Who would still start a business seriously after being reborn?

Chapter 412 He Wants Some Peace and Quiet
Big fuss.

Overnight, all the Time and Space Internet cafes in Handong Province were shut down.

The botnet created by Shikuang Internet Cafe launched a massive attack on its competitors, causing the NetEase portal website to crash for 13 minutes, the Legend game to roll back for 37 minutes, and QQ to be down for nearly an hour, resulting in incalculable economic losses.

Even more outrageous, they attacked the websites they should never have attacked.

Immediately, all the managers of Time and Space Internet Cafes in Handong Province were taken into custody by the police.

When questioned by the police, these people in charge answered everything without reservation, revealing that they had hired hackers to attack Momo Internet Cafe and then installed botnet and virtual machine programs on their own computers.

The facts are very clear, the evidence is very sufficient, and there is no need for an investigation at all.

All of this happened so fast that the managers of these internet cafes didn't even have time to call Xue Man before they were all taken away.

At nine o'clock in the evening, Xue Man, who was eagerly awaiting good news, finally received a phone call.

Why is it Mr. Chen calling?

Xue Man answered the phone in a daze, only to hear Old Chen on the other end angrily say, "Xue Man, are you crazy? Even if the people in Handong Province didn't help you with this, you can't do this! I'm losing face."

Xue Man asked, somewhat confused, "Old Chen, what are you talking about?"

"Did you hire a hacker?"

“Yes, wasn’t it agreed upon by the people of Handong Province?” Xue Man admitted.

"You even turned the computers in the Time and Space Internet Cafe into weapons for cyberattacks?" Old Chen asked again.

“Yes,” Xue Man said, “I turned the computers in my internet cafe into botnets, is that against the rules?”

"Alright, alright, it's good that you admit it." Old Chen was amused by Xue Man's self-righteous voice and said, "What you did wasn't against the rules, but why did you attack the official website of the Handong Provincial Government Affairs Association? You don't think that will make you feel better, do you?"

Xue Man's head exploded with a bang.

What? Attacking the official website of the Handong Provincial Government Affairs Association?

Is this a joke?
Xue Man exclaimed in surprise, "I didn't! I'm not stupid, why would I do such a thing? I..."

As he spoke, Xue Man's voice grew softer and softer. He couldn't care less about continuing to talk to Old Chen, so he quickly opened his email and sent a message to Master Hongye.

The email address does not exist or is invalid.

"???" Xue Man was a shrewd man, and he immediately understood the whole thing. He said in a trembling voice, "Old Chen, I was set up by someone. I didn't do this."

"Your employees in Handong Province have already explained everything clearly. You sent people to install the program, and you arranged everything. Can you really absolve yourself of all responsibility now?" Old Chen said in a tone of disappointment.

Xue Man said in a trembling voice, "Old Chen, you have to help me."

"Hmph!" Old Chen snorted coldly and said, "If I hadn't called Handong Province earlier, do you think you would still be here answering my call?"

"Thank you, Mr. Chen, thank you, Mr. Chen," Xue Man said repeatedly.

Old Chen said, "I can only guarantee that you will be fine, but you can't get those computers back from Handong Province. They are all tools used in the crime, so let's confiscate them as punishment."

"Mr. Chen, if I lose these computers, I'll be severely weakened," Xue Man said excitedly. "Can I pay the fine? Thirty million? Fifty million?"

"I'll say it again, I can only guarantee you'll be alright! Just stay out of it for now!" Old Chen said before hanging up the phone.

At this moment, Xue Man seemed to have been drained of all his energy. He stumbled to the sofa and slumped down on it.

Hundreds of thousands of computers, just gone like that?
"Momo Group... this must be a trap set by Momo Group!" Xue Man lay on the sofa, muttering blankly.

If he loses the market in Handong Province and his computers are gone, then his investment will definitely be a complete loss.

It's only been a little over two months. He entered Handong full of vigor and ambition, but he's ended up in such a sorry state.

At this moment, he wanted some peace and quiet.

"Wow, Xue Man is known as a marketing genius, but he didn't even make it out of Handong Province in two rounds." In a villa in Zhonghai City, Chen Hui looked at the news report and became more and more excited.

