'It's been two days, those damned people have disappeared from our sight for two days. Although I always curse those who go die, but I still miss them. After all, it's better to look at those scantily clad celebrity whores than at a blank wall.'
'I think that, more than the aesthetics, I'm more curious about who made it? I haven't heard any news about a media industry strike, or that these outdoor spaces have expired and no new ones have been added in?'
'God, looking at all those white things all day, I feel like I'm going to turn white myself. Which one do you think will be the first to appear on it? I bet it'll be a really famous company, like Coke, or that burger joint we go to all the time!'
'Damn fat pig, all you know is to eat. I don't think it's necessarily a well-known company. I think it's more likely to be a new movie from a certain ministry, like a blank billboard...'
While the whole of San Francisco was making all kinds of guesses about the blank billboard, change came on the third day.
In the early hours of the morning, while San Francisco was still asleep, groups of workers hired by outdoor advertising companies took to the streets, bringing with them the billboards that had been prepared in advance. They were skilled workers, so it only took an hour to replace the billboards in all the main locations in San Francisco.
In the morning, when a woman went out after breakfast as usual, she suddenly exclaimed when she arrived at the bus stop: 'Oh my god, there's new posters here. Let me see, it's the Lombardy Network!'
This is not an isolated incident. It happened in various places in San Francisco, especially in places with high pedestrian traffic. People even gathered around the exhibition boards, pointing at the pictures and discussing: 'I know. She's the hottest sexy actress in Hollywood right now. I'm surprised that this Lombardy Network, which I've never heard of, was able to get her.
'This shows that the company is even more impressive!' Another person said, 'Look, it says they are the most responsible mailbox. This is great, because I used to get delivery failure notifications for emails I sent. It looks like I can try another option now.'
'Responsible for this is the second, the key is that other email can send the content is too little, you see this mailbox, he can actually send us any file, this is not as convenient as fax? My computer is directly connected to the printer, so I can just print it out. This convenient and versatile email account is my choice!'
'And there's more, they are a specialised network technology company, and they have other services besides email...'
Lombardi's company followed these outdoor explosions throughout San Francisco, and the Down family, as the target of Wood and Down's actions, naturally also got the news first. In fact, they knew as soon as all the companies began to install in the early morning.
In the conference room of the Tang Bank headquarters building, Tang Jingsheng, Tang Huayin and eight other core members of the Tang family sat face-to-face, discussing the situation.
'Jingsheng, I think
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A middle-aged man with grey hair at the temples spoke up, but Tang Jingsheng did not give a clear answer, just saying, 'I understand what you're saying, but let's wait until Tang Ran and Zhou Ming get here before we talk about it.'
These words made the others feel very offended. They said, 'Why wait for them to come? I can understand waiting for Tang Ran, after all, she is our new chieftain, but what is that Zhou Ming? Why should we listen to him?'
Someone else queried: 'Tang Ran is still young and is still at school, so she doesn't know much about many things. We are here to help her, so now that this has happened, we can make decisions for her! As for Zhou Ming, we missed the best opportunity to stop Wu De because we listened to him in the first place. Now how can we still listen to him?'
While they were arguing in the meeting room, the door suddenly opened and Zhou Ming, Tang Ran and Lin Muqing walked in.
'I'm sorry, uncles, we're late.'
Tang Ran apologised first, and then they sat down in their places. As soon as they were seated, Tang Jingsheng asked her, 'This morning, Lombardi appeared on outdoor display boards at bus stops and subway stations. Are you all aware of this?'
Tang Ran nodded and said, 'Yes, Ming and I were just discussing this on the way over.'
Everyone was very happy with this answer: 'Really? So it seems you already have some ideas, right? You were the ones who suggested letting them do it their way in the first place, so I'm sure you have a solution, right?'
Tang Jingsheng raised his hand to indicate silence and told Tang Ran, 'We have already discussed this issue before you arrived. We all think that we should solve this matter immediately. I wonder what your thoughts are?'
