On the North American continent, in the small town of Horncomo, Virginia City, Nevada."Hello, is this Robert Law Firm? I have a case that needs your help."
Robert received a call from a farmer named Wilbur Tennant, who claimed that all the cows on his farm had died. This was all caused by the DuPont chemical company opening a factory near the farm.
When Robert arrived at the farm, Wilbur Tennant tearfully accused DuPont, the big capitalist, of taking human lives lightly!
Wilbur Tennant had previously tried to seek help from local lawyers, politicians, journalists, doctors, etc., but even veterinarians refused to help him.
Just because the du Pont family practically owned the entire town, no one would speak up for Wilbur Tennant.
Even though Wilbur Tennant uploaded his experience to the Internet, the post was inexplicably deleted. It seemed that his account was taken away by hackers, so the content he posted was quickly deleted.
So Wilbur Tennant was very sad and angry and could only seek help from others.
After half a day of investigation, Robert was almost certain that the cows on Wilbur Tennant's farm died because of the chemical plant of DuPont Chemical Company.
"My farm has always been very stable and healthy, and there have been no problems. But since my neighbor Jim sold his land to DuPont, my farm has had problems every now and then."
According to Wilbur Tennant, things started to change in the 1980s when next-door neighbor Jim sold his land to DuPont.
At that time, DuPont Chemical Company planned to use Jim's land for landfill, and as a worker at the DuPont factory, Jim's health had been very poor for many years.
Even the doctors couldn't diagnose what the problem was, and Jim needed money, so his only option was to sell the land.
From then on, the cows on Wilbur Tennant's farm became more and more strange, with chaotic behavior and bad tempers.
And the herd began to have health problems: kidney failure, calves' eyes turned bright blue, teeth turned black, every internal organ had varying degrees of enlargement and greening, hooves were deformed, and there were skin problems.
"My farm lost a total of 200 cows. This is our family's loss. I must sue DuPont. I want them to compensate for my family's losses."
After hearing this, Robert was extremely excited. This was definitely a big case.
Many people are afraid of the DuPont family because this family has a huge influence in North America. They can control most of the media and the Internet in North America, and can even make ordinary people disappear suddenly without spending any money.
The power of the DuPont family is unimaginable, so naturally many people are afraid of them and some even choose to go along with them.
But there are also some stubborn angry young people, such as Robert.
As a lawyer, after receiving Wilbur Tennant's case, he immediately began to look for people and connections and started a series of investigations.
Robert assembled a team, found Larry Winter, an independent lawyer, hired three veterinarians, and also asked the Environmental Protection Agency to investigate the health issues of the cattle on Wilbur Tennant's farm.
As a result, the Environmental Protection Agency, veterinarians and others actually wrote in the report: No problems were found with the DuPont chemical plant, DuPont was not responsible for the health problems of cattle, and the culprit was the backward animal husbandry.
The report pointed out that it was Wilbur Tennant's poor livestock management methods that led to malnutrition of cattle, inadequate veterinary care and lack of fly control.
In other words, the report said that because Wilbur Tennant did not know how to raise cattle, the herd's health problems were their own fault.
It’s simply the most ridiculous thing in the world!
After the report came out, everyone in the town began to isolate Wilbur Tennant. Even his best friend in his life said to Wilbur Tennant:
They won't let me talk to you!
Isn’t it ridiculous?
If you find this ridiculous, you’re right, because this is North America, where capital is everywhere.
"Fuck, I really don't believe it. Is there no place for reason in this world?"
Young Robert was so angry that he trembled all over when he saw such an absurd scene.
Not only was he not defeated, but he was instead aroused to have a strong resistance: he wanted to take down DuPont Chemical Company; he wanted to be the dragon slayer!
Robert organized all the information and prepared to create hype through the Internet.
He spent 20,000 US dollars to expose this matter on the Internet as soon as possible and directly bought a hot search!
But it is obvious that DuPont Chemical Company had already prepared a response plan, and all posts related to Wilbur Tennant Farm were deleted.
This thing only existed for a few minutes and then disappeared completely.
Many people just opened it and saw a blank page. These netizens thought it was just a bad network and closed it.
Even if someone saw it, they didn't follow up because they couldn't comment.
Just when Robert was completely desperate and thought he had repeated Wilbur Tennant's mistakes, the front-page headlines on platforms such as the Mars Forum, the New Culture Forum, and the Apple News website were filled with reports about the town of Hornkomo.
"Wilbur, get on the internet, quick, quick, quick!"
Robert was immediately excited when he saw the information on the computer screen.
With so many websites reporting on this incident, DuPont Chemical Company must be scared, right?
Wilbur Tennant hung up the phone and immediately asked his son to open the computer to check. Sure enough, the computer was full of related news and could no longer be hidden!
In fact, at this moment, DuPont Chemical Company was completely panicked.
“Fuck, fuck, fuck, what the hell, who is against DuPont?”
"Oh my God, why is this happening?"
Francis, the general manager of DuPont Chemical Company, was furious and cursed but it was not enough to vent his inner anger and anxiety.
As one of the most profitable businesses of the DuPont family, DuPont Chemical Company has developed many new chemical products.
For example, Teflon, nicknamed the eternal chemical, is waterproof, stain-proof, cold-resistant, heat-resistant and extremely smooth. Even geckos can't grab it.
And it has a wide range of uses, from enriched uranium in atomic bombs to artificial organs, to non-stick pans in thousands of households.
Since the 1960s, DuPont has been promoting the Teflon non-stick pan product.
Back then, the advertisement was very popular, and over the years, this non-stick pan has been a very popular product.
