Chapter 192 Public Opinion
Dazhong.com is receiving guests with great ambitions and gearing up to do a big job.
The campus network seemed quiet, with almost no response.
Even Yang Botao's insiders on campus felt puzzled. It seemed that Sentinel Technology was planning to take advantage of Olympic Games traffic and had no other ambitions.
The main activities in the second half of the year are either offline promotions or online draws to distribute Jingdong Mall discount coupons.
The performance of Jingdong Mall continues to rise, but the campus network is still a little far away from breaking through the 10 million user mark.
With the situation looking good, it seems that the campus network no longer needs to do too much, and even the employees have begun to go to and from get off work normally.
The employees are idle, and Qin Shaoyan is not busy either. He has been dating frequently these days.
Every day a beautiful reporter would visit and chat with Qin Shaoyan hiding in the office.
As soon as Qu Bingbing came in, he said with a face full of resentment: "Every day is like being a thief, Mr. Qin, when can we be together openly?"
"What's that?" Qin Shaoyan retorted unhappily, "Aren't we just aboveboard?"
"What happened to the thing I asked you to do?"
"You People are so boring." Qu Bingbing said reluctantly, "It's almost done."
"Which media have you contacted? Can you finalize it?" Qin Shaoyan asked with a serious expression.
"There are Cai Reported them one by one.
Good guy.
Qin Shaoyan was shocked when he heard these names. These will be "famous" media in later generations.
Hearing these names, Qin Shaoyan knew that Qu Bingbing had really found the right one. He was able to accurately find so many media outlets.
“What a gathering of elites.” Qin Shaoyan praised, “It’s really hard work for Bingbing to find such a group of media people who insist on justice and professional ethics!”
“No need to pay. They wear high hats, and they can’t hear me.” Qu Bingbing rolled her eyes and said disdainfully, “When I went to find them, they all pretended to be gentlemen and media consciences, and said that although we are poor, we are still poor. There are still a few hard bones.”
"When I heard that the American international think tank was looking for them, my face became like that of my grandson."
Qin Shaoyan looked curious, "Is the name of this think tank really that good?"
"You didn't see it." Qu Bing smiled coldly, "When Edward entertained them at night, they wanted to kneel down and lick them."
Qin Shaoyan smiled, he had seen this kind of expression before .
“It doesn’t need to be made too clear. After Edward hinted, they all acted like chickens and said that they would definitely severely condemn the unhealthy trends on campus.” Qu Bingbing said.
"When did you start attacking Dazhong.com?"
"What are you talking about?" Qin Shaoyan looked stunned, and then criticized seriously, "Bingbing, your attitude is wrong."
< br>“We are exercising the power of media supervision and daring to fight against unhealthy trends in society. We criticize and condemn Dazhong.com in order to protect it, help it, and make it realize its mistakes.”
Qu Bingbing was shocked by what she said. She looked at Qin Shaoyan stunned for a few seconds before slowly saying, "Mr. Qin, you should come to study journalism."
Qin Shaoyan was a little surprised, "Do you still need to learn this stuff? ?”
Qu Bingbing glared at him angrily, "Mr. Qin, that's too much."
Qin Shaoyan smiled and changed the subject, "I'm going to the United States on a business trip these days, do you want to Come with me."
"Me?" Qu Bingbing was instantly delighted, "Really?"
"You've been running around so hard these days, I want you to You go on vacation and relax." Qin Shaoyan said cheerfully, "I don't know if it's convenient for us to take leave."
"It's convenient!" Qu Bingbing nodded vigorously and said happily. , "I just need to talk to the editor-in-chief, and I can still get reimbursed for the business trip."
"You can also reimburse yourself for the economy class, how uncomfortable it is." Qin Shaoyan waved his hand, "You and I will take the business class."
Qu Bingbing was elated, and her smile became more charming, "Mr. Qin "When we go to the United States this time, you can accompany me to the beach."
Qin Shaoyan immediately looked embarrassed, "It depends on the schedule. I am going to the United States for a business trip, so I may not have too much time." "
Qu Bingbing pursed her lips and said unhappily: "Don't you have any private time?"
"I want to talk about a big business worth billions of dollars this time, and there are some companies. We have to deal with the above matters," Qin Shaoyan said perfunctorily, "The main reason is that there are so many people coming this time."
"I'll try my best, um, try my best."
He didn't mean to shirk it, it was indeed a bit overwhelming.
