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Chapter 576, 0564: [Old Ancestor Chen finally started spewing insults again]

Bian Guanyue clicked on the video. At first, the screen was completely black, and only the sound of people talking could be heard.

"How could an iPhone 4S only cost 1000 yuan?"

"Keep your voice down. I stole this from a friend."

"A model? I've heard that some people use model machines to commit fraud."

"It's not a model; you can see that it's usable."

"Let me see... Holy crap, how come your iPhone 4S is running HarmonyOS?"

"Huh? You can even tell what kind of system it is?"

"Nonsense, just click on it and you'll see."

The video finally came to a close when the person filming took their phone out of their pocket.

The incident occurred near a high school, where a middle-aged man selling counterfeit mobile phones was trying to sell them to several high school students.

High school student A said, "Your knock-off phone looks really good. Do you have any other models?"

The middle-aged man pulled out another phone: "Yes, an iPhone 4."

High school student B asked, "Why isn't there an iPhone 5?"

The middle-aged man pulled out another phone: "I have one too. An iPhone 5 costs 1200 yuan."

High school student C said, "I heard that the iPhone 5 is very thin, but yours isn't thin either."

The middle-aged man said, "It's very thin. You get what you pay for; it can only be this thin for 1200 yuan."

High school student B said, "What about HarmonyOS? I want Tian Shu and Yao Guang."

The middle-aged man said, "We don't have Tian Shu and Yao Guang, but would you like a Samsung S3?"

High school student A retorted indignantly, "You counterfeiters discriminate against domestic brands?"

The middle-aged man said with a bitter face, "There really aren't any Tian Shu or Yao Guang. Should I call and ask?"

The middle-aged man started calling his supplier, rambling on and on, before hanging up and saying, "Tian Shu and Yao Guang both have hidden chins. Pengcheng says the screen packaging cost is too high. They can make it, but the effect won't be good, and it will break down after a few days. Even those who make counterfeit phones have professional ethics; they have to be responsible to their users and can't cheat..."

In the video, a high school student is still arguing with someone selling counterfeit phones, and the screen is filled with comments that are absolutely in stitches.

"Hahaha!!!"

"HarmonyOS system + Apple case, two major brands serving you alone. Absolutely great value!"

"What the hell do people who make knock-off phones have professional ethics?"

"The HarmonyOS flagship phone is awesome; even the most powerful counterfeit manufacturers can't make it."

"It's not that we can't make it, it's that the screen packaging cost is too high."

"..."

It's just a video of a high school student buying a counterfeit phone, but it's inexplicably gone viral on various platforms these past two days.

Some netizens even inquired where they could buy these counterfeit phones. Because their appearance is so similar, they could easily pass for high-end phones and make one look sophisticated.

Some people even imitated these kinds of dialogues, creating all sorts of knock-off videos.

Bian Guanyue asked curiously, "Are these knock-off phones even usable?"

Chen Guiliang said, "The factory cost is only two or three hundred yuan, and they are all low-end domestic parts. The quality control is very poor, and the quality is unpredictable."

The actual number of smartphones in China far exceeds the statistics.

Because there are still a large number of counterfeit phones.

Counterfeit smartphones began to appear in 2009, and in the early days they mainly used MediaTek's simplified Linux system.

After Chen Guiliang completely open-sourced the HarmonyOS system, counterfeit phones quickly switched to HarmonyOS, and the counterfeit solutions became more and more mature, and now they are all equipped with HarmonyOS.

You can easily find Apple, Samsung, HTC, and other companies running HarmonyOS...

Industry insiders are already used to it, but ordinary people find it quite novel. This is one of the main reasons why the video went viral; people think that Apple phones with the HarmonyOS system are ridiculous.

What's even more ridiculous is that despite running the HarmonyOS operating system, you almost never see counterfeit flagship phones based on HarmonyOS. This is because both Tian Shu and Yao Guang feature a hidden chin, making them too expensive to copy.

Sigh, there's not much to say about counterfeit phones, but this year's iPhone 5S is going to be a tough opponent.

The groundbreaking Apple A7 chip pioneered the 64-bit era, delivering a devastating blow to all current mobile phone chips.

The latest flagship phone with HarmonyOS this year can only use Qualcomm's Snapdragon 800.

The Snapdragon 800 outperforms in multi-threaded benchmarks and has an advantage when playing demanding mobile games, with its integrated baseband signal strength far surpassing that of Apple. However, few high-end phone users look at benchmark scores, and the experience of playing demanding mobile games is not a big deal. So what if Apple's signal is a little weaker? The iPhone 5S is superior in all other aspects.

……

The next day.

Chen Guiliang's speech yesterday has been reported in full, causing quite a stir in the IT industry.

