Chapter 88: Chapter 88: A Deadly Knife [Please Favorite, Please Recommend]After reminiscing about the taste of unrequited love.

    Just two days later, following the guidance of the QQ Book City from Earth in his memory, Creation Book City spent a whole million to custom build the app, and it finally appeared on Lu Xiaobu’s phone!

    This made Lu Xiaobu very happy, since he could finally switch to eye-protection mode, hahaha!

    I always thought money was omnipotent, but later I learned it’s not—because there’s not enough money!

    Once you have enough money, plus the system, it is omnipotent!

    Hahaha!

    It feels so good to be rich!

    ...

    A week later, the eagerly anticipated smartphone was finally about to launch!

    The time for the release event had been set - it was tomorrow!

    Li Xide and Lu Wenhao excitedly stayed up all night without sleep!

    Even Liang Lan and Wu Qianmin were affected and uneasily restless!

    This is understandable, after all, aside from Lu Xiaobu who had personally witnessed smartphones crushing traditional phones into nothingness, others were somewhat worried about this new thing!

    Though they felt sure they could win...

    They also knew that their feelings weren’t representative of sales!

    And online, countless people had locked onto tomorrow’s launch event.

    Among them were competitors, bystanders, and friends... um... not sure about that! Seems uncertain!

    So forget it, I’ll rephrase, among them were competitors and bystanders!

    ...

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    Lu Wenhao and Li Xide, dressed in formal wear like they were heading into battle, arrived early at the venue, moving their stiff bodies.

    Lu Xiaobu, using the perfectly valid excuse of caring about the release event, skipped class again to also be at the venue, sitting among the audience.

    Numerous reporters, various established phone manufacturers, and so forth—all those interested in the release event—poured into the venue.

    The venue, able to hold seven to eight hundred people, was packed to the brim!

    Among them, however, were gazes that were not friendly, clearly harboring malicious intentions!

    ...

    The time came to 9:18 a.m.!

    The auspicious moment had arrived, and the release event officially began!

    As the tallest among the shorties, Lu Wenhao, out of him and Li Xide, was the chosen speaker for the occasion.

    He walked onto the stage, his face tense. Looking down at the dense crowd below, sweat beading on his forehead, he trembled slightly as he said, "Hello everyone, welcome to this event, thank you for attending our launch."

    As soon as he spoke, the entire venue burst into laughter.

    "Oi, you’re nervous, huh? Is that a lack of confidence in your product?"

    "Guys, understand, after all, the Lu Family were originally chefs, now they’re dabbling in high-tech for the first time, it’s natural to lack confidence!"

    "Hahaha, a chef making phones? Are you here to check if the phone is bulletproof?"

    "..."

    Amidst the roaring laughter of the hall, Lu Wenhao became even more tense!

    He was not someone adept at speaking to begin with, just managing to muster the courage to take the stage was hard enough!

    Now, laughed at by everyone, he felt his legs shaking!

    He really wanted to solve a couple of problems to decompress!

    He couldn’t help looking back at Li Xide.

    Seeing Li Xide’s equally nervous but pleading eyes...

    He gritted his teeth and continued, "The product we are launching is a revolutionary smartphone..."

    Before he could finish, the hall erupted into laughter again!

    "Smartphone? Did he say smart? Hahahaha!"

    "A phone is a phone, and now it’s smart?"

    "Show me your ’smart’ right here!"

    "Did you hear that? They’re talking about being revolutionary!"

    "..."

    Lu Wenhao’s entire face turned purple with frustration!

    As a top student, he had never imagined there would be something in this world that could stump him!

    But today, he saw it!

    His mind was blank, no longer knowing what to say!

    The speech he had memorized so thoroughly had also been completely forgotten!

    He stood there on stage, like a man out of his mind, no longer knowing what to do!

    The audience below, seeing this, laughed even harder!

    "No way! Is this supposed to be your launch event?"

    "A groundbreaking release event, and you’re just standing there?"

