I met my whole family through Baidu Tieba.

"...I took a look at their so-called support plan, and it's a complete copy of ours. It's despicable!" Ye Jintong said indignantly on the other end of the phone.

She was both furious and deeply worried.

In terms of market share, Yangbei Forum currently holds the majority. If Yangbei Forum copies all of their core strengths and leverages its size advantage, Beiming Community will be in serious danger.

It's fair to say that the situation is very serious.

But the voice coming from the other end of the phone was unexpected for Ye Jintong.

"...Hey, watch out!...Oh my goodness...Fu Rong, can you help me push the cart? I think she's about to fall asleep right now. I'll help her walk..."

The sound was somewhat muffled.

"...Boss, what are you doing?" Ye Jintong couldn't help but ask.

On the other end of the phone, Shen Kang seemed to be busy with something else. After a short while, he replied to her, and his voice became clearer.

"I just finished dinner with He Qiuzhu and her roommates, and I'm walking He Qiuzhu back to her dorm. You know, right? She recorded my TV program, and ended up watching it all night. She hasn't slept since, she can even fall asleep while walking. Ugh, my damn charm..."

"..." Ye Jintong was getting a little frustrated—was this the time to be busy with this? She couldn't help but remind her again, "Boss, I just said that Yangbei Forum has started throwing money around too, they're completely copying us! Did you hear that?"

"I heard you, I heard you, don't worry," Shen Kang complained, "I thought they were stealing eggs."

Ye Jintong was taken aback. "What? Stealing eggs?"

Shen Kang then told her the story of the egg robbery: "There was a village girl who was carrying a basket of eggs to sell in town. While walking on the mountain road, a robber suddenly jumped out. The village girl was startled and quickly protected her basket. The robber shouted, 'I'm raping you!' The village girl breathed a sigh of relief and said, 'I was so scared! I thought they were going to steal my eggs.'"

Ye Jintong had never heard this story before. After hearing it, she was first taken aback, and then burst into laughter.

"Alright." Shen Kang's voice continued from the other end of the phone. "I understand what you're talking about. I'll take her back to her dorm first, then go to room 211. We'll talk about it then."

After saying that, he hung up the phone.

Before the call ended, Yip Kam-tung could still hear the last few words from the receiver.

"...My goodness, you're amazing! You can even sleep while walking..."

Shen Kang didn't seem to care much about the Yangbei Forum. In comparison, He Qiuzhu staying up all night was a much more serious matter in his mind.

After hearing the story of the egg-stealing incident, Ye Jintong's previously worried heart gradually calmed down, and she became less anxious.

"What did the boss say?"

Ye Jintong is currently at her workstation in Entrepreneurship Base 211.

At this moment, several employees were already present, including Yin Zhiqian and Ji Chunfu.

Some employees sit at their workstations, while others can't sit still.

For example, Yin Zhiqian and Ji Chunfu couldn't sit still. They stood on either side of Ye Jintong, like two guardian deities, both watching Ye Jintong.

The question, "What did the boss say?", just came out of Yoon Ji-kyum's mouth impatiently.

"The boss said he has some things to do right now, and he'll come over when he's done," Ye Jintong repeated Shen Kang's words.

Yin Zhiqian was taken aback and subconsciously asked Shen Kang what he was busy with. Ye Jintong then told them what she knew.

After listening, both of them were speechless. But at the same time, quite strangely, their initial anxiety gradually subsided—the boss was so calm and composed, seemingly confident, so he must have a solution, right? ...

After waiting for another ten minutes or so, the three heard footsteps in the corridor.

Soon, Shen Kang entered room 211 and arrived at Ye Jintong's workstation.

When Ye Jintong saw Shen Kang arrive, she quickly moved the laptop in front of her to the side so that Shen Kang could see it clearly.

On the laptop screen was the homepage of the Yangbei Forum.

In the middle, there was a very prominent spot, originally the best location for male users, but now it has become a banner promoting Yangbei Forum: "Support Program Officially Launched!"

"I only discovered it not long ago."

Ye Jintong began her story from the beginning, "I check the Yangbei Forum almost every day to scout out enemy positions, and that's how I came across this..."

As Ye Jintong spoke, she clicked on the banner of the support plan and showed Shen Kang the main text of it:

Starting today, Yangbei Forum will officially launch a new points system called "Beibi".

Upon seeing the first message, Shen Kang couldn't hold back any longer.

"Good heavens, Northern currency, baby, it's quite similar to our ghost money. It's just that theirs is more of the living world, while ours is more of the underworld."

Shen Kang gave a thumbs-up and continued reading:

Starting today, users who post on the Yangbei Forum will receive different amounts of Beibi rewards based on the popularity of their posts.

