Apocalypse: Starting By Hoarding A Billion Food Additives - Chapter 18

Chapter 18: Zhao Corporation, You’ve Done So Many Bad Things!

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

However, Zhao Feng was still not in a hurry. According to his memories from his previous life, there was only less than a month left before the apocalypse!

The construction of the underground city was progressing steadily.

Other than the underground city rewarded by the system, the other underground city that Zhao Feng had spent his own money to build was also under construction.

The two underground cities were connected by an underground tunnel that was nearly a kilometer long.

This tunnel had always existed. It was the system’s way of building a path for Zhao Feng to enter and exit the underground city.

Other than the two underground cities, the underground warehouse was filled with supplies. It had already filled up 80% of the space.

The construction team even found an underground river a few days ago.

Since this was the outskirts of New York City, the underground river was not only rich in water but also had a low level of pollution!

The water inside could even be directly used!

In this sort of situation where everything was basically ready, Zhao Feng was actually not as sensitive to the various reactions of the outside world as before.

At worst, he would quit and exchange the rest of the money for supplies and wait for the apocalypse to come.

However, as the public opinion against Yaoyao Food reached its peak, Zhao Feng was too lazy to deal with these things, and the officials finally could not sit still.

They were still counting on Yaoyao Food to actively pay taxes and add to the government’s performance this year!

“Mr. Zhao, I believe you’ve heard of the various discussions and storms about your company on the internet recently. According to our observations, you don’t seem to have any intention of clarifying or explaining anything, right?”

“Why are you doing this? Your company is suffering huge losses, and you can’t go on like this!”

“If you have any difficulties, you can tell us. We’re all from New York, and the authorities are willing to lend a hand.”

The representative sent by the government asked Zhao Feng with a very sincere attitude.

Zhao Feng didn’t want to pay attention to this guy, but on second thought, he still had to show some respect to the government.

Although the apocalypse was coming, it was better not to cause any more trouble during this last period of time.

If the existence of the underground city was exposed, it would be a big problem!

Did he build a city for himself?

And under the eyes of the government?

No matter how rich he was, it would be difficult to settle this kind of trouble.

So Zhao Feng pretended to think for a while and said with some difficulty.

“Sigh, I don’t want this to happen either, but there’s really nothing wrong with our product. The rhythm on the internet right now is clear that some people are jealous of our interests!”

“I don’t have a choice now. I’ve tried to clear things up a few times before, but was it of any use?”

“If the government has any good ideas, feel free to tell me. Our company will definitely cooperate.”

The people from the government started to feel conflicted. They could only take their leave and inform Zhao Feng when there were results.

Two days later, Zhao Feng received news from the government. It seemed that the government was indeed anxious about his performance.

“Mr. Zhao, after some internal discussion, we’ve decided to have the authorities come forward and find professional researchers from New York University to do a live broadcast.”

“And it’s a live broadcast of the testing and nutrition evaluation of your company’s products in the laboratory. I believe that this professional live broadcast will definitely clear up the rumors on the internet.”

“And we won’t charge any fees for this test. Just take it that our government is protecting the development of local enterprises. What do you think of this plan?”

Zhao Feng didn’t mind that someone was trying to clean up his mess.

Moreover, there were only benefits and no disadvantages to earning more money and buying more supplies before the apocalypse.

With Zhao Feng’s cooperation, the live broadcast soon began.

Moreover, the government had personally gone down to publicize it before the live broadcast, and this matter had been too popular recently.

The number of people watching the live broadcast at the same time on that day actually exceeded 10 million!

This wasn’t some sort of popularity, but living people!

The researchers in the live stream room first introduced the various equipment in the laboratory to the audience. Many of the equipment’s names were incomprehensible.

Then, he began to explain the principle of the test in detail to the audience, as well as the fact that the tested nutritional content was very real.

He wanted to gain the audience’s trust.

Just as the government had expected, a professional came down to conduct the test, and it was in a laboratory.

It was easy to gain people’s approval.

It didn’t take long for the test report to be fresh out of the oven.

The various nutritional ingredients indicated on it completely proved that there were no problems with Yaoyao Food’s products.

As for why the raw materials used were so strange, this point seemed insignificant.

It was tasty, nutritious, and cheap. What else was there to ask for?

A 20-dollar fillet steak was better than a high-quality steak that cost hundreds of dollars. Would you like to eat it?

Even if this steak was full of technology and ruthlessness, most people couldn’t afford the expensive ones!

Everyone could only choose this product.

At the end of the live broadcast, there was a special guest in the live broadcast room.

Zhao Feng had specially arranged for this person to show his face at the end of the live broadcast.

He was the company’s spy that Zhao Feng had found out about earlier!

Facing the camera, this man finally couldn’t bear the pressure in his heart.

He cried and admitted to all the wrong things he had done.

“I’m sorry, I was the one who leaked the company’s confidential information, including the formulas and production processes.”

“Someone was instigating me to do all this! I was blinded by greed, so I took measures. I’m sorry!”

These words caused an uproar on the internet.

What? The formula that was exposed wasn’t actually researched.

But it was stolen from Yaoyao Food?

So, who did all this?

Who was it that bribed this employee with money to leak these secrets?

Under the waves of condemnation from the entire internet, all the spies had nowhere to hide.

Very quickly, the online users dug out the self-media accounts that had initially started the trend.

People followed the clues, and also the apology content of the owners of these self-media accounts, they finally knew who the mastermind behind all this was.

Zhao Corporation!

It was this company again!

There were rumors on the internet that Zhao Corporation was targeting Yaoyao Food and even forced Zhao Feng to cooperate with them.

At this moment, the two incidents overlapped and exploded together, immediately pushing Zhao Corporation to the forefront of the storm.

The company’s stock price plummeted, and the company was on the verge of collapse!