    "Stop embarrassing yourself! Get down from there!"

    "Yeah, if all else fails, get a comic to come up and tell us a couple of jokes. That’d be something!"

    "..."

    Listening to these derisive comments, Lu Xiaobu furrowed his brows.

    Liang Lan could tell at a glance that Young Master Bu was getting angry, and she hurriedly said, "Young Master, I checked just now. The ones leading the jeering are all from Angel Mobile Group, they’re here to cause trouble on purpose!"

    No sooner had she spoken these words than someone stood up and said, "Alright, enough of this. Don’t bother watching anymore. Clearly, the Lu Family is just messing with us. Coincidentally, our Angel Group has also launched a new mobile phone. If you’re free, why not come and have a look?"

    As soon as these words were uttered!

    Most of the people at the scene changed their expressions!

    It was fine when everyone was laughing and joking since the Lu Family really wasn’t prepared!

    But now what?

    You, the Angel Group, are blatantly slapping the Lu Family in the face!

    Promoting your phones at the Lu Family’s release event?

    Isn’t that like crapping on the Lu Family’s head?

    "Angel Group is crossing the line here!"

    "Indeed! This is outright humiliation!"

    "Even though Angel Group is the leading giant in the mobile industry, they shouldn’t be insulting people like this!"

    However, outraged as they were, not a single person stood up to speak for the Lu Family!

    "..."

    The event was also being live-streamed on Weibo.

    At this moment, Weibo blew up!

    "Angel Group is way out of line!"

    "I think what Angel Group said is not wrong. A cook now making phones? With their big rough hands used for tossing pans and wielding knives all day, do they even have the finesse for it?"

    "The Lu Family is just seeking attention!"

    "I agree!"

    "..."

    The sentiment on the internet was almost entirely one-sided.

    Even if someone occasionally spoke in defense of the Lu Family, it was only to say that Angel Group’s attitude was too much.

    As for the phone, everyone was siding with Angel Group.

    People always trust authority!

    One is the long-standing top dog in the mobile industry for decades.

    The other is the Lu Family who just switched from cooking.

    Whom would everyone believe?

    It’s obvious!

    Lu Xiaobu was about to explode with rage, his gaze ice-cold!

    No wonder Angel Group had been silent these days, they were waiting for the critical moment to deliver the harshest blow to the Lu Family!

    They kept quiet, let the Lu Family line up their investments, produce their phones, and get everything ready. Just when they were about to sell, they’d strike with a vicious blow.

    At this moment, they turned the Lu Family’s smartphone into an outright joke.

    One could imagine how the Lu Family would face the investors who invested fifty million US dollars.

    Such a huge amount—even for Lu Xiaobu, ranked fifth on the Newcomer Rich List, it was too much to cover!

    This was a fatal blow!

    At this moment, the person from Angel Group spoke up again, "Oh, and I’ve heard that the Lu Family’s prodigal son has made it to the fifth place on the Newcomer Rich List. Why don’t you have him take over? I believe he could put on a better release event—at the very least, he could give us a good laugh, right?"

    As soon as these words were spoken, everyone’s eyes turned to Lu Xiaobu!

    The scene got a bit chaotic!

    They all realized that this was a setup targeting Lu Xiaobu!

    Lu Wenhuo was furious, grabbing the microphone and yelling, "Damn it, you can laugh at me all you want, but try saying one more word about Xiaobu!"

    But at this moment, no one was paying attention to his words anymore!

    All eyes were on Lu Xiaobu, eager to see how he would respond.

    Would he go up there and embarrass himself, or would he stay seated in humiliation?

    Lu Xiaobu was amused with anger!

    Fine! That’s just great!

    You’re making fun of the Lu Family for not putting on a good event, aren’t you?

    You’re laughing at the Lu Family for not making a good phone, aren’t you?

    You want the Lu Family to go bankrupt, right?

    A lousy release event?

    Then I’ll show you what a truly professional mobile phone event looks like!