Chapter 188: Tianqi Group Declares War

The place where the three vehicles exchanged fire was in the suburbs; although there were relatively few passing vehicles, it was not as if there were no passersby.

Just a few minutes after Xiang Lianyun subdued the other party, several cars passed by one after another.

Seeing that vehicles had overturned here and that several people were lying on the ground, these passing vehicles had originally intended to come forward to help.

But when their cars drove to within dozens of meters, they clearly saw several corpses scattered in disarray and three injured people sitting slumped on the ground.

Anyone with normal intelligence could see that this scene was definitely not as simple as a car accident.

Added to this was Xiang Lianyun, who stood to the side holding a gun, having already put on a mask to cover half his face.

The passersby immediately imagined a two-and-a-half-hour-long, thrilling blockbuster movie in their minds.

And so.

Some passing vehicles hurriedly stepped on the gas to accelerate, rushing past, while some bolder ones took out their phones to record videos.

Others who were more timid simply reversed their cars and retreated the way they came.

It was not until several minutes later that a few business vans rushed to the scene, cordoned off the area, cleaned up the traces, took away the dead and the injured, and then roared away.

Su Xin and his group drove away.

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The news that a shooting incident had occurred in the suburbs of Baohe City, resulting in at least several deaths, spread throughout Long Country that afternoon.

Several passersby had filmed videos of the scene and posted them on major social platforms, causing a huge sensation both at home and abroad.

Long Country has always been one of the safest countries in the world; the number of shooting incidents over the years has been very rare, and a major case causing several casualties at once is even more countable on one's fingers.

Therefore, once this shocking case emerged, it immediately attracted high attention from both home and abroad.

Moreover, Su Xin wanted to retaliate against the mastermind, and this time he intended to combine overt and covert methods; he wanted to teach the enemy a harsh lesson while also letting more people see his deterrent power.

The prerequisite for this series of retaliatory actions was that he had to stand in the position of the victim.

Therefore, after careful discussion with Hao Zude, they decided to blow this incident up and handle it with great fanfare.

At seven o'clock that evening.

The news released an official report.

"The outstanding scientist and entrepreneur Mr. Su Xin was attacked by nine armed thugs on his way to visit relatives in his hometown. After a fierce gunfight, Mr. Su Xin's bodyguards successfully killed six of the thugs and captured three alive."

This announcement stirred up a thousand ripples, causing a huge sensation on a global scale.

Countless media outlets scrambled to report it.

All major online platforms saw it top the trending searches.

Countless netizens were even discussing it frantically.

"Holy crap! Nine thugs?!"

"This behavior is just too damn shameless!"

"If they can't compete in business, they play these dirty tricks. It really is Sakura Country; only they could do something like this."

"This matter must be retaliated against!"

"It's simply too bullying; we must retaliate!"

"Daring to attack our nation's pillar of strength is a provocation against us; we must strike back!"

"As long as we attack Sakura, I'll donate ten thousand!"

"President Su is the pride of Long Country. Daring to make a move against President Su is a slap in the face to all people of Long Country. From today on, boycott all Sakura Country products!"

"Strongly support! Except for the adult film industry, everything from Sakura Country must be strongly boycotted!"

Countless Long Country netizens were filled with righteous indignation.

Overseas netizens also expressed condemnation of Sakura Country under such news.

Over the past year or so, ever since Su Xin and Tianqi Group burst onto the scene, the worship of Su Xin by netizens around the world had long since transcended nationality, gender, and race.

Now, with Su Xin in the right, everyone naturally sided with him in support.

And just as netizens around the world were discussing it heatedly, Tianqi Group issued a solemn statement, condemning the actions of Sakura Country and demanding that Sakura Country provide an explanation for this matter.

Tianqi Group also simultaneously announced a series of retaliatory measures against Sakura Country.

First, all terminal products under the group are prohibited from being sold to people from Sakura Country.

For example, Tianmu Eye Drops and Tianmu No. 1, as well as all terminal products developed in the future.

Second, for any enterprise where people from Sakura Country or Sakura Country capital holds more than twenty percent of the shares, the price will double when purchasing any products under Tianqi Group.

Such as Thor Battery, Xiaozhi Driving System, Xiaotian Flight System, and all other products under the group.

Third, forever refuse to hire employees or management of Sakura Country nationality; even employees who have more than one year of work experience in enterprises in Sakura Country will resolutely not be hired.

From company products to business cooperation to hiring employees, they are openly and strongly boycotting Sakura Country in every aspect.

Once the news came out, it immediately ignited the world.

This behavior by Tianqi Group was almost equivalent to directly declaring itself an enemy of the entire Sakura Country.

In response, many people in Sakura Country expressed strong condemnation and stated very toughly that they would forever boycott all products of Tianqi Group in the future.

No matter how good Tianqi Group's products are, they are not indispensable; without Tianqi Group's products, Sakura Country would not suffer any losses.

There were even many hawks who came forward to call for a total ban on all business dealings between all enterprises and Tianqi Group, and a comprehensive blockade of all of Tianqi Group's products, since Tianqi Group was supplying products to Sakura Country at a premium.

No matter how excellent Thor Battery and Xiaozhi Driving System are, as long as all car models within Sakura Country are forbidden from using them, there is no distinction between good and bad.

No matter how effective Tianmu Eye Drops are, not using them won't have much of an impact; after all, nearsightedness is not a disease, and everyone has gotten by for so long, what is there that must be treated?

Tiantian Assistant is even more so; it may be easy to use, but that doesn't mean it's indispensable.

After this analysis by several experts from Sakura Country, many netizens from Sakura Country expressed their agreement, feeling that Tianqi Group was nothing special.

Between Sakura Country and Tianqi Group, the majority of people in Sakura Country stood firmly on the side of their own country.

Regardless of who was right or wrong.

As for the majority of netizens in other countries, they cheered for Su Xin's actions, believing him to be clear about grievances and upright in character.

Many media outlets have been continuously tracking and reporting on this incident, and some media outlets that love to stir up trouble have even defined this event as a struggle between Tianqi Group and Sakura Country.

This is a situation that has never appeared in history: a corporate group publicly "declaring war" on the third-largest developed country in the world by GDP.