Rebirth 2010: I taught Mr. Lei how to make a mobile phone

Chapter 926 Your Highness, you're so foolish!
As Chen Mo's private plane flew over Hangzhou, a private meeting was taking place in Lao Ma's office.

"Mr. Ma, there's been a new development on the other side!"

His name is Zhang Hui, nicknamed "Zhenyue". He is the head of the intelligence business of the group's security department, mainly responsible for core areas such as intelligence gathering, information mining and strategic risk control.

A glint of light flashed in Old Ma's eyes. "Oh? After all this effort, you've finally reaped the rewards? Tell me about it."

Business warfare is not only an overt contest of funds and strategies, but also includes covert cyber and information warfare. The key to information warfare is to win over key personnel of the opponent or to plant industrial spies.

In the past two years, under Zhang Hui's direction, Alibaba has launched multiple rounds of strategic deployments across the strait, but with little success. Most of the elite personnel sent out were "brainwashed" by the other side, with less than one in ten remaining.

Even those who remain only hold ordinary positions, rarely touching the core.

The other side's model results in an outrageously low turnover rate among management, and extremely high loyalty from management to employees. In addition, the other side has an extremely comprehensive risk control management system, which greatly increases the difficulty for them to turn the other side.

Heaven rewards those who persevere, and this time, they seem to have finally managed to create an opening.

"According to information from my informants, WeChat Pay on the other side is integrating with their expertise in game mechanics. This is a plan I have compiled based on intelligence. Please take a look."

Old Ma took the document, glanced at it a few times, and then his eyes narrowed: "Isn't this just imitating our Ant Forest?"

"Yes and no. If you look at the back, WeChat did indeed refer to our current payment + points + membership scenario, but it added the game elements that they are best at, and that's the key."

This approach preserves WeChat's simplicity and lightweight nature without disrupting its functionality, while enriching gameplay through mini-games such as classic games that were once wildly popular, like Candy Crush, Landlord, Jump Jump, and Shooting Airplane. Furthermore, it transplants the ranking system and periodic ranking mechanics from "Glory of the World" based on a points system.
Such a purpose.

Old Ma seemed to understand, and continued, "The goal is to create a highly sticky, high-value 'super user system,' with the ultimate aim of increasing the total lifetime value of users within the WeChat ecosystem and building a strong competitive moat."

"The boss is brilliant!"

By using this gamified external form, with points as the incentive medium and membership levels as the tiering standard, the ultimate goals are to: guide user behavior, filter high-value users, improve overall stickiness, and increase user switching costs.

This deeply binds users to their consumption and lives within the entire WeChat digital economy, constructing a closed-loop digital economic world.

This system transforms users from passive "users" into active, even somewhat "addictive" "players," and WeChat Pay is the designer and rule-maker of this vast game world.

If Ant Financial represents the financial practices of the real world, then WeChat Pay aims to shape an economic system in the virtual world.

In other words, while he had always followed a path of capital and elites, Chen Mo went against the grain and took the mass line.
He's been secretly plotting something big; Chen Mo's methods are truly insidious!

"Hiss..." Old Ma couldn't help but gasp.

Zhang Hui continued his report: "Furthermore, the other party revealed an important piece of information: although Lu Qi is ostensibly in charge, there are actually two top-secret projects within the group, with an extremely high level of secrecy. The informant only participated in a portion of the WeChat part of the operation..."

"Heh, I knew Chen Mo wasn't up to anything!" Old Ma said with an expression that said, "I knew it," and then asked, "Continue?"

"We speculate that the other side is trying to create public opinion through WeChat public accounts to expose the true nature of Ant Group's IPO and incite public backlash..."

"This is just a glimpse into the bigger picture. They're not only adept at WeChat; they excel at information warfare and cyber warfare. We must prepare in advance and be ready to counter them!"

"Yes!"

"What's the name of that plan?"

"The 'Horse has already surrendered' plan."

"Ant Financial? Why is it called that?" Old Ma frowned.

Zhang Hui hesitated for a moment, then picked up a pen and wrote four characters on the paper.

Upon seeing the words on the paper, Old Ma's lips twitched slightly, and he muttered, "Ma has already submitted... Ha, what a fine 'Ma has already submitted' statement. Chen Mo has quite the nerve, wanting me to submit? Never in this lifetime!"

He suddenly remembered, "What's the other plan called?"

"Unknown at the moment."

"Is this source reliable?"

"The other party is one of the moles we previously sent out. After several years of development, he is now the manager of a core department in the WeChat business unit and is highly valued by Zhang Xiaolong."

"If we hadn't had some leverage over him in the past, he wouldn't have given in so easily this time. Besides, he took 30 million this time; if the information wasn't reliable, he wouldn't have dared to take that money."

"Considering the information he revealed, it's definitely worth the money! But what if Chen Mo pulls a 'go with the flow,' a self-inflicted injury, or a counter-strategy?"

"Does the boss mean he's worried there might be a trap involved?"

"Chen Mo has always been ruthless and cunning, and we must be wary of him. Whether it's true or not, we'll know by watching what the other side does next."

