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Chapter 146 0143 [Before President Chen even made a move, Xie Saobang had already hammered the enemy to death]

"look."

Bian Guanyue stood at the door and handed two pieces of paper to Chen Guiliang.

Bian Guanyue meticulously recorded dozens of the most popular online songs of the moment.

Besides "Mice Love Rice," there are also "Ten Thousand Reasons," "Two Butterflies," "Lilacs," "The Pig Song," and "Don't Say You Don't Care About My Tears"...

Damn, the download count is in the millions, and some have even exceeded ten million.

This is because current internet users' listening habits are either to download music to their computers or to MP3 players. Since it's all free, if they think it's good, they'll download it.

Then there are those who bought MP3 players but didn't have their own computers, so they went to internet cafes and downloaded a bunch of popular songs without even listening to them.

Bian Guanyue is also working diligently. She said, "The most famous website right now is Fenbei.com, which is known as the cradle of online singers. Songs like 'Mice Love Rice' and 'The Pig Song' became popular here. If you want to make a Flash animation MV, you can upload it to Flash Empire. 'Lilac Flower' is very popular on Flash Empire."

Of course, it wasn't just those two platforms; she searched every website where she could upload songs.

It even clearly stated on the paper which forums could embed audio and the limits on audio file size.

"The Wind Rises" could follow the same path as "Lilacs": first spread on campus BBS, then create a Flash animation and upload it to Flash Empire, followed by netizens forwarding it to forums and QQ, and then have the audio available for download through Fenbei.com. Then it would become a viral sensation across the internet!
This thing is operable.

Of course, the above steps can be performed simultaneously, which can greatly improve the speed of dissemination.

"It must have taken quite a bit of time, right?" Chen Guiliang asked.

Bian Guanyue said, "Fortunately, I only need to spend half an hour on the computer every night when I get back to the dorm, and I got it done in less than a week."

Chen Guiliang took her to Xie Yang and placed two pieces of paper on Xie Yang's desk: "After 'The Wind Rises' is recorded, release it on these websites."

"I guarantee there won't be any problems."

Afraid of losing the paper, Xie Yang typed away on the keyboard, recording the contents in a Word document.

While typing, Xie Yang said, "I've also found traces of the methods you used to promote your private server with Brother Gang on the forum these past few days. They're known as online trolls in their small circle."

Does this mean there are online trolls?

Chen Guiliang was slightly surprised and asked, "Who are the main people hiring them?"

Xie Yang said, "Companies and celebrities. Recently, there have been a lot of online trolls attacking Tencent. Even when you mentioned on your blog that you use QQ and listed its advantages, you were still attacked by a group of online trolls."

"It's probably MSN playing tricks," Chen Guiliang guessed.

Xie Yang added, "I tried to argue with those online trolls, but they outnumbered me and I couldn't win. Later, I infiltrated their ranks and even got along well with a few of them. They have no principles, they only care about money, and their fees aren't expensive. If used properly, hiring online trolls is much more effective than advertising for the same amount of money."

Xie Saobang is getting better and better.

"Do you want to apply for funding?" Chen Guiliang asked.

Xie Yang nodded and said, "Yes, you can do a lot with 5000 yuan. With the upcoming implementation of real-name registration on university BBS, I'll have an online army flood the universities with the most users of the other party's BBS and relentlessly attack 5Q Campus Network. I'll make its users afraid to even admit that they use this thing."

That was some serious timing!
They actually took action just before the implementation of real-name registration.

They hired an online troll army to smear the campus network. By the time 5Q Campus Network realized what was happening, the university BBS had already implemented real-name registration, making it impossible for the enemy to mount an effective counterattack.

Chen Guiliang asked, "Have you found any dirt on the other party?"

Xie Yang said, "Found it."

Before his rebirth, Chen Guiliang had worked in many professions, but when it came to things related to the internet, he was only familiar with online games.

Regarding campus social networking, although he knew about Renren.com, he had never heard of 5Q Campus Network.

Now that we don't have any supernatural abilities, we can't find relevant information at all.

Even now, Chen Guiliang still doesn't know who the real owner of 5Q Campus Network is.

Xie Yang minimized Word, searched for 5Q Campus Network, and pointed to the bottom of the webpage, saying, "I looked here first, Jiangcheng 5Q Network Technology Co., Ltd. I confirmed that this company is in Jiangcheng, but I couldn't search any further. I couldn't find any more information about this company online."

Xie Yang then searched and entered Mop.com: "Later I found that among all the websites, Mop.com had the most posts promoting 5Q Campus Network. Moreover, Mop.com moderators often pinned some of the best promotional posts. So I investigated Mop.com's background and found a lot of related news online. Mop.com had already been acquired by Qianxiang Interactive."

As he spoke, Xie Yang entered another website: "The headquarters of Qianxiang Interactive happens to have the same address as 5Q Campus Network. They are both in Jiangcheng! And Qianxiang Interactive also has two other companies, both named Dudu."

Bian Guanyue, who was listening nearby, couldn't help but exclaim in admiration: "Xie Yang, you're really amazing, just like Sherlock Holmes."

This analysis has flaws; they may not be owned by the same person, but rather their respective parent companies have a close relationship.

But it doesn't matter. As long as public opinion is created, it's like mud falling into your pants—even if it's not shit, it's still shit.

Feeling smug after receiving the beautiful woman's praise, Xie Yang tossed his hair and said, "Dudu Accelerator is infamous. It's impossible to uninstall, and when you install it, it installs a whole bunch of irrelevant software."

"Haha, this is some serious dirt on you." Chen Guiliang couldn't help but laugh.

