What's wrong with me being a rich man?

Chapter 124 The Emperor Dethroned (6k)

Bai Xiaosheng wants to bring down the working emperor.

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In addition to NetEase's report, at nine o'clock that evening, Sina also reprinted news from its peers, and the public opinion became noticeably louder.

For Bai Xiaosheng, the most intuitive thing is the growth of registered users.

The entire month of February was the first time that Bai Xiaosheng tried to increase users through advertising, and the effect was very obvious. The average daily increase in the first half of the month was around 900, and in the second half of the month it remained at around 1600.

The uninterrupted broadcasting of advertisements every day has significantly increased the penetration into the user base. As of 3 p.m. on March 2, the number of Bai Xiaosheng users had increased by 11 in a single day!

These are registered users, and most of them come in as tourists.

As a website, Bai Xiaosheng has also updated its measures. If an existing user recommends a new user, on the one hand, the colleague can be quickly authenticated, and on the other hand, the referral points are given. As for what the points are used for...

"We haven't figured it out yet, but we'll try to make it useful. It will probably be some exchange of member portraits and fonts. I asked the boss, if it doesn't work, we can just exchange it for gifts during the holidays, anyway, it's not a loss."

Bai Xiaosheng’s employees gave a very realistic explanation, which made people laugh.

The doubts about Tang Jun are not limited to a small website, but have already caused a wave of public opinion. Many people hope to see a response from the person involved. After all, in this kind of situation, the doubts can be immediately shattered by showing off a degree certificate.

However, on the morning of March 3, a NetEase reporter who registered a Bai Xiaosheng account posted a message saying that no one answered the multiple calls from last night to this morning.

What does no one answering mean?
Many people discussed this situation, but soon a response was seen.

Unlike the NetEase reporter who gave up temporarily, the Sina reporter tried relentlessly to contact Tang Jun himself from last night to this morning, noon and afternoon, and even called Tang Jun's current company, Xinhuadu.

Finally, at 7 o'clock in the evening, Sina reporters received Tang Jun's reply, which was still just one sentence.

"Hahaha, do you think I have anything to say in response?"

Tang Jun laughed heartily, expressed confidence, and then hung up the phone.

Otherwise, he is a working emperor. This response from the person concerned immediately made some onlookers feel uneasy. Did Bai Xiaosheng fail to investigate thoroughly? Or did Tang Jun have some hidden secrets such as his English name or former name?
Yu Xing noticed the working emperor's response and considered waiting a little longer. The media's questioning of Tang Jun would not end there, and Tang Jun would not be able to get away with it with just one sentence.

However, Tang Jun only said this for now, but some people couldn't help but stand up and support him.

It was none other than Lin Tinghan, the founder of Skynet, whom he had also met in Beijing.

Lin Tinghan's initial statement was rather tactful, but he made a pointed statement on the newly opened "Career Network": Starting a business is like boxing. Changquan is easy to get started, and the moves are fierce. Talented young people can learn it in a few months and do it well, but it looks good, but it lacks substance. Real entrepreneurship requires practicing Tai Chi. Behind every move is accumulation, and it must be able to be controlled freely.

This entrepreneurial boxing theory did not receive much feedback.

The workplace website has been online for more than a month and has seen a good growth in registered users. This is due to traffic from Tianji.com and advertising. It now has more than 20,000 users, but the community atmosphere is still weak.

Different from Bai Xiaosheng's initial accumulation in operational activities such as college student employment, Internet dating, Ctrip, pre-year company evaluation and salary exposure, the user activity of Zhichang.com is relatively poor.

Lin Tinghan waited for half an hour before seeing less than ten replies.

When he couldn't help but take a look at Bai Xiaosheng's post, he found that in the "Jianghu" section, not to mention the replies to the post of the manifesto, even the number of newly posted discussion posts was very large.

Introduce...

Lin Tinghan had to return to his website and further put his words bluntly: If Tang Jun had to respond to anyone who questioned him, he would have no time to deal with his work. In addition, ability is always more important than academic qualifications.

Speaking bluntly is useful!

This time, the senior's words were forwarded to the Bai Xiaosheng website. Many people were afraid that the two sides would not fight, so they posted many times and finally succeeded in attracting Yu Xing's attention.

