Who would still start a business seriously after being reborn?

Chapter 423 When one thing diminishes, another grows.

Before fighting the outside world, you must first make peace with the inside.

At first, these internet cafe owners didn't understand what these words meant, until a piece of news three days later shocked them, who had been cooperating with Shengda Group for a long time.

All of the more than one hundred people who passed the interview, as previously announced, have been prosecuted by Shengda.

The charge against him is copyright infringement.

These people were all originally in Zhonghai City; none of them escaped.

The supporting documents they submitted became the sharpest knife aimed at them.

Having witnessed the ruthlessness of Shengda Group, these internet cafe owners all felt somewhat fortunate, thankful that they had signed a joint operation contract with Momo Group the day before yesterday.

Isn't this collaboration with Shengda Group a classic case of "seeking help from a tiger"?

This incident has made the festive atmosphere in the internet world even stronger.

Because it's lively.

On the first day of the incident, Zhao Gang, deputy editor-in-chief of Jingzhou Daily, personally wrote an article, which was published in Jingzhou Daily and was titled "Infringement crimes are unacceptable, and entrapment is absolutely unacceptable."

He wrote a lengthy article that thoroughly criticized Shengda Group.

A multi-billion dollar conglomerate resorted to this method to apprehend infringers. While it may have caught the infringers, it lost its credibility.

Although Shengda Group publicly claimed that it discovered the applicants were involved in the infringement of private servers for the game Legend of Mir afterward, according to the family members of those arrested, these people had sent letters to Shengda Group in advance explaining the private server issue, and they only went to Zhonghai City after obtaining Shengda Group's approval.

This is a typical case of entrapment.

Faced with public opinion, Shengda Group had no choice but to resort to its trump card: paying to delete posts and quell the controversy.

Members of the Shengda Group obediently deleted the comments, with NetEase and Tencent being the most proactive. However, members of the Momo Group ignored the comments and continued to let the news spread. Sina and Sohu both featured the matter on their homepages for two consecutive days, with the headlines highlighted in red.

The most important thing is that the end of the year is approaching.

The Chinese tradition is that when the year draws to a close, even mortal enemies must put aside their grudges. Doing such a thing at the end of the year, even if it is done on behalf of Heaven, will be despised by one's peers.

This is the romance of the Chinese people.

While Shengda was busy deleting posts and doing public relations, the 274 prefecture-level city leaders of Momo Internet Cafe also began to rapidly promote Momo Internet Cafe. These prefecture-level city leaders were the first five batches of 10 people trained by Cheng Yi and his team to run illegal internet cafes. These leaders had gone through a rigorous selection process, being chosen from thousands of people. They were commendable in terms of both hard work and ability.

Heroes come from all walks of life, so Cheng Yi and his friends don't care about academic qualifications.

In the internet cafe industry, academic qualifications are meaningless; as long as you are willing to fight and work hard, that's enough.

This group of people have experienced the baptism of wolf culture, the most chaotic period in Handong Province, and even the experience of being chased and attacked. These experiences have also made them grow rapidly to a level that ordinary people cannot reach.

By the time the news reached Shengda Group, nearly 334 internet cafe owners across the country had signed joint operation contracts with Momo Group.

These 334 districts and counties have nearly one million computers.

Once their joint-operation internet cafes open a month later, based on the market share of Legend in these internet cafes, the peak number of Legend's online users will drop by at least 300,000 to 400,000.

Shengda Group immediately sent people to contact the other internet cafe owners and promised that if Momo Internet Cafe really suppressed them, Shengda Group would provide strong support. In order to reassure these internet cafe owners, Shengda Group had no choice but to reluctantly bring out Xue Man's Shikong Internet Cafe and assure them that Shikong Internet Cafe would definitely enter the joint operation districts and counties of Momo Internet Cafe and give Momo Internet Cafe a heavy lesson.

It wasn't until New Year's Eve that Shengda Group managed to curb the expansion of Momo Internet Cafe.

What those internet cafe owners really want is nothing more than someone to rely on and a sense of security, just like women need men.

Shengda Group stood up like a man, finally putting the minds of these internet cafe owners at ease.

If you can be your own boss, who would want to do intermodal transport?
Even if you earn less by being your own boss, you live a carefree life. Not only can you occasionally flirt with the pretty internet cafe manager, but you can also use your identity as the internet cafe owner to swagger around the county town, making those young people call you "Big Brother" one after another. That experience is definitely top-notch.

"These despicable rats! Parasites!" In the office of Shengda Group, Chen Tianqiao once again flew into a rage.

