Chapter 97

Lu Tianjun was kicked into the room by Ye Qing, lying on the ground covered with broken sponge, groaning like a dead fish.

"Who... who the hell are you?" Despite being cornered, Lu Tianjun still refused to back down, looking at Ye Qing with a face full of resentment.

Ye Qing told Niu Yi to go out, close the courtyard gate, and guard the three incompetent bodyguards who were hired for an unknown amount of money.

This was a very industrial-style workshop, with grid hooks covering the walls, and various electric tools hanging all over. On a long metal workbench, there were a vise, a small cutting machine, and a swing-arm drill.

On the workbench, the remnants of a mechanical engineering chair, now unrecognizable, were scattered. In another corner, there was a computer and a Canon DSLR camera.

"I am your nemesis," Ye Qing pulled him out of the pile of debris, his eyes red, and said, "Tell me, who made you smear this chair behind my back?"

"Are... are you the boss of the mechanical engineering chair company?" Lu Tianjun's hair and clothes were full of fried rice grains, and he looked disheveled, "Fine, you dare to come and beat me up."

"Wait, I will expose this on the internet, and I will sue you for breaking into my home."

"I'll be your grandson if I don't sue you," Ye Qing gave him several hard slaps, "But before that, you have to answer my questions."

Lu Tianjun's face was swollen, and he had a look that dared Ye Qing to kill him.

Without a word, Ye Qing had Jili Kugong lift this guy to the workbench.

When Ye Qing picked up the drill from the workbench and pointed it at him, Lu Tianjun still had a stubborn look, but unfortunately, his stubbornness only lasted until the drill just touched him.

"I'll talk, I'll talk, big brother," Lu Tianjun struggled fiercely, his hair standing on end, but it was useless, "It's Kangyuan Company, they paid me 500,000 to smear your product."

Ye Qing turned off the drill and asked what the company did and how they transacted.

"It's a company in Shanghai, specializing in massage chairs and medical massage equipment, and they are at the top of the pyramid in the domestic massage chair industry."

Lu Tianjun finally became honest and spilled everything: "Their main product is the Space Cabin series of high-end massage chairs, priced at 28,000 RMB each, and they were selling very well. But once your mechanical engineering chair came out, their sales plummeted, and many dealers who had cooperated with them were planning to terminate their orders and switch to your mechanical engineering chair."

"They found me and offered 500,000 to use my channels to smear your product."

"Tsk tsk, 500,000 to sell your soul," Ye Qing thought, now knowing the truth.

"Since they found you, it means you must have taken money to post before, right?"

"Hand over the records of this transaction and all previous transactions."

Lu Tianjun immediately fell silent. He had kept these transaction records, but if he handed them over, he would be ruined instantly.

If these companies he had smeared in the past got the evidence, those ruthless capitalists would be happy to hire lawyers to send him to prison.

"Transaction records, as long as you cooperate, I won't make them public," Ye Qing knew what he was worried about, but dealing with such a treacherous person, he couldn't show any mercy.

Lu Tianjun clenched his teeth, as if saying he would rather die than talk.

"I'll ask you one last time."

Ye Qing's tone turned cold, "Think carefully, weigh the pros and cons, and don't let a moment of impulsiveness lead to a lifetime of regret."

Saying that, Ye Qing turned the drill back on.

Ye Qing wasn't joking; if Lu Tianjun remained stubborn, he wouldn't mind screwing a few screws into him.

Of course—

Given this guy's character, Ye Qing believed it wouldn't take long for Lu Tianjun to spill everything.

Ye Qing's guess was right. Lu Tianjun, despite his stubbornness, started to cry and confess as soon as the drill touched his thigh, even before any blood was drawn.

The chat records were on the computer, and the transfer records were in the online bank. He wasn't a spy, so he didn't need to delete these things.

He had indeed done many similar jobs before, but 500,000 was a big client, and it was the first time he had encountered such a large sum, so he had smeared the mechanical engineering chair without any restraint, abandoning his conscience.

