Technology company, I will become the light of China!

"Now, immediately, delete the previous apology announcement and conduct public relations in the direction of human rights equality and freedom of speech."

"Oh, right."

“Collect evidence that Western media are creating information cocoons and fooling the public.”

After being reminded by Chen Xing, Zhang Ming immediately called his own public relations department and issued the latest instructions.

Perhaps it was because he was too confused, he never thought that he would make such a low-level mistake, and he didn't think about the underlying logic of the Internet.

What is the underlying logic of the Internet?

1. The Internet has no memory.

2. Internet species are diverse.

3. Internet entertainment is death.

First of all, why does the Internet have no memory?
This does not mean that there are no traces, but that information on the Internet is updated very quickly and netizens do not pay attention to it for long.

For example, if there is a murder case in the news today, the popularity may last for a few days, but if there is another murder case, and it involves dismemberment, then the public's attention will naturally be attracted to the dismemberment case, and they will gradually forget the previous murder case.

to be honest.

The exposure doesn't last long.

Many rumors were debunked, but the heat was gone. The moment the heat was gone, the matter was unilaterally characterized by netizens.

For example, the MSG incident, which was once a seasoning used in every household, would make the dishes taste more delicious if you added a little bit of it.

As a result, rumors spread that MSG was a pure chemical synthesis, unhealthy, and that eating too much would cause hair loss, cause cancer, and make the brain stupid. As a result, MSG disappeared from the Chinese dining tables almost overnight.

Less than half a month after MSG disappeared, television advertisements and newspapers were promoting the health benefits of chicken essence.

Chicken essence, healthy.

MSG, carcinogenic.

The sharp contrast between the two has led to chicken essence completely replacing MSG.

But does MSG really cause cancer?
The ingredient of MSG is monosodium glutamate.

What is Monosodium Glutamate?

It is mainly extracted from grains such as corn, rice, wheat starch, and sweet potatoes, and glutamate is produced through microbial fermentation.

The principle is to use glucose as the carbon source, add appropriate amounts of inorganic salts and biotin to form a fermentation medium, and then inoculate glutamate-producing bacteria for fermentation. After the fermentation is completed, purified glutamate is obtained through ion exchange. After refining treatment, sodium glutamate is continuously produced through a double-effect continuous crystallization process.

From the perspective of the entire production process, MSG is not only a natural condiment, but also a relatively healthy condiment.

On the other hand, for chicken essence that replaces MSG, MSG is listed first on its raw material list.

What's even more ironic is that after leading companies such as Lotus MSG learned of the rumor, they immediately asked an authoritative laboratory to issue an experimental report. As a result, because they refuted the rumor too late, the public's attention was no longer on MSG, and their counterattack to refute the rumor became a joke. MSG is unhealthy and chicken essence is healthy became the stereotype among the people of China.

You have to know that this happened when the Internet was not yet popular and there was relatively little news information.

Nowadays, with the popularity of the Internet, there are countless news items every day. No one will stay on one thing for long, so the Internet has no memory at all, or in other words, netizens' sense of novelty will not last too long.

The battle between MSG and chicken essence has become a classic case of business war.

The mistake made by MSG companies, besides not refuting the rumors immediately, was also to follow the other party's thinking.

The first thing he thought about when he was told a rumor was that he had to use experimental data to prove it. This is like an honest person being falsely accused of rape and having to find evidence that he did not touch the other person to prove his innocence.

However, the most correct approach is to not follow the other party's thinking.

Is MSG causing cancer?
Which authoritative laboratory issued the report?

False accusation of rape?

Can you issue a medical residue test report?
If there is no evidence, there is no such thing as saying that MSG poses a cancer risk or forcing someone to have sex.

It takes only one mouth to spread a rumor, but it takes a lot of effort to refute it. This means that you should refute the rumor in the direction of the rumor. By the time you have collected evidence to refute it, the public will no longer care whether you did it or not.

This is also why, after listening to what Chen Xing said, Zhang Ming suddenly felt enlightened. He had unknowingly fallen into the quagmire of self-proving and was completely unaware of it.

If TikTok continues to insist on refuting the rumor that there is no racial discrimination, its fate will probably be similar to that of MSG.

Because of the diversity of Internet species in the second point and the entertainment-to-death nature of the Internet in the third point, netizens are destined not to pay attention for too long, and you will never know whether the person on the other side of the screen is a human, a water army, or a robot.

"I understand, Mr. Zhang."

ByteDance’s public relations department worked overtime overnight and began writing new public relations copy.

This time they had no way to slack off because Zhang Ming was watching them from behind and staying up late to work overtime with them.

As TikTok's survival is at stake, their nerves are on edge.

……

Due to the time difference, after Long Country entered a long dark night, the United States on the other side of the ocean ushered in a new day.

