142: Chapter 142 Following the Same Method

It could be said that Wang Sicong was a person with a very strong personality and was extremely unruly.

After all, his family was wealthy, and his father had always pampered him since he was young.

Furthermore, because of his status when he played games, most people treated him with flattery and deference.

This resulted in Wang Sicong never having experienced any real hardship growing up, and regardless of who he faced, he always had an attitude of "the world is vast, but I am the greatest."

Therefore, when he was first summoned for a talk by the regulatory authorities, he didn't think it was a big deal, assuming they were just putting on a show and that once the storm passed, everything would be fine.

Even in the offices of the regulatory authorities, his attitude remained extremely arrogant, and he couldn't be bothered to engage with the staff.

He thought to himself that if worse came to worst, he would just go to his father; after all, as the richest man in the Dragon Kingdom, his father had extensive connections and would certainly be able to smooth things over for him in the end.

Because Wang Sicong was extremely uncooperative, the regulatory authorities had no choice but to release him for the time being.

However, while they couldn't target Wang Sicong personally, targeting his live streaming platform was quite simple, as that was exactly their job.

Wang Sicong's attitude had annoyed the regulatory authorities, so they found various pretexts to impose another 1 million in administrative fines on the Panda Live platform.

After returning, Wang Sicong was not at all resigned; he went everywhere looking for connections, wanting to have both administrative penalties rescinded.

Two million was not a small amount for him, and since Panda Live was burning through cash, he was in dire need of money and certainly did not want to pay this fine.

However, no matter who he looked for, no matter how much he begged and pleaded, no one dared to pay him any mind, and they all just passed the buck and brushed him off.

With no other options, Wang Sicong finally had to go to his father, Wang Jianlin, and beg him for one last favor.

Who would have thought that after Wang Jianlin finished listening to Wang Sicong's account, without a word, he delivered two resounding slaps, knocking Wang Sicong dizzy and leaving him completely stunned and unable to react.

"If you want to engage in business warfare, then do it. It doesn't matter how dirty your tactics are. In the marketplace, everyone is on equal footing as competitors; you mess with me, I mess with you—that's no big deal.

But there is one thing: do not touch the red line of the national government!

Have you never tasted the iron fist of socialism?

Do you think our Wang family can cover the sky with one hand?

I will not help you with this; pay the fine yourself."

After saying this, Wang Jianlin turned and left.

After receiving the two slaps, Wang Sicong finally sobered up, and at this moment, he couldn't help but feel a bit deflated.

It was only then that he realized that no matter how rich his Wang family was, it was impossible to go against the national government.

Therefore, he had no choice but to obediently pay the two-million fine.

Afterward, he behaved much more honestly; no matter how the regulatory authorities investigated him, he cooperated very actively, answering whatever he was asked without hesitation.

This attitude of being arrogant at first and then submissive later actually made the regulatory staff laugh.

Later, when Wang Sicong was discussing matters with Xue Haixin, Xue Haixin gritted his teeth and said indignantly, "This matter is definitely not over! Someone is definitely targeting us!

I should have been suspicious from the moment our live streaming platform was exposed for having a recharge system vulnerability.

But I let my guard down at the time; now it seems that was his true purpose!

He didn't want to show his face, so he used someone else's knife to kill us—using the government's blade to finish us off. It's truly disgusting!"

Wang Sicong was very puzzled. "Then do you know who wants to target us? Could it be those live streaming platforms like Maoya Live or Dou-sha Live?"

Xue Haixin shook his head. "No, no, no, it shouldn't be them.

They are currently struggling to protect themselves, and they are actually in the same boat as us.

If the state wants to take action against the live streaming industry, they won't be able to escape either, so it's definitely not them.

However, I know who it is now."

Wang Sicong widened his eyes. "Who is it?"

He had suffered a major setback and felt deeply aggrieved over this matter; if he found out who it was, he would absolutely crush him!

Xue Haixin said coldly, "Bai Jingqing!"

Bai Jingqing!

Wang Sicong was no stranger to this name.

Previously, this fellow surnamed Bai had spoken at the Two Sessions about strengthening regulation over the live streaming industry.

It was because of his few words that Panda Live's Series B financing only raised 10 million.

Since that time, he had harbored a grudge against this guy surnamed Bai.

Now, he didn't expect him to strike at him again!

This was intolerable!

He gritted his teeth and said, "Xiao Xue, how do you think we should strike back?"

Xue Haixin frowned, clearly very bothered by the address "Xiao Xue."

But now was not the time to fuss over that.

He said, "Since he can target us, we can target him too!

Isn't it just about throwing mud? I can do that too!

Young Master Wang, just you wait and see!"

Subsequently, Xue Haixin hired quite a few internet trolls and bought many Douyin accounts, instructing them to release inappropriate content on their Douyin accounts, including but not limited to horror, pornography, violence, gore, and vulgarity.

In short, he wanted to make it as disgusting as possible.

Once the videos spread, he would immediately contact people to report Douyin.

He planned to follow suit and didn't believe he couldn't take down a mere Douyin!

However, just as Xue Haixin was preparing to arrange for people to report Douyin, he discovered that the information his people had posted hadn't spread at all.

This tactic didn't work because that content couldn't even be posted on the Douyin platform; it all got stuck at the review stage.

Back when Douyin was first founded, Bai Jingqing had once instructed Zhang Yiming that Douyin was not lacking in traffic, so no matter what, they should never try to use pornographic or vulgar content to attract traffic.

The platform's moderation had to be stricter than strict!

Any illegal or rule-breaking content should be banned immediately, without showing mercy to anyone!

Therefore, at this very moment, all the accounts Xue Haixin had bought were already being banned for violating community guidelines.

Unable to accept this, an infuriated Xue Haixin refused to believe it and still found many people to report Douyin.

In reality, there was quite a bit of "borderline" content on Douyin.

Many women showed off their figures, wanting to gain more attention.

Xue Haixin believed this counted as a form of soft pornography and promoted to the public that this kind of soft pornography had a greater impact on people and could more severely endanger social stability and security!

However, his rhetoric did not receive much support.

The guys certainly wouldn't support him—if they couldn't have pornography, couldn't they at least have soft pornography?

If all of that were banned, what would they watch?

And as for the ladies, they mocked him even more, saying, "What era is this? The Qing Dynasty fell ages ago!"

So, absolutely no one was incited by him to join in on the reporting.