"My fellow countrymen, I'm so upset. My company sent me here to open a shop, and this is what happened."
Last night I worked diligently until 10 o'clock, and I was finally able to leave work when disaster struck. That damned thing knocked all my hard work over the past few days away.
That's bad enough, but now he's disappeared. He's left his car here and won't tow it away, and he's not answering his phone.
The insurance company said that since he didn't take his car to be assessed for damage, they wouldn't know how much compensation he would receive, and that the losses to my shop would only be compensated after being calculated together with the damage to his car.
My boss is furious. He said if I don't resolve this, I'll have to bear all the losses myself. Where am I, a working-class person, supposed to get that much money?
Everyone, please tell me, is this something a human being would do? Is this how a country treats foreign investors? Are these still the hospitable people of South Korea?
Xiao Fa was so moved by his own words that his eyes welled up with tears.
The reporters who had come specifically for the news were also furious upon hearing this.
A surge of passion, deep within the journalist's very being, awakened.
Spread the truth, expose the facts, supervise power, and uphold fairness and justice!
How can someone become a journalist just for news headlines or bonuses? That's a desecration of the journalism profession!
Such a terrible thing must be reported so that this heartless driver can be condemned!
The reporters looked at each other and saw the light of justice in each other's eyes!
That evening, major television stations reported on the incident.
KBS: Xiaomi's official store in China was attacked before it even opened.
MBC: Xiaomi from China Arrives with Great Strength, But Faces Numerous Obstacles
SBS: Under Samsung's dominance, can South Korea still accept foreign companies?
...
The next morning, a lot of people actually came to the entrance of the Xiaomi store to take photos.
When Xiaofa arrived at the store, he was dumbfounded. Could it be that these Koreans were so angry after yesterday's news report that they wanted to smash up the store?
He quickly ran over and addressed everyone.
"Everyone, I'm sorry, I'm in charge here. Let's talk things over, please don't resort to violence."
One of the girls, who looked like a student, quickly explained.
"Uncle, you've misunderstood. We just saw the news and came here to check it out. There's even a contest on Instagram where people are guessing how many days this car will stay."
"Huh? There's such an event?"
"Yes, among those who guess correctly, ten people will be randomly selected to receive a prize of 500,000 won."
Xiao Fa did the math in his head: 500,000 Korean won is about 2,500 RMB, which is a pretty good reward.
"So, how many days did you spend guessing?"
"I guess it will take three days, but some people guess it will take at least seven days, and some even guess it will take a month."
Xiao Fa's lips twitched. "How much do you all want my shop to fail? If it were closed for a month, I would have already called Uncle Hat to tow the abandoned car, okay?"
However, it seems the boss is indeed impressive. The Xiaomi store hasn't even opened yet, but its reputation has already spread throughout South Korea. This is much more cost-effective than spending money on advertising.
Moreover, the news reports were more detailed.
Normally, when a Xiaomi store opens, it will naturally need to advertise on television.
The advertisement might say that Xiaomi, a big company from China and the pioneer of foldable screens, has opened a store in Myeongdong, Seoul, and welcomes everyone to come and make a purchase.
Such advertisements are unremarkable and at most attract some people who are already interested in Xiaomi to come and browse.
But now, because of the car accident, so many TV stations are broadcasting the news at the same time.
They saved a lot on advertising costs for each TV station, and the results were better than simply running ads.
First of all, there are many people who enjoy reading these kinds of bizarre social news stories.
After seeing this news, everyone knows, oh, there is a brand called Xiaomi.
Moreover, the news reports would also include a brief introduction to Xiaomi, such as the number one smartphone brand in China, the pioneer of full-screen phones, and the founding company of foldable screen phones.
After all, the more impressive the subject of a news story, the more valuable the story becomes.
So, everyone who saw this news knew, oh, there's an awesome brand called Xiaomi.
Wouldn't that achieve the desired advertising effect?
Soon, Li Zhenxi also learned of the news, and he was speechless. How could Li Dachang have handled things like this?
He immediately called Li Dachang to his office.
"Dachang, what are you going to do about this?"
"Chairman, you said you wanted to make Xiaomi's stores unable to operate. With this move, Xiaomi can't even open its stores anymore."
"but……"
Li Zhenxi couldn't refute it for a moment. Indeed, the Xiaomi store hadn't opened, but something just felt off.
"Have you seen the news? Xiaomi's store is famous now. I bet when it opens, a huge number of people will go there to shop. What about Samsung's reputation? What about the reputation of the Korean people?"
Lee Dae-chang was sweating profusely. If Samsung really lost face because of this, he would probably have to atone with his death.
"President, I'll go move the car right away so Xiaomi can stop riding on this wave of popularity."
"Come back. If you move the car now, doesn't that mean Samsung is scared? Even though they don't know this car belongs to Samsung... Wait, is this car registered under Samsung's name?"
"Um, well, it seems, maybe, probably... yes."
Li Zhenxi closed her eyes, and her blood pressure instantly spiked to 180.
"Hurry up and deal with it!"
"Yes, yes, I'll go right away!"
Lee Dae-chang dashed out of Lee Jung-seo's office in a flash, pulled out his phone, and quickly called Park Joon-seo.
"Junxi, go and bring that car back quickly."
"Okay, Brother Dachang, I'll go right away. But Brother Dachang, could you give me some more money? I've spent it all."
"What? Two million was spent in just two days?"
"Hehe, I just took your advice and bravely went for it when I saw a girl I liked."
Li Dachang was speechless. "I was just saying it casually. You could have just listened to it casually and that was it. You actually believed it?"
"Alright, alright, hurry up and bring the car back, and I'll give you another sum of money."
"Okay, Brother Dachang, I'll go right away."
Park Joon-seo hung up the phone, rolled off the bed, put on his pants, and headed out to the Xiaomi store.
To my surprise, when I arrived at the store, I found a lot of people gathered there, taking pictures.
He was completely bewildered. The shop was in such a dilapidated state, what was there to see?
Then he took out his keys and pressed the car's unlock button.
"Beep beep..."
The car lights suddenly turned on while parked in the Xiaomi store, and there were two unlocking sounds.
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