223: Chapter 222 Growth and the Desire to Confront Each Other?

"Boycott? A ban? Heh."

Wang Shuo tossed the tablet in his hand onto the sofa and let out a chuckle.

Beside him, Liu Yemei stood quietly.

"I am responsible for this matter."

"What responsibility do you have?" Wang Shuo looked at Liu Yemei with some surprise.

"It was my oversight; I didn't expect the other party's reaction to be so intense." Liu Yemei remained calm, but Wang Shuo could hear that she was somewhat self-reproachful. "If I had considered this earlier, I would have used a different method to communicate with them, perhaps..."

"Perhaps what? Perhaps they would honor the contract and continue to supply us on time?"

"Or perhaps they would suddenly become kindhearted and stop targeting us?"

Wang Shuo pointed at the tablet on the sofa and asked curiously, "Sister Liu, you can't be this naive, right? Do you think that if you just knelt down and begged them, they wouldn't do something like this?"

Liu Yemei opened her lips but couldn't say a word.

In all fairness, what she had said was indeed a bit too naive. Perhaps it was because she had been in contact with Wang Shuo for too long that she had underestimated the greed and viciousness of human nature and overlooked commercial risks.

"Sister Liu, do you know who taught me my first lesson when I entered society?"

Liu Yemei looked up, revealing a hint of confusion.

"It was Uncle Chen." Wang Shuo said indifferently, "It's not that what he taught me was particularly good, but rather that I saw in him something common to all businessmen..."

"Sycophancy, pursuing profit and avoiding harm, being cunning and deceitful, and also... there is no business without deceit."

"No matter what he shows on the surface, whether it's joy or anger, behind it all, it never strays from the word 'profit.' The only difference is just the methods and means of obtaining that profit."

"I often think about one thing: if I hadn't met Chen Xin back then, and hadn't brought out the thing that gave the Chen Group a new lease on life, what kind of attitude would Uncle Chen have had toward me?"

"Would he have thrown a grand banquet for me alone? Would he have treated me specially? Would he have taught me to grow through beating me up? Would he have supported me fully through Chen Xin?"

Wang Shuo chuckled, revealing a trace of loneliness.

He had actually thought about this question for a long time.

Actually, what he wanted to ask himself even more was, if he hadn't obtained the core of the Humanoid Race back then, what would his life be like today? Would he have met Chen Xin? Would he be throwing around tens of millions at every turn? Would he have made academic giants like Professor Zeng feel inferior?

Wang Shuo already knew the answer in his heart.

As for relying on his own hard work to become a person like Chen Zhongxuan?

He had indeed had such expectations when he was young and ignorant.

But looking at it now, that was just a dream. Only by truly entering this circle can one know how difficult it was for Chen Zhongxuan to lead the Chen Group step by step to where it is today. The ups and downs involved could even be written into a separate novel.

This cannot be summarized by just saying it was due to luck.

"The answer is no. Even if he is Uncle Chen, he wouldn't just take an interest in a person or thing of no value." Wang Shuo smiled at Liu Yemei. "So, Sister Liu, we don't need to harbor any illusions about these people; we should just do what we need to do."

"From now on, for anyone willing to cooperate with us, we will give them the benefits they want, even ten or a hundred times more. For those unwilling to cooperate, we will let them get nothing. If anyone still harbors bad intentions, then we will let them know what it means to be crushed."

"From now on, our Frontier Technology will have only one tenet: use absolute technology to suppress all opposition."

Liu Yemei stared intently at Wang Shuo.

At this moment, Wang Shuo exuded an aura of confidence, making the young man's tall and upright figure appear even more imposing.

After a long while, Liu Yemei withdrew her gaze.

"I understand."

Liu Yemei picked up the notebook she always kept with her, tucked it into her jacket pocket, and said indifferently, "I will go prepare remedial measures now, striving to minimize the impact of this matter."

Wang Shuo nodded with satisfaction.