He himself couldn't remember how many times he had lost his temper; he even wondered if he had developed a mental illness.

Since being criticized by the national media in mid-2002, Chen Tianqiao's emotions have become somewhat uncontrollable.

"Chairman, don't worry. Momo Internet Cafe is just taking advantage of our situation. Now that we've resolved the private server issue, we can focus all our efforts on dealing with them." Zhou Haibin said quickly after Chen Tianqiao calmed down, "Actually, Tencent and NetEase are even more anxious than we are. Wherever Momo Internet Cafe expands, they lose users. This Momo Internet Cafe is very cunning. Companies that have joined their system have priority in displaying their information. Companies like NetEase that haven't joined can only be found by users entering their domain name."

"Not to mention Tencent, their QICQ software and Momo Group's MoMo software are natural enemies, and Momo Internet Cafe's system does not support QICQ software."

Chen Tianqiao glanced at Zhou Haibin and said, "The Momo system also doesn't support our Legend game. Our Legend game has a 31% user base in internet cafes! Once the Momo system is installed in internet cafes in these 334 districts and counties, we'll lose 300,000 online users! That's like losing 800,000 to 900,000 players!"

Zhou Haibin said, "Chairman, we should look at the bright side. Now that we've dealt with over 100 private servers, the hundreds of thousands of players from those private servers will have no choice but to play on our official server. Doesn't that indirectly give us hundreds of thousands more online players?"

"Hmm..." Although Chen Tianqiao felt that this idea was a bit like Kong Yiji's, he could only accept this reality now.

What else can you do? You can't just get yourself so angry you die, can you?

Zhou Haibin said, "Currently, we are the dominant player in the domestic market. Although Momo Group is developing rapidly, it is still a rising star. I suggest that we declare war on Momo Group on all fronts."

"Our biggest advantage is our strong financial strength, as well as the support of companies like NetEase, Tencent, HC360, and Alibaba. Taking down Momo Group, which has not yet established a foothold in China, should not be too difficult."

Zhou Haibin was really angry during the negotiations with the legal representatives of Momo Group.

Fan Huamin, the legal director of Momo Group, is really too difficult to deal with. Sometimes Zhou Haibin even wishes he had a blaster to just shoot the guy to death.

He argued with Fan Huamin for months and didn't gain any advantage.

This Fan Huamin is like a stubborn, unyielding bean, always maintaining that seemingly refined but disgusting facade. He appears polite and refined, but in reality, he's full of wicked intentions.

Shengda Group has now realized the current situation and that they absolutely cannot coexist with Momo Group.

Because both of them are running the Legend game, their user bases overlap.

As one diminishes, another grows.

"I need to think about it some more." Chen Tianqiao sat on the sofa and slowly closed his eyes. His career had been going too smoothly all along.

As a result, the group's talent pool could not keep up with its development speed.

Just as Zhou Haibin said, the biggest advantage of their Shengda Group is cash flow, and the network of relationships built on this cash flow has become their biggest bargaining chip.

During this year, Shengda invested in quite a few companies, to varying degrees.

Such as NetEase, Tencent, Alibaba, 100Baidu, 51.com, Ctrip, eBay, Kongzhong, etc.

These companies have become the strongest allies of Shengda Group, which is known to outsiders as the Shengda Group.

Shengda Group's overall strength far surpasses that of Momo Group, since Momo Group only has Sina, Sohu, and Lianzhong as its main competitors.

After thinking for a long time, Chen Tianqiao opened his eyes and said, "It's almost the end of the year. Let's contact them and have a meal together."

Seeing that Chen Tianqiao had made up his mind, Zhou Haibin immediately said, "Chairman, doesn't Momo Group like to copy others? Then let's see who can copy better. We can create a campus network to compete with their campus network, and then join forces with Tencent to further refine the guarantee network, inject funds to compete with them. Alibaba is the leader in the enterprise e-commerce field, and we can use them to counter Momo Group's merchant promotion business. We will invest in whatever makes money for them."

"What if they use cyber means to attack us?" Chen Tianqiao looked up at Zhou Haibin.

Zhou Haibin confidently stated, "I can guarantee that they will absolutely not dare to attack us openly. They might be fine if they attack companies within Handong Province, but if they attack us, no one can protect them. Once things are exposed, I am absolutely confident that I can send their chairman to jail."

“Cyberattacks aren’t so easy to detect,” Chen Tianqiao frowned. “To deal with Momo Group, we need to bring in a hacker team that can rival them.”

