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

Chapter 938 I'll Show You the Wrong One!

At this moment, Zhang Yiming suddenly recalled something Chen Mo had said to him and Zhou Shouzi during a team-building visit to a revolutionary site:

"On the journey of entrepreneurship, we will encounter countless difficulties and obstacles, but we must remember:"
Standing is dignity; kneeling is compromise.

Stand up straight, don't lie down, it's more enjoyable than living on your knees!
We can be knocked down, but not defeated; we can bow our heads temporarily, but not bend our backs.

because--

Living on your knees might bring temporary stability; but standing tall and fighting is the only way to win a true future!

It is precisely because of its refusal to compromise and its refusal to accept its fate that Toutiao was able to break through the encirclement and suppression of the media in the past and become Douyin today.

This time, at a critical moment in their confrontation with Alibaba, several of them were simultaneously interviewed – it was obvious to anyone what was going on.

Calling your parents when you can't beat them is just ridiculous.
Thinking of this, Zhang Yiming looked at Chen Mo and said firmly, "President Mo, whatever you say, we'll do it!"

Once someone takes the lead, others immediately follow suit.

Everyone was ready for battle, after all, countless past experiences had proven that only this powerful man could lead them to victory!
"What did they say about us? Disregarding the overall situation? Undermining stability?"

"Yes!"

"So, did we disregard it? Did we destroy it?"

The crowd shook their heads.

"So, as an understanding company, what should we do next?"

The crowd looked somewhat bewildered, clearly not following Chen Mo's train of thought.
Chen Mo smiled slightly, a hint of danger in his smile: "We need to learn to 'manage upwards.' Since the higher-ups say we have problems, then we must 'have problems.'"

If we don't have problems now—won't we 'create problems'?

Everyone in the room was taken aback; this was not what they had expected.

Based on Chen Mo's past behavior, he would definitely "fuck him."

Why are they being so obedient this time?

Only Chen Tong showed a hint of understanding—he seemed to know what his boss was going to do.

Looking at the faint smile on President Mo's lips, everyone gradually sensed something unusual.

"Starting tomorrow, for the entire day, everyone will concentrate their full firepower on the following three events!"

Chen Mo pressed the remote control, and three key pieces of information appeared on the screen:

"Top Taobao livestreamer Viya is suspected of evading hundreds of millions of yuan in taxes."

Viya and Jiang Fan had an improper relationship, which is related to Alibaba's "ostensible devaluation but actual protection" approach to the crown prince;
Ant Group is suspected of illegally collecting sensitive information such as social security and housing provident fund data without users' knowledge through methods such as linked authorization, and then sharing it with third-party debt collection agencies that use excessive force.

Apart from Chen Tong, everyone was speechless with shock when they heard these three "thunderbolts" for the first time.

They were well aware of the public opinion impact this would have on Alibaba once it appeared online and was amplified by their platforms.

Zhang Yiming couldn't help but ask, "Mr. Mo, is there any evidence for this?"

"I never fight a battle unprepared. Everything I've said is true and can withstand scrutiny. But with so much going on online, it's hard to tell what's real and what's fake. Who can really say for sure?"

"So what do we need to do?"

"Tomorrow, this information will appear on your respective platforms in various forms, including articles and videos. Your task is to give it maximum exposure!"

Chen Rui still had concerns: "You said the higher-ups will issue a document the day after tomorrow. Wouldn't what we're doing be..." He didn't dare to say the words "going against the grain."

"So I'm only giving you one day, tomorrow. Go all out! I want everyone online tomorrow to see these three things!"

"Yes!" Everyone responded in unison.

Zhang Yiming asked, "What about after tomorrow?"

Chen Mo's lips curled into a sneer: "Didn't the higher-ups order us to clean up the unhealthy online atmosphere?"

Such messages that are "detrimental to the overall situation" should, of course, be deleted.

We uphold our glorious tradition—to obey commands and follow orders.

Stirring up netizens' emotions and then deleting everything in an instant, as if it were a hallucination—who could stand that?

Emotions need an outlet, and if one channel is blocked, netizens will flock to the other platform. Those platforms, in turn, will inevitably do everything in their power to censor such detrimental information.

In this way, emotions are completely blocked, and they will only accumulate over time, rebounding intensified.

Those present were all shrewd individuals, and they immediately gasped in shock, finally understanding Chen Mo's intention.

The boss's move was ruthless.

"Any question?"

"no!"

"I'll be working hard for you all from now on."

"The meeting is dismissed!"

Everyone left one after another, except for Chen Tong, who stayed until the very end—he had other tasks. In front of him, Chen Mo dialed Liu Qiangdong's number:

"Hey, Dong-ge. Heard? It's nothing serious, we can handle it."

"I need to discuss something with you. I'm planning to write a short story about your recent overseas 'trip.' The plot is roughly like this...blah blah blah."

"Yes, yes, I guarantee you're a positive role model!"

