I have a debt of 3 trillion, and my creditors are begging me not to die.

Chapter 203 Yang Chen confronts the Bald Eagle, going all out to protect TikTok.
The WTO investigation team's investigation is ongoing, and U.S. representative Dani Shays received a call from the President's office to immediately terminate the investigation and stop live streaming on platforms such as TikTok.

Shays asked, "Why? We haven't found anything we can work out with yet. Wouldn't it be a waste of our time to just give up like this?"

An exasperated voice came through the phone: "Fuck! You broadcast the working and living conditions of the Sihai Group workers live to our people, and they're protesting online now. Idiots! Who came up with this lousy idea? Isn't this just advertising for the Sihai Group? Fuck!"

Sheys understood what he meant and quickly hung up the phone to stop the live broadcast.

Yang Chen immediately said, "Mr. Sheys, you must understand one thing: it is up to you to decide when to end the inspection, and it is up to me to decide when to end the live broadcast. I do not intend to terminate the live broadcast now. Regardless of whether your inspection continues or not, the live broadcast will continue. I want people all over the world to know what the real Sihai Group is like, so that you won't bring up working hours and benefits in the future."

Sheis quickly whispered to Yang Chen, "Mr. Yang, we received a call from the Presidential Office demanding that the live broadcast be stopped immediately. You should understand how serious this is."

Yang Chen chuckled and replied, "I don't understand! I'll say it again: regardless of whether your inspection tour continues or not, my live broadcast introducing the Sihai Group to people all over the world will not end."

Shays gritted his teeth and said angrily, "Mr. Yang, doing this will bring you a lot of trouble. You don't want us to ban TikTok, do you?"

Yang Chen said with a smile, "Go ahead and seal it off, it won't scare me."

Seeing that he couldn't persuade Yang Chen, Xie Yisi had no choice but to negotiate with Li Zhenjun, the representative of the Dragon Kingdom.

Li Zhenjun understood Yang Chen's meaning and smiled as he refused, saying, "You decided to conduct the inspection, and we decided to broadcast it live. You can terminate the inspection, but our broadcast will not end. This is our stance, and there is no possibility of negotiation. Your Bald Eagle delegation should stop, but the other representatives can continue. After the visit, we hope that the representatives from all countries will give a fair and objective evaluation. We have fully cooperated with you, and you should also understand the rules of the game and do what you are supposed to do."

Representatives from other countries looked at each other, then quickly smiled and nodded.

As China's overall national strength has risen to a powerful level, its voice in international organizations has become increasingly important, and its attitude has become increasingly assertive. It is commonplace for China to criticize the United States by name. Therefore, Li Zhenjun's words serve as a warning to other countries' representatives and WTO officials. If they do not understand the consequences, they should consider what the consequences will be.

Sheys and the Bald Eagle representatives stayed behind, while Yang Chen and Li Zhenjun led the other representatives on their tour.

Sheis called the president's office and gave a detailed report of the situation.

A hysterical voice came through the phone, yelling, "Fuck! Yang Chen is too arrogant! Does he think we're joking with him? TikTok either sells to us or leaves our country. There's no third option!"

Shays quickly replied, "Understood, I'll tell him in a bit!"

In the afternoon, Yang Chen led the WTO delegation to visit and inspect the Sihai Intelligent production workshop.

When netizens saw the abundance of robotic dogs, robotic tigers, drones, and other equipment through the live stream, they were all shocked.

"Oh my God, this is spectacular! It's like a scene from a Hollywood sci-fi movie has come to life."

"Fuck! This is supposed to be a civilian equipment company? This equipment is enough to attack a medium-sized country. That damned Yang Chen is so hypocritical. A military enterprise is a military enterprise, yet he insists on calling himself a civilian equipment manufacturer."

"I really want to work here. How can I quickly learn the Chinese language? I really want to work at Sihai Intelligent and be surrounded by these machines every day. It sounds so cool."