“Among domestic hacker teams, Zhou Hongyi of 3721 is probably the only one,” Zhou Haibin said. “Mi Jing of Shikong Culture Group has some connections with Zhou Hongyi. We can have Mi Jing invite Zhou Hongyi to come over.”

Chen Tianqiao thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "Okay, let's settle on that then. After the Spring Festival, we must teach Momo Group a lesson."

Today is Lunar New Year's Eve, and there aren't many people on duty at Momo Group anymore.

As early as the Lunar New Year, Lin Shengdong came to pick up Lin Qingyin. Since Shu Qin and her son were sentenced to prison, Lin Shengdong has been living with the Xu family and has completely said goodbye to his status as the richest man in Dongcang County.

Du Yusheng and Jiang Yuxi returned to Dongcang County one day and two days ago, respectively.

This year, Zhang Gang and Zhang Lingyu will remain on duty at the group as usual.

Internet cafes get busier and more chaotic towards the end of the year, packed with migrant workers and students who have gone home for the holidays.

With more people, there will be more trouble.

Fights and brawls were rampant.

If Black Panther Security can handle a problem, then Security will handle it; if Security can't handle a problem, then the nearby police station will handle it. If the police station can't handle a problem either, then it's non-violent non-cooperation.

Cheng Jian isn't coming back for the Lunar New Year this year, so Cheng Yi doesn't dare to go back too late either.

After finishing his work at nine o'clock in the morning, Cheng Yi hurriedly drove back to Dongcang County.

Cheng Yi's family has now moved to Zhongjing Haoting, a high-end residential community in Dongcang County. Although it is far from the villa area where Lin Shengdong lives, as a commercial housing development, Zhongjing Haoting is considered one of the top quality residential communities in Dongcang County.

In this era, before the concept of "school district housing" was proposed, the price of a house was completely equated with its quality.

Cheng Yi's family and Jiang Yuxi's family both live on the first floor. Their courtyards are right next to each other, and there is a small gate in the fence between the two courtyards.

Jiang Yuxi's yard was filled with various flowers and a fish pond with koi, which looked very stylish. Cheng Yi's yard, on the other hand, was filled with all kinds of vegetables, including radishes, cabbages, and several mysterious vegetables that Cheng Yi couldn't name.

Because no fruit had grown, Cheng Yi didn't know what it was, but it had a very strong rural feel to it.

Jiang Yuxi's home has a light luxury style, while Cheng Yi's home has a rustic style.

Besides Jiang Aiguo's Audi and Cheng Jianshu's Santana, there was also a not-so-new Buick parked on the roadside near the entrance of the hospital.

Next to the Buick sedan, a driver wearing a jacket was wiping the car.

Upon seeing the Mercedes-Benz Cheng Yi was riding in, the driver also cast a questioning glance at him.

Cheng Yi got out of the car and smiled at Lin Yongxing, "You should hurry back home for the New Year too. Just drive back."

Lin Yongxing quickly said, "President Cheng, my brother and sister are both at home. I'll just go back on the first day of the Lunar New Year to kowtow."

"A day or two won't make a difference." Cheng Yi waved his hand and said, "Go back, just come pick me up on the sixth day of the new year."

"Okay." Lin Yongxing didn't argue anymore. He watched Cheng Yi walk into the yard, started the car, and drove away.

As soon as Cheng Yi pushed open the door to the courtyard, Cheng Jianshu and Chu Yue'e rushed out, followed by a middle-aged man with a big smile on his face.

"Oh, Mr. Cheng, hello, hello, I'm Gu Yushan from the Dongcang County Government Affairs Association." The middle-aged man quickly ran over and respectfully handed over a business card.

Looking at his smiling face, Cheng Yi even wondered if this person owed him money.

He picked up the business card and glanced at it.

Gu Yushan, President of the Dongcang County Government Affairs Association.

These are the local officials of Dongcang County.

"Hello, Chairman Gu." Cheng Yi smiled and said, "What brings you here, Chairman Gu?"

Gu Yushan quickly smiled and said, "I know that President Cheng is usually very busy, so I don't dare to bother him in Jingzhou City. But since it's the New Year, I thought I'd like to come and pay him a visit."

Cheng Yi smiled and said, "President Gu, you're too kind. You are our local leader, and it is I who should pay you a visit."

"Not at all," Gu Yushan quickly replied, "President Cheng, you are now the pride of Dongcang County."

Seeing Gu Yushan's hesitant expression, Cheng Yi casually said, "President Gu, if you have something to say, just say it. Don't be so polite with me."

(End of this chapter)