The notorious parent company of malware created a campus social networking site through a subsidiary, and the site even copied the features of its competitors.

If no one bothers with it, it's fine, but once someone guides public opinion, very few students will dare to say they are users of 5Q Campus Network.

With Xie Yang leading an online army to expose dirty secrets, they could cripple 5Q Campus Network!

……

Saturday, Jiangcheng.

It was night. Chen Yizhou, who was attending a local entrepreneurs' event, received a call from Yang Muhan, the head of 5Q Campus Network.

"Mr. Chen, something terrible has happened!"

Yang Muhan was previously in charge of community operations and user growth at Mop.com, and she was responsible for building Mop.com's "grassroots culture." Now she has been transferred to serve as the head of 5Q Campus Network.

Chen Yizhou was surrounded by leaders and entrepreneurs. He apologized, took his phone, and went out: "What's up?"

Yang Muhan said, "Some people took advantage of Saturday to smear us on university BBS. The company only has a duty team right now, and I have asked the relevant employees to come back and work overtime."

"Is it serious?" Chen Yizhou asked.

Yang Muhan said, "They bundled Dudu Accelerator and 5Q Campus Network together to post!"

"I'll be there right away."

Chen Yizhou hurried back to the banquet hall, told the leaders and entrepreneurs that he had urgent business, and then urged the driver to go full speed ahead.

5Q Campus Network is very smart; it didn't choose to focus its efforts on its home turf, the campus network.

Their main advertising targets are universities in Shanghai, Wuhan, Nanjing, Hangzhou, and Guangzhou.

In particular, Fudan University, Wuhan University, Nanjing University, Zhejiang University, and Sun Yat-sen University have promoted 5Q Campus Network extensively. The number of 5Q Campus Network users at these five universities has far exceeded that of their internal campus networks.

Back at the company, Chen Yizhou looked at the post and his face quickly turned ashen.

The post was titled: "Shocking: 5Q Campus Network and Dudu Accelerator are in cahoots!"

The post details the shady dealings of Dudu Accelerator, claiming it to be the number one rogue software. It even concludes by asserting that if 5Q Campus Network ever becomes successful, it will be flooded with ads just like Dudu.com.

Dudu.com, also under the umbrella of Qianxiang Interactive, was currently bombarded with advertisements. Furthermore, it was facing a massive number of user complaints due to allegations of fraud related to its unlimited value-added services.

Another online commentator sarcastically remarked, "Your Jiangcheng has a lot of talent in this area. Last year, six ministries jointly cracked down on cheats and private servers. Other places just went through the motions, but Jiangcheng was the only one that really did it. Haha, because a good portion of the most popular private servers and cheats in the country come from Jiangcheng."

One genuine Wuhan University student replied: "Damn, 5Q Campus Network and Dudu Accelerator are the same company? I'm never using it again!"

Another person replied: "The company behind Dudu Accelerator is in Jiangcheng? I want to go there with a knife. This thing is like a leech, it's impossible to uninstall. Last year I had to reinstall my system."

After the online trolls stirred up the topic, they replied, "5Q Campus Network is a copy of Renren.com. I might as well just use Renren.com directly instead of this thing."

Other online trolls chimed in, "Exactly. The owner of Renren.com is still a freshman in college, just like us. He definitely knows our needs better."

"Is the owner of Renren.com really a college student? No wonder the features are so good, I like every single one of them."

"One is original, and it was done by a college student. The other is plagiarism, and it was done by malware. I'm definitely going to use Renren (校内网) instead; I'd be embarrassed to use 5Q Campus Network!"

"Stop talking, it's really embarrassing. I'll go register for Renren right now."

"..."

Chen Yizhou browsed through dozens of replies: "Is it all like this?"

Yang Muhan nodded: "The universities with the most users have all been attacked by online trolls."

"What is an online army?" Chen Yizhou asked.

Yang Muhan said, "A new group has recently emerged that specializes in posting and spamming. When I was promoting 5Q Campus Network a while ago, I also hired a lot of online trolls."

"Quickly retaliate! Get all the employees to post online, and hire some more online trolls!" Chen Yizhou urged.

Yang Muhan sighed: "The employees are already posting, but with public opinion like this, it's all in vain. There are only a few online troll teams now. Since they've taken on the job of smearing us, I can't find any other trolls in a short time. Besides, there are only a few days left before the university BBS implements real-name registration. Once it's real-name, the trolls won't be able to get in."

Chen Yizhou remained silent.

He rushed into the campus social networking market with great fanfare, having considered the possibility of failure, but never imagining he would fail like this.

This promising new product was actually dragged down by its own rogue software.

In just one weekend, only two days, the activity level of 5Q Campus Network, which has more than 10 registered users, plummeted.

Because registration is done with real names, users are all acquaintances, so information spreads incredibly fast, even offline. It's also easy to follow the crowd; if classmates say 5Q campus network is garbage, it's embarrassing to use it yourself.

Conversely, the number of registered users on Renren.com surged by more than 20,000!
A large number of 5Q campus network users seamlessly migrated to the school's intranet. The media offensive launched over the weekend was not only aimed at destroying the competitor, but also at using the opportunity to promote themselves.

Why would we need games like "Happy Farm" and "The Wind Rises"?
A group of online trolls is enough.

Real business battles are just that simple and unpretentious.

Xie Yang arrived at the company on Monday and walked into the office with his head held high.

Welcome, hero!

"Clap clap clap!"

Chen Guiliang and a group of employees greeted him with smiles and applause.

Xie Saobang tossed his hair wildly, feeling like he was floating on air; he loved this kind of scene.

Give him 100,000 online trolls, and he'd dare to storm the heavens and steal Chang'e!

(End of this chapter)