Who would still start a business seriously after being reborn?

Chapter 538 The Invincible King of Jingzhou

His meticulously planned attack, leveraging technological advantages and overwhelming resources, was met with the most despicable and thuggish methods, a counterattack that was more than ten times larger.

This Momo Group really doesn't shy away from stirring up trouble.

Are they getting too cocky, or has Samsung lost its edge?
"Stop attacking Hong Kong! All resources must be redirected to defense! Immediately!" Li Minghao practically roared the order, his voice hoarse and strained.

At this moment, the torrent of red attacks on the Hong Kong server screen rapidly diminished, like a receding tide.

The green indicator light, representing server load, returned to a stable and bright state.

"The enemy's attack has stopped." Lin Qingyin breathed a long sigh of relief, her tense shoulders relaxing.

Our ancestors were right: the best defense is a good offense.

But doing so would be like poking a hornet's nest.

The crisis with the Hong Kong servers has been resolved, but the attack on servers representing Samsung's three core industries is a matter that cannot be easily dismissed.

Kong Feng stared in disbelief at this dramatic turn of events, stammering, "Mr. Cheng, did we really drive Samsung back?"

Cheng Yi walked to the old Nokia 8850 silver-cased phone on the table, the screen's soft blue light reflecting on his calm face.

"Repel them?" He chuckled and said, "This is nothing yet; the real battle hasn't even begun."

Cheng Yi sent Chen Zhi a text message, put down his phone, turned to look at the still-shaken Kong Feng and the complicated-looking Lin Qingyin, and said, "Pass the word down to all servers in the Asia server. Immediately issue a server-wide announcement and compensation email. Subject: 'Thank you for your support, network service restored.'"

"Content: We sincerely apologize for the network fluctuations caused by force majeure. All players will be compensated with 3 Double EXP Scrolls, 50 Skill Scrolls, and 8888 Bound Ingots. In addition, a three-day carnival celebration will be launched, with drop rates doubled!"

"Oh, right, the announcement emphasized that rewards will continue even if the server is attacked." Cheng Yi laughed, "Now we need to turn players' frustration into anticipation, make them look forward to the server being attacked, so they can get even more rewards."

"Okay." Kong Feng nodded immediately.

"Also, although their attack has stopped, our attack must not stop. Beat them to death!" Cheng Yi sneered. "Since we've already offended them, let's not hold back."

Seoul, Samsung Electronics headquarters, inside the strategic monitoring room.

The piercing alarm continued to blare incessantly.

The screen, which represents Samsung's own network health, is now completely covered by a glaring red and a constantly rising bar graph.

"Manager, we can't hold them off. This surge in traffic is too massive. The official website is completely down, the Anycall service center is almost unreachable, the securities trading system is experiencing delays of over 3000 milliseconds, and a large number of trading orders are backlogged and failing." The technician's fingers futilely tapped on the keyboard as he tried to salvage the situation while loudly reporting.

Li Minghao stared intently at the terrifying number on the screen representing the number of attack source IPs.

That was a saturation attack launched simultaneously by millions of nodes in the most primitive and brutal way!
Behind every IP address is likely a computer located in a Momo internet cafe in China.

"Madmen, they're all madmen!" Li Minghao squeezed out the words through clenched teeth, his body trembling slightly with anger and a hint of indescribable fear.

He never imagined that a fledgling internet company would dare to so recklessly overturn the table and turn the entire country's massive user base into a weapon of attack. This was beyond his understanding of all business competition.

"Sever all external connections and activate the highest level of physical isolation," Li Minghao roared, the only way he could think of to mitigate the damage.

Samsung's network engineers frantically executed orders, like trying to plug a breached dam with sandbags during a massive flood.

They had never encountered such a massive DDoS attack before.

Moreover, DDoS attacks are the most brutal attack methods, and they cannot be defended against by technology alone.

While it's possible to set up a whitelist, Samsung has hundreds of millions of users, so how can they set up a whitelist?
Server protection strategies are as fragile as paper when faced with a brutal DDoS attack.

"Report! Samsung's official website timed out, resulting in a 404 error!"

"The Anycall service center page cannot be loaded."

"Peak latency in the securities trading system exceeded 4000 milliseconds, causing a precipitous drop in trading volume."

One victory after another was shouted out by the frontline monitors, their voices filled with unbelievable excitement.

