Chapter 259 Liao Feng escapes! Capture!
During this period, the turmoil was so severe that some of the original big events became not so big anymore.
On February 15, "Zhu Xian" started closed beta testing, and on March 15, the closed beta testing ended.
On April 25, "Zhu Xian" directly started large-scale internal testing.
Although there are still beta codes, basically after downloading a small program and performing hardware detection, if the configuration requirements are met, the beta code will be issued.
Liao Feng, on the other hand, kept a close eye on "Zhu Xian" and assembled a team to study the bugs of this game.
Always be ready to attack this game.
But the source code of this game has not been leaked, and it took more than two years to make it public.
Of course, there may be bugs along the way, just like in other games, such as World of Warcraft, but that is something you can only expect.
On the first day of the internal beta test, the number of game players exceeded 250,000.
On the second day of the internal beta test, the game’s maximum online number exceeded 350,000.
On the third day of the internal beta test, the number of online players exceeded 460,000.
This internal test result once again made Liao Feng feel heartbroken.
Why is it always like this? The results they have achieved with all kinds of means are always easily achieved by Lin Xiao.
Isn't the computer configuration requirement of the game "Zhu Xian" very high? Why are there so many players?
And it broke through 460,000 on the third day. What will be the highest level in the future?
Looking at my own "Perfect World" again, it has turned into a pile of cold hard drives.
"Mr. Liao, Zhu Xian will use two charging models: point card charging, 30 yuan for 4,000 minutes, or 60 yuan for a monthly subscription."
Liao Feng: "According to this estimate, how much will this game's annual revenue be?"
"I don't know, because the reputation of this game is so good, and it is very attractive to players. Although Lightning Game has not been promoted yet, in the eyes of all players, it is already the number one domestic game and the national game flag."
Then, the assistant opened the YouTube video website and searched for the comparison between "Zhu Xian" and "World of Warcraft". A large number of videos immediately appeared, and many of them were videos from overseas bloggers.
"Blizzard's technical level is very high, but they made a lot of trade-offs to try to be as hexagonal as possible and take care of the largest number of players."
"Lin Xiao's "Zhu Xian" pursues perfection, so it is slightly better in terms of color and picture."
"Blizzard's World of Warcraft still has some reservations in scene creation, and plans to leave it for later expansions. So although the maps are very well done, whether it is Stormwind City, Undercity, or Silvermoon City, they all have different styles and distinct characteristics, and are extremely excellent."
"Zhu Xian has magnified this difference, and on this basis, it has created wonders and a large number of stunning maps, so it now has a nickname, fantasy travel simulator. Many players go online and don't even play the game, but just ride flying beasts to visit these bizarre worlds."
Liao Feng: "State the conclusion."
Assistant: "The only thing that limits the number of players of Zhu Xian right now is the computer configuration. And as word of mouth spreads, there will be more and more players. We don't know where the upper limit will be?"
Liao Feng: "Then just tell me how much revenue it will bring to Lightning Group."
Assistant: "According to calculations by our professional team, the annual revenue from this game alone is approximately more than 150 million US dollars, with a guaranteed minimum of 150 million US dollars."
Liao Feng gritted his teeth.
The cash cow of Lightning Entertainment has not dried up, but has made more and more money. Now Lightning Games has become a cash cow again.
In the future, Lightning Group will make money through two means and will only become stronger and stronger.
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In the evening, Lin Xiao attended a business event in the district.
The protagonist tonight is Li Kaifu, President of Google China.
This person has been a big shot in China's Internet industry for many years, has invested in many companies, and is also a spiritual leader among public intellectuals.
He planned a lot of things.
One of them was to arrange for Han Er and others to go to the island to meet handsome Ma.
This person is an absolute pawn of Western capital.
Of course, there is another protagonist, Chen Yongzheng, the new BOSS of Microsoft Greater China.
The person who was lurking on the side this time and then directly acquired Renren for US$120 million was this guy.
This time, Lin Xiao came along with Li Shuang, the vice president of Lightning Entertainment.