Qin Shaoyan went to the United States this time mainly to discuss Facebook's next round of financing, and to finalize the international summer camp plan and persuade American venture capital investors to provide money and people to settle some relationships.
The United States also pays attention to the circle of connections, and those who are not qualified will not be able to contact them at all.
There are differences in culture, but not in human nature.
……
August 29, the closing ceremony of the Athens Olympic Games.
According to convention, the closing ceremony will leave 8 minutes for the city that will host the next Olympic Games to show the city's promotion.
As the director of Yanjing 8 Minutes, Zhang Yimou ushered in a dark moment.
Despite the enthusiastic response at the scene, it received a lot of criticism at home.
Criticisms came from all directions. The performance content was old-fashioned, the performance format was old-fashioned, mechanical, hodgepodge, and failed to showcase Chinese culture...
With the end of the Olympic Games, the biggest traffic topic of the summer gradually disappeared.
The voiceless Dazhong.com, which has been suppressed for a long time, can finally take a breather. As the heat of the Olympics dissipates and the new semester arrives, Yang Botao becomes angry again.
As soon as the venture capital funds were in place, Yang Botao immediately launched an offensive and launched a massive publicity campaign.
Yanjing, Shanghai, Yangcheng...
Dazhong.com posters appeared in several cities with concentrated universities, and a large number of local promoters distributed leaflets.
In addition, Dazhong.com’s advertisements are the most straightforward and conspicuous on the homepages of major portal websites.
“Show your youth, show yourself.”
“The auditions for the Dazhong Campus Popular Star Competition are in full swing.”
The content of the popular star auditions is said to be talent. The competition is actually just singing and dancing. Entire activities such as martial arts, cooking, chest-breaking, etc. are not allowed.
Of course, it doesn't matter if you don't have any talent. If you are good-looking, you can also participate in the school beauty selection.
Just upload a photo and wait for everyone to vote.
With overwhelming publicity, the "Campus Popular Star" immediately attracted the attention of students.
In an era when entertainment activities are scarce, this kind of talent show activity is still very new to everyone. The "Super Girl" hosted by Hunan Satellite TV has aroused great popularity.
As soon as the talent show started, the students who loved to join in the fun immediately responded with great enthusiasm and actively watched.
Dazhong.com’s local promoters can basically attract a large number of onlookers when they go to every school, and the audition sites are full of situations.
The employees of Dazhong.com, who have no experience in organizing similar activities, mess up the process. The judges give scores as they please, which often leads to dissatisfaction and protests from the contestants.
Sometimes on-site conflicts break out, with Dazhong.com employees and students mingling.
But Yang Botao didn't care at all. Faced with all kinds of chaotic situations, he only had one word of instruction.
“Quick!” No matter how confusing the process is or how effective the activity is, everything should be fast.
Yang Botao is not in the entertainment industry, and he has no intention of really doing a good job in the draft. This is just a marketing gimmick.
In terms of Internet thinking, time is the biggest enemy.
Anyway, it’s an audition. Just get a few people out and gather the contestants for the subsequent competition process. Then they can complete it step by step according to the competition system, and just get a ranking of the champion and runner-up.
A few hundred bucks a month in land sales, what are you trying to do with your life, everyone can fool you.
Under Yang Botao's guidance, local promoters even simplified the audition process.
Basically, you go to a school, hold up a banner, wait for students to register, and then randomly draw lots from the registered players to decide who will advance.
No matter whether the activity is chaotic or not, just decide whether it is fast or not.
With everyone working together, the Popular Star event started the knockout round for the top 20 in the division.
Compared with the perfunctory auditions before, this time it was much more formal, with a specially built stage and several more professional-looking judges.
Yang Botao also invited media reporters to prepare for a good publicity.
With the support of traffic from “Campus Popularity Star”, Dazhong.com has experienced a wave of peak growth in registered users.
Yang Botao became excited as he looked at the constantly beating background data.
Dazhong.com is finally alive again!
Campus Network Just wait for me, I will get back the market I lost bit by bit.
I want to climb up step by step!
Faced with the good situation, Yang Botao began to make promises to his employees.
“Everyone has been working hard recently. If you persist a little longer, we will give out bonuses when the event is over!”
“We are sure to break through the 10 million user mark by the end of the year and prepare for an IPO next year. We will Employees who have made outstanding contributions will receive original shares!”
“When I go to Nasdaq to ring the bell, I will choose an employee representative to go with me!”
