Chapter 810 Public Intellectuals
Lu Yiming gave the order personally, and Wang Xing took it very seriously. He immediately led people to investigate.
A few days later, Wang Xing found Lu Yiming and reported to him: "Mr. Lu, the situation has been clarified."
Regarding this matter, Lu Yiming himself was actually curious. Didn't Dio know who owned the campus network? How dare he do that?
Capitalists are always out to make money. Anything that seems incredible is ultimately for the sake of profit. If you analyze all their actions from the perspective of profit, you will inevitably be able to find an explanation that fits their logic.
You may find it unbelievable, but it fits their logic. This is the case where the butt determines the head. The angle from which you look at it determines what conclusion you can draw.
There is no doubt that Dior chose to terminate the contract with Hu Jiake, and to do so in a humiliating way. The only explanation is that they can obtain greater benefits than the existing plan. This benefit not only exceeds the cooperation between Dior and Hu Jiake, but even offends the campus network and campus cultural media.
What Lu Yiming was interested in was this: what kind of interests prompted Dio to make such a move, and who could bring Dio greater benefits than what he had now.
Wang Xing gave him the answer.
"Mr. Lu, the matter is indeed not simple. Behind the scenes, Zhang Chaoyang of Sohu and Dior exchanged interests."
Lu Yiming's brows furrowed immediately: "Sohu? Zhang Chaoyang? What's this trick?"
Sohu is an Internet company and Dior sells luxury goods. Do the two parties have cooperation?
The world is changing so fast that even I, a reborn person, can’t understand it?
Lu Yiming couldn't help scratching his head.
"There's no need for Lao Zhang to offend me. He doesn't even want to think about Zha Lang..."
To be honest , Sohu is doing worse than Zhalang in the later period.
Zhalang was completely subdued in the past, so isn’t Sohu looking for death now?
Wang Xing said: "It was the Western capital forces behind Sohu that were behind this. Sohu and Dior reached a promotion plan and replaced Hu Jiake with Lv Yiyan."
After hearing what Wang Xing said, Lu Yiming reacted immediately.
As a US-listed company, Sohu’s financial backers are quite impressive.
If this matter was done by Da Piaoliang, then there is no problem with the logic.
Lu Yiming was also familiar with the name Lu Yiyan.
In recent years, this "international supermodel" who was born in Xia country has appeared frequently in newspapers and media.
However, Lu Yiming was not impressed by this so-called international supermodel and complained, "Is the person in charge of Dior mentally retarded? Instead of keeping such a charming beauty, he chose a woman with abnormal facial proportions? Do they still want to do business in Xia Country? If they choose this kind of model as their spokesperson, will anyone buy their products?"
Although it is very rude to comment on someone's appearance behind his back, Lu Yiming was really speaking from the heart.
As for Lu Yiyan's round face, it's not something a normal woman can have.
Not to mention the eyes, compared to them, Li Ronghao has thick eyebrows and big eyes.
Simply speaking from the perspective of appearance, comparing Lu Yiyan with Hu Jiake is in itself a degradation and insult to Hu Jiake's appearance.
It's like, you are ugly as XX.
It's insulting in itself.
Wang Xing was also puzzled by Sohu's decision and couldn't help but complain: "If you really want to choose someone with extraordinary talent, why not choose Feng Jie?"
Then, he said to Lu Yiming anxiously, "Mr. Lu, Sohu will probably take further action. Should we be prepared?"
If this matter involves the American consortium behind Sohu, it will definitely not let it go so easily.
The campus network is Wang Xing’s most successful project so far. He certainly hopes that the campus network and campus cultural media will continue to be popular and does not want them to fail inexplicably.
Lu Yiming smiled and said, "What preparations are we making? We will just deal with them as they come. If they want to change people, let them do so. We are not the ones who will be scolded anyway. However, since they have taken the initiative, if we don't make some moves, they will think I am easy to bully."
When Wang Xing heard that Lu Yiming was going to fight back, he immediately became curious and asked, "What is Mr. Lu going to do?"
"Keep it secret for now, you'll know when the time comes."