In the morning.

A street corner in New York.

Several young people wearing red hats and clothes with the words "Ban TikTok" in English were counting money with shining eyes.

"The compensation is still the same, 1 US dollars per person. Your task today is to go back to school, organize a large-scale student march, and force students who are still secretly using TikTok to uninstall it. If necessary, you can force them to uninstall it. Do you understand?" the white man in a suit who was handing out cash reminded.

"Understood, Mr. Smith."

"understood."

"Are there any tomorrow?"

All these people have in their eyes is greed.

1 US dollars a day is a huge sum of money for students. Even if you are not a student, it will take a white-collar worker in the United States nearly two months to earn that much.

"Yes, don't worry." Smith smiled, his eyes showing the shrewdness of a businessman. He pushed up his gold-rimmed glasses and said, "As long as you do your job well, you will get paid every day."

"but."

Suddenly, his tone turned colder and he said, "Don't tell anyone about me, otherwise, you will know the consequences."

The words fell.

Several strong black men walked in.

With a height of 1.95 meters and a weight of nearly 300 kilograms, these black men are like small mountains, giving people a great sense of oppression.

"understand."

“We know what to do.”

"That's right, that's right."

The students nodded quickly and admitted their mistake.

Even though they were celebrities in college and some were even athletes, their resumes are useless on the streets and a peanut can make them see God.

"Go ahead."

Smith waved his hand.

As soon as he finished speaking, the strong black men made way for them, and several students who had received the money quickly slipped away, took a taxi back to their school, and organized students to boycott TikTok.

Although TikTok is not available in the United States, due to the recent smuggling wave of four mobile phones from Longxing Group, it is extremely popular among the people. After all, it is built into the memory chip of the motherboard. Now all they have to do is check them one by one and uninstall them all.

In addition to the United States, there are behind-the-scenes forces pushing for the uninstallation of TikTok in other European and American countries, and the marches in Britain and France are still ongoing.

ByteDance’s headquarters in Europe has long been smashed to pieces and is no longer able to provide services.

"cheers."

"clang--"

At the Rothschild estate in Britain, Clayton raised his glass and enjoyed a sumptuous breakfast with his family members.

For these top family members, the three most important things in life are eating, sleeping and spending money.

For breakfast, we had A5 Wagyu steak airlifted in overnight. The red wine was a 82-year-old rare and valuable wine. Even the milk the kids drank was freshly squeezed on the ranch and sterilized on the same day. Other pasta dishes were also made on the same day.

The closure of the U.S. stock market and the boycott of TikTok put Clayton in a good mood, and his appetite increased a lot compared to before.

After finishing two A5 steaks, he wiped his mouth with his scarf, then glanced at everyone at the table and said, "Remember, don't waste food."

"Okay, Chief."

Everyone responded in unison.

After Clayton left, these members of the Rothschild family did not waste any food, because the food they did not finish was collected by someone, remade into dishes, and then distributed to the homeless.

Didn't Clayton know?
Do not!
He knows it.

But everything has to go through the motions.

Arriving at his own independent office, Clayton leisurely walked to the leisure area, came to the coffee machine, picked up the coffee beans himself, and ground a cup of coffee by hand. This was one of his few hobbies.

Because only the coffee you grind yourself can best suit your taste.

While the coffee was still boiling, suddenly a beautiful violin song sounded, coming from Clayton's pocket.

He did not rush to answer the call. Instead, he first came to his office, leisurely put down his coffee cup, and then slowly took out his mobile phone to check the caller ID.

"The Kennedys?"

Clayton hesitated for half a second, but chose to answer the call and got straight to the point: "Hello, rare guest. What do you want from me?"

The Kennedy family belongs to the Anglo-Saxon consortium, which not only controls the right to sell arms, but also has a deep-seated layout in the power class.

"Is it convenient to talk?"

"convenient."

When the word "convenient" was mentioned, the person on the other end of the phone also got straight to the point and said, "I hope you can help us renew the "Petroleum-Dollar Agreement."

"Hahaha."

Clayton couldn't help laughing.

It didn't expect that the Ansa consortium family was so shameless, much more shameless than their Jewish consortium family.

The two parties reached an alliance some time ago, and the Jews wanted to remove the pawns of the power class in exchange for the fate of the Anzac consortium.

The results of it?
The Ansa Group collectively broke its promise.

Now that the Jewish consortium has finally breathed a sigh of relief and is about to turn the situation around, these people jump out again.

Hearing Clayton's laughter, the other party's tone became serious and he reminded: "Stabilizing the value of the US dollar is in the common interest. If you do not impose financial sanctions on Saudi Arabia, oil will be officially decoupled." The Ansa consortium is now a little overwhelmed. They originally wanted to use external forces to remove the thorn of the Jewish consortium and get them out, but in the end, they were able to withstand the pressure of one trillion US dollars and even showed a trend of turning defeat into victory.