When Liao Feng saw Lin Xiao, he smiled and said, "Boss Lin, now that you have completely become a loner, are you letting yourself go?"
Lin Xiao: "Boss Liao, are you alive again?"
Liao Feng sneered, "Boss Lin, hiding behind a woman, letting two girls damage their own reputation, dignity, and scars to protect your own reputation, it really makes people look at you with admiration."
Li Shuang said at the side: "We can't help it. Our CEO Lin is just so charming. There are countless girls who admire him. It's not like CEO Liao, who has become an emoticon."
As soon as these words came out, Liao Feng's face turned pale instantly.
I don't love you!
This emoticon has completely become his representative.
Then, Liao Feng smiled and said, "Mr. Lin, let me introduce two friends to you. This is Mr. Chen Yongzheng, the chief CEO of Microsoft Greater China."
"Microsoft has now connected Renren and MSN and is planning to make a big splash. I hope you guys can interact with us more often in the future."
Lin Xiao stepped forward and held out his hand: "Mr. Chen."
Chen Yongzheng shook hands modestly and then smiled.
Liao Feng pointed at another person and said, "This is the incoming president of Google China, Mr. Li Kaifu."
Li Kaifu stepped forward and said with a smile: "Hello, Mr. Lin, you are well-known."
"We at Google are really paying close attention to your movements."
"I heard that you are working with SoftBank to acquire an Android company in the United States?"
Lin Xiao: "Really? I'm not sure."
Li Kaifu: "If that's the case, then it's really a coincidence. We also have the same idea."
"In addition, Mr. Lin has opened a new era for video websites, which is amazing. A few months ago in the United States, Chen Shijun and others opened a video website called YouShow. Currently, the traffic is rising rapidly, and it has become an excellent video sharing website."
Of course Lin Xiao also knew about this matter, so the inertia of history is really strong.
The former founder of YouTube still embarked on the path of creating a video website, and due to the influence of domestic video websites, he was actually several months ahead of others.
And the most crucial thing is that due to the battle between Facebook and Renren on Lin Xiao's side, the video website exploded with huge traffic, so Chen Shijun avoided a lot of detours. In just less than half a year, he completed the journey that took him a year and a half. He also received investment from Google and is developing rapidly.
As for Lin Xiao, his journey to the sea was always stuck due to a series of disturbances.
Liao Feng introduced the CEO of Microsoft China and the president of Google China. His meaning was very clear. Lin Xiao, you have allies, Yahoo Group and Softbank Group. I also have allies here, Microsoft and Google. Are they more powerful than you? Besides, Lian Zheng is under investigation.
This kind of thing, if you investigate, you will definitely find out the truth.
Once the Lightning Group is involved in political risks, will Yahoo and SoftBank still be willing to stand by you completely? It is completely unknown.
Then, Liao Feng chatted and laughed with Allen, the vice president of Blizzard.
"We now have enough cash in hand to fully realize the unprecedented success of World of Warcraft."
Allen: "Zhu Xian is very popular in the Chinese market right now."
Liao Feng: "So I plan to use a slogan in the next promotion, which is that "Zhu Xian" is a copycat version of "World of Warcraft". As long as this sentence is repeated ten thousand times, it will become the truth."
Then he whispered, "Chinese players are very insecure and they still worship foreign things in their bones. As long as we create enough public opinion, they will completely agree with this point of view. By then, World of Warcraft will undoubtedly be superior to Zhu Xian."
“So, when World of Warcraft is launched in China on a large scale, it will be the time to cut off Zhu Xian!”
Blizzard Vice President Allen raised his glass: "I hope so!"
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After the business activity ended, Liao Feng served as the host and entertained Chen Yongzheng and Li Kaifu in a secret place.
Lin Xiao made powerful foreign alliances, and he followed suit.
Microsoft and Google are undoubtedly both very powerful foreign dragons. The system behind Liao Feng is a powerful local snake, and the two sides seem to be in a good relationship.
In Liao Feng's opinion, the most difficult time has passed.
The Anti-Flash Alliance is also gradually being established.
