For Chaomi Technology and Huawei Company.
This public opinion storm, which started from no one knew where and for no one knew what reason, targeting Meng Hao and Huarong Technology, would inevitably lead to variables if it continued to rage... Not only would it negatively impact the reputation of their own companies, which had already obtained lithography machines, but it would even completely ruin Meng Hao and cause the lithography machine manufacturing plan to be delayed or terminated, which was the most crucial concern.
Although they couldn't understand why the military and official departments hadn't taken action.
Both the public relations departments of Huawei and Chaomi Technology, after consulting with their respective bosses.
Without hesitation, they jointly issued a joint statement, unequivocally standing on Meng Hao's side—
Recently, a large number of slanders and false news targeting us and Huarong Technology have appeared on the internet, and we will pursue legal action!
Even.
The two companies jointly released videos of the lithography machines produced by Meng Hao's Huarong Technology in operation.
Those wafers as smooth as mirrors...
The high-precision chips being cut...
The production line constantly feeding into mobile phones...
All testified that.
Meng Hao.
Huarong Technology.
The lithography machine.
Were all real, genuine lights of Chinese manufacturing.
In the face of ironclad evidence.
Many netizens finally came to their senses.
They began to stand with Meng Hao and Huarong Technology, helping Huawei Company and Chaomi Technology fight against the internet trolls, dark fans, and keyboard warriors.
Unfortunately.
The effect was minimal.
Professional internet trolls were paid, and they had dedicated personnel to study how to manipulate public opinion and create narratives.
While netizens.
Although numerous.
Were mostly ordinary people who simply didn't have the extra energy to combat these deliberately smearing remarks.
As the saying goes.
Those who wrong you often know you're being wronged better than you do.
And the joint statement from Huawei Company and Chaomi Technology, whether for their own company's reputation or to do Meng Hao a favor.
The effect achieved.
Was almost negligible.
On the internet.
There were still countless smears, taunts, and suppressions targeting Meng Hao and Huarong Technology, like more cow hair.
This.
Made Meng Hao extremely troubled.
Three men talking of tigers can make people believe them.
The gossip of the crowd can melt gold.
If this continued.
It was likely that the reputation they had painstakingly salvaged and the concept of "private non-military enterprise" would be completely ruined.
...
Just as Meng Hao had feared.
The battle gradually shifted from major social media platforms to live-streaming rooms.
In the live-streaming room with nearly a million viewers, at least half of the bullet comments, which plastered the screen like wallpaper, were related to smearing Meng Hao from internet trolls, dark fans, and keyboard warriors.
Indeed.
In terms of combat effectiveness, ordinary people were no match for these ordinary trolls.
After all, they were paid to do it.
The trolls not only typed extremely fast, but they were also masterful at distorting facts, calling white horses black, and confusing right and wrong.
Netizens with logical reasoning arguing with these trolls and keyboard warriors was simply "inviting humiliation."
"Brother Hao is the light of Chinese manufacturing!"
[Yeah, your Brother Hao doesn't even dare to brag much, only producing four lithography machines, and still has the audacity to call himself the light of Chinese manufacturing?!]
"Brother Hao is the conscience of China's private technology sector!"
[Of course, a private tech sector that deals with the military every day is truly a rare sight.]
"This is our Great Xia's first domestically produced lithography machine... By the way, you guys really take any money, don't you... taking this kind of dirty money, aren't you afraid of not having descendants, trolls, keyboard warriors!"
[Tsk tsk tsk, domestic lithography machines, 1.5 billion each... sold at a higher price than foreign ones... and who knows if it's really just tech.]
"..."
[ ... ]
Under countless sarcastic arguments, the live-streaming room was no longer as harmonious as it used to be.
It was completely in disarray.
Damn it, it's troublesome.
These trolls could never be banned.
Ban them one moment, block them from entering the live-streaming room... the next moment, they'd register a new account and come back to cause trouble.
Truly unable to fight back against these trolls from who knew where.
Meng Hao directly delegated power... to be precise, he found it troublesome and acted like a hands-off boss!
Anyone found causing trouble would be banned.
Of course.
In this way, it was also easy to mistakenly ban legitimate viewers.
If the problem couldn't be solved at the source.
It was likely that there would be no peace.
Looking at Mech Ji Qin Muyan, who was overwhelmed, and the female employees, once playfully called "Old Scallions" by netizens, rushing about in exhaustion.
Meng Hao's gaze gradually turned grim.
...
The main way these inexplicably appearing dark fans attacked Meng Hao was Huarong Technology's inability to mass-produce lithography machines.
Regarding this.
Meng Hao really had no rebuttal.
Without the acceptance of the state and military.
Trying to obtain those rare earth and even radioactive mineral resources was as difficult as climbing to heaven.
Moreover.
Many of these resources were scarce even within the vast territory of Great Xia.
Now.
Meng Hao's Huarong Technology had developed Great Xia's domestically produced lithography machine.
The news must have reached the Western alliance led by the United States.
It was likely that among the frenzied internet trolls in the live-streaming room, many were funded by these foreign forces targeting Meng Hao.
Their scientific research circles must have already regarded Meng Hao as a thorn in their side.
If Meng Hao still wanted to import rare earths and minerals from them, it would be a fantasy.
...
Great Xia.
Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Headquarters.
The minister, looking at the highest-level to-do list submitted by his subordinate, couldn't help but feel a headache.
What's going on?
There are so many internet trolls targeting Meng Hao?
The IP addresses of these internet trolls were extremely chaotic.
Most of them originated from mainland Great Xia; some came from several offshore islands, including Hong Kong City; and some directly came from abroad, penetrating mainland Great Xia through network nodes.
"Did this kid Meng Hao stir up a hornet's nest?"
"With so many internet trolls, unless administrative intervention is used to block network nodes on a large scale, it's impossible to keep up with manual rebuttals and deletions."
"Wait, many of these IP addresses are familiar... How is this possible... Should I report it directly?... Or, perhaps, I should first inform the military."
...
Zhang Weimin.
Was in his office, reading the situation report submitted by his subordinate.
As a newly appointed Major General, Elder Ouyang had explicitly told him before.
His main job as a general was to serve Meng Hao.
Now.
It seemed that Meng Hao was having major problems.
Millions of accounts were wildly slandering, suppressing, and taunting Meng Hao everywhere.
Damn it.
I'm really impressed.
Where did all these internet trolls come from?
Could it be that domestic Great Xia and foreign forces targeting Great Xia had deployed all their internet troll studios?
Just as he was at a loss.
A call came in.
From the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology?
Indeed.
Zhang Weimin was just about to look for them.
Picking up the phone, Zhang Weimin began to question them without reservation.
"So, how do you manage the internet in Great Xia? Look at this chaotic scene now!"