Yu Xing doesn’t read all posts and comments, but it’s hard not to read these kinds.

OK, no problem.

Accept the opponent match.

Yu Xing opened the account "Bai Xiaosheng" and directly edited and updated the content in the original post of the manifesto, pasted Lin Tinghan's remarks, and then gave his own response.

"You said that ability is more important than academic qualifications, that's fine, but Mr. Lin, you said this at this time, do you also think there is a problem with his academic qualifications?"

"I asked the question to your face, and you said you were the emperor."

"I said that your academic qualifications as an emperor are questionable. You said that your ability as an emperor is greater than your academic qualifications."

"Then I have to say something. His so-called patented invention is also fake. It's not his at all. Excuse me, Mr. Lin, what do you want to say?"

Yu Xing posted two new pieces of information, which were about the invention of the photo booth camera and the karaoke scoring machine.

At the same time, the description of patents in Tang Jun’s book “My Success Can Be Replicated” was also posted.

According to the book, in 1992 Tang Jun combined his expertise in computers and music to invent a karaoke scoring machine, which he sold to Samsung for $8. He later invented a photo booth camera and sold it to a Japanese company for $50.

This is not Yu Xing's nonsense, but a questioning of Tang Jun's own statement.

If it has reasons and evidence, it should be convincing.

But Lin Tinghan was not convinced!
He frowned and sat in his office, looking at the information forwarded to his website. After thinking for a while, he responded: "Mr. Yu, you just want to use this matter to attract traffic to your website. It's for your own selfish reasons. Do you really have to let me say it? Is there anything wrong with me saying that ability is more important than academic qualifications?"

"Young man, it's not a bad thing to be humble."

"If you insist on talking about that, wait until you can make 10 billion!"

Two minutes after he said this, Yu Xing added: "I said his patented invention was fake, and you said let me make 10 billion first."

"If I say he didn't actually make 10 billion, how would you respond?"

This time, Yu Xing posted various news reports about Tang Jun's move from Shanda to Xinhuadu last year, all of which said that Tang Jun's transfer price was 10 billion.

Lin Tinghan found that he really didn't seem to have much room to respond.

The vitality of the workplace network seems to have been activated a little, but the new posts are basically sarcastic.

He felt a little regretful, as if he shouldn't have gotten involved like this.

Lin Tinghan thought about it and decided not to respond.

Yu Xing on the other side waited for a long time but received no new information, so he had to give his matched opponent a final blow: "Boss Lin said that I used this incident to attract traffic. Yes, that's true. Not only do I attract traffic, I also hope that more such incidents will appear to attract traffic, because what is true is always true, and what is false is always false."

"Mr. Lin said that being modest is not a bad thing. Yes, I agree with that."

"Being humble is not a bad thing, but falsifying academic qualifications is."

Being humble is not a bad thing!

It's fake academic qualifications!

No movement!

There is no movement from the other side!

One hour, two hours, and there was no movement from the friendly competitors.

During these two hours, many people gained scientific knowledge, knowing that Zhichang.com and Baixiaosheng are in complete competition with each other, and that the person on the other side is a veteran in the field of workplace social networking. Some people who are well-informed even attributed the emergence of the phrase "Because I am a working emperor" to Lin Tinghan.

Yu Xing responded three times, and the competitors immediately stopped.

This quick and efficient approach made many onlookers exclaim in admiration.

"Stationmaster Yu has gone crazy!"

"Stationmaster Yu looks at Lin Tinghan like he is putting a bid on Seoul!"

"In three rounds, our friendly competitor was slain!"

Yu Xing saw a lot of praise for the latest developments, but he didn't think it was a big deal. After all, this person was not his target, and his traffic was not that large, so he would just ignore it if it popped up.

What is really needed now is seriousness from the parties involved.

If Tang Jun really doesn't respond and just handles the situation coldly, he really won't be able to do the best with this matter.

The Internet industry is one where popularity rises quickly but also fades away quickly. You never know when it might be overshadowed by something new.

Therefore, if Tang Jun wants to die, he needs to step forward and kill himself.

"Boss Yu, what if Tang Jun really doesn't respond?" In the early hours of the morning, Liu Wanying, who was hanging out on the Bai Xiaosheng website, ate the melon with relish and couldn't help but make a phone call to ask Yu Xing.

