Chapter 176 You don't want the fact that you're scammers to be exposed, do you?

He did have chicken feathers, but the other party didn't want them, right?

However, since Wang Dachui had made up his mind, he would not be ambiguous about it.

He wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, his eyes burning with the flame of protecting the factory's honor.

"Ship the goods! Must ship the goods!"

He muttered to himself, stumbling out of the office and heading straight for the factory's finished goods warehouse.

Didn't the other party say?

"Whatever you produce, we want."

Then he would just find some inventory to send over to make up the numbers; after all, that's what the other party said, and doing so would meet the requirements.

However.

When Wang Dachui pushed open the warehouse door, reality left him dumbfounded.

The warehouse was empty.

Only a few startled sparrows flapped their wings and flew toward the rafters, kicking up a cloud of dust.

"This."

Wang Dachui looked at the warehouse, which was cleaner than his own face, and was completely stunned.

Only then did he recall what their factory had been through over the past few months.

The previous "elderly joy" had been completely cleaned out by the military, leaving not even a screw behind.

Later, the special steel balls and steel plates were scraped clean, and even the steel smelting furnace was dismantled and taken away.

And later...

Then, there were the recent "Express Delivery Company" drones; everything had been requisitioned down to the last feather, hadn't it?

Their factory was still producing giant jump ropes, but the other party didn't want them, and besides, they couldn't send them; these were military orders.

Wang Dachui stood blankly in the center of the empty warehouse, looking at the concrete floor, wanting to cry but having no tears.

"What a sin!"

He grabbed his sparse hair and let out a wail, "Before, I worried about not being able to sell things; now, I worry about having nothing to sell!"

"This is too clean, right? Even a thief wouldn't leave it this clean!"

He walked around the warehouse several times; apart from a few broken cardboard boxes and a pile of unidentified scrap metal, there was truly nothing left.

Not to mention goods worth 50 million "ugly yuan", he couldn't even scrape together five yuan worth of goods.

"What should I do now?"

Wang Dachui squatted on the ground, his face wrinkled like a steamed bun from worry.

At this moment, a thought popped into his mind.

'How about I go to the wholesale market outside and get some stock?'

'Should I go to Yiwu to wholesale some plastic water guns? Or go to the neighboring city to buy some remote-controlled cars?'

'Anyway, that "Bearded Man" has never seen our products. If I just buy some high-end toys, send them over, and slap our brand on them, couldn't I fool them?'

As soon as this thought appeared, Wang Dachui snuffed it out.

"No! Absolutely not!"

He shook his head, a look of stubborn righteousness appearing on his face.

"Doing business is all about integrity!"

"They called from so far away, specifically asking to buy products from "Li Family Toy Factory". That was because of our reputation! That was trust in the boss's technology!"

"If I used generic goods from outside to fool them, what would that make me?"

"That would be actual fraud!"

"Although I, "Big Hammer", love to brag, I absolutely cannot do such a wicked thing that ruins our own reputation!"

In his view, taking someone else's product, rebranding it, and passing it off as one's own was unconscionable and a bottom line that could absolutely not be crossed.

Thus, he blocked this path for himself as well.

Just as Wang Dachui was squatting in the empty warehouse, caught in a dilemma and feeling as though his life was bleak.

"Buzz, buzz."

The phone in his pocket vibrated again.

Wang Dachui shuddered, almost falling to the ground.

He tremblingly took out his phone. On the screen was an international number, with no contact name, but it was very familiar. His heart jumped into his throat.

It was that "Bearded Man" again!

He didn't want to answer, but he didn't dare not to.

Taking a deep breath, Wang Dachui pressed the answer button and carefully brought the phone to his ear.

"Hello, you... hello."

His voice was as weak as a mosquito.

On the other end of the line was the same stiff, cold, and oppressive voice.

"Representative of "Mr. Li", have you considered it?"

"When will the goods be shipped?"

Wang Dachui swallowed his saliva and stammered, trying to stall for time: "Um, we are preparing the goods. You know, we have too many orders recently, and our production capacity can't keep up. Please give us more time."

"Cut the crap."

The other party coldly interrupted him, "I know you "Chinese" like to play the stalling game. But I don't have that much patience."

"To make you understand my resolve, I have already made a little preparation."

The other party paused, a hint of a smile in his tone:

"I registered an account on that social platform in your "Eastern Country" called "Social Media Platform"."

"The account name is "Down with Bandits and Scammers"."

Wang Dachui's vision went black, and his brain exploded.

Down with Bandits and Scammers?

Wasn't this clearly cursing them?

"You, you."

Wang Dachui was so scared he couldn't speak clearly, his face turning instantly pale, "You've already exposed us?!"

