Chapter 43: Sixth-Generation Fighter Jet!

As one of the most authoritative media outlets in the Dragon Country, the weight of the Dragon Country Daily goes without saying.

Since it has reported on this matter, it is naturally true.

The analysis regarding the Supernova fraud orchestrated by Hot Ball crumbled instantly!

Jiang Jin's and Supernova's reputations skyrocketed overnight!

Not long after the Dragon Country Daily published this news, including Hot Ball, all the major influencer accounts that had been spreading rumors and smearing Jiang Jin were officially banned by the Weibo administration.

Netizens cheered in unison, feeling thoroughly vindicated!

Immediately following this, Xue Ting released a statement announcing her retirement from the entertainment industry, which once again detonated the entire internet!

"Good grief, did Xue Ting run for the hills because she saw the writing on the wall?"

"Even the Dragon Country Daily is backing Jiang Jin; if I were Xue Ting, I'd have to flee too!"

"It must have been her who paid people to smear Jiang Jin. She's just terrified."

"A whole batch of trend-driving influencers got banned, and Xue Ting was forced to retire from the industry. Jiang Jin's influence is truly terrifying!"

"Hasn't anyone managed to dig up Jiang Jin's personal information yet? I really want to know what he looks like!"

"By the way, is this Jiang Jin the exact same person who wrote Youth?"

"Whether they are the same person or not, I can say for sure that 'Parking in the Maple Woods at Night' is definitely Supernova's boss, Jiang Jin!"

While the internet was in a frenzy, inside the chairman's office at Supernova Special Materials Co., Ltd.

"Jiang Jin, Xue Ting's retirement from the entertainment industry—that was your doing, wasn't it?"

Wu Qingya put down her phone and asked with a peculiar expression.

Jiang Jin smiled calmly, his gaze profound: "If that's what you think, then sure, I won't explain."

To Wu Qingya, this attitude of neither denying nor confirming was tantamount to a tacit admission of all the speculation.

Wu Qingya sighed softly and continued, "That being said, what kind of dirt did you actually find on her to force her into a voluntary retirement from the entertainment industry?"

After careful investigation, Wu Qingya had acquired a fair understanding of Xue Ting.

She was a woman who would stoop to clinging to wealthy older men just to climb the social ladder; she certainly wouldn't have quit the entertainment industry unless she was driven to the absolute brink.

In other words, Jiang Jin must have dug up something fatal on Xue Ting!

The flames of gossip were burning fiercely, oh yes they were!

Jiang Jin put on a troubled expression and said, "It's not really convenient to talk about that."

The more reluctant he was, the stronger Wu Qingya's curiosity grew.

She widened her beautiful eyes and eagerly pressed on, "I absolutely won't tell a soul, just tell me!"

At that moment, Jiang Jin couldn't help muttering to himself: Is this gorgeous bodyguard acting spoiled with me? This is a side of her I've never seen before!

Thus, he cleared his throat and feigned mystery, "Ahem, since you're so eager to know, keeping it from you might seem a bit unfeeling, but..." At this point, Jiang Jin deliberately paused to build suspense.

Burning with impatience, Wu Qingya quickly urged, "But what?"

Jiang Jin looked at Wu Qingya with a deadpan expression and said solemnly, "You're the one who insisted on seeing Xue Ting's dirt. You can't blame me for whatever consequences arise from this, deal?"

Wu Qingya nodded without a moment's hesitation, replying, "Of course, this is my own choice, it has nothing to do with you."

(It's just some dirt on a minor celebrity, what kind of consequences could come from watching it?)

"Alright, then I can rest easy."

Jiang Jin breathed a sigh of relief, took out his phone, found the video he had recorded, and handed it to Wu Qingya.

Wu Qingya took the phone and skeptically tapped to play the video.

Accompanied by a series of soul-stirring sounds, the imagery appeared on screen.

Wu Qingya stood frozen for a second or two, then reacted as if she had been electrocuted, screaming as she hurled the phone away.

Fortunately, Jiang Jin had been prepared and caught the phone before it hit the floor.

Wu Qingya's cheeks instantly flushed as red as a ripe apple. Standing in place, she stomped her feet in a mix of anger and embarrassment, and snapped coquettishly, "You... you are utterly shameless!"

Meanwhile, Jiang Jin spread his hands with an innocent expression and responded helplessly, "Oh my, you can't blame me for this. Wasn't this your own strong demand to see it?"

At that moment, Wu Qingya's eyes widened in utter shock. Stammering, she asked, "Ah? You mean... the woman in that video is Xue Ting?"

As it turned out, the moment she had seen that video earlier, Wu Qingya's mind had gone completely blank, leaving her with no capacity whatsoever to carefully discern who the woman in the frame actually was.

At the time, her head was filled with thoughts of how utterly indecent the video was, to the extent that she had even briefly mistaken it for some adult film from overseas!

Seeing this, Jiang Jin hurriedly nodded and replied with a straight face, "That's right, it's her! And the man with her is none other than Liu Sanhai."

