Technology company, I will become the light of China!

"Equality is the sunshine that illuminates every corner. We reject the shadow of racial discrimination. Unscrupulous TikTok, get out of America!"

"Love has no boundaries, hearts have no barriers, let's build a harmonious society without racial discrimination!"

“Racial discrimination is the shackles of the soul. Let us unlock them together and embrace freedom and equality!”

"Respect every life, regardless of skin color!"

In the second hour after the TikTok scandal broke out, parades appeared in all states of the United States. They wore red eye-catching hats and shouted slogans for equality.

A large number of student marches also took place on campuses of prestigious universities such as Massachusetts and Cambridge, vigorously promoting the need to uninstall TikTok.

No one knows how they made the banner so quickly, but the topic of "anti-racial discrimination" has always been politically correct in the West.

Anyone familiar with history knows that in the early days of the slave trade, black slaves were transported to the West and forced to do endless labor.

As a historical issue, American society is not so much against racial discrimination as it is against discrimination against black people, because they would be selectively blind if they discriminated against Asians.

Today's United States, or the entire Western society, is extremely cautious in dealing with the issue of black people. The main reason is probably that they know where these people came from.

Cambridge campus.

Locust clock area.

The Locust Clock is a landmark building of the University of Cambridge. It is made of brass. On top of the magnificent clock stands a huge, ferocious black locust. Every time the pendulum below swings, its body also leans forward, like a living creature devouring time.

"呲呲-"

The glass protective wall of the locust clock was now covered with the word "TikTok" written on it by students in red spray paint, followed by the English words "This damn racist software" and a cross through it.

Dozens of students had gathered around, forming a semicircle around the area. There were also black students holding banners that read "We should not be discriminated against."

In addition, an NBA basketball superstar stood up and posted a video on Twitter showing the process of him uninstalling TikTok. He also added a sentence at the end: "We have done nothing wrong. Skin color is not something we can choose, nor is it a reason for you to hurt our group."

Less than five minutes after the video was posted, the number of likes exceeded 2.7, and the number of comments reached thousands.

[Layana Nord]: "I support the boss for speaking out. TikTok is really abominable. It is discriminating openly!"

[Antonio Burri]: "The person who wrote this song must be in hell. He was called nigger nigger nigger right after he came on the stage. I really want to punch him twice."

[Peter Brown]: "Boycott TikTok, resist discrimination, and support the boss to speak out!"

When the popularity exploded, one NBA star after another stepped down. They couldn't understand why TikTok could allow such videos and BGM to pass review, and they couldn't understand the blatant discrimination of the official customer service.

Those who like to watch NBA games know that the proportion of black stars is far greater than that of white or yellow stars.

This is because black people have a natural advantage in physical fitness, and other races are inferior to them in confrontation.

Not only in the NBA, but also in the most popular football game in the United States, the Super Bowl, black players make up the majority.

Their advantages are strong physical fitness and being less susceptible to illness, but their disadvantages are also obvious, that is, their insufficient thinking ability. There are almost no black people in the team of scientists who influence the development of the world. It can be said that their strengths and weaknesses are very obvious.

With the collective departure of black stars from the NBA and Super Bowl, the anti-discrimination movement has swept every corner of the United States, and TikTok's uninstall volume has reached an unprecedented level.

And at the same time.

On the other side are European countries.

They also launched an "anti-discrimination movement", especially in the streets of France, where thousands of people gathered and marched.

"Fight discrimination!"

Someone walked in the front, holding a loud speaker and shouting.

As soon as he finished speaking, tens of thousands of black people behind him echoed in unison: "Oppose discrimination!"

“Ban TikTok!”

“Ban TikTok!”

"Fight discrimination!"

"Fight discrimination!"

“Ban TikTok!”

One person shouts, and thousands of people echo him.

More and more people are joining the parade, and the original thousand-meter-long team has become a ten-thousand-meter-long dragon. The topics discussed on social software such as YouTube and Facebook today are basically all related to discrimination.

Amid such a large-scale march, several of TikTok's headquarters buildings in Europe were smashed to pieces, and the walls were spray-painted red with anti-discrimination slogans written on them.

Just four hours after the scandal, TikTok became a banned app, and a large number of bloggers chose to log out because they were also afraid of being politically correct. After all, black gang culture is no joke.

Pascal, the initiator of all this and the mastermind behind it, was sitting outside a coffee shop on the streets of Paris, elegantly holding his coffee and admiring his masterpiece.

Such a large-scale march sweeping across Europe and the United States would be impossible to organize in a short period of time without a pusher.

It exploded in an instant precisely because some people wanted TikTok to die.

Far away in Britain, Clayton of the Rothschild Estate was also silently appreciating the feast. The difference from Pascal was that in his right hand was not a cup of coffee, but a burning expensive cigar.

