This man knows how to hype

Chapter 515 The Butterfly Effect
Inside the hotel.

Xu Xiyu, who was talking to Nancy on the phone, had a serious expression on his face.

Because what Nancy said to him on the phone disrupted all his thoughts and plans.

"You mean, the situation will develop in a direction that is very unfavorable to me?"

"Yes, there's a 90% chance that this will happen." Nancy said with some helplessness in her tone.

Long before Xu Xiyu came to the United States, he hoped that Nancy could help him find some celebrities, science fiction writers, or even some special people to promote "The Three-Body Problem."

To this end, he also gave Nancy $100 million in activity funds.

Just now, he set his sights on the "correct" topic, hoping to trigger a "counterattack effect" among science fiction lovers.

But the backlash effect has not yet begun, and the "butterfly effect" of the shooting is about to come.

“You are very well-known in China, and several of your works have achieved great success internationally, which has led to the widespread publicity of this shooting incident both in your country and internationally.

Especially since the spread of the news in your country is frighteningly high, in this case, the local media in Spokane can do whatever it takes to attract traffic.

But the relevant agencies at the federal level have to consider the international image and internal impact. In other words, to prevent someone from taking advantage of the issue and causing some unexpected trouble.

The relevant agencies will most likely directly limit the flow of content related to you, because this is the most convenient, direct and easy way to deal with it. "Nancy continued.

Hearing this, Xu Xiyu frowned and continued, "So, now I can't even play the right cards, find celebrities to endorse me, or even win awards, right?"

"Yes, but don't worry. We can't limit your traffic forever. It will probably be limited for ten days or so. By the time everyone forgets about this and pays attention to other things, they won't care about you anymore." Nancy comforted him.

“But the problem is that everything has a timing. Now is a good time to promote The Three-Body Problem. First, use celebrities to promote it, then win awards, and finally create some hype about the right topics.

After this set of operations, the initial popularity has been established. The rest is to wait for the quality of the content of "The Three-Body Problem" to ferment and continue to promote it steadily.

If I limit the flow of traffic at this time, then everything will be in vain, and "The Three-Body Problem" will directly lose the best opportunity for external promotion. "Xu Xiyu couldn't help rubbing his temples.

Originally I thought I would be famous whether I won an award or not, but now people are simply cutting off the firewood from under the cauldron. They took away both your firewood and the stove, and you still want to be famous? What the hell!

When Nancy heard this, she was silent for a while, then shrugged and said, "You shouldn't have attended that celebration. If you hadn't encountered this incident, you wouldn't have had this trouble."

After that, without waiting for Xu Xiyu's reply, she said again: "However, this matter is not without a solution. There is a second way to go."

"The second way?"

"Yes, let's do this. I'll fly to Spokane and we can talk in person. Some things are inconvenient to talk about over the phone."

After these words came out, Xu Xiyu also fell silent. After a long while, he spoke again: "I hope things are different from what you think."

"I hope so," Nancy said noncommittally.

And so, the two chatted for a few more sentences and then hung up the phone.

After hanging up the phone, Xu Xiyu began to consciously pay attention to the situation on the Internet.

Before long, he discovered that things were really developing as Nancy had guessed.

On a series of platforms such as Twitter, YouTube, and Google, content related to him is rapidly cooling down.

Many of the posts and videos he saw an hour ago cannot be found if he searches directly now. He has to look through the history records or search the blogger's name to see them.

Searching for keywords such as [徐希羽] or [Leonardo·Xu] will only yield content from a long time ago.

When searching for content such as "Wall-E", "The Intouchables", and "New Paradise: Wangxian", only content related to the past will pop up.

Even searching for the keyword "The Three-Body Problem" novel only brings up very limited relevant content, most of which directly leads to popular science content about the "three-body problem" in celestial mechanics.

The only platform where you can directly search for relevant content by searching the keyword [Xu Xiyu] is Tiktok.

Seeing this, Shan Xinbao almost blushed and said sarcastically, "Don't they say that people outside have freedom of speech? Why are you doing this?"

After the ridicule, she cursed: "Du Zhiping and Li Yiguang, we are so unlucky to have run into them. Why did they have to trick us into going to that school for no reason?!"

Here, the single core treasure is uncomfortable.

On the other side, Du Zhiping and Li Yiguang, who were scolded by her, had already boarded the car to the airport. They naturally didn't know that Xu Xiyu was restricted at this time.

After the vehicle started, Du Zhiping inexplicably took out his mobile phone, found Xu Xiyu's contact information, tapped his fingers, and typed a string of words.

[I'm going back first. I wish you in advance that you can win the Hugo Award and that "The Three-Body Problem" will be a big hit.]

