What's wrong with me being a rich man?

Chapter 125 Useless Struggle (6k)

See you on Monday, really see you on Monday!

When "Bai Xiaosheng" gave accurate information on time, the spectators who came to hear the news were all excited and felt that the name was so right!

Damn, he really knows everything!

This is Bai Xiaosheng himself logging in!

Business know-it-all, get the news package!!

You said you never said you were a PhD from Caltech, and you said the publishing house's second editor made a mistake. This time, you finally posted your doctorate degree certificate from the University of the Western Pacific yourself, right?

You posted this yourself, right? No one forced you to do it? Are you a doctor?

Come on, give me the price!
$2595!

Are you still a doctor?

Oh, yes, you are Dr. 2595!
With such detailed and accurate information in front of us, and looking back at the Working Emperor's actions in the past week, the same response seems particularly funny and absurd.

——Hahaha, do you think I have anything good to respond to?

——This was a mistake made by the second lead writer of “My Success Can Be Replicated”. I asked the publishing house to delete this sentence at that time, but they didn’t.

——That’s enough.

Is that enough? Is that enough?
Is that ok? Is that ok?
And also, the distant response between the two parties who were brought up again.

——Because I am the working emperor.

——Because you are the working emperor.

How domineering and confident he was before, how pale and weak he is now!

It turns out that it’s not that the working emperor is cool, but that President Tang is also guilty!
what is this?
This is a complete defeat!
At 8:30 am on Monday, Bai Xiaosheng completed the final blow to the Working Emperor, which attracted discussions and sharing from many users, and also attracted a record number of new user registrations.

On that day, there was no need for Yu Xing to recruit or shout out, as many users spontaneously asked their colleagues to register and then watched the show.

"Hurry up and register, it's free! I understand now, the bigger this website grows, the more fun we will have in the future!"

"Monday slot, this is the Monday slot in our workplace!"

"Come and see the emperor's new clothes!"

At three o'clock in the afternoon, Yu Xing saw that many websites had also updated their latest reports, and the headlines used this time were obviously conclusive.

——"Because You Are the Working Emperor"

——The Emperor’s New Clothes

——The Collapse of the Working Emperor

——《The country's top professional manager is suspected of falsifying academic qualifications》

The whole debate process was too clear, and the final decision was too definite.

The hammer was handed over by Tang Jun, and it was Yu Xing who smashed it down with a wave of his hand.

Media reports further promoted the increase in registered users. At the same time, everyone was more excited to dig into Tang Jun’s past resume.

"His patents are fake, his academic qualifications are fake, and he kept telling lies after being pointed out. So what he said before about opening a company in the United States must be a lot of water, right?"

"We found out. We found out. The Chicago Sun-Times reported that Pacific Western University had its business license revoked by the California government in 1994 and was not renewed until 1996. Tang Jun's diploma was revoked during that period. He has an illegal doctorate!"

"Not only is he a fake doctor, he is also an illegal fake doctor..."

"Microsoft's Honorary Lifetime President, this is always true, right??"

Tang Jun's past experience was carefully examined by Bai Xiaosheng, among which there was a very valuable title of "Microsoft Lifetime Honorary President". It was because of his achievements in Microsoft that he was able to go to Shanda and had the 10 billion yuan transfer last year.

Regarding this item, it was not until the evening that someone came out anonymously to post something.

"Tang Jun was the president of Microsoft China at the time. In fact, above him was the president of Microsoft Greater China. It's not that he was incapable, but Microsoft China was indeed the smallest of the 65 subsidiaries worldwide at the time. Moreover, due to the decline in the performance of the China market in 2003, Microsoft adjusted its structure and concentrated power in the hands of the president of Greater China, so the president of China had no real power."

"Tang Jun said that Bill Gates didn't want him to leave, so he used the lifetime honorary president to retain him, but I heard... I heard that Ballmer got angry when he met him and went back to the United States, saying that there was no one in Asia Pacific, so why did they use someone like him as the president of Huaxia."

"As for his title of Honorary President, he is actually Honorary President of Microsoft China, but Tang Jun always omits the word 'China' when he mentions this title. He just says Honorary President of Microsoft, which does sound more impressive."

Tang Jun's academic qualifications have been proven false, and all the details can be summarized.

From eating at work to eating after get off work, and from eating after get off work to going to bed, Bai Xiaosheng’s users and the spectators on other platforms all find this life very delicious, but there is still a puzzling question.

Since Tang Jun’s academic qualifications were fake, how did he get into Microsoft in the first place?
This matter is puzzling. Don’t Microsoft people do background checks?
At 11 o'clock in the evening, Liu Wanying also raised this question when she called Boss Yu: "How did Microsoft let him in?"