The one-click app generator version 2.0 saw a surge in downloads immediately after its release.

Chen Guiliang, however, took his girlfriend to a 4S store to buy a car for fun.

His family owns five cars, all of which are relatively understated in appearance; anything too conspicuous would be easily remembered.

Take the Phaeton that was rear-ended yesterday, for example. At first glance, it looks similar to a Passat, but its price is close to 300 million yuan.

Chen Guiliang went out for a stroll and only bought a Mercedes-Benz S400.

On his way home, he suddenly had a wicked idea and asked someone to contact the Hongqi headquarters to inquire if it was possible to get a heavily customized Hongqi H7. For example, installing multi-layered armor made of steel, ceramics, and composite fibers, adding bulletproof glass, run-flat tires, a reinforced chassis, and so on.

The answer I received was that deep customization is possible, but we must first obtain the necessary qualifications and approvals.

Chen Guiliang had many ways to obtain permits, but all of them were either illegal or clandestine. He decided against it; there was no need.

Instead of making it so complicated, why not just get a legal civilian armored car?

We are law-abiding citizens.

But some people openly challenged the bottom line—Chen Guiliang saw a Weibo post trending on social media on his way home.

The internet celebrity who posts on Weibo is called "Zuoyeben" and also attended ByteDance Night two years ago.

Supporters and opponents have already started arguing in the comments section of this Weibo post.

There are indeed supporters, and a great many of them!

In recent years, various articles have surfaced online exposing the "truth." From national heroes like Yue Fei and Lin Zexu to numerous martyrs of modern times, all have been subjected to relentless smear campaigns by influential online figures.

Every time ByteDance's Weibo accounts are banned or users are silenced, they are met with a barrage of criticism from netizens who believe that the ByteDance platform prevents users from expressing themselves freely. Many ByteDance Weibo users have migrated to Tencent Weibo and Sina Weibo.

Sina Weibo, in particular, has received countless such influential users and deliberately fueled their popularity to gain traffic.

Chen Guiliang couldn't hold back any longer and commented "bastard" on the Weibo post.

Like a bomb going off, it instantly swarmed countless maggots, who viciously attacked Chen Guiliang with insults. Some of Chen Guiliang's fans even advised him not to be brainwashed by the propaganda and to recognize the falsehoods from a scientific perspective.

Because of Chen Guiliang's use of the word "bastard," the commotion on Weibo, which was already trending, grew even bigger.

Netizens from all walks of life flocked to watch, and soon split into two camps arguing.

Enraged, Chen Guiliang posted another Weibo message: "My company prohibits the presence of Jia Duo Bao at its events. Anyone found doing so will be fired and permanently barred from re-employment! If Jia Duo Bao is found at any future event I attend, I will never participate again!"

Chen Guiliang immediately replied: "Screw you account theft, I mean what I say!"

Li Kaifu surprisingly stepped in as a peacemaker: "There's no need to make things so tense. The internet is free, and everyone can express their opinions. We should work together to create a more inclusive public opinion environment."

Chen Guiliang replied to Li Kaifu: "Your freedom means publicly harassing and insulting underage girls?"

Li Kaifu replied: "Freedom of speech is an inalienable human right."

Chen Guiliang replied: "I am a civilized person, so I won't curse. Netizens can help me curse. Curse as much as you want, the dirtier the better, it's your right. If Li Kaifu dares to refute me, he will deprive you of your freedom of speech."

Lin Miaoke was harassed and insulted, but Li Kaifu instead advised her to be tolerant and respect others' freedom of speech. This incident caused quite a stir.

Chen Guiliang's call to action sparked a wave of online abuse, with countless netizens cursing Li Kaifu's ancestors and sending insults to every female member of the Li family.

Li Kaifu was so angry that he immediately shut down his Weibo comment section.

However, Li Kaifu also had many supporters who flocked to Chen Guiliang's Weibo account to hurl insults at Chen Guiliang's ancestors.

Xie Yang sat in his company office. He learned the news from his subordinates and opened Weibo to watch the fun with a grin: "Master Chen is awesome, he got involved himself to generate traffic for his own product."

After watching for a while, he instructed his assistant to relay a message: "Don't censor or ban accounts related to this Weibo post. The chairman has already jumped in to rant, so let netizens keep arguing. The longer the argument lasts, the better, and the more influential figures join the fray, the better!"

To be honest, given Chen Guiliang's current status, getting involved in this kind of online flame war is beneath him.

But he simply couldn't resist.

Chen Daxia is still Chen Daxia after all. No matter how much he is distorted by capital, his passion remains undiminished.

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(Some content in this chapter has been omitted, making it disjointed to read. Please forgive the inconvenience.)
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