"It's hard to say, but judging from his behavior of spreading lies after he became famous, he likes the spotlight and cares about his reputation." Yu Xing laughed, "He insists on creating a perfect image for himself. Now that I question him, and the public opinion questions him, and even when he goes to his favorite public places, he still has to face questions... He should come out and respond."

Liu Wanying groaned and said, "But I really can't think of anything he can say to defend himself."

"He is struggling to survive, hoping for the best, pretending to be relaxed. If he didn't have a lucky mentality, he wouldn't have done such a thing before. I read his book "My Success Can Be Duplicated" briefly, and I think he is quite self-centered." Yu Xing said, "It depends on how lucky he is."

Liu Wanying couldn't help but look forward to it, wanting to see what tricks the working emperor could come up with.

However, even though more media outlets reprinted the relevant news the next day, the person involved, Tang Jun, remained silent, as if the calls to his mobile phone and office did not exist, and as if the strange eyes around him were still looking up at him as usual.

Yu Xing was actually not in a hurry about this matter. If Tang Jun was defeated immediately, Bai Xiaosheng might not be able to attract much traffic. On the contrary, the more he persisted, the more people would come to him after hearing the news.

After all, the Working Emperor is famous.

How famous are you?
Although Tang Jun himself did not respond, even Liu Qiangdong could not help but send him a text message to ask about Bai Xiaosheng's criticism of him.

Liu Qiangdong: Mr. Yu, is Tang Jun really a fraud?
Yu Xing replied with just one word: Yes.

Liu Qiangdong still couldn't believe it and asked again and again: Is it really fake? Is the patent also fake?
Yu Xing gave a brotherly response: I am a non-staff brother of JD.com, why would I lie to you?
Liu Qiangdong didn't reply, probably because he believed it.

Looking at such inquiries, Yu Xing believed that Liu Qiangdong was not the only one paying attention to this matter. The greater the public opinion, the greater the pressure he would have to bear.

Unfortunately, one of the main reasons for the current public opinion is the fame that Tang Jun himself intentionally created, which can be regarded as a backlash.

Yu Xing kept his temper and didn't say anything more. He just read the discussions on the website and everyone's own verification. At the same time, he was also pleased with the high growth in registered users.

3月2日，半天增长6200。3月3日，一天增长1.4W。

On March 3, the number increased by 4 in one day.

This fierce growth is even stronger than the initial attack on the entire Internet dating industry!
If we use the rough calculation of customer acquisition cost previously, minus the 4800 users that grew naturally in three days, the value of the 3.24 new users that Tang Jun brought to Bai Xiaosheng in these three days is 3.24*50=1620000.

If you want to invest money in Fenzhong Media to get 3.24 users, you must spend 162 million!
This is the value squeezed out of the working emperor!
On the morning of March 3, Song Yufeng was listening to his girlfriend Kong Huilin calculating this part of the value in the conference room, and his breathing suddenly became heavy.

"Fuck, who cares if he's Mr. Tang or the No. 1 manager? Even if the emperor comes, he has to plow the fields for us!"

Yu Xing was amused and was about to speak when he heard a hurried knock on the door.

Several people in the conference room looked at each other and guessed the new situation at the same time. It was probably Tang Jun's response.

On the fourth day after Bai Xiaosheng blasted the working emperor, Tang Jun did give a response, because he was not only subjected to persistent questioning from the media, but also began to suffer pressure from the company boss.

Xinhuadu’s chairman Chen Fasu called angrily and asked Tang Jun to solve the problem.

What can Tang Jun do?
He could only update his blog with a shocking post: Haha, I never said I was a PhD from Caltech.

Users of the Bai Xiaosheng website have been helping to keep an eye on the relevant situation. They flocked to the Working Emperor’s blog as soon as possible and forwarded the latest comments back to the base camp as soon as possible, hoping that "Bai Xiaosheng" would come down and continue to fight back.

Yu Xing did not disappoint everyone. He took only two minutes to edit the original post and posted a picture with the original words from "My Success Can Be Duplicated".

——This long journey around the United States took me more than a month, and I finally decided to continue my postdoctoral research at Caltech.

The onlookers ran back and forth and immediately submitted the new evidence to the working emperor.