"Even big companies have had makeshift teams. After all these years, if you ask me, I'm not the person involved. You should ask Microsoft." Yu Xing said with a smile, "Either Tang Jun's actual academic qualifications are enough, or someone else is the one who made the connection. Who knows?"

Liu Wanying could only put aside her doubts. Well, big companies do have makeshift teams sometimes, and there are quite a few of them. People who short sell can feel this more deeply.

Yu Xing smiled silently. When big companies do have makeshift teams, some elites can often make low-level mistakes. But there is indeed another version of this matter. It is said that Tang Jun once worked as an assistant to an Ivy League professor, and it was that professor who recommended him to Microsoft. That professor once worked as Kissinger's assistant on Eastern policy and also founded a consulting company in Hua Xia.

As for this matter, let's just wait and see.

"Tang Jun should stop responding now. There is nothing to respond to. He has no space at all." Liu Wanying talked about the working emperor at this time.

"Yeah, I think so too." Yu Xing didn't think so, and smiled, "But no matter whether he makes money or not, this has brought good fame to our website, saving a lot of advertising costs. Today, the number of visitors increased by 2.6 throughout the day. Everyone's enthusiasm for watching melons is too high."

Every time Tang Jun responded, the daily increase increased. After brewing on Sunday, the effect on Monday was particularly outstanding.

Under this circumstance, Yu Xing even felt that he could look for venture capital in advance.

Even if Tang Jun no longer speaks, there is still room to digest this wave of traffic.

What is traffic?
Traffic is money!
"Tang Jun must be regretting it, but Lin Tinghan might regret it even more than him. Is there still hope for him to pursue her on Zhichang.com?" Liu Wanying said with a smile.

"Throw money at it. I don't know if he is willing to do so. The angel round from Sequoia alone is definitely not enough to catch up." Yu Xing thought, "At this stage, we can see the effect by throwing money. As for the working emperor, it's a fluke. After all, the company is in the long run, so there must be a mechanism to achieve the effect."

If you are a person with no entrepreneurial experience, you might be panicking now.

But that competitor is still very experienced. So many companies in the same career track have collapsed, but he can still hold on until now, which shows his resilience.

That’s good. If you hold on a little longer, you can spend a little more money.

As far as the working emperor wave is concerned, the situation of Zhichu.com is similar to that of Tang Jun.

Zhichang.com advertises just like Baixiaosheng, so its efficiency cannot be higher. Just today, with 2.6 users, it needs 130 million in advertising fees. How many 130 million can competitors have?
Besides, Bai Xiaosheng has been eating it for a week.

If Zhihu.com could really leverage such a large amount of funds, why would Skynet, which Lin Tinghan had already sold to a French company, have ended up in this situation today?

This also requires considering the impact of the post-financial crisis. Even if there is a plan to flood the market with money, the money of institutions will only flow to the successful ones.

Yu Xing thought about it over and over again, but he didn't think this competitor could cause any big trouble.

The competition ended the moment I saw Tang Jun during my field trip.

Before Liu Wanying hung up the phone, she asked, "Have you repaid your bank loan?"

Yu Xing said without hesitation: "Loan it. They have already made an appointment. Anyway, the money coming in now can play a greater value."

Whether it is Hongshun’s investment or bank loans, the users they have accumulated will show their value in the subsequent financing valuation.

On March 3, the Bai Xiaosheng website was full of activity, and everyone was still discussing the collapse of the working emperor and the embarrassing silence of the person involved.

The reporters who recently reported on this incident have all registered accounts on Bai Xiaosheng, and they also said last night that they still could not get a response from Tang Jun.

What can I do?
There's no way back from this.

Almost everyone thinks that it is impossible for Tang Jun to speak again after being killed. What is worth paying attention to now is whether his work in Xinhuadu will be affected.

At noon, someone else jumped out interestingly.

A man named Yang Weilong from Hong Kong heard the news, registered an account on Bai Xiaosheng, posted a message, and claimed his junior.

——"Pacific Western University is a diploma factory, Tang Jun and I are alumni"

"Honestly, I don't need any academic qualifications. My profile only explains my background. I am different from Tang Jun. I didn't say Pacific Western University is Caltech, which is a world-renowned university. This is really outrageous!"

“Is Pacific Western University a fake university? The answer is… of course it is, and it always has been.”

"Because of this diploma, Mr. Yang can now become an alumnus of the world-famous Chinese working emperor. It's really interesting!"

"Haha, in terms of seniority, he is still my junior!"

When Yu Xing saw the post, he was a little puzzled by the tone of the man's voice. After some research, he found out that Yang Weilong was a financial writer in Hong Kong. His book "The High Definition of the Subprime Mortgage Crisis" published last year was quite popular in Hong Kong.

No matter what, a celebrity coming forward like this will only make Tang Jun's situation more passive.

