Who would still start a business seriously after being reborn?

Chapter 461 Laozi and Du Yuesheng differ by only one word
On September 11th, the Mid-Autumn Festival, Du Yusheng rushed into Cheng Yi's office at Handong University carrying several boxes of mooncakes. He put down the mooncakes and said in a very urgent tone, "Boss, the person you're looking for has surfaced."

"How many?" Cheng Yi asked.

Du Yusheng said, "There are three people: Han Shuang, deputy director of the marketing department; Lü Xiaohui, deputy director of the human resources department; and Liu Quan, director of the administration office. They must have recruited quite a few people in the past few days, but the exact number is still unclear."

"Alright." Cheng Yi nodded slowly and said, "It's time to end this farce."

Du Yusheng said worriedly, "Boss, Momo Internet Cafe is on the verge of collapse. In five days, we will release Momo Internet Cafe's financial report. Once the report is released, the joint venture internet cafes in 334 districts and counties will have the right to cancel their cooperation. I heard that Shengda has already signed letters of intent with these people."

Cheng Yi laughed and said, "Shengda is really going all out. How much money have they spent in the past month and a half?"

“It’s hard to estimate.” Du Yusheng clicked his tongue. “I heard from our people at Shengda that Chen Tianqiao called this competition a life-or-death battle. I estimate that he’s willing to pay any price.”

"Mm." Cheng Yi nodded slowly.

This generation's Shengda is indeed too difficult to kill.

If it were Shengda from the previous life, with Momo Group's current strength, it would be enough to crush Shengda in an instant.

But the butterfly effect is just that amazing.

His rebirth caused the peak online viewership of Shengda Legend to increase more than sixfold.

The success of Momo Legend in Handong Province laid a solid foundation for the fledgling Shengda Legend, with monthly dividends of tens of millions becoming the economic backbone of Shengda Legend.

The emergence of virtual equipment trading websites years earlier made Legend of Mir the top choice for making money, giving it an absolute dominant position in the game market.

The most important change was the issuance of chain internet cafe licenses, which increased the number of internet cafes by more than three times compared to the previous life.

Furthermore, the nationwide promotion of Renren.com, the liberalization of television advertising, and the explosive popularity of Honghuang Zhanji all greatly boosted the development of Shengda Legend.

Those once-popular games, such as Stone Age, Magic Baby, MU Online, and Final Battle, are now living a miserable existence under the combined onslaught of Honghuang Chronicles and Legend of Mir.

Unfortunately, you're faced with two games: one that allows you to earn money for internet access and even your living expenses, and another that requires you to pay for both internet access and game cards.

Anyone who isn't a fool or a tycoon would sacrifice some of their hobbies to invest in this game that can earn them both internet fees and living expenses.

Apart from games like Honghuang Zhanji and Legend, which have their own guarantee channels, other games have no ability to monetize.

Even if their game items are listed on the Momo virtual equipment trading website, with such a low number of online users, it will be difficult to sell them quickly.

Cheng Yi has been supporting Shengda Legend from the very beginning, and it's actually for two reasons.

The first thing is that the more popular Shengda Legend becomes, the more popular Honghuang Zhanji becomes. Honghuang Zhanji is like a leech sucking blood from Shengda Legend. Not only does it save a lot of promotion costs, but it can also directly gain a large group of game players that were already cultivated from Shengda Legend.

The second thing is to gather as many competitors as possible. Instead of attacking them one by one, it's easier to take them down one at a time. First, help Shengda Legend eliminate its competitors, and then take down Shengda Legend. In the RPG field, there will be no more competitors.

Du Yusheng asked, "Boss, what do we do next? I'm starting to get a little scared. Are we going to mess things up this time?"

"It's not going to be a big deal," Cheng Yi said with a smile. "After this painful but necessary overhaul, our group will go even further."

Cheng Yi quickly ordered, "Take Bai Yiheng and lock those three guys up. Make them hand over the names of everyone they've recruited in our group."

"Okay." Du Yusheng nodded and said, "Can we fight them?"

"Do whatever you want, just don't cause any deaths," Cheng Yi said.

Industrial espionage is inherently an unpopular group. In this era, due to the lack of corresponding legal constraints, such incidents occur frequently. For example, a Fortune 1000 company experiences an average of 2.45 industrial espionage incidents per year, with total losses exceeding 3000 billion.

