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

Chapter 940 Calling out names one by one!

Sources who participated in the closed-door meeting revealed that there were even some outspoken voices during the meeting:
"Some unruly new players should really rein themselves in. Internet finance is an area that the country attaches great importance to, and those unprofessional people should be silenced."

Originally, the students of Lakeside Academy were in high spirits and intended to take advantage of the situation to launch a larger-scale support campaign and completely turn their advantage in public opinion into a victory, but they were dissuaded by Lao Ma in time.

“Everything in excess is as bad as deficiency,” he said calmly but firmly, standing among a group of eager entrepreneurs. “Going too far can easily backfire. What we need now is not to add fuel to the fire, but to proceed steadily and surely.”

These words quickly calmed the previously agitated students, who all marveled at the principal's foresight and ability to maintain such a clear-headed perspective and composure at this crucial moment, preventing them from being blinded by temporary advantages.

On the same day, at 36Kr's headquarters.

Chief Editor Wang Zhuang nervously handed the manuscript he had just finished to the editor-in-chief.

"Editor-in-chief, I've revised it according to your requested core direction. Please take a look."

The editor-in-chief quickly skimmed through the article, his brow furrowing slightly: "...The wording is a bit harsh."

"Shall I revise it again?"

"Fine, let's just publish it like this." The editor-in-chief waved his hand, his tone tinged with helplessness. "We'll see what the feedback is."

"it is good."

The editor-in-chief was somewhat helpless.

He knew that his boss's initial attitude was to refuse, even though the other side was an investor in 36Kr, but unfortunately, President Chen's offer was just too much.

The timer starts after the article is published and lasts for one hour, at which time the reward is ten million.

Who could stand this?
Money is only one aspect; more importantly, the boss has clearly made his choice—to bet everything on the other side.

That afternoon, 36Kr's app and website simultaneously published a commentary titled "The Power of Capital":

Yesterday's online frenzy and today's silence, coupled with this seemingly sudden collective shift in capital positions, actually reflect a profound and intense change in the underlying dynamics between emerging internet forces and traditional financial capital in China.

All these signs subtly point to the trillion-dollar profit distribution involved in Ant Group's IPO.

Some traditional capitalist factions are taking this opportunity to try to regain control by banding together to suppress emerging capitalist forces.

It is worth noting that most of the institutions that made this high-profile statement are closely related to the traditional financial system, while the emerging capital represented by the other side is more rooted in the internet ecosystem and user growth.

This contest has long transcended a corporate conflict, escalating into a direct clash between two forms of capital and development philosophies.

Judging from the current situation, the traditional capital faction is clearly better at integrating political and business resources and manipulating public opinion tools. Their coordinated and consistent statements demonstrate a strong organizational and mobilization capability.

Emerging capital excels in technological innovation and market expansion, but its foundation is relatively weak, and it remains at a disadvantage in certain battlegrounds.

Some seasoned observers believe that this capital game has only just begun.

The next point to watch is whether regulators will take measures to regulate such obvious collusion, and where the market will ultimately go—at this point, no one knows how this story will end.

Because 36Kr is known for its in-depth analysis, and this article goes straight to the heart of the matter, it attracted countless netizens to click and watch instantly, like a shark smelling blood.

However, this article only lasted for 2 hours before it was deleted.

Although the article has been deleted, its influence has spread, arousing even greater indignation and curiosity among netizens.

Screenshots, sharing, and saving—the article content spreads rapidly in various forms, sparking wider discussion.

Meanwhile, the "naval forces" on the other side, who had been waiting for an opportunity, were dispatched in batches under Chen Tong's precise command, quietly taking on the role of guiding emotions and deepening the discussion.

Previously scattered discussions across various platforms are now being gathered, amplified, and guided:

"I support the rectification, but please treat everyone equally! Some platforms' 'precise avoidance' tactics are too obvious!"

"Have those previous allegations about Alibaba really been confirmed? The evidence didn't seem fake at all!"

"Isn't this the wrong direction? Shouldn't the focus be on regulating platforms that constantly push out celebrity divorces, internet celebrity feuds, and distorted values?"

"International capital is truly ubiquitous; they even analyze the investment impact of our trending topics rectification."

"What a clever tactic of using someone else to do the dirty work! If you can't win, you drag the supervisor into it?"

"The sudden unity among these financial tycoons suggests that their core interests have truly been threatened."

"To put it bluntly, it's just vested interest groups banding together to exclude new players, and they're making it sound so noble."

"So all those big scandals from yesterday suddenly disappeared without a trace, leaving us with no juicy gossip today? Is that why?"

"The power struggles in the financial world are more exciting than those in the imperial harem. It seems like they're joining forces to elevate Ant Group to godhood."

Conspiracy theories, comparisons, quoting out of context, and selective writing.
There are countless rhetoric and techniques, but the core goal is only one: to firmly establish a "mountain of prejudice" against Ant Group and the capital behind it in the minds of the vast majority of netizens.

Alibaba's media resources did not sit idly by either; various negative articles targeting the other side began to emerge, attempting to muddy the waters and divert attention.

The two sides are like two surging waves, carrying netizens with various stances and speculations, churning and colliding back and forth in the ocean of information.

Alibaba had the advantage of timing and location, while the other side had the advantage of popular support and initial momentum. For a time, the public opinion field was in a brief stalemate. And so, the time came to the second day of the rectification - September 6.

