Li Dong made his decision quickly. On the afternoon of the 6th, Li Dong returned to Shanghai.
Shen Qian accompanied Li Chengyuan and his wife for a few days and bought a lot of things.
When Li Dong returned to the hotel, Shen Qian was surprised and asked, "Why are you back so early?"
"Ma Huateng can't wait anymore, and I can't be bothered to wait either. I've laid the groundwork. Although the plan has been arranged, I can't just ignore it. I'll go back to Pingchuan tomorrow. You … "
"If you're busy, you can go back first. My parents and I can go back by ourselves. You don't have to worry about us. There were a lot of people two days ago, and my parents are here for the first time. They haven't visited some places yet. I'll stay for another two days. "
Li Dong said, "Alright. Don't worry. Take your time. I was going to accompany you to pick out some wedding supplies. After all, Shanghai is more convenient than Pingchuan. But Ma Huateng should have sensed the danger. My side … "
Shen Qian smiled and said, "It's okay. I'll settle it myself. You don't have to worry about me. The sooner you finish your work, the smoother our wedding will be. Otherwise, you'll be worried about other things and won't be in the mood to get married. "
"That won't be necessary …"
…
After staying in Shanghai for a night, on the morning of the 7th, Li Dong set sail for Pingchuan again.
…
At the same time.
Shenzhen.
Ma Huateng said, "I don't care how late I work tonight on the 8th, and I don't care if you have perfected the WeChat function. You must be online before 9 am on the 8th to discuss the new version! That means I want to see the new version online at 9 am tomorrow! "
Everyone frowned. This was too rushed!
Ma Huateng did not explain why he chose to go online on the 8th. It was a Friday, and the Hong Kong stock market was closed for the next two days.
Taking advantage of these two days, the stock price would not move, and the impact would be minimized.
Otherwise, if the plan was launched on the trading day, and the effect was not as expected, the stock price would plummet.
Two days was more or less enough.
Victory or defeat depended on this one move. Tencent's share price would definitely skyrocket when the market opened on Monday.
If they lost, it was inevitable that they would suffer a sharp fall.
Putting Weibo online was also to perfect the layout of Tencent's instant messaging.
Since they had to choose between the two plans, the more Tencent businesses there were, the better. Far away, the users would naturally be more inclined.
…
On a flat plain.
As soon as he got off the plane, Li Dong rushed to the Far away Building.
When he arrived at the company, the executives were already gathered in the conference room.
As soon as Li Dong entered the room, he took off his coat and said, "Bai Su's previous proposal has been sent back to the company. Have you prepared the specific proposal and measures for PP financing?"
The CEO of the communications company was about to speak when Li Dong said, "Don't say anything else. Is the proposal ready?"
Yuan Chengdao saw that Li Dong did not give him a chance to speak and knew that Li Dong had made up his mind. Far away, Li Dong had made up his mind to do something, and no one could persuade him otherwise.
Hence, when Li Dong asked again, Yuan Chengdao immediately said, "It's ready."
"That's good. Announce the plan to the public tomorrow! Announce the detailed plan. This is the price. The pre-financing valuation is 12 billion USD, and the financing is 3 billion USD. The 3 billion USD will be used for user feedback and infrastructure! Why do we need so much money? Because we will have hundreds of millions of users, and the servers and infrastructure will not be enough. Do you understand? "
Liu Hong hurriedly said, "Announce the news to the public just like this? But if … if … "
He wanted to say that if Tencent did not decline, how could there be hundreds of millions of new users!
If he said the money now, he would be slapped in the face later.
Li Dong snorted and said, "Announce the news just like this!
Once the news is out tomorrow, wait for Tencent's share price to drop!
If it does not drop tomorrow, we will use technical interference on the 9th to force users to choose one of the two options!
Remember, all the products under our company are not compatible.
Saturdays and Sundays are the peak period for everyone to use the software. Furthermore, it is a rest day. Even if the government realizes it, they will have to wait until the working day to coordinate.
Two days is probably the best time for us to win.
In these two days, how many people will abandon Tencent's products is the majority of our gains.
