Chapter 262: Chapter 257: Brother Ling Smiled Again! The Fruit Group Bites Back?

It was dinnertime, so many people were idle, eating while scrolling through their phones. As a result, internet traffic was at one of its daily peaks.

The articles had been out for barely an hour, but a firestorm of criticism against Fruit Group had already erupted across the web. Consumers all over Xia Country were posting to condemn the company.

At first, this wave of outrage was confined to Xia Country’s internet, but it soon spread to foreign social media platforms like Facebook and YouTube.

The administrators of these platforms quickly noticed the unusual activity and immediately began deleting the posts.

There was no great mystery as to why. Most of these social media companies were based in the United States. Why would they allow smear pieces against a fellow American corporation to remain on their platforms?

However, just as the administrators finished deleting one wave of posts, they turned around to find that a flood of new ones had appeared. They were like weeds—cut one down, and another springs up in its place.

This was, of course, the result of a joint operation between Shengding Group and Character Jumping.

Soon, articles titled "The Dark Secret of Fruit Group’s Processor Throttling" spread across the globe.

And it wasn’t just the United States. The news reached every corner of the world, including the Oublo Continent, East Asia, Tigra, and other nations.

As a major multinational corporation, Fruit Group obviously sold its phones worldwide.

And a shady move like this couldn’t possibly have been aimed only at consumers in Xia Country.

They had screwed over the entire world.

That’s right—including consumers in the United States.

On this day, Fruit Company became infamous worldwide. People in nearly every region had seen the article titled "The Dark Secret of Fruit Group’s Processor Throttling."

Just like the consumers in Xia Country, Fruit fans everywhere expressed their fury, demanding that Fruit Company apologize to consumers across the globe.

「Fruit Company.」

Kurda sat at his desk, leisurely sipping his coffee.

He was in a good mood today. After the release of the Feng 7X, its sales had directly surpassed those of Xia Wei Group’s Rongwei P40.

It was, without a doubt, a day worth celebrating.

But as he was drinking his coffee and scrolling through his social media feed, a headline suddenly caught his eye.

"The Dark Secret of Fruit Group’s Processor Throttling"

Kurda frowned slightly and clicked on it.

The content within described in excruciating detail how Fruit Group secretly lowered the processor frequency of older models during system updates. It even included side-by-side comparison charts from performance tests.

These comparison charts looked incredibly professional and covered every model Fruit Group had ever released.

In truth, the moment he saw the headline, Kurda had a bad feeling.

Because he knew it was true.

Fruit Group did indeed have a secret practice of throttling the processors of older phones through updates. To a certain extent, this did accelerate the rate at which Fruit fans upgraded their devices.

But neither Kurda nor the other senior executives at Fruit Group had ever imagined...

...that this secret would one day be exposed.

’After all,’ he thought, ’isn’t it normal for a phone to get laggy and slow after a while?’

’Fruit Group was just speeding up the process a little. The average consumer would never notice!’

’And even if someone did notice, with Fruit Group’s power, they could easily suppress the news.’

Yet, just when everyone thought they were in the clear, this massive scandal had suddenly erupted.

By the time Kurda finished the article, his mood had turned exceedingly grim.

Still, he managed to remain calm.

But just as he was about to search for something, the phone beside him buzzed. A push notification popped up: "Fruit Group Secretly Throttling Processor Speeds!"

The content was largely identical to the article he had just read.

A shiver went down Kurda’s spine. He quickly started browsing various social media platforms. Unsurprisingly, similar articles were plastered all over the internet.

In that moment, he finally realized this was a catastrophe.

"Fuck!"

Kurda let out a furious roar in his office, his eyes turning bloodshot.

This was the first time he had encountered a situation like this since becoming CEO of Fruit Group.

Normally, who would dare to cross Fruit Group?

...

「About ten minutes later.」 The massive conference hall was once again filled with Fruit Group’s senior executives.

"Everyone, I assume you’ve all seen the smear pieces attacking Fruit Group online? Can anyone tell me what the hell is going on?" Kurda slammed his hand on the table, his expression dark.

The room was dead silent.

All of the Fruit Group executives felt an immense weight in their hearts.

This incident had truly blown up, affecting nearly the entire world.

"I believe this was an organized, targeted, malicious attack. The spearhead is pointed directly at us, Fruit Group."

Hurst began, choosing his words carefully.

"That’s right. There’s definitely a mastermind behind this. Otherwise, it couldn’t have spread across the world in such a short time. I strongly suspect the Xia Wei Group is behind this!"

A middle-aged woman with blonde hair and blue eyes, standing to the side, chimed in.

Her name was Ula. And though she was a woman, she held a very high position within Fruit Group.

"The Xia Wei Group..."

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