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Chapter 334 Gu Bei's intentions are known to all!
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This was arguably the most exciting time in the internet industry this year.

First, Fanfou.com was suddenly shut down.

Following closely behind, two more microblogging websites, Jiwai.com and Digu.com, were shut down.

Before everyone could figure out what was going on, another bombshell dropped: Zhang Xiaolong, general manager of Tencent's Guangzhou R&D department, had been poached, reportedly by Weibo founder Gu Bei.

The real big news came next.

Sina Weibo has announced a one-month rectification period!

The largest of the previously shut-down websites, Fanfou, had only a million users, which is just a drop in the ocean compared to the more than 300 million internet users on the internet.

But this time, the impact...

It is Xinlang, one of the four major portals.
This has never happened before!

Everyone turned their attention to Weibo.

Most of the well-known microblogs have been shut down.

Even the giants have entered a period of restructuring, so it's impossible for you to be the only one left, right?

However... Weibo remains unmoved in everyone's eyes.

However, those who pay attention will notice the news that Hangzhou officials came to inspect Weibo and praised Weibo's anti-rumor system for safeguarding a clean online environment.

I immediately realized that the thing that almost destroyed microblogging this time was the same thing that happened at the beginning of the month.

After the dust settled,

Due to the legendary nature of this event,

A legendary rumor began circulating on the internet.
It is said that this incident occurred because Tencent, frustrated by its failed acquisition attempt, reported Weibo.

As a result, because Weibo's anti-rumor system was effective enough, Weibo itself was unaffected, but other microblogging websites were more or less affected.

Penguin committed heinous crimes, plunging the entire microblogging market into a vacuum, leaving only Weibo as its sole survivor.

Gu Bei poached Zhang Xiaolong, the general manager of Penguin's Guangzhou R&D department, in a fit of rage, in order to get revenge on Penguin.

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Kyoto.

"You really don't believe it!"

Looking at the rumor displayed on the screen, Gu Bei smiled and said, "Although the middle part of what netizens made up is completely wrong, the beginning and the end are correct, and they even got the protagonist and antagonist right!"

Penguin Games is just getting started.
The plan is not something netizens should be used as a sacrifice.

But the penguin's reputation is no better than the future's.
After all, netizens today have personally witnessed the history of penguins copying everything they've ever done, and they have absolutely no goodwill towards penguins; they simply can't live without them.

While signing the contract, Zhang Xiaolong said, "After reading that news, I really thought Director Gu was trying to poach me to get revenge on Tencent."

But thinking about it, that's impossible. Director Gu's idea couldn't have come up with in just a day or two!

"Hahaha!"

Gu Bei gave an awkward smile.
Then pretend you're organizing files.
When people are in an awkward situation, their hands always seem to be very busy.

Actually,
Although the rumors online are just speculation,

But they were right!
Gu Bei believed that all of this was the work of Tencent, so he prepared to poach Zhang Xiaolong and wage a full-scale war against Tencent.

But as time passed and things began to become clearer...
Gu Bei realized that he seemed to have misunderstood the penguin.

Fanfou was shut down within hours of his return from Penguin, which was purely a coincidence in timing and had nothing to do with Penguin.

After all, no matter how powerful Tencent is, it can only affect Fanfou at most, not Sina Weibo.

Xinlang is also in a rather tragic situation in this matter.
In the previous version, it started its closed beta test next month, which just happened to avoid this black swan event of microblogging.

But in this life, coveting the Weibo market, it charged in with full force, and just as its momentum was building, it was slammed back into the mud.

Although after a one-month rectification period
It just so happens to coincide with the beta testing period of Weibo in my previous life.

But in its previous life, it faced a market that had been burned down, a situation that could be described as 'spring breeze blows and it grows again'.

But now?
Not only were the resources invested by Xinlang wasted, but...

Most importantly, after this rectification, Sina Weibo completely lost the trust of celebrities and users.

In the battle of Weibo, Sina Weibo is out!
Gu Bei's remaining opponents
That leaves only Tencent Weibo.

After all, they were the hope of the entire penguin village.

As for Zhang Xiaolong
The people have already been dug up.
Even if Gu Bei didn't want to go before, he had no choice but to go now.

"Director Gu, I've signed it."

Zhang Xiaolong handed the signed contract to Gu Bei.

After Gu Bei checked the contract, he handed it to Liu Xiaoli, who then began to sign it.

"Director Gu... no, I should call him President Gu now." Zhang Xiaolong looked at Gu Bei and asked, "What's next?"

"During this year-long competition period, you can't create instant messaging software that rivals Tencent."

