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Chapter 225 0222 [When the forest is big, you'll find all kinds of birds] (Bonus chapter for the Alliance Leader, His Majesty the King)
library.

Instead of copying down information, Chen Guiliang placed bookmarks in the book.

Then I took out my digital camera and snapped photos of each of the pages with bookmarks.

This is much more efficient than copying by hand!

In addition to searching for the "Veritable Records of the Ming Dynasty," Chen Guiliang also asked Professor Wang to recommend some research papers on the Jiajing reign.

He put away his digital camera, returned the book to the shelf, went downstairs, and rode his bicycle away.

People greeted him along the way, and suddenly a senior student stopped him. It was the law student who had raised the issue of unpaid wages for migrant workers that day.

"Haha, Mr. Chen, I have some good news for you." The senior brother said cheerfully.

Chen Guiliang put one foot on the ground, stopped the car, and asked, "What good news?"

The senior student said, "When the public outcry grew, the local leaders reacted quickly. They ordered that no one be allowed to interfere with migrant workers' applications for labor arbitration in any form. They also ordered that migrant workers not be required to submit unnecessary evidence or materials when applying for arbitration, for no reason whatsoever."

"This is a good thing," Chen Guiliang said, quite pleased to hear it.

The senior student said, "We've accomplished something big this time! I also saw some netizens suggesting that the list of '50 Influential Public Intellectuals in China' be changed because some of the people on the list have already passed away. You were also among the netizens' nominees."

"What nonsense is this?" Chen Guiliang was speechless for a moment.

This list of "50 Influential Public Intellectuals in China" was compiled by Southern Weekly two years ago. While there are many truly outstanding individuals on the list, there are also quite a few biased individuals who infiltrated it.

Of course, Chen Guiliang is not worried about making the list, because he is not qualified yet.

Chen Guiliang rode his bicycle to a nearby canteen for lunch. He had just started queuing at the window when he received a call from Chi Siyuan, the editor-in-chief of Haiwainet.

Nowadays, social networking sites, especially blog sites, all have an editor-in-chief and an editorial team once they reach a certain size.

Primarily responsible for content review!

No review is necessary because keyword blocking is ineffective, and netizens can find various ways to bypass it.

Whether it's Sina Blog, Tianya Forum, or Chen Guiliang's HaiNei.com, they are all being urged by the authorities to implement real-name registration.

Real-name registration is impractical, so we opted for the next best thing: strengthening the review of online information.

Chi Siyuan, recruited by ByteDance from state media, told Chen Guiliang, "These past few days, many so-called public intellectuals have joined HaiNei.com, and their remarks are increasingly outrageous. If this continues, I'm afraid I'll be summoned by higher-ups!"

It's certain that they'll be summoned for talks; Tianya Forum and Sina Blog have been summoned countless times.

How could Chen Guiliang attract so many public intellectuals just by casually mentioning migrant workers?

Ultimately, it's because HaiNei.com has grown so large that it has brought attention to public intellectuals. These people, finding an opportunity, flocked to register accounts.

Chen Guiliang said, "According to the rules, those who should be silenced should be silenced, and those who should have their accounts banned should be banned."

"Some people are like hedgehogs; even if you ban them for a few days, let alone ban their accounts, they'll still get into trouble," Chi Siyuan said.

Chen Guiliang asked with a smile, "Who is it?"

Chi Siyuan said, "Who else could it be? Fang Zhouzi, of course. *China Youth Daily*, *Guangming Daily*, *Southern Metropolis Daily*, and *The Beijing News* all dare not mess with him. This guy registered on Haiwainet this morning!"

Chen Guiliang said, "Just leave him alone when he's writing normal articles. Delete his articles if there are problems. If there are more problems, ban him for a few days. If he still acts recklessly, just shut down his account."

"Sigh, I really don't want to mess with this person," Chi Siyuan sighed.

By around 2004, Fang Zhouzi had already offended all the traditional media. His reputation was utterly ruined.

The turning point came at the end of 2004.

In April of that year, China implemented "normal management" of genetically modified organisms (GMOs), essentially opening half a door to GMO agricultural products from the United States. At the end of the year, a sudden and vigorous propaganda campaign was launched, with Fang Zhouzi becoming the leading figure in promoting GMOs.

Several major newspapers that had been thoroughly offended by Fang Zhouzi invited him to return and write columns. His reputation instantly improved.

Now, Fang Zhouzi has gotten in touch with Academician He and is following in his footsteps, cheering him on.

They'll yell at anyone they can get their hands on!

At the beginning of last year, Fang Zhouzi had a series of falling out with Southern Weekly and The Beijing News, writing articles every now and then to criticize the two newspapers. The most ridiculous reason for his falling out with The Beijing News was that he lost a war of words with someone in The Beijing News.

This guy's main platform now is China Youth Daily, where he writes articles that have prompted Guangming Daily to call China Youth Daily multiple times, requesting "equal discourse rights".

Southern Weekly, Beijing News, and Guangming Daily couldn't withstand it. China Youth Daily was criticized by Fang Zhouzi for several years in a row, and still had to obediently invite him back to write columns. How could the editor-in-chief of Haiwainet dare to provoke such a person?

Chen Guiliang returned to his dormitory, turned on his computer, and logged onto Haiwainet.

He carefully examined the celebrities who had moved in over the past few days.

Good heavens, a gathering of wise men!

I shouldn't have talked so much. How did I attract these guys?

In fact, even if Chen Guiliang didn't say anything, the public intellectuals would definitely come running.

First, he had just received a huge investment, and HaiNei.com had extremely high social attention. Second, HaiNei.com already had a large enough user base to bring traffic to public intellectuals. Third, Chen Guiliang's approach to stranger-based social networking, with its follower-based model, perfectly suited the public intellectuals' tastes.