Tang Jun's response this time was much slower, and he didn't give an explanation until noon: This was a mistake made by the second main writer of "My Success Can Be Replicated". I asked the publishing house to delete this sentence at the time, but they didn't.

This book actually has a second main author?
Who is the publishing house?

Oh, it’s CITIC Press.

Is this true?
At three o'clock in the afternoon, CITIC Press really stepped forward to take the blame. In an interview with a NetEase reporter, they stated that they had checked the wrong information when writing the book, and that Mr. Tang Jun had reminded them to make revisions. It was because they were not responsible enough in their work that they forgot about this matter.

Circle is back!

Tang Jun is indeed not a Ph.D. from Caltech, and the evidence submitted by "Bai Xiaosheng" is also the fault of the publishing house, and has nothing to do with the working emperor!
Is this logic self-consistent?

Yu Xing did not respond immediately this time, not because he could not refute, but... users were still pouring in!

He paused for a moment and let everyone come in to evaluate or criticize him. It costs money!
On March 3, the number of Bai Xiaosheng users exceeded 5!

In four days, the number of website users has exceeded 18, and the next integer mark is in sight.

How much time does it take for Youshang Job Network to chase after the users that Bai Xiaosheng has attracted in the past four days?
Those who look like me will die!

Of course, this diversion will be positive only if the working emperor can be hammered to death. Otherwise, Bai Xiaosheng will also have to face backlash.

At 3:6 a.m. on March , Yu Xingcai responded to the incident in which the publishing house took the blame yesterday.

"It's time to go to work. Tell our partners and your colleagues to come to the website to eat melons."

"Yesterday was pretty good. The working emperor found someone to take the blame. What do you call that?"

"This is called, there are always treacherous officials who want to harm me!"

"Well, even if the editor of the publishing house checked it wrong and wrote it wrong, Mr. Tang seems to have forgotten to respond to another thing. You keep talking about inventions in the book. Isn't that a lie?"

Yu Xing also posted the original text from the book, which involved patented inventions.

This is not the end yet, the important thing is the PhD question.

"Mr. Tang seems to have forgotten that in addition to mentioning Caltech in the book, you have also been impersonating this title on many occasions."

"Let me give you an example. On June 6 last year, at a speech at your alma mater, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, how did the president introduce you? He said you were the most outstanding graduate of the class of 5, and that you received a doctorate in computer science from Caltech."

"Mr. Tang, how did you do it? You didn't deny it, but smiled."

"Mr. Tang, I want to remind you that the title of the principal's speech is probably a warning to you, but I think you must have forgotten it a long time ago."

"I'm telling you now, the title of that speech is: 'Be a good person first, then do good things'."

"If there are any students present, I hope you can all come and remind Mr. Tang that what is true cannot be false, and what is false cannot be true. Be a good person first, then do good things."

"Mr. Tang, you are not a doctor. What kind of doctor are you?"

Yu Xing cited the example of his alma mater and called on his younger classmates to provide more evidence. Finally, he used a strong tone of contempt and criticism to remind the working emperor, "Prove it, prove it quickly, you can be a doctor, you can still fight back."

Returning home in glory and returning to your alma mater, perhaps this is a scene that many people have longed for.

Tang Jun has undoubtedly done it.

Unfortunately, there is a flaw here.

Yu Xing was considerate enough to provide the latest gossip to the workplace user group during the morning work hours, and also used examples to refute a part of the group that changed their tone yesterday.

After four days of public opinion storm, the authority of the Working Emperor has been shaken. However, the aggressiveness from the "Bai Xiaosheng" and the beauty that Tang Jun once woven still had an impact yesterday, making some people willing to believe that the publishing house was to blame, and they inevitably mocked Yu Xing.

Yu Xing didn't mind, he had only one goal, the wind blows, the wind blows!
I don’t know if the president of Xinhuadu is busy or if he has hesitated.

The 6th was a Friday. From : in the morning until the end of the afternoon, Tang Jun's blog fell silent, and calls from many media reporters fell on deaf ears.

Many spectators ended their work on Friday with regret, hoping to see the final outcome within this week.

Perhaps out of consideration for employees who work on Saturdays, Tang Jun faced the attack from "Know-it-all" and after a whole day of thinking, he finally gave the latest response at noon on March 3.