Then, as if showing off, he added, "Heh, I had to go through a tremendous amount of effort, sneaking into Liu Sanhai's house just to dig up this crucial piece of evidence! I never would've guessed that Teacher Liu had such a special hobby of taking selfies to remember things by!"

Of course, this so-called evidence was actually captured by him on the spot, but since that wasn't something he could easily explain to Wu Qingya, he unhesitatingly threw the blame squarely onto Liu Sanhai.

Hearing this, Wu Qingya furrowed her brows, fixed her sharp gaze on Jiang Jin, and pressed on, "And then? Did you seriously use this video to blackmail Xue Ting and force her out of the entertainment industry?"

Faced with Wu Qingya's interrogation, Jiang Jin merely shrugged, neither confirming nor denying, leaving the beautiful bodyguard to fill in the blanks with her own imagination.

"Let me look at it again."

Wu Qingya held out her hand and said.

Jiang Jin thought to himself in surprise: (She was so mortified after just a single glance, and yet she still has the courage to watch it again?)

Just as he was momentarily dazed, Wu Qingya snatched the phone from his hands and tapped the screen a few times.

Then she handed the phone back to Jiang Jin and said meaningfully,

"Don't look at things like this too often. It's bad for your health."

Jiang Jin muttered inwardly: What does bad for my health even mean? Does the gorgeous bodyguard have a research interest in this kind of stuff or something?

He then glanced down at his phone. Oh dear, the video was gone.

So Wu Qingya had deleted the video?

Thank goodness young master made a backup in advance; I am truly a tactical genius!

Right at that moment, a knock sounded at the door.

Wu Qingya composed her expression and walked over to open the door, revealing Liu Zhi, who walked in accompanied by Liu Sisi.

"Jiang Jin, you've really completely changed my perspective of you this time!"

Liu Zhi enthusiastically grasped Jiang Jin's hand and shook it up and down.

Beside them, brilliance flashed in Wu Qingya's beautiful eyes as she looked at Jiang Jin with a gaze likewise filled with admiration.

In just a few short days, Jiang Jin had churned out a T2000-grade carbon fiber production line, completely slapping the faces of those who had doubted him.

This man always managed to deliver surprises!

Well, excluding letting her watch that kind of video.

This time, Jiang Jin didn't resort to false modesty; instead, he offered a few humble remarks.

"Jiang Jin, the Dragon Academy of Sciences wants to take up the entire production capacity of the T2000-grade carbon fiber. Do you think that's acceptable?"

Liu Zhi rubbed his hands together, asking with a hint of nervousness.

Jiang Jin had just told Liu Zhi that the selling price of the T2000-grade carbon fiber was 15,000 Dragon Country currency per kilogram, and that by the end of the month, the annual production capacity could be increased to 360 tons.

If Liu Zhi bought all 360 tons of T2000-grade carbon fiber, wouldn't that cost a staggering 5.4 billion Dragon Country currency?!

"Since Dean Liu has brought it up, of course I agree."

Jiang Jin let out a breath of stale air and smiled.

He could roughly guess what the Dragon Academy of Sciences intended to do with so much T2000-grade carbon fiber—sixth-generation fighter jets!

Moreover, it had to be for the mass production of sixth-generation fighters; otherwise, he couldn't imagine any other application consuming such massive quantities of carbon fiber!

Doesn't this mean that the Dragon Country is coming closer and closer to possessing the world's first sixth-generation fighter jet?

Just thinking about it made him a little excited!

Soon enough, the two parties signed the contract, with the Dragon Academy of Sciences paying a deposit of 1.62 billion, along with the final payment of 52.5 million for the initial 50 tons of carbon fiber.

After some further pleasantries exchanged between both sides, Liu Zhi called Wu Qingya out alone, saying he had something to discuss with her.

Right at that moment, a system notification chimed in his mind.

[Ding! Congratulations to the host for completing the side quest 'Reversing Public Opinion'. Quest rewards are being distributed...]

[Ding! Congratulations to the host for obtaining a basic reward of 10 million Dragon Country currency.]

[Ding! After calculation, the number of netizens who have changed their stance is 75.32 million. Congratulations to the host for obtaining an additional reward of 753.2 million Dragon Country currency.]

Hearing that only 75.32 million people had changed their stance, Jiang Jin felt somewhat disappointed.

After all, a single trending topic on Weibo could easily rack up over a billion views.

Even so, most internet metrics were heavily inflated, and 75.32 million was by no means a small number—it was equivalent to one-twentieth of the total population of the Dragon Country.

In other words, out of every 20 people, 1 was paying attention to him, which was practically approaching the level of a first-tier celebrity, right?

Jiang Jin then checked his bank account balance: 3.59 billion!

In just a few short days, he had earned over 3 billion!

The crucial part was that it was all in cash; even billionaires with tens of billions in net worth would likely fall far short of him when comparing pure cash flow!

After calming his emotions, Jiang Jin turned his gaze toward Liu Sisi standing nearby.

"Sisi, the person who started the rumor that you were being kept by me has been found."