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That's why he pulled the Boss and Second Brother along to teach him.

He just didn't expect it.

He had just gotten the hang of it when he ran into trouble on this downhill slope.

When a novice rider panics, it's easiest to fall "630."

"It's turning! Is the rear brake on the left or the right?!"

After the sudden panic, Third Brother finally stabilized himself, and his hands gripped the brakes again, but he suddenly forgot which one was the rear brake.

You should know.

On such a high-speed downhill section, if you suddenly use the front brake, the bicycle will fly out on its own.

Facing Third Brother's call from ahead, Boss also quickly spoke up.

"The right side is the rear brake!"

As soon as Boss finished speaking, Second Brother next to him was stunned for a moment.

"Boss, did you say that backward?"

Hearing this, Boss was startled, immediately tried the brakes, and then quickly reacted, immediately saying to Third Brother, who hadn't slowed down yet:

"Wrong, wrong, the left side is the rear brake, Third Brother, calm down!"

Although Boss reacted quickly.

But it was already too late.

Immediately after he told Third Brother the wrong choice, Third Brother pressed the right brake firmly.

And the result was predictable.

The next second.

The rear of the shared bicycle Third Brother was riding instantly lifted, flinging Third Brother directly off.

Third Brother's body traced a graceful curve through the air.

In mid-air, Third Brother didn't forget to turn back and give Boss the middle finger, and before he could finish his expletives, he rolled directly into the green belt beside the road.

Fortunately, Third Brother fell near the green belt, which provided a great buffer for him.

So after Third Brother rolled into the green belt, he wasn't seriously injured, and the next second his head popped out of the green belt, and the bicycle was also thrown aside, its wheels spinning continuously.

Looking at this scene in the distance.

Boss and Second Brother both exclaimed, then immediately rode over.

"Third Brother just took off, huh."

"And he flew quite high."

The two couldn't help but tease him at this moment.

Then the two came to the green belt and pulled Third Brother out of it.

At this moment, Third Brother was disheveled and looked quite disheveled, but fortunately, he was not seriously injured.

"You're trying to murder your own father! You definitely did that on purpose!"

"And 'the right side is the rear brake'? I think you've been plotting this for a long time!"

After crawling out of the green belt, Third Brother couldn't help but say to Boss.

And Boss also looked helpless.

"I really panicked just now; I truly didn't react in the first instant."

"We were practicing fine on a gentle slope just now, but you insisted on coming to this big slope, and when you suddenly lost control, I was also stunned."

"I'll treat tonight."

Seeing that Boss said that, Third Brother didn't say anything more, after all, he wasn't seriously injured, and Boss didn't do it on purpose.

Then Third Brother also went to the shared bicycle and helped it up.

Seeing this.

Second Brother couldn't help but say,

"You're like this, and you still want to ride?"

Third Brother nodded.

"Anyway, I've already fallen, so I'm not afraid anymore."

"Keep riding; that downhill slope just now was pretty cool."

For someone who has just learned to ride a bicycle, this kind of downhill section is indeed quite comfortable.

Seeing this.

Boss and Second Brother didn't say much, preparing to continue riding with Third Brother.

But just at this moment.

Several other students walking by, after hearing their conversation, one of them couldn't help but speak.

"Still riding?"

"The deposit for this Hello Bike is almost non-refundable."

"You'd better check if you can get your deposit back now; it'll be too late if you wait."

"A few of us just got our deposits back."

Listening to their words, Third Brother and the others were also a bit strange.

"Everyone, what's going on?"

"Why is it that you can barely get your deposit back for this Hello Bike?"

"Didn't Magic City just launch the Hello Bike service a week ago?"

Facing the inquiry, the person continued.

"You'll know if you search on Weibo."

"Hello Bike itself is a small company with not much capital. The reason it can expand so quickly is entirely by misappropriating user deposits. It's said that soon, all Hello Bike deposits will be non-refundable."

After speaking.....

The people slowly left the place.

And hearing this, Third Brother and the others were also stunned, then all took out their phones to search and check.

Second Brother was the first to find some information.

"I found it; there are indeed people saying that Hello is about to go bankrupt."

"However, I searched around and couldn't find the source of this news. It seems to be some self-media speculating on their own; there's no evidence that deposits really can't be refunded."

"It is indeed a rumor; I also haven't found any substantive evidence," Boss also said.

Then the three looked at each other.

The scene fell into silence for a moment.

The next second.

All three began to open the Hello Bike app, preparing to refund their deposits.

"Don't you guys do anything yet, let me refund first!"

"Get out of the way, if only a few people can get refunds now, then I'm definitely one of them!"

This is the destructive power of such rumors on a small company. Although these rumors have no source and no evidence, they will still cause many users to directly choose to refund their deposits.

After all, in the face of tangible financial interests.

Even if it's just some baseless rumors.

It will also cause users to experience a crisis of trust in such small companies.

Actually.

Even if what is circulating externally is true, and Hello did misappropriate user deposits, as long as all users don't panic and use it normally, there won't be any problems.

Once Hello expands in scale and truly receives funding, all previously misappropriated user deposits will be fully refunded.

But if a crisis of trust appears and users start to refund deposits in large numbers, then the resulting chain reaction can indeed cause such a small company to go bankrupt.

5.9

If Hello.

Is indeed a startup, a small company with no background or capital.

Then the current predicament and crisis of trust they face will be a fatal blow, with no room for salvation.

But Hello's background is actually far more exaggerated than anyone imagined.

The reason why Hello Bike previously had to expand frantically in a short period of time and occupy most cities as quickly as possible was for a necessary decision they were about to make.