The only difference is that this time the allies are much more powerful than Sohu and others before.
"We at Google were the first to realize the threat posed by Lin Xiao. When Lin Xiao was still running a small website, Schmidt treated him like a kid and had a relatively friendly relationship with him. But when Facebook rose to prominence and expanded overseas, he was already wary and alert."
"What does it mean that Lin Xiao, Sun Zhengyi and Yang Zhiyuan have formed an alliance? We privately gave this group a name, the Yellow Boys."
Liao Feng understood immediately.
In the eyes of many white people, high-end assets can only belong to white people.
"The key is that Lin Xiao is from mainland China, which is very fatal." Mr. Li smiled and said, "It's not impossible, but you have to pay attention to your identity and status."
Liao Feng also laughed.
In the Western capital world, people from Singapore, Taiwan, and even Hong Kong are accepted.
Because in their view, these people have been vassals of the Western world for a long time and have grown up in their camp system.
And Lin Xiao? !
A mainlander with absolutely no Western background wants to get involved in the highest echelons of Internet capital.
No! "So, Masayoshi Son and Jason Yang are doing something stupid."
"Microsoft and Google have a common obligation in this matter."
"Even in the early days, there was a little friendship between Microsoft and Lightning Games."
Liao Feng raised his glass: "Then the domestic battlefield will be handed over to the three of us."
"cheers!"
"cheers!"
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Around nine o'clock in the evening on April 28th.
Jiangnan TV, Modou TV, and Zhijiang TV suddenly broadcast the same program at the same time.
What a huge scam!
This is very surprising, shouldn't this time slot be used for TV dramas? It's totally prime time.
As a result, after one episode of a TV series was aired, this show started to be broadcast.
This shocking scam is divided into three parts: upper, middle and lower.
Today we will be playing the previous episode.
I just want to expose one thing: the legendary miracle drug Yilishen is a complete fake and has nothing to do with ants.
The only effective ingredient in it is Viagra.
The reason why it can make a man feel virile is that this little thing works.
It's a complete and utter scam.
Moreover, Zhijiang University, Aurora University, Japanese laboratories, American laboratories, and European laboratories in the program all provided authoritative data.
They say this medicine is just a bunch of garbage mixed with a little Viagra.
At the same time, the scam of this drug began to be exposed on the Internet.
And once again, the Sanzhu oral liquid and the Chinese turtle essence scam were brought up.
It was also emphasized that although the previous supplements were useless, they were most likely harmless, while this thing, if taken, would not only be useless but harmful.
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The next day!
This incident immediately caused an uproar.
Because of the appearance of two strange phenomena, three satellite TV stations in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai exposed the Ant Power scam.
At the same time, advertisements for this product are still being promoted extensively on many TV stations in the north.
At the same time.
The North is promoting, while the South is fighting against counterfeiting.
Then, the public opinions on both sides started a war of words.
Many media outlets in the north are criticizing Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai Satellite TV, saying they cannot stand seeing domestic brands doing well and are waving the flags of the United States, Japan and Europe. They are completely worshipping foreign things and slandering national brands.
Japan and Europe did issue relevant reports when testing Yilixin and prohibited its sale.
When it spread to China, it did cause some disturbances, but the Duyi Lishen Group suppressed it with national sentiment.
"Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai are the most economically developed areas, but they are also the areas most controlled by foreign capital."
“When will the hunting of domestic brands by foreign brands stop?”
“Have you seen how Jianlibao and domestic cola were beaten to death by foreign beverage giants?”
“Have you seen how China Toothpaste was swallowed up by the foreign giant Unilever?”
“Have you seen how many national brands have been hunted down by foreign giants like Procter & Gamble?”
"Now it's the turn of health products? Is it easy for our black soil to give birth to a famous brand?"
"We advise certain people not to become thugs for foreign capital to hunt down national brands. Such traitors will only be infamous forever."
I have to say that it is useful as long as it is raised to the national level.
The counterattack from the other side was really quick. In less than twelve hours, all kinds of newspaper articles and experts came out to fight.
