On Beijing's Wangfujing Commercial Street, among the bustling crowds, there is a striking figure standing in front of the Apple Experience Store.
This bearded man named Liu Jin, I saw him frowning, deep eyes, holding a blue iPhone 13 Pro MAX in his hand, and his hand bursting with blue tendons.
Only listening to the sound of "pop", his hand waved violently, and the mobile phone was smashed to the ground.
The phone fell apart in an instant, and parts flew apart.
This scene instantly attracted the attention of all passers-by around and set their eyes on this bearded man.
At this time, Liu Jin did not care about the eyes of passers-by, but also directly picked up the mobile phone on the ground, and emotionally held the Apple mobile phone to the camera to tell his grievances: I promise never to buy any Apple products again!
Speaking of Apple's after-sales service, he is a thousand and ten thousand dissatisfied, the iPhone 13 Pro MAX in his hand has only been used for more than a year and cannot be turned on, so he has to be sent to a store for repair.
But the staff told him that the maintenance fee was 4400 yuan!
The repair fee is more expensive than half of the phone, which he has a hard time accepting.
After a war of words with Liu Jin, the customer service finally compromised and promised that if there was a problem with the hardware, the repair would be free.
But five days later, an email from the after-sales customer service made Liu Jin's mood fall to the bottom: the mobile phone is not original, and the maintenance fee soared to 7,000 yuan!
Liu Jin tried to communicate with customer service again, but this time it did not work out, and now he could only admit that he had planted and planned to give up maintenance.
So, he walked to the door of Apple's official store, took a video of dropping his phone, and promised at the scene that he would no longer buy Apple products.
After this video was sent, it immediately caused heated discussions on the Internet.
Everyone sympathized with Liu Jin's experience, felt that Apple's after-sales service was really unreliable, and fought for him.
Some people ridicule Apple as a "sky-high maintenance fee", and some people threaten to boycott Apple together.
Looking at the indignation of netizens one by one, Liu Jin also felt that he had done a good thing, although his mobile phone was not repaired, but at least he won everyone's support.
As the video gradually fermented on the Internet, Liu Jin's move also sparked national discussion, and everyone said that we must support domestic products and do not let foreign brands bully us.
So, Liu Jin struck while the iron was hot and started a live broadcast.
This made the live broadcast room, which was previously only a few hundred people, quickly soared to 20,000+, which shows everyone's support for this "patriotic" actor.
However, just one day later, Liu Jin's "patriotic character" overturned.
Some netizens found that Liu Jin used the iPhone client to send Weibo, and continued to use the iPhone live broadcast in the live broadcast.
This operation surprised many netizens and said that they were "deceived".
Some netizens questioned Liu Jin's motives, believing that Liu Jin's behavior of angrily smashing his mobile phone and shooting a video was too abrupt and deliberate, and the possibility of hype was not ruled out.
While this topic continued to heat up, Liu Jin did not choose silence, and he responded to the matter in time the day after dropping his mobile phone.
In a long article, he explained the whole thing in detail, answered several of the most controversial questions among netizens, and showed his maintenance records.
Immediately afterwards, he released a video detailing his journey from buying a mobile phone to having a problem and communicating with customer service without success.
He stressed that he is definitely not for hype or rubbing the heat, but sincerely wants to seek a fair and reasonable solution.
However, sharp-eyed netizens directly pointed out the problem in the comment area, and questioned Liu Jin: If you are not hype, why is your situation statement published through the Apple client? Isn't this a contradiction?
However, Liu Jin also came forward to respond immediately, saying that he still has a bunch of Apple products at home, so he continues to use Apple products.
He smashed his phone to show that he no longer buys Apple, but he never said that he no longer uses Apple.
In addition, Liu Jin also said that he absolutely did not have the idea of rubbing traffic and hype.
However, this response does not seem to be recognized by netizens, many people feel that Liu Jin is just looking for a step for himself, and some people think that Liu Jin is just using this opportunity to hype.
Some netizens also found the strange thing about Liu Jin's angry smashing of his mobile phone, that is, he refused to show his purchase record from beginning to end.
Even though many netizens are urging Liu Jin to take out the purchase record, he has always refused to do so, and he still has a word: This is the last killer tool, and it can't be taken out too early.
But some netizens still think that Liu Jin's move is simply grandstanding, just smashing mobile phones for traffic.
It can be seen from the purchase time that his mobile phone has indeed exceeded the warranty period, so the cost is expense.
After Liu Jin encountered the problem of sky-high maintenance costs, he did not seek help from the relevant departments in time, but expressed his dissatisfaction through extreme methods, but this kind of grandstanding behavior is not the right way to protect rights and interests.
In other words, if Liu Jin's matter is successful, every consumer can take a guaranteed mobile phone to repair it in the future, and if it is not repaired, it will be smashed at the door of the store.
However, no matter what netizens think about this matter, Liu Jin has successfully attracted everyone's attention, whether it is netizens who support him or netizens who question him, which has invisibly brought him more exposure.
In fact, netizens' speculation about Liu Jin is not untargeted, and the actor's behavior of rubbing heat in major popular events is no secret.
Previously, he posted a video saying that he was fully qualified for the role of Xu Jiang when "Crazy" was on fire, which caused dissatisfaction among Jia Bing's fans, and Liu Jin had to issue an apology statement on social media.
In addition, Liu Jin also recommended himself to directors Feng Xiaogang and Wang Baoqiang, posting a video saying that he hoped to cooperate with them.
I have to say that this behavior has caused disgust among netizens, and because of this, many netizens think that Liu Jin wants to increase his exposure by "falling to fame".
After all, he has been in the industry as an actor for more than ten years, and except for the role of Qiu Ya's husband, he is still a little well-known, and there are no other works that can be obtained.
The behavior of rubbing heat may allow him to gain temporary exposure, but in the long run, as an actor, you need to rely on your own strength and works to really be recognized.
In general, this "smashing the mobile phone" incident did make Liu Jin angry, as for whether this is his hype, only he knows.