Once it is Monday, the government will definitely come forward to deal with it. At that time, we will not be able to resist it. Remember!
Of course, I suspect that Tencent also has the same idea. He probably did not expect me to have the same idea when I have the upper hand.
So, regardless of whether Tencent makes a move or not, we will make Tencent the scapegoat!
Fake reviewers, hype, hire experts, and the media. Get ready in advance!
Once there is a heated discussion on the internet, Tencent will be placed in the eye of the storm and be attacked by the public!
Also, contact those small security software companies I asked you all to contact. You all can start now.
Far away's products will be classified as Trojan horses to gain the public's sympathy and continue to make Tencent the scapegoat.
Of course, it is not only Tencent. Since Sina and Ali are against us, these few companies will also join forces. We will create this idea regardless of whether they have this idea or not!
The technical department will do some technical interference. But we don't need to do what Tencent did. We just need to do something to make the public think they are against us … "
Yuan Chengdao said anxiously. "General Manager Li, we will be in danger if this happens! We have many products, and everyone has more choices. If we are against Tencent, everyone will lean towards us. But if they are against us … "
Li Dong frowned. "Then we will focus on Tencent first. As for Ali and Sina, they might have the same idea even if we do not frame them. Anyway, we just need to be prepared!
Remember, we don't have much time.
If we cannot defeat Tencent this time, they will still have a chance to retaliate with their Weibo account!
As for me, I don't want to be constantly waiting for someone to counterattack.
We only have this one chance, and if we miss it, the government will come after us the next time we launch this plan. Understand?
We can still use this as an excuse now. There is no precedent, but the next time, we will have no excuse!
That's why we don't have much time.
We will hold a meeting on Monday to discuss this matter, but it will not be more than five days!
After five days, the government will surely step in.
I hope to see Tencent losing at least 100 million users within these five days. This is the only way we don't need to worry about them attacking us!
Once we lose more than 100 million users, we will continue to lose more. Our share prices will drop, and the investors will give up. We will lose our talents and funds. Tencent will not be far from death! "
Everyone was stunned. The final battle is starting so soon?
Even though he did not want to say it, Yuan Chengdao still said, "If we … … lose a lot of users here … …"
Li Dong said calmly, "It will only be PP, but it won't be that bad. I've said before, if we lose a lot of users, we will give up."
"But the financing plan has been announced … …"
"Then we will continue to give up!"
"If we do that, it will be a huge blow to our company's reputation … …"
Li Dong said impatiently, "If it's a blow, then so be it. Who doesn't make mistakes?
Do you really think I'm a god?
Do you think I will never lose?
Instead of giving you such big expectations, we might as well suffer a crushing defeat now, lest you think you are the best in the world all day long!
Are we the best in the world?
That's just bullsh * t. Did you take it seriously?
Not to mention the world, just Hua Xia alone has a lot of companies that surpass us. When I went to Changjiang this time, the other party's investment plans were all in the tens of billions. That's real money.
As for us, at this point, do we really only know how to comfort ourselves?
All of you, be more realistic. There are no obstacles that we cannot overcome. If we lose, so be it. It's no big deal. "
When he said that, the others were speechless.
Although they really hoped that Li Dong could continue this legend, Far away could keep winning.
But everyone knew that there was no invincible person in this world. Everyone had times when they made mistakes.
This time, the PP industry did not account for much in the industry chain Far away. If they really suffered a loss, Far Away could still bear it.
Far Away would be in big trouble if they made a major mistake in the other industries.
Maybe, losing a crushing defeat now was a good thing?
Just as they were comforting themselves, Li Dong suddenly said, "If we really lose PP, it will be a loss of tens of billions of USD. Think about the consequences yourself!"
After saying that, Li Dong left.
After he left, everyone did not know whether to laugh or cry.
What a mess!
You were the one who said that it was fine to fail, but in the end, you were the one who dug up the debt. Are you even letting us live?
…
Both Tencent and Far Away were preparing.
The entire Hua Xia business world suddenly calmed down.