The other side.
Dior signed Lv Yiyan and shot a set of "fashion blockbusters" for her. Then the blog immediately launched a sweeping publicity campaign, inviting the supermodel Lv Yiyan to join the blog, open a column, share Dior 's products, and carry out continuous promotion.
However, when this set of "fashion blockbusters" appeared on the Internet, it caused an uproar.
Given the current economic situation in the country, ordinary people are not interested in "supermodels". This thing itself is an imported product. Not to mention now, even after 20 years, it still cannot adapt to the local environment. Ordinary people don't pay much attention to it at all.
However, not paying attention does not mean that everyone will tolerate it.
It’s like people won’t even look at a pile of dog shit on the side of the road, but they can’t tolerate this pile of dog shit dangling in front of their eyes.
"What the hell is this? Where are this guy's eyes? Was he stabbed? I've only heard of stabbing kidneys, but never stabbing eyes."
"Is this the supermodel? Are you sure she's not the ugly pageant winner?"
"It turns out that the banner of correctness overrides everything. This person can also become a supermodel. The West is indeed powerful."
"Is Dio force-feeding me shit?"
"The person in charge of Dior's Xiaguo region really needs to wash his eyes. Why don't you use Hu Jiake when you have one? Why do you use an ugly ghost?"
"Not only should their eyes be cleansed, I think they should also clean their brains. What kind of aesthetics is this?"
In major forums, portal websites, and everywhere else where this ad can be seen, the comment sections are almost all filled with greetings to the creators’ eighteen generations of ancestors.
As for the blog that Lu Yiyan announced she would join, it became the hardest hit area. Under a manuscript she posted, there were more than 2,000 comments, and 99% of them were scolding her.
This is a feast of words. You would never have thought that those one or two thousand commonly used words can be combined over and over again to form so many meaningful sentences.
This incident attracted a lot of attention, but Lu Yiyan is not someone who can stand loneliness, so she directly opened a blog to criticize people.
"You are blind, how dare you come out and embarrass yourself? I'm an international supermodel, do I need to touch an ordinary female college student?"
It would have been fine if she just pretended to be an ostrich and didn't answer, but this shout was like pouring a bucket of oil on a burning fire.
Netizens were already unhappy about this matter, and now Lu Yiyan called them blind. They were immediately filled with righteous indignation and rushed to the blogs to engage in a war of words.
Seeing Sohu's registrations and visits soaring like a rocket, Zhang Chaoyang's face was numb from smiling.
Such a happy thing must of course be shared with others. Zhang Chaoyang immediately called Fang Xingdong, and the two found a restaurant and started drinking and chatting.
After a few drinks, Fang Xingdong said to Zhang Chaoyang: "Mr. Zhang's move of attacking and defending is really brilliant. It not only hit the reputation of the campus network and destroyed their Rising Star Program, but also attracted a huge amount of traffic and attention."
Zhang Chaoyang was very proud. He clinked glasses with Fang Xingdong and laughed, "Congratulations, we are now in the same camp. Blogs have traffic, Sohu's stock price has risen, and we all have a bright future."
Those netizens who criticized Lu Yiyan had no idea that their very act of scolding could bring benefits to the party being scolded, and Zhang Chaoyang also deliberately stirred up the topic to attract traffic and made a fortune in one go.
Although the scene is optimistic, there is actually no room for complacency.
Fang Xingdong warned: "Mr. Lu is not someone you can easily mess with. I'm afraid the campus network will strike back soon. We must be prepared to respond."
In later generations of the Internet, blogs are much more famous than Fang Xingdong himself.
Don’t underestimate Fang Xingdong because he is unknown in the eyes of ordinary people. The identity of this big shot is not simple at all. After completing his undergraduate and master’s degrees at Xi’an Jiaotong University, he went to Shuimu University to study for a doctorate in communication.
Now, the promotion of the dean of the Yangtze River School of Journalism and Communication has also been put on the agenda.
Of course, these are all official identities. In fact, he has another identity - the godfather of Xiaguo Internet’s water army.