There were also articles that immediately called this incident a war between the North and the South, a confrontation between the North and the South.
Because once it is magnified to the level of North-South confrontation, the problem will become serious and will affect unity, and the authorities will completely stop the war of words between the two sides.
On the 29th, the three satellite TV stations in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai were immediately under tremendous pressure.
I don't know how many calls I received, some of which were very high-level.
But the next day, "The Big Scam" was still broadcast as scheduled.
In the previous episode, we exposed the scam of this product.
As for CIMC, it’s a scam that started with raising ants.
In the video, many staff members did not take the ants back to the company after collecting them. Those who were a little more serious loaded the ants into cars and drove them to the wilderness to throw them away.
After collecting the ants carelessly, they didn't check or look at them, but just threw them directly into the trash can outside the community.
Therefore, these ants are completely useless and are not used to make medicine.
Even staff from the Ant Power Group said in the video that these ants are useless.
It's just a gimmick, a money-making gimmick.
At the end of the video, the host asked: "Yilishen Group asked farmers to pay 10,000 yuan to raise ants for the group, and purchased the ants for 13,000 yuan a year later. But the farmers raised ants with great effort for a year, but they just threw them away?"
"What secret is hidden here?"
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After the middle episode of Big Liar was aired.
The war of public opinion over there stopped almost immediately.
Fallen into silence and fear.
At the same time, many TV stations removed all of Yilishi’s advertisements.
Immediately afterwards, Lin Xiao also received countless calls.
The three satellite TV stations in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai received even more calls.
There were pleas and threats.
"How much do you want? Just tell me the number."
"One billion, one billion, how about you stop now?"
"Mr. Lin, I know where your woman and your family are. If you cut off someone's financial resources, they will cut off your livelihood. Do you know how much a life costs now?"
"It's not too late for you to stop now. Once everything is lost, it will be too late!"
April 30! The next episode of The Big Scam airs.
This episode revealed all the secrets.
Many of Yilishi’s top executives were secretly photographed here.
"It's just a Ponzi scheme. Can we be blamed for this? These farmers are just greedy and want to earn our 30% annual interest."
"He was interested in our interest, and we were interested in his principal."
"Yilishen is Wei Ge, but we have done so many advertisements, how much money do we make from selling products?"
"Making money is not as fast as cheating it!" Inside the club, a drunken senior executive said it bluntly.
"How much money have we made so far? No one knows. Only Boss Wang knows. It must be hundreds of millions."
The scene changed, and Boss Wang appeared directly.
He smoked a cigarette and said slowly: "Afraid? What are you afraid of?"
"We have someone to back us up. I am now a member of the CPPCC."
"Does Liao Feng, the boss of Lingxi Island and the big boss of Renren Group, know about this? If his family tells you, you'll be scared to death."
"He makes money from me. He has invested in our company. His family has a lot of assets, probably hundreds of billions or even trillions."
"He is my brother, and even he is my shareholder. He has taken 500 to 600 million from me from beginning to end."
"Make another 30 billion and then stop."
At the end of the show, the host said sadly: "This is a typical Ponzi scheme."
"According to estimates, there are nearly one million farmers who have been deceived, and the amount of fraud involved is over 10 billion yuan."
"These tens of billions of dollars represent the hard-earned money of many farmers throughout their lives, and just like that, they fell into the hands of the scammers."
"This is the biggest fraud case since the new century."
“The amount of money involved is appalling!”
"The inside story is shocking. I don't know whether the famous entrepreneur mentioned here is true or not, but I urge the relevant departments to conduct a serious investigation."
"How could a deadly entrepreneur become a protector or even an accomplice of a fraud case?"
"This is the lifeblood of millions of farmers. How can you let them live after the money is swindled away?"
"Where is justice? Where is conscience?"
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The next day, the entire public opinion exploded.
In an instant, it overshadowed all other public opinions.
There is indeed a powerful force that wants to completely suppress this public opinion, so it cannot be seen on many websites.
