On January 26, Zhang Zhengwen, one of the co-founders of NEO, posted an article stating that his latest meeting with Da Hongfei had ended, but the result was "neither unexpected nor pleasant." Zhang stated that Da Hongfei reiterated the so-called "limited cooperation" during the meeting, but failed to provide any substantive solutions on any key issues. Therefore, he clearly stated three minimum requirements: first, to establish an effective and verifiable financial supervision and management mechanism; second, to abandon the EON project, which he considered a direct competitor to Neo; and third, to authorize him to release information through the NEO official website and the official X (formerly Twitter) account. Zhang stated that all three requirements were explicitly rejected by Da Hongfei. Under these circumstances, he believes that the other party has not shown genuine sincerity in cooperation, nor has he demonstrated a willingness to substantially enhance the value of NEO. Based on his assessment that NEO has been declining under his leadership in recent years, Zhang formally called on Da Hongfei to resign from his leadership position in the NEO ecosystem.