At 10:00 AM sharp, Chen Mo's official Weibo account was updated for the first time in two months:
"I've watched it rise into a tall building!"

A seemingly random sentence instantly topped the trending search lists on various platforms across the Taiwan Strait.

Chen Mo, formerly a "severe internet addict," used to be very active on Weibo and Douyin, sometimes promoting products, sometimes sharing his life, and even replying to questions from his "fans" in the comments section when he had free time, showing his approachable personality.

However, since becoming China's richest man, he has become increasingly low-key online, keeping a low profile and rarely speaking out except for major events.

Therefore, this sudden update was undoubtedly perceived by the public as a sign of a powerful earthquake.

This statement also struck many long-time internet users as familiar.

Soon after, someone dug up a Weibo post by Chen Mo from a few years ago—it contained the same sentence.

At that time, LeEco was at its peak, with a market value approaching 1600 billion yuan. Jia Yueting was riding high and making grand pronouncements. It was at that time that Chen Mo made this out of the blue.

At the time, many people mistakenly believed that he was envious of LeEco's stock price.
Less than a year later, LeEco's skyscraper collapsed, and Jia Yueting became the first person to be in debt.

This moment is just like that moment!
This time, Chen Mo posted the same content again. Is it foreshadowing something? And who is it pointing at?
At first, the netizens who had learned their lesson were only cautiously testing the waters—after all, they had been rendered powerless by the "censorship gods" these past two days.

Especially those involving keywords such as "Jiang Fan", "Prince", "Wei Ya", and "Ant" were deleted instantly without hesitation.

But soon, people discovered that Chen Mo's Weibo comment section seemed to have become the only "pure land".

As the testing ground gradually loosened, the comments section quickly filled with various speculations and interpretations:

"It? Who else could it be? It must be an ant!"

"Does President Mo mean he's not optimistic about Ant Group's IPO?"

"Hey, have you been getting free milk tea lately? Do you really think Alibaba and Beyond are just playing house?"

"The last time this happened was with LeEco, when the other side was at its peak, and LeEco's scale was less than a third of that. But this time it's Ant Group, not LeEco."

"What's wrong with the ants? When President Merkel goes to war, not a blade of grass will survive!"

"How many interest groups are involved in Ant Group's IPO? The fact that the media outlets affiliated with the other side of the strait were only subject to rectification but not forced to be taken down already shows that Mr. Chen has power!"

"Don't even mention it, if Chen Mo weren't the boss of the Other Shore himself, try harassing some other internet celebrity like this? You would have disappeared long ago!"

"The other side is in danger this time. Mr. Mo, you're so foolish. Why didn't you just stay in being the richest man? Why did you provoke Old Ma? He's been in the business world for decades. How could you possibly shake his position in just a few years?"

"Judging from the signals released yesterday, the choice between the two options is already clear: the other side has reached its peak and is declining; it's Alibaba's turn to rise again..."

"Chen Mo's prediction will definitely fail this time; this battle will be the turning point of World War II!"

"If Ant Group fails to go public, I'll livestream myself eating shit while doing a handstand! Anyone want to bet?"

Despite having the home advantage, the majority of comments in the comment section were pessimistic about Bi'an and Chen Mo.

From the censored public opinion and the signals released to the scale of capital, in any dimension, the Other Shore Group seems to have fallen into a completely passive position, except for its initial blitzkrieg that gave it an early advantage.

Just as the public was debating,

At 11:00 AM sharp, Chen Mo updated his Weibo again. Without any preamble or explanation, just four words, yet they were like a bombshell dropped into calm waters:

"Evergrande Real Estate!"

The comment section was instantly flooded with question marks. "????" "What does this have to do with Evergrande?" "Mr. Mo must have some inside information we don't know about!" "Does Evergrande also have some big scandal?"

Before anyone could even process what was happening, Chen Mo had already transformed into a ruthless Weibo posting machine. At a rate of one post per minute, he relentlessly bombarded one resounding name after another:

Yunfeng Capital, Primavera Capital...

Netizens who rushed to the scene after hearing the news from trending topics on various platforms gradually realized something was amiss—aren't these the same capital forces that were all speaking out in unison yesterday to support the rectification?
Chen Mo didn't stop; his fingers seemed to be striking the drumbeats of a war. More names were made public:
Carlyle Group, T. Rowe Price, Warburg Pincus, Silver Lake, Temasek Holdings...

In the end, he named dozens of top domestic and international capital giants in one go.

It was only then that the public suddenly realized that this list highly overlapped with the rumored massive network of investors behind Ant Group's IPO!
This is a blatant declaration of war.

It is the power of one person against a massive capitalist camp.

At this moment, Chen Mo's past achievements seemed to coalesce into an invisible halo behind him: he once fought against Tencent, making it realize its mistakes; he confronted Baidu, making it focus on technology; he forced Meituan to suffer a crushing defeat in the food delivery market; and he defeated Liu Shi of Didi, leading to the destruction of Liu's family...

Since its rise, the other side has never suffered a defeat, which has earned Chen Mo a very high reputation in both the business world and among the general public.

Now, he is launching a direct challenge against Alibaba and its deeply entrenched capital alliance, single-handedly sounding the horn of war.

That comment, which quickly climbed to the top of the likes list, expressed the sentiments of countless people:

"Good heavens! Zhao Zilong was all courage, and Chen Mo is just like Zhao Zilong!"

(End of this chapter)