Chapter: 6002

Zhang Qishuai hesitated and said, "Young Master... the Rockefeller family and similar financial groups in the West have great influence, even affecting laws and government decisions. They have a lobbying group that's number one in the world. If they lobby the government and get it to crack down on us, it could greatly affect our business in North America..."

"Don't worry," Ye Chen said calmly, "if we really need to exit the US market, then so be it. At least we've held our ground for now. The people of North America will see this clearly, and when the time is right, we can come back again. But once we lose our bottom line, we'll lose the support of the people, and we're just a short video platform that's truly of the people. Once we lose the people's support, even if the local government doesn't target us, we won't have fertile soil to develop."

As he said this, Ye Chen added, "I understand your concern for the greater good and not wanting all our efforts to be in vain. But you must remember that if one day we need to make a choice between the people of North America and the government, we will always choose the former. We are the people's platform."

Zhang Qishuai heard these words and his doubts were dispelled. His voice became more confident as he said loudly, "Alright, Young Master! I understand now! I'll respond to them immediately!"

At this moment, the Rockefeller family's people, although eagerly waiting for a response from the short video platform's North America person in charge, had not given up hope and were discussing how to handle Bruce Weston.

This person posted two videos, clearly determined to fight the Rockefeller family to the death. The core members of the Rockefeller family are furious about this.

For them, they long to send someone to Brooklyn prison to take care of Bruce right now.

But as the event continued to unfold, the Rockefeller family's most cautious person is currently none other than Bruce himself.

This Bruce person blew open the two major scandals of the Rockefeller family, and the evidence was ironclad. Under such circumstances, if something unexpected happened to him, the Rockefeller family would have no way to escape the consequences, and the public would definitely pin the blame on the Rockefeller family.

At that time, both scandals could not be settled alone and would turn into three or four, with a bonus of human life involved.

Then, Howard's eldest son received a phone call and subsequently looked serious, saying, "Father, the short-video platform has rejected our meeting request."

"What?!" Howard furrowed his brow, asking him, "I, Howard Rockefeller, am willing to humble myself to meet with someone in charge of North America. And they still dare to reject me?"

"It is..." The eldest son sighed helplessly, saying, "We have already made it clear that you want to meet with them, but they still refused."

Howard thought for a moment and said coldly, "It's not just rejecting us on the spot, but rather after a few minutes. It seems like they are reporting this back to China. It seems like the Ye family members don't want to see me."

As he spoke, Howard bit his teeth and said, "I never thought that Ye Changying would have died so many years ago, and yet the Ye family is still as stubborn as ever. With their little power and no one like Ye Changying to gather and mobilize resources, they are just a bunch of insignificant rascals in front of the Rockefeller family, daring to continue to defy us."

In the Rockefeller family, a young person said on the video conference, "Grandfather, this short-video platform has developed extremely rapidly over the past year or so. Although it hasn't listed yet, its market value forecast is already around $4 trillion or so."

"Four trillion?!" Howard was astonished and asked, "Are you sure? A small short-video platform like that could have such a high market value?"

The other side nodded and said, "Nowadays, short videos are developing rapidly all over the world. In this process, China's short-video platforms are running ahead of everyone else. Our old-fashioned internet companies can't keep up with their pace, and now short videos have become an entrance for various industries to get traffic, making them very strong in the fields of e-commerce, virtual services, and value-added services. Four trillion is actually a conservative estimate, and if they are given some more time, who knows if they could surpass Facebook's $8 trillion market value."

"What the hell! Howard's face turned red with rage and he exclaimed, "How can such a huge company fall into the hands of the Ye family? The Ye family's own scale can barely reach $1-2 trillion!"

The other side sighed and said, "Grandfather, this is how the internet industry is. As long as you're standing in the right wind, you can soar to the sky overnight. You know Zuckerberg, don't you? He didn't just make Facebook worth $80 billion?"

Howard couldn't help but sputter and curse, saying, "What the hell! The Ye family really got lucky! If this short-video platform goes public smoothly and actually reaches a market value of $4 trillion, won't the Ye family become the number one family in China directly?!"

"It is," the other side nodded lightly. "This has already been set in stone."

Howard grumbled, saying, "It seems that whether or not a family can rise to power isn't just determined by having a few excellent people. Long Yifei is so talented, but he couldn't even bring the Ye family to the top spot in China. Now, it looks like the Ye family can buy up a short-video platform and easily achieve it."

Just as Howard was getting anxious, his eldest son called again, looking worried and saying, "Father, public opinion is developing rapidly, and Washington has already formed an investigation task force to head to Brooklyn Prison immediately. The New York prison management agency and the FBI are going to take over Brooklyn Prison, and a takeover team has already set out!"

Howard's face darkened as he exclaimed, "Things are getting bigger and more chaotic..." JrNovels.com