The employees of Dazhong.com burst into loud cheers.
Bonus! Ring the bell! Listed!
How wonderful everything sounds, the light of Dazhong.com is right before our eyes!
Just when Yang Botao was in high spirits, Li Wanzhou suddenly opened the door of the company and stumbled towards his cousin.
"Cousin! Cousin." Li Wanzhou waved the newspaper in his hand with a pale face, "Oh no, something happened!"
Yang Botao's face darkened, he looked at his incompetent cousin and criticized: "How many times have I told you, you must show your duties at work!"
"Cousin, something happened." Li Wanzhou didn't care much. He directly slapped the newspaper in his hand towards Yang Botao's face.
"Why are you panicking!" Yang Botao grabbed the newspaper, unfolded it, and his expression changed immediately.
Southern
New X Newspaper: "Absurd Draft"
Southern X Morning News: "Is the campus draft with evil intentions or ulterior motives? Are the popular stars morally corrupt or a distortion of human nature?" 》
Beijing X Youth Daily: "Ten Questions about the "Campus Draft""
Yang Botao looked at the newspapers one after another, his face was livid, his whole body was shaking, and he had only one thought in his mind.
“It’s going to be bad!”
Li Wanzhou looked at Yang Botao standing still, and asked eagerly: "Cousin, there are many reporters outside and want to interview us, what should we do?"
"Don't argue, I'm thinking!" Yang Botao thought to himself In a mess, he shouted loudly, "Drive away the reporters first and don't accept interviews!"
"Tell all employees to shut up. Anyone who dares to talk nonsense will be fired immediately!"
The sudden appearance of public opinion stunned Yang Botao, and his first reaction was not to respond.
Anyway, the media cannot always pay attention to this matter. There may be other news tomorrow, and the public opinion will soon pass.
Respond to all changes by remaining unchanged.
But Yang Botao did not expect that more newspapers and media would launch questions and criticisms the next day.
The third day, the fourth day.
Whether it was the south or the north, more than 20 people reported non-stop for seven days.
Continuous news appears in front of ordinary people, from the initial questioning of motivations to reflection on the education system.
Dazhong.com was repeatedly tortured by many media, and various chaos in the previous auditions were exposed.
The most terrible thing is that photos of conflicts between Dazhong.com employees and students were published, which caused an uproar among the public.
Are you an Internet company? Are you not a bandit and bully?
Students who suffered unfairness in the audition stage have also come forward one after another, constantly accusing Dazhong.com of engaging in shady activities.
All kinds of dirty information came one after another, and the media reporters were so happy that they almost laughed out of their eyes.
There is so much news that I can’t choose from it, I can’t finish it, I can’t finish it at all.
Dazhong.com has been bombarded by the news media for several days. Yang Botao finally realized that this time it was specifically for him.
Of course, there are also those who fish in troubled waters and have ulterior motives.
For example, conventional tricks such as "What's going on in this country?" "Standing questions" and "I'm stuck in my thoughts" are used to fan the flames from the beginning, but he can't stand just using Dazhong.com to talk about things.
Yang Botao anxiously began to ask for help everywhere, and he kept doing public relations activities. He used all the connections he could use.
During this period, several media outlets in Shanghai tried to say a few words from a neutral perspective, but soon discovered that the direction of public opinion was not in the right direction, and immediately turned their guns and joined the criticism.
The editor-in-chief who accepted Yang Botao's money also persuaded him with sincerity: "We criticize you because we love you, Mr. Yang, you have to appreciate it."
I appreciate your kindness!
You guys, you guys, took the money and turned away and refused to acknowledge it!
Just when Yang Botao was worried, he received a call.
"Stop your talent show immediately." The other party said in an unceremonious tone, "Stop the public opinion as soon as possible."
"How can I stop it?" Yang Botao was anxious, "I'll spend it. I paid 200 million, but it was all wasted as soon as I heard the news!”
“The Ministry of Education has issued a notice banning all audition activities in the school, and it will not be allowed in the future,” the other party said sternly, “ There is no point in continuing this, and you will be unable to eat and walk around."
Yang Botao was stunned on the spot as if he had been struck by lightning.
"The popular star is over..."
"Otherwise, what else do you want?" The other party warned again, "Settle the matter quickly."
Listening to the busy signal of hanging up the phone, Yang Botao slumped in his chair, feeling hopeless in his life.
(End of this chapter)