If this thorn cannot be removed, it means that the Anglo-Saxon consortium will not be able to control the Federal Reserve. Failure to control the Federal Reserve also means that economic power is still firmly controlled by the Jewish consortium.

According to the idea of ​​the Ansa Consortium, they wanted Oriental capital and Jewish capital to fight to the death. As it turned out, Longguo Capital headed by Chen Xing did it and firmly gained the upper hand.

Currently, the Nikkei 225, Nasdaq 100, Dow Jones Oil and Energy Index, US Dollar Index, and S&P 500 all need large funds to support them. Coupled with TikTok's instigation, the Ansa consortium predicts that within half a year, the Jewish consortium will be completely defeated. At that time, they can leave and pick up the bloody chips.

But the situation now is!

TikTok, this trouble-maker, is going to be gone!
Once the Jewish consortium regains control of the media and completes secondary control of the information cocoon, Eastern capital will be completely defeated.

When the Jewish consortium is free to take action, the Ansa consortium will be in trouble.

Of course.

The most important factor for the Ansa Group family to seek help from Clayton was the five heavily armed combined brigades stationed in Saudi Arabia.

They have not been idle these days, secretly instigating a terrorist force to move closer to the north of Saudi Arabia, hoping to find out the truth.

The result was very realistic. Just after they entered the country and had no time to disperse and infiltrate, hundreds of them were locked by drones in the sky. Then missiles fired accurately at the enemy, achieving an impressive record of zero casualties and completely annihilating the enemy.

The drones carrying missiles and their precise ground-clearing combat methods stunned the Ansa Group family behind the scenes.

How does this work?
It's totally unplayable!

If it were in the past, they would just take the detergent and do it!

But now that Saudi Arabia has the support of its big brother, they dare not take direct action and can only use more obscure financial games to force the other side to compromise.

“Let’s talk about the benefits.”

Clayton was calculating in his mind.

"You said."

"You know what we want."

"That position is not acceptable. This is our bottom line. But we can let you take other positions. What do you think?"

The two companies have been dealing with each other for so long that they both know what the other wants.

After being silent for a few minutes, Clayton closed his eyes and said in a deep voice, "I think our two families need to sit down and talk again. You should know my temper."

"Row."

The other party agreed immediately.

The two conglomerates have been fighting for so long, both wanting to kill the other and monopolize power, but no one has succeeded.

Now that a troublemaker has appeared, after realizing that they can't do anything to the other side, they can only shake hands and make peace to stabilize the situation first.

Just when Clayton was about to say something, suddenly a voice came from the other end of the phone: "Things have taken a new turn."

next second.

The call was suddenly hung up.

Before Clayton could think, there was a knock on his office door.

"Boom boom boom——"

"Enter."

As soon as the voice fell, a blond, blue-eyed, plump white woman walked in. She looked a little panicked and said, "The chief has new information. The TikTok operation team is trying to reverse the public opinion."

"what?"

Clayton was no longer calm.

Whether TikTok can survive has become the key to this game.

The current situation is that if TikTok is completely boycotted, the Jewish consortium will have plenty of means to manipulate the direction of public opinion and cause a sharp rebound in US stocks.

But if TikTok is reborn and accepted by the public again, everything they have done before will come to naught.

"They seem to have changed their PR team. They no longer deny our accusations, but instead use the slogan of equal thought and freedom of speech," the blonde woman briefly recounted.

Clayton's eyes darkened, but he still tried to remain calm, waved his hand and said, "Got it, you can go out now."

"Ok."

Blonde woman exits office.

The moment the office door closed, Clayton immediately turned on the computer in front of him to check TikTok's latest response.

[As an emerging software application that has only been around for half a year and has won the love of 17 billion users around the world, we have been working hard to create a community environment with equal human rights, freedom of speech, and open minds, and to safeguard every user's right to know and right to speak.

In response to the recent public opinion storm, our review team has an unshirkable responsibility. We will learn from our mistakes and conduct strict review in the future to ensure that every user can express themselves freely and maintain the healthy development of the Internet while exercising their rights.]
The announcement of just 200 words made Clayton feel like he was facing a formidable enemy, and he felt that the approach of the "new public relations team" was impeccable.

The announcement begins by saying that TikTok has only been on the market for half a year, which implies to users that the new software needs to be more inclusive and that discriminatory videos are not what the authorities want.

The sentence "strive to create a community environment with equal human rights, freedom of speech, and open minds" is a king bomb.

What do European and American people care about most?
free!

equality!

There is no need to say much about freedom. People can give up high-paying and tedious jobs, and even be unwilling to work overtime, for the freedom in their hearts.

