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General Manager Xiao Ma had indeed been grooming this individual as his successor.

He brought him along this time precisely to allow Ma Liuyun to meet other internet moguls in advance.

After all, Ma Liuyun had spent most of his time abroad before, only recently returning to the Penguin Group's Yan Country headquarters.

Listening to General Manager Xiao Ma's voice, the others also chuckled.

"I've heard of him. The young man is promising. Several of your Penguin Group's major overseas internet projects were completed by him, weren't they?"

General Manager Xiao Ma nodded.

"That's right. He was in charge of some of the main overseas projects before."

Not long after General Manager Xiao Ma finished speaking, a voice chimed in from the side.

"It seems your previous Dota Mobile project was also Manager Ma's responsibility."

"However, this time..."

"Manager Ma doesn't seem to have gained anything from Junzi Group."

"It appears the environment in Yan Country is still different from overseas."

"It actually allowed Penguin's gaming division to lose to a company that had never developed games before."

General Manager Xiao Ma frowned, looking in the direction of the voice.

The speaker was Ding Shi, the chairman of Pig Factory, another major game developer in Yan Country.

Because Pig Factory had almost always been suppressed by Penguin, practically losing to Penguin in every game genre, Chairman Ding was quite pleased to see Penguin finally suffer a setback.

Listening to Chairman Ding's voice, General Manager Xiao Ma coldly chuckled.

"Is Chairman Ding questioning our Penguin Group's capabilities in the gaming sector?"

"If Chairman Ding has any ideas, I certainly welcome you to challenge us."

"After all, Chairman Ding, you're already accustomed to losing."

After General Manager Xiao Ma spoke, Chairman Ding's expression also turned somewhat unpleasant.

Meanwhile, as General Manager Xiao Ma and Chairman Ding were bickering, in another corner, Wang Mo and Zhang Fan, among others, discreetly took their seats.

Compared to Wang Mo's calm, Zhang Fan was quite excited.

He kept getting up from his seat, looking in various directions.

From time to time, exclamations would burst from his mouth.

"Holy cow, is that General Manager Lei Mi over there? I used to love using their phones."

"Boss, look behind you! It's Li Hong! The search engine he developed still holds the top spot on Yan Country's search engine rankings!"

"And over there, it's actually the founder of Weibo."

"The people sitting here, their assets are higher one after another."

Watching Zhang Fan constantly jumping up and down, Wang Mo was quite helpless.

This time, he not only brought Zhang Fan but also Qin Haisheng, the head of Pinduoduo, and Zhou Qiang, the head of Honor of Kings.

His original intention was to introduce these people to others.

However, Zhang Fan's actions made him somewhat embarrassed to proactively chat with others.

Nevertheless, Wang Mo could understand Zhang Fan's behavior.

After all, just over two years ago, Zhang Fan was someone who could barely afford rent.

But now, he could sit under the same roof with many top internet moguls. Such a change in status, especially in such a short time, would probably only leave a few people unexcited.

Just as Zhang Fan finally calmed down and returned to his seat, the host's voice finally sounded from the stage.

"Next, let's invite General Manager Wang Mo, the founder of Junzi Group, and General Manager Xiao Ma of Penguin Group to the stage."

"Please have them analyze what the future trends in Yan Country's internet will be, and they can also share some experiences with us."

As the host's voice rang out, many people in the hall looked around, wanting to see where Wang Mo was.

Because Wang Mo had specifically asked the organizers for an inconspicuous corner seat, many internet moguls who wanted to find Wang Mo didn't know his location just now.

General Manager Xiao Ma, who was still bickering with Chairman Ding, slowly got up and walked towards the stage.

And Wang Mo also slowly rose from the crowd.

Meanwhile, since this discussion was being live-streamed across the entire internet, as soon as the two figures appeared, the bullet comments in many internet platform live streams erupted.

One must know that because Wang Mo had always been very low-key before and had rarely accepted interviews or appeared in public, this time could even be considered his first true public appearance.

"Holy cow, this young guy is the boss of Junzi Group? He looks like he's only in his twenties."

"What do you mean 'looks like'? He is only in his twenties; he just graduated from university three years ago."

"So young and promising?"

"But why is this person so handsome? Much more handsome than the photos in some reports. Even those popular celebrities and idols in the entertainment industry aren't as handsome as General Manager Wang, are they?"

"This is a true domineering CEO in real life."

"Not only is he so capable, but his looks are also so high. Do you want me to live?"

When Wang Mo's face clearly appeared in various live streams, the number of bullet comments increased even more.

Many people had not expected Wang Mo's looks to be so striking.

Initially, many people came for Wang Mo's ability, but they immediately became his looks fans.

Under the gaze of numerous internet moguls below the stage, the two slowly walked onto the stage.

After the host briefly introduced the two, the host began to speak.

"You two should have met before, right?"

"After all, there's been a lot of news about you recently."

Wang Mo nodded.

"We have indeed met a few times in private."

"General Manager Wang, hope you've been well," General Manager Xiao Ma murmured.

General Manager Xiao Ma originally thought he had controlled his emotions very well.

But when he saw Wang Mo sitting in front of him with a faint smile, the failures of TikTok and Dota Mobile lingered in his mind.

It was this person who had made Penguin a laughingstock in the eyes of many over the past two years.

The other party first launched TikTok, and he copied it with WeChat Watch, but he couldn't beat it and lost 200 billion in market value.

He first launched Dota Mobile, and the other party launched Honor of Kings afterward, but he still couldn't beat it.

Such things are hard for anyone to bear.

The host clearly understood the traffic secret. After a brief casual chat, he led the conversation to the previous confrontations between the two.

"Speaking of the relationship between Junzi Group and Penguin Group, it should have started with General Manager Wang's first software, TikTok. When Penguin launched WeChat Watch back then, no one could have imagined that TikTok would be the one to stand victorious in the end."

"And this year, General Manager Wang's Honor of Kings once again defeated Dota Mobile."

"The success of TikTok can perhaps be attributed to the Big Data developed by General Manager Wang and his early discovery of the short video trend."