September 26th, Thursday.

In the meeting room at Shengyun Group headquarters.

The bosses of various companies, including Nie Yunsheng, Lu Xiaoping, and Zheng Hao, had gathered once again.

However, the expressions on everyone’s faces had become extremely grave.

Because starting yesterday, public opinion online had taken another dramatic reversal.

Originally, they had basically achieved their goal with “My Property,” and the overall public opinion trend was very favorable.

But now, everything had changed.

Lu Xiaoping was scrolling through the trending topic #Let’s Interpret “The Future You Choose” Together# on his phone.

After Qiao Laoshi made this initiative in his video yesterday, it quickly triggered an enthusiastic response from everyone. Whether on major film review websites, video platforms, or public social platforms like Weibo, everyone was interpreting the implications of “The Future You Choose” game and movie from their own perspective and understanding.

And many of these discussions were related to the movie “My Property” and the anti-Tenda alliance.

“This means the situation has reversed. Initially, everyone thought ‘The Future You Choose’ movie and game were strategies deployed by Mr. Pei to counter the public opinion war of the anti-Tenda alliance, but now it seems that’s not the case at all. Mr. Pei never considered the anti-Tenda alliance as his opponent.”

“That’s right. Winning against the anti-Tenda alliance would be too simple for Mr. Pei, so his target was positioned on Tenda Group itself.”

“Instead, Mr. Pei used the power of the anti-Tenda alliance to stimulate public opinion and draw attention, thereby jointly directing the spearhead toward that intangible will.”

“From this perspective, the anti-Tenda alliance has been fooled by Mr. Pei again. They did invest heavily to produce a film with both good income and reputation, but the viewpoint expressed by this film is completely consistent with what Mr. Pei wanted to express. In reality, they perfectly coordinated with Mr. Pei.”

“We can see a paradox in the anti-Tenda alliance: If they don’t fight in Tenda’s way, they stand in opposition to ordinary consumers and can never win. But if they fight in Tenda’s way, they become Tenda’s helpers and comrades.”

“Actually, we can analyze it this way: That intangible will, the will of capital accumulation, has long resided in the companies of the anti-Tenda alliance. So when Tenda Group develops rapidly and poses a threat and challenge to it, its primary goal is to suppress Tenda Group, whether through commercial means or public opinion. But once the anti-Tenda alliance fails, this intangible will quickly abandons them and seeks to reside in Tenda Group.”

“Therefore, the anti-Tenda alliance’s film ‘My Property’ superficially attacks Tenda Group, but deeper analysis reveals that their own situation and problems are much more serious than Tenda Group’s. They’re actually criticizing themselves.”

“Meanwhile, Mr. Pei took advantage of this external siege opportunity, through a game and a movie, plus coordination with external films, to point out the existence and harmfulness of this intangible will. Although currently no one can give a clear solution to this problem, recognizing the problem is the first step to solving it.”

“Sigh, from this perspective, the anti-Tenda alliance has been utterly destroyed by the wisdom of Mr. Pei alone.”

“Yes, they couldn’t win the business war, and they couldn’t win the public opinion war either. The key is that while the anti-Tenda alliance was still focused on these very superficial perspectives, Mr. Pei had already seen deeper and was consciously using these conflicts to accomplish more noble and grand goals. The difference in their vision isn’t just one level apart.”

“So Mr. Pei is truly an unparalleled genius, not only able to build Tenda into a behemoth in business in just 4 years, a true business genius, but more precious is that he possesses an extraordinarily high vision that other business geniuses lack.”

“When those other business geniuses build giant companies and hold enormous wealth, they’re self-satisfied, complacent, or like Zheng Hao, have a natural sense of superiority, believing they naturally deserve to enjoy all this. But when Mr. Pei reached this step, he maintained vigilance as if walking on thin ice, sensing an unprecedented crisis.”

“That’s right, those other companies can actually be seen as hosts completely parasitized by that intangible will without knowing it. Those bosses are nominally company CEOs, holding the power of life and death over their companies, watching their personal wealth continuously accumulate and grow, enjoying the material comforts brought by enormous wealth. But in reality, they don’t know that those decisions seemingly made by themselves are actually choices made by that intangible will.”

“The moment a kingdom settles into enjoyment after expanding its territory, its decline is already determined.”

“Only corporate leaders like Mr. Pei, who always remain vigilant and always look toward the more distant future, truly control their enterprises and are truly masters of capital.”

“I have an important discovery. After Mr. Pei raised this issue, he actually solved a pending question: the harm brought by monopoly.”

