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Chapter 193 Don’t bully young people into poverty

The Popular Star activity is one of the most important projects of Dazhong.com.

In order to counter the torrent of Olympic traffic on the campus network, Yang Botao thought hard about a big plan that took a lot of thought to come up with.

Dazhong.com plans to regain market users through the popular star draft, so it is quite willing to spend money on it.

In addition to a large amount of advertising, a large number of local promoters were hired, and the labor cost alone reached 40 to 50 million.

The quality of personnel recruited hastily varies, coupled with the lack of experience in organizing large-scale events, management is chaotic, and additional losses and waste are serious.

However, Yang Botao didn't care about this at all, and kept his eyes closed. If this event could not be carried out, the public telepresence would be suppressed by the campus network, and it would never be able to turn around again.

Manage everything up and down, buy soft press releases, media promotion expenses, etc.

Yang Botao really spent money like water, and the two hundred million was just an apparent expenditure.

The Popular Star activity was suddenly stopped. Not only was all the initial investment wasted, it also directly extinguished the hope of Dazhong.com to revive. Yang Botao was really going to vomit blood now.

The students have been very dissatisfied because of all the bad things that happened during the popular star auditions.

"I haven't talked about you yet, you bastard," Qin Shaoyan said angrily, "Our campus network was originally going to hold a talent show, but after you interfered with it like this, the Ministry of Education directly ordered a blanket ban, and we All the preliminary work was in vain.”

Yang Botao first placed his suspicion on Qin Shaoyan. After all, if Dazhong.com failed, the campus network would gain the most.

This move worsened the situation for families who were not already wealthy. The number of active users of Dazhong.com was cut in half directly from this day on, and then continued to lose.

The first is that the number of registered users has stopped growing, and a large number of original users have been lost.

If you don't give them an explanation, they will give you an explanation.

At that time, Yang Botao and others were busy dealing with public opinion and public relations, and they could not care about denunciation on the website.

Yang Botao was immediately confused when he heard this. He didn't know whether Qin Shaoyan was deceiving him or was serious. He was a little at a loss for a moment.

After thinking for a while, Yang Botao had to bite the bullet and call for help.

This move completely exposed the indifference and arrogance of Dazhong.com, which further angered the college students.

To be fair, the blame cannot be placed on me.

By the time Yang Botao discovered something was wrong, it was already irreversible.

"If you keep talking nonsense, I will sue you for defamation."

Yang Botao was immediately confused by these words. How could I become a person who destroys the environment?

"We at Dazhong.com are trying to attract a popular star, just because we are jealous, but we are actually doing something behind his back."

"I still like your unruly attitude just now." Qin Shaoyan said lightly, "As for killing all the opponents, there are no competitors in the eyes of our campus network."

"Facebook will send you a lawyer's letter soon. You can slowly file a lawsuit with Facebook."

Yang Botao gritted his teeth angrily, "Qin Shaoyan, do you dare to be more shameless?"

Led by enthusiastic people, the students carried out blasting operations on Dazhong.com, copying and pasting posts exposing the shady secrets of popular stars.

When Yang Botao heard this, he was stunned on the spot. He was still slowly savoring the domineering meaning in this sentence. The other party had already hung up the phone.

Posts on popular squares on Dazhong.com surged, with so many posts condemning the campaign that it almost paralyzed the server.

"Mr. Qin, although we are competitors, you can't kill them all..."

Qin Shaoyan looked very surprised and responded unceremoniously, "Mr. Yang, please be careful what you say. I'm recording here and the lawyers are here too."

Qin Shaoyan then said, "Also, let me inform you that the popular star activity brand has been registered by Facebook. Your unauthorized use is an infringement."

The negative impact was even more inestimable. Dazhong.com’s shareholders called to inquire one after another, leaving Yang Botao in a state of distress.

In addition to the short-term disrepute, the event's negative consequences are beginning to be felt.

The administrators couldn't effectively stop it even by deleting posts and banning people. Finally, they simply used a collective silence technique to lock the entire popular square and no one could post.

Maybe they didn't care about the voices of these students at all and asked the administrator to ban them and delete the posts.

"Besides, you, Dazhong.com, are already defeated. Why should I be jealous?"

"Destroying you has nothing to do with you."

"You, Dazhong.com, are not qualified to be my opponent. I am just occupying the market."

Posts of condemnation continued to appear in the discussion forum of Dazhong.com, and a large number of students poured in. Hundreds of posts began to question Dazhong.com and asked them to give an explanation.

The collective criticism of the media and public opinion, coupled with the direct intervention of the government, has dealt a huge blow to the reputation of Dazhong.com.

This is obviously someone working on Dazhong.com.

Yang Botao, who had been hit repeatedly, finally came to his senses and felt as if he had been targeted.

"I can see that you, like Li Wanzhou, are both people who destroy the environment!"

