I was reborn without dreams

Chapter 141 Peace for the Dog, Peace for the Dog

Zhang Da'an's misdeeds didn't just cause chaos in Chongzhou and Taihu. Several companies and studios that specialize in Japanese manga and animation outsourcing, while raising salaries for their artists, also went to the management authorities to file complaints.

The matter quickly reached Jiangning City, and the province sent a working group to meet with all three parties.

National-level media organizations, sensing the impending storm, flocked to Jiangning. Following the talks, a press conference would be held to provide a brief report on this "earthquake" in the animation industry.

The normal procedure would be for everyone to get along well, and then holding a press conference would be really good.

However, after finishing the recruitment meeting at the Shazhou City Gymnasium, Zhang Da'an completely ignored the proposed meeting, simply saying he wouldn't go, and started writing long posts on his personal blog again.

"...Damn it, I'm not hiring a bunch of artists, it's not like I'm engaging in malicious bidding. I'm just following the basic requirements of the Labor Law, and that's malicious? No, this guy is insane! Some cartoon companies shouldn't play these underhanded tricks. What kind of idiots are these? They're not even as good as Li Jiba from before. At least Li Jiba was just a descendant of a eunuch. Are you guys collectively learning from DuPont or something?"

"...Next, let me call out that 'Idealist Home' in Taihu City. You're just a pyramid scheme, don't think you're so clever. You're making promises for ten years in the future, and you only give out 350 yuan a month for living expenses. If you're not a friend, then 350 yuan a month is still a lot of money. And this is in Taihu City! Is it too much for me to hire people for a thousand yuan a month?!"

"...And that Professor Wang Shitu from the Art College of Chongzhou University in Chongzhou City, you better change your name! What the hell is your name, Shitu? Your dad still pins his hopes on you being an 'old horse knows the way'? I think you're a 'dog can't change its nature,' damn it. You should be called Wang Situ. Even if Zhuge Liang were resurrected, he would curse you twice over. You old beast, you're even trying to pull strings and go to the provincial level to act like an old man, aren't you? Damn it, I didn't want to talk to you. Nobody cares about your OEM production of Japanese pornographic comics, and it's none of my business if you spout some artistic nonsense. But you're so audacious, you don't know when to stop and dare to bark at me. Go eat your mother's jail food. Just wait, let's see who in Chongzhou City dares to protect you. If the court doesn't do anything, I'll report the Chongzhou court too."

"...And who knows which idiot came up with this so-called meeting? Was it a decision made on a whim? What kind of small industry is this, yet they're spouting nonsense about malicious competition? The total basic salary expenses for my 'team of a thousand illustrators' are only around 20 million. Seriously, is Jiangkou Province some kind of century-old impoverished region? Is 20 million worth making such a fuss about? And they want me to cooperate? I won't cooperate."

The number of registered users on "Jinbang Blog" was already quite staggering. It was a long time ago that the number of users exceeded 100,000. Now, there are countless investors who want it to go public, because the number of registered users exceeded five million the moment Zhang Da'an became known as the "three-time champion".

The top-ranked web-based social networking tool is in a class of its own. The second place is "163 Personal Blog," which was hastily launched by "Pig Farm," but its registered users are mainly driven by email and portal websites, and the quality of its blog content is quite poor.

What makes "Jinbang Blog" so amazing isn't just the eccentric Zhang Da'an; the series of activities it launched afterward, such as "creative incentives," "outstanding blog posts," and "passing the imperial examination," attracted a large number of eccentric and despicable people who frequented the forum.

Furthermore, because Zhang Da'an led "Jinbang Blog" astray from the very beginning, everyone on "Jinbang Blog" became unable to speak normally, and everyone was a "two-faced person".

What's even stranger is that the community atmosphere is not much different from that of a closed forum.

The homepage of "Jinbang Blog" has been redesigned, and the various sections have a very good effect on attracting traffic to personal blogs. At the same time, "Jinbang" in "Jinbang Timing" is a real-time popularity ranking.

Zhang Da'an's personal blog has once again unexpectedly surged to the top of the rankings, with a remarkably consistent number of replies.

"I opened my blog and saw AnGou's update! Yay!"

"I opened my blog and saw AnGou's update! Yay!"

"I opened my blog and saw AnGou's update! Yay!"

……

The responses were all identical, and the group skillfully maintained their formation without needing any reminders to "keep the formation."

When I finally started reading Zhang Da'an's blog post, the comments changed again, but they still skillfully maintained their formation.

"I've finished watching it, it's scary! Go An Gou!"