When any website grows large, it inevitably becomes a mixed bag of good and bad.

Besides public intellectuals, Huayi Brothers has also seen a number of celebrities join the platform in the past few days. Fan Bingbing and Wang Baoqiang are among them!
This is because Huayi Records' collaboration with Kaixin.com last year yielded excellent promotional results, and its parent company, Huayi Brothers, naturally followed suit. Of course, it's also related to ByteDance's successful Series B financing.

The post-investment valuation of $2.76 million gives it a very high-end feel. This makes Huayi Brothers feel that having its stars join the company won't lower its value; on the contrary, it will enhance the prestige of its stars.

"Warmest congratulations to all the artists under EE-Media on joining the platform!"

Chen Guiliang refreshed the webpage again, and an internal message flashed.

All the Super Girls are here too.

He already knew this information, of course.

HaiNei.com's development has been so smooth that Chen Guiliang is now a bit bewildered.

Previously, they had tried to persuade Tianyu Media to bring their stars to the platform, but negotiations failed at all. However, after news broke that they had secured a huge amount of funding, various media outlets began reporting on how powerful HaiNei.com was, and suddenly Tianyu Media became willing to negotiate.

The phone rang; it was Ao Yanchen calling.

Ao Yanchen said, "There's something you need to discuss with the company."

"Are you still working at noon?" Chen Guiliang asked.

Ao Yanchen said, "Xie Yang just spoke with Hunan TV. They want to pay to get their way onto the trending topics list on HaiNei.com. There's no precedent for this. Once they open that door, the rankings will be distorted."

Chen Guiliang asked in confusion, "Doesn't Hunan TV disdain spending money on advertising?"

Ao Yanchen couldn't help but laugh: "Last year's Super Girl was so popular that Hunan TV is now arrogant. Haha, they didn't do any pre-event promotion, thinking that the public would naturally pay attention. As a result, on the first day of registration in the Changsha division, there wasn't a single person. Nobody even knew that registration had started."

"Brilliant!"

Chen Guiliang was full of admiration.

Ao Yanchen said, "Then they started to remedy the situation, spending money everywhere on promotion. They've been cooperating with many websites, and now they've finally come to us. The collective entry of Tianyu Media stars is all to warm up for this year's Super Girl competition."

"Let me think about it," Chen Guiliang said, hanging up the phone.

Kaixin001 (formerly HaiNei.com) does need to be profitable right now; celebrities can make money by buying trending topics. But if it goes too far, it will inevitably affect the user experience.

Chen Guiliang clicked into the list of "newly registered users".

It is divided into two lists: "Real-name Authentication" and "Anonymous Users".

Perhaps other lists could be done in the same way.

Chen Guiliang created a Word document and started typing away, writing the plan.

He wants to create "Hot Interview Ranking," "Hot Search Ranking," "Hot Read Ranking," and "Fan Ranking" on HaiNei.com. Each ranking will be divided into "Real Name" and "Anonymous" categories.

The "Hot Views Ranking" is a ranking of the number of times a user's personal homepage is visited each day.

The "Hot Search List" is a daily ranking of keywords searched on the site.

The "Hot Reads List" ranks blog (log) articles by the number of new clicks each day.

The "Fan Ranking" is a ranking based on the cumulative number of followers.

Don't think that too many lists are too fancy or complicated. Nowadays, everyone uses computers to access the internet. The pages are large, and the more content there is, the more users will like it.

Regardless of which ranking list they pay for, they only sell "real-name" rankings. That is, rankings of individuals or companies that have been verified with their real names.

Your company, celebrities, and public figures can do whatever they want; if you want to spend money to buy popularity, we welcome it wholeheartedly.

However, for "anonymous" lists belonging to ordinary users, paying to be listed is strictly prohibited. This is to maintain the social experience of the vast majority of ordinary users, and at the same time, to maintain the credibility of the lists.

"The email has been sent. You guys design the page. Even though there are many lists, it should feel simple and not too flashy," Chen Guiliang said on the phone.

"Okay. How much should I price the rankings?"

"Let the marketing department discuss this. Let's test the waters first, and then adjust gradually. Tell the relevant staff that they are only allowed to sell lists of celebrities with verified identities, and never to sell lists of ordinary people. If anyone dares to tamper with these lists, I will call the police immediately."

After ending the call, Chen Guiliang stretched.

He claimed to be in seclusion to study and write a book, but in reality, he was still dealing with company affairs every day.

With the influx of numerous celebrities and online influencers, the number of new mobile Weibo accounts is steadily increasing.

Chen Guiliang searched and entered Fang Zhouzi's personal homepage, only to find that the guy hadn't written a single article. He was probably busy decorating his online space, spending money to buy in-game items and pets.

Chi Siyuan, editor-in-chief of Haiwainet, suddenly sent a text message complaining: "These public intellectuals and internet celebrities are really hard to manage. There's a public intellectual named 'Qian Liexian's Speeches' who has been writing articles spreading rumors for three consecutive days. I warned him twice, but he didn't listen, so now I've deleted the articles and banned him from speaking. If he spreads rumors again, I'll permanently ban his account!"

Chen Guiliang replied with a text message: "Thank you for your hard work."

"Qian Liexian's remarks" also belong to the category of ancient public intellectuals, and he is about to join Bullog.cn, founded by Luo Taijun. He spread rumors every now and then, and was later exposed.

not dead.

But he was so scared that he deleted his account and went to work as the editor-in-chief of a publication under The Beijing News, and later became the editor-in-chief of Guokr.com.

(End of this chapter)