"Whoo~"

He exhaled a puff of smoke.

Chen Xing had been pushing him too hard during this period, which made him extremely irritated. Now he could finally relax.

Clayton had never expected that a young man who was less than 30 years old could force their centuries-old family into such a situation. This made him put away his contempt.

If they had taken serious action at the beginning and targeted the baseband chip as soon as it came out, perhaps there would be no Chinese chips, 5G high-speed networks, and the extremely threatening territory drones today.

Clayton took another deep puff of his cigar and exhaled as he said calmly, "After TikTok is banned, no matter how capable you, Chen Xing, are, you can't shake our foundation."

In the past, they had information cocoons, so they could selectively present news that was beneficial to them to the public, while unfavorable news could be completely blocked.

This is also why Western people have always felt that Long Country is still in the agricultural era, where people cannot eat enough or wear warm clothes.

But when they set foot on the land of China and see the Shanghai of debauchery and extravagance, the solemn and majestic imperial capital that symbolizes national power, the bustling Guangzhou, and the extremely modern Shenzhen, they will suddenly wake up to realize that the information cocoon is so terrifying.

TikTok is being boycotted and banned by the West, and the people who are most happy are Clayton and the Jewish financial families.

the other side.

Congressional Estate, Washington.

The meeting hall was already full. Renato Marotta, who was sitting in the main seat, looked serious and said righteously: "The Anti-Racial Discrimination Bill was proposed by the previous Speaker. It has been fourteen years since today. I think it should be revised and the following content should be added."

“1. Any social media software must not promote anti-racist speech, and service providers are obliged to conduct censorship.”

"2. Anyone who publishes racist remarks on the Internet, magazines, television stations or other media platforms with dissemination capabilities shall be sentenced to one year in prison. If he fails to change his ways after repeated admonition, the sentence can be increased indefinitely."

"3. Unapproved software must not be used to illegally disseminate information. The relevant network information security departments of each state need to conduct regular self-inspections, and violators must be dealt with to the maximum extent possible."

"4. Spreading discriminatory words..."

The revised "Anti-Racial Discrimination Act" is almost comprehensive and covers all aspects of racial discrimination without any blind spots, and it is also aimed at TikTok in both explicit and implicit ways.

After Renato Marotta finished his speech, he looked around the seats in the conference hall and asked, "It's up to you to choose whether to approve or reject it."

The words fell.

The green light for counting the votes flashed madly.

Pass or reject?
They had no choice.

In Western society, racial discrimination is much more serious than gender discrimination, and if you are not careful, you may end up in trouble.

Moreover, if there is a large-scale march now, it would be really weird if there is no force behind the scenes to push it. The congressmen are certainly not stupid.

141 tickets, all green.

"Unanimous vote."

Renato Marotta announced on the spot.

"Clap clap-"

There was constant applause in the parliament hall, and things were developing in the direction expected by Renato Marotta, Clayton and others.

……

The imperial capital of the Dragon Kingdom.

ByteDance headquarters building.

Inside the top floor office.

Zhang Ming was walking back and forth anxiously, his face full of worry. He had never expected things to be so serious.

In just a few hours, the data center background showed that 1900 million people had uninstalled TikTok, and the number is still soaring and is about to exceed 2000 million.

Once the West really bans TikTok, the tens of billions of construction funds he has invested in the West will be wiped out in an instant.

Although tens of billions of dollars will not cause ByteDance to go bankrupt, what will the board of directors say about losing so much money?
You should know that companies that operate normally through financing have internal boards of directors. They are the bosses behind the scenes and the ones who take the most money. Generally speaking, they are the CEOs of various investment institutions.

It would be very embarrassing if they joined forces to force Zhang Ming out of office.

Even if they cannot be driven out of office, ByteDance's daily business operations may be drastically cut to recover the money for these people. It is no exaggeration to say that this will be a heavy blow.

"what can we do about it?"

Zhang Ming pondered.

At this time, there was a knock on the office door.

"Come in."

Not a moment.

Zhang Ming's secretary walked in, looking flustered. She reported the situation, "Mr. Zhang, there is trouble in the European and American markets again. A large number of bloggers have chosen to terminate their contracts and are asking you for compensation, saying that TikTok has affected their reputation."

"compensation?"

Zhang Ming's face darkened.

He's losing everything!
You terminated the contract unilaterally and even used your reputation rights to demand compensation. Do you really think he is a soft persimmon that you can squeeze whenever you want?

"Let the Ministry of Justice talk to you."

Zhang Ming's tone was cold, as if he had thought of something, and he continued, "By the way, go notify the people in the public relations department and ask them to hurry up and issue another apology notice."

"understood."

The secretary dared not delay.

TikTok is now on the brink of life and death, and any disturbance may become the last straw that breaks the camel's back.

