The relationship between Jiang Li and his not really cheaply gained billionaire godfather was more like that of businessmen or partners than father and son. It was an exchange. It was hard to tell if the exchange had been of equal value but the two did not talk much about it.
In summary though, while Jiang Li managed to gain the backing of this global personality, he had to deal with the Northerners who tried to manipulate election results and a small research firm from the central continent who managed to steal and misappropriate the data of more than a hundred million active users of Facebrick.