"This is the job I've always dreamed of. I'm going to start learning the Chinese language. Once I've mastered it, I'll go work in China. If I can get a green card there, I'll never come back. This place is hell, filled with drugs, guns, violence, bloodshed, and exhaustion. I want to go to heaven, China."

……

The WTO representatives had come with prejudice and a mission, but at this moment they all nodded in sincere praise for Sihai Intelligent.

After the tour, Yang Chen asked with a smile, "Everyone, what do you think? There's nothing to criticize about my company, right?"

The representatives from various countries smiled awkwardly and nodded.

Li Zhenjun then said, "Since everyone is satisfied, it wouldn't be unreasonable for us to ask the WTO to give the Sihai Group a reward, would it? Mr. Luo, what do you say?"

WTO Director-General Rod Gauden glanced at the other country representatives, but they all wisely lowered their heads.

Li Zhenjun asked with a smile, "You've already looked at everything and haven't found any problems. You can't just let Chairman Yang waste a whole day with you, can you?"

Rod quickly asked, "Mr. Li is right. So what do you think would be a good reward?"

"Is there even a question? Of course, it's because the WTO officially certified Sihai Group as a model for global enterprises. This award is very genuine and not excessive at all, is it?" Li Zhenjun replied.

Rod asked cautiously, "Is it absolutely necessary to give it to me?"

“If you can find fault with it, you don’t have to give it to me!” Li Zhenjun replied with a smile.

Rhodes glanced at the other representatives, who were all keeping their heads down in tacit agreement.

Rod nodded and said, "We really can't find any fault with it. It's only right to award Sihai Group the Global Model Enterprise award. Sihai Group truly deserves it."

Li Zhenjun smiled and stepped forward to shake Luo De's hand, saying, "That's right. Thank you, Mr. Luo De, and the WTO for recognizing Sihai Group."

Although Yang Chen did not covet empty fame, the recognition of this model enterprise would definitely infuriate the United States and the European Union, so he happily accepted the award.

Li Zhenjun had someone bring over a pre-made banner for Luo De to sign and stamp, and then immediately handed it to Yang Chen in front of the live broadcast camera.

At this moment, the chat in the TikTok live stream is filled with comments.

"Congratulations to Sihai Group, congratulations to Yang Chen, this reward is well-deserved for you!"

"Are you kidding me? We organized this WTO special investigation team to investigate the Sihai Group in order to find reasons to sanction them. How did it end up being used to promote them and even reward them?"

"Damn it! Yang Chen got away with it again! Rod is like a puppet, doing whatever the Chinese say. This is the first time the WTO has awarded a company the Global Model Enterprise Award, which is a huge disgrace to other countries and companies. Google, Apple, Microsoft, and so many other great companies haven't received this award, so why should Sihai Group get it?"

"Haha... I'm dying of laughter. They originally went there to pick a fight, but ended up promoting the Sihai Group in front of netizens all over the world. The Bald Eagle always does such stupid things, it's really ridiculous."

……

Of course! They painstakingly assembled a team to find fault, but instead of finding anything, they gave Sihai Electronics and Sihai Intelligent a chance to shine in front of netizens all over the world. In the end, the WTO even gave Sihai Group a "Global Model Enterprise" award.

Could things get any more pathetic?

Tolerable or unbearable!
The most despicable thing is TikTok, which actually disobeyed the orders from the United States to stop the live stream in time.

A platform that is so powerful yet uncontrolled is a great danger and must be addressed immediately.

At a routine meeting of the Department of Commerce of the United States, Reventon stated in front of reporters from various countries: "Because TikTok is completely out of control and seriously threatens our security, we have decided that TikTok Group must sell TikTok to us within a week. If they are unwilling to sell, they will have no choice but to withdraw from our country. This is the result of the Senate vote, and there is no room for negotiation."

The short video quickly spread on platforms such as YouTube, with netizens from various countries leaving comments.