After leaving Zhang Ming's office, the secretary, wearing flat high heels, trotted all the way to the public relations department floor.

"Manager Wang, Mr. Zhang asked you to write another apology announcement. Please send it to his email for preliminary review within half an hour."

"Didn't I just send it..." Manager Wang complained in his heart, but still replied: "No problem, I'll send a general email within half an hour. Secretary Xu, is there anything else?"

"No more." The secretary shook her head. Before leaving, she reminded them again: "This matter is a bit serious. You must think carefully about how to write the manuscript."

"If you can quickly calm down public opinion, perhaps all employees in your public relations department can double their year-end bonuses this year."

"Understood, we'll try our best."

Manager Wang responded.

Double the year-end bonus for all employees in the department?
He didn't believe such nonsense.

If verbal promises were useful, there would be no paper contracts. Besides, Zhang Ming didn't even show up, and they couldn't afford this gift just by relying on the secretary's empty promises.

As soon as the secretary left, employees from various workstations in the public relations department gathered together to complain about their benefits.

"It's just another promise. Before I started working, they said I'd get a raise after a six-month performance review. But after two years, my salary only went up by 200 yuan."

"The year-end bonus has doubled. If you don't work harder, this pie will be very solid."

"My salary has been delayed for a month. I am not going to take advantage of this. I feel like the company is going to go bankrupt. The battle is going on for too long."

"We won't go bankrupt. Don't you see who our shareholders are? Chen Xing and Longxing Group are in it. We have traffic. Now we just need to see if we can make a profit."

"The situation of our company feels a bit like that of Penguin 20 years ago. I just don't know how we can turn things around."

The employees were talking to each other and comparing ByteDance with Penguin.

But then again, ByteDance now only has traffic, which is very similar to Penguin Technology 20 years ago.

There is traffic, but no monetization channel.

If Pony Ma had not relied on games to monetize traffic, Penguin Entertainment would have gone bankrupt long ago.

Nowadays, ByteDance's Douyin is gradually making profits from advertising, but the overseas version of TikTok is having a hard time. The little money contributed by advertisers is simply not enough, and the live broadcast function is still under testing and cannot be launched in time.

to be honest.

TikTok is operating at a loss.

"Alright, alright, keep your voices down and hurry back to your workstations to finish the manuscript." Manager Wang stopped the discussion and then said, "Although it's the boss's big cake, we have to eat it, so work quickly."

The words fell.

Employees returned to their workstations.

Soon, the sound of keyboard typing could be heard continuously, and the public relations department was working on writing an apology.

……

And on the other side.

Sweet city, Tin City.

WuXi Group headquarters base.

With a bald head, CEO Li Ge quickened his pace with a look of joy on his face, and asked with a sidelong glance: "Finally, it's biologically compatible, right?"

"Yes, Boss."

Wang Youpeng, the head of the biological laboratory, nodded in response and continued, "We have completely replaced the brain-computer interface materials and used the 'microcurrent camouflage technology' to paralyze the recognition nerves, successfully desensitizing the experimental monkeys."

"Great."

Li Ge looked excited and murmured, "Once the brain-computer interface is realized, we will be the first contractor and enter the product supply chain of Longxing Group."

"What did Mr. Chen say?"

Wang Youpeng asked.

"No hurry." Li Ge waved his hand and responded, "I'll take a look at the results first, and then go to see Mr. Chen when there are no problems."

Just after he finished speaking, he sighed again: "Unknowingly, more than half a year has passed. I guess he must be getting impatient."

"He is definitely anxious, but I don't think he has the energy to take care of this. Now that Longxing Group is making such a big fuss, he is too busy to handle everything."

"Too."

The two of them walked and talked.

The news that Chen Xing had recently stirred up world finance had spread throughout the Dragon Country's entrepreneurial circle, and it also filled them with awe.

Having the guts to face the United States directly is something that ordinary people would look up to.

Entering the biological experiment base, Li Ge and his colleague skillfully changed into protective clothing.

You should know that the biological experiment base is not like other research institutes where you are allowed to enter just by wearing a white coat or dust-proof clothing. If you want to enter the inner area here, you must wear protective clothing.

The reason is simple: biological laboratories are full of unknown viruses.

Although hospitals offer a wide variety of treatment subjects, with dozens of departments alone, there are only a handful of diseases that can be cured by humans.

Not to mention cancer, just take rheumatic bone pain as an example. Neither Western medicine nor Chinese medicine can cure it and can only relieve the pain.

As for more terrifying viruses, according to the World Health Organization, the only example of humans defeating a virus is the smallpox virus.

As for the disappearance of other viruses, it is very puzzling. It may be that their toxicity has weakened and they can coexist together, it may be due to environmental influences that make them unsuitable for survival, or it may be that humans themselves have evolved. No one can say for sure.

