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Chapter 1196: If Yu is born, how can Liang be born?
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Upon hearing the news from Wang Zhidong, everyone, including Jiang Fengnian, as well as the executives from Sitong Lifang and Huayuan.com, couldn't help but gasp in surprise.

These domestic media outlets, led by state media, have actually authorized China.com with the copyright of their content.

This is not about how many globally shocking news stories China.com can obtain from these domestic media outlets.

Rather, it lies in the significance behind this, which is almost equivalent to saying that China.com is implicitly intended to become a mouthpiece for overseas Chinese in China.

In the future, when there are announcements from within China to both domestic and international audiences, they may even be made through China.com.

This makes China.com a unique entity in the entire Chinese internet industry!
Hong Kong media, Southeast Asian media, and mainland Chinese media have all been acquired by China.com. Now, China.com is also constantly contacting Chinese media in North America and Europe, such as Los Angeles 19, San Francisco Chinese Channel, World Journal, Sing Tao Daily, and Qiao Bao, in an attempt to reach cooperation agreements!
If China.com really manages to acquire all these media rights, then China.com can truly say that it can provide access to global news without leaving its website!

At this moment, even Wang Zhidong, Jiang Fengnian, and others felt immense pressure.

They all sensed that China.com was playing a grand game, but the scale of this game had already exceeded their imagination.

Sina is still struggling with the merger, and is only preparing to target Chinese people in China and America, while China.com is already preparing to target Chinese people all over the world!

The difference in prestige and scale is already worlds apart. Even before China.com has launched, a strange atmosphere has arisen on Sina's side, as if the battle has already ended before it even begins...

"It remains to be seen who will emerge victorious!"

Wang Zhidong noticed the somber atmosphere inside the newly merged Sina company and tried to cheer everyone up.

"The domestic internet is just emerging. Sina started earlier than China.com. In terms of financial strength, Sina may not be as well-supported as China.com, which is backed by Dongling High-Tech and Cyberport."

However, China.com cannot lead the global market, and Sina.com may well have a chance to compete with China.com in mainland China!

Wang Zhidong encouraged Sina's senior executives, making bold statements that even he himself found hard to believe.

If China.com, which is currently displaying an aggressive and domineering presence, isn't scary enough, then Sina might have a chance to challenge it.

What about China.com, plus Li Dashan, who has never been defeated since his debut?
Li Dashanren is currently in Hong Kong. The China.com project is very likely orchestrated by him.

Let alone Sina, even its major shareholder, Sitong Group, and the Taishan Industrial Research Association, where Sitong Group is located, are being suppressed and beaten by Li Dashanren, aren't they?

Thinking about all this, Wang Zhidong couldn't help but feel a bitter taste in his mouth, and the excitement he had just felt had vanished without a trace.

"The Internet is an industry capable of creating miracles, and no insurmountable order has been formed in this industry."

Every company has the opportunity to become a giant, just like Yahoo, which has the potential to become a company comparable to giants like General Electric, Microsoft, and IBM!

Jiang Fengnian was also trying to boost morale, but his words only made things worse. The executives of Huayuan.com, which originated in North America, couldn't help but recall that Yahoo's angel investor was called the Zhixing Foundation, which was under the control of the philanthropist Li...

The thought of going to war with investors who had invested in pioneering internet companies like Yahoo made many Sina executives even more disheartened. What kind of matchmaking system is this? We've just left the newbie village and we've already encountered a max-level boss. We haven't even fought yet, and the boss's health bar is already right in our faces.

"This battle will be tough!"

After leaving the conference room, Lin Xinhe, a co-founder of Huayuan.com and now the Chief Operating Officer of Sina, responsible for Sina's international business after the merger, spoke to Jiang Fengnian with concern.

Lin Xinhe is now uncertain whether merging with Sina is the right choice or a desperate measure.

In fact, China.com's performance is too intimidating. It hasn't even gone online yet, but it already exudes a strong sense of pressure. Can Sina really withstand such a China.com?
"Does Hua Yuan still have a choice?"

"If Huayuan doesn't cooperate with Sitong Lifang, who else can it cooperate with?"

"Although Huayuan was born in Silicon Valley, it is a Chinese website. Can a Chinese website survive without the markets with the largest Chinese populations in mainland China, Hong Kong, and Southeast Asia?"

Jiang Fengnian became more composed. The question facing Huayuan.com was not who to cooperate with, but whether there were any other options besides Sitong Lifang, which had accepted American Venture Capital.
If Huayuan.com doesn't quickly band together to support itself in the face of the formidable challenge from China.com, it may very well be replaced by China.com.

Furthermore, the Mitsui Group, which invested in Huayuan.com, is no longer willing to invest in it.

Similarly, Huayuan.com's Silicon Valley influence also hopes to leverage Sitong Lifang to enter the mainland market and thus achieve globalization.

Under pressure from all sides, the merger of Huayuan and Sitong Lifang into Sina was the only option, leaving Jiang Fengnian no choice whatsoever.

Unexpectedly, Sina, which had just merged with China.com, ran into China.com, leaving Jiang Fengnian with no choice but to sigh helplessly.

