Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, more than ten days had passed.
Ever since Lin Feng had negotiated with the domestic and foreign internet giants, they truly had not come looking for him again, and there had been no further contact.
Meanwhile, within the Internet technology business circles, Lin Feng's arrogant "10% story" spread rapidly, drawing mocking laughter from many business tycoons online.
A few days later, at a small business forum, Zhang Chaoyang, the president of Sohu, one of the four major portal websites, even privately used the matter as an example to tell everyone not to imitate a certain boss surnamed Lin.
He claimed that this Boss Lin's behavior was exceedingly foolish, and that cruel reality would show him that what he considered a treasure was actually worth jack shit!
Naturally, those words set off a burst of laughter.
Although Zhang Chaoyang did not explicitly name Lin Feng in this example, nor did he mention the "first-generation Douyin recommendation algorithm system program."
The two labels—"a boss surnamed Lin" and "some recommendation algorithm"—were enough for everyone present to know exactly whom Zhang Chaoyang meant.
Fortunately, no reporters were present at this small business forum. It was merely a gathering of somewhat well-known bosses discussing recent domestic and international developments, essentially a networking event.
Therefore, Zhang Chaoyang's mocking remarks did not spread into public news. Netizens did not know about them, and they circulated only within entrepreneurial and professional manager circles.
Even so, when the remarks reached Lin Feng's mother, He Xueqing, a few days later, she was furious and could not even enjoy her meals that day.
Fortunately, Lin Feng comforted her by saying, "Since Sohu looks down on the Douyin recommendation algorithm system program, they won't need to buy it in the future!"
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