160: Chapter 160 Retirement

Its citizens proved this with their actions.

When a popup was sent to all TikTok users in Eagle Country, informing them of this illegal act by Congress, many residents were furious.

Many of them tried to call Congress, but the lines were always busy; the phones never stopped ringing.

Unable to get through, they thought Congress had blocked their calls, which only made them even angrier.

Coupled with the recent raging wars in the Middle East—a large part of which was due to Eagle Country's intervention and troublemaking, causing local residents to be displaced and impoverished—these Eagle Country residents had no way to speak up for those victims online!

According to the Eagle Country government's thinking, since they were Eagle Country residents, they should support all government policies without reservation and were not allowed to post opinions opposing the government online.

"Damn it! Our government is doing evil things! They are simply demons! They have brought disaster to the residents of the Middle East!"

Many people realized this, voiced their opinions on TikTok, and called on everyone to resist the government's actions.

The Eagle Country government's actions led most TikTok users from other countries to condemn Eagle Country.

And the Eagle Country residents, upon seeing the condemnation from netizens in other countries, felt ashamed of their own government.

Some major TikTok influencers began to use their influence to spontaneously call on soldiers to launch protests and uprisings.

In Eagle Country, citizens can legally own guns, so many people even held firearms, Molotov cocktails, smoke bombs, and so on, and launched a siege on Congress.

This day was absolutely the most democratic and free day in Eagle Country.

To defend their right to freely express their demands and their right to freedom of speech, the masses rose up against the government.

The official suppression measures only made many Eagle Country residents feel colder, and their resistance became even more intense.

The matter escalated until, finally, another revolution broke out in Eagle Country.

Some parties claiming to be democratic and free captured the local government and established a new one.

Eagle Country, of course, did not recognize their government and even mobilized the military to surround the area.

However, they were fearless and vowed to resist to the death.

The Eagle Country government could do nothing about them.

If they were all killed, the Eagle Country government would fall into an even greater scandal.

People in other places followed suit, rising up together, wanting to overthrow the local government's rule.

Among these insurgent teams, young people seeking freedom and progress played a huge role; it could even be said that they were the most pioneering presence in the revolutionary ranks.

Columbia University students completely awakened, renaming it the Columbia People's University, and the student movement was in full swing.

Eagle Country was in complete chaos; warlords were fighting everywhere, and various governments were emerging one after another.

Other countries were happy to see this.

Zhang Yiming was completely stunned.

He had originally thought that TikTok was definitely finished this time, but he hadn't expected that Eagle Country would be finished before TikTok!

Eagle Country's global ruling status gradually became unstable, and they had to withdraw troops stationed abroad to maintain internal stability.

In this matter, Bai Jingqing certainly did not stand idly by.

He still held a grudge about being sanctioned by the entire nation of Eagle Country, and many things Eagle Country had done were indeed very disgusting.

So, even though he was far across the ocean, he did a lot of things and had close contact with many local organizations.

He also secretly supported the students' uprising movement and helped them go viral on TikTok.

Not only that, there were many consortiums willing to provide funds, venues, and various other forms of help for these students' uprising.

However, Bai Jingqing strictly forbade any organization directly related to Huayao from participating in this.

All help for these students was done through commissioned foundations, so no one could find any leverage.

He was afraid that Eagle Country would accuse a Dragon Country enterprise of interfering in their internal affairs, which would bring the conflict to Dragon Country.

During this period, Bai Jingqing did not make any reckless moves.

Domestically, he kept a low profile and no longer appeared at various public events.

As for the command to Eagle Country, it was all done through intermediaries; he himself did not express any opinions or views on this matter in public.

At this moment, he was half-secluded on a small mountain in Shi City.

This mountain was very ordinary, not tall or mysterious, just a small hill of only one or two hundred meters.

However, there was an ancient temple on this mountain, which was said to have existed for a very long time.

There were still monks in the ancient temple; an old monk had taken in two young disciples, and they ate vegetarian food, chanted Buddha's name, carried water, and meditated every day.

Bai Jingqing lived among them.

On one hand, he was worried that his various actions in Eagle Country would be exposed, which would plunge him into a huge vortex of public opinion again.

On the other hand, ever since he was summoned by the three ministers last time and questioned about the monopoly issue, he had felt very uncomfortable, as if there was a thorn stuck inside him.

He gradually had the idea of retreating from the world.

By now, he had earned enough money, and making more money had no meaning.

The startup phase of Huayao Communications had passed, and the next step was stable execution and development; they even had the ability to develop new mobile phone products themselves, and they didn't even need him at all.

Of course, his existence was not meaningless; when leaders of various Huayao departments encountered problems they couldn't solve, they would still seek Bai Jingqing's advice—for example, when Zhang Yiming was sanctioned by Eagle Country regarding TikTok, he came to consult him.

Now Bai Jingqing had power in his hands, but he basically didn't use it; he had already become the spiritual leader of the company.

At this moment, Bai Jingqing was staying in the ancient temple, following the monks every day to carry water, practice, and eat vegetarian food.

Of course, he didn't believe in Buddhism; he just wanted to calm his heart completely through this process.

Throughout the process, he also gradually became desireless.

The old monk didn't pay much attention to Bai Jingqing's moving in at first, but after a few days, he found Bai Jingqing and had a conversation with him: "Benefactor, why don't you leave this place?"

Bai Jingqing replied with a calm expression: "I am not leaving."