He planned to buy dozens more newspapers and distribute them to those idiot shareholders, showing them how wise they had been.

Those bunch of idiot shareholders still want to get a piece of the pie in Handong Province? They even want to call their big brother back to take charge?
See that? This is what happens!
At that moment, Chen Hui felt like he had become a great hero who saved the group from dire straits.

The following afternoon, Momo Group issued a formal statement on its official website, strongly protesting against certain companies' use of unfair means in competition and calling on internet companies to maintain integrity and refrain from attempting to undermine competitors through unfair means. At the same time, Momo Group decided to donate 2000 million yuan to build a dedicated server room and firewall for the official website of the Handong Provincial Government Affairs Association to prevent such incidents from happening again.

Momo Group's victory in this battle left many people speechless.

The most silent one was Chen Tianqiao. He declined all business activities and remained silent in his study for three days, still unable to figure out where that idiot Xue Man had gone wrong.

That's 500 million! That's all their money!

He had been hoping that 500 million would cause Momo Group a headache for half a year, but he never expected that it would end before it even started.

Frustrated, angry, and utterly baffled.

He even suspected that Momo Group and Xue Man had formed an alliance.

Then they conspire to deliberately rip off the big spenders.

Xiaonei.com Technology has done something like this before; their previous partner was Luo Shenyi.

For the next two weeks, Momo Group's technical staff helped the Handong Provincial Government Affairs Association build its own data center.

After the data center was completed, Momo Group welcomed an unexpected guest.

Huo Xiaokang, Executive Vice President of the Jingzhou Municipal Government Affairs Association.

Huo Xiaokang and Du Yusheng had a good relationship, so there was no need to hide anything from each other. He walked into Du Yusheng's office and asked, "Chairman Du, do you have any spare warehouse space at Glory Computer?"

"Yes, there are." Du Yusheng laughed, "Too many. Right now, our Momo Internet Cafe is expanding, and the four large warehouses of Honor computers are almost empty."

Huo Xiaokang said, "Then I'll be frank with you. There are too many computers in this internet cafe, and the relevant departments simply can't find a suitable warehouse to store them. If your Honor Computers has a warehouse to help store them, then please help store them."

“No problem,” Du Yusheng said. “However, this computer is different from other things. If it is not turned on for a long time, it may be damaged.”

“We understand that very well,” Huo Xiaokang said. “The auction process for this batch of computers has already begun, but it’s a complicated process and will take at least six months. You can use them temporarily during these six months, but the quantity cannot be less than what you’d expect. Do you understand what I mean?”

"I understand, I understand perfectly. Don't worry, if there's really a shortage, our Momo Group will definitely make up for it on the day of the auction." Du Yusheng smiled radiantly.

While busy pouring tea for Huo Xiaokang, Du Yusheng asked with a smile, "By the way, Chairman Huo, how much are you planning to sell this for at auction?"

Huo Xiaokang laughed and scolded, "Don't beat around the bush with me, kid. Looking across Handong Province, only your group can take this batch of computers. Speaking of auction, isn't it just you guys bidding yourselves?"

Du Yusheng laughed and said, "That's not necessarily true. Who knows, Shikong Internet Cafe and Lianjiang Internet Cafe might also participate in the auction."

Huo Xiaokang frowned and said, "Only the three of you have the capability and the need to auction off a package of over 100,000 computers. However, you live so far away from Handong Province. Even if you win the bid, transportation will be a major problem, right?"

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Momo Group has a unique advantage in this auction.

In addition, the auction process takes more than half a year, after which these Pentium 4 computers will not be worth much.

Huo Xiaokang discussed some transportation details with Du Yusheng. He was even happier to hear that Du Yusheng was willing to cover the cost of transporting computers from various locations to Honor Computer.

He has achieved all his objectives for this trip.

The mission was successfully completed.

Having Momo Group in Jingzhou is a real source of pride for them.

After agreeing on the details, Huo Xiaokang left Du Yusheng a business card and then left Momo Group.

After seeing Huo Xiaokang off, Du Yusheng quickly went to Cheng Yi's office.

