Chapter 34: Public Opinion War

"Go, get me some smear pieces."

Zhao Dong said to the secretary.

"Yes!"

The next day, Zhang Wen woke up.

He heard Chen Shifu running over in a panic.

"Factory Manager, it's bad, I saw many newspapers scolding us."

"What?" Instead of a look of shock and anger, Zhang Wen's face was full of joy.

"Finally, quick, quick, quick. Let me see."

Chen Shifu hurriedly handed over a pile of newspapers.

"What is called the first electric car? It's just picking up someone else's leftovers."

Below was a series of claims that Xiao Ri Zi had already tried this technology in the eighties.

Accusing Zhang Wen of just being a plagiarizing thief.

"Yes, yes, yes!"

"That's it."

Zhang Wen said happily.

He hurriedly opened the next one.

"Eagle Country experts harshly criticize, calling the so-called electric car just industrial waste."

Below was a large poster of a person.

The reporter claimed this person was an academician of the Eagle Country Industrial Research Institute.

Saying that these technologies were simply not worth mentioning.

All of them were technologies they had already abandoned.

Satirizing Zhang Wen for engaging in fraud.

Finally, it didn't forget to have an "Yilin-style" ending.

If we want to catch up in industry, we should learn from advanced countries.

We shouldn't be overly ambitious, and so on.

"Hmm, that's the flavor, that's exactly the flavor."

The more Zhang Wen looked, the more familiar this Eagle Country person seemed.

He opened the previous newspaper to look.

He was also a nutrition expert, advising compatriots to buy imported Eagle Country milk.

Looking again, he turned into an Eagle Country politician, starting to promote friendship, and then using that to sell goods.

This kind of marketing tactic could only be used because people nowadays were simple.

If it were in his previous life, he would have been stripped down to his underwear by people.

Next one.

"The Japanese's Toyota Company President publicly calls out electric cars as industrial waste!"

Inside, it detailed the mockery of Zhang Wen's enterprise by the Japanese Toyota Company President.

Satirizing it as industrial waste, with no strength at all, yet daring to talk about the automotive industry.

Zhang Wen finally laughed when he saw this.

Damn it, not many people have even seen the car!

Even the Toyota Company President knows about it?

One look and you know it's fabricated.

It's a pity that people nowadays haven't gone through the era of information explosion and are still very simple.

However, the effect of the hype was achieved.

Zhang Wen laughed.

The next task.

Is to give them a hard slap in the face.

And the upcoming Magic City Auto Show is the time for a complete counterattack.

However, for now, let's continue the hype.

Only by hyping it up harder can more people know about it.

Subsequently, Zhang Wen wrote report after report and handed them to most of the influential newspapers.

"Domestic cars can truly understand the needs of our compatriots."

"Toyota steel fraud, do you still dare to drive?"

"Where did the Volkswagen technology come from? It turns out it originated from...?!"

These words had only one purpose: clickbait.

Whether it's true or not, let's not talk about that first.

Let's stir up the water first.

After Zhang Wen sent them to those reporters to publish.

For a whole month, the newspapers were filled with all kinds of car-related topics.

There were refutations from well-known figures, car companies promoting themselves with intent, people stirring up the water, and all kinds of dark rumors flying everywhere.

It could be said that the people of the whole country were well-fed with gossip.

And among them, Zhang Wen's car company was naturally at the center of the vortex.

At the same time, Zhang Wen naturally hadn't forgotten Cui Zhuren.

He had already told Cui Zhuren when Cui Zhuren notified him about the number of missile boats.

And the order was for 24 missile boats, to be built within three years, with military representatives already on-site to supervise the use of the allocated funds.

Fortunately, the money Zhang Wen used to build the car factory was basically loans from banks and the government.

At that time, Zhang Wen had told Cui Zhuren that the car was built.

However, Cui Zhuren didn't quite believe it.

He insisted on coming over to see it for himself.

Zhang Wen was now waiting at the airport.

As soon as Cui Zhuren got off the plane.

He saw Zhang Wen holding a sign taller than himself.

"You brat! Put it down quickly!"

Seeing this sign, Cui Zhuren hurriedly told Zhang Wen to put it down.

Zhang Wen had no choice but to reluctantly put down the sign.

"Did that thing of yours really succeed?"

Cui Zhuren still couldn't believe it.

"That's for sure."

"With me stepping in, is there anything that can't be done?"

