Reborn in 2011, 985 missing from two copies

Chapter 676: Thunder strikes, nailing Apple to the pillar of shame
However, misfortunes never come alone. Just when Apple was in a state of panic, miHoYo dropped another trump card!
This time, it was MiHoYo’s official most direct statement:
[Your own configuration is low and performance is poor, and you blame our game for being too powerful? 】

[Hiring a water army can only prove that you are a weak person, but it cannot change the fact that your configuration is low! ]

As soon as this statement came out, the entire Internet was in an uproar and it instantly became a hot search:
"Hahaha, miHoYo is really tough, going head-on with Apple, so fierce!"

"By the way, miHoYo is so powerful, aren't you afraid that Apple will get angry and remove Honkai Impact 3D from the shelves?"

"What's the big deal? The iPhone's crappy specs can't run Honkai Impact 3D anyway. Does it matter whether it's removed from the app or not?"

"Hahaha, it's true. Even if the iOS system removes "Honkai Impact 3D", miHoYo will not suffer any loss. Anyway, iPhone cannot support "Honkai Impact 3D", and miHoYo will not make a dime on the Apple system."

"How should Apple fight back now? It's not right to ban it, and it's not right not to ban it either. It's embarrassing."

"MiHoYo is really tough. If the iPhone is really blocked, it can only be said that Apple is desperate and embarrassed!"

Meanwhile, Apple headquarters was already seething with anger.

Not only was Cook furious, but other senior executives were even more furious:

"Arrogant! Too arrogant! MiHoYo actually mocked us publicly, it's really too arrogant!"

"You also said that if we are bad, we should practice more. Accusing us of hiring Internet trolls won't change the fact that we are bad. This is too much, too much!"

"When has Apple ever been so bullied? I suggest banning miHoYo and permanently banning Honkai Impact 3D!"

"Haha, does it make sense? Honkai Impact 3D can't run on iPhone, miHoYo doesn't make a penny from Apple customers, they are not afraid of us banning it at all."

"That's right. Whether we ban it or not, it has no impact on miHoYo at all. That's why miHoYo is so unscrupulous and doesn't care!"

"Fuck! So we can't do anything to Mihoyo? We'll just let them ride on our heads and use their ultimate skills on us?"

"Who said that? Since banning Honkai Impact 3D has no effect on miHoYo, then ban other miHoYo games!"

"Yes, miHoYo has other games besides Honkai Impact 3D. Isn't Honkai Academy also one of their games? It is also very popular on the iOS platform and has good revenue. We can just remove it from the shelves!"

"What a good idea! Once 'Honkai Gakuen' is removed from the shelves, miHoYo will suffer heavy losses. Let them be proud of themselves. Hahaha!"

"Are you serious?"

"The sales performance of Honkai Gakuen on the iOS platform is just average. MiHoYo makes money, and so do we. If it's banned, MiHoYo will suffer losses, and so will we."

"More importantly, we lost not only the revenue share of the game "Honkai Gakuen", but also its reputation and users!"

"Once we do this, what will the outside world say about us? They will say that Apple is rubbish and they can't afford it. They are in a hurry! If they can't promote Honkai Impact 3D, they will directly ban Honkai Gakuen!"

"I can imagine that when the time comes, their insults will be as harsh as they can be."

"And users will think that Apple can't afford to play, and are petty! Especially those users of "Honkai Gakuen", they will complain to us, and even give up Apple phones and choose Xingyi phones."

"Moreover, this change will be contagious, causing more and more Apple users and potential users to abandon the iPhone and choose the Xingyi phone with the same price but better performance, or the Wujie phone with similar performance but more than half the price!"

"No matter which one it is, it will be a fatal blow to us!"

Hearing this, everyone's faces turned very ugly.

But some radicals disagreed: "Even so, we have to remove the product from the shelves. As a dominant company, Apple must have its own dignity. Apple's dignity is inviolable!"

"Now that miHoYo is riding on our shoulders and shitting on us, we are still hesitating. Is this appropriate?"

"That's right. If we at Apple tolerate this time, then everyone will dare to bully us in the future. Do you think that's appropriate?"

"But we were the first to take action in this incident. We were the ones who hired the Internet trolls to discredit Honkai Impact 3D. It's normal for them to have a bit of temper, and it's reasonable for them to fight back. If we really ban them and make the situation worse, the result will only be a lose-lose situation, and even user loss!"

