Chapter 137: Waves of Hype (First update to celebrate Meng Zhu Biyunxuan)
Qu Jianlei learned that his manuscript had been plagiarized through Bentley.
To be honest, he didn't pay much attention to this matter. Maybe... he had heard too many similar ugliness in Blue Star?
But in the final analysis, this article is too easy to write. He is just a summary of Blue Star's ideas, not the original author.
Since it is not a creative work that involves racking one's brains, the temperament is not that great.
If he is worried about this, he always feels that... isn't it true that plagiarists scold plagiarists for plagiarism?
Seriously, using this as a guise, I can completely reject Dai Xingyan's manuscript invitations in the future, but it will still make me look aggrieved. How good is that?
But seeing Bentley and Hua Scorpion with indignant expressions on their faces, he felt that he shouldn't be separated from the masses.
Then...act a little angry.
However, now that he heard Dai Xingyan's words, he couldn't help but answer.
"What should I do? Just wait. Can they stay in Central City for the rest of their lives?"
"Wait?" Dai Xingyan was a little surprised. Is she so patient?
What was rare was that Bentley was not rude and asked, "Where did they go in Central City?"
Dai Xingyan replied, "The Maintenance Engineer Headquarters...may have escaped under the guise of official business."
"Then just wait," Bentley nodded and said no more.
Flower Scorpion is cautious by nature. Hearing this, he nodded, "Yes, I agree."
The next day, Dai Xingyan came again, "Tan Zhongyi sent someone to negotiate and is willing to pay 50,000 silver dollars to apologize."
This is the amount that comes out of my mouth, which sounds quite high.
But as long as you are interested, you will know through casual inquiry that Tiangong paid at least 80,000 silver dollars to reconcile with them.
There are even rumors of one hundred thousand, or even two hundred thousand.
However, this is not the point. The point is that these two ran away first and did not agree to the prerequisites, which is not sincere.
Another thing is disgusting. After running for so long, I am stuck in the final time limit to negotiate compensation!
So after hearing this, the three of them had no expression on their faces.
Finally, it was Hua Scorpion who spoke up, "Do you think this price... is still necessary to discuss?"
"There's no need to talk," Dai Xingyan said simply, "I've never seen such a bully."
Hua Scorpion asked with great interest, "Do you have any good suggestions?"
"Tanaka Yi has a family in Taidu," Dai Xingyan's eyes flashed with coldness, "Are you interested?"
Bentley nodded, "If you go too far, it's normal for your family to suffer."
Hua Scorpion had a different opinion, "Let's wait a little longer. What should we do if we deal with his family at this time and both of them are talking crookedly?"
"We're not afraid that he'll twist his mouth, but why make simple things so complicated? That would be a bit troublesome."
"That's reasonable," Dai Xingyan said, although she really wanted them to fight Tanaka Yi, she still made a fair assessment.
She also has a family, so she agrees with this view, "They are the most capable and influential..."
"If you don't get rid of them first, killing others will only increase the hatred."
"How can it be so complicated?" Qu Jianlei smiled nonchalantly, "Just kill two of his hardcore subordinates."
"This method is good," Dai Xingyan's eyes lit up, "Subordinates are not family members. It hurts, but it doesn't hurt that much."
But after a moment's hesitation, she spoke again, "But that old guy... is very powerful in Taidu and has too many iron men."
Bentley's reaction was quick, "Kill the toughest one, or the one with the highest level!"
"This... it's really hard to choose," Dai Xingyan frowned, "The old guy may not even understand who is the strongest with him."
When you are in a high position, the question of who is the most trustworthy... has no answer at all.
"This is easy to handle," Qu Jianlei said simply, and then said something.
After hearing what he said, Dai Xingyan's eyes lit up, "This is a good idea... leave the killing to me!"
Bentley's eyes lit up when he heard this, "Did you invite the transformation warrior?"
"I've invited three," Dai Xingyan replied proudly, "I've already said, leave such trivial matters to me!"