He posted a photo of his doctorate certificate.

Also, Tang Jun's accompanying text seems to be able to imagine the cold tone.

——"That's enough."

He really has a PhD!

The working emperor is really a doctor!
He is a PhD from Pacific Western University!

Combined with his response yesterday, he never said that he was a PhD from Caltech!
Yes, so what if it’s a speech to my alma mater?
That wasn't what Tang Jun said himself. It was probably not appropriate to correct him at that time.

Think about it, use your brain and think about it, what a serious occasion it was!
The doctoral degree certificate was exposed, which seemed like a Jedi counterattack!
Even Lin Tinghan, a competitor who had previously spoken out but then fell silent, perked up and spoke for the first time since the last blow: "I've said it before, ability is more important than academic qualifications. Mr. Tang doesn't need to prove this at all. Today a cat and a dog pop up, tomorrow another one pops up. Mr. Tang should show them their certificates every day."

"The Internet age is so scary. The recklessness of an unknown person, well, this can no longer be called reckless. The rumor-mongering of an unknown person can trigger such a huge wave of public opinion!"

"You can imagine what kind of atmosphere and positioning a website created by such a person would have."

"Yu Xing, have you seen it? Are you satisfied?"

Lin Tinghan chose to believe the doctoral degree certificate that Tang Jun showed off, as he had a competitive edge.

But many people did not have such a competitive relationship and were still shaken. Some of them changed sides just like they did in the previous two days and turned their guns against "Bai Xiaosheng" and began to mock him.

"Is this what it means to be a snoop in the workplace? You are asking in the wrong direction!"

"I see. I heard that Station Master Yu didn't even finish his graduate studies. This might be the first time I've seen a doctorate certificate, and it's all in English."

"Yu Xing, I want to say it again on behalf of Mr. Tang, please listen carefully - because I am the working emperor!"

Even though Yu Xing did not respond immediately based on the same reason of user growth, he still couldn't help but sigh that authority is indeed difficult to break, especially with the blessing of fame and fortune, which indeed makes it more difficult for people to think rationally.

There were many criticisms and ridicules. A doctoral degree certificate written entirely in English and Tang Jun's cold response really made Bai Xiaosheng feel like he was being bitten back.

Liu Wanying saw this shift in public opinion and couldn't help but feel sorry for Boss Yu: "These people are so annoying!"

"No, no." Yu Xing just smiled and said, "That's great. If everyone can think rationally and see the truth at a glance, then what do we need to do? What do we need to dissect? The more this is the case, the more valuable our knives will be."

Whether it's Bai Xiaosheng or Guo Shanfeng, it's the same.

Cut it open.

The signs of backlash now are like the knife hitting the bone, but as long as the direction is slightly turned, the cutting can be completed smoothly.

Yu Xing updated his status on Saturday night: Resting for the weekend, see you on Monday.

See you on Monday!
See you on Monday??

Does Stationmaster Yu have a reversal in his hands?
Taking a break this weekend...it's alright, but it's a bit hateful!

This weekend rest was not only hateful, it made the working emperor suffer from insomnia for two consecutive nights. He even sat on the edge of the bed in a daze on Monday morning, feeling a rare sense of regret in his heart.

If...if, I hadn't said those words to that young man that day, would all this have happened?

But he quickly encouraged himself, no problem, no problem.

Tang Jun believed that he could get through this Monday safely, just like he had gotten through every public occasion in the past.

Monday, still the familiar 8:30.

Tang Jun did not go to the company. He opened Bai Xiaosheng's website at home and found that it was a little stuck. His heart sank again.

Stutter, stutter, stutter!

Five minutes later, the Working Emperor saw "See you on Monday" from "Bai Xiaosheng".

Bai Xiaosheng: Pacific Western University is a fake university that sells diplomas. It is registered in Hawaii and has never been accredited by any American accreditation agency. According to data from the U.S. General Accounting Office in 2004, a bachelor's degree is $2295, a master's is $2395, and a doctorate is $2595. You have to pay it all at once.

Tang Jun paused for a moment, slowly closed his eyes, and it was over.

Yu Xing: Oh! Emperor, get off your horse!
Tang Jun: Okay!!

(End of this chapter)