On the screen, the Ping curve, representing the attack on Samsung, fluctuated rapidly like an out-of-control roller coaster.

Kong Feng stared wide-eyed at the disastrous state of Samsung Networks on the screen, then looked at Cheng Yi beside him with his arms crossed, feeling as if his worldview had been completely shattered.

Cheng Yi spent the entire day in the operations center because he took this traffic war very seriously.

He wanted to see just how far Samsung could defend itself.

Samsung represents the pinnacle of Asian technology. If Samsung can't defend against it, neither can Momo Group.

The next battle between him and Microsoft will surely reach this life-or-death level.

Samsung, let's just say it's a stepping stone for them to practice on.

"Okay, Mr. Cheng, should we continue the attack?" Kong Feng's voice was a little dry.

“When someone slaps you, if you slap them back, they will definitely think you are weak and easy to bully. But if you rush up and beat them to death, even the fiercest person will be stunned for a while.” Cheng Yi said calmly with a smile, “Samsung thought that by hiding behind the scenes and controlling ISPs, they could be invincible. But they forgot that in the battlefield of the Internet, whoever controls the terminal has the real power to overturn the table.”

Kong Feng then understood why Cheng Yi had gone to such lengths to set up an internet cafe.

At first, he only thought that internet cafes provided a channel, but the more he delved into it, the more he realized that it was not that simple.

In their country, whenever an emerging technology is developed, the official website of an IT company will likely crash for several months in a row.

This is something only giants who control the terminals can do.

Watching Cheng Yi's retreating figure, Kong Feng was filled with emotion.

Wow, with over ten million computers, Cheng Yi dares to challenge Samsung.

If this were over 100 million computers, this guy would dare to challenge Microsoft.

It really proves the old saying true.

How bold people are and how productive they are.

Cheng Yi turned to look at the stunned Kong Feng and said, "Mr. Kong, take screenshots of the crashes of Samsung's official website, Anycall service center, and stock trading system, and add the most eye-catching headline, 'Samsung reaps what it sows, malicious attacks are met with thunderous countermeasures, and global business is paralyzed!' Then, send them out through all official channels for me. Also, get Cao Zhengze's people involved to get things moving and flood all the well-known forums and social media in Asia with the message that 'Samsung's services crashed due to malicious competition.'"

"Okay." Kong Feng was greatly encouraged and immediately accepted the order and left.

At this moment, Huang Wenrong slowly walked into the operations center.

He walked over to Cheng Yi and said, "Should I gather the legal team first?"

"No need." Cheng Yi shook his head and laughed, "They don't have any evidence that we attacked them. Even if they did, let them sue me in Handong. They'll pay what they owe and get a judgment."

Cheng Yi's joking remark made Huang Wenrong laugh. Yes, these kinds of things can only be wrangled over.

Sue them in Handong Province? Let them learn what the King of Kings of Jingzhou is all about first.

Huang Wenrong remarked, "I originally thought that our competition with Samsung would be a competition on multiple levels and dimensions, but I never expected it to be like this."

Cheng Yi said, "Once a company reaches a certain size, it can't be defeated by mere business warfare. For example, if they only want to deal with us on a technical and commercial level, they would need to defeat our game companies, internet cafe companies, campus network companies, direct sales companies, computer companies, TV shopping companies, media companies, clothing companies, entertainment companies..."

“We have become a platform-level conglomerate. To defeat a platform-level entity, we can only use covert power. Overt power can only scratch the surface of our problems,” Cheng Yi said. “Moreover, high-end business warfare often only requires the most basic attack methods.”

Meanwhile, at the headquarters of Siam Telecom in Thailand.

Somchai's obese body slumped in the huge executive chair, his face slightly pale.

On the computer screen in front of him, news pushes about the devastating blow to Samsung's network were being displayed in real time, along with an official announcement from Momo Games regarding Samsung's shutdown.

"Damn it, what kind of being have I offended?" Songchai muttered to himself.

In front of him was a detailed document about the Momo Group.

Upon learning that Momo Group's major shareholder is European Enze Capital, and that Enze Capital's investor is Jacob Rothschild, Songchai felt his soul float away.

He originally thought he was just doing Samsung a small favor, suppressing that arrogant Chinese game company, and incidentally making some profit.