Of course, killing people is not a trivial matter, especially killing influential maintenance technicians.
But Dai Xingyan thought that it would be much more convenient for her to do this. After all, her family belonged to Taidu, so it was easier to find someone to cooperate.
As expected, Bentley nodded simply, "Okay, let's save ourselves the trip."
Dai Xingyan smiled and said to herself that the Ultimate Warrior was really good at it, even traveling was troublesome.
Two days later, there was a sudden rumor in Taidu City: President Tanaka Yoshitsune of the Maintenance Engineers Association was annoying and might not be able to come back!
No one paid much attention to this rumor at first, but soon the rumor took a different form.
It's said to be a variant, but that's actually the truth - it's not a virus, so where did so many variants come from?
The truth is that Tanaka Yi's son, Tanakaichi, plagiarized a maintenance engineer's article and published it in a heavyweight journal.
Unexpectedly, the maintenance engineer had a very strong background, and as a result, Tanaka Yi and his son were frightened and ran away.
This rumor is actually very restrained, and it does not say that Tanaka Kazuichi took it upon himself to ask for help, let alone that the matter happened in the Houjing City Maintenance Engineers Association.
But even so, the maintenance engineers in Taidu were still furious. They denounced this rumor and expressed that they would investigate the source.
Some people even made it clear: Just such a garbage collection suggestion could make Tanakaichi do such a thing?
In fact, there were maintenance technicians who saw the mystery of that article, but without exception they chose to play dumb.
A few days later, just as the rumors gradually subsided, new rumors emerged.
This time, the rumors were very detailed, including the time and place, and even pointed out that it was in Dai Xingyan's office.
This news once again detonated the circle of maintenance technicians. Because the description was too detailed, some maintenance technicians even went to seek verification.
In their view, the Dai family can be regarded as Taidu people. Unfortunately, the answer given by the Dai family is: This matter is true!
As a result, some maintenance engineers stopped working, and some began to accuse the Dai family, saying that they were Taidu traitors.
There are also a small number of maintainers who have begun to condemn plagiarism - some people who are obsessed with technology really can't get rid of the sand in their eyes.
Just when the differentiation was becoming more and more obvious, new breaking news came out.
Someone swore that Tanaka Yoshi and his son were desperately entrusting someone to resolve the dispute with the original owner of the manuscript.
It is said that the asking price has exceeded 200,000 silver dollars, but it was still rejected.
"Do you know? The person whose manuscript was stolen knows many transformation warriors..."
"Back then, the Tiangong Maintenance Factory in Houjing offended him, and several transformation warriors died, and they spent another 200,000 yuan to let him go!"
So someone else went to the branch of Tiangong Maintenance Factory in Taidu to inquire about the situation.
However, the Tiangong people said in unison that we did not know what happened in Houjing and did not want to inquire.
When Qu Jianlei was at Blue Star, he didn't study how to hype things up, but he never ate pork and always saw pigs running away.
Those factors can be easily seen on the Internet. He stays at home, but he is not out of touch with the times.
He really had this wave of news updates and bombardments at his fingertips.
But for the wastelanders, this operation is too rare, and the news is released bit by bit, which is enough to impress people.
When the incident got serious enough, a maintenance engineer from Taidu rushed to Houjing to find out the truth.
However, there were also maintenance technicians who strongly supported Tanaka Yoshi and his son and cursed the people of Houkyo for being despicable.
On a rainy night, four maintenance technicians who danced the most happily were killed.
The nature of the place where they died was different, and the way of death was also different.
Some were robbed and killed on the road, while others were on duty in factories and killed by remote snipers.
The most outrageous thing was that an A-level maintenance engineer drowned alive in his own bathtub.
What's even more incredible is that this person's residence is in a wealthy area of Taidu.
A-level maintenance technicians are not short of money, and this one is particularly good because his family is in good condition.
His professional ability is not outstanding among A-level maintenance engineers, and it can even be said that he is not worthy of his reputation.