'Why? We don't think it's necessary at all,' Tang Ran said.
Everyone was shocked by his words, including Tang Jingsheng and Tang Huiyin. They couldn't understand why Tang Ran had said that. Had Wood already started an offensive, and were they just going to sit back and do nothing?
Before they could say anything, the door to the meeting room opened again and Tang Jingsheng's secretary walked in to report that Lombardi had also started appearing on TV.
This came as a shock to them, and they immediately turned on the TV, where they saw Lombardi Corporation.
The first segment showed a scene in an ordinary company where the boss was opening his email, but found a bunch of garbled code. He lost his temper and called in his technical staff, who told him that If you want to use it, you have to use a Lombardy mailbox. Lombardy mailboxes use the latest encoding technology, are compatible with all systems, can send any mail, and will never have this kind of problem.
The second part also takes place in an office, where a boss is freaking out because he has a fax to send, but the company fax machine happens to be broken. He calls his technician, who is furious, and the technician tells him that he can use the Lombardy mailbox to send it, and the boss is finally happy.
There is a third paragraph in which the boss complains that there is no working email account at all and there are too few resources on the network. Then his technician tells him about the Lombardy mailbox again, and everything is solved...
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After reading this, a member of the Down syndrome family immediately stood up: 'This is outrageous! This is clearly a malicious attempt to disparage the inferior functions of other email boxes. They are engaging in malicious competition to disparage their rivals! Our family cannot just stand by and let these outsiders bully us. We must do something to defend our market!'
Zhou Ming glanced at him and knew that he was the main investor in the Internet, with several websites and email accounts under his control, so he was so excited about facing Lombardi Company.
'Uncle, I can understand your feelings, but please calm down...'
Without waiting for Zhou Ming to finish speaking, he interrupted angrily, 'How can I be calm when the situation is like this? Can't you see that these are challenges they are issuing to us?'
'I am issuing them a challenge!'
In the office of the chairman of Lombardy Corporation, Wood sat in the chair that had originally belonged to Don An, while Don An sat opposite him. Wood said to him, 'These are the essence. the core of their content is to point out the problems with other email addresses, but they don't specify which ones, so there's nothing they can do about me.'
Tang An also said, 'Yes, Mr. Wood, this is truly a genius plan. The company's technicians have just sent a message saying that our traffic has suddenly increased by nearly 10,000, and the number of new users has reached 1,000. This is a very impressive result! With this result, it means that our market share will increase even more!'
'First, remove all the outdoor advertising, and use nothing to attract people's attention. When everyone is wondering why this is the case, suddenly release our advertising, and you will immediately get the best results. This kind of marketing strategy is masterful.' Tang An continued, 'No, even a master may not dare to do it, but you, Mr. Wood, dare to do it, which shows that you are the best!'
Wood interrupted Tang An, saying, 'After all, I came from Etly to San Francisco. No matter who my opponent is, I can't allow my trip to be in vain, so naturally I have to be prepared.'
Wood let out a sigh here: 'It's just a pity, I thought they would make me happier, but who knew they would let us succeed without putting up any resistance at all. It's really not interesting.'
'Of course. Given your ingenuity, Mr. Wood, I'm afraid they're not going to be able to guess what you're thinking, even with their intelligence. So what's the point of trying to stop you? I think they're just going to have to resign themselves to defeat!' Tang An said happily, 'So, Mr. Wood, let's crush them once and for all?'
Wood folded his arms. 'I don't really care. Since there's no suspense in this battle, let's end it as soon as possible and use all the stuff I've prepared.'
In the end, Wood sighed, 'It's just a pity that none of the backup plans I prepared will be put to use. It seems that I really overestimated them. I thought they would still be able to excite me a little, but they turned out to be so lifeless. It seems that the Tang Dynasty Bank is the same.'
Wood said, turning to Tang An, 'After this is over, you should use his influence to get in touch with your friends again. This Tang Dynasty Bank has been in the hands of those people for more than a hundred years, and it's time for someone new to take charge.'