Chapter Five: The Blockade That Failed

After thirty seconds, Liang held out his hand. "Fifteen percent. Deal." At Hanhai, Chengze laughed during a management meeting. "County towns, barbecue shops, amateur commentary. This is Chenzhou's new empire?" "Low-end users cannot pay," the marketing director said. "We remove Wildfire from app stores and the broadcast dies." Only Zhou Xu did not laugh. He had watched Chenzhou use the same strategy in Cloud Harbor: while others fought for downtown property, Chenzhou secured surrounding logistics nodes until the center depended on the edge. "President Gu, forcing removal could document abuse of distribution rights," Zhou warned. "Are you teaching me business now?" Chengze asked. "I only—" "You couldn't even place a portable drive correctly."