Chapter 34: Unanimous Boycott

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Not long after, Chen Ming gave Wang Linlin a call.

Wang Linlin was shopping with her friends, but when she saw Chen Ming’s call come in, she made up a random excuse and went over to a quiet corner and picked up the call.

“Hello, brother, can I help you with something?” Wang Linlin’s cheerful voice could be heard from the other side.

“I do have something to trouble you with,” Chen Ming said with a smile.

Hearing that Chen Ming really had something to discuss with her, Wang Linlin immediately became serious and focused as she waited for Chen Ming to continue.

“I heard that your father has recently acquired a few uninhabited houses that are waiting to be demolished. I need to use those houses,” Chen Ming said concisely without beating around the bush.

Hearing this, Wang Linlin was confused.

“Ah? Brother Chen mMng, what are you going to do with those houses?”

Wang Linlin asked sincerely, and Chen Ming did not try to hide anything from her.

After he explained the cause of this incident to Wang Linlin, he also briefly explained his plan. Wang Linlin immediately decided to help.

Now that he was sure that the plan could be carried out perfectly, Chen Ming smiled and hung up.

Everything was in place, the only thing missing was the fish who would take the bait.

…

The next day, fires broke out in many residential houses that were waiting to be demolished.

Although no one was injured, the sudden fire still led to many discussions.

[Are you sure that the fire wasn’t caused by the age of the residential building?]

[That’s impossible. My friend used to live in this residential building. He said that although no one lived in it, all of the electricity and heating facilities were intact, so it is impossible for the fire to have been caused by those factors!]

[This fire happened so suddenly, didn’t it? Could it be arson?]

[No way! If you were an arsonist, would you pick a deserted, soon-to-be-demolished building as a target?]

[Everyone, stop making wild guesses. I’ve got inside information. I heard that there was a problem with the heating system. Apparently the heating supplyplant was greedy for cheap prices and the energy blocks they purchased were dangerous. That’s why the fire started.]

[What? If that’s true, it’s terrifying to think about. Could there be a risk of that happening to our homes as well?]

[This is so scary. Hurry up and check. Don’t believe whatever the heat supply plant says.]

[…]

Soon, the topic of “Are the raw materials used by the heat supply plant dangerous?” quickly went viral and rushed to the top of the trending topics list.

As it endangered the actual safety of the general public, and involved fire and explosions, many people believed that this was due to a problem with the raw materials used by the heat supply plant.

Of course, there were also people who remained in a state of disbelief and were waiting for concrete information before making their decision and comment.

Chen Ming rubbed his temples after reading the comments.

“It has indeed caused a disturbance. It’s gone viral now, so it’ll definitely attract the attention of the heat supply plant and the citizens,” he said with satisfaction.

“Next, it’s time to show them the quality of those energy blocks.”

After Chen Ming said that, a video by a famous anti-fraud blogger quickly appeared in the trending topic list.

After noticing the video, Chen Ming raised his eyebrows and clicked on the video link.

In the video, the anti-fraud blogger was still wearing a mask as usual. Amidst the black background, he spoke in a deep voice.

“Recently, the continuous fire incidents have caused a lot of discussion. Today, I’m going to try out the energy blocks used by the heat supply plant and compare them with the energy blocks I bought from a garbage processing plant to see if they pose safety risks.”

After the blogger finished speaking, he began to use professional methods to test the energy block’s quality.

The video was more than ten minutes long. After the test, only half of the video had passed.

Ding! Ding! Warning!

Ding! Ding! Warning!

…

“This low-quality energy block is really trashy,” the blogger complained. The disdain in his eyes could not be hidden.

At the same time, because the energy block on the left was in the testing apparatus, the warning lights and alarms kept ringing. Even without clarification from the blogger, the comments screen was full of passionate people.

[No way! They bought such low-quality things? This heat supply plant is too cheap!]

[It’s no wonder these blocks started fires. They bought energy blocks that are unsafe!]

[Isn’t this too scary? As long as the heat supply plant doesn’t change its raw materials, I’ll keep reporting those greedy b*stards! Our safety should be their top priority!]

[There are good energy blocks out there, yet they decided to skimp on such an important material. The other energy block in the video is pretty good, and performs much better. Comparing them feels like night and day!]

[Boycott those unsafe energy blocks! I’ll start! I’ll return these dangerous goods now. If I don’t, I’m afraid they’ll suddenly catch fire!]

[Me too! Return it, return it! Are you all gonna wait for it to explode? Don’t keep it around!]

[…]

In an instant, the entire internet was consciously boycotting the low-quality energy blocks.

This achieved the effect that Chen Ming wanted.

He also predicted that the heat supply plant would call him soon.

…

It was just as Chen Ming had expected.

While he was dealing with things in his office, the representative from the heat supply plant called.

For some reason, Chen Ming felt that he could sense the other party’s anxiety through the ringtone.

In the end, Chen Ming did not make things difficult for them. He picked up the phone.

After picking up the phone, the other party’s voice sounded particularly anxious.

“Mr. Chen Ming, our heat supply plant would like to cooperate with you! Your energy polymer blocks are still on sale at the price you offered us, right?”

“In any case, even if it’s changed, we still want to cooperate! Mr. Chen Ming, please agree.”

It was obvious that the other party wanted his energy polymer blocks.

Chen Ming’s lips curled up.

The blogger had compared his energy polymer block to the low-quality energy block. Now that the reputation of the heat supply plant had taken a hit, they naturally want to use his energy polymer blocks to restore their reputation.

“Mr. Chen Ming? What do you think?”

While Chen Ming was thinking, the other party was extremely anxious.

Chen Ming did not beat around the bush and said, “Then we’ll finalize it at the price we agreed on before!”

After Chen Ming said that, the stone that was weighing on the other party’s shoulders was lifted.

“Okay, okay, okay. We’ll send the details of the deal to Mr. Chen Ming. I hope that we will have a long partnership.”

The other party chuckled and hung up after explaining the details.

After that, the heat supply plant released a notice that they had terminated the contract with the supplier of the low-quality energy blocks. They also announced that they were working with Chen Ming. They wanted the public to know that they were using the highest quality energy polymer blocks.

As Chen Ming’s energy polymer blocks had been compared by that famous blogger earlier, the citizens did not doubt the quality of these energy polymer blocks.

This time, not only did Chen Ming eliminate the safety risks, but he also further spread word about the energy polymer blocks. It was considered a form of publicity in disguise.

It was really killing two birds with one stone!