Even in the era of sound laws in the previous life, cases of commercial espionage were still rampant. The most well-known examples include Zoomlion and Sany Heavy Industry, Master Kong and Uni-President, Huaxia Petrochemical and ENN Energy, JDB and Wanglaoji, BYD and Foxconn, etc. Their methods were all similar: cultivating commercial spies among graduates and then infiltrating rival companies to steal secrets or create internal conflicts.

The methods are crude, but they are impossible to guard against.

Cheng Yi, while organizing the documents in his hand, said without turning his head, "Go and do it now, you don't need to worry about anything else."

"Okay, this is my specialty." Du Yusheng took the order and ran off.

He had been living in constant fear lately, and even when he went to Paris for a vacation, he was like a walking corpse.

He can't calm down unless he does something.

Du Yusheng made a phone call to Bai Yiheng and arranged for several close bodyguards to take Han Shuang and the others to the top floor of the Momo Technology Building.

The 168-meter-tall Momo Technology Building has become a new landmark in Jingzhou City.

Standing on the top floor and looking down, you can see the entire city of Jingzhou.

The Momo Technology Building is still under renovation and looks somewhat messy.

Bai Yiheng carried Han Shuang and the other two to the floor-to-ceiling window, made them lie on the ground, and gazed at the scene that was almost below the clouds. He then turned to Du Yusheng, who was sitting on a small stool, and asked, "Chairman, what should we do with them?"

Du Yusheng fiddled with the Buddhist prayer beads in his hand and said slowly, "Aren't you going too far? Director Han and the others are all renowned business geniuses. How can you tie them up? Let go, let go."

"Okay." Bai Yiheng quickly went up, untied Han Shuang and the other two, pulled the socks out of their mouths, and tore off the industrial tape from their mouths.

Bai Yiheng threw the stinky socks on the ground and cursed, "Who the hell are these socks? Can't you wash your feet before going out to run errands? Damn it, if I get a skin condition on my hands, I'll beat you all to death."

Several bodyguards immediately ran over with sheepish smiles, saying, "Director Bai, it's just that it's hot, wearing leather shoes is bound to smell a bit."

The bodyguards laughed as they quickly took off their shoes and put on their socks.

When Han Shuang and the other two saw this scene, they almost threw up their dinner from the night before.

After they calmed down a bit, Lü Xiaohui shouted angrily, "Du Yusheng, this is kidnapping! I will definitely call the police!"

A smile appeared on Du Yusheng's slightly chubby face. He stood up and said, "Call the police?"

He took out his phone, dialed a number, and handed it to Lü Xiaohui, saying, "I've dialed it for you. Here, report it."

"Hello, how can I help you?" came the voice on the other end of the phone. Lü Xiaohui's heart skipped a beat, and she said, "I'm sorry, I dialed accidentally."

"Okay, sir, then have a nice day." The phone call ended.

Du Yusheng put away his phone, slapped Lü Xiaohui on the head twice, and imitated a line from a popular TV series this year, scolding, "I gave you a chance but you're useless, I gave you a chance but you're useless."

Lü Xiaohui lowered her head deeply, completely losing her temper.

Who is Du Yusheng? He is an investment consultant for the Handong Provincial Government Affairs Association, the executive vice president of the Handong Provincial General Chamber of Commerce, one of the top ten outstanding youths of Handong Province, and an advisor to the Jingzhou Municipal Government Affairs Association…

Any one of these titles would be enough to make him arrogant and domineering.

Du Yusheng put his phone away, looked at Han Shuang and the other two, and sneered, "I have to say, you three are really fucking awesome. Did you really think our Momo Group was no good?"

Du Yusheng squatted down, looking at Han Shuang's capable and efficient appearance, and said, "Do you think you're messing with me?"

Han Shuang was taken aback.

"You're not targeting me, you're targeting Jingzhou City, you're targeting Handong Province!" Du Yusheng slapped Han Shuang's face and said, word by word, "Have you really not considered the consequences?"

Han Shuang looked at Du Yusheng and said in a trembling voice, "We haven't done anything illegal."

"Whether it's illegal or not is not for you to decide," Du Yusheng said irritably. "You provided Shengda with our business information, causing us to lose billions in business competition. Do you think that's illegal?"

"Impossible! We only provided ordinary data!" Han Shuang retorted angrily, "You're forcibly accusing us."

"This isn't something you can decide," Du Yusheng said coldly. "Without the information you provided, Shengda Group wouldn't have launched the attack. Do you know how much money our Momo Internet Cafe is losing every day? Shouldn't these losses be borne by you?"

Han Shuang gritted her teeth and said, "Du Yusheng, let me give you a piece of advice. The three of us are all from HSBC Capital. You should have heard of HSBC Capital, right? If you make a big fuss about this, no one can protect you."

