Chapter Five: The Blockade That Failed

Chenzhou sent Wildfire's revenue data and cooperation template to fifteen clubs for free, taking only ten percent of future advertising as a technology fee. Twelve clubs filed a joint complaint to void Hanhai's exclusivity. Before the next market opening, financial reporters calculated that Hanhai had spent sixty-eight million to stop Blaze, while Qiming spent less than two million to gain users, distribution, and equity. Wildfire's financing valuation had risen from twenty million to 150 million. Chengze's blockade had earned Chenzhou nearly twenty million in paper gains. At Hanhai's board meeting, an independent director asked, "Vice President Gu, why is shareholder money being used to educate the market for your cousin?"