Leaving aside the uproar Ji Yanzhi's Weibo post had caused, the deputy representative's barrage at the United Nations was still going strong.
"The U.S. side has deliberately distorted the facts and gone to great lengths to smear the Shili Group in order to justify sanctions. We regard this as a blatant provocation."
The deputy representative spoke evenly, without haste, yet every word seemed to carry immense weight. "In response to this unilateral hegemony, we will implement the following countermeasures."
"Effective immediately, we will reopen or launch antitrust investigations into companies including Google, NVIDIA, Intel, and Apple. This measure also aims to safeguard fair competition in the global market."
The representatives from the various countries were practically stunned speechless. Huaguo had first targeted U.S. energy companies, then restricted raw material exports to strike at defense companies, and finally gone straight for the throat of its tech companies.
This wasn't just burning bridges-they were overturning the entire negotiating table!
Still, this left them absolutely certain that Huaguo had its own Lithography Machine. Its confidence was practically shooting through the roof.
The U.S. side hadn't expected this outcome either. They had fired the first shot, and Huaguo had responded with a devastating strike across the entire front?
Who exactly had claimed that the people of Huaguo were always refined and mild-mannered?
From the moment the deputy representative announced the second measure, Wang Mian had deliberately switched the livestream to a close-up of the U.S. representative. Watching him constantly flip through his prepared speech, his brows knitting tighter and tighter, everyone felt so satisfied that every pore seemed to open up.
Wang Mian picked a chicken drumstick out of the braised snacks and presented it to Ji Ting. "Teacher Ji deserves the most credit, and the person who deserves the most credit gets the