Chapter 98

Yeqing calmly and methodically saved the transfer records of the money Lu Tianjun had taken as bribes and the chat records of how he had smeared the mechanical engineering chair to a USB drive, and took photos as a backup.

He did not touch the money Lu Tianjun had taken, which slightly eased Lu Tianjun's anxiety. Money was his life, and as long as his life was still intact, there was still hope.

Yeqing said to Lu Tianjun, "Do you need me to give you some advice on what to do next?"

"No, no, I'll post right away, and help you clear the name of the mechanical engineering chair in a more professional way." With the evidence in someone else's hands, even if Lu Tianjun had a thousand unwillingness, he could only grit his teeth and swallow it.

"No, if you clear it now, Kangyuan Company will immediately realize there's a problem with you." Yeqing told him to do nothing for now, and wait until Kangyuan Company sent over the fabricated accident report before acting according to his instructions.

Lu Tianjun, like a featherless crow, nodded weakly.

"Remember, never take money to post again." Yeqing patted his swollen head and then left.

Driving the Lagonda back to Zhongyun City, Yeqing first went to an electronics mall to buy two high-definition cameras, a condenser microphone, and long connecting cables.

He then bought a space capsule massage chair produced by Kangyuan Company from a large health equipment store.

The chair was delivered directly to the factory in Longxi Beach. After eating dinner at a random restaurant, Yeqing also headed to Longxi Beach.

On the way, Xu Xiaohu called, and the content of the call made Yeqing's mood worse.

From noon until now, only eleven mechanical engineering chairs had been sold.

Many customers had contacted customer service to ask why the mechanical engineering chair was so expensive but the materials were so poor, and why they were even unwilling to import a few automatic welding machines from abroad.

The customer service staff were severely criticized, and Yeqing told Xu Xiaohu to notify the customer service girls to turn off their computers and go out for a big meal to relax.

When he arrived at Longxi Beach, Yeqing took a deep breath and logged into his computer to check the latest online trends.

Lu Tianjun's Weibo had stopped updating, but when Yeqing logged into those forums and video websites, he found that some viewers were leaving comments, quoting Lu Tianjun's Weibo, saying that this chair was a golden exterior with a rotten interior, and that it would surely break down soon after purchase.

There was even a technology portal website that, in its latest technology news section, used Lu Tianjun's comments to say that this mechanical engineering chair, which many high-end VR players had been eagerly anticipating, still had a long way to go in terms of quality.

Of course, there were also supporters.

The official website of Huan Shi displayed a banner, stating that they were collaborating with Jushou Heavy Industry to develop dedicated VR applications, allowing users to experience unprecedented virtual reality.

They emphasized that the mechanical engineering chair produced by Jushou Heavy Industry was the best product on the market, and that some people were completely slandering it.

There were also some real users of the mechanical engineering chair who were defending it.

Unfortunately, they were too few, and most of the comments below were sour remarks, saying they were hired by the company to whitewash the chair.

Almost no one truly cared whether the mechanical engineering chair's seller was being smeared. Since they couldn't afford it anyway, they might as well join in the fun and criticize it.

By evening, many new registered IDs and long-dormant accounts suddenly flooded into the technology sections of various forums.

They all posted, criticizing the mechanical engineering chair from its price to its quality. Many users even claimed that after buying the chair, it was riddled with problems and broke down after a short time, and the seller refused to provide warranty service.

The storm was brewing.

The mechanical engineering chair had only sold a little over seven hundred units so far, and who knew how these countless trolls had bought the chairs, probably only in their dreams.

As the leader in high-end massage chairs in the country, Kangyuan Company had been dethroned by Yeqing's mechanical engineering chair in terms of quality.

It was understandable that he would spend money to hire people to smear him.

These suddenly appearing trolls, who were clearly hired, were likely being pushed by other manufacturers of ergonomic chairs and massage chairs.

The strong sales of the mechanical engineering chair, which were in high demand, must have greatly irritated these people. This time, with Kangyuan Company leading the charge, they saw an opportunity and launched a coordinated attack online.

Beating up Lu Tianjun, the main culprit, was certainly satisfying, but it did not solve the negative public opinion that had already formed.

The mechanical engineering chair had only been on the market for a short time, and although it had successfully caused a stir on various video websites before.

However, the mechanical engineering chair was still young and could not, like established companies, rely on years of accumulated product reputation and a large user base to ignore any smear campaigns.

The mechanical engineering chair had only a few hundred real users so far.

This was a very niche group, and even if they spoke up, their voices would be drowned out by the vast number of uninformed netizens who were deterred by the high price.

One could say that these trolls had successfully made the mechanical engineering chair a hot topic of discussion among many online users in a short time.

Yeqing logged into the newly created official website of the mechanical engineering chair and found that it had been turned into a base for trolls. Out of the more than five hundred posts on the forum, the majority were outright lies, claiming that they had bought the chair and encountered various quality issues.

"Yesterday I just bought the mechanical engineering chair, and today the armrests can't move. I complained to customer service, and they said it was due to improper operation and refused to return the chair."

"My remote control had a problem. When I pressed the massage button, it turned into a rocking chair function."

"The quality of this chair is too poor. The leather smells strange, it must be artificial leather."

"Ha ha, could you trolls be a bit more professional in your smear tactics? A remote control? Do you think it's a toy car? The mechanical engineering chair is controlled by numerical control software."

"No picture, no truth. I've already posted pictures of my mechanical engineering chair. You trolls, if you can post pictures of the mechanical engineering chair, I'll eat the chair live."

The remaining minority were the real users of the mechanical engineering chair, who also used this as a base to unite and counter these trolls.

Sitting in front of the computer, Yeqing's originally angry mood gradually calmed down as the trolls increased.

A great crisis is also a great opportunity.

As long as Yeqing seized the opportunity today, he could turn this crisis into an excellent publicity opportunity.

What Yeqing needed to do was to prove with action and give those trolls and the people behind them a resounding slap.

They said the mechanical engineering chair was of poor quality, and that the manual welding was unreliable?

Then Yeqing would use the most convincing thing to show them what true industrial technology was.

Walking into the production workshop, Yeqing had Jili Kugong bring two silver mechanical engineering chairs that had not yet been decorated.

The mechanical engineering chair had a flat aluminum alloy base. Yeqing had Jili Kugong drill holes and screw the bases of the two chairs onto a large steel plate.

Yeqing had Jili Kugong move the large steel plate to a corner of the warehouse and screw it onto the steel wall. He then set up a stand in front of the steel plate.

After setting everything up, Yeqing connected the two high-definition cameras he had bought on the way to the warehouse via long cables.

He tested the transmission signal of the high-definition cameras, and the picture was very clear, with 1080P resolution, allowing Yeqing to see every detail of the silver mechanical engineering chair clearly.

The official website created by Huan Shi had very diverse functions.

The homepage not only had many sections for inserting promotional ads, but the central position could also insert promotional videos. The server was rented from Alibaba's enterprise server, with an unlimited traffic version at a high price.

Yeqing used the backend control function to connect the high-definition video signal and selected the live streaming function.

He also added a very bold and eye-catching title on the homepage banner.

"I am the mechanical engineering chair. I will show you what true industrial technology is."