"Hmph! What an old beast!"
Upon seeing the scene of the two pedestrians being knocked flying, Lin Xuan frowned and, in his heart, cursed Lin Jianjun again.
He then kept scrolling on the screen.....
Sure enough, just as he expected, in this era of a huge gap between rich and poor, when ordinary people have long harbored anger and a deep sense of imbalance.
The kind of talk and posture where Lin Jianjun relied on power and status to trample ordinary people was exactly what could ignite the public's fury.
The moment the video came out, it sent the whole internet boiling; the heat stayed high and it firmly took the top spot on trending lists across major social platforms.
Lin Xuan logged into several big platforms in a row and found that on every one, both official and personal accounts were reposting and reporting the incident.
Some were genuinely indignant.
Others were simply enjoying the traffic feast.
.......
[Fury!!! The father of a top Magic City tycoon chairman drunk-driving killed two innocent female college students!!!]
[Beast!!! The once–hundred-billion tycoon shows no remorse after being caught, proudly shouting: My son is Lin Xuan—just try and touch me?!!]
[Outrageous!!! Lin Jianjun, trusting in power and influence, claims he can do whatever he wants??? Where is the way out for ordinary people? Is the dignity of the poor doomed to be trampled?!]
[Sad!!! The father of Su Group's chairman is this rampant? Will his son really shield him? Does this society still have hope!]
[Riled Up!!! United as one—one hundred thousand netizens co-sign a petition! They vow to make Lin Jianjun pay with blood, starting by boycotting Su Group!]
.......
Lin Xuan, expressionless, quickly scrolled through the eye-catching headlines on the trending list, almost all highly inflammatory, wildly stoking class antagonism online.
The hype was really maxed out! So, this is journalism, huh?!
Lin Xuan suddenly gave an amused smile and casually flipped through the 99+ comments under the video; it was a uniform chorus of righteous netizens' curses.
And it had already begun to spill over, with the spearhead aimed at Su Group and at Lin Xuan himself.
......
[Severe punishment—must be severe!!! So, what if he's the chairman's dad?! When the Son of Heaven breaks the law, he's punished like common folk! And he's just a nouveau riche with a bit of stinking money!]
[I believe there's still justice in this world! That Su Group chairman wants to cover up his dad's crimes?! I won't allow it, and neither will hundreds of millions of Chinese!!!]
[凸(艹皿艹 ) Charge, everyone! Don't let the heat drop, or those shameless rich people will very likely pay to make it go away! We absolutely cannot tolerate this!!!]
[Yeah, yeah! You don't know how arrogant and crazy that Lin Jian— is; he doesn't treat human life as life at all! He even said his son has tons of money and a life can be settled for 200,000! He's simply a beast!!!]
[Damn it! The more I hear the angrier I get—investigate thoroughly! We request the relevant authorities to investigate thoroughly! That Su Group chairman definitely isn't any good either—who knows how many shady things he's done in private!!!]
[Everyone calm down—the Su Group chairman I've seen on the news looks like a pretty good young man! He shouldn't be what you think, right? And their [Beauty Pill] has cured quite a few people!]
[You upstairs, you're a shill bought by Su Group, right? How much per post? Let's earn together if there's money! Boot-licking shill!!!]
[That's right! We must make the killer pay! If you stay silent today, you'll be the one on the chopping block tomorrow! Boycott Su Group, boycott [Beauty Pill]!!!]
"........"
Netizens' fury was fully ignited; a deluge of negative comments poured into Lin Xuan's view through the phone screen.
All kinds of trolls, keyboard warriors, and self-media bloggers gradually trained their fire on Lin Xuan.
Just as Lin Xuan, in a popcorn-munching mood, was browsing the negative takes on him with interest.....
A mechanical AI voice came, cold in tone but brimming with concern.
[Lin Xuan, a-are you okay? You really don't need to care about the netizens' comments.]
[They don't know the specifics and basically have no ability to think for themselves; they just parrot others and pile on with rage.]
Lin Xuan turned and saw the girl in the wheelchair looking at him with worry, clearly afraid he'd be affected by the keyboard warriors.
"Tsk tsk tsk....."
"Qingge, you're overthinking—do you think I care what these netizens think?"
"What a joke! I couldn't care less how these guys see me—none of my business!"
"Sad? Not at all! (??????)?? It's my first time being cyberbullied; right now, I just find it kind of fun →_→~~~"
"........"
(⊙o⊙) Ah... this?!
Looking at Lin Xuan shrugging (???), utterly unconcerned, Su Qingge was stunned for a second, then gave a wry smile and shook her head.
Alright, looks like I was overthinking.....
I almost forgot this kid's skin is thicker than a city wall; how could a few harmless comments possibly affect his mood?!!
Thinking of that, Su Qingge also relaxed a lot.
......
"But that old geezer Lin Jianjun—I really didn't expect him to go that crazy?!"
"I looked at the latest reports—those two college students hit by misfortune......"
"One suffered internal injuries and died despite rescue. The other, after emergency treatment, has temporarily escaped life-threatening danger, but has been left with serious sequelae and may spend the rest of her life in a wheelchair!"
"Qingge! To what extent has this incident affected the company? How much has the group's stock price been affected?"
"......"
Lin Xuan sighed, offering a moment of silence for the two unlucky passers-by.
Then he quickly grew serious again and asked about the company's current situation.
He knew well how important a company's reputation was and how greatly it could affect every aspect of the group.
Especially in this incident— that idiot Lin Jianjun kept saying, "My son is the chairman of Su Group".....
Hearing that, angry crowds wouldn't care about causes and consequences— they'd charge first.
The negative impact on the group's image was undoubtedly huge.
"News just came from the company...."
"For now, things are okay; because your father's issue has only just begun to ferment, the stock price has been affected somewhat, but it's still within a tolerable range......"