"No problem, right? Okay, okay~"

After hanging up the phone, Chen Mo instructed Chen Tong: "I will personally review Liu Qiangdong's essay. Have your team prepare the rest, and go all out!"

"Yes!"

After Chen Tong left, Chen Mo was the only one left in the conference room.

Looking out at the pitch-black night, just like the environment they were facing, Chen Mo sighed softly.

In fact, after yesterday's conversation, although he did not agree to the other party's request, he had already decided to postpone his actions—after all, Ant Group's IPO is still more than two months away.

But today's sudden change of events made him change his mind.

You brought this upon yourselves, so don't blame me, Chen Mo, for punishing evil and upholding justice!
This time, we won't stop until we get Old Ma retired.

On September 4th, before the first rays of sunlight had completely dispelled the darkness of night, three bombshells were dropped into China's internet world.

Zhihu, Douyin, Douban, Bilibili and other major content platforms seem to have been activated simultaneously by an invisible hand.

The homepage, the recommendation feed, the trending topics list—all the core traffic entry points—were simultaneously dominated by a series of articles and videos with catchy headlines and sensational content.

On Zhihu's trending topics, under the question "How do you view the online rumors that a top livestreamer is suspected of evading hundreds of millions of yuan in taxes?", an anonymous user's "in-depth analysis" article quickly garnered tens of thousands of likes.

The article cites "internal financial information" detailing how the company evaded taxes by concealing personal income, fabricating business transactions to change the nature of income, and making false declarations. If true, the fines could reach ten figures.

The author speaks with such certainty, as if he personally handled all of this.

Soon, another question surged to the top of Zhihu's trending topics: "How do you view the rumors that the crown prince of a certain internet giant has an improper relationship with one of its top live streamers?"

The following response cleverly overlaps the timeline of a certain company's heir's rise to power with that of a top livestreamer, supplemented by vague screenshots of "industry insiders" that weave together an ambiguous network of power and traffic.

This sparked a wave of condemnation in the comments section.

While passion unfolds here, a great show begins there, but video platforms have an even greater impact than text and images.

The power of short video platforms lies in their viral spread.

Countless financial and gossip bloggers seem to have received a unified script, using extremely fast-paced speech, impactful subtitles, and background music to repeatedly bombard users' senses through Douyin.

Shocking! A certain livestreaming e-commerce host's tax evasion amount may exceed that of a certain wealthy female celebrity!

The Untold Story Behind the Prince's Bribery and the Tax-Evading Anchor

Your information is being collected piecemeal! The chilling reality of illegal data collection!

These kinds of videos are usually less than a minute long, with extremely high information density. They only present shocking conclusions and seemingly key data and images, perfectly matching the emotional dissemination under fragmented reading.

Bilibili, on the other hand, appears to be more professional, with some content creators (UPs) with tens or even millions of followers producing in-depth videos that last up to ten minutes.

By using timelines, relationship diagrams, data charts, and animations, the live-streaming hosts, the princelings, the soon-to-be-listed companies, and even the capital behind them are cleverly linked together to construct a massive narrative of "capital doing evil".

The comments section was filled with exclamations like, "Isn't this just a South Korean chaebol?", "Wow, I feel like even a movie like this wouldn't pass censorship," and "If this were to go public, it would be even more dangerous than DD (a derogatory term for a company that sells counterfeit goods)."

Douban, as an interest group, has become a hub for breaking news and gossip. The content here is more detailed and sensational, filled with so-called "first-hand information" such as "I heard from my friend who works at Alibaba," and "I heard that Viya was exposed because Li Jiaqi wanted to take her place."

For a time, it was impossible to distinguish between truth and falsehood, but in the excited discussion of the group, it was constantly embellished and fermented into the most bizarre version.

Just as the three major revelations were causing chaos, a completely different story began to spread across the finance and technology sections of various platforms on the other side of the strait.

While things are in chaos abroad, the situation in China is exceptionally beautiful.

The article, written in the style of Yilin magazine, portrays the protagonist as a hero who, in a foreign land, encounters a carefully laid sex trap orchestrated by foreign forces and internal agents, but successfully sees through and thwarts the conspiracy with his keen eyes and strong willpower.

The news immediately brought to mind the sudden return of someone to China and the personnel upheaval at a major internet company a few days ago, providing ample reason for the news to resurface.

In stark contrast to the anger over the other three incidents, the comments section was filled with praise.

On this day, the Chinese internet was plunged into an unprecedented frenzy and chaos of information.

Netizens' emotions were completely ignited, with anger, curiosity, shock, and pride colliding and flowing fiercely in different topic circles.

However, everyone at the center of the vortex knows perfectly well that this suffocating, ubiquitous "spectacle" is by no means accidental.

This was a meticulously planned, resource-intensive, and coordinated saturation attack.

It was as if an invisible hand was steadily manipulating everything behind the scenes, causing these messages to engulf everyone online like a tsunami on September 4th.

And this was only the beginning of a great war.

On September 5th, a document was issued!
The iron fist arrived late but surely, bringing this online frenzy to an abrupt end.

(End of this chapter)