the punishment you said you've already done?"
"How else can they punish him? Just one less dish for lunch."
"Outsmarting the enemy! Awesome!"
…
German players finally knew where the holographic devices launched on March 1st came from.
—This wasn't Zhumeng's increased production due to holiday overtime.
But the "humility" of their good American brothers!
This made them quite happy.
Before, saying thank you to the FBI was mostly just a joke.
But now they are truly grateful!
[Thank you, FBI] once again became a hot word on social applications, giving American players a replay of yesterday.
American players had complex feelings.
The FBI and CSB were even more embarrassed when facing inquiries from higher-ups.
The specialists in charge of this matter at the front line wished they could eat Xu Meng alive!—
That afternoon, three trucks of "bottled media" were sent back to Zhumeng's Los Angeles branch.
It wasn't that they felt guilty and admitted defeat, but that they were too lazy to handle these three trucks of "chemical waste" themselves.
—This stuff was indeed waste, but it didn't touch the "dangerous" red line, and the CSB couldn't justify giving a punishment.
Of course, they didn't do nothing.
Customs documents soon arrived—
The imported goods did not match the declaration, and a high fine was required.
Xu Meng's response to this was:
Ignore it.
Including the $20 million fine previously given by the FTC, all were ignored.
Delay it until the deadline.
First, start with appeals and protests.
If it really doesn't work in the end, the Los Angeles branch can simply apply for bankruptcy and build a new one.
Anyway, Zhumeng's industries in the United States are all virtual, and how the physical company is tossed around won't affect the overall situation.
What's really important is talent, especially mature developers.
And Xu Meng had already sent emails to reassure these people—in the worst case, they could also work from home, and they would still receive all the benefits they were entitled to.
…
The most crucial reason why Xu Meng could be so fearless was that he didn't lack money, nor did he need to be responsible to any shareholders, so no one would care if he messed around a bit.
The second reason was that these agencies were not firm.
They had left room in their previous announcements, waiting for the results of the laboratory.
Now, even though the laboratory didn't provide any valuable information, the results still came out:
Cracking the holographic display technology was hopeless in the short term.
This confrontation not only resulted in a great loss of face, but also yielded nothing, which can be said to be a complete defeat.
This led to a great reduction in their desire to "encircle and suppress" Zhumeng.
Some of them even hoped to cancel these targeted measures and not have such a stiff relationship with Zhumeng.
As long as Zhumeng sells goods normally and continues to increase investment in the North American market.
There will always be room for manipulation in the future.
—Only Sony was still working hard in this direction.
Others, including Softoe Game Box, immediately gave up.
Even the homepage of Softoe Game Box's store gave the largest display position to "Monster Hunter" that day!
—As a previous partner, "Monster Hunter" was still logged into the game box.
Softoe Game Box's thinking was very flexible:
Since they couldn't get holographic technology through "special means," it wouldn't be impossible to cooperate with Zhumeng to develop a game so that the game box could also use holographic display.
—Zhumeng already had precedents for cooperating with others to develop games, and Xu Meng had also clearly stated that after the production capacity was abundant, he would consider popularizing the application of holographic technology to more industries.
As for Zhumeng growing bigger as a result.
It's okay, as long as they join forces to kill Sony Game Station and eat their market share, the game box will still make money!
It can even be a win-win!
Herman quickly discovered that Softoe Game Box, which had previously claimed to cooperate and kill Zhumeng's business in North America, had begun to turn its guns and trip them up!
The first to be shot was—
Shencai Entertainment, "Fear of the Wolf"!
This game, which Shencai Entertainment and Sony Game Station had high hopes for, was finally approaching its release, and it was time to invest heavily in publicity, buy traffic, and find game media and game streamers to promote it.
In Xia Country, they were ruthlessly tricked by Zhumeng, and they also encountered the Xia Country New Year, so the publicity effect was extremely poor.
The European and American markets became the top priority.
They originally thought that Zhumeng's foundation in the European and American markets was shallow, and that they were being targeted by the federal government and were in trouble, so it shouldn't affect them.
But Gary and Herman never expected—
Softoe would suddenly take action and bring out "Monster Hunter" to compete with "Fear of the Wolf"!
This led to a sharp increase in their publicity costs!
In such a difficult situation, the only thing that could make Herman feel gratified was that:
After all, Zhumeng had fallen out with the federal government.
Zhumeng's holographic devices would not be able to enter the North American market for a long time to come.
Sony Game Station would not quickly lose market share due to hardware disadvantages.
Thinking about it this way, the large amount of political donations spent in this storm had not been completely wasted.
Herman relaxed slightly, stopped thinking about Zhumeng, and began to focus on competing with Softoe Game Box for traffic.
This led him to ignore a message—
In Sprawl Metropolis, Remington Arms Specialty Store officially opened!
