Super Island Tycoon

Samsung Company's condemnation statement, like pouring cold water into a pot of hot oil, instantly stirred up a huge wave of public opinion worldwide!

Shortly after releasing the condemnation statement, the other party also posted a filmed video on their official account.

The video shows a small cargo ship, fully loaded, half-capsized in the waters south of Jeju Island in South Korea, with a large amount of miscellaneous goods floating on the sea surface.

Obviously, this should be the so-called site of the ship collision incident.

Subsequently, Samsung Company commented below, once again expressing severe condemnation of the collision behavior at Jade Island, and demanded that Jade Island compensate all losses to Samsung Company within three days, including the damaged ships, lost goods, wage delay fees, and medical and mental trauma fees for the crew, totaling up to 100 billion USD!

Additionally, the statement claimed that if Jade Island did not compensate on time, Samsung Company would respond with a strong counterattack, making Jade Island bear all possible severe consequences!

An extremely tough stance!

After the announcement of this statement, the world was in an uproar!

It added more fuel to the already tense situation between both parties, pushing it directly to the brink of conflict.

This immediately attracted widespread attention from media worldwide.

"Shocking news! Samsung Company issues a condemnation statement to Jade Island, demanding compensation of 100 billion USD within three days, or face severe retaliation!" - The Wall Street Journal.

"Collision of titans! The Samsung Republic finally reveals its true colors, aiming to force Jade Island into submission with military might!" - The Times.

"A tragedy sparked by a ship collision incident! Can the rising star of East Asia, Jade Island, withstand the impact of the Samsung Empire?" – World Newspaper.

"The East Asian situation stirs again! On the impact of Jade Island's rise on the balance of power in East Asia." - New Zurich Newspaper.

"The futureless Samsung finally opts for military conquest of Jade Island!" - Asahi Shimbun.

"Beware, the contemporary September 18 incident! The Samsung Empire looks to replicate the road of the Japanese Empire!" - Renmin Daily.

Thus, all major mainstream media around the world provided comprehensive coverage of this dispute triggered by the ship collision incident.

Unlike simply stating the event itself, these experienced media personnel evidently focused more on reporting the deep-seated conflicts hidden behind the incident, which is the issue most concerning to the ordinary public.

Thus, through their in-depth investigation, they meticulously analyzed the recent process of hostilities between Jade Island and Samsung Company and the deep-rooted causes of the conflict's expansion, mostly concluding that this condemnation statement by Samsung Company is not as simple as it seems. From Samsung's overly fierce reaction, it can be seen as the ultimate dispute triggered by one side's catastrophic defeat in a technology struggle.

Thus, resolving this long-standing conflict through more intense armed clashes seemed to have become an inevitable choice for Samsung.

After these reports were made public, some tabloid media very fittingly listed a military strength comparison between both parties, conducting a detailed analysis and demonstration of the win-loss probability after a war between both parties, displaying a bystander mentality of enjoying a spectacle.

And under the instigation of these media, the ship collision incident continued to ferment, triggering an even larger-scale heated discussion worldwide!

"Oh my God! Samsung Company really has the guts to ask for 100 billion USD in a go! Samsung Electronics' annual revenue is only about 200 billion USD, right? This is a bit too much!"

"Samsung Company is too arrogant, adding insult to injury without concern, failing in technology competition and wanting to resolve issues with force; this is definitely the despicable mindset and aggressive conduct of a barbarian. Support Isle Master Jiang to wipe out Samsung!"

"A man can be killed but not humiliated. Samsung Company is clearly looking to start trouble. Isle Master Jiang, don't keep holding back, just deploy the fleet and destroy Samsung!"

"I advise everyone to be rational. At the level of technological strength, Samsung indeed cannot compare to Jade Island at all. However, South Korea, controlled by Samsung, has formidable military strength definitely stronger than Jade Island. This is the difference between the strength of a nation and an island!"

"Jade Island has advanced weapons, while the Samsung Empire has a numeric advantage. The fight outcome would be fifty-fifty."

On the internet, various netizens also expressed their views.

Some unconditionally supported Jade Island, some criticized Samsung for initiating the trouble, and of course, some rational ones were worried about Jade Island's military strength.

But in any case, the vast majority of internet users stood on Jade Island's side.

This is because the compensation demanded by Samsung Company is obviously unreasonable, showing a tendency to intentionally provoke disputes, which anyone can see.

Of course, within South Korea, there was another entirely different scenario.

The focus of the general public of South Korea was more on the Samsung ship that was capsized after being hit by a Jade Island vessel.

They harshly criticized Jade Island's collision behavior and fully supported Samsung Company's compensation proposal. Even some militants encouraged Samsung Company to launch military actions against Jade Island and destroy this disruptor that has been consistently disrupting the global technology industry order.

In their view, Jade Island has been continuously developing new generation technology products in recent years, severely disrupting the existing global market order, causing numerous South Korean producers and manufacturers to go bankrupt, leading to a rapid economic downturn in South Korea, rendering many citizens unemployed and impoverished, plunging the entire country into an exceptionally unstable and turbulent situation.

And Jade Island, the main culprit, needed to take full responsibility for this!

In such a context, the focus of contradictions within South Korea was successfully shifted to the ship collision incident, stirring up a massive wave of anti-Jade Island sentiment. The voice supporting military punitive action against Jade Island domestically became increasingly stronger.

...

Nanyao Island.

In a secret office within the combat command center.

"How is it going? Have you clarified everything?"

Wearing a neatly tailored military uniform, Jiang Cheng, with a slightly grave expression on his face, asked the intelligence department head standing in front of him.

"Reporting to Commander, after investigation, indeed, a ship from Jiang Shipping sailed through a sea area 600 nautical miles south of Jeju Island two days ago. However, we did not collide with any ship, hence, it can be inferred that the Samsung Company's cargo ship must have been sunk by themselves with the intent to frame us and provoke a dispute!"

The intelligence director, holding the just-collected investigative report, reported to Jiang Cheng.

(Two more chapters to go!)