359: Chapter 358 True brothers are in each other's hearts, but in times of trouble, they fly away separately.

"It really was the distributors behind this. I told you, how could there be so many 'experts' coming out to speak at the same time?"

"The chain of evidence is truly perfect; it could serve as a textbook example."

"Transsion's legal team is badass. Are they ex-FBI? They dug out the mastermind in just three days..."

"General Manager Shen's response is really impressive. The tactics they play in Africa... Transsion really plays it wild in Africa. If you look into it a little, you'll know that what Transsion sells in Africa isn't mobile phones, but security."

"Little comrade upstairs, don't say things that are detrimental to unity."

That afternoon, Weibo accounts like "Home Appliance Observer" cleared all their content, and their profile pictures were changed to the grey-and-white default avatar.

The "Parenting Mom" account was deleted outright.

The verification information for several experts was also removed by the platform.

But Transsion did not stop there.

The case filing notices were sent out the next day.

Transsion's legal team filed lawsuits in the five major courts of Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Hangzhou, Nanjing, and Shanghai. The defendants included 25 individuals and 18 companies, with the cause of action being commercial disparagement and unfair competition.

The claim amount for each individual was 50 million, and the claim amount for each company was 150 million.

When Zhang Zhiqiang received the call from his lawyer in his office, his hands were shaking.

After all, ever since he received the lawyer's letter yesterday, he had been having people investigate Transsion's legal team... Every single person in there was a titan-level existence; he couldn't possibly compete with them.

Moreover, the most important part of Transsion wasn't their legal personnel, but the power behind them...

They had just given the authorities a big gift, and using them as a return gift to show a little gesture might...

"Mr. Zhang, Transsion has filed a lawsuit. They aren't just suing the company; they're suing individuals too. Three of our distributors have been named as defendants, and three of the bloggers we hired have also been sued."

Transsion's legal team... a lawsuit... the chances of winning were slim...

"Is there any hard evidence?"

"The chain of evidence is very complete; they already released it yesterday. It's just that there's more today, for example, telling installers not to take Transsion orders, otherwise they'd be fined 2,000, and whipping up public opinion. I don't know where these things leaked from, but the records are real, and the court has already secured the evidence."

Zhang Zhiqiang hung up the phone, wanting to curse. Although he had known there was a mole since yesterday, he hadn't expected the mole to be capable of leaking so much.

However, he had a piece of evidence in his own hands as well. After all, the owner of the club was his friend, and at the time, to keep a record of the meeting, he had specifically installed recording equipment in every private room.

Zhang Zhiqiang knew it himself!

He stood up and paced back and forth in his office. The faster he walked, the more panicked the expression on his face became.

He stared at those words for a long time. The speed of his surrender was still too slow; after all, he was the only one left in the group chat now.

After all, good brothers are in the heart, but when disaster strikes, everyone fends for themselves.

...

Wang Guilan, who had been causing trouble, saw the debunking information and sent another message in the family group chat.

"That matter about smart home radiation mentioned last time is fake. It was a rumor made up by distributors to sell their own air conditioners. The police have been called, and the evidence is already online."

The group chat instantly became lively. The "aunts and uncles" started commenting, but there were still some people saying that one needs to prevent radiation from smart homes.

Although this had been debunked, setting aside the facts, it certainly had some kind of harm—for instance, the more features it had, the faster it would break.

Looking at these replies, Wang Guilan nodded. These novel gadgets did indeed have such problems.

"Everyone, don't worry, these things have all been tested, and the radiation isn't that high. Plus, the warranty period for these smart things is quite long, even a bit longer than traditional home appliances, and the quality is quite guaranteed."

On the other side, Little Chen didn't pay attention to his mother and clicked "Confirm" directly on the Quanying Smart Home App, and the page jumped to the payment page.

The remaining balance of 160,000 was paid directly? The order status changed to "Paid, Awaiting Shipment."

...

That afternoon, the installation technicians were already at the door. This time, two installation technicians came, wearing Transsion work uniforms with ID badges on their chests, and the tools in their toolboxes were arranged neatly.

It formed a sharp contrast with those outsourced personnel.

After entering, they still put on shoe covers first, then measured the installation position with a ruler, made marks on the wall, and started drilling.

While drilling, the technician used a dust collection bag, and there wasn't a speck of dust on the wall.

Of course, this was just the first step...

"Your installation is quite reliable."

"Of course, we are professionally trained. I'm only here today to drill holes and perform the wiring modifications; the specific equipment will be brought in after the hard renovation is completed."

Cheng Song nodded...

...

The smart home turmoil temporarily passed, and this smear campaign ended with a great victory for Transsion.

The sales volume of Transsion smart home products was also increasing rapidly...

But after keeping a low profile for only a few days, on August 10th, Honor held a developer conference at the Kyoto National Convention Center.

That's right, it was a developer conference held under the name of Honor!

But the number of online viewers on the live streaming platform directly exceeded 8 million.

The big screen behind them read: "Honor Comes for Innovation!"

"Hello everyone, friends!"

The bullet comments in the live broadcast room were scrolling rapidly. Nowadays, the gap between Honor fans and Mi Fans was no longer on the same order of magnitude; Honor, as a sub-brand, had already surpassed the combined market share of Xiaomi and Redmi.

Furthermore, the theme of Zhao Ming's speech today was only one word: "Chip."

"When the Honor 6 was released, I said that Honor wanted to be the brand most liked by Chinese users. Today, I want to push this goal a step further..."

A goal appeared directly on the big screen: Honor wants to be the brand most trusted by Chinese users.

"This is our brand-new goal. Wanting to achieve this is extremely difficult. After all, trust means everyone believes 100%, but in the semiconductor industry, every now and then a few 'fire dragons' pop up, leading to a not-so-great user experience. But Brother Ming dares to guarantee this today, which proves that our technology is sufficient to achieve it."

Before the reaction had died down, the rendered images of two chips appeared on the big screen.

The kirin chip logo and the Taishan Chip logo appeared right in the center of the screen.

"Brother Ming guarantees here today that all Honor models will use 100% domestic chips. The flagship series will use kirin chips and Taishan Chips; the mid-range series will use Kuaichai chips and kirin chips; the low-end entry-level series will all use kirin chips. Honor will not use MediaTek or Qualcomm solutions on any product."

Some people in the audience couldn't believe it.

Honor's shipment volume exceeded 80 million last year; switching entirely to kirin chips meant that Transsion's wafer fab production capacity must expand significantly.

This also meant that MediaTek and Qualcomm would lose tens of millions of chip orders every year!

But this also keenly signaled something... Could it be that the domestic Lithography Machine has had another breakthrough?