However, there is another force whose public opinion system has exploded.
Liao Feng met with reporters again and again to refute the rumors.
"I have met Wang Fengyou several times, but we have no financial dealings."
"How could I possibly ask him for money?"
"I have submitted a lawyer's letter to the three satellite TV stations and Facebook Group."
"I will definitely investigate this matter to the end. China is not a place without law."
"I believe that the law will give me justice and innocence in the end!"
"I hereby formally donate 100 million yuan to Project Hope."
Liao Feng in front of the camera was completely righteous.
The next day!
Wang Fengyou was arrested.
His group was completely shut down.
Countless farmers are in a panic, fearing that their hard-earned money will be wiped out.
As a result, countless farmers flocked to the headquarters of Yilishen Group to ask for their deposit.
The whole thing is getting bigger and bigger.
More and more accidents are happening.
It has become one of the biggest storms this year.
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Liao Feng appeared in front of Lin Xiao again.
He lost several pounds and now he, who didn't smoke much before, lights up one cigarette after another.
"Lin Xiao, that's enough!"
"That's it!"
"The investigation into Lian Zheng over there will stop here."
"Both sides have reached a truce."
"I resign as chairman of Renren Group!"
"We will no longer pursue any responsibility for Wu Lingxi."
Lin Xiao said slowly: "At that time, I offered 200 million to buy your Renren.com, which was the chance to end it decently, but you refused."
"Now, it's a little late."
"You even made friends with Microsoft China and Google China, hoping to once again form an anti-Lin alliance."
"Do you have any intention of stopping?"
Liao Feng roared: "What else do you want? The charm of politics lies in the perfect compromise. Do you really want to fight to the death?"
"Lian Zheng is fine, so are his subordinates also fine?"
"Even if you take me down, even if my family is implicated, so what? So what?"
"Can you bring down my family and the entire system behind me with this incident?"
"No, it will become a deadly feud!"
"Do you know what a deadly feud is?"
"You have won the battle for others now, but a pawn like you can be sacrificed at any time. If you show mercy now, we will also show leniency to you in the future."
Then, Liao Feng closed his eyes and took a deep breath.
When he opened his eyes again, his expression was extremely sincere.
"Lin Xiao, we have been fighting for the past few years. I have always been superior to you and have never really given in."
"Even if you won last time, my so-called surrender was aggressive."
"This is my fault. I formally admit my mistake and apologize to you."
"Let him go of all the previous right and wrong."
"Lin Xiao, I was wrong."
"I hope you can show some leniency, thank you, thank you!"
"That's it, peace!"
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Liao Feng's admission of guilt and begging for mercy were of no use.
Relevant evidence and videos continued to emerge one by one.
And Wang Fengyou also began to confess.
Many of the evidences prepared by Lin Xiao are only suitable for exposure and inciting emotions.
The evidence prepared by Wu Lingxi is suitable for submission to the public security, procuratorate and courts.
Each one of them is ironclad evidence.
They were submitted one by one to the task force.
The people at Renren Group were extremely furious.
They have obviously recovered. Renren was sold for $120 million, which is more than enough to promote World of Warcraft.
World of Warcraft will be in closed beta in three months.
According to estimates, it will bring in $100 million to $200 million in revenue next year.
Now... everything is ruined.
As the fraud case grew bigger and the amount of money involved increased, a large portion of Renren Group’s funds were also involved.
So, everything was suspended and many assets were seized.
"World of Warcraft" has just been promoted, but it has once again fallen into stagnation.
Even many servers were seized.
The originally expected internal test is also nowhere in sight.
Liao Feng publicly resigned as chairman of Renren Group, but to no avail.
If only Lin Xiao launched the attack, no matter the momentum and lethality, it would be far from the current level.
The other party moved against Lian Zheng.
That's completely different.
If you fail on the first day of the month, don’t blame others for failing on the fifteenth.
Now that the fight has begun, there must be a result.
The people on your side are not clean and cannot withstand investigation.
Both the capital and the personnel on my side are relatively clean and can withstand inspection.