Old Ma locked the plan in a drawer, worried that it might be a trap.

Alipay's bloat has been criticized by users, which is a major drawback compared to WeChat Pay. If this is added on top of that, perhaps this is Chen Mo's purpose.

However, Jack Ma is optimistic about the future prospects of this model. It would be a good option to streamline Alipay's technology after the IPO and then improve this model.

As for the veracity of the intelligence, let's wait and see.
Meanwhile, at the Beyond Science and Technology Park.

Zhang Xiaolong was called away by his colleagues from the "Serious Crimes Unit 6" on the other side, which caused a small discussion in the surrounding area. You should know that being called away for a talk by this department is usually not a good thing.

Not far away, a man with a '囧' shaped eyebrow had a glint in his eye.
In the small room, they were faced with overwhelming evidence, such as IP tracing, data source tracing, surveillance routes, and WeChat chat records.
"Thank you all for your feedback. I wonder if you could give me some time? I'd like to have a talk with him!" After the working group members left, Zhang Xiaolong fell into a long silence.

Suddenly, he slammed his fist on the table: "Foolish!"

An hour later, when Zhang Xiaolong reappeared, his expression was serious.

"Xiao Wang, come to my office."

Inside Zhang Xiaolong's office.

"Is there anything you want to say to me?"

"Brother Long, I'm sorry."

That's not what I want to hear.

Seeing his beloved general remain silent, Zhang Xiaolong felt both angry and heartbroken.

“Three years ago, you left Alibaba and enrolled in Qing Teng Academy. I was the one who brought you to WeChat.”

"Two years ago, I approved your promotion application, which promoted you from product manager to project manager."

"A year ago, I was the one who promoted you to manager of the WeChat Pay department. You were already a top performer among middle managers. You should know that you weren't the most outstanding among those candidates. It was only because your working style is very similar to mine when I was young that I was promoted."

“A month ago, I added you to the ‘Horse Has Been Dressed’ program. Do you know what that means?”

The next step up is a senior manager with an annual salary of tens of millions in the group.
You're not even 40 yet, in the prime of your life. If you continue on this path and develop steadily, your future is limitless.

Zhang Xiaolong was exasperated and slammed his knuckles on the table.

"Brother Long, I'm sorry!" Xiao Wang lowered his head, his expression unreadable.

"You've always gotten full marks in all the group's confidentiality training sessions, you understand all the principles, so I only have one question: Why?"

"I'm sorry... I had no choice. I accept whatever decision the group makes."

"You'd better watch yourself." Zhang Xiaolong waved his hand.

He recalled that two years ago, a group of managers, including a veteran, were transferred to judicial authorities for leaking secrets. He wondered if Moss at the time was also as angry as they were about their lack of self-discipline.

Soon after, the officers from the "Serious Crimes Unit Six" took Wang away.

Half an hour later, the assistant reported, "The chairman is back."

"I understand." Zhang Xiaolong put down his pen and took one last look at the self-criticism he had just written.

A dozen minutes later, he pushed open the door to the chairman's office.

Chen Mo smiled at the other person's somber expression: "I know everything. What, are you going to apologize with a bundle of thorns on your back?"

"It is my fault for failing to manage my subordinates and for failing to recognize talent. I request that my year-end bonus be zero."

He then saw the self-criticism submitted by Zhang Xiaolong, which was quite frank, including the course of events, reflections, and a summary.

Chen Mo nodded. "Keep this self-criticism here. You can't just decide to be punished. This isn't something to haggle over. Just follow the group's rules and regulations."

"Yes!"

"The fact that this happened shows that the group's supervision mechanism is still sound. People's hearts are unpredictable and human nature is even more difficult to fathom, so it is unrealistic to try to prevent it in advance, but we can reduce the probability of it happening."

This is why managers undergo safety-related assessments every quarter, team building activities are held every National Day holiday, and case reports are published at every annual meeting—all to prevent problems before they arise.

It's good that this happened; perhaps it's a good opportunity.

"An opportunity?" Zhang Xiaolong looked up.

"Perhaps we can do it this way..."

Chen Mo told Zhang Xiaolong about the plan he had just come up with, and the latter's eyes grew brighter and brighter as he nodded frequently.

He then accepted the order and left.

On July 2nd, an internal disciplinary notice from Beyond Group was posted on a workplace forum and widely circulated after being confirmed by multiple media outlets:

A notice to all employees of the Beyond Group:

The group has always maintained a 'zero tolerance' attitude towards all kinds of violations of rules and regulations. Every case will be investigated and dealt with, no matter how high the position or how great the impact.
The company has now determined that Wang, an employee of the WeChat Pay Business Unit of the Huaxia Region of Beyond Group, has committed serious violations of rules and regulations, including leaking the company's trade secrets and causing damage to the group's interests.
It has been decided to dismiss Wang and blacklist him from all employment, meaning he will never be hired by any of the companies under the Biyuan Group!
We hope everyone will take this as a warning, remain vigilant, maintain a sense of awe, and adhere to the red lines of the group's regulations.

The Other Shore Anti-Corruption Ethics Committee

April 2, 2018

(End of this chapter)