A netizen from the US commented: "Wang Defa? If you dare to drive TikTok away, I won't vote for you. I have over 300 million followers, and my livelihood depends entirely on this. If you drive it away, how am I supposed to live? If you dare cut off my source of income, I'll fight you to the death." Another netizen from Japan commented: "I heard TikTok is completely ignoring the orders from the US. The US will definitely take action against it, either buying it out or forcing it to leave. Now the problem is Yang Chen, a major shareholder of TikTok's parent company, Douyin Group. It's because of his orders that TikTok insisted on livestreaming the WTO inspection team's visit despite the US's demands. If Yang Chen can't save TikTok, he'll definitely be condemned."

A South Korean netizen commented: "I've disliked Yang Chen for a long time. The US should have taught him a lesson long ago. I don't understand why you always failed before. I hope you won't fail this time. You must force TikTok Group to sell TikTok to you."

A netizen from the Sand Kingdom commented: "Wow, this is so shameless! Why should other people's companies take your orders? If we follow your robber logic, does that mean all the companies owned by the bald eagles that invest in China have to obey China's orders? Whatever China tells them to do, they have to do it, right? Don't be so smug. I still believe Yang Chen can handle you."

……

Facebook founder Zach Robb saw an opportunity and immediately allocated 1 million Eagle Dollars to the development team to create an app that was identical to TikTok. Once TikTok left the bald eagle, they immediately announced that the TikTok alternative developed by Facebook was about to be released and would definitely attract all TikTok users.

When news of the US's attempt to forcibly acquire TikTok reached China, it instantly caused a huge uproar.

Netizens were furious and condemned the bald eagle's thuggish behavior.

"This is shameless. No wonder they are descendants of bandits; their actions are just like those of bandits."

"Western media have always controlled public opinion, and they have spared no effort to portray China as a feudal and backward country. Now TikTok has shown them that China is not what they imagined, but since TikTok is not under their control, they naturally can't stand it and will try every means to get their hands on it."

"We absolutely cannot sell it. At worst, we can just exit the market. Selling TikTok would be equivalent to selling our powerful algorithm technology, and we cannot leak that technology to them."

"I wonder if Boss Yang can turn the tide this time. We must not let the Bald Eagles succeed. We must teach them a profound lesson so that they will never dare to have such an idea again."

……

Zhang Yuming, Chairman and major shareholder of Douyin Group, immediately proposed to convene a shareholders' meeting, which all shareholders of Douyin Group and TikTok must attend, either in person or via video conference.

With nothing else to do, Yang Chen decided to take a stroll and flew to the Douyin Group headquarters in Beijing to attend the shareholders' meeting.

Some foreign shareholders were unable to attend in person, so they participated via video conference.

Zhang Yuming first played a speech by Reventon, the head of the Bald Eagle's business department. After watching it, he went straight to the point and asked the Bald Eagle shareholders, "You guys can't just wait for dividends and do nothing! The company brought you in as shareholders precisely so that we could get your help when this happens, right?"

Pedro, president of General Atlantic, said, “Mr. Zhang, shareholders, we are sorry, but we cannot play any role this time. Let me be frank with you, the top management is extremely worried and angry about the complete loss of control over TikTok. They are very serious and determined this time; it's either buy TikTok or remove it from the Bald Eagle market. They cannot accept such a powerful social media app not being under their control. Therefore, none of us can do anything; we can only choose one of these two options. I suggest selling it, but we can mediate so that Bald Eagle becomes the major shareholder, while TikTok Group and other shareholders can continue to hold shares, just with a smaller percentage. What do you think?”

Zhang Yuming immediately refused, saying, "Impossible! I've already reported to the higher-ups. We'd rather withdraw than lose control, let alone sell it completely. TikTok's powerful algorithm technology cannot be leaked, and it also involves the country's reputation. We can't back down an inch. Chairman Yang, what do you think?"

Yang Chen replied with a smile, "This matter isn't that complicated. I think it can be easily resolved."

