This director is so innocent.

Chapter 142 Weibo Launch

1 month 15 day.

After four months of development and two months of internal testing, Weibo officially launched its public beta at 10:00 AM today.

At the same time, Su Jin announced her departure from blogs and her move to Weibo.

As the number one blogger, his departure sparked heated discussions among fans, moviegoers, book lovers, and casual observers.

"Support our brother, always support our brother, wherever our brother goes, we will go."

"Holy crap, how much did Weibo pay Su Jin to just throw away his million-follower blog account like that?"

"I don't know how much money they gave, but we can speculate on a conspiracy theory. There are two possibilities: one is that this Weibo account has a powerful background and is very wealthy; the other is that this Weibo account was developed by Su Jin's own company."

"Your words, brother, are truly invaluable."

"If you think what I'm saying is nonsense, then you tell me?"

"Stop making a fuss, go to Weibo, there's a huge scandal there."

"What big news?"

"It's a huge scoop, you'll see when you get there, it'll blow your mind."

After this statement, the argument died down, and the onlookers lost interest in watching and all went to Weibo.

The page design, gameplay, registration method, and other aspects of Weibo are almost identical to the original version.

A new user guide was added for each person's first visit.

The onlookers were very impatient; they didn't even glance at the clip, quickly scrolling past it, ready to see the shocking revelation.

But because I clicked too fast, I spent most of the day looking but didn't find any shocking gossip, and I was so angry that I almost smashed my computer.

Finally, I found something trending on the discovery page.

Clicking through, you'll find the top spot prominently displaying the words "Andy Lau's Mysterious Girlfriend Exposed," followed by the word "Explosive."

"This is truly a shocking revelation."

Netizens were very excited and couldn't wait to click on the topic. They found a pinned Weibo post at the top that read: "According to insiders, Andy Lau's mysterious girlfriend is a Malaysian East Asian woman, the daughter of a wealthy businessman. They have been in a relationship for 23 years and are planning to get married this year."

Below are nine photos, including front-facing shots, photos of two people arm in arm, photos of them hugging, and photos of them holding hands.

With pictures to prove it, both Andy Lau's fans and casual observers have no choice but to believe it.

"Damn it!"

"I'm so upset! My boss has a girlfriend he's been dating for 23 years! My youth is over!"

"Andy Lau, you big liar! You said you'd tell us before you got married, but I'll never like you again."

"Although I'm heartbroken, I still want to support our leader and wish him happiness."

These are just the normal fans; the more extreme fans instantly unfollowed, smashing albums they'd bought over the years, tearing up posters, and burning T-shirts.

Thankfully, Andy Lau's concert tour for this year has ended, otherwise tickets would have been hard to sell.

Soon, the news reached the media, and they reported it frantically. One report wasn't enough; they published three in a row, explaining from various angles when Andy Lau started dating and where he had been exposed.

The news of "Andy Lau's mysterious girlfriend" spread instantly to every corner of the internet.

Weibo also crashed for a time due to the sudden influx of too many people, and it was only by killing a programmer as a sacrifice that it was finally fixed.

After seeing the posts on Weibo, fans went to Andy Lau's official website, "Andy World," to leave messages asking if these things were true.

The onlookers were speechless. The photos clearly showed that it was real, but they still didn't believe it. They must have lost their minds.

Hong Kong Island media reporters and paparazzi rushed to the building of Yingyi Film Company to try to interview Andy Lau, but were all refused.

With such a big incident, I don't have time to deal with you.

After receiving the news, Andy Lau's manager immediately convened the public relations team to discuss countermeasures, and Andy Lau himself came from his home to listen in.

After much discussion, a fresh little essay was finally produced to soothe the wounded fans.

The short essay was titled "I'm Sorry," and its content was roughly as follows.

"I am ashamed that I failed to keep my promise to tell everyone first, and that I have embarrassed my family, friends, and media friends who trusted me. I am sorry..."

I'm currently working and can't explain everything at this time. I'll clarify things with you later.

"Wei-Guo, have you found out who leaked the information?" Andy Lau rubbed his forehead, looking quite tired.

"We haven't found out yet. The news originally broke on a website called Weibo." Yu Weiguo was also a bit troubled by this matter.

Yu Weiguo is a partner in Andy Lau's company, Yingyi. He discovered Ning Hao and then introduced him to Andy Lau.

"We contacted the company that developed Weibo to find out the account registration information, but were refused on the grounds of violating citizens' personal privacy," Yu Weiguo continued.

"Did you refuse even when offered money?"

"Yes, I offered a million, but I was still rejected."

