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At about 17 o’clock on March 4, the legal counsel of Hongmeng Zhixing posted on its official Weibo that after investigation, since May 2024, a company has manipulated dozens of MCN institutions to use tens of thousands of accounts to publish and comment on a large number of malicious rumors, smears, and slander false information about Hongmeng Zhixing’s brand and products, seriously misleading the public and damaging the reputation of Hongmeng Zhixing’s brand and products. Recently, it was learned from the judicial authorities that many people of the company have been arrested by the public security organs and approved for arrest by the procuratorate in accordance with the law.
HarmonyOS said that it will continue to defend its rights in accordance with the law, resolutely defend the reputation of HarmonyOS brand and products, and solicit clues.
Earlier, on March 2, a spokesperson for Hongmeng Zhixing said on its official Weibo that through verification and clues and evidence provided by some netizens, it was found that a large number of abnormal comments about the Hongmeng Zhixing brand and Zunjie S800 products have appeared on the Internet recently, with hundreds of thousands of them. The main characteristics of these abnormal comments are: low activity of the publishing account, suspected batch registration; In a short period of time, a large number of comments appear under the same main post, and the comment copy is highly similar; The content is suspected of malicious slander, rumors, and provoking confrontation among car companies.
Hongmeng Zhixing said that this was an organized online black public relations behavior, which had a serious negative impact on Hongmeng Zhixing’s brand and products. HarmonyOS Zhixing has fully investigated and collected evidence in conjunction with Zunjie Legal Affairs, and reported to the public security organs and relevant departments. The Internet is not a place outside the law, and HarmonyOS will take all means to resolutely safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of users and partners.
In response to the “Qing Lang” series of special actions of the cyberspace administration and further optimize the business network environment, HarmonyOS decided to continue to collect relevant clues and evidence from netizens, resolutely crack down on black public relations chaos, and strictly keep the personal information of providers confidential. Once the relevant behavior is verified and approved by the judicial authority, a reward of RMB 100,000 to a maximum of RMB 5 million will be given to the provider.
On March 3, the spokesperson’s official Weibo post said that more than 10,000 private messages have been received.
Last time, Hongmeng Zhixing attracted much attention about the “online rumor of the ‘violent test’ at the press conference of the Zunjie S800 that caused damage to the Maybach S680 vehicle”. According to Jiangqi Group, recently, the test of the Zunjie S800 has attracted attention. The test videos show the vehicle’s performance under extreme conditions in a rigorous and professional manner. The test process follows strict industry norms and standards, and all data is authentic and reliable. The test vehicle is obtained through a formal third-party leasing channel, and the purpose is clarified to the leasing channel in advance. In this process, Jiangqi Group expressed regret for the troubles caused to the relevant parties and is actively communicating and negotiating to solve them.
According to previous media reports, on February 20, a test video of Zunjie S800 and Maybach S680 in an extremely cold environment of minus 20 °C was released at the Zunjie S800 technology conference. The video shows the S800 driving steadily after an emergency avoidance, while the Maybach S680 deviates from its course due to tire skidding.
The Paper noticed that a self-proclaimed owner of a Maybach S680 damaged at the Zunjie S800 press conference posted a video on social platforms saying that his car was taken for a violent test without knowing it. On January 21, after the car was towed back, it was inspected by the Mercedes-Benz 4S store in Chengdu and found that the front of the car was damaged and the wheel hub was deformed. The owner stressed that he had not received any notice from the Zunjie side that the vehicle would be subjected to high-intensity testing, and questioned the brand’s concealment. At present, the car maintenance costs and responsibility for the attribution has not been clarified.
According to public information, Hongmeng Zhixing Zunjie S800 is jointly built by Huawei and JAC. According to the Securities Times, on July 15, 2024, Huawei’s Yu Chengdong said that the million-level luxury car brand cooperated by Huawei and JAC Motors was named “Zunjie”. Yu Chengdong revealed: “We far surpass the Maybach and Rolls-Royce Phantom, which is more luxurious, more high-end, and more comfortable than them. ”
It is understood that Hongmeng Zhixing has a total of “four worlds”, namely the cooperation between Huawei and Cialis, the wisdom of cooperation with Chery, the enjoyment of cooperation with BAIC, and the respect of cooperation with JAC.
