The richest man started taking advantage of loopholes after joining Alibaba.

Three o'clock in the morning.

Beijing, Shangdi.

The Didi headquarters building was brightly lit.

Cheng Wei did not sleep.

He stared at the monitoring data that the technical department had just sent over, his face ashen.

"seal up."

He crushed the cigarette butt into the ashtray, sparks flying everywhere.

"Sever all API interfaces of Weiguang Travel".

"Notify app stores to remove the Weiguang App."

"Since we can't appease him, then let him disappear."

The CTO's fingers flew across the keyboard.

Snapped.

Press the Enter key.

An invisible iron curtain fell.

In the background of tens of millions of mobile phones, Didi's servers began to reject requests from Weiguang.

The originally smooth data flow was instantly cut off.

..................

Hangzhou. Weiguang Building.

The alarm blared shrilly throughout the command center.

On the big screen, the curve representing the "success rate of capacity deployment" looked like a severed snake, falling vertically.

Error 403: Forbidden

The red error codes, like pools of blood, covered the entire screen.

"They've made their move."

Fatty Wang gripped the walkie-talkie, a fine layer of sweat beading on his forehead.

"Brother, Didi has cut off the aggregation interface."

"Our users can no longer hail a Didi ride."

"Also... Tencent App Store just sent a letter saying that we 'illegally accessed data' and removed us from the app store."

This is how giants strangle each other.

simple.

rough.

Unreasonable.

They control the water, electricity, and gas; they control the infrastructure. To kill a startup, all they need to do is unplug the internet cable.

The air freezes.

Everyone looked at Lin Che.

Wait for him to get angry or panic.

But Lin Che sat in the boss's chair.

He was still fiddling with the coin in his hand.

The coins twirled between my fingers, making a very regular buzzing sound.

"They've finally decided to drop the pretense of civility."

Lin Che suddenly gripped the coin.

Snapped.

The sound was crisp and clear.

"Do they think they can starve me by blocking the access points?"

He stood up.

Walk to the console.

There is a button that is always grayed out.

There was a skull and crossbones sign on it.

[Poison Pill Plan]

"Shen Nan."

Lin Che's voice was soft, yet it carried a chilling calmness.

"Show the user a pop-up window."

"Start the 'Price Comparison Assistant'".

Shen Nan took a deep breath.

My fingers trembled as I typed in the unlock password.

"Confirm startup?"

"start up."

Lin Che slammed his hand heavily on the button.

boom.

A command travels along the submarine fiber optic cable and through the base station, instantly implanting itself into the mobile phones of millions of users.

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Shanghai. Morning rush hour.

Xiao Li, a white-collar worker, was anxiously trying to hail a taxi on the roadside.

Turn on the light for travel.

The section that originally displayed "Didi Express" has turned gray.

[Didi Chuxing has blocked this platform].

Xiao Li was stunned for a moment, and was about to curse.

Sudden.

A purple bubble popped out.

Malicious blocking detected.

[Weiguang Price Comparison Assistant is now activated:]

Current itinerary: Jing'an Temple -> Lujiazui

Didi Express (estimated): 52 yuan (including congestion charge)

Weiguang Special Car (estimated): NT$35 (excluding congestion fee)

Followed by.

A red button appeared at the bottom of the screen.

[One-click complaint for monopolistic practices such as "choose one of two"].

Xiao Li's eyes widened.

monopoly?

pick one of two?

These words were like a fire, instantly igniting his anger as a consumer.

Didi raised prices immediately after the merger, and now they dare to block cheaper apps?

He didn't even think about it.

He jabbed his finger hard at the red button.

"We must file a complaint!"

This moment.

The same scene is happening all over the country.

Hundreds of thousands of complaint forms flew to the State Administration for Industry and Commerce's complaint mailbox like snowflakes.

........................

Weiguang Building.

The data on the big screen has changed.

It's no longer a capacity curve.

It is, in fact, a heat map of public opinion.

#DidiBlocksWeiguang#

#Anti-monopoly#

#Give Me Back My Cheap Taxi Pricing#

These topics shot up to the top of Weibo's trending searches like rockets.

"This is a poison pill."

Lin Che walked to the window.

Looking out the window at the city that is still in operation.

"Cheng Wei wants to blacklist me, so I'll turn that blacklist into a referendum."

He took a brown paper bag from the drawer.

It's very thick.

Inside were legal documents that had been prepared in advance.

From the very first day that Weiguang was launched, he had the technical team keep all the background logs.

Every time Didi is blocked.

Each time an interface encounters an exception.

These are all irrefutable pieces of evidence.

"Fatty."

Lin Che tossed the paper bag to Fatty Wang.

"Go to Beijing."

"Submit this to the antitrust bureau."

Fatty Wang caught the paper bag and felt its weight.

"Brother, this is going to cause a huge upheaval!"

"It's better to break through now."

Lin Che lit a cigarette.

Amidst the swirling smoke, his eyes were sharp as knives.

What were the biggest fears of large factories back then?

"It's not that we don't have money."

"They have been labeled as 'hindering innovation' and 'monopolizing'."

He exhaled a smoke ring.

Watching the smoke rings dissipate into the air.

"I only have one bullet."

"But I'm always... ready to pull the trigger."

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Beijing. Didi headquarters.

Cheng Wei watched the public opinion monitoring, his water glass trembling.

"madman........"

"He's trying to take everyone down with him!"

If the anti-monopoly bureau intervenes, the merger between Didi and Kuaidi may be halted.

That's a valuation of tens of billions of US dollars.

It is the lifeblood of all investors.

"withdraw!"

Cheng Wei gritted his teeth and squeezed out a single word.

"Restore the interface".

"Have the public relations department issue a statement saying it's a 'technical glitch'."

He lost.

Standing before the barefoot Lin Che, the one wearing shoes dared not gamble.

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Hangzhou.

Lin Che looked at the curve on the screen that had turned green again.

A mocking smile curled at the corner of his lips.

"I chickened out."

He stubbed out his cigarette.

Just then.

The personal cell phone on the table rang.

An unfamiliar number.

Location: Beijing.

Lin Che raised an eyebrow.

Who would look for him at this time?

Didi? Impossible.

Alibaba? Tencent?

He answered the phone.

He did not speak first.

A slightly somber but shrewd voice came through the receiver.

"President Lin."

"I am Wang Xing."

Meituan.

That man who is currently fighting a bloodbath in the group-buying battlefield.

That ambitious player who has long coveted the travel market.

Lin Che smiled.

The smile reached his eyes.

"Mr. Wang."

He leaned back in his chair, his voice languid.

"What's wrong?"

"So, you want to invite me... to dinner?"

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