Chapter 432: Shameless (Part 1)

Zhang Xiaodong suddenly left.

But the confrontation between the Wang and Liu families continued.

Under Zhao Qingfeng’s instruction, Lawyer Zhou, through legal means, ‘forced’ the police to formally investigate the Liu family for ‘extortion.’

The police couldn’t possibly listen to Tencent.

Besides not being based in the south, the main reason was that the province was under Zhao Qingfeng’s influence.

Deputy Mayor Gao was also aware of the situation. For him, pressuring the local police was like a father dealing with his son.

Soon.

The case entered the formal investigation stage.

The Liu family and their witnesses were taken to the county public security bureau.

The online public opinion fermented again, with people eagerly awaiting the final outcome.

Many netizens who supported the Liu family continued to argue online with the mindset of ‘if he didn’t hit her, why did he save her?’

But.

Even the most shameless rogue cannot withstand the police’s investigation.

Especially when the evidence is irrefutable, showing the bicycle had no collision marks.

No matter how thick the Liu family’s skin was, they couldn’t persist to the end.

After the police easily broke through the so-called witnesses’ testimonies, the Liu family was officially suspected of extortion. Liu Sanyou was temporarily detained by the police, and Liu Laotai, due to her old age, awaited trial outside of custody. The situation seemed to be reaching its conclusion.

“I told you, there are still good-hearted people in this world.”

“Lingfeng Technology is really powerful, LeXin is truly effective. I’ll stick to using LeXin.”

“We almost lost our faith!”

“Damn that old Liu Laotai, she’s practically one foot in the grave already, why doesn’t she just die!”

“Tencent too, after falsifying information last time to slander LeXin, now they’re opposing LeXin again. They’re no good either!”

The incident quickly escalated to boycotting Tencent.

Of course, this included the cyber army hired by Marina.

What Zhao Qingfeng and everyone else didn’t expect was that Ma Huateng actually released another statement.

It clearly stated that Tencent’s repeated mistakes were all due to Zhang Xiaodong’s poor judgment.

The announcement criticized Zhang Xiaodong severely and offered a sincere apology.

In addition to granting every Tencent user a month of VIP membership, it also announced the dismissal of Zhang Xiaodong, the ‘bad element.’ Coupled with the cyber army’s rumor-mongering, netizens overwhelmingly supported Tencent once again.

This is how things are in the world.

A good person could do thousands of good deeds, but if they commit one bad act, they become an unforgivable villain.

And for the bad, no matter how many evil deeds they commit, just one good act can make them seem like a saint who has laid down his butcher’s knife.

Zhao Qingfeng had an epiphany and chuckled at Ma Huateng’s earnest efforts.

Lawyer Zhou was terrified, “Mr. Zhao, Ma Huateng is really cunning, turning a desperate situation into survival. Now Tencent’s reputation has improved overnight. After all, they fired the vice president and declared their willingness to rectify their mistakes. They’ve managed to turn their fortunes around beautifully!”

Beautiful?

If viewed from a business competition perspective, Tencent had indeed made a comeback.

But don’t forget about human nature.

Zhang Xiaodong was dismissed just like that, without even being notified himself. Heaven knows how heartbroken he must be.

“So that’s how it is…”

Zhao Qingfeng had found it strange the first time he met Zhang Xiaodong. He seemed to have something to say, and there was no hostility in his eyes when he looked at Wang Mingyue, only guilt.

“This guy was used as a pawn. Ma Huateng sacrifices him to improve Tencent’s reputation, probably because of their disagreement. It’s one of Ma Huateng’s tactics to kill the chicken to scare the monkeys, but unfortunately…”

“Unfortunately what?” Lawyer Zhou asked, frowning.

“Hehe.”

Zhao Qingfeng smirked, “It’s just unfortunate that Ma Huateng made a big mistake this time, a huge mistake! He doesn’t realize that Tencent’s rapid development isn’t entirely his own doing. Zhang Xiaodong is a rare talent. If he could join Lingfeng Technology, he would definitely help us reach new heights.”

Lawyer Zhou was stunned.

No, no, absolutely not!

Bringing an enemy’s subordinate into our ranks would surely lead to criticism.

If Ma Huateng were to announce that Zhang Xiaodong was actually a mole for Lingfeng Technology, it would greatly damage Lingfeng’s reputation.

Moreover, now that the whole internet is praising Tencent for ‘eliminating its own’ and cursing Zhang Xiaodong for ‘being heartless and unrighteous,’ even if he is talented, it would be years before any company dared to hire him.

After all, who would want to bring someone with a ‘controversial’ past into their company?

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