"Ha, trying to act tough with me?" Du Yusheng was amused by Han Shuang. He looked around and Bai Yiheng, realizing his thoughts, immediately handed him a rubber stick.

"He has potential." Du Yusheng praised Bai Yiheng, then swung his rubber baton and started hitting him.

There's a saying that alcohol emboldens the timid, but money and power can embolden even more than alcohol.

He doesn't mind Cheng Yi and Zhang Lingyu calling him "fatty," but what should other people call him besides Cheng Yi and Zhang Lingyu?
Du Yusheng is really angry now. It's all because of these three bastards that he's been living in fear for a month and a half, and he's even lost a lot of hair.

"Chairman, don't hit his head, hit his arms and legs, it won't kill him but it will hurt a lot." With Bai Yiheng giving instructions from the side, Du Yusheng whipped Han Shuang until she cried out in pain.

Du Yusheng had been hitting the stick more than twenty times in a row and was already exhausted.

Bai Yiheng, with keen insight, moved the stool over and respectfully placed it next to Du Yusheng.

Sitting on a small stool, Du Yusheng looked at Han Shuang, who was crying and sniffling, and cursed, "In Handong Province, HSBC Capital is nothing but a damn thing. Today I'll show you why I, Du Yusheng, am only one character different from Du Yuesheng."

After resting enough, Du Yusheng picked up the rubber baton and stood up again.

Han Shuang wiped the cold sweat from her forehead, enduring the excruciating pain in her arms and calves, and said in a trembling voice, "Chairman Du, I know I was wrong. I will do whatever you ask me to do."

"Not going to be brave with me anymore?" Du Yusheng looked at Han Shuang with some displeasure.

He hadn't had enough, and this bastard surrendered?
Then he looked at the other two people, who looked fearful and both shouted, "Chairman, we know we were wrong."

"Okay, tell me in detail on camera who instructed you, what you did, and the list of the senior executives of the group you recruited."

“If you tell me clearly, you’ll be free after a few years in jail. If you don’t tell me clearly, you’ll still be in jail, but it’s hard to say whether this jail will be legitimate or not,” Du Yusheng threatened. “Black Panther Security also has jails in the Middle East for detaining people. You can go there on official business and stay for a few years.”

After saying that, Du Yusheng waved his hand, and someone immediately turned on the camera.

Han Shuang and the other two looked ashen-faced and had no choice but to tell the whole story of what they had done.

The development speed of Momo Group is really too fast. Before joining Momo Group, they never thought that Momo Group would be this large, and even have contact with the high-level officials of Handong Province.

Even so, they had no choice but to bite the bullet and go for it, after all, they were backed by HSBC Capital, which had assets of over one trillion.

After the recording was finished, Du Yusheng asked Bai Yiheng to take Han Shuang and the other two to the Shinan District Police Association.

Momo Group is now far ahead of the competition in Shinan District. For the departments in Shinan District, messing with Momo Group is like messing with their parents.

As soon as Han Shuang and his two companions entered the Police Association, numerous departments in the Shinan District rushed to enforce the law, eager to sentence the three to immediate execution.

"Han Shuang and his group have been arrested?" Inside Shengda Group, Chen Tianqiao was also somewhat surprised to hear the news.

These three corporate spies were sent by HSBC Capital, yet Momo Group handled them so decisively.

It's quite normal for companies to send in corporate spies to compete; many Hong Kong-based companies offer this service.

In the eyes of many companies, discovering corporate espionage is nothing more than making a few accusations and arguing. It is very rare for a company like Momo Group to take such a big step.

But this is for the best. Momo Group has made enemies for itself, so it's no wonder they're being blamed.

In a few days, Momo Group's first major scandal will explode.

After a month and a half of hard work, the first glimmer of hope is about to appear.

"Brother, what's the situation with Ding Sanshi?" Just then, Chen Danian rushed into Chen Tianqiao's office with a worried expression.

Seeing Chen Danian's recklessness, Chen Tianqiao's face darkened, and he said, "You're the group's vice president now, can you please not be so impulsive?"

He glanced at Zhai Hui, who was giving a work report, and said, "Go ahead and get busy. Keep an eye on things these next few days, and make sure nothing goes wrong."

Just as Zhai Hui was about to respond, Chen Danian said urgently, "What do you mean 'don't cause problems'? There are already problems! I just got news that Fantasy Westward Journey 2 is planning to be relisted on the Momo system!"

(End of this chapter)