“The anti-Tenda alliance has been inducing everyone to be vigilant against Tenda, with the reason being that Tenda Group is showing monopolistic trends in more and more industries, and monopoly is naturally bad. So we should resist.”

“But after Mr. Pei proposed the existence of this intangible will, let’s think carefully: is monopoly naturally bad?”

“I believe the key is to see who holds the power after monopoly. Take electricity as an example. Our country’s power grid can cover remote rural areas, and high-voltage power transmission technology has always been the world’s best. The power supply has always been stable and reliable, with fewer and fewer power outages. In some countries, the power industry is privately owned, theoretically in full competition. Yet there are situations where poor people freeze to death due to high electricity prices in snowy weather, power facilities age without repair, and even power grids in different regions cannot be shared.”

“Which is better?”

“Similarly, the pretext for the anti-Tenda alliance’s attack on Tenda is nothing more than Tenda Group gradually monopolizing. But if we think carefully, suppose after Tenda takes all market share, it still remembers its original intention, continuously provides the highest quality service to everyone, and can even achieve greater results through resource allocation. Is this result necessarily bad?”

“In contrast, those companies in the anti-Tenda alliance indeed haven’t achieved a monopoly position, but they’re only concerned with making money for themselves, increasing profits, without providing good service. Although competition is full, all companies in the industry are equally bad.”

“Is this so-called fully competitive industry necessarily good?”

“So it’s meaningless to discuss solely from the perspective of monopoly or non-monopoly. Good companies without monopoly cannot fully allocate resources across regions, inevitably causing huge development imbalances. Bad companies after monopoly will increasingly squeeze profits, causing greater disasters.”

“So the key is what kind of company it is, whether it represents the will of capital or the will of the people.”

“The key issue now is that we need to work with Mr. Pei to contain the shadow brought by that intangible will above Tenda Group. As long as Tenda Group still stands on the side of ordinary consumers, what does it matter if it squeezes out all the other garbage companies in the market? Conversely, if one day Tenda Group no longer stands on the side of consumers, but is parasitized by that intangible will, then Tenda Group, regardless of size or market position, should be resolutely eliminated by us!”

“Well said! Previously, everyone was entangled in market position and monopolistic trends, actually misled by those companies in the anti-Tenda alliance. When discussing monopoly, we must first discuss its nature. Discussing market position without discussing nature is just playing tricks.”

“Everyone’s interpretations are good. I think truth becomes clear through debate. Such discussions should be more extensively developed in the future, and constantly renewed.”

“I declare that from today, ‘Selection Studies’ is officially established. Let’s all analyze and interpret this knowledge well, to better guide reality and make correct choices!”

There were many similar discussions, but Lu Xiaoping focused most on the parts related to the anti-Tenda alliance companies.

Netizens had even spontaneously established a new discipline called “Selection Studies.” In simple terms, it was the study of “The Future You Choose” game and movie and related derivative content.

Under Qiao Laoshi’s call, netizens demonstrated their various talents like the Eight Immortals crossing the sea.

Some researched game details, some dug for Easter eggs in the movie. Some conducted comprehensive analyses by combining real-life cases, such as the business and public opinion wars between Tenda Group and the anti-Tenda alliance.

In short, any content related to this theme could be included in the research scope of Selection Studies.

And one point universally acknowledged was that in this final war, the opposing sides were Mr. Pei and that intangible will floating above Tenda Group.

As for the anti-Tenda alliance?

They were just hosts abandoned by that intangible will. They weren’t even qualified to be Tenda’s enemies.

Because even when they had completely lost, they still hadn’t realized where their real problem lay. They were still trying every means to attack their apparent enemy, Tenda Group, which led to the comical situation where the movie they had painstakingly produced ended up serving Tenda.

Not only that, but all the attacks on Tenda Group that the anti-Tenda alliance had racked their brains to come up with now collapsed without needing to be countered.

Because in the face of Mr. Pei’s comprehensive, no-dead-angle self-criticism, the attack angles the anti-Tenda alliance came up with were too weak.

It was as if they had painstakingly stuck many needles into Tenda Group, drawing blood, and thought they had achieved fruitful results.

But when they turned around, Mr. Pei had an expression of “Is that all?” as he vigorously stabbed himself with a large machete.

Obviously, no one would consider these people with needles as Tenda’s enemies.

After reading many comments, Lu Xiaoping sighed deeply and threw his phone on the table.

This time, they were truly at the end of their rope, with no way out.