Chapter 243: Friends from Sakura Country, let's enjoy this together!

The ceremony has ended.

Chairman Mike continued:

"Regarding Lucien, I will arrange for his death afterward, and we can discuss how to divide his assets after the meeting."

"The theme of this meeting is still to discuss this war with Su Xin."

"I assume everyone has already seen the press conference for Tianji Zero, right? I wonder what everyone's thoughts are?"

One of them said helplessly:

"Who could have imagined that Su Xin was also researching human enhancement drugs, and has already achieved such perfect results."

"If not for the debut of Tianji Zero, this public opinion offensive would surely have brought Su Xin no small amount of trouble, but it's a pity..."

Another person said carelessly:

"There is nothing to pity. If Su Xin were truly that easy to deal with, we wouldn't need to be this cautious. In any case, we never counted on defeating him solely by relying on a public opinion offensive."

"You are laughing, the cherry blossoms are bustling, and every family is experiencing a beautiful day."

While that caused many citizens to panic, the anger in their hearts also accumulated to the limit.

"Let's push directly to the next step."

All kinds of living costs are increasing day by day.

The Long Country's New Year's Eve.

The pressure currently borne by the people of Sakura Country is truly too great. The economic crisis previously stirred up by Su Xin caused many people to go bankrupt and jump off rooftops, and most of those who are alive have also suffered immense losses, with their quality of life far inferior to before.

"Otherwise, why do you think our lives have visibly improved over these two years?"

"I hope such joy can last forever, Sakura Country too, blessings to you all!"

"There is nothing left to discuss next. In any case, Tianji Zero cannot be mass-produced in the short term, and we likely cannot get our hands on it. Saying too much is meaningless. My suggestion is..."

Or is there an intentional cover-up?

While the various high-level members of the Yongji Society gathered together because of the release of Tianji Zero, various countries also became nervous because of it.

"Although we don't know what level the capital scale of Tianqi Group has reached now, we were able to forcibly push an economic crisis last year, causing Sakura Country to suffer heavy losses. After this year of development and expansion, Tianqi Group's capital strength is much stronger than last year. Wanting to strike at Sakura Country is not difficult at all."

Some people were successively eliminated in such increasingly cutthroat competition, and were subsequently crushed by the ever-higher cost of living, becoming completely decadent from then on.

"Sakura Country is also celebrating the New Year for us, but aren't these fireworks a bit too big?"

"However, President Su only threatened to retaliate and hasn't taken formal action yet, and Sakura Country is already like this. When President Su makes a move, what will Sakura Country's fate be? I inexplicably have a little expectation!"

Some people cannot see the deep-seated predicament and only feel that ever since that economic crisis, their lives seem to have become increasingly difficult.

Although Su Xin also only made empty accusations without providing any actual evidence.

"There were already many people protesting the missing persons incident before, and it caused a huge stir in Sakura Country, but there was no way to investigate it. Now that the situation has reversed, everyone feels like they were being played for fools."

"Each dose of Destiny Potion overseas is 300,000, selling ten million doses is three trillion Long Coins!"

"By then, it will be them envying us."

"Tianqi Group has money and is willing to spend it. Those suppliers make money, and the wages and income of Tianqi Group's massive number of employees are also very high, so everyone's willingness to consume will increase accordingly, and it will become easier and easier for other people to make money."

On the very afternoon the Tianqi Group press conference ended, protests began to break out in various places.

Especially since all kinds of high-quality assets were bought at the bottom by international capital including Tianqi Group, making Sakura Country almost a granary for all major international capital.

"However, ever since the rise of Tianqi Group, it has earned massive amounts of money worldwide and returned to nourish the more than one billion people of Long Country."

"For example, Tianqi Energy; many of the factories under their name were only completed one after another this year and haven't had time to contribute much revenue. Next year, when they truly exert their strength and production capacity is fully improved, they will surely sweep the global lithium battery market."

Those who barely managed to win the rat race were also all physically and mentally exhausted, their nerves stretched to the limit, and their life pressure was also great to the extreme.

This is simply challenging everyone's bottom line!

The most critical thing is that no one knows how much production capacity Tianji Zero has, or how many soldiers have used Tianji Zero.

"A friend of mine is in Sakura Country. I heard from him that the cause of this incident was the words President Su said at the press conference this afternoon. Now many Sakura people know that those missing persons were actually done by their own people, and they are all furious."

"The revenue of several other subsidiaries is also very exaggerated. Although there is no clear data, by comparing the market share of each subsidiary and the financial reports of similar companies, one can also see that their revenue is at least on the scale of trillions."

"Taking a point to represent the whole, with Tianqi Group as the center, radiating to all industries, that is why everyone feels that making money is easier now than before. Whether it is working a job or doing a little business oneself, the income is much higher than before."

"In addition, the rapid expansion of Tianqi Group has also indirectly driven economic development."

But just like the Yongji Society framing Su Xin, this kind of thing doesn't need any evidence at all. As long as it is said, there will be people who believe it.

Now that they know all this was done by Sakura Country, their anger exploded all at once!

"Just the suppliers under the various subsidiaries of Tianqi Group, large and small, number more than 30,000, many of which are Long Country enterprises."

"There is also Tianqi Pharmaceutical Company; their revenue is no worse than Tianqi Energy Company, and is even clearly a notch higher."