This was what he feared the most!

Once exposed, the boss's reputation would be ruined, the factory would be finished, and he would be finished too!

"Don't rush."

The other party seemed to enjoy Wang Dachui's fear and said unhurriedly, "Go take a look for yourself. After you finish reading, you'll know what to do."

After saying that, the call hung up.

Wang Dachui held the phone, his hand shaking violently.

He felt as if the sky was collapsing.

But he still mustered his last bit of strength and tremblingly opened the "Social Media Platform" app.

In the search box, he used his trembling fingers to type in, one character at a time, those six words that made his heart jump:

【Down with Bandits and Scammers】

Click search.

The page jumped.

An account with a profile picture of a bloody scimitar appeared at the very top of the screen.

Wang Dachui stared and was dumbfounded.

"This."

The number of followers for this account had actually reached over one million!

And it was still rising!

"One million followers?!"

Wang Dachui gasped.

How long has it been?

The other party must have spent money to buy the top-tier promotion package!

They went all out to destroy them!

With a heavy heart, he clicked into the account's homepage, preparing to face the overwhelming abuse and exposure.

However.

When he saw clearly the content posted by the account, his already small eyes widened, and he froze completely.

The first pinned post:

【This is the miracle of "Eastern Country" manufacturing! Salute to the great "Li Family Toy Factory"!】

The attached image was a handsome photo of "Li Jiajun" at a press conference, along with several exquisite promotional pictures of the factory's products.

The caption was full of praise, saying that this was an admirable company that used the shell of toys to contain the dream of changing the world. Every product was a masterpiece of industrial design. "Factory Director Li" was a true genius and a beacon for all mankind.

Wang Dachui rubbed his eyes.

He didn't misread it.

All praise?

He continued to scroll down.

The second post:

【Repost: Shocking! "Li Family Toy Factory" steel ball technology leads the world!】

Comment: "Too strong! This is the power of "Eastern Country"! I am a die-hard fan of little "Factory Director Li"!"

The third post:

【Repost: Those years, the artifacts requisitioned by "Li Family Toy Factory".】

Comment: "Behind every legend, there is unknown sweat. Support "Factory Director Li"! Support the light of national goods!"

...

The entire homepage, with over a dozen posts, consisted entirely of various self-media news and videos about "Li Family Toy Factory" reposted by this account.

Furthermore, the caption for every post was full of nauseatingly flowery praise.

Things like light of the world, industrial miracle, conscientious enterprise, and model of integrity.

If not for that murderous ID name, Wang Dachui would have even thought this was the leader of the internet trolls his boss had paid to hire.

The comment section below was also completely occupied by internet trolls paid for by this account and "Netizen"s who didn't know the truth:

"Wow, it seems this blogger is a die-hard fan of little "Factory Director Li"!"

"The blogger has great taste! We also support "Factory Director Li"!"

"Is this what deep love is? I'm a fan, I'm a fan!"

Looking at these comments, Wang Dachui didn't feel the slightest bit happy.

On the contrary, a chill ran from the soles of his feet straight to his scalp, making him feel ice-cold all over.

He wasn't a fool.

Having been in the business world for so many years, he immediately understood the sinister intention hidden behind the other party's operation!

"This is, 'killing with praise'!"

Wang Dachui's voice was trembling.

"Too ruthless, this move is too ruthless!"

First, they lift them onto a pedestal, shaping them into a flawless model of integrity and a light of national goods to attract the attention and traffic of the entire internet.

When the heat is at its highest.

When everyone believes that "Li Family Toy Factory" is a conscientious enterprise.

If they still don't ship the goods.

The other party only needs to post one update, throw out the transfer records, and say, "They took the money but didn't ship the goods, deceiving the fans' feelings."

Then, all the current praise will turn into knives!

Public opinion will immediately reverse!

Those who are praising them now will step on them twice as hard!

By then, "Li Family Toy Factory" won't just be simple scammers; they will be deceptive, hypocritical trash!

They will be smashed to pieces and never be able to turn things around!

"High, truly high."

Wang Dachui slumped on the ground, his face ashen.

He didn't expect that a foreign militant could play the "Eastern Country" online public opinion war even more skillfully than he, a local.

This is a dimensionality reduction strike!

"Ding-dong!"

Just at this moment, a new WeChat message popped up on the phone screen.

The sender was none other than that "Bearded Man".

Wang Dachui tremblingly opened it.

There was only one short sentence, yet it felt like a death warrant:

"Three days."

"If you don't ship the goods within three days, I will expose everything and then call the police!"

"You wouldn't want the whole internet to know that your "Li Family Toy Factory" are scammers, would you?"

Damn it, why does this sentence structure feel so familiar?