Many interested parties had been paying attention to Shenyin Technology’s scheduled press conference, and countless pairs of eyes were waiting for this livestream to begin.

Mingtai’s side was no exception. The entire company’s senior management was sitting in the conference room waiting for the livestream of the press conference to open, but their expressions were not good from the beginning.

When the vehicular accident happened, it was really only by coincidence that Mingtai happened to push the system notification at that time. Given the coincidental timing, they resorted to pointing the finger at Shenyin Technology, adding fuel to the fire, thinking that this way, Mingtai could escape unscathed from public opinion and be forgotten. But they didn’t expect that Cheng Liu still had skills and actually recorded their conversation.

Her words spoken in the recording were watertight. She clearly pointed out that Mingtai violated the contract and stole Shenyin’s technology, and she also showed everyone who would listen that her utmost priority was the safety of the users.

Ever since the recording was released, Mingtai has re-entered the public eye, and the reason for the accident that caused the death of the family of three has once again fallen to Mingtai’s head.

After all, in the recording, it could clearly be heard that after Cheng Liu learned about the technology leak, her first concern was the safety of users.

There had been lot of criticism against Mingtai on the internet, saying that they not only stole technology, but they also didn’t care about user safety, and the company forced the new system to go online even though they had known that there were still unresolved bugs in the technology.

That morning, there was a hot search about Mingtai’s way of selling their cars, and the previous negative news was also dug out and bandied about—Shenyin has completely dragged Mingtai back into the water again.

This feeling was very much akin to Mingtai falling into the water, pulling Shenyin down with them by the way, quietly getting back on the shore and stepping on Shenyin’s head, hoping that they would drown.

As a result, Shenyin was well prepared and grabbed Mingtai’s feet, causing both companies to be mired in negative news together.

“I want to see what Shenyin will say at their press conference,” Mingtai’s Executive Chairman sneered as he sat in the middle of the conference room, waiting for the show to start.

Anyway, the recording has now been released on the Internet. At worst, Mingtai would apologize and compensate a little money to the family’s relatives, and this matter would be over.

Shenyin was different. They have blocked the way of many people over the years. At this time, who wouldn’t want to step on Shenyin’s head?

Before Mingtai could even suppress the hot search, it was already removed. By this afternoon, the public opinion on the Internet has gone completely biased against Shenyin. People were all discussing Shenyin Technology and had completely forgot about Mingtai.

They, Mingtai Automobile, could not do this alone. It was obvious that there were many other forces behind it.

“I don’t think that Shenyin needs to hold a press conference. There is no point in explaining things that the public already knows,” a senior executive in the conference room said.

Moreover, Mingtai has already sent people to H City to find the immediate relatives of the family who died in the accident to offer condolences. They prepared to pay compensation and also brought in some media publicity. But they haven’t found the relatives of that family yet, and there has been no movement from Shenyin.

“They may want to drag Mingtai into ruin together, but I want to see who still cares about Mingtai now.” Another senior executive curled his lips, “Young people have too little experience in life and don’t know who their real opponent is.”

The livestream of the press conference began, and it went according to everyone’s expectations. The media was well-organized and asked questions step by step—until a reporter stood up and asked loudly, breaking the rhythm.

Mingtai’s Executive Chairman couldn’t help but change his posture, leaning against the back of the chair, crossing his legs, holding the armrest with one hand, and touching his chin with the other hand to block the gloating smile on his face.

The current battle had nothing to do with them, so he could afford to stand by and watch.

However, Cheng Liu wasn’t nervous at all and actually released a bunch of videos.

“What is this?” Mingtai’s Executive Chairman saw a bunch of accident assessment teams in the video, and his face immediately changed, and he subconsciously lowered his crossed legs.

Others couldn’t see it, but as a car company, they understood this matter very well.

In just one night, Shenyin had actually managed to invite accident assessment teams from all over the country to fly to City H. Forget about private ones, there were even several top official teams.

How did Cheng Liu get such great ability?

When Cheng Liu finally announced that the car had not updated its system at all, the Mingtai conference room was completely silent.

At this time, Shenyin’s  involvement in the accident were completely thrown away. It was all Mingtai’s fault.

Mingtai’s Executive Chairman was breathing heavily. He pointed to the senior executive in charge of the publicity department, “Right now, find someone to amplify the public opinion about the technical flaws of Shenyin Technology and continue to guide the discussion towards the idea that Shenyin must withdraw from the field of autonomous driving.”

Just after he finished speaking, the reporter in the livestream indeed asked questions leading to this direction.

Mingtai’s Executive Chairman breathed a sigh of relief. He was happy now that it seemed that Shenyin still could not benefit from this.

However, he never expected that Cheng Liu would dare to directly open source their proprietary technology to the whole country.

It seemed that all the people in Mingtai’s conference room gave a collective gasp at the announcement—everyone was shocked and speechless.

“Is she crazy?!” Mingtai’s Executive Chairman slammed a hand on the table, stood up and paced anxiously, “Is Shenyin crazy? To actually do such a thing… This is the true purpose of her press conference!”

If It’s Wrong, Then It’s Wrong translated by Maela @ whitemoonlighttranslations.com

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