Therefore, before entering the biological laboratory, you must wear protective clothing and undergo comprehensive disinfection and sterilization when entering and exiting.

After the two of them were dressed, they walked through several glass doors, each separating an area from the others, which were the disinfection and sterilization areas.

After they passed through seven or eight closed doors, they finally arrived at the inner laboratory.

Wang Youpeng was familiar with the place and brought Li Ge to a laboratory.

As soon as you walk in, you can see a monkey locked in an isolation observation hood. There is an obvious opening in the upper left rear area of ​​its head, and an equipment line is connected to it.

When it noticed a stranger coming in, it immediately bared its teeth and let out a low growl.

"Mr. Li."

"Chief Wang."

The experimenter said hello

Li Ge nodded and went straight to the point: "How's the progress?"

"Everything went well, and we found that this brain-computer interface was surprisingly powerful. It not only restored the monkey's sight, but also allowed the paralyzed monkey to stand up again."

While the experimenters were responding, someone handed over the research report.

It clearly describes the research report on how they helped experimental monkeys that had lost nerves in their limbs to stand up again after being implanted with a brain-computer interface, as well as how they helped monkeys that were born blind and deaf to regain their vision and hearing.

For researchers in the field of biological experiments, cruelty and ruthlessness are compulsory courses, because their experiments all involve abuse of life.

Many scientific researchers who cannot accept this will choose to change their careers after just half a month in the industry.

Li Ge took it and looked at it carefully.

About ten minutes later.

"call--"

He breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Not bad, now what is the content of this experimental monkey?"

"Vision restored."

While the researcher was explaining, he took out the external controller of the brain-computer interface and gently pressed the off button. The experimental monkey observing the cover suddenly went crazy.

"squeak--"

Its claws scratched the glass, and the harsh sound was annoying.

"Once the brain-computer interface is turned off, the connected nerves are also disconnected, and the blind experimental monkey can no longer see."

After listening to the explanation, Li Ge could understand why the experimental monkey was frightened.

Not to mention monkeys, even if a human suddenly becomes blind, he will panic and scream. Even if he has a strong mental state, he will still be nervous. This is inevitable.

Darkness equals the unknown, and the unknown brings out instinctive fear.

Why do horror movies need the backdrop of night?
Very simple.

The night atmosphere is great!
If Sadako from "The Ring" crawled out during the day, the horror atmosphere would instantly be reduced by more than half. If a bachelor was brave enough, he might even go up to see what Sadako looked like and see if he could be his wife.

"Open it again and see."

Li Ge wanted to see the comparison between the two.

The researcher in charge of the experiment pressed the remote control again, and the monkey in the glass observation cover immediately rubbed its eyes, and then roared in the direction of Li Ge and others. It was able to distinguish directions, which meant that its vision had recovered.

"There are other experimental monkeys ahead."

Wang Youpeng reminded.

Li Ge became interested and followed their steps, observing one by one, and found that the brain-computer interface is indeed powerful.

The quadriplegic experimental monkey can run and shout, and is extremely fierce, but once the brain-computer interface is turned off, the whole monkey will immediately collapse to the ground and can only roar with its head.

There are also some irritable and mentally ill monkeys, whose temperaments have become much gentler after using brain-computer interfaces.

After a round of observation, Li Ge looked at Wang Youpeng and all the project staff and said, "The brain-computer interface project is very successful. Should we conduct human experiments next?"

"That's right." Wang Youpeng nodded and responded, "It's time to find volunteers for the test. However, for such a high-risk craniotomy project, I think Mr. Li can discuss it with Mr. Chen first. Public projects require departmental review. If Longxing Group endorses it, it may be a lot easier."

"oh, I understand now."

Li Ge nodded.

As a CEO in the pharmaceutical field, he is also very familiar with the research and development process.

For products in the biomedical field, in addition to self-testing by manufacturers, they also need to submit applications to relevant departments before applying for human trials and recruiting volunteers. This process may take a year or even several years, and the waiting time is very long.

But if there is someone to endorse it, or if a large company comes forward to guarantee it, the review time may be greatly shortened.

"Then Mr. Li, what should we do?"

Wang Youpeng asked again.

"You guys sort out the research and development materials. Oh, and the film and television materials as well. I'll deliver them to Mr. Chen personally."

"Okay Mr. Li."

After Li Ge gave the instructions, the researchers at WuXi Group immediately took action, packing up the test results, principle reports, and experimental video and audio materials of the experimental monkeys into a hard drive and handed it to Li Ge.

Li Ge, who got the hard drive with scientific research materials, did not delay for a moment. He suppressed his excitement and quickly returned to the locker room of the biological laboratory. The next second after taking off his protective suit, he picked up his mobile phone and sent a WeChat message to Chen Xing.

“Brain-computer interface, all we need is a favorable wind!”

"call out--"

The message was sent successfully. (End of this chapter)