Now, Jiang Fengnian only hopes that China.com's pronouncements are all bark and no bite. If it really comes to fruition, he's genuinely worried about whether Sina can compete with China.com. Meanwhile, upon hearing that Sina has been formed with the Sitong Group, valued at over fifty million US dollars, he immediately and proudly announced the news of Sina's establishment to Zhongguancun!

Sitong Group is the largest shareholder of Sitong Lifang. Even after the merger, it remains the largest shareholder of Sina. The emergence of Sina represents Sitong, a long-established technology giant, operating in the internet industry.

Sitong Group was preparing to hold a celebration banquet for Sina, but instead received news that China.com had obtained content authorization from a number of domestic media outlets. Sina may be facing its biggest competitor, which made even the usually shrewd Sitong President Duan Yongji somewhat uneasy.

"Could it be that there really is such a thing as 'If Zhou Yu was born, why was Zhuge Liang born?'"

Duan Yongji couldn't help but speak to the senior executives of Sitong Group.

Over the years, Dongling High-Tech has almost become a nightmare for Sitong Group, always causing them trouble.

Now, Sitong Group had hoped to leverage Sina to turn its fortunes around in the internet age.

Once Sina goes public on Nasdaq, Sitong Group will be able to leverage its presence in the internet industry to stage a remarkable comeback and boost its stock price.

But now, Sina has just started to show some promise. After merging with Huayuan.com, it seems poised to become the world's largest Chinese-language portal website. The Sitong Group is even preparing to create hype and promote Sina as the Yahoo! of the East.

Who knew that China.com would suddenly appear, not earlier or later, but at this particular time? Duan Yongji even suspected that Li Dashanren was targeting Sitong Group.
Faced with Duan Yongji's words, the senior executives of Sitong Group all lowered their heads, not daring to confront him.

After so many years of office politics and constant reshuffling, Duan Yongji's position as the head of Sitong is now unchallenged.

Some who disagreed with Duan Yongji, as well as some senior executives whose philosophies differed from his, either resigned or left for other companies.

The remaining executives were all Duan Yongji's confidants, so naturally no one would challenge Duan Yongji. Of course, capable people, such as Wang Jizhi, the president of Lingyun Technology who came from Sitong, had already fled.

Currently, within Sitong Group, while it cannot be said that everyone is an incompetent good-for-nothing, their skill in flattery far surpasses their abilities in research and development or management!
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In the Peninsula Villa in Hong Kong, Li Dongling kissed his daughter's cheek, who was sucking on a pacifier and looking at him with her big, bright eyes, before heading towards the Dongling High-Tech Hong Kong City Building.

Today is the last closed beta test for China.com, and it will officially launch tomorrow!
The Dongling High-Tech Port City Building has set aside an entire floor specifically for the China.com team, which is enough to show how much Dongling High-Tech values ​​China.com.

Currently, China.com is managed by two companies: Dongling High-Tech Port City Company and Cyberport. In reality, Lin Xianhui is acting as the president of China.com.

With Lin Xianhui serving as the president of China.com, the entire Dongling High-Tech Port City Company and Cyberport will support China.com. No department will dare to be hypocritical, and no one will dare to outwardly comply with Lin Xianhui's wishes.

Once China.com stabilizes, a new leader will be selected for it.

"Mr. Li!"

When Li Dongling arrived at the technical department of the China.com office floor, Lin Xianhui, Guo Jingyun, and others had already arrived.

Wei Fang, the technical manager of China.com, Li Xiao, the editor-in-chief, and other senior executives all called out to Li Dongling.

Facing Wei Dang and Li Xiao, Li Dongling nodded; they were actually both from Tianya Company.

This is also the norm at Dongling Hi-Tech. In their original department, they might just be a junior manager or an ordinary employee, but when a new company emerges, they "support" the new company and instantly become senior executives at the manager level, achieving a three-level jump in their careers!

This kind of thing usually happens during a company's period of large-scale expansion; as long as you demonstrate ability, you can usually climb the ranks very quickly.

Wei Fang was previously the head of the technology department at Tianya Company, and now he is in charge of the technology department at China.com. Li Xiao was the editor of the Tianya Miscellaneous Talk section of Tianya Forum, and now he is in charge of the entire editorial department of China.com.

Li Dongling glanced at the technology department of China.com and saw that nearly a dozen workstations were already fully occupied. On the same floor, there were also departments such as the editorial department, marketing operations department, promotion department, and business development department.

The technical and editorial departments are the departments with the most staff on China.com.

"This is Director Yang from the Risk Control Department, whom we invited to China.com!"

After introducing the managers of several departments of China.com, Lin Xianhui pointed to a smiling old man next to him and introduced him to Li Dongling in a low voice.

Upon hearing Lin Xianhui's words, Li Dongling immediately extended his hand warmly to Director Yang, saying, "Director Yang, welcome to China.com! With you joining us, China.com will operate even more smoothly!"

This Director Yang was specially invited by China.com to head the risk control department. He has worked for several media outlets in China and eventually retired from the State Information Office. China.com needs someone who can steer public opinion and manage news risks.

(End of this chapter)