Users will also receive a fixed reward of Beibi for logging in daily and posting for the first time.

Yangbei Forum will soon be opening several mystery offline stores at Yangcheng Business School and Yangcheng Normal College. Stay tuned.

Yangbei Forum is about to launch a "Yangtong Card".

The Yangtong Card will be linked to forum users' accounts. After linking their Yangtong Cards, users can use them to make purchases with points at the upcoming mystery offline stores.

……

"This is a 1:1 replica." Shen Kang gave this evaluation after browsing through it.

"more than."

Yin Zhiqian frowned, pointing to a line of text on the screen, "They do have their own innovations. For example, this: their North Dollar can be directly exchanged for cash! I believe this alone will be very attractive to students."

Unwilling to simply copy, they innovated?

Shen Kang smiled.

These people have never experienced the power of an iron fist.

That's normal, after all, these days even Pony Ma (Ma Huateng, CEO of Tencent) wants to give out virtual currency instead of salaries.

Zheng Changhao and Xiao Ma have the same idea; it just goes to show that great minds think alike, and they are both incredibly talented.

"They copy us, so we can copy them too."

Ji Chunfu then spoke up, offering a suggestion, "Boss, let's also offer ghost money that can be exchanged for cash!"

Yin Zhiqian also seemed quite tempted.

Only Ye Jintong had a frown on her face.

This made Shen Kang glance at Ye Jintong again. "Jintong, it seems you have a different opinion?"

Ye Jintong then spoke directly: "Boss, I think there might be some issues with directly exchanging ghost money for cash. Earlier this year, I saw a news report that Tencent wanted to issue deduction coins to its employees instead of wages, but it seems that it was stopped. Wouldn't that be risky?"

Shen Kang nodded in satisfaction and said to Yin Zhiqian and Ji Chunfu, "You two should learn more from Jin Tong, read more books and newspapers. This matter is indeed risky. Even a company as large as Tencent has been halted, so there's no need for us to get involved."

This is actually why he has always only allowed ghost money to circulate within the system and has never opened up the possibility of exchanging ghost money for cash.

Yin Zhiqian listened thoughtfully, then immediately thought of something: "Boss, could we report their North Dollar cash exchange program?"

Shen Kang turned his head, glanced at Yin Zhiqian a few more times, and exclaimed, "Old Yin, you've mastered real business warfare skills without a teacher!"

Yin Zhiqian was taken aback, then a little embarrassed, "What kind of business battle is this?"

After coming up with the idea of ​​reporting him, he even felt a little embarrassed. His simple sense of justice made him feel like a petty person.

Shen Kang shook his head, "No, no, no, the real business battle is about reporting each other, it's that simple and straightforward."

Caught up in the moment, Shen Kang went on to give them a rundown of more business tactics: "Besides whistleblowing, there are many other practical methods in real business warfare. For example, you could sneak into someone else's company and unplug their internet. Or, you could bribe a security guard to sneak into the chairman's office and pour boiling water on his money tree. When you leave, you could even take the arm off the lucky cat statue at their entrance and take it with you..."

"..."

"..."

"..."

Yin Zhiqian and Ye Jintong found it rather difficult to keep up with Shen Kang's so-called "business warfare techniques."

In their minds, business warfare is about setting up a elaborate trap for you to plant a corporate spy in my company. But what exactly did Shen Kang say? Reporting me? Unplugging the internet? Pouring boiling water on a money tree? Dislocating the arm of a lucky cat figurine? That's fucking outrageous!

Ji Chunfu, on the other hand, remained silent, appearing as honest as ever, but secretly he remembered everything Shen Kang said.

After briefly discussing some business warfare techniques, Shen Kang finally brought the topic back to the present.

"Old Yin, we should report it, but not now. Let them do it first, and we'll talk about it after they've gotten started."

Yin Zhiqian understood and replied with a "Yes".

Shen Kang glanced at the screen again.

Jung Chang-ho seemed a bit anxious, perhaps to prove that the announcement was true, and he even directly revealed the address of the upcoming "mystery offline store".

It looks like the shop has already been rented, and they're just waiting to renovate, set up, and open for business.

He Qiuzhu needed to catch up on her sleep this afternoon, and Shen Kang, who was also free, simply called out to her.

"Let's go and see just how mysterious Lao Zheng's offline store is."

……

half an hour later

On the commercial street inside Yangcheng Teachers College, Shen Kang, Yin Zhiqian, Ye Jintong, and Ji Chunfu walked in.

After reaching the end, you'll find the address of the mysterious offline store that Yangbei Forum has published on its website.