Chapter five hundred and thirty seventh something happened
"Mr. Zhang, something big happened!"
In the middle of the night, Zhang Yida received an overseas call from Ma Jun.
"What happened? What all the fuss is about!"
Being woken up in the middle of the night, Zhang Yida also had a hint of anger in his words.
"What's going on?"
Zhao Erya rubbed her eyes and was also woken up.
"It's okay, it's okay, go to sleep quickly!"
Zhang Yida glanced at her and walked out of the room quietly.
Sitting on the sofa in the living room, Zhang Yida gradually woke up and said calmly: "What happened? Don't be anxious. Speak slowly."
“Musical.ly has been blocked!”
Ma Jun was really anxious to get angry, otherwise he wouldn't have called Zhang Yida in such a panic.
"Blocked?"
Zhang Yida was so shocked that he broke into a cold sweat and asked: "Who? APP Stle Play?"
"No, it's the Indonesian government..."
After listening to Ma Jun's description, Zhang Yida gradually understood the whole story. Eight domain name systems deployed by Musical.ly in Indonesia were blocked, and the application was completely paralyzed in Indonesia.
"Have you communicated with the Indonesian authorities?"
Zhang Yida gradually calmed down. Now is not the time to hold people accountable. He must find a way to solve the problem.
Every hour an application is down, a huge number of users are lost.
"It's so late at night, where can I communicate? I'm taking the nearest flight and I'm expected to arrive in Indonesia in the morning."
Zhang Yida thought for a while and said: "You communicate with the relevant Indonesian departments first. If there is no way to solve the problem, I will take the next step."
Ma Jun responded, "Okay!"
Zhang Yida reassured, "Don't be too anxious. If it happened in the United States, it would be a bit tricky.
I also know a few friends in Indonesia who should be able to help."
Ma Jun felt reassured, knowing that Mr. Zhang had some connections in Southeast Asia.
If that doesn't work, let the Americans come in and see if these monkeys are afraid of the Americans.
After hanging up the phone, Zhang Yida sent an all-staff email to shareholders and management.
As one of Musical.ly's largest overseas markets, Indonesia has undergone such a big change that it is necessary to provide relevant notifications.
Masayoshi Son was the first to make the call. He spent tens of billions of dollars on Ruixiang. Apart from Zhang Yida, he was probably the most concerned about Ruixiang's affairs.
"Mr. Zhang, I already understand the matter. The top priority is to find out why the Indonesian authorities banned Musical.ly?
You can rest assured that SoftBank will unswervingly support you. If you need any help, just ask."
Sun Zhengyi seemed very calm. Although he was also worried about any changes in Ruixiang's development, he had been involved in the business world for decades and had seen many storms and waves. He knew very well that it was useless to be anxious.
"Thank you Mr. Sun for your support. If necessary, I will speak up.
Once Ma Jun understands the situation clearly, we will hold a remote board meeting tomorrow."
Sun Zhengyi admires Zhang Yida very much for his calmness in dealing with changes. This is what makes him capable of great things.
Then, Blackshirt Capital, Zhenke Fund, various state-owned assets, Goldman Sachs and other Wall Street giants all called.
Zhang Yida didn't get much rest all night and was busy answering the phone.
In the morning, Zhao Erya got up and saw Zhang Yida asleep on the sofa, still holding his mobile phone in his hand.
Slowly she remembered the midnight call last night, which woke her up first, and then she fell asleep again...
Judging from my boyfriend's behavior, last night was definitely not a trivial matter.
She didn't want to wake him up, so she brought a quilt from the room and was about to cover him.
Zhang Yida's phone rang again.
After being awakened, Zhang Yida opened his eyes and saw that it was already dawn.
Although he was weak and felt his body was hollowed out, Zhang Yida still struggled to get up and answered the phone.
"Mr. Zhang, I have arrived in Indonesia and will communicate with their communications minister immediately."
Zhang Yida gave some instructions and quickly hung up the phone.
Zhao Erya looked at Zhang Yida, whose eyes were as red as a rabbit, feeling a little distressed, and asked softly: "What happened?"
“Musical.ly is blocked in Indonesia!”
Zhang Yida feels dizzy. He probably slept for less than two hours last night. This is a sign of lack of sleep.
Zhao Erya is very aware of Musical.ly’s position in Ruixiang Group. Although it does not contribute the most revenue, it carries the hope of Ruixiang’s global technology giant.
Being blocked by a country is very serious.
She was actually quite anxious, but she couldn't help Zhang Yida share his worries.
…
Zhang Yida rushed to the company in a hurry and found that the management had already arrived, waiting for him.
Without any other opening remarks, Zhang Yida asked directly: "How is the situation now?"
Lu Qi replied, "The media has already carried out relevant reports. Indonesian Minister of Communications Rudiantara said that in the past month, their department has been monitoring Musical.ly.
The reason for this ban is the large amount of harmful content on the Musical.ly platform.
Much of the content is negative, indecent, and highly inappropriate for children.
In addition, in addition to monitoring Musical.ly, Rudiantara said that their communications department also received 2,853 reports during this period.
On the ge. website, there is also a petition signed by 63,742 people, calling for the Musical.ly application to be banned in Indonesia.
This website is a social welfare petition website founded in 2007. It currently has 180 million users and is very famous in Indonesia."
Zhang Yida narrowed his eyes slightly, lay back on the chair, and thought about countermeasures.
He didn’t know what content Musical.ly had in Indonesia, and maybe even Ma Jun didn’t know.
Seeing Zhang Yida closing his eyes and concentrating, other management members were also holding their breath and concentrating, with heavy expressions on their faces.
“Does Musical.ly contain the content they accuse us of?”
Zhang Yida opened his eyes and looked at Su Hua.
Su Hua scratched his head, "I really don't know this! Ma Jun may know better than me."
"Ma Junren is in Indonesia and is communicating with relevant departments."
Zhang Yida thought for a while and asked: "Is the Indonesian video reviewed by the domestic team?"
"Yes, the Asian market entered the market late, and the domestic team is currently reviewing it."
Su Hua frowned and said, "We are now using a manual review plus a machine review mechanism, and the review in terms of values and social customs, for example, is very strict.
Videos that are vulgar, eye-catching, and money-worshiping will be suppressed.
In addition, our AI artificial intelligence technology is now very mature. After the crackdown, these cases will be used as models for further machine learning.
Logically speaking, there should be no oversights in the review.”
Zhang Yida shook his head, "The crux of the problem is this. How can the domestic review team understand the customs and culture of other countries?
No, even the review team must be localized next. Otherwise, similar problems will happen again in the future."
Su Hua nodded, he was really careless this time.
"Su Hua, you take the lead in forming an investigation team and interview the Indonesian video review team first."
Although he was waiting for news from Ma Jun, Zhang Yida didn't want to sit idle and wanted to understand the matter more clearly before talking.
…
Musical.ly was blocked in Indonesia and spread to China, causing a lot of heated discussion.
Some people clapped their hands and applauded, thinking that this vulgar short video deserved to be blocked.
Others are worried about the future development of Musical.ly, which is China’s leader in overseas applications. They all hope that Musical.ly can become a presence comparable to YouTube and Facebook.
But now it seems that development is still very difficult!
Penguin and Ahri are also more concerned about the further development of the situation. Seeing the setback in Ruixiang's development, they can also breathe a sigh of relief.
If Ruixiang continues to expand, higher and higher valuations and large amounts of cash flow will not be a good thing for the two of them.