"We have to ban miHoYo even if both sides suffer. This is not a simple matter. We will never tolerate this kind of bullying behavior that is riding on Apple's head."

"How about this, we'll remove "Honkai Gakuen" from the shelves first, let miHoYo suffer a loss, let them know the pain, and make them apologize publicly, then we'll lift the ban on it!"

"This is a good idea. As long as miHoYo bows its head, we can save our reputation, and we can continue to cooperate with them, and we won't lose users."

"Good idea! We can use both kindness and force to make miHoYo surrender. This is the best outcome. We don't have to worry about users defecting and flocking to Xingyi Technology!"

Cook nodded. "Okay, this is the safest way. Let's do it this way. First, remove "Honkai Gakuen" from the shelves. The reason is that there is non-compliant content. I remember that their standards are quite large, right?"

"Haha, in Europe and America, that scale is too small and doesn't count at all, but in Xia Country, that scale is indeed not small and can be justifiably banned."

"Then ban him first and let them rectify the situation. When they apologize and admit their mistakes, we will release them."

"So is "Honkai Impact 3D" still banned?"

"Honkai Impact 3D cannot be banned. If it is banned, people will say that we at Apple can't afford it."

"That's right. We have every right to ban Honkai Academy. Banning Honkai 3D would be considered malicious retaliation. And Honkai 3D won't work whether it's banned or not, so it won't cause any loss to miHoYo. But banning Honkai Academy is really painful!"

"Okay, then we'll just ban "Honkai Gakuen"!" Cook made the final decision!
Soon, "Honkai Gakuen" was completely banned by Apple and removed directly from the IOS App Store.

It didn’t take long for miHoYo to discover the abnormality in this incident.

"Boss Cai, our game "Honkai Gakuen" has been banned by Apple and has been removed from the App Store!"

"???" President Cai was stunned: "The game 'Honkai Gakuen' was banned? Not 'Honkai 3D'?"

"Yes, "Honkai Gakuen" has been banned!"

"Fuck! Apple has no moral principles. We can't afford to play this game!" President Cai was furious.

"That's true. They even used the excuse that the content was not compliant. It's just laughable."

"Haha, the content is not compliant?" President Cai laughed: "They didn't block it earlier or later, but blocked it when we confronted them and exposed their troll army to smear us. How interesting. Isn't this just revenge against us?"

"It's like this. Apple knows that Apple phones can't run Honkai Impact 3D. Whether it's banned or not has no effect on us. So they directly banned Honkai Impact D as a way of retaliating against us. So how should we respond? Should we make changes?"

President Cai thought for a moment and waved his hand: "It's useless to rectify the situation. Apple is determined to take revenge on us and make us bow our heads. I'm afraid that only if we apologize publicly and admit our mistakes will they release "Honkai Gakuen"!"

"Mad, is this too much?"

"That must be the case, these arrogant American white pigs!" President Cai couldn't help but curse.

"That's difficult. We can't give in. More importantly, Director Wang won't agree."

"Yes, we definitely cannot give in on this matter. I want to fight back strongly, even if it means a complete break, but I have to ask Director Wang for instructions first!"

"No need to ask!"

As soon as Mr. Cai finished speaking, Wang Yi appeared at the door: "Go ahead and fight back. Even if the sky falls, I will hold it up for you!"

"Haha, I feel relieved now!"

President Cai is in a good mood. With the support of President Wang, what does a mere Apple matter?
Even if "Honkai Gakuen" has some revenue on Apple, it is not much, accounting for less than 20% of the total revenue!

More revenue still comes from the Xingyi and Android sides, these two sides are the big ones.

It’s just 20% of the profit. Even if I give it up, I can’t bow to Apple.

"We must not only fight back, but also fight back strongly, make this matter a hot topic, and make it bigger, so that "Honkai Gakuen" and "Honkai 3D" will continue to be on the hot searches and have continuous traffic. By then, not only will Apple be more passive and suffer heavy losses, but "Honkai Gakuen" and "Honkai 3D" will also be more well-known, and the income of other platforms will also be higher."

Wang Yi spoke lightly.

President Cai understood: "If we manage this well, we will lose a small amount of revenue from Apple, but gain an unlimited future!"

