Society owes me a brother

Chapter 125

"The campus network is accused of being a monopoly?" Lu Chi looked at the subpoena in his hand, his face full of bewilderment: "What kind of mess is this!"

"More than that, this morning FBT and black civil rights organizations also came to the door. One thinks that the campus network is suspected of leaking the secrets of country M on the Internet and leading public opinion to smear the government of country M; the other says that the campus network condones racial discrimination among netizens..." Zhang Yang was very tired Pressing his eyebrows, he flew to Stanford to join Lu Chi and Yue Bin as soon as he received the news.Just to determine the seriousness of the matter: "Anyway, we're in trouble now."

Since Campus.com entered country M a year ago, it has registered more than 5000 million users so far, making it the social networking site with the most real-name registered users and online active users in country M.Moreover, following the launch of Food Network, Dating Network, Travel Network, and Second-Hand Trading Network, which are affiliated with Campus Network in the past few months, these more than 5000 million registered users have also directly converted into loyal users of several other related websites. , and its resource conversion rate is simply jaw-dropping.

The reason why the campus network can expand rapidly in a short period of time is not only the strong technical support given by Lu Chi, but also the contribution of Yue Bin Zhangyang and even the senior managers of the website such as Matthew Locke who joined later.Especially after Matthew Locke became the product director of the campus network M country branch, relying on Matthew Locke's understanding of the M country's national culture, the campus network's newly launched functions are more inclined to the thinking habits of M country people.This is also the most important reason why Campus.com and several other newly launched websites can be quickly accepted by netizens.

But now, the campus network, which is experiencing rapid development, has to face the situation of shutting down for rectification because of these ridiculous accusations——

"It's really ridiculous. We have already set up a filter in the background of the campus network, and any sensitive or politically inclined speeches will not pass the review. Why do they think that the campus network leaks the secrets of M country and discredits M The Chinese government is still racially discriminating?” Zhuoyou stared at the subpoena, getting more and more angry, and couldn’t help complaining with righteous indignation: “Didn’t you say that the imperialists have freedom of speech? That’s how they are free? I think They are deliberately making things difficult for us? Why don’t I know how the campus network leaked secrets to lead public opinion to be racially discriminatory? Do they have evidence?”

Yue Bin took out a thick stack of copy paper from the table and handed it to Joyo: "This is their evidence."

Excellence bowed his head and flipped through the pages, and saw that there were various comments from some netizens: For example, someone exposed on the Internet that a high-ranking official in country M had a mistress who was bribed by a chaebol to betray national interests, and that political parties in country M embezzled political donations after the election. World-renowned big companies such as ST Communications have joined hands with accounting firms to make fake accounts to deceive ordinary shareholders and investors, criticizing the US government for not doing enough to supervise so that Wall Street is full of insider trading, and some netizens talked out of All kinds of considerations use a lot of black question expression packs...

Excellence raised his eyebrows, pulled out a piece of paper and raised it in front of everyone, raised his eyebrows with an expression of "are they mentally handicapped" and asked: "I put up with those excuses before. Don't they still want to use these emoticons?" Does it prove that the campus network has discriminated against the majority of black brothers?"

Yue Bin shrugged his shoulders: "I guess that's what they meant."

As soon as the words fell, the little friends sitting in the apartment all blacked out.Xing Yuan protested unbearably: "They can't do this. This is too rascal."

"Actually, they can." Lu Chi propped his forehead with his hands, sat on the single sofa with his legs crossed, and said while looking at the so-called evidence: "And they have already done so."

Matthew Locke, who was sitting on the sofa and playing with the remote control, broke his fingers: "I seem to smell something wrong. I'm afraid this matter is not so simple."

"It's clear that they want to punish us!" Cui Zhenyang frowned tightly: "So arrogant, no matter how you look at it, that old guy Howard Smith did it."

Before the words fell, Lu Chi's phone rang suddenly.

Lu Chi glanced at the caller ID, it was an unfamiliar call.

"It seems that the most legendary trainee trader on Wall Street, the youngest hedge fund partner, our financial genius, has encountered a little trouble." After the call was connected, Howard Smith's voice came from the other end of the receiver: "I As I said, I will always watch over you. If you need help, you can ask. As an 'old man' on Wall Street, the Smith family still values ​​talents." As long as these talents are tame enough.

Lu Chi heard Howard Smith's unfinished meaning-that kind of condescending arrogance and arrogance are simply unscrupulous.It seems that Howard Smith has decided that Lu Chi and the campus network are absolutely powerless to fight back.You can only let it do what you want.

Faced with the enemy's seemingly considerate but actually complacent demonstration, Lu Chi just raised his eyebrows calmly and said, "Thank you for your kindness. But it's still not necessary."

