Underneath this post, which was clearly from someone pretending to be a reasonable passerby, was a veritable circus of lunacy.
[Makes sense!]
[Don't be fooled by the CEO of Huarong Technology!]
[Companies like this shouldn't exist!]
[Huarong Technology, get out of Daxia!]
[...]
It was obvious.
Meng Hao was being targeted.
After all, whether it was the aftermath of the crackdown on mecha concept companies or deliberate instigation by foreign forces, it was impossible to tell.
With this kind of "reasonable passerby" stirring up trouble, many netizens who were completely unaware of the truth were clearly being led astray. Some onlookers even felt that these arguments made a lot of sense.
"Damn it, this is slander, pure and simple slander, defamation, and suppression… These scumbags are riddled with holes when it comes to doing legitimate business, but leakproof when it comes to wrongdoing!"
It was no wonder Meng Hao was gritting his teeth in anger.
Yesterday, he had held great hope that changing Huarong Company's name and business scope would quell this inexplicable farce.
But what was the result?
The people who had been targeting him all along had, in just half an hour, completely undone all the efforts of Meng Hao and Qin Muyan.
Looking at the comments from netizens, who were clearly being swayed, "Hmm, it does make some sense, it looks like there's some deliberate marketing here..."
"Someone who can found a company worth over a billion is definitely smart. The most hateful thing is, why is Brother Hao treating us like fools?"
"No wonder he kept saying he wasn't a military enterprise; there was this logic behind it..."
"First preying on the military, then the public. You want to make money, fine, but don't treat others like fools; that's really going too far..."
"..."
Seeing the comments under this post piling up higher and higher, Meng Hao couldn't help but pout.
After much deliberation, he slowly posted a reply.
"I say, everyone's thought processes are too peculiar..."
"I can only say, you're all overthinking it..."
"Also, can't you see that this fake passerby pretending to be reasonable is deliberately attacking Huarong Technology?"
As expected.
Meng Hao's prediction was correct. As soon as he posted, the author of this Weibo post immediately replied with a targeted response.
"See, I told you this guy has an ugly approach..."
"Now that his true colors have been revealed, he's just getting angry and flustered, isn't he?"
"Mr. Meng, Boss Meng, you're not the only smart person in this world; everyone's eyes are sharp..."
"Is it that hard to admit you're a military enterprise? No one says military enterprises can't engage in civilian products..."
"But treating others like fools is simply too much."
Damn it?
Let alone the system's mission for Meng Hao to change the public's perception and define Huarong Technology as a civilian company rather than a military enterprise.
As it stood, the products produced by Huarong Technology were not military products at all!
If the Russian bear wanted to use Huarong Model I large mechas and Phantom Model mechas as military robots, he, Meng Hao, couldn't stop them.
Just as there were martial lunatics wielding cleavers to attack people, what about these oversized "handicraft toys" like mechas?
As for the 1 billion yuan procurement from the Daxia military.
Please, can he refuse business?
How was he being greedy?
How was Huarong Technology deceiving the public?
And these netizens, can't they use their brains and not get led by the nose?
Clearly.
Meng Hao had exhausted all his means at this point.
Simply changing the name of the company wouldn't be enough to change the public's perception of Huarong Company as a military enterprise.
Only by presenting facts could Huarong Technology be proven to be a true, civilian enterprise close to the people.
"So, how can I prove that Huarong Industries is just a civilian enterprise?"
Meng Hao smiled angrily and calmly continued to reply to the post.
Soon.
The other party replied.
"Aren't you amazing!"
"Don't you claim to be a civilian technology company!"
"Building a lithography machine shouldn't be a problem, right?"
What?
A lithography machine?
This was a rarity, not just for Meng Hao, but for all of Daxia.
After all, the fact that lithography machines and the chip industry were Daxia's weak points was known worldwide.
For a country to invest trillions, tens of trillions in R&D funds, and still fail to overcome the high-precision chip lithography machine, and now expect a civilian technology company with an investment of just over a billion to succeed?
This was too ridiculous.
Seeing Meng Hao fall silent, the poster, who claimed to be reasonable and a true passerby, continued to attack!
"What?"
"Scared now?"
"Don't you claim to be a technology company?"
"When you were making toys, you could produce 'mecha figurines' that crushed world-class military robots. Then, after transforming into a technology company, tackling the technological hurdle of lithography machines should be no problem, right!"
"If you can't develop it, then it proves that your previous technology came from the Daxia military, and you are an out-and-out military enterprise hidden among the people, producing military robots for the Russian bear and the Daxia military!"
Damn it!
Meng Hao was about to curse.
There was no mistake.
The other party was definitely targeting him. This set of logically sound concept-swapping tactics, let alone for ordinary netizens, almost fooled Meng Hao himself.
After a long pause, Meng Hao slowly continued to type his reply.
"Very well, I know this is a provocation!"
"However, I'm different from you. You only know how to play dirty tricks. You think because Daxia's lithography machine technology is a bottleneck in the world, my Huarong Technology can't produce it?"
"Look, I'll take your provocation, and I'll even play fair with you... I'm going to build a lithography machine!"
What?
A civilian enterprise, transformed from a toy company, with a total investment of just over a billion, was going to develop and manufacture a lithography machine?!
This time.
Whether it was the swayed netizens, Meng Hao's loyal fans, or the vast majority of onlookers, they were all stunned.
If mechas had only caused a stir in the military fan community, then Huarong Technology developing a lithography machine would be enough to shock the entire global scientific research community.
Seeing that Meng Hao had taken the bait, the other party typed back even more urgently.
"Mr. Meng, you have boldness, but do you have the ability?"
"How can you make us, the vast number of netizens, believe that you can build a lithography machine?"
"Of course, I'm referring to high-precision chip lithography machines with a process of 28nm and below, not ordinary low-precision ones, okay!"
28nm process lithography machines.
Daxia had already conquered this.
The real difficulty lay in high-precision lithography machines for other processes like 2nm, 7nm, and 14nm.
These lithography machine technologies had always been monopolized by Western countries, led by the United States, and had been blockaded against Daxia's scientific research community.
"Time will prove everything."
"However, I still have to thank you for giving me such enormous traffic and attention... You must have spent a lot on public relations!"
"When the lithography machine developed by Huarong Technology is released, the negative traffic you've generated targeting Huarong Technology will be our best advertisement!"
After typing these words, Meng Hao got up from his keyboard.
"Qin Muyan, for the time being, you should continue your normal broadcasts and ignore the malicious attacks from these paid, biased black fan accounts..."
"I'm going to find Uncle Chenghua..."
"Prepare to hold another high-level meeting..."