Rebirth 2010: I taught Mr. Lei how to make a mobile phone

Chapter 640: Draw the target first, then shoot the arrow, Baidu falls!
It's easy to get the public excited: just give them a target.

Because the evildoers have already received their bad karma, netizens can only secretly curse and say that they deserve a good death;
There is a mysterious ethereal existence behind it, and netizens don’t know where it is;
Those who previously criticized Liu Jian as stupid were criticized by netizens as stupid people;

In contrast, the search platform has become the only target that can be seen, touched, and criticized.

The torrent of anger finally found an outlet.

The information platform of the other side has already blocked all the content of Baidu, directly making it "disconnected" from the Internet;
Weibo, Zhihu, Douyin and other platforms quickly banned Baidu's official account, with the reason being simple and clear: "suspected of violating regulations"...

Countless netizens flocked to Baidu's remaining Sina Weibo, Tieba and official website, and angry condemnations swept the comment section like a tsunami:
"They just want to live, what's wrong with them? You are the one who deserves death!"

The words Chen Mo posted on Weibo once became a boomerang that came fast and hard. Baidu's official account was criticized so much that it closed comments, and public opinion was completely out of control.

When people's anger reached its peak, the once invincible search giant faced the most serious crisis since its establishment -

The stock price plummeted, the market share dropped off a cliff, public opinion completely turned against us, the company was in a precarious situation and on the verge of collapse.

At the height of the public opinion storm, the previously low-key “One Billion Public Treatment Escort Fund” was suddenly pushed across the entire network.

Topic #Search was cheated? The other side will compensate you! #Airborne hot search.

Many patients are not incurable, but they have no money to pay for treatment. This money from the other side just gives them hope of life.

Beneficiaries have come forward to share their stories, telling how they regained their lives with the aid.

Netizens praised Bi'an for "repaying evil with kindness", and the previous negative public opinion trend was completely reversed in an instant.

When the fog clears, the direction people's hearts are pointing to is the correct direction.

The people's will is in place and the trend is set.

In just three days, heaven and earth turned upside down.

Baidu's market share fell below 50% for the first time, and was replaced by Bi'an Search, becoming the largest search engine in China, with a market share exceeding 50% - and it is leading in both PC and mobile terminals!

However, on the same day when he reached the summit of the other side, Chen Mo received a call that "could not be refused."

Somewhere in the city center, a "heart-to-heart talk" that lasted all night was quietly taking place.

When he returned the next day, he immediately convened an emergency meeting of the core team and issued a key order: "Fight for the last three days, and then call it a day."

——This is the last time window he can gain.

This conversation made him fully understand an attitude: "Stability is above all else, Baidu cannot fail."

The other side has already gotten what it wanted, and must stop while it is ahead, otherwise it may face unpredictable intervention in the future.

In addition, Chen Mo also learned that the higher-ups had actually been paying attention to the chaos in the rival's advertising for a long time, and this incident just happened to be an opportunity, and the other side was a sharp knife.

However, no one expected that the knife of the other side was so sharp. To be more specific, Chen Mo's tough style and the overall combat effectiveness of the other side were so strong that he had to step on the brakes himself, otherwise he would have to collect the bodies of the other family if it was too late.

Naturally, Li Yanhong had no way of knowing these inside stories.

The only thing he could see was that Chen Mo was summoned for a talk, and he was away for a whole day.

On the other end of the phone, Lao Ma told him meaningfully: "Just wait and see."

Sure enough, the show soon began.

On May 5, the Internet launched a special campaign to crack down on advertising, with false advertising on search platforms becoming a key target. On May 21, the investigation team entered the park across the street and thoroughly investigated the compliance of the advertisements. They eventually determined that there were serious problems such as "competitive bidding misleading the public". The fines and the recovery of illegal gains amounted to hundreds of millions of yuan. This is the second highest penalty case after the 5 million yuan fine imposed on Qvod last year.

On the same day, some media reported that the company’s senior executives were collectively interviewed.

That night, this search platform, which earned hundreds of billions of dollars from advertising, issued an apology statement across the entire network, admitting its mistakes and promising to make corrections.

This time, the entire network's apology is no longer directed at a certain individual, but at all users.

In addition to the corresponding rectification measures, an executive in charge of the search business resigned, and his team’s year-end bonus was canceled, among other internal punishment measures.

This is a devastating blow to any business.

Li Yanhong knew it clearly, but he had no choice but to do as he was told. To put it bluntly, no one exposed the affairs of the Putian Group, which meant they turned a blind eye to it.

Now that the matter has gotten out of hand, once it's on the scale, no one can escape.

When he attended the meeting this time, the attitude of his superiors was very firm. They did not give him any room to explain and had already determined the situation. There was no room for any mediation or struggle.

The original launch of the pure version was a last resort, which diverted a wave of Baidu's original users.

The so-called "clean version" of search was originally a stopgap measure, but now it is in a difficult situation - it is easy to put it online but difficult to take it offline.

After returning, he managed to disband the joint combat team in a dignified manner and let everyone go back to their homes.

I cursed all of Ma's ancestors in my heart. This was not a favorable situation at all; it was simply a Hongmen Banquet.

An emergency meeting was then held within the company, ordering Baidu to scale back its business operations across the board, with priority given to complying with the latest requirements and instructions.

Finally, he asked someone to count the current losses.

That night, he looked at the data in the statistics and financial statements and felt like crying but had no tears.

This great war cost nearly 10 billion dollars to rectify the internal political order, including various expensive promotion and public relations expenses of the Allies.

But what was the result? Baidu's market value was directly reduced by one-third, and its market share dropped to 31%. In comparison, the fine was the least serious thing.

After working hard for more than ten years, we are back to the days before liberation.
The only consolation is that this opportunity was used to weaken the voice of Xiang Hailong's faction, which was an unexpected gain.

At this moment, an unexpected phone call made Li Yanhong look complicated.

For a while, the phone kept ringing.
After much hesitation, he pressed the answer button.
It's not easy here, and the Putian system hidden behind it makes things even worse.

As the official announcement came out: the relevant institutions involved were investigated, the relevant departments were suspended for rectification, and the relevant responsible persons were taken away.

All public institutions have completely stopped providing paid services, cutting off the Putian Group’s ambition to expand further.

After the incident was exposed, companies related to the Putian Group encountered strong public resistance and their business declined significantly in the short term.

Departments in various regions have taken strong measures, and some illegal institutions have been fined or suspended for false advertising, excessive marketing, etc.

Putian Group has begun to seek to expand into high-end industries and medical beauty, or to change its name and expand into third- and fourth-tier cities.
This series of thunderous measures made countless netizens applaud.

On that day, many cemeteries were filled with smoke - that was the family members comforting their deceased relatives.
——This storm finally came to a temporary end with the complete defeat of one side.

(End of this chapter)