There was a moment of silence on the other end of the phone, and Howard Smith said slowly: "This is your last chance."

This time, Lu Chi hung up the phone without even saying a word.

The apartment suddenly fell silent, and all the friends looked at Lu Chi in a tacit understanding.

Faced with Howard Smith's unreasonable and embarrassing methods, Lu Chi didn't have a good way to deal with it.I can only say: "Where is our elite lawyer team? The high salary of one thousand M gold per hour, now is the time for them to play a role."

"But we don't have time to go to court." Zhang Yang pursed his lips tightly, feeling very irritable: "Other competing websites are watching, we can't let the campus network be shut down for rectification or even blocked, not even for a day. This will Let us lose a lot of customers."

"No." Matthew Locke said, "If you trust me, I can handle this matter."

Although he is appallingly poor in investment talent, Matthew Locke is a direct descendant of the Locke family after all, and the influence of the Locke family in country M can never be ignored.Howard Smith wanted revenge on Lu Chi because of the bankruptcy of ST Communications, and Matthew Locke did not object.But he couldn't tolerate Howard Smith attacking the campus network in order to avenge Lu Chi.It simply didn't take him seriously.

Matthew Locke sneered secretly.He knew that Howard Smith had always looked down on him as a playboy, and Howard's son—Roll Smith Jr. was even on good terms with his cousin.Even in order to help his cousin get a firm foothold, he cheated him several times, both openly and secretly.

Before meeting Lu Chi, even if Matthew Locke had a grudge, because the power of speech and influence in the family was not comparable to that of his cousin, he could only be silent.He watched helplessly as his cousin became more and more respected in the family and became more and more proud.But after meeting Lu Chi—to be precise, Matthew Locke directly put the treasure on Lu Chi with his precise sense of smell and vision, and earned the most lucrative profit of the Locke family this year. , he suddenly felt that he was enlightened——

Although I don't have the talent to invest capital, I have the talent to read people.But in this world, those who work hard rule people, and those who work hard rule people.Then why can't I use my talent as a "worker of mind" to compete for the next Patriarch of the Locke family, and then lead the Locke family to a more glorious future.

It was precisely because of this idea that Matthew Locke began to pay attention to the competition situation of the successors of this generation of the family.While quietly expanding his network, he wooed the clansmen he thought were worth wooing.And because of the dandyism he showed before, those full-fledged competitors did not regard him as a threat, and even many tribesmen wanted to befriend him—after all, Matthew Locke was If the favorite son of the old Locke patriarch can influence the old Locke patriarch's opinion of them through Matthew Locke, and even let the old Locke patriarch directly express his support for one of them, then for those competitors, the success will be greater. Some.

Of course, there are some people who feel that rather than befriending Matthew Locke to get the favor and support of the old Locke patriarch, trying to suppress Matthew Locke will make the old Locke patriarch lose face in front of the tribe, and even gradually lose his influence and influence in the clan. The right to speak, by the way, may be a more appropriate way to demonstrate the strength of one's own line.Therefore, this group of people has always been committed to creating various conditions on various occasions, just to belittle Matthew Locke as useless, or to use Matthew Locke as a comparison to show their investment talent and keen business sense in the financial field—— Like his cousin.In order to help his cousin, Little Roll Smith dug several holes for him intentionally or unintentionally.Although there was no loss in money, it also made Matthew Locke feel ashamed in front of his family.Therefore, Matthew Locke hates the house and the black, and has no good impression of the Smith family.

So this time Howard Smith suppressed the campus network, the purpose of Matthew Locke's stand up was not only to show favor to Lu Chi, but also to resolve his personal anger in one fell swoop.

Of course, Lu Chi didn't know the twists and turns of grievances and grievances between Matthew Locke and Howard Smith, but only from a superficial level, he was very grateful to Matthew Locke for his help.And other friends also think that with the help of Matthew Locke, a local mob friend, they can at least learn what tricks are hidden behind these subpoenas and ultimatums in the fastest time.

Matthew Locke really wanted to make friends with Lu Chi at this time, and of course he would not hide it on such an insignificant matter.Immediately, he said straight to the point: "Actually, it's not just for the campus network. I really hate the Smith family."

Immediately afterwards, Matthew Locke revealed all the rifts between him and his cousin.

Lu Chi rubbed his chin thoughtfully, and asked suddenly: "The cousin you mentioned, shouldn't it be the financial idiot who supported ST Communication at the last Locke family banquet?"

Matthew Locke: "..."

Suddenly, I really want to see the expression of my cousin who thinks so much of himself being treated as a financial idiot by a real financial genius!