"Big brother, you really have to forgive me," after confessing, Lu Tianjun became a complete wimp, crying and pleading, "You don't know, when I took apart the mechanical engineering chair, I was completely shocked."

"I've never seen such a perfect mechanical product, the welding, the cutting, the precision of the parts, it was like a dream."

"The structural design could win a Nobel Prize."

"You don't know, when I posted on Weibo, I was always tormented by my conscience."

Ye Qing gave him several hard slaps, the sound like fireworks.

Damn, you saw how perfect the product was and still smeared it, aren't you just begging for a beating?

Lu Tianjun's face was swollen, and he was holding it, moaning.

The more he begged, the angrier Ye Qing became, and he couldn't help but give him a few more slaps.

"Don't rush to complain about the pain," Ye Qing pulled him up again, "Tell me, what is Kangyuan Company's next plan?"

"500,000 to smear the mechanical engineering chair, it won't be just one time."

"Next plan..." Lu Tianjun was dazed from the beating, and it took him a while to remember, "There is one."

"Hiring me to smear you was just the first step to ruin your reputation."

"The second step is more sinister. Didn't I smear the welding quality of your mechanical engineering chair?"

"The second step is to find someone to deliberately hurt themselves and damage the chair, claiming that the chair broke and injured them."

"Then I have to help them post this on my Weibo and use my connections to contact some online media to promote it, and have it reposted on various forums."

"They will also hire lawyers to sue you and demand compensation."

As Lu Tianjun revealed each evil plan, Ye Qing was chilled to the bone, breaking out in a cold sweat.

If he hadn't come in time, the situation would have become disastrous.

"I... damn!" Ye Qing held back the urge to beat Lu Tianjun into a pulp.

"They have their reasons for going to such lengths," Lu Tianjun mumbled.

"They are about to launch a new smart massage chair and will participate in the international technology exhibition in Shanghai next week."

"Every year, the exhibition selects a product to award the Best Creative Product of the Year. I heard that Kangyuan Company was very confident in their new product, but your mechanical engineering chair came out of nowhere, making them feel a huge threat."

"So they are smearing your product to ruin your reputation, as a company with a bad image can't participate in such a large international exhibition."

"The international exhibition, as you know, is mainly attended by domestic companies, with foreign companies mostly participating as clients or partners. Winning the Best Creative Product award can undoubtedly help a product quickly enter the international market."

Ye Qing knew about the annual Shanghai Technology Exhibition, but he had always thought that such a high-level domestic product exhibition was out of reach.

He never expected that his product was strong enough to compete for the Best Creative Product of the Year.

To participate in this exhibition, it's not about the company's strength, but about the creativity and commercial value of the product they launch.

The Best Creative Product award is highly prestigious, and winning it means the product has an invisible crown, recognized as the best in the country for the year.

Now, Kangyuan Company wants to smear him to put him in a huge public and legal bind, so they can use their upcoming smart massage chair to compete for the Best Creative Product of the Year at the technology exhibition.

Indeed, there is no love or hate without a reason.

Kangyuan Company must have a huge goal for going to such lengths.

Ye Qing felt fortunate for his decision. When he discovered someone was relentlessly smearing the mechanical engineering chair, he realized there must be a significant interest behind it.

Without hacking skills, using violence was undoubtedly the most satisfying and efficient way.

...

Sitting at his computer, Ye Qing hesitated whether to post some outrageous posts on his Weibo, or announce that he is gay, or post a lot of seeds in a train-like manner.

This would get his influential Weibo account shut down!

However, the second part of Kangyuan Company's evil plan was to use his Weibo to smear him in terms of quality and use his online influence to create momentum on various forums.

Now that he had a huge leverage over Lu Tianjun, when Kangyuan Company used a fabricated accident to smear him...

Ye Qing had a rough idea of how to counterattack.

Kangyuan Company wants to participate in the technology exhibition, so he will also participate.

Just relying on brute force won't make all the envious people shut up.

Since they are smearing him in terms of quality, he will show them what quality means and also let the uninformed audience on the internet understand.

What true industry means!