On Tuesday afternoon, with the appearance of a well-known comedian, everyone joined in the fun, but the growth rate of Bai Xiaosheng's users did slow down.

Reports from well-known media outlets fueled a storm of public opinion, allowing Bai Xiaosheng to experience a fantastic increase in share price. However, it was also because there were many media outlets reporting on the matter that more people only needed to check the websites they were used to browsing.

Unless there is still the latest situation.

Is the working emperor still willing to give a helping hand?

The answer is... yes.

On March 3, the working emperor, who had been silent for two days after suffering a heavy blow, was blocked by reporters at Xinhuadu’s company.

The reporters were sure that the president still had to go to work, so they bombarded him with phone calls and besieged him offline. Tang Jun had to deal with the company's affairs, so he had to face the media and the questions that came flying in like snowflakes.

"Mr. Tang, is your doctorate fake?"

"The 100-Know-How said that your Western Pacific University is a fake university. Do you admit this?"

"Mr. Tang, you are famous for being an inspirational person. Do you feel guilty about this now?"

"Mr. Tang, is the patent invention you mentioned in the book true?"

Tang Jun had prepared himself mentally, but he still felt a little dizzy facing the cameras of the reporters.

He forced himself to remain calm and said casually: "I am actually sharing my experiences very sincerely. People who know me and my friends around me all think that I am a sincere person."

The reporters were in an uproar and asked more and more pointed questions. They felt that the working emperor was simply redefining sincerity at this moment.

Tang Jun walked forward silently and saw the security guard who was waiting for him.

He listened to the questions around him, but still turned around and said, "I just want to give the young people a little help!"

Tang Jun looked at the eyes of the reporters in front of him, and thought of how he had received warm applause from everyone in Beijing less than half a month ago, and his heart was filled with emotions.

The gap is too big!
He took a breath, faced the cameras of many media, and said: "I think it's okay for you to deceive one person, but if everyone is deceived by you, it is a kind of ability and a sign of success!"

The reporters interviewing the reporter were even more shocked!
Tang Jun pointed at the company, turned around and walked in, no longer responding to the reporters' questions.

This response soon reached Bai Xiaosheng.

At the same time, there are photos of Tang Jun on the scene, including him pointing at "Xinhuadu".

This action was interpreted by many people as - I am still successful, I am the president of Xinhuadu, and I have huge wealth.

How does the world define success?

Having money is one of the most important criteria in recent years.

This stark response once again polarized some of the discussion.

Yu Xing actually doesn’t care what standard the website users use to define success, because it is indeed subjective and everyone’s own business, but he needs to leave a perfect ending for this “short-selling” working emperor.

This time, "Bai Xiaosheng" did not wait too long and directly edited the latest content in the original post on the 2nd.

"Mr. Tang, I want to apologize to you, because you could have had more and achieved greater success, but I ruined it all."

"Or rather, they were all destroyed by your own past lies."

"There is nothing new under the sun. There was academic fraud in the past, there is academic fraud now, and there will still be academic fraud in the future."

"But there may really be no one as high-profile as you, Mr. Tang."

"That is to say, from now on, when anyone mentions you, Tang Jun, they will first mention that you forged your academic qualifications. From this perspective, you can also be considered to have gone down in history."

"You say you want to help young people, but your juniors will only be ashamed of you."

"You boasted about everything, your academic qualifications, your patents, your $50 daily income, your founding of three companies in the U.S., your $10 billion transfer. All of them were false. You said that if everyone was fooled by you, that would be a sign of success."

"Unfortunately, what is true is true, and what is false is false."

"Now, no one has been fooled by you. According to your standards, is this the biggest failure?"

"Can you still stand proudly in the spotlight? Can you still wave your hands in front of the media? Can you still enjoy everyone's admiration for you?"

"However, thanks to your recent work on Bai Xiaosheng, I can tell you how to improve your personal image. You can do more charity work in the future and let the media promote it. If necessary, you can also play the role of a good father. That will definitely change people's views."

"The last time I met Mr. Tang in Beijing, you told me that it was because you were a working emperor."

"I'm not good at speaking, and I was forced to respond to the admiration you received. Now I know how to respond to you."

"Don't dream of being an emperor. Be a working emperor, a working emperor. Stand up. Just be a worker. It's good."

Yu Xing gave Tang Jun his final response, knowing that he had done almost everything he could in this matter.

He looked at the enthusiastic response to the post and wondered if there was still room.

Knock, knock, knock. There were knocks on the office door.

Second in command, Lu Haiying, came in with a express delivery.

"Brother, this is a package sent to you. Have you bought anything recently?"

Yu Xing was puzzled and shook his head: "No, express delivery..."

He joked: "If a package is sent to me at this time, it won't be a bomb."

It certainly wouldn’t be that dangerous, so the package was opened anyway.