"I've finished watching it, it's scary! Go An Gou!"

"I've finished watching it, it's scary! Go An Gou!"

……

I've seen things that are outrageous, but netizens have never seen anything like this. They're just criticizing everything. If you're so brave, why don't you go and criticize the "World Trade Center Twin Towers"?

Look at you, so confident! You even dare to bark at the department that was supposed to interview you. You think you're so high and mighty?

As for why Zhang Da'an is affectionately called "An Gou" by fans instead of "An Ge," it has to do with the fact that he relentlessly criticized others for various reasons over the previous eight months.

So "Brother An" became "AG", then "AG" became "An Gou" (meaning "An Dog"). In addition, Zhang Da'an was called a mad dog who bites anyone he sees by a group of forum users. So "An Gou" replaced "Brother An" and became Zhang Da'an's "honorary name" when "Jinbang Blog" reached 500,000 registered users.

With only a few days left before the start of the school year, Zhang Da'an was thinking about how I would perform and blow the "Twin Towers" apart.

Spray and kill~~
Because Zhang Da'an's criticisms on "Jinbang Blog" were so excessive, some of his posts were occasionally hidden. There's nothing we can do; while bosses certainly need to be respected, maintaining a clean and hygienic online environment also requires respect.

Otherwise, Lao Fangtou's landline and mobile phone would be bombarded with calls. Although "Jinbang Blog" has not reached the point of being shut down immediately, it has been repeatedly called out to take the lead and guide the harmony of online public opinion.

Therefore, for safety reasons, some blog posts require a certain level to view. This measure not only failed to stop users, but also encouraged a considerable number of people to crawl around on "Jinbang Blog" like maggots, leaving comments and markings everywhere.

At this time, "Jinbang Blog" had not yet invited celebrities to register personal blogs, but many celebrities' fans had already started obvious fan organizations such as "XXFAN", "XX Fan Group", and "XX Fan Club".

Previously, it was the assistant teams of entertainment stars who managed the "fan leaders." With the emergence of "Jinbang Blog," many entertainment companies and entertainment agencies with keen business sense are now in talks with "Jinbang Blog" about cooperation.

The main factor is exposure. The popularity of the "Golden List" is displayed in real time on the homepage, but there are two different popularity rankings in different categories.

One is the real-time popularity "golden list" on the category page, and the other is a paid list that is currently in trial operation. Taking the entertainment category as an example, this list is called "Entertainment Gossip".

There's always a reason behind how gossip is arranged, so companies currently negotiating collaborations with "Jinbang Blog" are all looking for annual or semi-annual subscriptions.

Not a single company offered a month's subscription as a trial; they're not stupid, they all know to check the data first.

"Jinbang Blog" not only has ample server space, but more importantly, it grows at a very fast pace, with activities and new features almost every month.

Before the start of the school season, a brand-new search function was launched on the "Golden List Blog," which provides a very good experience for accurately searching for blog posts related to keywords within the site.

Some people can even find some "research dogs'" ramblings on "Jinbang Blog", as well as a paper with their ramblings.

One of the main features of this new search function is that it can retrieve professional articles. After all, before the establishment of "Jinbang Blog", a large number of education-related experts and practitioners exchanged ideas here, analyzed Zhang Da'an's teaching videos and courseware, and shared a lot of insights. In just one month, thousands of articles with practical information were accumulated.

Even now, some undergraduate students in related majors who have delayed graduation can still find good material here to rewrite their graduation theses.

Therefore, a professional entertainment agency would be able to identify the initial user base of "Jinbang Blog," and that user base wouldn't just be considered low-quality, it would be exceptionally high-quality. When a company from Hong Kong came to Jiangning to discuss cooperation, specifically regarding the internet marketing of their artists, they planned to offer an annual contract. However, after Fang Daqiao reported this to Zhang Da'an, the negotiations were suspended.

Annual subscription?

Six months' package?
What good thoughts are you having?

Billed by the hour!
The day is divided into different time slots, and the "prime time slot" for the quarter is adjusted based on the frequency of user activity.

Since the beginning of August, the prime time for "Jinbang Blog" has been delayed from 7 pm to 9 pm, and the number of "night owls" has been delayed from staying up until 1 am to 2 am.

Furthermore, the age distribution of users is very concentrated, with more young people appearing at night.

Regarding the user growth rate of "Jinbang Blog", it will eventually reach a very stable distribution of user activity time.

At that time, the value of push notifications will be ridiculously high.