Around 2017, it was revealed that he had signed a 2 million contract with Dong Ge, using internet trolls to attack Tmall, and created a big news of 10,000 negative articles attacking Alibaba.
Zhang Chaoyang knew Fang Xingdong's strength in publicity, so he quickly said to him: "You know more about public opinion attacks than I do. I'll leave this matter to you. Don't worry, the price is negotiable."
Fang Xingdong smiled and said, "Mr. Zhang, what are you talking about? We are comrades in the same trench now. Don't worry, if Mr. Lu really makes trouble, I will do my best to help you solve the problem."
Mizuki University.
In the dormitory, Ji Ziqian helped Hu Jiake manage her blog. Seeing many people who supported Lv Yiyan privately messaged and scolded Hu Jiake, she was immediately furious and couldn't help scolding: "This Lv Yiyan is too much. We are not targeting her. Why does she look down on us? What's wrong with female college students? Did female college students eat her rice? She also let her fans come and scold us. It's really ugly people who are more likely to cause trouble."
Hu Jiake was also very upset. Many people left messages on her campus network, which made her angry. However, she still comforted Ji Ziqian and said, "This matter is getting bigger and bigger now. Some fans' words are really unpleasant. You should calm down and don't let these low-class people's anger damage your health."
Ji Ziqian said unconvincedly, "It's that Lu Yiyan. She's ugly and she won't let anyone say anything? What kind of international supermodel is she? She's obviously just an ugly freak. Her eyes are so narrow that there's only a slit left."
In the boys' dormitory, Cao Hongchang was lying on the bed reading a novel. Zhao Kehan said with a sigh, "You are still calm. Your goddess has been taken advantage of by someone, and you can still read a novel leisurely here. Are you lying when you keep saying you are chasing a goddess?"
"What the hell? Who dares to step on my goddess?"
When Cao Hongchang heard this, he immediately became furious. He closed the book, sat up straight, and flames of anger flickered in his eyes.
Zhao Kehan rolled his eyes at him and cursed, "Damn it, you don't even know? How can you chase a goddess like you? You're not even qualified to be a dog licker."
Cao Hongchang asked anxiously, "Stop talking nonsense and tell me what's going on. I was so engrossed in reading "The Legend of the White-Haired Witch" that I didn't go online these past two days. How come such a big fuss has occurred in just these two days?"
"Go check it out yourself on the Internet. How could I lie to you?"
Cao Hongchang quickly turned on his computer and began searching the Internet for the whole story.
He quickly figured out the whole story and was furious. He quickly logged in and went to Hu Jiake's fan group and said, "Brothers, something big has happened!"
Someone made a puzzled expression and asked, "What happened?"
Cao Hongchang posted a few pictures and said: "Ake has been trampled on. We can't just sit there and watch. Brothers, come with me to blast that ugly bastard's blog!"
However, as soon as he said this, people in the group showed contempt and rolled their eyes.
"Damn, you just know this now?"
"Has your village just got internet access? I've already rushed in several times!"
"You should be the last one in the group to know about this."
Looking at the comments of the group members, Cao Hongchang couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, and hurriedly explained: "I was reading a book these days and didn't go online. I just found out about it. I'm really sorry, brothers. In this case, in order to make amends, I will lead the charge today. How dare that Lu Yan compare himself with A Ke?"
Cao Hongchang's words resonated with everyone.
"Hu Jiake is much prettier than Lu Yan. She was just too busy studying that she didn't go to the model selection. Otherwise, she would have chosen."
"That's right! What the hell is old Europe's aesthetic? Why did they choose such an ugly person as a supermodel? Do they have bad eyesight or are they mentally ill?"
"Who cares? He dares to challenge my goddess. I'll punish him without negotiation."
"Let's go, charge!"
In the dressing room, the makeup artist is doing makeup for Lu Yiyan.
Although she couldn't be called beautiful without makeup, she was definitely normal. However, with the skillful hands of the makeup artist, her facial features gradually changed. Her eyes, which were not big but still had a size, suddenly turned into a black slit, which looked quite weird.
No wonder makeup is called one of the four great magics in Asia.