As for equality, discrimination falls under the category of equality.

TikTok has made it clear in this sentence that it does not discriminate, but allows everyone to have a say.

This announcement, when combined, translates to: "I was wrong. I am a new software. I wanted to create an open community environment with freedom of speech. I didn't expect someone to take advantage of the rules and post illegal content. In the future, I will strengthen the review of relevant content on the premise of freedom of speech."

At the bottom of the announcement, there are pictures implying that Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube restrict user speech, implicitly suggesting that this may be a commercial war behavior of competitors.

As the new public relations announcement was issued, different voices also appeared online.

[Eric Hoff]: "I have been using TikTok for more than half a year and have not found any unhealthy content. It is just that the number of unhealthy content has suddenly increased recently. I think it is the competitors who are creating problems. We need to give TikTok some time and tolerate the shortcomings of their review department."

[Tisza Rufer]: "TikTok does protect my freedom of speech. If I curse Jews and Anzac vampires on Twitter, I will be automatically blocked. I will continue to use TikTok. I love freedom and equality."

[Nami Avlu]: "That's right. A new software needs to be inclusive. We can't expect it to have a complete review team like Twitter right away, right?"

[Damien Morale]: "The software is not wrong, it's the people who are wrong. We should not blame TikTok, it protects our freedom of speech!"

When the slogan of "equal human rights, freedom of speech, and open-mindedness" was shouted, TikTok's reputation gradually began to change.

"Bam—"

After reading the reviews, Clayton couldn't help but slam the table.

If TikTok is reborn, all their plans will fail and the financial battle in the stock market will continue.

"No, we can't let them clear their name." Clayton quickly called Bakas.

"Dududu-"

After several busy tones, the call was connected.

"What are your orders?"

Bakas' voice came out.

He didn't say hello or ask anything, but just gave orders directly, as if they were in a superior-subordinate relationship.

"TikTok has fought back. I want you to use all your resources at all costs to get them completely banned."

silence…

Sustained silence.

After ten seconds of silence, Pascal responded, "I see."

After hanging up the phone, Clayton began to look for TikTok's new public relations team through his own connections. He believed that there must be new forces behind ByteDance.

The reason is very simple. At the beginning, all the denial responses from TikTok were within his expectations. However, only one day later, the other party found a breakthrough and used the slogan of "freedom and equality" to whitewash themselves. He would never believe that there was no new public relations team or force involved.

Those who are involved are often confused, while those who are on the sidelines can see things clearly. He wants to find out who is ruining his plans.

On the other side, Pascal, who received new instructions, opened his mobile phone to see what the other party's new whitewashing copy was.

However, he didn't know until he saw it. He was completely surprised.

"Strive to create a community environment with equal human rights, freedom of speech, and open minds." Doesn't this directly hit the heart of European and American people?
You said there is discriminatory video content?
Row!
I acknowledged it, but not completely!
They directly said that their new software has many shortcomings, and added with their business philosophy of equal human rights, freedom of speech, and open-mindedness, how can they continue to throw dirty water on them?
“Who is messing with this?”

Pascal muttered.

Only one day had passed, and TikTok had found something unusual and used it to completely whitewash itself. This would have been impossible without external intervention, and TikTok’s first two responses are the best proof of this.

While Pascal was pondering, TikTok's reputation was slowly recovering and the number of downloads began to soar.

Some people in the United States couldn't find a way to download it, so they simply restored their phones to factory settings, and the built-in TikTok returned to the desktop.

After this incident, TikTok has become a household name in Europe and the United States, and has indirectly led to the smuggling of Longxing Group’s mobile phones on the Mexico-Mexico border.

And at the same time.

the other side.

The imperial capital of the Dragon Kingdom.

ByteDance headquarters base.

Zhang Ming looked at the download volume in the data center and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. "It's going up. This storm is finally going to calm down. We need to strengthen content review in the future."

"I understand." The head of the audit department behind him nodded in agreement.

After staying up all night, it's almost five o'clock in the morning. Their old bodies can't stand such great pressure of overtime work.

"correct."

Zhang Ming suddenly thought of something and looked at the head of the review department and said, "From now on, the content review in Europe and the United States will be handled by our headquarters. Ask the HR department to recruit more people and don't let this happen again."

Looking back now, he is afraid that if Chen Xing hadn't reminded him, TikTok might have been completely banned.

Transferring the matter to the headquarters and strengthening content review is an urgent matter.

After all, Chen Xing is not omnipotent. It is impossible for him to clean up his mess every time. Besides, Zhang Ming doesn't like to bother others often.

"Okay, Mr. Zhang, I will do it tomorrow, but how many people do you think should be recruited?" The head of the audit department threw the decision-making power back to Zhang Ming.

"It's up to you."

"I understand." (End of this chapter)