The Happy Farmer Wanderer-Chapter 838: A Balance of Pros and Cons

Hua Liangjun and the other two were very cooperative with the matter, as soon as Li Qing spoke, they immediately expressed their willingness to cooperate.

They had been so worried about solving this issue that they were practically turning green, so how could they possibly refuse the Ninth Bureau’s initiative?

Before they received Li Qing’s call, all three of them were contacting their respective families, trying by all means to contain the spread of those videos on the internet, with millions of dollars already thrown into this.

Now that the Ninth Bureau was stepping in to handle the matter, this wasn’t causing them trouble, it was like giving them a warm helping hand.

The three families might have considerable influence in both the Cultivation World and the secular world, but when faced with this kind of situation, they were far from having the influence of the Ninth Bureau – how could a family’s power compare with that of a nation?

But Brother Hu’s guys hesitated.

Even though they were already aware that Li Qing’s identity was no simple matter, making such a statement was almost the same as smashing their livelihood. They had just attracted a wave of traffic with this incident, and their number of followers had shot up.

Yet once this statement was released, their dreams of being hosts would be shattered, and they would probably face backlash every day.

"Bro, what are the consequences if we don’t do it?" Brother Hu asked very cautiously.

He was truly being cautious now, almost talking as meekly as Li Yumeng, not daring to act rash at all.

This wasn’t just someone who dared to dig holes and bury people on a whim, but someone with an enormous background and special identity, someone they absolutely couldn’t afford to provoke. Being polite and speaking more gently was the least they could do.

"You’re still considering not doing it?" Li Qing was almost amused by his reaction.

What was this bastard thinking? Wasn’t he being clear enough?

"Bro, it’s not that I won’t do it, I’m just considering what’s more worthwhile," Brother Hu said with a sheepish smile. "If it’s just being banned for a while or fined, I think I can handle that. The number of followers and traffic I got just today is more than triple my previous total. My career has just started; I don’t want to ruin it just like that."

"Don’t be mad, bro, I’m serious. I rely on this for my livelihood. If I publish that statement, I’m definitely going to lose all traffic."

Li Qing was almost bewildered by this guy’s sincere words.

His attitude was indeed very good now, unprecedentedly good, but the words were somehow very irritating to hear.

He was actually openly asking him about the pros and cons of the situation.

"There won’t be any serious consequences; at most, your illegal earnings would be confiscated, then you might be locked up for a few years, with some fines on top of that," Li Qing said indifferently. "I think you can completely bear it."

"Let’s talk about the facts. You might not realize where you went wrong. First of all, we have to make the situation clear when punishing you. What you did amounts to fabricating rumors and destabilizing society. Are they Cultivators? Not at all. Does such a thing even exist in the world?"

Brother Hu’s eyes widened, and he looked at Hua Liangjun and the other two, who wore smiles, "But bro, everyone saw it..."

"Nothing but a more sophisticated magic trick," Li Qing replied.

Hua Liangjun immediately nodded and said, "Exactly, just a more sophisticated magic trick, there’s no such thing as Cultivators in the world. You took your speculations and forcibly applied them to us, then spread them around, the impact of which was quite negative."

Brother Hu began to doubt his life, but he didn’t dare to say anything else.

Clearly, so many people had witnessed the events...

"Bro, how many years?" Brother Hu looked up and asked Li Qing.

"What years?" Li Qing was taken aback.

"As in, I might be locked up for a few years?" Brother Hu asked.

"You motherfucker, you’d better not even think about it. Even if you’re locked up for three months, your account would be toast. What are you even considering? Hurry up, don’t make me take action!" Li Qing suddenly shouted angrily, having never seen anyone so blatantly calculating.

Seeing the look on Li Qing’s face, Brother Hu hastily said, "I... I’ll publish it right away."

Li Qing glared at the sleazy fatso with a stern face. If it wasn’t such a hassle to deal with him, Li Qing really wanted to make him squat in prison for a few years. Based on this guy’s behavior today, he was nothing but a new-age hoodlum, a stumbling block to society.

Although Li Qing didn’t know much about him, he was certain that the man hadn’t done anything good when outside.

His actions today were filled with pure malice.

But, he really couldn’t just deal with him without any reason.

Having them issue a statement was merely a bluff; there was no real way to punish them.

After all, to speak frankly, aside from harassing Jing Yan at the barbecue stall, Brother Hu and his gang didn’t do anything else.

As for those live-streamed things, Li Qing didn’t know of any regulation that could be applied to deal with them.

Under the supervision of Wang Baichuan and others, Brother Hu and his gang quickly released a clarification video.

Li Qing found a quiet corner and made a call to Dian Chunqiu to report the incident.

Once Brother Hu’s video was posted, the comments started flooding in rapidly.

It turns out there were countless people waiting on Brother Hu and his group’s live-streams.

"Damn, I was wondering why Brother Hu suddenly stopped streaming. Was it to have some tea? How’s the tea, Brother Hu?"

"This video makes me feel all sorts of emotions, like a dark cloud is hovering over me. If you were coerced, Brother Hu, make another video later and blink your eyes."

"The guy above, are you creating a scene? Don’t you see what’s happening there?"

"Everyone disperse, it’s just a script, boring, dull."

"Damn it, I just filled up a tank of gas ready to go and pay homage to the Cultivators at Sanhe Village, and now it’s all turned around?"

"Believe it or not, I don’t. As ordinary people, we need to have some brains to judge things. That stuff was clearly real, what script. I’ll tell you a terrifying fact, all those previous videos have disappeared, go search if you don’t believe it!"

"They might erase those videos, but they can never delete our memory. I believe it was real!"

"Guys, Cultivators do exist in this world, it’s just that we are unaware."

...

Li Qing browsed through some of the comments under Brother Hu’s video and said indifferently, "Turn off your comments."

"And the rest of you, turn them all off."

There are still people with clear sight in this world.

He noticed that a few individuals’ comments had attracted a multitude of approvals and seemed to even have a trend of reversing public opinion.

Turn off the comments, once and for all.

Without giving them the opportunity to communicate, let them speculate as they please.

In the age of the internet, people’s memories are like those of fish; what they say now may sound reasonable and well-founded, but give it some time and they may well forget.

"Bro, I’ll turn them off right away, will definitely comply, absolutely obedient!" Brother Hu shouted, somewhat exaggeratedly.

"Wouldn’t it have been great if you acted like this sooner?" Li Qing said with a sideways glance.