He never expected that this small favor would stir up such a hornet's nest.

Samsung has been beaten so badly, what is a small company like Siam Telecom compared to that?
The $1000 million bounty was no longer a temptation to him, but a death warrant.

He could imagine how many eyes were on him right now, watching this opportunity that could make them rich overnight.

His competitors would pounce on him like sharks smelling blood, tearing him to shreds.

The phone on the table rang incessantly; it was Park Jung-hwan calling.

Songchai stared at the constantly flashing number, too afraid to answer it.

Once the phone stopped ringing, he picked it up, dialed the internal line, and said in a trembling voice, "Remove all network restrictions on Honghuang Zhanji, and then issue an apology announcement. Just say that we experienced a temporary network fluctuation adjustment, and it has now been restored."

He has to save himself.

He previously helped Samsung simply because he thought Honghuang Zhanji was just a small Chinese company.

But now it seems that Momo Group, the company behind this game company, really doesn't care much about Samsung.

When two tigers fight, there must be one injury.

If he doesn't hurry up and retreat, he'll be the one who gets hurt.

A conflict involving a conglomerate of Samsung's stature is simply beyond the reach of someone as insignificant as Karami.

Their group only makes less than 100 million US dollars a year, how can they participate in a battle of this level?
Are you willing to risk your life?
Moreover, multinational corporations of this caliber all share one thing in common: they employ particularly ruthless methods.

The dirty tricks you can think of are child's play in their eyes.

It might even throw a physical match-3 puzzle at you from time to time.

Looking at the world, which multinational corporation hasn't supported warlords?

Therefore, he must extricate himself as soon as possible before Momo Group's anger reaches him.

Samsung? Screw Samsung, survival is the most important thing right now.

Park Jung-hwan put down the phone, his expression turning slightly grim.

That bastard Songchai isn't answering his calls anymore.

He and Li Minghao were the main players in this matter. Now Li Minghao is completely at a loss, and it's up to him to try and turn things around.

While Li Minghao's physical isolation temporarily halted the onslaught of attacks, it also meant the complete shutdown of Samsung's core network services worldwide, resulting in incalculable losses.

What's even more frightening is that, thanks to Momo Games' counterattack announcement and the frenzied spread of this information by online trolls, the incident has spread like a plague across the internet.

Labels such as "malicious competition," "inferior technology," and "reaping what they sowed" are gradually eroding the brand reputation that Samsung has built up over the years.

"President, something terrible has happened!" An analyst in charge of the Southeast Asian financial market stumbled into the monitoring room, his face grim. "Our stock price plummeted by 4.7% at the opening, and it's still falling."

Park Jung-hwan-ho's vision went black, and he almost collapsed.

A sharp drop in stock price is the most fatal blow.

This indicates that the capital market's confidence in Samsung is collapsing.

Just then, his phone rang; it was a call from the group president's office.

Park Jung-hwan took a deep breath and answered the phone with trembling hands.

"Park Jung-hwan, you bastard, look what you and Lee Myung-ho have done!" The furious roar of President Lee Jae-young came from the other end of the phone, so loud that it hurt Park Jung-hwan's eardrums.

"Get yourselves to headquarters right now! The board needs you all to explain yourselves!"

The call was abruptly ended.

Park Jung-hwan's face was ashen; he knew he was finished.

As the vice president of Samsung Group and president of Southeast Asia, he held a high position of power, but now, it seems unlikely that he can make a comeback.

This whole thing was Li Minghao's doing, and strictly speaking, he was the one who orchestrated it.

Because the game "Honghuang Zhanji" was so popular in the Southeast Asian market, he repeatedly sent letters suggesting that the headquarters implement the "Legendary Asian Server" plan, and incidentally suppress the rising star Momo Group.

His suggestion was highly appreciated by Li Minghao, the head of the group's strategy office.

Li Minghao also felt that they couldn't let Momo Group grow too big.

The strategy office guides the strategic direction of the group headquarters, which Lee Myung-ho approves of. With the support of Park Jung-hwan, who holds a high position of power, the matter naturally passed smoothly.

They considered many possibilities, such as Momo Group publicly condemning them, or Momo Group bribing telecommunications giants in various countries to engage in a power struggle with them in the Asian region.

The only thing they hadn't expected was that Momo Group would dare to openly confront Samsung Group.

(End of this chapter)