When the stock market closed that day, news exploded like a bombshell.


    Today, Weibo''s shares were fully acquired by a mysterious tycoon, and the delisting procedures were even swiftlypleted—Weibo has now be a privately heldpany!


    "What''s happening? Weibo got acquired in just one day?"


    "Weibo is valued at over 90 billion US dors, and delisting requires over 75% personal shareholding. Does someone actually have 70 billion US dors in funds?"


    "You can''t calcte it like that. Those shareholders aren''t idiots. They wouldn''t sell such arge batch of shares at the stock market price. The buyer''s funds might be far more than that!"


    "Who on earth did it?"


    "Could it be that big shot named Zhang Menglong?"


    "Yeah, didn''t he say that if those tforms don''t control the messages about his friend by 12 o''clock, he would acquire those tforms''panies? He wasn''t joking!"


    As if confirming thoseizens'' guesses, Zhang Menglong posted the Weibo share certificate on his own Weibo, which stated that Zhang Menglong had be the legal person with 100% of the shares!


    "I did what I said!" There were these five words beside the apanying picture.


    This Weibo post was undoubtedly a shock to the entire—a shock that Zhang Menglong had truly fully acquired Weibo in just half a day. How on earth did he do it?


    "Could this be photoshopped?"


    "Right, even if you offer money, it doesn''t mean people are willing to sell."


    "Acquiring Weibo in half a day? That seems too fake, right?"


    Not only were there voices of astonishment, but skepticism was also rampant.


    However, all Weibo users received an official system notice from the tform within a few minutes.


    Weibo Announcement: All users are required to delete any personal information about Mr. Zhang Menglong''s friend within one hour, otherwise, the system will ban the ount for 5000 years.


    "Sk... Sk..."


    "Damn, this is real! Zhang the boss has be a power user!"


    "Banned for 5000 years, does he think we''re immortal monsters?"


    "My ount finally gathered a few tens of thousands of followers; I can''t afford to be banned!"


    "Scared, scared, can''t afford to provoke, can''t afford to provoke. This isn''t an iron te; it''s a nail board, whoever provokes it will be unlucky!"


    The messages about Lu Yiyao began to be swiftly deleted. As Huaxia''srgestmunity tform, no one wanted their ount to be banned.


    "You rock!" Zhang Menglong received a message from Wang Ling.


    "Keep it low-key!" Zhang Menglong replied with augh.


    But the event was just beginning. Although Weibo''s traffic was huge, it was only a small part of the entire Inte industry.


    They remembered that it wasn''t just Weibo that Zhang Menglong dered war on, but also other major tforms. This war without smoke was not over yet!


    "You''re not going to continue, are you?" Wang Ling asked.


    "Do I look like someone who just jokes around?" Zhang Menglong replied, "Acquiring Weibo was just a warning. Leave some leeway for the future, right?"


    "How much money do you actually have?" From what Zhang Menglong said, it seemed like there was nopany he couldn''t acquire if he wanted to.


    "I''m not sure myself, but buying your family''s Wanda would probably just be a drop in the bucket. Chatting with you for this long, I''ve probably earned a few billion US dors."


    "Stop it, stop it. I didn''t provoke you, so leave a way out for our family." Wang Ling was no longer able to have a normal conversation with Zhang Menglong—this guy was simply a beast.


    Wang Ling had struggled to death to make just over ten billion in these few years, yet Zhang Menglong''s few words were worth his years of effort. How was he supposed topete?


    "Alright, I''ve got to go knock on the doors of otherpanies. I''ll stop talking for now."


    Zhang Menglong hung up the phone, and went straight to Weibo to mention several inte giants'' official ounts.


    "Which one shall I start acquiring tomorrow? @Sohu @Tengxun @Baidu..."


    "Going head-to-head, huh? Boss Zhang is invincible, this is outright deration of war!"


    "I''d like to call you the strongest!"


    "Zhang Menglong, the eternal god!"


    "@Tengxun, Ma Hua,e out and take your beating!"


    "Supporting Boss Zhang in acquiring Tengxun, you gotta increase the odds for the lucky draw, we can even crowdfund for it!"


    "I''m willing to support Boss Zhang with ten bucks!"


    "Shut up, everyone! Does Boss Zhang look like he needs this chump change?"


    "Boss Zhang, need a cleaner at home?"


    ...


    In Pengcheng of Huaxia, within a majestic building, Ma Hua, the Chairman of Tengxun, had just finished dinner when his private phone rang.


    This number was not disclosed to the public and only his rtives and some key business partners knew it.


    "Li Hong? Why would he call me at this hour?" Despite the marketpetition, the two shared a good personal rtionship, asionally meeting up to have a meal together, sip tea, and discuss their business ideas.


    "Chairman Ma, have you seen the news online?" Li Hong got straight to the point.


    "What news?"


    "That young guy named Zhang Menglong, he has already acquired Weibo, the whole stake!" When Li Hong saw the news, he couldn''t believe it at first. Even with Baidu''s size and resources, acquiring Weibo would be a huge undertaking. And even if they did n an acquisition, it wouldn''t be possible toplete all the processes in just half a day.


    "What?" Ma Hua had spent the whole day reviewing documents for a new game product and had just taken a break for dinner, only to hear such explosive news.n/?/vel/b//jn dot c//om


    When Zhang Menglong posted on Weibo yesterday, it was the first time they had heard of this young man, but they had never taken his words seriously. A man in his twenties, boasting about wanting to acquire Baidu and Tengxun, could that be possible?


    They had regarded Zhang Menglong as nothing more than a clown seeking attention, desperate to be famous.


    But now that he had actually acquired the full stake in Weibo, it was no small matter!


    "Do you think what he said could be true?" Li Hong asked, not knowing why, but he always felt there was something mysterious about this young man.


    "That''s impossible, right? Ourpanies are both worth hundreds of billions of US Dors. If he wants to be the chairman, he needs to acquire 51% of the shares. Hundreds of billions of US Dors, can he afford that?"


    "Indeed, maybe I''m just being paranoid."


    "Hold on, let me take this call!" Ma Hua''s phone suddenly received a call from an unknown number.


    "Ma Xi Ma Xi?" A quite young voice came through from the other end, "May I speak with Chairman Ma?"


    "Who is this?"


    "Hello Chairman Ma, I am Zhang Menglong. You must have heard of me."


    "Zhang Menglong? How do you have my number?" Ma Hua''s number was highly confidential, and in theory, Zhang Menglong shouldn''t know it.


    "That''s not important. I''m calling today because I want to discuss something with Chairman Ma."


    "What is it?"


    "I''m interested in buying all of your shares in Tengxun, would you sell them?"


    Ma Hua''s breathing paused for a moment, "Are you... are you serious?"