Chapter 180 The final word! Settle the storm!

Although it was already late, Lin Xiao and Li Shuang didn't want to go back to the hotel to sleep, so they just strolled into a bar and ordered some drinks.

Li Shuang asked softly, "You lit the fire and then ran away?"

Lin Xiao: "Sister, it's you who started the fire."

Li Shuang glanced at him and said, "We are talking about completely different things. I said you lit a fire in the media and then ran away."

"Why, are you still taking advantage of my sister?"

It's obviously you who are taking advantage of me.

"I think the script written by Bubble is quite interesting. Do you plan to shoot it?" Li Shuang instinctively changed the subject.

“Take a picture…”

In fact, the "Love Is Not Blind" written by Paopao is somewhat different from the historical original.

It may be more delicate and profound. On the surface, it is still a comedy, but if you dig a little deeper, it will have a different flavor.

It's the day of "Love Is Not Blind", and has a little bit of the flavor of "Ex-Files 3", but it's very faint.

It's the kind of movie that, unless you take it too seriously, is just pure comedy.

As Bubble’s first work, it is already very excellent.

Because her emotional antennae are indeed very sharp and rich, able to capture more delicate emotions.

Therefore, her script is more unfinished than the original.

This movie was originally directed by Teng Huatao, who is a pretty good director. But he signed a contract with Huayi, so there is basically no chance for us to work together.

"In the eyes of others, you are attacking the Beijing circle." Li Shuang said, "They must think you are here for revenge."

But in fact, Lin Xiao was telling the truth. In fact, he was not even emotional, and there was no question of revenge.

"What do you think of the movie?" At this time, people in the booth next door seemed to have just watched the premiere of "Heroes of Heaven and Earth" and were also discussing it.

"I don't think it's very good. I find that these directors have a big problem. They always work hard on a very small theme. They obviously don't have anything to say, but they still try their best to dig deeper."

Lin Xiao couldn't help but glance sideways.

Wow! An acquaintance.

A newborn calf is not afraid of a tiger and can criticize anything.

Chen Sicheng.

This guy first got admitted to the Shanghai Theatre Academy, then was expelled because of fighting, and then he got admitted to the Beijing Film Academy.

At present, Chun Chun is just an ordinary person. Although she won the Huabiao Best Newcomer Award for her role in "Judge Mom", she is completely unknown.

When he saw Lin Xiao looking at him, he just nodded in greeting. Then he saw the sexy and charming Li Shuang and instinctively wanted to strike up a conversation with her, but after taking a look at Lin Xiao, he felt that he still had to abide by the rules of brotherhood and not mess with a girl who already had someone.

"Dude, did you just attend the premiere as well?" He glanced at Lin Xiao's respectable suit and Li Shuang's dress.

Lin Xiao: “Yes.”

Chen Sicheng: "What do you think of the movie?"

Lin Xiao: "Everything is OK, but it's not pretty and boring!"

Chen Sicheng clapped his hands: "That's right, it's just boring, not bright at all!"

"This is purely an old problem brought over from movies decades ago, trying desperately to highlight a theme, regardless of whether it can be highlighted or not. I don't care whether it's good or not, I just have to make myself happy."

"He was only concerned with his own happiness, not caring whether the audience was happy or not. The most important thing is that he himself was not really happy, he was just pretending to be happy."

"Which school are you from, bro? I haven't seen you at Beijing Film Academy."

Lin Xiao: "From Aurora University."

The other party was stunned. Why did someone from Aurora University come to attend the premiere of "Heroes of Heaven and Earth"?

"Facebook, Lin Xiao." Lin Xiao stretched out his hand.

"Beijing Film Academy, Chen Sicheng." He couldn't help but say, "This is your girlfriend, right? Awesome!"

"Wait...the Facebook you're talking about, is that the Facebook? The one from Plants vs. Zombies?" He suddenly remembered.

Lin Xiao: "Yes, you use Facebook too?"

Chen Sicheng: "I don't play it much, but I registered because there is a group that will release some insider information, and some small jobs will also recruit people in the group."

"You just mentioned Facebook Lin Xiao, this... this website was created by you?"

Lin Xiao said: "Yes!"

"That's awesome. Let's leave a phone number?"

Lin Xiao took out his phone: "Sure."

………………

Chen Sicheng was not familiar with Facebook or Lin Xiao.

And although he was invited to attend the premiere tonight, he was not qualified to attend the dinner.

He originally wanted to hunt for beauties in the bar, and was struck by the beauty of Li Shuang, but since she was already taken, he just put the idea aside.

When I got back to my residence, I instinctively turned on my computer and wanted to read some reviews of "Heroes of Heaven and Earth".

result……

It was overwhelming, all of it was the bombardment from Leader Ergou.

Take a closer look.

Isn’t this handsome guy on the webpage the guy Lin Xiao I just met?

I… I fuck! This guy is actually the leader of Ergou?

I don’t know if you are talking about Lin Xiao, but I know if you are talking about Leader Ergou.

He made 10 million U.S. dollars from selling a pornographic website, but instead of spending the money on wine and women, he promoted grassroots singers, directors, and actors.

Ning Hao is also from Beijing Film Academy, although not a regular student.

But he was noticed and the leader Ergou invested eight million yuan in him to make a movie.

Search again.

Haidie Music just released the good news that the first work of Ergou Jiaozhu, the album sales of grassroots singers exceeded 4.6 million copies.

Damn! So awesome? No wonder he has such a beautiful and sexy girl by his side.

I really can't believe that he is so awesome at such a young age? In comparison, I don't have much talent.