This was the Liu Yemei he knew: always calm and composed, always stern and serious, always cool-headed, and always methodical.

She was a model of a strong career woman.

"President Wang." Liu Yemei paused slightly as she reached the door. "If one day you really can't pay salaries, I can consider helping you for a few more months."

"Also..." Liu Yemei's indifferent voice seemed to have a hint of change.

"Your method of making empty promises is really quite mediocre."

Having said that, she walked out without looking back.

Wang Shuo looked up in astonishment, but only saw a glimpse of Liu Yemei's back.

It wasn't until the door closed again that Wang Shuo came back to his senses.

He had actually... been looked down upon by his own employee?

Shaking his head helplessly, Wang Shuo instructed, "Zero."

"I am here, Sir."

"Send the new list of suppliers to Sister Liu. Tell her to make sure everything is coordinated by 6:00 PM today. The technical specifications and samples must be verified by tomorrow, and I hope to see the finished products from the first batch within five days."

"Very well, Sir. The notification has been sent to Miss Liu's zero egg."

"Very good." Wang Shuo nodded with satisfaction.

If you look down on your boss, don't blame the boss for showing his true colors as a capitalist.

He pointed to the code on the screen: "Delete the third line and rewrite the algorithm. I need real-time correction for the movements."

"Very well, Sir. The camera is ready for you."

"Start recognition, pay attention to gesture capture."

"Very well, Sir."

...

Wang Shuo quickly fell into a working state.

As for the article that was already causing a huge stir online...

Who cares?

...

Facts proved that things Wang Shuo didn't care about, others did care about, and there were many who cared.

Almost everyone who had participated in the zero egg launch felt as if struck by thunder after receiving this news.

This feeling was indescribable.

It was as if the bride had already gotten into the wedding car, but was hijacked halfway.

And that wasn't even the end of it; the hijacker kept driving the wedding car back and forth in front of them, just short of saying: "Come and hit me if you can."

Consequently, some people really prepared to take action.

Netizens who supported Frontier Company flocked to leave comments under the article, condemning the author's irresponsible and shameless behavior, and angrily stating that these people were delaying the development of Huaxia technology, going against the historical trend, and were destined to come to no good end.

In response, the author's reaction was very direct—he blocked all the comments from netizens who were scolding him.

In this war without gunpowder, the power supporting Frontier Technology Co., Ltd. was still too weak, so weak that the mastermind behind the scenes only had to move a finger to silence them.

This made people even angrier.

But anger could not solve the problem.

Many supporters who lacked channels and means to voice their opinions could only turn to leaving comments on the Frontier Technology Co., Ltd. website forum.

Du Fei'er: "Is there no one left at Frontier Company? Someone is trying to steal our base, why is there no reaction at all? You can't be this slow, right?"

Eiffel Tower: "zero egg, we need zero egg! If zero egg cannot be delivered, what is the meaning of our contribution! I hope your company can handle this matter well and not affect the delivery of zero egg!"

Dandan Maopao: "Heh, I estimate this Frontier Company is about to go bankrupt, donate money, and run away. Just watch, if they can deliver on time, I'll eat shit while doing a handstand."

Locust Combination: "To the one above, request a live stream."

The Road That Enlightens Me: "Don't be so self-righteous. Even if they can't release the physical zero egg, Frontier Technology Company can still release software AI, so the one above should hurry up and prepare to eat shit. However, I still hope Frontier Technology can deliver the physical zero egg; for no other reason, it's just too cute."

Cute Little Phoenix: "Um... I mean, it's okay if it's delivered a bit late, right? We are willing to wait!"

...

At 6:30 PM, the Frontier Technology Company official website, which had been quiet for a long time, finally had a change. Many netizens who had been waiting for a long time immediately clicked on the newly released announcement.

But as soon as they clicked on it, they were immediately dumbfounded.

What the hell is this again?

Is Frontier Technology trying to have a hard confrontation?