"Keep adding more money. This time I'm determined to find out who's behind this."

"I don't think it's very useful to know the account registration information. Since the person behind this chose to leak this news, they definitely won't use their real identity."

"We still need to get it; having a clue is better than having none." Andy Lau suddenly had a flash of inspiration and said, "Do you think it's possible that this news was leaked on Weibo itself?"

"How so?"

"Look, I just heard you guys say that this Weibo account is a newly launched website, and then my news was exposed right afterward. Don't you think there's a bit of a coincidence between the two?"

"It's a bit of a coincidence, but they shouldn't have that much power! I looked into this company; it used to be a small web game company."

"Whether it's a coincidence or not, you should investigate this line as well."

"OK." Yu Weiguo nodded, then asked, "Andy, what about those reporters downstairs? Should we hold a press conference?"

"Let's do it another day! My mind is too muddled right now."

OK.

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Meanwhile, Polaris Media.

Zhuo Wei called his cousin and a blond-haired man into his office, then took out four bundles of red banknotes and pushed them in front of the two men.

"You two did a great job this time, and the higher-ups are very satisfied. This is your reward: 200,000 yuan each."

The two men stared intently at the four bundles of red banknotes, their breathing becoming rapid—two hundred thousand!

They worked themselves to the bone, scrimped and saved, and couldn't earn this much money in a year, but now they've earned it in just two months.

"Thank you, boss." 2.

Zhuo Wei smiled, then said seriously, "You must keep this matter to yourselves. If it leaks out from here, it won't be as simple as breaking your legs."

He trusted these two people quite a bit; otherwise, he wouldn't have sent them to do this kind of thing.

"Don't worry, cousin, I'm very tight-lipped, and neither is Huang Mao," Xiao Wu, the younger cousin, chuckled.

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"Yes, yes, yes—I'm tight-lipped too," the blond guy chimed in.

"I've said it several times already, you should address people by their job titles during work hours."

"Okay, boss."

"Yellow Hair, you go out first! I need to say a few words to Xiao Wu," Zhuo Wei instructed.

"Okay, boss." The blond-haired guy carried a bag of red bills out, walking with an air of nonchalance.

"Xiao Wu, keep an eye on Huang Mao during this time. If he accidentally leaks the information, have someone break his legs," Zhuo Wei said menacingly.

Breaking his leg is just the first step; they will also accuse him of stealing company property and send him to jail to work for the government.

"Okay, I'll keep an eye on him during this time." Xiao Wu himself came from a hoodlum background, so he had no psychological burden at all about doing this kind of thing.

Zhuo Wei then took out a bundle of red banknotes and placed it in front of Xiao Wu: "This is an additional reward from the big boss for you."

Xiao Wu was dumbfounded, a feeling of "a scholar would die for one who understands him" welling up in his chest.

"Cousin, please tell the big boss for me that I'm ready to go through fire and water for him." Xiao Wu's expression was particularly serious and solemn.

Zhuo Wei slapped Xiao Wu on the head and said irritably, "We are a legitimate company and we are legitimate people. We don't do anything illegal. Take your money and get out of here."

"Hehe," thanks to Andy Lau's shocking revelation, Weibo's registered users exceeded two million in just one morning.

Of course, Su Jin also contributed a lot to the shift from blog to Weibo, and his Weibo followers quickly exceeded 500,000.

They are all genuine fans; they didn't add any bots to their accounts.

Besides Su Jin, many other celebrities have also announced that they are joining Weibo.

Gong Li, Zhou Xun, Fan Bingbing, Tony Leung Ka-fai, Dan Yu, Huang Xiaoming, Chen Kun, Sun Honglei, Liu Yifei, Liu Hua,

Yu Nan, Ning Hao, Huang Bo —

Just by looking at these names, you can tell that these are all celebrities who have had a working relationship with Jianmu Media.

There was no toothbrush; Su Jin had specifically called to say it.

All of Lao Yang's artists under Emperor Entertainment Group also opened Weibo accounts immediately.

There are nearly a hundred celebrities, big and small, on Weibo, which means that half of the entertainment industry has joined the platform.

Hundreds of celebrities and big names gathered on Weibo, and the number of registered users at that time was in the hundreds of thousands every time it was refreshed.

In just one day, it surpassed five million.

The number of registered users surpassed ten million on the second day.

The situation calmed down on the third day, but Su Jin had anticipated this and manipulated things behind the scenes to get several news items trending on social media.

First place: "Su Jin donated 500 million yuan to the Southern China ice storm relief efforts".