Most importantly, the e-commerce website 8848 is finished. Many people think that domestic e-commerce has suffered a major blow, but the capital market is very optimistic about the online retail business of "Jinbang Blog".

It's not just about selling abstract things like "Little Black Dog Coffin Board Surfing"; there's also a very familiar yet niche business: online book sales.

Zhang Da'an didn't just open a sales channel on "Jinbang Blog". On the official website of "Zhang An Education", many wholesalers are now willing to chat directly with online customer service and then place large-scale wholesale orders in one go based on their wholesaler codes.

That's not just one or two books, but a whole truckload or even two truckloads of "The Top Scholar's Manual" or "Zhang An's Secret Scrolls." Meanwhile, they've already started promoting electronic dictionaries this year, which has prompted competing companies to subconsciously launch their own promotions.

There was nothing we could do. We had previously contacted Zhang Da'an to endorse "Wenquxing," but he told us to get lost.

Anyone can do this business, but only Zhang Da'an can say that he will definitely not lose money.

The capital market is hoping that the Jiangkou Province government will give it some support and urge "Jinbang Blog" to go public. If it can't be done in mainland China, then Hong Kong is fine too. If that doesn't work, they can bring in foreign investment and operate in the United States without any problem.

8848 can raise 500-600 million and then another 60 million US dollars. Yours is higher than Mount Everest, it doesn't make sense.

Unfortunately, the capital market didn't get the Jiangkou Province's urging for Zhang Da'an to go public; instead, it almost got the urging for Zhang Da'an to turn himself in.

This guy is really brave; he's written another scathing troll post.

The consequences of a failed meeting are actually quite serious, but Zhang Da'an's nonchalant attitude left all parties in an awkward position.

The main problem is that I'm embarrassed and can't save face.

Neither Chongzhou City nor Taihu City expected that Zhang Da'an was such an ignorant young man with no manners whatsoever.

Because of the awkward situation, the game has entered another level.

During this relatively strange period of silence in public opinion, netizens became excited. The first batch of "spectators" flocked from the comment sections of various websites to "Jinbang Blog" and then immediately clicked on "Zhang An's personal blog". From the article of the "three-time champion", they saw "XX", "**", "***", "I ** you **", but the netizens in the comment section played their initiative and benefited a lot from reading the whole blog post.

"That's why I still need to learn. This 'Angou Chinese Language Training Class' really has valuable content."

"Huh? Wasn't it supposed to be upgraded to 'Angou Language Arts Vocational and Technical College'?"

"Speaking of which, Gou An is really awesome, he's not afraid at all."

"Dog An really sprays everyone he sees, it's so exciting."

"An Gou, Gou An, what should I call him?"

"It's all the same, they're not human anyway, just spray them and that's it."

"Speaking of which, who is he criticizing in this article? I don't think An Gou has done anything wrong. I asked a friend of mine in Taihu, and he said that now, apart from the graphic designers of 'Three Kingdoms City,' everyone is planning to leave. Local studios rarely pay wages; they usually give living expenses, and then settle half a year's wages after the Chinese New Year, with the remaining half a year's wages paid when they start working after the New Year."

"Holy crap? Really? This sounds like a town-run factory in Nandu. I thought working on a twelve-hour assembly line was bad enough, but this is pretty much the same as what you call an artist."

"I'm more interested in that Wang Shitu. I asked a classmate of mine who teaches at Chongzhou University, and he said that there is indeed such a person as Wang Shitu, and that he does produce pornographic comics for Japan. The key point is, do you know what? He didn't use hired workers, but art students."

"I don't understand."

"Stupid, it's just making students work for free."

"Holy crap? This works?"

"Holy crap, I knew I could learn something here at Dog An."

"So what do you mean? Does our Gou An still look like a righteous beast?"

"No? At the very least, he should be a positive character, not a beast."

"He insulted me so badly I was worse than an animal."

"Makes sense!"

Amidst laughter and cheers, the online buzz ultimately led Zhang Da'an to the meeting room for a meeting.

The tripartite talks, fueled by online public opinion, have spread offline, and the situation is far worse than the previous discussion between villagers from Chenzhuang Town in Fengyi County and the boss of a construction company in Pengcheng.

The investors from Chongzhou and Taihu immediately accused Zhang Da'an of being the "instigator," and they were quite quick to label him.

Zhang Da'an, on the other hand, was oblivious. During the meeting where the media were present, he buried his head in writing something on a piece of paper. It wasn't until a young reporter craned his neck and stood on tiptoe that he could see clearly that the "three-time champion" had drawn a whole page of turtles.

(End of this chapter)