On the Internet, someone asked curiously, "It's suddenly quiet. What's going on? Is this the calm before the storm?"
Someone snorted. "What's going on? It's normal. Tencent and Far Away can't do anything to each other now. It's still early for this to happen. I think there's still a fight going on. We might not even see an outcome in a few years. "
"That's true. There are so many users on both sides. It's not like they have to choose one. The other company's hundreds of millions of users will be gone in a few days."
With hundreds of millions of users, even if they were lost through normal means, it was not something that could be done overnight.
A product with tens of millions of users would not die instantly even if it was squeezed out of the market by the giants.
Not to mention Far Away and Tencent. These two companies' users were in the hundreds of millions. Before the number of users dropped below 100 million, they would still be able to fight.
Of course, for these giants, once the number of users dropped below 100 million, even if they didn't die, they would be in decline.
They might still be able to survive. Just like when WeChat was rising, a large number of similar apps still managed to survive.
However, for these overlord enterprises, this kind of struggle at death's door was not something they could accept.
Once they reached the peak, it was hard for them to accept the fact that they had fallen.
Back then, Yi Qu was still an existence that crushed Taobao. But when the market was taken over, although Yi Qu was still alive and had quite a reputation in the e-commerce industry, so what?
Yi Qu was now a joke!
When the industry insiders mentioned it, they were all thinking about the past. How did Yi Qu, the former giant, fall to such a state?
It even became a must-see case study for the rise of e-commerce in the business world.
Was this a compliment?
Was it a compliment?
No, this was needle-pricking. Again and again, the needles pierced their hearts time and time again.
Tan Haiying would rather come to Far Away than go back. She just couldn't stand the pitiful and pitiful gazes.
Outsiders sympathized with them and felt pity for them. They felt that if they didn't lose to Taobao, Far Away would not be as good as Yi Qu.
But these people didn't understand that Tan Haiying and the rest didn't need pity or pity. These gazes were more like mockery.
If Tencent had reached Yi Qu's level, Ma Huateng would be the first to give up on Tencent. He would either merge with Far Away or hand it over to someone else. He would never stay in Tencent.
Tencent then would not be the Tencent now. It would also not be Ma Huateng's Tencent.
…
Night fell slowly.
That night, Li Dong and Ma Huateng didn't stay up late. They didn't stay in the office.
Both of them had returned home early.
Now that everything had been arranged and prepared, there was nothing they could do but wait.
Rather than staying in the office, they might as well go home and have a good sleep. They will be ready for the upcoming battle.
That night, they were resting, but the rest didn't.
ABSA was still negotiating with Naspers about the shares. ABSA did not ask Naspers to give up their redemption rights and urged them to redeem their shares earlier.
Naspers knew what they were trying to do.
Li Dong was not the only one who had discussed financing with ABSA. But it was hard for Naspers to decide if they should give up their rights to redeem the shares, or to redeem the shares now and support Tencent.
In the end, Naspers came to an agreement. Wait!
Wait and see how Tencent fares. They want to see if Tencent can turn the situation around, and if the share prices can rise.
Once the price falls below 50 HKD, Feng Yu can take this opportunity to make some money. He will not lose all his money.
But if the share prices rise, they will immediately use their funds to enter the market and redeem their shares. This way, they can fill the gap left by not supporting Tencent.
If they redeem ABSA's shares and use their funds to buy back their shares, their shareholding ratio will increase again.
At that time, Naspers will give up their voting rights again and fully support Ma Huateng's team. They should be grateful.
So, waiting became Naspers' and MIH's choice.
Even though ABSA did not want to wait, the mortgage period was not up yet. They could only wait passively.
For a while, everyone was waiting.
Everyone wanted to maximize their profits!
But the truth was that these companies and individuals who were waiting to reap the benefits were just pawns in the game.
In this game of chess, there were only two players left.
Li Dong and Ma Huateng!
And they were not the ones who would decide the outcome. It was the users. Hundreds of millions of users!
The early setup, the early preparation, and everything else were in the hands of the users. The users who were usually inconspicuous were the ones who would decide the outcome of the game.
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