The second and third places were "W - Two Worlds donated 500 million yuan to the Southern Ice Disaster Relief" and "Jianmu Media donated 1 million yuan to the Southern Ice Disaster Relief".

"000 million".

The fourth and fifth places are respectively: "Sheep Without a Shepherd donated 500 million yuan to the Southern China ice storm relief efforts" and "The Coffin in the Mountain donated 500 million yuan to the Southern China ice storm relief efforts".

Ten thousand".

For a time, news of Su Jin's donation dominated the front pages of major news outlets.

Su Jin's positive image skyrocketed, making her a role model in the entertainment industry.

The People's Daily published an unprecedented article praising Su Jin, calling him a role model for young people in the new era.

Meanwhile, the celebrities were furious. Why make such a fuss when you're just donating money?

Then, grumbling and cursing, they offered their meager efforts.

We have to donate!

Many people are mocking these big stars, saying they earn a lot normally but are stingy when it matters.

The key point is that someone else followed suit and donated, and then the rest of the people had no choice but to donate.

In recent days, Weibo has dominated the headlines of major news outlets. Film and television companies have discovered that this platform is very conducive to personal expression, and it is also an excellent publicity channel for celebrities.

Especially the trending topics list; whoever gets the number one spot gets half a year's worth of publicity.

So they also started instructing their own artists to join Weibo.

With their participation, the number of registered Weibo accounts exceeded 30 million in just one week.

Meanwhile, blogs, which used to be a favorite platform for celebrities, have seen a sharp decline in daily active users, now only reaching a few hundred thousand per day.

Sina Weibo takes this blog project very seriously and held an emergency high-level meeting to discuss countermeasures.

The meeting lasted four or five hours, and the final conclusion was that the blog was beyond saving, and they were preparing to launch their own microblog.

NetEase, Sohu, Tencent, and Baidu, four major portal websites, are also secretly developing their own microblogs, preparing to seize this new market.

Baidu also launched a microblogging platform called "Shuoba," but it only lasted a year before being discontinued, and the team was merged into the Baidu Tieba team.

In the following days, in order to maintain the buzz, Weibo would release a piece of gossip every few days.

The gossip was naturally collected by Zhuo Wei's cousin, Xiao Wu.

As for Andy Lau, Yu Weiguo investigated for several days but couldn't find any clues, and then the matter was dropped.

Aside from attending the Spring Festival Gala rehearsal once, Su Jin had spent most of the past few days at the Weibo company. Seeing that there were no problems, she offered Li Xing a few words of encouragement and then left.

Airport, arrival gate.

Su Jin wore a baseball cap, large sunglasses, and a black mask, covering herself up completely, afraid of being recognized by fans.

After all, as a popular celebrity, once recognized by fans, the scene could become chaotic.

Standing to the side, Xiaoying noticed that many people were watching them. With a hint of helplessness, she said to Su Jin, "Boss, why don't you go wait in the car? I'll be fine here."

"It's okay, my parents should have gotten off the plane and will be here soon." Su Jin looked ahead, searching for familiar figures.

Before deciding to participate in the Spring Festival Gala, he called Ms. Meng Yanjun to discuss it, and in the end, they decided to spend the New Year here.

Just then, Su Jin saw three familiar figures emerge from the crowd.

He was overjoyed and quickly waved to them.

Although Su Jin had wrapped herself up tightly, Su Yu still recognized the tall man at a glance as her incredibly handsome older brother.

A bright smile immediately bloomed on her face as she ran towards Su Jin, calling out, "Brother—!"

"Ouch."

Su Jin caught Su Yu steadily, but her body involuntarily took a few steps back.

He gently put Su Yu down and teased, "You should lose weight."

"It's not that I need to lose weight, it's that you need to exercise. With my small frame, you can't even carry me. How will you carry your sister-in-law in the future?" Su Yu retorted without backing down.

Just as Su Jin was about to teach Su Yu a lesson for talking nonsense, she saw her raise an eyebrow and ask, "Brother, who is this pretty lady? Is she your girlfriend?"

Xiaoying blushed when she heard this. Although she really wanted to be the boss's girlfriend, she wasn't!

"Miss Su, you misunderstand. I am the boss's assistant. You can just call me Xiaoying."

"I'm so sorry!"

"fine."

A short while later, Comrade Su Zhen and Ms. Meng Yanjun also came over.

"Why are you covering yourself up so thoroughly?" Su Zhen frowned.

Before Su Jin could speak, her younger sister retorted, "Dad, you're so old-fashioned! My brother is a big star, a very famous star. If he's recognized, it'll cause a traffic jam."

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