Zhang Wen said smugly.

"You brat."

Zhang Wen hurriedly brought Cui Zhuren to the car.

As soon as Cui Zhuren got in, he frowned.

After driving for only a few kilometers, Cui Zhuren was complaining about wanting to get out and vomit.

After vomiting, he collapsed and said to Zhang Wen.

"This is the car you built?"

"Of course not."

Zhang Wen raised an eyebrow.

"This is the last car from the factory I acquired."

"I also wanted to pick you up in a new car."

"But the traffic police didn't agree."

Hearing Zhang Wen finish, Cui Zhuren's mood finally improved a little.

He sat back in the car.

He complained to Zhang Wen: "Good fellow, if you had used this car, I wouldn't have come today."

"Hahaha!"

Zhang Wen said with a laugh.

"For the car testing and approval, I still need you to put in more effort, teacher."

"It doesn't need special treatment, just hoping it can be a bit faster."

"The student is waiting for rice to cook!"

Hearing this, Cui Zhuren's expression finally improved a bit.

After all, it was just cutting in line, it wouldn't take much of a favor.

If it were a quality defect, he wouldn't use this favor.

Cui Zhuren still had his pride.

After wandering around, they finally arrived at Qingtian Automobile Factory.

"We're here."

"It's inside."

As soon as Zhang Wen got out of the car, he grabbed Cui Zhuren and ran inside.

"Hey, hey, hey! You child! My shoe!"

The people behind picked up the shoe for Cui Zhuren.

Zhang Wen then pointed to a brand-new car and showed off to Cui Zhuren: "This is the new car we made."

"How do you think it is?"

"Is it as good as that Toyota of yours?"

Cui Zhuren touched it with some curiosity.

The paint finish was unexpectedly good.

The car was also big.

It's just that he didn't know how it was inside.

It couldn't be a flowery pillow, could it?

Cui Zhuren opened the car door, tried it out, and felt it was pretty good.

After sitting in it, he felt even more comfortable.

Zhang Wen explained: "We specifically found a sofa factory. Custom-made seats."

"You'll know once you try it."

"Hmm, but, how it really is, we'll have to drive it to know."

Subsequently, Zhang Wen led Cui Zhuren to the test track.

This was an area larger than a football field.

"Teacher, want to go up and try it?"

"Alright."

Cui Zhuren felt it was pretty good.

He wasn't surprised that there was no clutch, after all, given his status and income.

A good car wasn't too much to ask.

"Be gentle when you first step on it."

"Otherwise the speed will be very fast!"

Zhang Wen kindly reminded him.

"Bullshit, how many cylinders is my Toyota Crown? Eight cylinders!"

"Trying to scare me here?"

Cui Zhuren said disdainfully.

Subsequently, he put some force into his foot.

The whole car flew out with a "whoosh."

"Hey, hey, hey! Wrong, wrong, wrong!"

Cui Zhuren slammed on the brakes.

Only then did the car finally stop.

Subsequently, he opened the window and panted heavily.

Zhang Wen joked.

"Teacher, eight cylinders won't work either."

"Holy shit, holy shit, how did you guys make it?"

"So fast?"

"How many cylinders is this car? V12?"

Cui Zhuren hurriedly asked.

"It uses electricity! The engine is just a four-cylinder engine."

Zhang Wen said with an innocent face.

"Bullshit! Don't I know how much power a four-cylinder has?"

"You brat, tell me the truth quickly!"

"I really didn't lie to you!"

"If you don't believe me, get out of the car and look!"

Zhang Wen said with a grievance.

"I'll get out!"

Zhang Wen showed a smile of a successful scheme behind his back.

He reached into the driver's seat and opened the hood.

"Still quite sensible."

Cui Zhuren said, then he came to the front of the car.

He lifted the hood with a jerk.

He looked carefully.

One, two, three, four.

It really was four cylinders!

He looked at Zhang Wen in shock.

"Tell me, did you modify it?"

"I'm telling you, such modifications won't work."

"The stability of that kind of modified engine will be very poor."

"The lifespan of engines used for racing is even calculated in hours."

Cui Zhuren said anxiously, he was afraid that his student would build a modified car to sell as a family car.

This would completely destroy Zhang Wen's reputation.

"Teacher, do you want to take a look at this?"

Zhang Wen pointed to the chassis of a raised car and said. ===== CHAPTER 35 =====