There are rumors that he was able to pass the A-level maintenance engineer examination because of Tanaka Yi's relationship.
He has always been close to President Tanaka Yoshitsune and cared more about socializing than maintenance work.
Therefore, in response to these waves of rumors, he was the most excited, taking the lead and charging ahead.
The next day, news spread that four maintenance engineers who supported Tanaka Yoshi and his son died unexpectedly.
The news quickly detonated the entire maintenance circle. After being shocked, all the maintenance engineers were furious.
Together, they put pressure on officials to find the killer quickly.
At this time, the maintenance engineers no longer have camps, but only share the same hatred towards the murderer!
As skilled workers, they are respected and stay away from right and wrong, and even stay away from fighting.
This time four colleagues died unexpectedly. If there was no fight, who would dare to be a maintenance engineer again in the future?
There are various indications that the four people who were killed should be those who had done evil to Hou Jing, and the reason was very clear.
The Dai family is deeply rooted in Taidu, so there are no maintenance personnel to directly block the door, but there are many people with crooked lips.
Some family members of the deceased were crying and swearing loudly at the door of Dai's house. They were beaten and kicked away by the guards of Dai's house.
The Dai family is really so arrogant. It is inappropriate to kill people on the street in Taidu, but beating away the offender is nothing.
Taidu officials couldn't express their position on this, so they could only ask the Dai family in a formal manner.
But Dai Jia said that he has no idea what you are talking about.
Is Dai Xingyan the most suspected? Sorry, she has been in Houjing and it seems that she has not been home for more than half a year.
Calls for a strict investigation of the murderer are getting louder, but Taidu officials say there are no clues for the time being.
However, there are various signs that among the perpetrators, there is at least one reformed warrior - the murderer may come from above.
But someone still suggested that Hou Jing could be asked to cooperate with the investigation to see what Terry and Jian Lei were doing in those days.
However, at this time, someone finally raised an objection: Should Tanaka Yi and his son take a stand on this matter?
The person who made the suggestion was also a maintenance engineer, and he was not usually very close to Tanaka Yi.
(First update, He Meng is the Lord of Biyunxuan.")——————
Chapter 138 One goes down and the other goes up (Second update to greet the cute master Mei Renxin)
This maintenance engineer's proposal aroused dissatisfaction among some maintenance engineers: What does this have to do with President Tanaka Yoshitsune?
Someone deliberately discredits the president and even spreads vicious rumors. Isn't that aimed at the Taidu Maintenance Engineers Association?
At this time, instead of going all out to find the murderer, you want the president to come forward and make it happen. How vicious are your intentions?
This person said very frankly: I also want to catch the murderer as soon as possible, but if I don’t investigate the matter clearly, how should I start?
Anyway, if Tanaka Yoshi came forward to make a statement, it wouldn't be a problem, right?
His answer also resonated with quite a few maintenance engineers.
The vast majority of maintenance workers are indignant, not because they blindly support the president of the association, but because they feel that their personal safety has been affected.
There are many supporters of Tanaka Yi, but the maintenance engineers who are aloof from him are the mainstream.
In fact, some people still harbor resentment in their hearts: Why the hell do you want us to take the blame for what you caused?
Most people who can hold the job of maintenance technicians are not stupid. More than one person has thought of the abnormality in this matter.
Moreover, many people are well aware of the work style of Tanaka Yoshi and his son.
No one mentioned it before, so everyone can only follow the crowd and pursue their own safety first, which can be regarded as the correct rule.
But now someone has raised it tit for tat, and more and more people are agreeing with it.
So Taidu officials responded to everyone's request and contacted Tanaka Yi through the maintenance engineer headquarters in Central City.
President Yoshitsune Tanaka categorically denied the rumors, stating that his son's ability to publish high-level manuscripts was purely due to his strength.
He expressed great indignation when faced with the murder of many maintenance technicians.
He hopes that the authorities will attach great importance to the safety of maintenance personnel - logistical issues are related to the stability of the entire Tianzi District!
