"Vucevic is too useless, wasting so many opportunities. How can such a player be a substitute for my Lakers?"
"Last game Manoch was bad, this game Vucevic is even worse. My Lakers still lack a crucial player. If Bynum hadn't been out for the season, Tang Long wouldn't have had to go one-on-one like this; they would have defended him to death!"
"Tang Long is too much, practically a drama queen. He's disgracing us Dragon Nation people. Odom should have made some small moves to stop him from showing off like this in the future."
"If we can't win at home in the crucial fourth quarter, it will be dangerous when we return to Cleveland for the next game. This year is my Lakers' best chance. Let Shaq see that my Lakers can win the championship without him!"
Discussions about the game on Lakers' forums had dwindled. Many trolls who were good at stirring up trouble had come to life, gathering on the Lakers' team forum and posting threads attacking Tang Long.
Someone reposted the threads from the Lakers' forum that were slandering Tang Long to the Cavaliers' forum or Tang Long's forum. Outraged netizens then engaged in battles with the trolls.
Some Lakers fans acted like patrolling dogs, saying that Cavaliers players were spineless.
It was the same for Chinese fans as it was for American fans.
Lakers fans attacked Tang Long and LeBron James. Some even resorted to racial slurs. Cavaliers fans accused Lakers fans of being dirty, and both sides attacked each other.
This caused the viewership and number of people on Twitter to skyrocket. Fans from both sides flocked to comment under the posts of each team's stars, with some defending and others attacking.
After all, Tang Long was the second-largest shareholder of Twitter.
Soon, Lakers fans discovered that some excessively abusive accounts were banned for an hour, while Cavaliers fans could curse about anything without consequence.
Gradually, Cavaliers fans began to gain the upper hand!
this infuriated the Lakers fans, who quickly rallied their friends to express their dissatisfaction with Twitter's official management.
Jack, seeing the registered user count and concurrent online users on Twitter break the ten million mark, couldn't stop smiling.
At this moment, Jack's phone rang. He picked it up and saw an unfamiliar phone number.
"We are from DHS. We will be speaking with all high-level stakeholders of Twitter one by one. Please prepare yourselves."
With that, the caller hung up.
Jack put down the phone, a frown creasing his brow.
A call from the Department of Homeland Security was unusual. If there were any issues, it should have been the information security department.
As Jack pondered this, his eyes happened to land on the NBA broadcast.
Could it be because of Tang?
Just then, Jack heard his secretary talking to someone. He walked out and saw a young man in a suit, reeking of alcohol, being blocked by his secretary.
The man's expression was unpleasant, especially his condescending attitude towards the secretary.
Seeing Jack emerge from his office, Biz complained indignantly, "Jack, your secretary is too stupid. I suggest you find someone else. You should hire a beautiful female secretary like I did. I can introduce you to a stunner! Heh heh, she'll definitely satisfy you!"
As he spoke, Biz made a gesture emphasizing a curvaceous figure.
"Biz, you've been drinking again? It's daytime."
"What's wrong with daytime? Who says you can't drink during the day?"
Biz said impatiently, "Jack, you're so boring. We're so rich now, shouldn't we enjoy ourselves?"
Jack's frown deepened.
This former friend, they had come together for their ideals and worked countless nights to establish this company.
Yet now, with a little money, this friend had started indulging in pleasure.
"I don't have time. I have many meetings to attend."
As Jack spoke, he suddenly remembered something and added, "Oh right, DHS called me. They want to speak with all high-level stakeholders of our company. I'll hire lawyers to review all company matters. You should be careful these few days."
"I came here to talk to you about that."
Biz stumbled into the office, closed the door, and flopped onto the sofa, saying lazily, "Do you know why DHS wants to talk to us so suddenly? And what they'll do afterward?"
Jack feigned ignorance and shook his head, "What will they do?"
"If the conversation doesn't satisfy DHS, they will investigate our company."
"On what grounds?" Jack retorted dismissively. "This company is the culmination of all our hard work. I won't allow anyone to mess with it, not even DHS. I'll hire a team of top lawyers to deal with them."
"A team of top lawyers will cost at least ten million US dollars. Why should we spend this unnecessary money?"
As Biz spoke, he leaned closer to Jack and said, "Jack, I received news that the reason DHS is investigating our company is because of that Tang, that damned Dragon Nation guy. As long as we kick him out, our company will be safe."
Jack looked at Biz in surprise. "Tang is our second-largest shareholder. How can we kick him out?"
"I have a way, of course."
Biz suddenly sat up, a greedy expression on his face. "As long as we leak the news of the company's investigation and blame it all on Tang, the shareholders will surely be dissatisfied. We can then call a shareholders' meeting and use it as an opportunity to take back Tang's shares!"
"Biz, Tang helped us. Without Tang, our company would have been acquired by those greedy capitalists long ago, and you and I would have had to leave with just a few million dollars."
"You're not thinking straight, are you? Tang did help us, but we also made him money. How much is our stock worth now? A little over ten dollars per share!
"With the current upward trend, it could reach hundreds of dollars per share. That's tens of billions of dollars! Are you willing to give tens of billions of dollars to a yellow-skinned guy for free?"
"I disagree with you doing this!" Jack flatly refused Biz.
"Tang is not only our second-largest shareholder but also the most influential phenomenal star in the NBA! The scale Twitter has achieved today is also under Tang's influence. What you're suggesting is ungrateful."
Biz stood up indignantly and roared, "Don't give me that talk. I'll ask you one question: Are you in or out?"
"Out!"
"Fine, if you're out, I'm in!"
Biz stormed out, slamming the door.
"Wait..." Jack called out to Biz.
"Whatever you plan to do, I advise you not to bring trouble upon yourself. You don't know Tang. He's not as simple as he appears. You'd better be careful."
"Careful?" Biz scoffed at Jack's words.
"This is America! Jack, are you crazy? Telling me to be careful? Just watch, I will definitely kick that Tang out."
Jack watched his friend swagger through the company, being rude to employees, his eyes narrowing slightly!