Gu Bei knew that it was too early to act now; doing it too early would only result in Tencent copying them. Fortunately, Zhang Xiaolong still had a one-year non-compete period.

He laughed and said, "Then of course we'll just drink tea, read books, and wait for the number of mobile phone users to grow a little more."

Zhang Xiaolong nodded: "Indeed, the number of mobile phone users is still too small, mainly because smartphones are too expensive."

Gu Bei heard this,

I immediately thought of the Rice Mobile phone, which will be launched next year.

Without Weibo, it might have been difficult for Gu Bei to invest in rice, but now it's much easier, since Weibo is the first killer app of the mobile internet.

"Gu Bei, I've signed it too."

Liu Xiaoli returned the contract to Gu Bei.

After checking the contract and confirming that everything was correct, Gu Bei said, "Let's take a picture!"

Gu Bei's special assistant, Li Wanyun, took photos of all five of them: Gu Bei, Zhang Xiaolong, Liu Yifei, Liu Xiaoli, and Han Ya.

Subsequently,

Zhang Xiaolong then left.
Gu Bei told him to go back to Guangzhou to drink tea and read books, and he actually went back to Guangzhou to drink tea and read books.

This is something only Gu Bei and Zhang Xiaolong would do!

Zhang Xiaolong wasn't afraid that Gu Bei would go back on his word, so he went back to Guangzhou.

Gu Bei wasn't worried about whether Zhang Xiaolong would still be useful after the one-year non-compete period, so he let him go back to Guangzhou.

Liu Xiaoli uploaded the photo to her Weibo drafts.

After editing her blog post, she turned to Liu Yifei and asked, "Are you sure you want to post this?"

Liu Yifei nodded with a hint of excitement: "Send!"

"Just spoil him!"

Liu Xiaoli shook her head helplessly, glanced at Gu Bei and Liu Yifei, and pressed the send button.

[Liu Yifei Studio: We are very pleased to have Mr. Zhang Xiaolong serve as our strategic development consultant for the next year. We hope for a pleasant collaboration over the next year!]

[Zhang Xiaolong: In the coming year, I will pursue my dream in the entertainment industry!] "I wonder what Pony Ma's reaction will be when he sees this Weibo post."

Gu Bei looked at the somewhat absurd Weibo post and Zhang Xiaolong's witty comment, and a smile appeared on his face.

"They'll definitely find it absurd!"

Liu Yifei blinked her big eyes and said with a slightly excited tone.

"This is the effect we want!"

Gu Bei smiled.

During the upcoming year-long non-compete period, Zhang Xiaolong will definitely not be able to work on WeChat, and the timing is not good either. Therefore, Gu Bei needs to find a place to pay Zhang Xiaolong a settlement allowance.

Weibo definitely won't work.

Weibo and Tencent are the most obvious rival companies.

The second option is Linlang Entertainment, but Linlang Video will be launched in the second half of the year, and this product will compete with Tencent Video.

Liu Yifei's studio is an excellent choice.

Its controlling shareholders are Liu Xiaoli and Linlang Entertainment.

The business itself is very simple; it's Liu Yifei's domestic brokerage business.

Compared to other businesses under Linlang Entertainment, Liu Yifei Studio's main advantage is its fame, which allows it to produce such a close-up penguin effect.

Soon, comments began appearing under Liu Yifei's studio's Weibo post.

"???"

"Who exactly is this person?"

"Holy crap, it's Zhang Xiaolong, the developer of Foxmail! He's my idol! This is actually true, it's unbelievable!"

"What's going on? A multi-millionaire from ten years ago joined Liu Yifei's studio as a strategic development consultant? That's too absurd!"

"Is it absurd? I don't think so. Isn't this Director Gu's response to the recent incident of Tencent reporting Weibo? It seems that Director Gu is really angry with Tencent this time, and his counterattack is quite sharp!"

"Quick, quick! Brother, is there anything I don't know? Tell me right now!"

"I won't go into Director Gu's methods, but let's just say that Zhang Xiaolong has a one-year non-compete agreement, and that post on Tianya previously revealed that Weibo Technology, Linlang Entertainment, and Liu Yifei's studio are registered in different rooms of the same building!"

"Oh~ So Zhang Xiaolong appears to have joined Liu Yifei's studio, but in reality, he joined Weibo, which is off-limits due to the non-compete agreement!"

"Is this what business warfare is all about? Not only do they not secretly poach people, they even tell you to your face that they love this kind of thing where you're annoyed but can't do anything about it!"

This generation of netizens has a really strong ability to dig deep.
They uncovered almost everything about the matter in no time.