His answer made the proposed maintenance man dissatisfied: In that case, why didn't the president come back to confront Dai Xingyan?
Or could you please tell me, President, what happened in Central City that made you reluctant to come back?
Is there anything you can inquire about about me? Tanaka Yi replied disdainfully: I will go back soon.
Anyway, his statement gave supporters another shot in the arm.
Someone stood up and accused the maintenance technician who asked the question of bad intentions!
When we should be unanimous in communicating with the outside world, you artificially create conflicts in the circle of maintenance engineers for invisible purposes!
The person who asked the question retorted disdainfully, I did this to solve the problem, not just to kneel down and lick an absent president.
Of course he also has selfish motives, but being entrusted by the Dai family is only one of the reasons. He sincerely considers the maintenance circle!
That night, while the man who came forward to accuse was driving, his vehicle suddenly burst into flames, and his whole body was extensively burned.
After rescuing him all night, he died at dawn.
At this time, the camp supporting Tanaka Yi shrank again, and almost no one stood up and spoke out publicly.
Amidst this ebb and flow, the voices questioning Tanaka Yi became louder and louder, and many people called on the president to come back and openly confront him.
However, where would Tanaka Yi dare to go back? He was very sure that the death of the five maintenance technicians was the other party's blatant revenge.
It would be false to say that he didn't feel sorry for those people's deaths at all. After all, they were all his die-hard supporters.
But now his own situation is very dangerous, and he doesn't care about feeling sorry for it at all.
Moreover, seeing that the other party refused to talk about compensation, he already had a rough guess in his mind: he had offended the person to death!
Now it is not a matter of his son's life or death at all. He believes that if he goes back, there is a high probability that he will be killed by the other party.
So his biggest goal at the moment is how to stay in Central City without leaving.
Just being in Central City is not enough, he must stay at the maintenance division headquarters, not even a slightly remote place!
When Tanaka Yi left, he left behind a secret in Taidu. He knew exactly how the five maintenance engineers died.
There are various signs that among the murderers who killed the maintenance engineer, there were at least two transformation warriors.
There is no need to elaborate on how he calculated it, but it is definitely not wrong.
However, it is also very difficult to stay at the maintenance engineer headquarters.
Tanaka Yi's status in the headquarters is not low. After all, he is the number one figure in the Tianzi District Maintenance Engineers Association.
Many people who came from Central City did not have a higher position in the headquarters than him.
But the truth is this, after all, he is a "country boy" from the ghetto.
People with Central City status looked at him with a vague sense of looking down.
It's okay for him to stay temporarily at the headquarters for ten or eight days. If it stays for a long time, people will naturally say strange things.
He came here this time because the headquarters had some things to discuss with him. About three days would be enough.
But he was so shameless that he stayed there for more than ten days and even brought his son with him. This was a bit excessive.
Later, someone couldn't help but said angrily, "President Tanaka Yoshi, are you going to be transferred to the headquarters?"
The person who talks like this is not as good as him, but he is a native of Central City!
At this time, Tanaka Yi could only reluctantly throw money away - first use silver dollars to block other people's mouths.
However, this is not a long-term solution. It is not too difficult to live for three to five months, but can it be lived for one or two years?
So Tanaka Yi is now anxious to ask if there is any ultimate warrior who is willing to take money to attack the reformed warriors.
A few days later, senior officials from the headquarters came and wanted to see Tanakaichi.
The article "Some Thoughts and Suggestions on Garbage Recycling" was finally noticed by the headquarters, and someone was very interested in it.
I heard that the author Tanaka Kazu was currently at the headquarters, so I invited him to come and talk about this article.
After hearing about it, Tanaka Yi would definitely go with his son.
However, it is very regrettable that Tanakaichi's response is really a bit awkward.
Faced with one question after another, he could still stammer a few words at first, but in the end he could only speak at a loss for words.
The senior executive who asked the question was also very disappointed, and finally couldn't help but ask bluntly, "Did you write this manuscript?"
