<Ambrella Withdraws Funding from Shindora, Questions Its Safety—Virtual Reality Games Suffer a Crushing Blow!?>
"I didn't expect foreign countries to be so good at this kind of sensationalist headline crap too."
Drinking tea and reading the newspaper, Fang Zheng could not help but sigh. In his view, it was no big deal, but for Shindora, it was another matter entirely. As a giant in the IT industry, Shindora had been laying the groundwork for this for a long time. In truth, Ambrella's withdrawal would not have much impact on Shindora's research, development, or manufacturing. The real impact was... public opinion.
That was right. It did not matter if people spouted nonsense in the papers, but when real money was being gambled, things became very obvious. Under Shindora's massive publicity campaign, almost everyone believed that virtual reality was the future of gaming. Many major conglomerates and companies in Japan had eagerly joined in as well.
And amid all that praise, Fang Zheng, the "one going against the current," stood out especially clearly.
It was like everyone believed the stock market was booming and that investing would definitely make money, while you alone thought the market was about to collapse and hurried to sell everything short.
Naturally, people found that strange.
And given Japan's social culture, this kind of anti-mainstream behavior was generally unwelcome. Quite a few media outlets had openly and subtly mocked Ambrella for it. Fang Zheng simply pretended not to see it. Let them dance while they could; sooner or later, he would settle the score.
"So if you hadn't said all that, there wouldn't be any problem."
Hearing Fang Zheng mutter, Haibara helplessly glanced at him and pointed to the Invitation Letter beside him.
"If you hadn't said it, none of this would have happened, right? Are you