Chapter 158: The Turmoil in Yingjiang Country

On the day the Tianqi Group announcement was released, the stock prices of several major Yingjiang Country automakers plummeted in response.

Regarding such a hardline stance from Tianqi Group, many people in Yingjiang Country were suddenly enraged.

Many people voiced their accusations one after another.

Some even began to call for a joint boycott of Tianqi Group's products, to make Tianqi Group recognize the unity of Yingjiang Country, and to let everyone see that the world's number one power, Yingjiang Country, is not something a mere group company can oppose!

For a time, many people directly uninstalled the Tiantian Assistant and posted videos to social media platforms, announcing they would never use it again.

As for other products, there was no way around it; after all, the Thor Battery and such are components or functions in cars and other products, so it's not like they could just smash all those smart-driving cars, right?

They hadn't gone that crazy yet.

Therefore, they could only express their protest by uninstalling and boycotting the Tiantian Assistant.

Within a single day, hundreds of thousands of people uninstalled the Tiantian Assistant, and this topic also trended on major social media platforms.

At the same time.

There were also many people marching in the streets, demanding that Tianqi Group cooperate normally with Yingjiang Country pharmaceutical companies, demanding that Tianqi Group treat everyone equally and let the Tianmu Series Agent benefit all of humanity, rather than using the Tianmu Series Agent as a bargaining chip for struggle.

However.

No matter how big the commotion in Yingjiang Country became, Tianqi Group acted as if it hadn't heard a thing.

If they want to uninstall, let them uninstall.

If they want to boycott, let them boycott.

Some Long Country netizens actually started messing around online, posting a meme of a well-known crosstalk comedian to mock them—

"Tianqi Group's service tenet is: no refunds."

Many Long Country netizens chimed in one after another:

"The money is already paid, who cares if you uninstall or not."

"President Su doesn't lack money at all, and doesn't care about your Yingjiang Country market; if you want to boycott, then boycott, let's see who can't take it first."

"Take a look at the fate of your own major Yingjiang Country automakers first; stock prices have already fallen by 5%, why didn't I see you supporting your own automakers?"

"Without the Thor Battery, without the Xiaozhi Driving System, who would even want your Yingjiang Country cars?"

"Never mind the markets of other countries, even within your own Yingjiang Country market, I'm afraid there aren't many people who would support their own enterprises."

"If you have the guts, boycott to the end, never use the Thor Battery, don't buy cars equipped with the Thor Battery, and see how far behind your Yingjiang Country automakers will fall in a few years when they can't keep up with the times!"

"The Tianmu Potion shouldn't cooperate with Yingjiang Country either; might as well use a real-name system for all future purchases, and as long as they are Yingjiang Country citizens, they aren't allowed to buy it."

"Let's see who can outlast whom."

Tianqi Group's actions made many Long Country netizens cheer for them one after another.

Over the past few years, having been suppressed by Yingjiang Country through various means in every aspect, everyone had long been harboring a belly full of anger.

However, no one could do anything about Yingjiang Country.

The other side is the world's number one power; whether in military, economy, or technology, it is the undisputed world leader, and it has a large group of lackeys following behind, waving flags and shouting to cheer it on.

Every country could only endure and yield.

Netizens could only endure it as well.

Today, with Tianqi Group taking such a hardline stance to openly oppose the sanctions of Yingjiang Country, the feelings that everyone had suppressed for so long were suddenly released, giving them a sense of relief as if they had turned the tables and become the masters.

And over on the Yingjiang Country side.

The reaction of the major automakers was indeed as the Long Country netizens had guessed; they were completely stunned by this sudden announcement from Tianqi Group.

Originally, they were developing just fine; although they couldn't compare to the development trends of the major leading automakers in Long Country, their business operations were considered good.

But waking up from a sleep, their own stock prices began to plummet; this was simply an unprovoked disaster.

Clearly, there were no problems with their operations, and no negative news had appeared internally; it was just because Tianqi Group had inexplicably announced the termination of subsequent cooperation that they had suffered such significant losses.

Where could they go to reason this out?

Consequently, the major automakers could only rush to contact Tianqi Group, attempting to communicate regarding subsequent cooperation.

But Liu Qingli only said helplessly:

"Your officials are too guarded against us, and announced security reviews of us for no reason, which resulted in us having no choice but to cease operations."

"We have been very law-abiding, yet we still do not meet your country's laws and regulations."

"We reflected on ourselves at the first opportunity, yet we don't know where the problem lies, and even less how to improve ourselves, so we can only choose to withdraw from the Yingjiang Country market, so as not to cause you trouble, and also so we don't have to live in fear."

"If this has caused trouble for your company, I sincerely say I am sorry."

"But as for cooperation, let's just forget it."

"I will arrange for your existing orders to be fulfilled, ensuring your current operations, which will also give you time to adjust; presumably, there won't be any major problems."

The major automakers still wanted to persuade her to stay, but Liu Qingli used the excuse of being busy with work and hung up the phone directly.

They couldn't persuade Tianqi Group.

The major automakers could only communicate with the officials.

At the same time, representatives of several major Yingjiang Country pharmaceutical companies also found the officials, wanting to persuade them to abandon the groundless sanctions against Tianqi Group.

Indeed, anyone with a discerning eye could see that the officials' so-called security review was just deliberately finding fault with Tianqi Group.

If not for this, the major automakers or pharmaceutical companies would not have attempted to intervene in the officials' decisions.

And those protesting citizens in Yingjiang Country, seeing that Tianqi Group ignored everyone's calls, had no choice but to turn their guns around and point their fingers directly at the officials.

Across Yingjiang Country, relatively large-scale protests erupted, and everyone called out one after another—

"Do not let political struggles affect the interests of the people; please treat Tianqi Group fairly!"

"The Tianmu Potion is a common gospel for all humanity; we should open our friendly doors and welcome the cooperation of Tianqi Group."

"We want the Tianmu Potion!"

The people's protest demonstrations gained the approval of many in Yingjiang Country.

One must know that the myopia rate of Yingjiang Country people is not low, with the adult myopia rate being about 25%, among which about nine million people suffer from severe myopia.

In other words, the number of people with a relatively urgent need for Tianmu Eye Drops is as high as several million.

During this period, because Tianmu Eye Drops were only sold in Long Country, many people from Yingjiang Country flew specifically to Long Country to line up and purchase Tianmu Eye Drops.

There were also people purchasing Tianmu No. 1.

After finishing the two agents of the Tianmu Series, most people became voluntary promoters for these two agents, and upon returning to Yingjiang Country, they would promote these two miraculous agents from time to time.

Coupled with the fact that the internet is full of positive reviews and praise for the Tianmu Series Agent, people in Yingjiang Country have been looking forward to these two agents for a long time.

Now, Tianqi Group has publicly announced that it refuses to cooperate with pharmaceutical companies in Yingjiang Country and will no longer enter the Yingjiang Country market, which naturally aroused strong dissatisfaction among these people with severe myopia.

However.

Their protests received absolutely no response from Tianqi Group.

So they could only protest against the authorities of Yingjiang Country.

For a time, the voices from enterprises and the public seemed to start leaning toward Tianqi Group, resulting in numerous clashes with those crowds who were boycotting.