"I saw the news, StarTech released a statement denying the battery had safety risks," Elliot said.
"I also saw the statement StarTech released. This is their usual practice. Big companies don't care about consumer rights just to protect their stock price," Director Oliver replied.
"Then how does your show plan to respond?" Elliot asked.
"Ignore them. All our challenge processes are open and transparent, reasonable and legal. We're not afraid of them. Who can a lawyer's letter scare?" Director Oliver said with a smile. "We're even considering whether to use the lawyer's letter to ride another wave of popularity."
"That's a good idea. Riding the executives' popularity, why not? Besides, we're also upholding justice for the vast number of consumers," Elliot said, laughing.
"That's right, that's the logic. We are speaking out for consumers!" Director Oliver chuckled. "Speaking of which, the safety risk of StarTech phone batteries is no small matter. Battery spontaneous combustion, or even explosion, will not only cause consumers property loss but also endanger personal safety. These foreign phones, their phone quality is poor, and their attitude in times of crisis is also poor. How can we consumers feel confident buying their products?"
Director Oliver became indignant as he spoke.
"Yeah, that's how those corporate executives are!" Elliot complained.
"Let's not talk about them anymore," Director Oliver said. "Great God, we are already preparing for the next episode. I will send you the detailed script by next Tuesday at the latest. Regarding your individual performance segment, I'll also need you to finalize it before next Tuesday."
"Okay, no problem."
Today is only Sunday, there is still plenty of time.
"Then I won't disturb you anymore."
"Goodbye."
Elliot hung up the phone.
After finishing breakfast and putting the dishes back in the living room, Elliot returned to his computer.
First, he registered an Apex Portal account. The nickname was "Little Boy", and the description was "
After registering, Elliot posted his first personal post:
"#StarTech NOTE Phone Battery Spontaneous Combustion Risk#"
"Statement" I am Little Boy. During the recording of the show I am a Geek last night, I demonstrated that StarTech NOTE series phone batteries have safety risks of overheating and spontaneous combustion. Hereby, I officially disclose the malfunction of StarTech NOTE series phone batteries to the entire network... (Attached: Attack program source code)"
StarTech had just released a statement denying the battery had safety risks, and Elliot's post directly slapped them in the face.
If you say the battery has no risk, then I will directly make it public across the entire network.
Elliot not only published the reason for the battery malfunction online but also made the attack code public.
This wasn't the end.
Elliot then logged into his TrendTok account and posted a video statement with the same content as the Apex Portal statement.
In less than a minute, a large number of comments appeared under Elliot's Apex Portal and TrendTok accounts:
[Support the streamer for exposing the truth!]
[I went to StarTech's after-sales service this morning to replace the battery, and they actually wouldn't replace it! From now on, I'll be a StarTech hater for life!]
[StarTech, this is trying to kill people for money!]
[I just bought a StarTech phone, how do I return it?]
...
Netizens expressed their support for Elliot and condemned StarTech's irresponsible behavior.
Many netizens also went to StarTech Electronics' official Apex Portal account to leave comments and complain about StarTech phone battery issues.
Half an hour later, the official account of the I am a Geek show forwarded Elliot's post.
Then, the accounts of several major mainstream media outlets, including Zephyr News, also forwarded Elliot's post.
The topic's popularity quickly soared.
At noon, under the "bombardment" of netizens' comments, StarTech Electronics' official Apex Portal account had to close the comment function.
"Heh heh, closing comments, huh?" Elliot chuckled.
He just liked StarTech being so tough.
The tougher they were, the more fun the situation became, and the higher the popularity.
...
At three in the afternoon, Elliot took a nap. After waking up, he turned on his computer and opened Apex Portal.
The post from the morning had been reposted over 300,000 times and reached the top three on the trending list.
Heh heh!
Elliot smiled, opened the
As expected, the points had increased significantly.
In one afternoon, they increased by 3 million.
Thank you, corporate executives!
Riding their popularity is just comfortable!
Elliot smiled and opened StarTech Electronics' official account. The comment function was still closed, and so far, there had been no response to the matter.
The topic's popularity had already been hyped to this extent, yet StarTech still hadn't reacted at all. Were they slow to react or too arrogant?
Who cares, just keep doing it.
How to do it?
How does a
Furthermore, StarTech is not an ordinary company; they almost control the entire economy of their home region and are a pillar industry.
Let alone a
However, Elliot was not an ordinary
For him to "take down" StarTech was too easy. He could exchange for a super virus from the
StarTech phones have sold over 100 million units worldwide.
In other words, if Elliot wanted to, he could make 100 million StarTech phones explode.
Of course, he couldn't do this.
Elliot wasn't worried about StarTech's strength, but rather about harming innocent people.
Thinking about it, if over 100 million phones worldwide suddenly caught fire, how many accidental casualties would that cause? That wouldn't be good.
There was no need to play this big.
So, how to "take on" StarTech without harming innocent people?
"Hmm..."
Elliot fell into deep thought.
Suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck him, and he had an idea.
...
Capital City.
On the weekend, the primary commercial street was packed with people.
StarTech's flagship store was located in the most prosperous area of the commercial street. At this time, a long queue had formed at the store entrance, extending over a hundred meters away.
"Why are there so many people?" A couple passing by the StarTech flagship store were surprised to see this scene.
The girl stood on her tiptoes, wanting to see what was happening ahead... There were simply too many people, she couldn't see anything.
Her tall boyfriend wearing sunglasses next to her stretched his neck, looked ahead, and said, "It looks like a StarTech new product launch." After a pause, the man with sunglasses muttered, "Is it necessary to queue this long just to buy a phone?"
"These people probably haven't seen the news, right?" The speaker was a boy wearing a hat behind the couple.
"What news?" A girl next to the boy with the hat also asked curiously.
(End of this chapter)
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