The suppressed anger finally erupted like a volcano.

He directly took out his cell phone and called Qin Shaoyan, and roared in a stern tone: "Qin Shaoyan, you are so despicable, are you playing dirty tricks?"

"Am I jealous?" Qin Shaoyan sneered several times, "I think it's funny. Your Popular Star event was originally a copy of my idea. I haven't settled the score with you yet."

Whether it’s seeing it with your own eyes, word of mouth among friends and classmates, or exposure in the media.

There are endless revelations about fraud and shady stories, one after another, making the enthusiastic college students even more angry.

The first thing he thought of was Xiong Xiaoge.

After all, IDG is both a shareholder of Dazhong.com and a shareholder of Campus Network, and I heard that Xiong Xiaoge and Qin Shaoyan have a good relationship.

It would be most appropriate to let him be the middleman.

After answering the phone, Yang Botao went straight to the point and said: "Mr. Xiong, save Dazhong Internet Cafe."

Xiong Xiaoge was a little surprised, "You are the CEO of Dazhong.com, and you want me to save Dazhong.com now?"

Yang Botao said with a heavy heart, "Mr. Xiong, you have also invested a lot of money in Dazhong.com. You can't let the campus network drive us to death."

"Mr. Xiong, you don't want to see your funds go down the drain."

Xiong Xiaoge was speechless. You operate the dishes yourself. How can I save you?

"I can't interfere in business competition." Xiong Xiaoge could only say perfunctorily.

Yang Botao immediately said, "It's not a commercial competition. This time Dazhong.com is under siege by the media. There must be Qin Shaoyan here who is adding fuel to the fire."

"Mr. Xiong, please help me, let him use his magical powers, so that we, Dazhong.com, can take a breather."

Xiong Xiaoge pondered for two seconds and said, "Wait for me for a while, I will go to Dazhong.com immediately and I will tell you in person."

Yang Botao was overjoyed and quickly agreed. After hanging up the phone, he hurriedly ordered his subordinates to prepare to entertain the guests.

Half an hour later, Xiong Xiaoge came to the door with a large group of troops.

Yang Botao was stunned when he saw this formation, because Xiong Xiaoge not only brought his deputy, but also lawyers, accountants, and auditors.

Followed closely by Lenovo, Sequoia, SoftBank... all the leading institutions of Investor Network were present, and the conference room was quickly filled.

Yang Botao immediately smelled a different smell and looked at Xiong Xiaoge with a pale face, "Mr. Xiong, what are you doing?"

Xiong Xiaoge said expressionlessly: "You should take the blame and resign."

"What?" Yang Botao looked at Xiong Xiaoge in shock, looking at Xiong Xiaoge in disbelief, "You want me to resign?"

The venture capital institutions present also spoke, and they all stared at Yang Botao with cold eyes, their attitude was already obvious.

"I founded Dazhong.com, why should I resign? I am the founder!" Yang Botao became anxious and shouted angrily, "And when you invested, you promised not to interfere in the company's affairs."

"Then let's hold a shareholders' meeting now and vote." Lenovo's Peng Xiaolin said impatiently, "It would be more honorable for you to resign yourself."

"Don't push people too hard!" Yang Botao slapped the table and yelled, "Why do you dismiss me?"

Peng Xiaolin sneered: "Why? Just because you created this mess, Dazhong.com has no hope under your management. Now we can only cut off the strong man and replace him with a capable person."

"I don't agree, I haven't lost yet!" Yang Botao argued, "I have a follow-up backup plan, you can't replace me."

"Mr. Yang, you are also an elite returnee after all. Don't let the fuss get too ugly, otherwise it will not be good for you." Peng Xiaolin threatened, "We are bringing the accounting firm and lawyers with us today. If you don't resign, then Let’s check the accounts.”

Yang Botao's face suddenly turned pale. This account must not be investigated. If it is investigated, there will be big problems.

Xiong Xiaoge interjected at this time, "Let's be decent to each other. If you resign yourself, we will forget about it."

"Listen to my advice. You are no match for Qin Shaoyan. There is no point in staying here."

Yang Botao suddenly laughed like a convulsion, "Am I not your opponent?"

"Then who do you think is your opponent?" Yang Botao looked at these venture capital investors with sadness and indignation, "Do you really think that someone else can save Dazhong.com? Can you beat Qin Shaoyan?"

"You have to try to know whether you can fight for it or not. It certainly won't work in your hands anyway." Peng Xiaolin said coldly, "If you are really doing it for the good of Dazhong.com, then give up your position quickly!"

Yang Botao took a deep breath, "Thirty years in Hedong and thirty years in Hexi. Don't bully young people into poverty!"

After saying that, Yang Botao turned around and went out while crying and laughing.

