Chapter 2245: Lawyer's Letter Warning!

At first, Zhao Fusheng was very angry at those trolls.

But as time passed, his emotions gradually calmed down.

After all, he knew their nature well; there was really no need to get angry over them. Even if he burned down his own house, these people probably wouldn't feel guilty.

In their eyes, only what they agreed with was correct.

As for anything else?

Heh, sorry—logic, common sense, law—none of it was within their consideration.

You reason with them, and they act rogue. You act rogue with them, and they talk about the law. You talk about the law with them, and they appeal to emotion. You appeal to emotion with them, and they talk about reality. You talk about reality with them, and they resort to brute force. You resort to brute force with them, and they start reasoning again.

In fact, in his previous life, Zhao Fusheng had hated these people.

Back then, he had had enough of their hypocrisy, their mutual exploitation, and their shirking of responsibility.

But he could only remain silent and watch.

He couldn't turn a blind eye because he was part of it. He couldn't remain unstained by the mud, but he thought that if he had the chance, he would never become that kind of person.

Yet when he actually encountered such a situation,

Zhao Fusheng realized that sometimes those people were truly infuriating.

Even if you knew you should be grateful—after all, everyone was a stranger, and they had every right to be indifferent to you, no one owed anyone anything—

without the comfort of family and friends, Zhao Fusheng really didn't know what he might have done.

Even now, he still called Dong Guoxiang and asked him to arrange for someone to look into the backgrounds of those who were slandering his reputation online.

"Chairman, are you planning to..."

Dong Guoxiang was a bit surprised, not quite understanding Zhao Fusheng's intention.

Zhao Fusheng chuckled. "Nothing, I just plan to sue them for defamation."

"Huh?"

Dong Guoxiang looked completely bewildered.

Clearly, he didn't catch the movie reference in Zhao Fusheng's words.

"Don't worry, I just want to let these people know that not everyone can be insulted at will."

Zhao Fusheng said with a faint smile.

Naturally, Dong Guoxiang followed his instructions and soon arranged for people to investigate the posts online that were smearing Future Group and Zhao Fusheng himself.

Moreover, he even asked Zhou Nianzu for help, planning to look into the so-called big V's on Weibo.

This decision was supported by Zhao Fusheng.

"Right, you mentioning it—I almost forgot."

Zhao Fusheng laughed after receiving Dong Guoxiang's call. "Those guys are even more hateful than the posters."

That was true. Those so-called public intellectuals, desperate for attention, attacked him en masse without knowing the truth.

If Dong Guoxiang hadn't brought it up, Zhao Fusheng would have forgotten.

"These Weibo big V's are actually easy to deal with."

Dong Guoxiang suggested to Zhao Fusheng, "The company's legal department can handle them."

"Legal department?"

Zhao Fusheng was momentarily stunned, then quickly understood what Dong Guoxiang meant.

"Makes sense."

After a moment of thought, Zhao Fusheng slowly said, "I understand."

He hung up and directly called Zheng Yao to inform her about this matter.

Although Zheng Yao was a bit surprised, she didn't think it was a big deal.

This kind of thing could generally be taken seriously or lightly.

Everyone understood that the online trolls were just talking nonsense, and the people on Weibo were just trying to ride the wave of popularity. Once things settled down and the热度 faded, they would naturally stop.

But since Zhao Fusheng wanted to vent, let him do it; at least it would make him feel better.

...

...

Soon, the legal department of Future Group officially sent lawyer's letters to more than a dozen Weibo big V's, demanding an apology for their previous inappropriate remarks, or they would formally file a lawsuit in court.

That group was dumbfounded.

"This... this isn't a joke, is it?"

"What does Future Group want to do?"

"What's going on? Did you get a lawyer's letter too?"

"I got one."

"Me too."

These people had their own contact methods. As soon as smartphones appeared, they quickly learned to use them and set up chat groups, naturally using QQ groups.

After receiving the lawyer's letters from Future Group's legal department, they all panicked.

"Maybe we should apologize?" Someone couldn't bear the pressure and wanted to cave.

"Apologize? Are you kidding? Do they really dare to do anything to us? This is the internet age. If they try anything, we'll expose them and say they're persecuting us!"

A person whose Weibo verification was 'lawyer' incited the group.

"That's right, we can't back down. If we chicken out this time, who will believe us next time we speak?" Another person claiming to be a journalist also said.

For people like them, the way to attract followers on Weibo was to speak boldly.

So-called speaking boldly meant that no matter what the issue, they would express their opinions, right or wrong, first stirring up the emotions of the general public.

As for the truth of the matter?

It didn't matter.

After all, the public didn't care about the truth; they only cared whether their own emotions could be vented.

From this perspective, these guys were no different from swindlers.

But at this time, Weibo was just emerging, and they precisely exploited the fact that most people online didn't know the truth and couldn't distinguish rumors, acting recklessly and amassing a large number of brainless fans.

"Ignore them."

In the end, they decided to disregard Future Group's lawyer's letters.

After all, in their view, Future Group wouldn't really bother with them.

Such a big company would have to be really bored to stoop to their level.

Besides, unless Zhao Fusheng was crazy, he wouldn't actually take them to court. He was a super-rich public figure; what public figure would care so little about their own image?

Meanwhile, after receiving no response, Future Group's legal department reported back to the chairman's office.

"Chairman, those guys really aren't afraid of death—they actually dared to ignore our warning!"

Seeing that the group on Weibo was still mocking Future Group and Zhao Fusheng, even making jokes and memes about them, Liu Yiming was furious.

Zhao Fusheng chuckled and said to Liu Yiming, "Since they're ignoring us, let's meet in court."