Chapter 1019: Every Family Has Its Troubles
"Shameless." Liu Qingyan frowned.
"Despicable." Shen Ying nodded as well.
"Brazen beyond belief." Lin Wan could not help shaking her head with a sigh.
Lu Zheng said speechlessly, "What can they possibly prove by stirring up trouble for no reason?
"Even if we take ten thousand steps back and say public opinion lets them win this round, what would that change?
"Ten or twenty years ago, they would not even have needed to manufacture public opinion—we would have held them up to the heavens ourselves. But now, everyone's positions are basically set. Other than exciting their own people for a bit, they cannot change anyone else's mind at all."
"As long as it gives them some inner satisfaction, that is enough." Lin Wan shrugged. "After all, they are unwilling to accept their own decline. The more they fail, the more sensitive they become; the more they seek chances to prove their superiority, the more they seek chances to press us beneath them."
Lu Zheng laughed. "Not necessarily. They are still a developed country, after all. What you are saying sounds suspiciously like jealousy and slander."
Lin Wan sneered. "All they have left are semiconductors and cars. Cars are nearly finished, and semiconductors will not be far behind. A few scattered minor industries cannot support such a huge country. What will they have left then? Their customs industry and rice-cooking immortals?"
"Piercing straight to the heart—you are killing them with words! Aren't there still a whole bunch of filial sons and worthy grandsons?" Lin Wan had even made Lu Zheng laugh.
"Who are you calling filial sons and worthy grandsons? Who are you calling that?"
But Lu Zheng's words were overheard by a passing man in a kimono. He was livestreaming, and immediately turned