Chapter 506: The Heat Rising
About twenty minutes after Tang Rijie was dragged out of the restaurant by the photographer and post-production team, the strong feeling of regret in his heart disappeared.
What replaced it was an even stronger sense of regret!
Tang Rijie collapsed in the back seat of the Maybach. What had he just done? He revealed in public that he had been bribed to come to the Black Universe Infinite Canteen.
If word of this gets out, his career will be over!
Seeing that Tang Rijie's eyes were lifeless and his face was ashen, the photographer who had been holding him back comforted him.
"Teacher Tang, you don’t need to be too sad. Things are not as bad as you thought. The restaurant was not big, and there were only sixty or seventy people in the store at the time, so the people who heard your previous words should not have heard it. Many, the impact is controllable."
"But I saw someone took out his mobile phone to record it!" Tang Rijie said desperately, "If he posted the video online..."
"This video. There can be many explanations for things. We can say that you were suffering from food poisoning at the time and were talking nonsense. You can also say that his video was synthesized by AI. Nowadays, AI technology is so powerful that ordinary people can’t tell the truth from falsehood. It will eventually become Rashomon, and over time everyone will forget about it.”
Hearing what the photographer said, Tang Rijie felt a little refreshed.
Later, Xiao Zhao thought of another thing at this moment and asked, "Teacher Tang, were you really not poisoned just now?"
"No." Tang Rijie said.
"Ah, then why did you suddenly..."
"I did awaken some memories of my previous life at that time." Tang Rijie pondered.
The photographer and Xiao Zhao looked at each other. Tang Rijie seemed to have returned to normal now. Neither of them expected that the other party would still stick to his previous statement.
After a while, Xiao Zhao was the first to break the silence, "Are there really dumplings in this world that can awaken people's memories of past lives?"
"There shouldn't be, otherwise this would be too evil." The photographer subconsciously answered. He said, but when he thought about Tang Rijie's performance in the store just now, his tone became less certain at the end.
As for Tang Rijie himself, the impact was even greater. He was a chef before becoming a self-media person, and he was also a very good chef.
I have been thinking about how to make delicious food for more than ten years. I never expected that there is a higher realm than delicious food.
This is like a group of martial arts masters discussing swordsmanship on Huashan Mountain, still competing to see who has deep inner strength and whose moves are exquisite. At this time, an immortal flew over their heads with a flying sword.
Tang Rijie was shocked beyond words.
At this time, Xiao Zhao came over again and asked, "Teacher Tang, do you still want to edit the film?"
"No more." Tang Rijie replied without thinking, " The store exploration of the Universe Infinite Canteen is not going to be done. I will find another store to explore tomorrow. In this case, time may be tight, and I will have to work hard for you, Xiao Zhao."
"It's okay, Teacher Tang. , I will stay up all night if possible. "Xiao Zhao has a very good work attitude.
Tang Rijie was still lucky that the videos recorded by other diners in the store were not posted online.
However, when he woke up the next day, his cell phone was blasted, and photographer Lao Bai ran directly to his residence.
"Sorry, Teacher Tang, are you online?"
"Someone sent yesterday's video?" Tang Rijie couldn't help but feel sad when he saw Lao Bai's panic. It also sank.
"Then let's make a statement quickly and say...that it was synthesized by AI." Tang Rijie thought of the method Lao Bai taught him yesterday. However, when Lao Bai heard this, he shook his head and said, "No, this time it's a live broadcast, and it lasts for 40 minutes. This pot of AI can't handle it."
"Ah? Live broadcast!" Tang Rijie finally changed his expression after hearing this, "Who started the live broadcast and it was recorded for so long? Why didn't I pay attention when I was eating?"
"Because the live broadcast was started by the restaurant owner. It seems that the restaurant’s surveillance is used, but for some reason, his surveillance is very clear and the radio is very good.
“Not only the part where you confessed after eating the dumplings, but also the part where you confessed before. The other three dishes reviewed were also photographed! "
Tang Rijie was shocked, "What, that guy is so insidious, he secretly filmed us, can you sue him? "
"This...I also consulted a lawyer on the way here, which is quite troublesome. ”
Lao Bai said, "He used the store's surveillance, and he was in the camera, and the photos were taken in public places. It is difficult to define it as a candid photo. At most, it is an infringement of portrait rights.
"But he There was no profit either. Rewards were turned off during the live broadcast. Even if it really infringed on Mr. Tang’s portrait rights, the court would have ordered him to delete it. But the problem is that after the live broadcast, he didn’t post any videos. They were all in the live broadcast room. Slices made from audience screen recordings.
"Those slices are all being circulated on the Internet now..."
Halfway through the photographer's words, Tang Rijie's vision went dark and he collapsed on the ground.
Lao Bai was startled and quickly took out his mobile phone and dialed 120.
Although Teacher Tang was so anxious that he was taken by an ambulance to get an intravenous drip, the popularity of yesterday's live broadcast on the Internet showed no sign of fading. Instead, it continued to rise at a geometric index.
By noon, not only people who paid attention to the store and food knew about this matter, but even outsiders had heard about it.
The reason why this matter spread so quickly is that first of all, Tang Rijie’s tens of millions of fans are indispensable. In addition, around ten o’clock, Anqi liked a related slice with his hand, and on this basis A nuclear bomb was dropped on.
Love&Five itself is a top idol group, and Anqi’s popularity has skyrocketed after the “lip-synching” incident. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a breakthrough. Her every move has been praised by countless pairs of fans. Eyes watching.
With her fate, the news completely exploded.
At first, most people were only targeting Tang Rijie, but later more and more "bought" anchors were dug out, such as those little granny anchors who saw that the situation was not good and could sell their accounts and run away. I turned against the trend halfway and got a wave of black and red traffic.
But a million-level grandma like the magical sea lion would feel uncomfortable.
I can't run away, and I can't delete the previous videos, because the more people delete them, the more people post them. In the end, I am forced to turn on the comment selection and watch the account continue to lose followers.
Of course, Meiping.com, the mastermind behind all this, cannot escape, and it has become the focus of netizens’ ire.
Even though the public relations department responded very quickly, they also adopted measures including but not limited to immediate announcements of clarifications, warnings from lawyers, and deletion of posts and comments.
However, Teacher Tang's conscience discovered that he clearly mentioned the name of the American Review Network when he made a confession, which resulted in the current American review being very passive.
In the end, even the CEO and the board of directors were alarmed. Meiping.com has been developing rapidly in the past two years, and many old rating software cannot be found. It relies on this set of fair and strict ratings. system.
And Tang Rijie’s incident has shaken the foundation of American criticism.
(End of this chapter)