Peng Xiaolin turned to look at the other venture capital representatives, "Now let's seize the time to elect a new CEO. We Lenovo will nominate one first."

Other venture capital investors also spoke up and proposed their own candidates.

Xiong Xiaoge was the only one who remained silent. Seeing the other venture capital investors arguing fiercely, he had only one idea in his heart.

Dazhong.com is hopeless. I have to sell my shares quickly.

……

Qin Shaoyan received the news of Yang Botao's resignation before boarding the plane. He couldn't help but sigh, "Now Dazhong.com is really going to end. It's a pity."

Qu Bingbing was a little confused, "What's the pity?"

"What a pity for Yang Botao." Qin Shaoyan sighed.

Qu Bingbing's eyes lit up, "Is this Mr. Qin's emotion of sympathy for each other?"

"Oh, that's not the case." Qin Shaoyan said lightly, "With Yang Botao at Dazhong.com, Dazhong.com will die faster. Now that the CEO has been changed, I'm afraid Dazhong.com will be dead but not dead, and it can survive for a few more years."

Qu Bingbing was a little confused, "Are you afraid that Dazhong.com will replace you with someone more capable?"

"Whoever is more capable than Yang Botao will take over this mess and start his own business long ago." Qin Shaoyan sighed, "If Yang Botao is still here, he will definitely struggle desperately, so Dazhong.com will die faster."

"A mediocre person must be looking for stability to ensure that Dazhong.com survives. His main focus is not to seek merit but to seek no faults, and he messes with qualifications and salary."

"After all, you can't knock down someone who's lying flat."

Qu Bingbing nodded in understanding. She was not interested in who would be the CEO of Dazhong.com. She only knew that Dazhong.com was no longer viable.

However, Qin Shaoyan feels that Yang Botao is still useful. At least he has served as a living case to teach entrepreneurs a lesson.

The plane to Los Angeles soon took off and began the journey across the ocean.

This is Qin Shaoyan's third trip to the United States. Although it is much more comfortable than the first time, his mentality is more relaxed than the second time.

But Qin Shaoyan still doesn't like this kind of long-distance travel. He has a sense of distrust in airplanes as a means of transportation.

Fortunately, this time I had Qu Bingbing accompanying me, and with the beauty’s flattery, the journey was not boring.

Thirteen hours later, the plane arrived at its destination.

Facebook employees waited at the exit in advance and took Qin Shaoyan to the hotel where he was staying.

After a day of rest, Qin Shaoyan rushed to Silicon Valley with Zhang Pingyi and his legal team.

Two months ago, Facebook moved its headquarters from Boston to Silicon Valley, recruited a lot of people, and grew in scale.

The new headquarters is much more stylish than the office buildings in Boston, and the decoration is more fashionable.

Fred took his senior management team to the lobby on the first floor and warmly welcomed the major shareholder of Facebook.

After shaking hands and hugging each other, Fred said excitedly: "John, do you know how happy I am to see you?"

Qin Shaoyan smiled slightly, "I can imagine that when I see a pile of moving dollars, I will be so happy that I can't sleep."

Fred burst out laughing, Qin Shaoyan's metaphor was very appropriate.

As soon as this major shareholder appears, it means an inflated valuation of Facebook, a new round of financing and more funds.

In less than half a year, Facebook's valuation has grown from US$10 billion to US$50 billion.

This time Qin Shaoyan came to the United States to negotiate a new round of financing with venture capital and officially finalized a valuation of US$50 billion. Fred couldn't wait.

After introducing the new senior management team one by one with Qin Shaoyan, everyone gathered around the major shareholder and headed to the conference room, ready to listen to instructions.

Qu Bingbing, who was standing outside the crowd, looked at Qin Shaoyan, who was shouting in front of him, and felt a little dazed for a moment. The person in front of him seemed strange.

Although Qu Bingbing knew that Qin Shaoyan was an upstart on the domestic Internet and was worth a lot of money, she didn't think he was any different after having had more contact with him.

But after arriving on the other side of the ocean, watching a group of foreign executive elites bend down and salute him, the shock was like a bombshell.

Only then did Qu Bingbing realize that Qin Shaoyan's identity was different after all.

She watched Qin Shaoyan go away blankly, and entered the elevator surrounded by everyone.

Only then did she react. Just as she was about to follow, she was stopped by someone, so she could only follow the others and take another elevator.

Qin Shaoyan walked into the spacious and bright conference room, sat directly on the main seat, and looked at everyone with a smile.

"I'm glad to meet you all. I hope Facebook can become bigger and stronger under the leadership of all the elites."

The crowd immediately responded with warm applause.

"Everyone may have to work harder next year. I hope Facebook's valuation will reach 15 billion US dollars next year."

Fred said excitedly: "John, do you have a new plan?"

"Of course." Qin Shaoyan said with a smile, "That's why I'm here."

(End of this chapter)