Looking at this somewhat amicable content, Du Zhiping's thumb hovered over the [Send] button, but she was reluctant to press it.

After a moment of hesitation, she deleted all the content and retyped: [I'm going back first. Think carefully about what I told you before. The Hu family is not as good as you think. Contact me after you return to China and we'll talk again.]

After the fight, she felt something was wrong.

After much thought, I finally left only five words, "I'll go back first," and sent them to Xu Xiyu.

After sending the message, she inexplicably felt a sense of "anxiety" in her heart. She kept refreshing her phone from time to time, wanting to see Xu Xiyu's reply.

But Xu Xiyu on the other side was busy with the flow control issue and didn't pay attention to his phone at all.

Just like that, after almost half an hour, Xu Xiyu replied with four words: [Have a safe journey]

Seeing these four words, Du Zhiping somehow became a little bored.

She threw her phone aside, inserted her slender fingers into her hair, and began to stroke her hair back.

Li Yiguang, who was standing next to her, sensed that she seemed to be in a bad mood, so he hurriedly handed her the kettle and said, "Mom, have some scented tea. I just made it for you at the hotel."

Upon hearing this, Du Zhiping took it naturally, opened it and was about to drink, but the scene in the utility room suddenly emerged in her mind, which made her close the kettle with an unnatural expression.

Not drinking anymore.

I won't drink this stuff anymore.

Seeing that she didn't drink, Li Yiguang was a little confused. Just as he was about to speak, he heard Du Zhiping speak first: "You are going to Los Angeles?"

"Uh..." Li Yi Guang didn't know how to answer. He was afraid that his mother would take him back again.

"I always feel that Xu Xiyu will go too, and you might run into him." Du Zhiping said thoughtfully.

"No way, why would he run over there?" Li Yi Guang didn't believe it.

"He's in the film and television business. Now that he's here and it's so close, why wouldn't he go to Hollywood for a visit?"

It is indeed not far. Going south from Washington State, after passing Oregon, you will reach California. It is a bit similar to the feeling from Jiangsu to Fujian, both of which are coastal states on the west coast.

"You won't meet me. Los Angeles is big. It's not like a residential area downstairs where you can run into me just by taking a walk." Li Yiguang was simply too lazy to meet Xu Xiyu. It would be best for them to never have anything to do with each other again.

"If he went, wouldn't Nancy, as the publishing partner of WALL-E, have asked him to meet? I even suspect that Nancy asked you out because of Xu Xiyu."

“???” Li Yi Guang showed a black question mark face.

"Think about it yourself. That woman usually doesn't respond to you. Why would she ask you out when Xu Xiyu is coming to the United States to participate in the Hugo Awards?"

"..." Although Li Yi Guang is not smart, he is not stupid enough. After hearing this, his expression gradually turned unsightly.

"A Guang." Du Zhiping rubbed Li Yi Guang's head with a complicated expression, "If it's really like what I said, you must be vigilant and don't let desire cloud your mind and do something shameful."

Although she seemed to be speaking to Li Yiguang, she was actually speaking to herself.

She has been able to restrain herself from putting a hat on Li Bowen all these years because she often reminds herself of this.

It's a contradiction. She is a very trendy person. As mentioned before, she even invested in an e-sports club. But she is also quite "conservative" and self-limiting in some things.

All I can say is that many people show extreme duality.

But now, Li Bowen and she have completely torn their relationship apart, and it seems that there is no need to stick to some things.

Thinking of this, she suddenly turned her head towards the car window, as if she was frightened by her own thoughts.

At this time, Li Yi Guang was immersed in the thought that "Nancy asked him out because of Xu Xiyu", so he didn't notice Du Zhiping's abnormality.

In fact, the mother and son had the wrong idea. Nancy made an appointment with Li Yiguang because Jenna wanted to hook a rich man, and it had nothing to do with Xu Xiyu. Xu Xiyu was also an actor who was invited temporarily, that's all.

But Li Yi Guang had no idea about this. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that what his mother said made sense.

But he was unwilling to accept it and didn't want to believe it, so he gritted his teeth and said, "Mom, I think you think too much. This is just a coincidence. Nancy asked me out, it definitely has nothing to do with him."

"Anyway, just remember, be careful. You are my only son. Although I usually scold you and teach you a lesson, I really don't want to see you being played like a fool." Du Zhiping looked out the car window with a complicated look in his eyes.

Hearing this, Li Yi Guang's ugly expression softened. He could feel that his mother still loved him.

If she didn't love herself, she would have given birth to a second child long ago.

But when the time came to 9 o'clock in the evening, an even uglier expression appeared on his face.

Because, in the hotel lobby, he saw Nancy and Jenna, who was trying to make a fortune.

(End of this chapter)