It can be said that DuPont Chemical Company has brought extremely lucrative profits to the DuPont family. In the past few years, in order to settle cases like the health problems of the cattle on Wilbur Tennant's farm, DuPont Chemical Company has also paid a price.
In fact, Francis is very familiar with Teflon. Although Teflon is stable, it is also a double-edged sword because it means that this type of substance is extremely difficult to degrade.
In daily usage scenarios, Teflon is relatively safe and will not decompose into harmful substances as long as the temperature does not exceed 260 degrees Celsius.
But in fact?
The raw materials used in the manufacturing process of Teflon are not harmless, otherwise the cattle on Wilbur Tennant's farm would not have been in danger.
Therefore, when Francis saw the relevant reports on the Internet, he was stunned, and emotions such as anger and fear surged in his heart.
Francis should not be too familiar with the health problems of the cattle on Wilbur Tennant’s farm!
This problem is the tragedy caused by perfluorooctanoic acid.
Perfluorooctanoic acid is a surfactant used to prevent agglomeration when making Teflon, and is also a per- or polyfluoroalkyl substance.
Perfluorinated or polyfluoroalkyl substances are a general term for tens of thousands of chemical substances, all of which are organic substances with fluorine atoms distributed throughout the carbon chain.
A factory under DuPont Chemical Company dumped more than 7,000 tons of sludge containing perfluorooctanoic acid into a waste pool without any isolation measures, and discharged hundreds of thousands of pounds of perfluorooctanoic acid powder directly into the river.
The end result was that the drinking water of tens of thousands of people in the small town of Hornkomo was contaminated.
In fact, it was not just the cattle on Wilbur Tennant's farm that had health problems. Take his neighbor Jim, for example. As a worker at the DuPont chemical plant, he had always had health problems.
What’s weird is that the doctors couldn’t even diagnose the cause of the disease. It’s simply outrageous!
But Francis, the general manager of DuPont Chemical Company, knew very well that this was the conspiracy behind the scenes by these capitalists.
"What? The Teflon material in the Teflon non-stick pan is toxic? Look at the data in this report, it shows that in the white mouse experiment, it showed the harmfulness of causing embryo deformity."
"This is outrageous. Why are so many employees of DuPont Chemical Company unhealthy? Some of them even have deformed children. It turns out it's because of toxic chemicals like Teflon and perfluorooctanoic acid."
"These horrible American capitalists are completely devoid of conscience. They actually use these toxic chemical products. Fortunately, I didn't buy such products back then, otherwise..."
Just as Francis was angry and at a loss, the discussion about Teflon was already raging on the Internet.
Everyone was shocked by the information Robert and his team had collected.
There is even a lot of information that is more detailed than what Robert collected, and it also comes with experimental reports, etc., just like the detailed data released by internal staff of DuPont Chemical Company.
Anti-DuPont discussions have been rife on the Internet, while DuPont's crisis public relations are still in full swing.
It is the 1990s now, so it is naturally impossible for them to respond quickly to crisis public relations and come up with a response plan immediately.
At this time at the DuPont family headquarters, Albright duPont, who was in charge of the family business, did not show much anger.
Perhaps to him, the scene before him was just a small scene and not worth mentioning.
"Find the world's most powerful hacker and delete all reports on these issues on the Internet. I don't care if it's from Apple or New Culture. They must be deleted."
At this time, Albright was listening to the work report of the person in charge, David Cotterill, who looked relatively calm, but was still a little panicked inside.
David Cotterill kept paying attention to Albright's expression, fearing that if the latter remained so calm and expressionless, it would only make David Cotterill even more flustered.
"In addition, we will arrange for other experts to explain Teflon as soon as possible. Many people still believe in the opinions of experts and professors.
"Regarding the accusations and compensation claims related to Teflon non-stick pans, we will contact the local court to minimize the negative impact of this matter."
David Cotterill still used his previous tricks, thinking that this would solve the problem.
After listening to the other party's plan report, Albright waved his hand and let the other party go to work first.
Albright didn't have a better solution, so for now he could only listen.
In fact, the news on the Internet can be basically resolved by simply explaining the situation to a few Internet giants such as New Culture Company and Apple, and talking about cooperation.
It's just a matter of money, very simple.
The current situation is to solve this problem first. After overcoming the current difficulties, we can try to figure out why this situation occurred.
Albright was not sure whether the mission could be accomplished, but it was not the first time that the DuPont family had encountered a crisis.
It would be a good thing if we could turn the current crisis into an opportunity.
So, after thinking about it, Albright asked her secretary to contact the CEO of Apple for a quick meal.
While the relevant personnel of the DuPont Consortium were busy resolving this news event, Eagleburger Mellon, Holcaforti, Lannister Morgan, Hampry Mather and others were also paying attention to the subsequent development of this matter.
It is obvious that someone wants to deal with the DuPont consortium.
But no one knew who did it.
Judging from the current situation, this should be a turmoil caused by major Internet companies such as Apple, and it is very likely that the shareholders behind these companies are responsible.
But who knows?
People like Eagleburger are well aware of how deep the water is in North America.
People like Lannister Morgan could see that this attack against the DuPont family was particularly fierce.
Because the fire has spread from the Internet to reality, many media have also reported the news.
For example, the New York Times reported on Robert, the lawyer who had the courage to expose DuPont Chemical Company: The lawyer who became DuPont’s ultimate nightmare!
Many major newspapers, including the Wall Street Journal, the Boston Globe, and the Los Angeles Times, also reported this news, and its spread speed was far beyond imagination.
It seems that DuPont has become a synonym for a company that everyone wants to punish.
"This is such an eventful time!"
The dual influence of the Internet and reality makes the whole thing even more confusing.
You know, this is the year of the North American election, there are so many things to do! (End of this chapter)