"Yes, that's right. Just go ahead and do it. Xingyi Technology's entire platform will cooperate with you." Wang Yi said with a smile.

If this goes well, not only will miHoYo be able to reap an unlimited future, but Xingyi mobile phones and Wujie mobile phones will also be able to reap an unlimited future.

When a whale falls, all things are born.

As long as Apple falls, everyone can develop better. If Apple doesn't commit suicide, Wang Yi won't have a good opportunity, so he has to work hard to create opportunities.

But now, Apple is committing suicide.

That's easy. Wang Yi can only send them to death.

Soon, a piece of news became a hot search:
[In retaliation for miHoYo's revelation that Apple hired trolls to whitewash the Apple performance scandal and discredit "Honkai Impact 3D", Apple removed "Honkai Gakuen" from the shelves under a false pretext! ]

[Such behavior is actually using the platform's hegemony to abuse its power and suppress game developers, and is extremely irresponsible to the majority of users. ]

[MiHoYo expresses deep regret and strong condemnation for this. We will never bow to the hegemony of the platform! ]

As soon as this statement came out, the entire network was in an uproar:

"Oh my god, is Apple so mean? After it was revealed that it hired trolls, it banned "Honkai Impact 3rd" to retaliate against miHoYo?"

"How shameless! Why don't you ban "Honkai Impact 3D" as well?"

"Even Apple phones can't run Honkai Impact 3D, so it's useless to ban it."

"You rubbish Apple, give me back Honkai Academy. I spent so much money on it, why don't you take it off the shelf? Damn it!"

"How shameless! They only allow Apple to smear miHoYo, but not allow miHoYo to expose the trolls' behavior? Only officials are allowed to set fires, but ordinary people are not allowed to light lamps? 6!"

"Rubbish Apple is getting rubbish."

"MiHoYo, I support you. I will never give in and will fight to the end."

"That's right. I've been an Apple fan for many years and I'm ready to give up my iPhone. I'm going to buy the X1 so I can experience Honkai Impact 3D!"

"Switch from iPhone to Xingyi phone, what a rubbish Apple, never buy one again."

"I was planning to buy an iPhone 6, but now I don't need to buy it anymore. I'll go for the X1 instead."

"Apple is going further and further down the garbage road. I look forward to further counterattacks from miHoYo."

"Hahaha, miHoYo's counterattack is here. Look, it's so funny. MiHoYo has released a list of performance requirements for Honkai Impact 3D! You can check at a glance whether your phone supports Honkai Impact 3D and what level of image quality it supports."

[List of configuration requirements for different image quality of "Honkai Impact 3D":]

第一档，1080P高画质。所有鲲鹏902、鲲鹏906机型，搭载XOS系统64位加成的鲲鹏706、702，可流畅运行。

The second level, 720P medium quality.

所有鲲鹏702、706机型，以及搭载XOS系统64位加成的鲲鹏700、508、505机型，骁龙801机型，可以流畅运行！
The third tier, 480 low-quality, Snapdragon 800 model. 】

[Note: Due to the low configuration of iPhone, all models cannot run "Honkai Impact 3D", even low-quality images cannot be run! ]

Now, public opinion is even more lively:
"Sure enough, only Xingyi phones, Wujie phones, and Kunpeng 505 models can support the medium-definition graphics of "Honkai Impact 3D". The Wujie 999nd generation at 2 is more powerful than the iPhone 5s."

"The iPhone is such a rubbish, it can't even run low quality graphics."

"It's so funny, I even made a special note that the iPhone configuration is too low, all models can't run even low-quality images, hahahaha."

"MiHoYo's move is the equivalent of directly saying that the iPhone has the worst performance and can't even run low-quality images."

"MiHoYo is too tough. Facing Apple's retaliation, it not only did not give in, but directly fought back and listed a list of configurations."

"I like to argue like this. If Apple is the worst, then we should expose everything so that people can avoid Apple when buying a phone."

"Shocked, Snapdragon 801 is on the list, with its high-quality moving images, but Snapdragon 805 is not on the list."

“Normal. 805 is a serious failure. The actual experience is worse than 801.”

"This is not a configuration list, it's clearly a performance list. It clearly shows which phone has what performance and which has what configuration."

"It's also a list of shame. All models cannot run at low image quality. The iPhone has been completely nailed to the pillar of shame in terms of performance."