All the shareholders looked at Yang Chen. Zhang Yuming excitedly stood up, went to Yang Chen's side, shook Yang Chen's hand, and asked, "Chairman Yang, you're not kidding, are you? You can really solve this matter so easily?"

Yang Chen nodded confidently and replied, "Of course. Just do as I say, and I guarantee you can solve it easily."

Zhang Yuming replied excitedly, "No problem, no problem! As long as Chairman Yang can resolve this crisis, I'll do whatever you say."

At this point, Pedro, president of General Atlantic, said, "Mr. Yang, you're not still trying to force our government to compromise by shorting some giant companies, are you? I can tell you with certainty that there's no way. This involves the issue of discourse power and control, and they won't compromise with you just because they lose a little money."

Yang Chen replied with a smile, "They don't care about money, but they do care about votes, right? Just watch and see how I make your higher-ups compromise."

If someone else had said this, people would have just laughed it off.

However, since Yang Chen said it so confidently, everyone had to take it seriously, after all, Yang Chen had never failed in a single attempt.

After the shareholders' meeting concluded, Zhang Yuming very politely invited Yang Chen to his office for a private chat.

Yang Chen explained his plan to Zhang Yuming in detail, instructing Zhang Yuming to strictly follow his steps, assuring him that they would be able to easily overcome this crisis.

Zhang Yuming called TikTok's president, Zhou Yuncheng, and ordered, "Old Zhou, issue an announcement immediately refusing to sell TikTok. If the US insists on doing so, TikTok will withdraw from the US market."

Zhou Yuncheng immediately wrote a notice and released it as ordered by Zhang Yuming.

At that moment, the U.S. Department of Commerce was holding a meeting with key members of the Senate.

Reventon said with great confidence, "Don't worry, everyone, we will definitely get our hands on TikTok this time."

Senator Rubio said with a laugh, "We have to get what we want, and nobody can stop us."

Another congressman, James, said, "They wouldn't dare to resist, otherwise they would lose this huge market of over 300 million people. I suspect they will sell a majority stake to us to take control, while they keep a minority stake and receive dividends."

"Ha ha……"

The room erupted in laughter, and everyone's face was filled with shamelessness and arrogance.

At that moment, the assistant rushed in and reported, "Minister Raventon, TikTok just issued an announcement stating that it will resolutely not sell any shares and will voluntarily withdraw from the Bald Eagle Market in a week."

The atmosphere immediately became awkward, and the people who had been laughing just moments before suddenly looked serious and displeased.

"What the hell! Why don't they sell? Completely withdrawing from our country means they won't be able to make money here anymore. If they sell the majority to us, they can at least keep a portion of their shares and earn dividends!"

"It's incredibly foolish of them to choose to exit rather than sell. Even though they'll lose control, they can still make money."

"It's a good thing that they're leaving. Our country's internet technology companies can develop similar products to replace TikTok. Wouldn't that be better?"

“That’s right, that’s right. Then let’s have Facebook and other social networking platforms develop similar products. We finally won against Yang Chen once, which is a good thing.”

"Ha ha……"

With government support, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, and other companies have announced plans to develop TikTok-like products to meet user demand.

At a press conference held by the Department of Commerce of the United States, Raventon happily announced: "I saw TikTok's announcement, and I am very sorry that they did not choose to cooperate with us. Thank you for the wonderful experience it has brought to our people. Next, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and other platforms will take over the responsibility of developing products that are fully compatible with TikTok for our citizens to use."

Dragon Kingdom.

After reading Raventon's remarks at the press conference, Zhang Yuming immediately called Yang Chen with great concern.

"Hey, Chairman Yang, the US has made a move. They've got Facebook and a few other companies copying TikTok to create similar products for their customers. What should we do next?" Zhang Yuming asked.

Yang Chen replied with a smile, "No need to rush. I'll call Qu Feng, the president of Red Book. It's time for us to take the second step. This time, I'm going to strike at the heart of the problem and shake its very foundation!"

(End of this chapter)