pertwk Chapter 53: Three conditions, none of which can be missing.
Chapter 53: Three conditions, none of which can be missing.
Ma Huayun, the once high-spirited vice president, could only sit humiliated at the very end of the long table, his face ashen, not daring to even lift his head.
The meeting room door was pushed open.
Three figures walked in.
The leader was a boy wearing a black T-shirt and oversized school uniform. He had one hand in his pocket, looked lazy, and his eyes seemed half-asleep as he scanned the conference room before finally settling on the sea view outside the window.
It's as if all these big shots in the room are less attractive than a beautiful view.
Following behind him was a girl with a cool and aloof demeanor, carrying a black backpack. She was expressionless, and her eyes, like two precise scalpels, swept across each person's face, seemingly assessing their worth.
The last to enter was Shen Yue, the investment director of Sequoia Capital. She was dressed in a smart business suit, but at this moment she was slightly behind, giving the center of the stage to the two young people in front of her.
Chairman Ma's gaze immediately locked onto Lin Yu.
He had imagined countless scenarios for their meeting, but he never expected the other person to be so...young and calm.
That wasn't feigned composure, but a deep-seated indifference to everything around him.
"Lin Yu, please have a seat."
Chairman Ma raised his hand, his voice gentle, revealing no hostility.
Lin-Yu pulled out the chair opposite him and sat down by himself.
Xia Zijin and Shen Yue sat on either side of him.
A negotiation that would determine the fate of a trillion-dollar empire began in such an unequal manner.
"I'm sure Director Shen has already made my purpose clear to everyone."
Lin Yu spoke first, breaking the silence. His speech was slow, but it carried an undeniable sense of pressure.
"I'm here today for only three things."
He held up one finger.
"First, we'll lose money."
In the conference room, a hot-tempered executive slammed his hand on the table: "Kid, don't be so arrogant! Do you really think Tencent is a pushover, someone you can bully?"
Lin Yu didn't even glance at him.
Xia Zijing silently took out her laptop from her backpack, turned it on, and connected it to the projector in the conference room.
On the large screen, a real-time scrolling candlestick chart appeared instantly.
—The stock price of penguins.
From the moment the press conference collapsed, the line plummeted downwards without looking back, and in just 24 hours, the market value evaporated by more than 80 billion.
Next to the candlestick chart is another real-time data panel.
[Tencent Video, Daily Active User Churn Rate: 12%]
[Tencent Live, paid user churn rate: 21%]
Estimated losses from server downtime (per hour): 3.2 million
A string of cold numbers, like sharp knives, pierced the hearts of every director present.
"This is the first interest you're paying for your stupidity."
Lin Yu said calmly.
The director who slammed his fist on the table turned red in the face, but he couldn't utter another word.
"Lin Yu,"
Chairman Ma finally spoke, adjusting his glasses. "Name your price. We acknowledge our misjudgment in this incident and are willing to compensate for it."
He tried to define this as compensation, rather than damages.
"My time is very precious."
Lin Yu leaned back in his chair. "So, we'll skip the haggling part."
He extended his second finger.
Second, authorization.
"Your copycat engine must be removed from all your products immediately. Then, integrate with the official version of our Singularity Algorithm 2.0."
"The licensing fee is one billion yuan per year. In addition, based on the cost savings from bandwidth as disclosed in your financial report, we will take a 50% cut."
"hiss--"
Gasps of shock filled the conference room once again.
A fixed licensing fee of one billion every year, and then another half of the profits are taken away?
This is no longer a collaboration; this is supporting a patriarch!
"impossible!"
Another director flatly refused, saying, "These conditions are too harsh! Our board will not agree!"
Lin Yu smiled.
That was the first time he smiled since he entered the conference room; it was a cold and mocking smile.
"You guys don't seem to understand the situation."
Xia Zijing typed on the keyboard to switch the projected image.
Three documents appeared on the big screen.
The first document is the international patent certificate for the high-dimensional topological manifold data reconstruction operator under Xia Zijin's name, which bears the bright red seal of the World Intellectual Property Organization.
The second document is a newly filed provisional patent application titled "Timestamp-triggered computation path reversal system".
The third one, also a provisional patent application, is titled "Energy Cyclic Architecture for Massive Parallel Computing".
"The first patent blocks your path to deleting the backdoor. If you delete it, you are infringing on our rights."
"The second patent blocks your path to imitating the backdoor. If you want to make something similar yourself, sorry, it's still infringement."
"As for the third one..."
Lin Yu's gaze swept across the entire room, finally landing on Chairman Ma's face. "It has blocked the only path that you might take to surpass me in the future."
"I've used three patents to draw a cage for you. You can either starve to death in the cage, or pay me to open the door for you."
The meeting room was deathly silent.
Everyone present was a shrewd businessman, and they instantly understood what these three patents meant.
It was an inescapable net.
A cage woven from law and technology, specifically designed for penguins, from which they cannot escape.
For the first time, fine beads of sweat appeared on Chairman Ma's forehead.
He looked at the boy in front of him and felt a chill run down his spine.
This is not a genius.
This is a devil. A devil disguised as a teenager, who is well-versed in human nature, technology, and business rules!
"I have a third thing to say."
Lin Yu stood up, walked to the huge floor-to-ceiling window, and looked down at the bustling city below.
He held up his third finger.
"I want to buy my life."
"Ma Huayun's fate."
Upon hearing this, Ma Huayun, who was sitting at the end, trembled violently as if struck by lightning.
"He tried to steal my technology, hired online trolls to smear my reputation, and even tried to poach the core members of my team."
Lin Yu turned around, his gaze sharp as a knife, piercing straight at Ma Huayun.
"So, I want him to disappear completely from the internet industry. Not just fire him, but I want him to use all his resources and connections to ensure that he can never find a job related to coding in his entire life."
"These are my conditions: three things, and none can be missing."
After Lin Yu finished speaking, he walked back to his seat.
He looked at Chairman Ma, whose face was ashen, and gave him his final ultimatum.
"I have ten minutes of patience left."
"In ten minutes, I will send this authorization agreement to the board of directors of Alibaba and ByteDance."