"I wrote it," Tanaka insisted on this point, "It's just that something happened recently and my mind is a little confused."
If he were not targeted by the two reformed warriors, he would indeed have time to digest this article carefully.
It's a pity that he rushed to finish the draft in the early stage, for fear that the other party would rewrite it, and he didn't have time to think carefully.
Now he wants to take this opportunity to attract people from the headquarters to help him deal with those two people.
But the person who asked the question didn't answer the question at all. Experts would know if it was there as soon as they stretched out their hands. The manuscript was definitely not written by Tanaka Ichi!
For the sake of the president of Tianzi District, he didn't say anything. He just waved his hand and said, "Then you can go back and improve it."
Tanaka Yi felt that this was an opportunity that could be exploited.
He openly declared that my son’s manuscript had been approved by high-level officials and needed to be improved.
Where is the best place to complete a theory? Maintenance engineer headquarters of course!
There is a lot of information here, as well as maintenance engineers who have made great achievements in various fields. If you communicate and collide, you may get inspiration.
At least for now, they have a reason to stay at the maintenance division headquarters.
After the senior executive who asked the question heard about it, he snorted disdainfully, but in the end he didn't say anything more.
Not long after, the news reached Dai Xingyan's ears, and she came to the suburbs again to report the news.
The acting president even guessed that Tanaka Yi was using a big banner as a cover, but there was an objective fact: the father and son would not be able to come back in the short term.
Bentley said with disdain, "You also said you would be back soon. Why are you so thick-skinned?"
Isn’t this the wasteland version of returning to China next week? Qu Jianlei was really not surprised.
Seeing the unconvinced expression on the acting president's face, he couldn't help but point out to her, "You have other resources that you can use."
When Dai Xingyan heard this, she couldn't help but be stunned, "Do you know my family's resources?"
"How do I know?" Qu Jianlei shook his head, "I mean the wealthy area of Taidu... isn't that also a resource?"
Dai Xingyan was stunned for a moment, and her eyes suddenly lit up, "I understand, let them put pressure on me, right?"
The death of the five maintenance technicians seemed to have a great impact on Taidu, but in fact it was not.
The maintenance engineer's circle is in turmoil, but other people's lives are still how they should be lived.
Except for the vehicle that became very popular and attracted great attention from the society, not many people really paid attention to it.
The people of the Wastelanders are different from the people of Blue Star. Because the pressure of survival is too great, there really are not that many people who want to eat melons.
However, there was another person's death that also caused a small-scale agitation - the A-level maintenance engineer who drowned in the bathtub.
The restlessness is not because he is A-level, but because... he lives in a wealthy area!
The rich area of Taidu is home to more than half of the wealthy people in Tianzi District - some people don't live there all the time, but they at least want to buy a house.
Abnormal murders in wealthy areas are actually very sensitive, and their reaction is no less than that of maintenance technicians.
But at the same time, this is a group of very well-informed people, and... the rich also have circles.
Soon, they knew that this was someone from Central City who was dissatisfied with the Maintenance Engineers Association.
Many people even knew that even the Dai family was involved in this matter.
Now that the matter is none of their business, most people stop exerting pressure.
It's not that no one can offend the Dai family. The key is that the murderer is a reformed warrior from Central City. Who is crazy enough to provoke him?
But then again, the occurrence of such murders in the originally safe wealthy area made everyone feel very uncomfortable.
No one likes uncontrollable situations, especially these rich people who are used to controlling situations.
Dai Xingyan immediately understood what Qu Jianlei meant. Such a resource should not be used in vain.
Then she immediately went to make arrangements.
Tianzi District is the boss of the residential area. How powerful are the rich people here? Most people can't imagine it.
Bentley is also a native of Central City with a well-off family. A fugitive from the deserted area can wipe out his entire family.
So don’t underestimate the energy of these rich people.
On the second day, Tanaka Yi felt the pressure from the wealthy people in Tianzi District.
(Second update, He Meng is the master of "Mei Renxin".)