This even led to speculation that Gu Bei was responding to previous rumors, and misunderstandings about Zhang Xiaolong joining Weibo.

However, this misunderstanding was a smokescreen, keeping the penguins from knowing for the time being that Zhang Xiaolong was going to work on their home base, instant messaging.

The very next day,
Weibo's announcement of the launch of its micro-group feature is a direct blow to Tencent's core business.
This further fueled the current debate about business warfare, leading the public to almost certainly conclude that Tencent was the culprit behind the demise of numerous microblogs.

Otherwise, how could Weibo and Tencent have such a deep-seated grudge?
Amid this media environment, Tencent did not respond at all, but instead issued a new internal regulation that required all calls from Gu Bei to be reported immediately.

"Insider information has come in: Tencent's new rule: No private contact with Gu Bei is allowed!"

"What kind of ridiculous rule is this? Tencent, step up your game! They're practically blaming you, just sue them for violating the non-compete agreement!"

"Fun fact: Behind every seemingly outrageous rule lies a bloody lesson."

"That's right. It's said that Zhang Xiaolong, the general manager of Tencent's Guangzhou R&D department, received a call from Gu Bei in the morning, met with him for half an hour in the afternoon, and submitted his resignation letter that evening."

"Haha, it seems that Penguin has suffered a loss at the hands of Director Gu. With Director Gu's eloquence, he would have been a strategist in ancient times."

"When it comes to business battles, you still have to look to Director Gu. His imagination in filmmaking is just so rich. The penguin's counterattack is weak and boring."

Penguin was ridiculed once again.

However, over the years, the public opinion environment surrounding Tencent has never been good, and the employees have long been used to it, just holding their breath and waiting for the moment to strike back.

Gu Bei also knew that
Penguins seem to have given up.

But in reality, they are waiting for the closed development of Tencent Weibo to end before directly competing with Weibo.

However, for Gu Bei, how to deal with Tencent Weibo is Peng Shaobing and his team's business. If he wants to receive equity incentives, he has to achieve something.

At this time,
Gu Bei, meanwhile, was sitting inside Chen Kaige's mansion.

He smiled and said to Chen Kaige, "Director Chen, have you been avoiding me lately?"

Chen Kaige took a sip of tea and said irritably, "I'm mainly worried about your mouth. You might just convince me to go back to the earthquake project."

Gu Bei smiled.

At the beginning of the year, when Mei Lanfang was promoting his work, Gu Bei and Chen Kaige discussed the earthquake project.

After the failures of "The Promise" and "Mei Lanfang," Chen Kaige had no good projects available at the moment, so he took on the "Great Earthquake" project.

But in the end, he chose to give up halfway because Gu Bei wouldn't let him change the script!

If Chen Kaige isn't allowed to change the script, how can his authorship be reflected in this film?
So the project is in preparation.

Chen Kaige then quit.

It wasn't that he didn't want to film; he was just throwing a tantrum and wanted to regain some control.

Gu Bei understood Chen Kaige's psychology, but he chose Chen Kaige because he valued his directing skills, not his screenwriting skills.

He didn't expose the truth, but instead went around to the core of the issue, saying with a smile, "Director Chen, don't listen to the nonsense online. Netizens are exaggerating the facts."

"So what's the truth? You really managed to poach someone after just half an hour of chatting?"

Chen Hong asked curiously from the side.

Chen Kaige also showed a hint of curiosity.

"Time is not the key point. The key point is that I have what he wants, which his original place could not provide. The main credit goes to his original boss for refusing his request."

Gu Bei said lightly.

"Then can you give me what I want?" Chen Kaige suddenly asked.

"Director Chen, it's not that I don't want to give it to you, but the framework of this script is already set!"

Gu Bei continued, going around in circles, "You should know that when filming a major earthquake project in China, the script definitely needs to be approved by the local authorities."

Moreover, this script involves two major earthquakes, which means it needs to be approved by both locations.

If you really make the changes, can you guarantee it will pass the review?

Chen Kaige fell silent.

He had also experienced the hardships of the review process back then.

Farewell My Concubine was banned three times. If it hadn't won the Palme d'Or, it probably wouldn't have been able to be released, and the director himself might have been banned from directing.

However, for him back then, being banned from directing should have been a kind of honor.

It is precisely because Farewell My Concubine was not banned that the art world criticized him for over-imitating Hollywood and lacking originality.

But at his age, he can understand investors' concerns about failing to pass the review.

After all, the earthquake project was supposedly budgeted at 200 million, but the actual investment was at least 120 million. He really can't take the blame for not being able to release it!

(End of this chapter)