"To actually have the power cut off by a cleaning lady, is such a thing possible in this world? What are Tengda's network administrators doing?"
"What's so strange about that? My younger brother played with fire at home and even burned down our mother's bedroom!"
"Forget it, I think this Tengda's server actually exploded, and they're just dragging a cleaning lady to take the blame!"
"Hey, you can't say that, anything is possible. Tengda is such a big company, they wouldn't lie, would they? They wouldn't be so shameless, right? No way!"
Faced with Tengda's announcement, users were in an uproar. Although many saw through Tengda's trick, most still chose to believe the cleaning lady.
Because a story about a cleaning lady cutting off the power was much more interesting than a simple server explosion, even though our little Pony Ma's plan was ridiculous, dragging the cleaning lady in to take the blame, the effect was surprisingly good. At least not many people were discussing how terrible Tengda's servers were, and instead, they started talking about whether this cleaning lady had three heads and six arms.
Surprisingly, no one held any great resentment or dissatisfaction towards Tengda because of this.
However, the atmosphere within Tengda was far from cheerful. All employees of Tengda were silent, afraid of angering little Pony Ma, who once again convened a meeting with all the top executives.
Alas, since the advent of oo, Tengda's meeting frequency has far surpassed that of government agencies.
"Thank you all for coming. Today's meeting will be as brief as possible, because we are out of time!" little Pony Ma sighed. "I have decided to reopen the servers at midnight tonight. Since there are fewer people at midnight, I believe the servers can handle it, but once the night passes, they will collapse again during the day."
"So, we must come up with a solution before dawn tomorrow on how to deal with the current situation!"
"Chairman, I believe the only way forward is to temporarily abandon QQ Voice!" Li Dan spoke up first. "Our servers simply cannot support the traffic of QQ Voice. This is an unchangeable fact. Therefore, until the servers are expanded, QQ Voice cannot be reopened. After all, maintaining our existing user base and ensuring you can use QQ for text chat is the most important thing!"
"That's right!"
"This is the only way!"
Other executives nodded in agreement. It wasn't that Li Dan's solution was particularly brilliant, but it was the only solution available. Otherwise, they couldn't possibly have the cleaning aunt water the servers every day.
"No!" To everyone's surprise, little Pony Ma flatly refused. "If we suspend QQ Voice, it's equivalent to telling everyone that our QQ technology is inferior to oo."
"This is not about my pride; the important thing is that voice chat is the benchmark for the next era. Currently, only oo can operate normally, which will attract a large number of users to oo and become oo's users."
"For every user oo gains, we lose one. After a few months, we, having lost our users, will not be aiming to defeat oo, but rather how not to be defeated by oo!"
"Although I am reluctant to admit it, ladies and gentlemen, without QQ Voice, we are merely waiting to die!"
"Damn it, how did it turn out like this? Why can oo maintain voice operation? Do they have more servers than us? Are they that rich?" Zeng Qing grumbled, still unable to understand why oo was so wealthy.
"Indeed, where did this oo get so much money?" Li Dan also sighed. After all, QQ's current predicament was due to poverty. If they had money, they could buy hundreds of millions more servers, and all problems would be solved.
"The money is likely invested by this Huang He!" Zhang Zhidong said. "I heard that Huang He used this blind box and, within a few months, not only paid off the 350 million yuan he owed the bank but also made several hundred million more."
"How do you know that?" Hearing Zhang Zhidong's words, everyone in the conference room asked in unison, even little Pony Ma showed a curious expression.
"I heard it from Old Luo at Weiming Road..." Zhang Zhidong stopped halfway, suddenly feeling very awkward. Wasn't he revealing his hobby?
However, thinking carefully, this was a matter of the company's survival, so he couldn't afford to be concerned about that. Thus, Zhang Zhidong could only continue, "I heard it from Old Luo. That Old Luo is from Jiangnan Group. He was originally a shoemaker. Later, Jiangnan Group couldn't pay its wages for more than half a year, so Huang He had them sell blind boxes."
"As a result, the sales of this blind box were incredibly good. They went to Wenzhou for a meeting the week before last and collected their owed wages. Moreover, Jiangnan Group is planning to open hundreds of branches nationwide to fully expand and strengthen the blind box industry!"
"Old Luo heard this when he went back that time. Huang He not only paid off his bank debts but also bought jewelry worth millions for each of his younger sisters-in-law and gave them each a Porsche. Anyway, he made a fortune!" As Zhang Zhidong said this, a look of envy appeared on his face. He also wanted a Rolls-Royce.
"Is what this Old Luo said reliable?" Li Dan couldn't help but retort. Zhang Zhidong shrugged his shoulders, "I don't know. Anyway, that's what he told me. We have a good relationship usually, and he just told me like this!"
How could Zhang Zhidong's relationship with Old Luo be bad? Just with the Tianxing mobile phones, Zhang Zhidong had three, and none of them were drawn; they were exchanged with Jiangnan coins. Old Luo naturally had to maintain a good relationship with Zhang Zhidong, and at the same time, boast about how powerful the person behind him was, and then discuss the scandals of the sisters-in-law that everyone in the factory talked about. Life passed by so happily. xxs壹贰
"He's definitely bragging, but it's certain that Huang He made a lot of money. Huang He probably invested all the money he earned into oo, which is why they have more servers than us!" Zeng Qing concluded.
"Chairman, the latest news!" Li Dan returned after taking a phone call and reported immediately. "A friend of mine got information from a sales representative at Compaq. Last month, a company in Wenzhou ordered servers worth 150 million yuan from them, clearing out Compaq's entire inventory in China. If we want to buy servers as well, we'll have to wait until next month for the servers to arrive by sea freight."
"150 million!" Everyone swallowed in unison. No wonder oo could withstand the load. 150 million! It was twice as expensive as their QQ servers, no wonder they could withstand such intense traffic.
"Damn it, with so much money, why doesn't this Huang He invest in real industries, real estate, open coal mines, or even play with female students? What good could he do, why must he go against us on the internet? Doesn't he know that we haven't made a single cent of profit in the past two years?" little Pony Ma roared in anger. He felt too wronged.