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"Damn it, that son of a bitch did this."

Xiong Xu frowned, clicked on the trending topic title, and found the most popular article to read. The article read:

[Recently, a 'Mountain Bear Bullfrog' craze has swept across Jiangnan Province. With a taste far superior to ordinary bullfrogs, Mountain Bear Bullfrogs have quickly dominated the bullfrog market in Jiangnan Province and are gradually becoming popular in Zhedong Province, becoming a must-have ingredient for countless restaurants. As of now, Mountain Bear Bullfrogs are also entering the bullfrog market in Guangdong Province.]

[Mountain Bear Bullfrogs are like a great demon king that appeared out of nowhere, conquering the bullfrog market. Everyone who has eaten Mountain Bear Bullfrogs says they are incredibly delicious and addictive. In some individual areas, the price of Mountain Bear Bullfrogs has even been hyped up, selling for as much as 100 yuan/jin.]

[I, the editor, have eaten Mountain Bear Bullfrogs, and they are indeed delicious. But who knew that such a superb food is actually raised with drugs, and from a young age until they are grown?]

[Food safety concerning bullfrogs has always been a repeat offender in the realm of food safety. From time to time, there are reports of certain bullfrogs being fed contraceptives, sterilization drugs, or hormones, or having excessive levels of parasites, heavy metals, or being raised in poor environments.]

[From an industry insider, I learned that the growth period of Mountain Bear Bullfrogs is very short. It only takes two months for bullfrog tadpoles to grow into bullfrogs weighing 3 jin. My goodness, isn't this 'tech-enhanced'? Are such bullfrogs truly safe? What will happen if people eat them? This is even more terrifying than seafood cultivated with nuclear wastewater!]

After reading the entire article, it was impossible for Xiong Xu not to be angry. If the editor were in front of him, Xiong Xu would definitely give him two punches.

The title claimed the use of banned drugs, but the content was vague, deliberately misleading netizens, and repeatedly emphasized previous incidents involving hormones and sterilization drugs. This was all hinting to netizens, oh no, it was explicitly stating it.

The last sentence was even more malicious, directly raising the danger of Mountain Bear Bullfrogs to the highest level, making them more terrifying than seafood cultivated with nuclear wastewater.

Xiong Xu took a deep breath to calm himself down, then went to read the comments.

As expected, the comments were a sea of罵詈.

[Holy cow, I've been eating this every day for the past few days, ugh!]

[Will people die? I'm from Hongchang. Since Mountain Bear Bullfrogs were introduced in Hongchang, our whole family has been eating them almost every day, at every meal, and we don't get tired of them.]

[How can Mountain Bear Bullfrogs appear on the market? What is the health department doing? This is infuriating!]

[China is truly an elementary school student when it comes to food safety!]

[I seem to understand why it's easy to get addicted after eating Mountain Bear Bullfrogs. I suspect that something similar to drugs like opium was added to the feed during the raising process.]

[Damn!]

[It's over, I'm not going to get addicted to drugs, am I?]

[Compensation! Compensation! Compensation!]

[Resolutely protect consumer interests, the farm must be severely punished, arrest him and put him in prison, life imprisonment starting now!]

There were over a thousand comments under the article, not a single positive one, all filled with angry condemnation from netizens, especially those who had eaten Mountain Bear Bullfrogs, who were the most ferocious in their骂詈.

Looking at these comments, Xiong Xu was pensive, vaguely guessing that he had been targeted, because he noticed that the format of some comments was the same.

Just then, a notification popped up on WeChat, a group invitation.

Xiong Xu clicked in and found that he had been added to a group created by Secretary Miao Geshu. The group members were the five suppliers: Liu Deman, An Qi, Yu Haiyue, Hua Da, and Li Fada.

Liu Deman: [@ Xiong Da, Secretary Xiong, you've been targeted.]

An Qi: [How so?]

Yu Haiyue: [The public opinion is very strong now. I've already received returns from sellers.]

Hua Da: [This public opinion is difficult to handle now. Everyone be careful what you say. If you say the wrong thing, the public opinion will become even more intense.]

Li Fada: [Half of my goods have been returned. This is only one night. If it continues to ferment for another day, all the goods will be returned.]

Liu Deman: [What are returned orders? I've already received compensation claims from some catering companies.]

The five bosses were chatting in the group, discussing the trending topic.

They didn't blame Xiong Xu, nor did they doubt that the Mountain Bear Bullfrogs truly had problems, because when they sold the bullfrogs, they had all passed the local health department's inspections, and the inspections were all safe. So as soon as they saw this public opinion, they knew Xiong Xu had been targeted.

Adding Xiong Xu to the group was just so everyone could discuss countermeasures together. After all, their interests were already tied together; they would prosper or suffer together.

Secretary Miao Geshu: [@ Xiong Da, Little Xiong, what are your thoughts now?]

Xiong Xu looked at the messages in the WeChat group, and a plan suddenly formed in his mind.

After a few seconds, Xiong Xu replied to everyone in the group.

Xiong Xu: [Let the bullets fly for a while.]

Secretary Miao Geshu: [???]

Hua Da: [???]

Everyone typed question marks.

Xiong Xu: [Everyone withstand the pressure, I have a way to break the situation. @ Cao Miao, Secretary Miao, the county government needs to stay calm, don't panic.]

After replying, Xiong Xu exited the WeChat group chat, opened Weibo, changed his Weibo name to 'Owner of Mountain Bear Farming Company in Le'an County, Zhengjing City', then reposted the hottest article, attaching a sentence: "Yes, I used drugs, so what!!"

After reposting, Xiong Xu also paid 1000 yuan to get his repost on the trending list.

[Holy cow, is this really the boss?]

[Damn it, using drugs and still being so arrogant, I'm going to call people to cyberbully you.]

[Too arrogant, is there still law? Is there still justice?]

[@ Jiangnan Province Health Department, if this person isn't arrested, what are you doing!]

As soon as Xiong Xu's repost went out, it immediately enraged the netizens who saw it. They had seen arrogant people, but they had never seen someone so arrogant. He was trending, and his mouth was still so defiant.

Modu City, Heda Bullfrog Farm!

General Manager's Office!

"Mr. He, the suspected owner of Mountain Bear Bullfrogs has spoken out," Zhao Zian came to the office and reported to He Da, who was sipping red wine and looking at the trending topics on his computer.

He Da smiled faintly, "I saw it. It's just as I said, a greenhorn. Since he's looking for death, then let's help him. Push him to the top."

"Understood!"

An hour later, with Xiong Xu paying to be on the trending list and a certain party spending money, a trending topic titled "Mountain Bear Bullfrog Boss Angrily Confronts Netizens" was pushed to the top of the trending list, replacing the original number one trending topic.

Tens of thousands of netizens saw Xiong Xu's repost and reply, and they were so angry that their faces turned red, filled with righteous indignation. In less than half an hour, there were ten thousand comments in the comment section, all of them骂詈.

And every minute, another thousand comments would be added.

Some comments also @ed government agencies, especially the Jiangnan Province Health Department, Zhengjing City Health Bureau, Le'an County Health Bureau, Jiangnan Province Public Security Department, and other law enforcement agencies were all @ed.

Xiong Xu's reaction was simply too infuriating for netizens.