She complained to her agent sitting next to her: "Recently, there have been a lot of people scolding me on blogs, other forums, and bulletin boards."
The agent was not ashamed, but proud. He smiled and said, "If someone scolds you, it means you are popular and have received attention. If no one scolds you, that's miserable. As long as you are popular, you can make money. Whether you are popular or not, why bother about it? Those idiots who type on the keyboard will only bark and vent on the Internet. It won't make you any less. All the money goes into our pockets."
Lu Yiyan thought for a moment and said with a smile, "Then I'll curse at them a little later. These bastards, the more I curse them, the happier they will dance."
A high-end restaurant.
Fang Xingdong invited two people to dinner.
A man named Aida Jing, who wears glasses and is gentle and polite, gives people a sanctimonious feeling.
He was admitted to the Department of Electronic Engineering of Shuimu University in 1988, but later dropped out to study in the postgraduate preparatory class of the Directing Department of Beijing Film Academy. His early career was mainly as a TV screenwriter, music composer and producer, and now he participates in various cultural activities as a freelancer.
Another one is Li Dongtian, who is cheerful and handsome, in his early thirties, with a very contagious smile. He is now very famous in the circle. He knows big stars such as Ge Ke, Pan Hong, Ding Jiali, and Li Lin. Since he was 19 years old, he has been a makeup artist for several movies. At the age of 21, a movie "Red Powder" made him famous overnight.
"You two, I am disturbing you today because I want to invite you to join my blog. This is our letter of intent for cooperation. Please take a look at it first."
Fang Xingdong took out two documents and put them on the table.
Aida Jing said with a look of deep sorrow: "The Internet is really a mess now. Some netizens insult others and vent their emotions at every turn. I am really worried about the quality of the nation."
Fang Xingdong flattered, "That's why we need a respected intellectual like you, Mr. Ai, to stand up and do justice. Besides, you are a famous literary and artistic figure in Xia Country, and your words must be credible. When the time comes, you can rectify the chaos and say a few fair words for Lu Yiyan, and the foul atmosphere on the blog will naturally disappear."
When Aida Jing saw that Fang Xingdong praised him so highly, he felt very proud.
Fang Xingdong was so polite to Aida Jing because Aida Jing's grandfather was the first president of Pengcheng University, an academician of the two academies, and a foreign academician of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences. His grandmother was one of the founders of the Beihang University and the only Xia nationality doctor of Professor Prandtl, a world authority on fluid mechanics. His uncle was a professor and doctoral supervisor at Shuimu University. His grandfather was the president of Shuimu University, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and an expert in electrical engineering. His father was a university professor.
It can be said that "the whole family is loyal and brave."
Just look at this family. Who wouldn’t shudder when Aida Jing stands here?
Aida Jing casually opened a folding fan and pretended to fan himself, saying modestly, "Mr. Fang, you are too kind. A rising star like Teacher Li is really extraordinary. It is enough to prove that our Xia country has successors in the cultural and artistic circles."
Fang Xingdong also praised Li Dongtian and said, "Yes, yes, yes, thanks to Mr. Li for discovering a rough diamond like Lu Yiyan, and bringing glory to our Xia country in the world."
When talking about this, Li Dongtian felt quite proud.
He grew up in a government compound. Both his parents were typical intellectuals. However, he was biased in his studies and only studied liberal arts instead of science. He was destined to be an ordinary person if he followed the right path. So after seeing many successful cases of others taking shortcuts in the government compound, he also realized what to do in the future.
As the saying goes, what the superiors like, the subordinates will like even more.
This is a famous saying, and Li Dongtian used dialectical thinking to analyze this sentence. Up and down are often relative.
In China, it is impossible for an ordinary barber like him to achieve success and fame by taking the right path, so he has to choose to "flatter his superiors".
So the question is, who are the “superiors” in “superiors like what they like”?
After Red Powder won an international award, Li Dongtian quickly discovered a shortcut to success - pleasing the foreigners!
With this opportunity, Li Dongtian came into contact with the cultural circles of Europe and the United States, and at the same time understood their rules of the game.