……

"Although you temporarily resolved the public opinion crisis, things are still within their expectations."

"Since Sakura Country is so friendly in celebrating the New Year for us, I will go set off a few fireworks to celebrate Sakura Country's activities as well."

"That's for sure! Just Thor Battery aggressively entering various major industries and becoming the largest battery supplier for cars, buses, drones, mobile phones, computers, tablets, and other electronic equipment, with a market share of over ten percent—according to reliable data statistics, Tianqi Energy Company alone had a total revenue exceeding five trillion Long Coins this year."

No matter which possibility it is, it is enough to make the public angry to the extreme.

And so.

The protests soon evolved into riots.

Every family reunited, and after finishing a sumptuous New Year's Eve dinner, they sat in front of the television, chatting happily while watching TV.

"In this world, no one can stop Tianqi Group anymore. A mere Sakura Country is just an ant to Tianqi Group."

"In the past, there were always people saying Yingjiang Country and the like—their income is high and their welfare is good, isn't it because they have many high-tech, high-profit companies!"

Long Country netizens successively posted well-wishing comments.

"That is why life has become better and better."

Conservatively estimated, counting a total of 10,000 people, such a batch of superhumans becoming various key types of soldiers and using various advanced weapons and equipment will surely possess extremely terrifying combat power.

The most sensational one was undoubtedly Sakura Country.

"Not to mention the other businesses of Tianqi Pharmaceutical Company; just the Destiny Potion has only been on the domestic market for a few months, and the overseas market has only just opened not long ago. If it sells for a full year next year, that single product alone will have revenue that would scare people to death."

"Friends from Sakura Country, let's enjoy the fun together!"

"Exactly how much money has Tianqi Group earned? They wouldn't have earned all the money in the world, would they?"

Coupled with their already extremely formidable military strength, their power will take a great leap forward from now on, and their combat capability will likely have the hope of becoming the strongest in the world.

Not only because it borders Long Country, but also because of those words Su Xin said at the press conference—

Among them were the painful expressions of those injured in the chaos, shops smashed to pieces, buildings with raging fires, dense crowds of people with faces full of anger, and protest banners one after another.

"I guess it might be some kind of economic strike, just like the currency sniping from before."

What's more, Su Xin's words were not unreasonable; why has Sakura Country never investigated a single piece of news regarding so many missing persons?

One must put in more effort every day to barely earn an income similar to what they once had, and for most people, their income is even sliding downward continuously.

"Plus, the sales volume of the Tianmu Potion is also terrifying. Adding all these together, the revenue of Tianqi Pharmaceutical Company alone is already higher than the GDP of many countries."

"This is also deserved; they secretly kidnapped their own people to conduct human experiments, and they actually dared to frame President Su. They are simply courting death."

"In the future, the lives of those in Yingjiang Country will slowly become difficult, while our lives will become increasingly relaxed and increasingly prosperous."

Many people demonstrated at some important locations, then began to attack, rob shops, smash roadside vehicles, and some even set fires everywhere.

Nowadays, in this chaos that quickly swept through the entire Sakura Country, everyone is using violent behavior to vent the pressure in their hearts crazily.

"What's more terrifying is that the business and revenue growth trend of Tianqi Group has not diminished in the slightest. According to professional estimates, by next year, the total revenue of Tianqi Group will have to double again."

Life pressure is getting greater and greater.

Soldiers who have used Tianji Zero can simply be called little supermen in front of ordinary people.

When news related to Sakura Country appeared on television, many people laughed out loud.

So, they weren't incompetent, but were doing it themselves, and even adding fuel to the fire while everyone was in a state of panic and anger, continuing to kidnap people to use for illegal human experiments?

Public opinion attacks have always been like this.

"Tianqi Group has earned so much money and made a very large contribution to the finances of various places, so infrastructure and other aspects in various places can be more generous, and various support policies are becoming more and more numerous; it is much easier for everyone to do business or work."

Especially since the matter of missing persons had already become a huge scandal, yet people were still constantly going missing during this period.

Sakura Country has gone completely crazy!

The discussions on the internet are increasing, and the topics are gradually shifting toward discussions about Tianqi Group.

Amidst violence and bloodshed, many people are becoming increasingly crazy and gradually losing their sanity.

"They can earn money all over the world with a single patent and harvest the whole world by relying on finance; of course, their lives are a bit more relaxed."

While making sarcastic comments, some people also began to seriously discuss the origin of this riot.

Are they really that incompetent?

"I don't know what measures President Su will take. He said at the press conference that it would not affect the sales of Tianqi Group's products, so products like the Destiny Potion will still cooperate as normal."

The more negative and sensational the news is, the faster it spreads, and the more easily it makes people believe it, even if those words came from the mouth of Su Xin, who has always been not very friendly to Sakura Country.

That night.

"I didn't know until I heard it; it's shocking once you hear it."

The recent missing persons incident that shocked the whole country was actually done by Sakura Country itself.

Some netizens opened their phones and entered the international hot topics section of Tiantian Forum, only to see a dense row of posts related to the riots.

"Since when does Sakura Country have a New Year too? It feels even livelier than the Lunar New Year's Eve in Long Country; these scenes look so exciting!"

"Seeing such a lively scene, I feel that this New Year is exceptionally festive."