It is impossible to stop the war midway.
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Liao Feng packed his things and planned to go to Hong Kong City.
Go there first to avoid the limelight, and then see the internal developments to decide whether to wait for an opportunity to return or flee overseas.
However, even at this point, he still felt that the other party would never dare to attack him rashly.
Miyazaki sat opposite him.
"The Hong Kong City is ready. The house is big and life is very comfortable."
“The relevant passports have also been prepared.”
Liao Feng sat quietly on the sofa and said hoarsely: "I didn't expect it to end like this."
"We are a group of people who have status and background, but we are still no match for a country bumpkin."
Miyazaki smoked a cigar and slowly exhaled the smoke: "It's just a temporary victory or defeat. It's too early for us to talk about the result."
"This madman left no room for maneuver and made a mortal enemy. How stupid!"
Miyazaki leaned back, lost in memories.
He actually had a chance to get on Lin Xiao's chariot. At that time, Lin Xiao gave up part of Jiayuan.com's shares, but Miyazaki looked down on it and thought that Lin Xiao's request was too high.
Unexpectedly, Masayoshi Son later invested at a higher price.
What was even more unexpected was that Masayoshi Son had no plan on how to make money from this investment, but he ended up making three or four times the profit.
Now, it's too late.
The entire systems of both sides are almost ready to fight to the death.
We invested 20 to 30 billion in Renren Group, and almost lost everything.
Only $120 million was recovered, and after deducting taxes, the total net loss for everyone was $2 billion.
Miyazaki was the one who suffered the most and had the most hatred in his heart.
Originally, we were counting on World of Warcraft to recover, but now the opponent has dealt us a critical blow, and many of the company's businesses have been halted and many of its assets have been seized.
There is no sign of the restart of World of Warcraft.
The last hope is gone.
What a loss! And looking at the miserable situation in front of Liao Feng, he felt a little sad.
Miyazaki: "Do you know what the core reason for our failure this time is?"
Liao Feng: "What?"
Miyazaki: "If you and Wu Lingxi had always been of one mind and worked together sincerely instead of being too eager for quick success, then Renren would at least be the second largest social networking site, our Perfect World would have been successful, and our World of Warcraft would soon be launched in closed beta."
"Next year, our Renren Group's revenue may exceed $200 million to $300 million."
"Then, without any haste, we will be listed on the Nasdaq next year with a market value of $3 billion, no problem at all."
"Fortresses always collapse from within."
"If you didn't seize power, but focused on your Lingxidao e-commerce, and Wu Lingxi took full control of Renren, it would be a completely different situation."
Liao Feng didn't speak!
Is it hindsight? What's the point of saying this now? Of course he knows this now, but knowing it earlier is more valuable than money. However, if these words were said before, he would be furious and have a stress reaction, but now he can be relatively calm.
Because worse things have happened, we can be relatively relieved about the more miserable things.
Miyazaki: "Get ready and set off tonight. Once you reach the port city, no one can do anything to you. That place is still our world. The Wu family is also our ally. It is the big boss over there."
Then he left.
Liao Feng sat quietly inside, hesitated for a long time, took out his cell phone and sent a text message.
"Meet up and have a chat?"
Then, Wu Lingxi replied: "At this point, what else is there to talk about?"
Liao Feng: "There are some things in my heart that I just have to say."
Wu Lingxi: "Okay, you decide the location!"
Then, she put away her phone, went to Xia Xi's office and knocked on the door, and then went to Lin Xiao's office.
He handed the phone directly to Lin Xiao.
"Liao Feng asked me to meet and talk, and I agreed."
"I feel like he's going to flee. If he flees to Hong Kong or overseas, it will be difficult to catch him. When the storm is over, he will be able to come back intact."
"Go report this to the higher-ups and have him arrested immediately."
"I'll meet him and steady him, and once he shows up, I'll pin him down!"
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Note: I have to go on a long trip, but I will still seize every opportunity to write, thank you all! Benefactors, do you still have monthly tickets? Give them to me, thank you!
(End of this chapter)
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