At this moment, Cheng Yi was having tea with Li Chengxuan. When Du Yusheng walked in, Li Chengxuan immediately stood up and said with a smile, "Chairman Du."

Cheng Yi suddenly realized that it was inappropriate for him not to get up, so he quickly stood up and said with a smile, "Chairman."

Upon seeing Li Chengxuan also present, Du Yusheng hesitated.

Cheng Yi smiled and said, "Chairman, what kind of tea would you like?"

"Either is fine." Du Yusheng had no appetite for tea now; he just kept staring at Cheng Yi.

Li Chengxuan, being a shrewd man, immediately smiled and said, "Oh, right, I haven't visited the construction site yet. It's almost finished. I'll go and have a meeting with the supervisors first."

"Okay, Brother Li, come back and have dinner together when you're done with your work," Cheng Yi said with a smile.

"Okay." Li Chengxuan replied and went out to the industrial park of Momo Group.

"What is it?" Cheng Yi turned around and closed the office door, looking at Du Yusheng.

Du Yusheng said, "Boss, you guessed right. Chairman Huo just came over and said he wants to store the confiscated computers from Time and Space Internet Cafe in our warehouse. I've already negotiated with him as you instructed."

"That's good." Cheng Yi smiled and said, "That's the effect of donating 2000 million."

Du Yusheng said, "However, they will start the public auction in six months."

"Six months should be enough," Cheng Yi said with a smile. "Within six months, we can take down Shikuang Internet Cafe. Chen Hui is a smart man; he won't try to take these computers from us."

Cheng Yi sat on the sofa, gestured for Du Yusheng to sit down, and said, "Once this batch of computers is in our warehouse, it's essentially ours."

Du Yusheng said excitedly, "We are in dire need of computers right now, and Huo Xiaokang is really a godsend."

"It wasn't Huo Xiaokang who provided timely help, it was Time-Space Internet Cafe that provided timely help," Cheng Yi laughed. "Do you know what the biggest gain from this battle was?"

Du Yusheng said, "Could there be an even bigger gain than so many computers?"

"Of course." Cheng Yi chuckled. "The biggest gain is that no one dares to cause trouble for us in Handong Province anymore. This is far more valuable than these hundreds of millions of computers."

"I understand," Du Yusheng said suddenly.

Cheng Yi continued, "Our main force is about to leave the province to develop. You will be the one to guard the home base then. Remember, never be soft-hearted when things happen. If you take a step back, others will take a step forward. So if anyone reaches out to you, cut off their hand with a knife. That's the only way to solve the problem once and for all."

"Yes." Du Yusheng felt inexplicably nervous.

Everyone says that starting a business is difficult, but maintaining it is even more difficult. Leaving him in Handong Province to take care of the family has put him under considerable pressure.

Once they start expanding their business overseas, Zhang Lingyu and the others will probably have very little time left in Handong Province. Such a large group needs him to steer it, and just thinking about it makes him uneasy.

“Those computers don’t need to be stored in the warehouse. Just install the Momo system on them and send them to the flagship stores in various provinces and cities,” Cheng Yi said. “According to our agreement with Lianjiang Internet Cafe, we can only set up one internet cafe in each district and county of first-tier and super first-tier cities. So each internet cafe needs to be bigger, let’s set up 1000 computers, and the decorations need to be more luxurious. We’re also going for a high-end approach.”

"The remaining computers will be distributed to various flagship stores as main switchboards and extensions. These computers all have Pentium 4 processors, so they should be used where they are most needed," Cheng Yi said slowly. "Three computers will also be sent to each university computer lab for the external relations department to use for internet access."

"Okay." At some point, Du Yusheng took out paper and pen from his pocket and started writing as Cheng Yi spoke.

Du Yusheng was engrossed in writing when Jiang Yuxi pushed the door open and came in.

As soon as she entered, she saw Cheng Yi, the vice president, sitting on the sofa giving orders, while Du Yusheng, the chairman, stood beside her taking notes in a small notebook.

Jiang Yuxi rubbed her eyes, wondering if she was hallucinating because she had been livestreaming for too long last night.

(End of this chapter)