"It's what they deserve. Apple banned Honkai Impact 3rd, and miHoYo immediately released a performance list, nailing the iPhone to the pillar of shame!"

"This is going to be interesting. How should Cook defend himself? How should he fight back? Should he continue to ban Honkai Impact 3D?"

"But it's useless. The iPhone can't run Honkai Impact 3D at all. Whether it's banned or not, it has no effect on Honkai Impact 3D. Instead, it only shows Apple's incompetence, rage and desperation!"

"That's true. I guess Cook's face must be red right now, haha."

“Thanks to miHoYo for the performance summary. I will know more when buying a phone next time and avoid Apple.”

"Avoid Apple, avoid Snapdragon 805. Even if you want to buy Snapdragon 801, don't buy 805. Of course, the best is the Kunpeng phone."

"Xingyi phones are really performance monsters. The Xphone 2 from two years ago can play games at the highest quality, while the 999 Wujie 2nd generation can play games at medium quality. It's ridiculously powerful."

"It's true. Once Honkai Impact 3D is released, the performance of mobile phones from all major brands is fully revealed. Xingyi mobile phones, Wujie mobile phones, and third-party Kunpeng processors are really killing it!"

"Now Kunpeng mobile phones and XOS system have become the best. From now on, buyers will only look for Kunpeng processors and XOS operating system."

"Waiting for Apple to strike back, I have already purchased the Xingyi X1 plus!"

Apple headquarters.

Looking at the performance configuration list released by miHoYo, a group of senior executives were furious:
"MiHoYo is really a young and inexperienced person who is not afraid of tigers. They don't know their own limitations."

"Not only did they not apologize, they even dared to publish a list of configurations, and specifically marked that all iPhone models had too low configurations to run the lowest quality graphics!"

"Fuck! Fuck! MiHoYo's operation is simply a face-to-face attack!"

"It is a public statement that our Apple phones have the worst performance and the lowest configuration. They are not as good as Kunpeng processors, nor as good as Snapdragon 800 and 801!"

"In this way, won't everyone know that our Apple phones have poor performance?"

"Fuck! Damn miHoYo! Damn them! This incident has become a hot topic and has been reprinted and reported by media all over the world. As a result, all media around the world know that Apple phones have poor performance and poor configuration!"

"That's it. If this happens, our iPhone 5S sales, which are already sluggish, will plummet further, and plummet globally."

"Not only will the iPhone 5S plummet, but even the sales of the soon-to-be-released iPhone 6 will be very poor."

"That's for sure. It's a wonder that the iPhone 3 can sell well given that its specs are too low to run the game Honkai Impact 6D at the lowest quality. It's really a wonder."

"Damn miHoYo, one game caused our sales to plummet, and one statement caused us to suffer heavy losses, damn it!"

"Revenge, revenge is necessary, revenge severely!"

"Stop it, how else can you retaliate? 'Honkai Gakuen' has been removed from the shelves, and 'Honkai 3D' can't be sold anymore, there's no way to retaliate."

"Humph, if I can't take revenge on miHoYo, then I'll take revenge on Xingyi Technology and Wang Yi."

"Yes, Honkai Impact 3D was developed by miHoYo, but the largest shareholder behind it is Wang Yi. This matter can be blamed on Wang Yi and Xingyi Technology. It is a direct revenge on Xingyi Technology."

"That makes sense. I suggest that all of Xingyi Technology's games be removed from the shelves. They should remove "Protect the Pomelo", "Happy Match 3", "Subway Surfers", "Everyday Runner", "Star Hunters", etc., so that they can't make a single cent on the iOS platform."

"Good idea, let's do it. Xingyi Technology has gone too far this time. They have been attacking Apple. If we don't ban them, we will be sorry for them."

Seeing these senior executives becoming more and more radical, even to the point of losing their minds, Cook's mouth twitched:
"Okay, Apple App Store finds a reason for content problems and removes all Xingyi games. Will Xingyi Technology not fight back? Won't they remove all our iPhones from the Douyin store? And all iPads, Mac laptops, etc., from the shelves?"

"This..." Everyone was silent.

The radicals who had been jumping up and down before have all fallen silent.

Apple can easily control miHoYo and directly remove it from the shelves and ban it. MiHoYo cannot retaliate in kind and cannot ban or remove Apple products from the shelves.

But Xingyi Technology is different!

(End of this chapter)