Chapter 548: A Brief Confrontation, A Powerful Response

Inside the office.

Browsing through the comments from netizens, for a moment, Shen Yan could not tell if this move by Boss Ma was right or wrong; while winning the market, it left a stain on his own professional career, even if this stain was inconsequential.

After all, which big shot who has spent time in the business world doesn't have a few dark secrets?

Originally, Shen Yan did not intend to respond to these comments; engaging in a war of words was meaningless, and for Alipay, it was inconsequential, instead providing them with free advertising for nothing.

But upon further thought, he felt there wasn't much difference whether he responded or not.

Entertainment media had already started to exert effort in reposting, intending to ride the wave of popularity, so it might be better to take advantage of the situation for some marketing.

Thus, Shen Yan made a phone call to Chen Jun.

Chen Jun did not overthink it and directly agreed to Shen Yan's proposal.

After making the arrangements, Shen Yan opened Weibo and edited a post, first expressing his thanks: "I have seen everyone's comments to me, and I thank you all for your support.

As early as three days ago, I already knew that the Alipay version had launched the Code Recognition Payment function; those who know, know, and compared to Scan, it is completely old wine in a new bottle.

Regarding this behavior, I will make no comment.

Here, I solemnly declare that I applied for the Scan patent at the Patent Office half a year ago and successfully obtained the certificate. After the incident occurred, I immediately entrusted a lawyer to send a lawyer's letter to Alibaba to negotiate on this matter, but there has been no reply to date.

It is not that I do not allow other software to use Scan, but at the very least, they should have greeted me.

Since negotiations are impossible, I have no choice but to choose the legal route and firmly defend my rights.

Finally, I, on behalf of Xiaogu Company, announce that effective immediately, all Alipay apps on Xiaogu 1 will be removed; the time for restoration is subject to discussion. Thank you again for everyone's support."

Once this text was published, it immediately caused a huge uproar online.

The points contained within were very clear.

One, the Scan patent belongs to Shen Yan.

Two, three days ago, Shen Yan proposed negotiations with Alipay, but the other party ignored him, leaving him no choice but to choose the legal route.

The third point, and the most important one, the forced removal of Alipay, shocked everyone.

Passerby A: "Holy crap! Is God Yan really this domineering, directly forcing the removal of Alipay?"

"I just want to say, well done!"

"You steal my technology, I uninstall your software, reasonable, reasonable!"

"Upvoted the one above."

"I am very curious how much of a stake God Yan has in Xiaogu Company to be able to push through company decisions."

"I heard he is the second-largest shareholder."

"Oh my! My idol is so domineering and handsome, I love him to death."

With a big shot personally entering the fray to tear into the opposition, major media reporters were like they had been injected with adrenaline, frantically reposting the text and drafting eye-catching headlines on their respective channels.

Alibaba Headquarters.

Upon learning this news, Boss Ma felt as if he had been struck by lightning. He knew Shen Yan was young and impulsive and might very well do something irrational, but he never imagined that Shen Yan would actually represent Xiaogu Company and make such a crazy decision.

Damn it!

You aren't even the decision-maker of Xiaogu Company, and the company isn't yours alone; how dare you affect the interests of all shareholders for a personal grudge?

Boss Ma's eyes turned red, and "Bang!" his fist slammed onto the office desk, venting the anger in his heart.

One must know that Xiaogu was no longer what it used to be.

In terms of sales alone, it was not inferior to the behemoth of the mobile phone market, Apple.

According to statistics, Apple 3GS sold a total of three million units in the mainland, Apple 4 sold seven million units, Samsung six million units, while Xiaogu 1 had been on the market for only a little over a month and sales had already exceeded five million units—a terrifying number.

Since the birth of mobile phones, no brand had ever achieved such a feat.

This was not to say that Xiaogu 1 was that powerful, but rather that the marketing was done well, the price-performance ratio was high, and coupled with the support of four apps, this result was created.

And this number was still constantly growing.

Now that Xiaogu had breached the contract and unilaterally removed Alipay, it was equivalent to Alipay losing half of the smartphone market share.

The most critical point was that the removal of Alipay meant that Taobao would be unable to complete payments, which was equivalent to being crippled.

If no other high-quality and inexpensive mobile phones appeared in the short term, this situation would be impossible to improve.

For a time, Boss Ma fell into deep regret.

Had he known Shen Yan had the ability to make decisions for Xiaogu Company, he perhaps would not have done that.

Sitting blankly for a long while, Boss Ma began to contact his network of connections to see if he could mediate and ease the conflict with Shen Yan.

Of course, the result was already destined.

People had bullied him to his face; how could Shen Yan possibly swallow his pride?

He threatened that Alipay must restore the old version, and as punishment, he would not consider re-listing Alipay for one month.

Anyway, there was no need to worry about other smartphones breaking into the market within a year.

The advantage is with me, what is there to fear!

With no other choice, Boss Ma had to humiliatingly agree to this demand.

He let out a series of sighs.

The situation was stronger than the person; one must know that he had completely looked down on Shen Yan in the beginning, and he never expected that without paying attention, the other party would soar into the sky.

Truly, the world is unpredictable.

Not long after, Alipay users on Apple and Samsung phones discovered that Alipay had reverted to its original form.

This brief confrontation ended with Alibaba's failure.

Netizens talked about it with great relish, saying they had watched the blockbuster of the year for free.

God Yan is God Yan after all!

That evening, with a gentle breeze blowing, Shen Yan had just returned from a business trip to Beijing, and when passing by the Compass Milk Tea Shop, he discovered a group of people standing at the entrance, craning their necks and peering inside.

They seemed to be watching the excitement.

Figures were crisscrossing inside the milk tea shop; it was possible they were fighting.

Shen Yan hurriedly had his bodyguard Chen Zhen pull the car over and strode over with long, swift steps.

Circling around the crowd and just entering the door, Shen Yan saw two groups of people in the lobby confronting each other with swords drawn and bows bent.

The atmosphere was exceptionally tense.

One side was a middle-aged man and woman with gloomy expressions and faces full of murderous intent, especially their bloodshot eyes, which seemed to be burning with raging flames.

The other side was centered around Wu Yueer, with Lin Yang shielding her, his gaze locked firmly onto the two people, while the milk tea shop staff gathered to the side.

Before Shen Yan could get close, he heard the middle-aged man loudly accuse: "Yue'er, I came all the way from Shenyang to see you, and this is how you treat me?"

"Get out! I never want to see you again."

"Heh! Your wings have hardened now, haven't they? You want to rebel, right? You remember this: no matter what, your surname is Wu, and you have my blood flowing in your bones."

"Exactly, Yue'er, your father and I raised you from a young age; you cannot be so heartless and ungrateful."

The middle-aged woman to the side followed up immediately, her voice revealing deep dissatisfaction and resentment.

Her chin was slightly raised, revealing a sense of arrogance and disdain; her eyes were slightly narrowed, and a faint, indistinct smile hung on the corners of her mouth, yet that smile held not a shred of goodwill, instead giving people a feeling of being overbearing and despotic.

As soon as these words were spoken, the whole room was shocked.

They had not expected the two people before them to be Wu Yueer's parents, though the relationship between the two sides seemed rather poor.