As a result, Yu Xing and Lu Haiying's expressions became very strange. Inside was a diploma, which was surprisingly similar to the one Tang Jun had posted before, and both were signed in English "University of the Western Pacific".

There was also a text message in it: Bai Xiaosheng's exposé of Tang Jun is so interesting! I happened to be in the United States, and heard that Station Master Yu was a graduate student who dropped out and had academic qualifications problems, so I quickly bought a doctorate degree certificate and brought it back to China. This is just a token of my gratitude, not a token of respect!
The letter was signed “the melon-eating masses you_an”.

Lv Haiying suppressed her laughter and sighed, "There are bad people among the people!"

"What bad guy? There must be a master among the people." Yu Xing said with a smile, "Okay, okay, it turns out that Tang Jun is my senior. Quick, quick, hang up this doctorate certificate for me. From now on, I am also Dr. Yu."

Lu Haiying really couldn't help it: "Oh, Brother, you didn't think you were a Doctor, but you really thought you were a Doctor!"

Dr. is the abbreviation of doctor, which means medical doctor or doctor.

Dr. Yu, Doctor Yu/Dr. Yu.

"Brother Feng, please hang it up in the office so I can send it to everyone who is watching." Yu Xing directed the steel chairman who came after hearing the news, and took out his cell phone to take a photo.

Soon, the doctoral degree certificate from the University of the Western Pacific was hung in Bai Xiaosheng's president's office.

Dr. Yu admired the scene and happily shared the photos on the website.

Who isn't a doctor?

A bunch of “WTF” and question marks soon appeared in Bai Xiaosheng’s discussion post.

Soon, the name "Webmaster Yu" that many people had already called was changed to "Dr. Yu".

Even Yu Xing changed his title in the profile of his account, proudly writing "Doctor of Western Pacific University".

At this point, two PhDs from the University of the Western Pacific have emerged from this turmoil, one in disgrace and the other in glory.

As the person involved, the embarrassed Tang Jun locked himself in the office as soon as he entered the company.

Although he should have taken care of some official business, he was still immersed in his own affairs.

Nearing noon, Tang Jun could not help but look at Bai Xiaosheng, the instigator. The more he looked, the darker his face became, and the angrier he became. When he saw the public relations plan given by Yu Xing, he tore up the document in front of him.

The document contained the image restoration plan he was considering, with words such as "public welfare", "young people" and "fatherly love".

Just like Yu Xing said, he was too complacent and too high-profile before, so even if he did this, it might not be able to restore his image much. Now that Yu Xing directly pointed out the truth, it was completely impossible for him to do it again!

Tang Jun scratched his face, not at all as relaxed as he appeared in front of the media, and he felt extremely painful in his heart.

The reason for this doctorate was that in 1985, 100 classmates were sent to study abroad at Nagoya University in Japan. As a result, 99 of them obtained doctoral degrees, but he was the only one who did not. This inevitably led to discussions when we got together.

I felt very embarrassed at that time, so I got a Ph.D.

However, the face he lost at this moment was a hundred times greater, because all the media and the public knew about his lies!

Tang Jun felt as if his heart was burned by fire.

He was in pain for a while, and when he looked at the screen again, he saw the latest content in the post. Yu Xing also got his doctorate degree, and the website was in a frenzy!
Bang! Bang bang! !
Tang Jun pounded his hands hard on the desk; the pain in his heart was greater than the pain in his hands.

However, before he could hit it a few more times, the office phone suddenly rang.

Tang Jun picked up the phone woodenly and heard the voice of Chairman Chen Fasu.

"Tang Jun, this matter... is not decent." Chen Fashu had previously pressured Tang Jun to solve the problem, but the problem was completely unsolvable. Instead, his tone became gentler. "The image of our company is still very important. How about this, Tang Jun, I'm not the kind of person who will burn bridges after crossing them. The group still has a subsidiary company. You can be the president. It's not bad."

Tang Jun felt a chill in his heart when he heard the voice on the phone. Although the tone was gentle, there was no intention of negotiation at all.

His voice had become hoarse without him noticing, and after a long while he replied, "Okay, okay, thank you, Mr. Chen."

Chen Fashu hung up the phone.

Tang Jun held the microphone in his hand, listening to the busy tone and feeling the completely different attitude from the other end. He suddenly no longer felt pain in his heart, but only confusion.

Dignity, decency. I wanted a PhD in the first place just for decency, and now I’m changing my job just for decency.

Speaking of being decent, how can we be decent?

Tang Jun sat numbly in his boss chair, thinking back to his past glory and the rapid decline of the past ten days, his mind going blank.

Working emperor?

Working.

After a long time, an idea came to my mind.

Its prosperity is also great, and its death is also sudden.

(End of this chapter)