In AI Can Love After Being Reborn (Part 44), the war for the group-buying market reaches its crescendo. Lashou announces 3 billion in funding. Nuomi reveals 1.5 billion. Both giants set their sights on the same target: Pinduoduo, the student-run website that embarrassed them in Shanghai. Their managers work three days and three nights crafting the perfect purge plan. They give motivational speeches. They hand out cash bonuses. They are ready to win.
Then the news breaks. Pinduoduo has received 1.8 billion in funding. The announcement comes through official channels. The bank accounts are public. It's not a rumor. It's not a bluff. It's real.
The meeting rooms go silent. The speeches stop mid-sentence. The managers stare at their feet. They spent three days planning to destroy a website they thought was broke. They never considered the possibility that the student had been holding aces the entire time.