Then, he immediately added two words to Lin Xiao’s name in the phone address book: Awesome! ………………

That night, Lin Xiao and Li Shuang were captured by Hu Tian and Bi Xiaoshi.

Lin Xiao tried to decline politely, but the other party came directly to the hotel and knocked on the door.

He even joked that even if he wanted to do something, he had to wait until we finished treating him to a midnight snack.

After having a midnight snack, he had enough energy to make Li Shuang's face turn red.

Then, the two bosses treated us to a very expensive midnight snack.

He also invited several celebrities to join him, as if to help him regain the face he had lost tonight.

"Brother, you have stirred up a hornet's nest this time!"

"Just wait tomorrow, you don't know how many people will come and bite you!"

"But it doesn't matter. They are not the only ones who can dominate the world behind closed doors."

"Don't worry, although we two brothers don't have much power, we will definitely stand firmly on your side."

"I will put aside all my personal connections and face to help you get Qu Feifei and Phoenix Legend on the Spring Festival Gala!"

………………

Sure enough, I woke up the next day.

Public opinion was in an uproar.

Even the wind direction changed.

Last night, many portal websites were filled with Lin Xiao’s reviews and comments on “Heroes of Heaven and Earth”.

And this morning, it was all praise from a large number of film critics.

"Jiang Wen's performance is divine!"

“It’s not Seven Samurai, but it’s more Seven Samurai.”

"Zhao Wei brought us a huge surprise."

"Heroes of Heaven and Earth is better than Hero. Chinese movies finally know how to tell stories."

“Perhaps, this is the closest we’ve ever been to an Oscar.”

Lin Xiao clicked on it and found that there were even film reviews from two acquaintances yesterday, David from Sina Entertainment and film critic Cheng Qingsong.

Both of them basically praised the film, saying that the story was rich and not as contrived as "Hero".

Really awesome! After watching it last night, you all complained along with me, and even complained more harshly than me.

It is true that money makes the world go round! But, making money!

Not shabby.

One of the news was even more direct: Because he was not invited to the dinner, the leader Ergou was furious and blasted "Heroes of Heaven and Earth".

This news was completely written in the tone of an insider, and the report was written after interviewing the production staff.

"We originally had no intention of inviting Master Ergou to the premiere of this film, but Teacher Jiang Wen said that it is better to resolve a feud than to create one, so we took the initiative to invite Master Ergou."

"Ergou felt that he was a big name in the industry because of his recent grassroots singer album. After receiving the invitation, he came with his lover, Li Shuang, who was once a host of Shanghai Satellite TV, and was very excited."

"But you know, there were a lot of big names and leaders at the premiere, so they could only arrange him in a relatively middle position. As a result, he immediately lost face and felt that he had lost face in front of his lover."

"When we got to the dinner, he was not on the list. He immediately got furious and rushed outside. He told the media that I was the leader of Er Gou and blasted the movie Heroes of Heaven and Earth, trying to disparage the movie."

"He is quite good at sensationalism, so his remarks immediately attracted a lot of attention."

"In fact, our leader thought of him and invited him again, and was ready to send a car to pick him up, but he got angry and hung up the phone."

"I want to say that if you feel you have been snubbed, you can blame us, the organizers, for not hosting you well, but the movie is innocent."

"The director spent twenty years preparing for this film, which took two years to shoot. It took countless people's hard work, and it will represent China in the Oscars. It is really heartbreaking that the leader Ergou is confusing right and wrong like this!"

Lin Xiao and Li Shuang returned to Shanghai and unexpectedly saw themselves in the newspaper on the plane.

Li Shuang laughed and said, "You are famous!"

"They are going to organize a war of words with you, and there is strength in numbers, they are a large group of people!"

………………

at the same time.

On Lingxi Island, activities are in full swing.

Register for a chance to win movie tickets for "Heroes of Heaven and Earth".

Share your movie tickets, write film reviews and win prizes, and other activities.

Even Liao Feng appeared on camera and was interviewed by Beijing Satellite TV, Sina Entertainment, and Sohu Entertainment.

"Mr. Liao, what do you think of the movie?"

Liao Feng: "I think it is very good, even a milestone work. This is also the first super blockbuster jointly produced by China, Japan and the United States."

Reporter: "Mr. Wang, is your choice of Lingxi Island for cooperation this time a brand new attempt?"

Mr. Wang: "Yes, the Internet is a new force, and we should be brave enough to try new things. Lingxi Island is a real leader in the university Internet track, a real unicorn. I think there will be a special chemical reaction between us."

Reporter: "Mr. Liao, the leader of Facebook's Ergou, publicly criticized "Heroes of Heaven and Earth". What do you think is his motive?"

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Liao Feng: "We won't speculate on the motives of our competitors, but what I want to say is that Heroes of Heaven and Earth will represent China in the Oscar race and will soon be released to the public. Suppressing our domestic films at this time really reminds me of a line in a poem: Why are we so anxious to fight each other?"

Reporter: "Mr. Wang, is it true that the reason why the leader Ergou criticized "Heroes of Heaven and Earth" was because he was not invited to the dinner, or because the promotion of the movie did not choose Facebook but chose Lingxi Island?"

Mr. Wang: "That's unknown, but we chose Lingxi Island because we only choose the best partners to cooperate with. We have a strict selection mechanism."

………………

then.

Another piece of news broke out on the Internet.

The data of the Ergou leader is falsified!

The number of registered Facebook users has exceeded 5 million, which is the new era of 10,000 kilograms per mu.

The content is very detailed.

It is claimed that before September 6, Facebook had only 800,000 to 900,000 registered users.

On September 6, Facebook announced the launch of its third campaign. However, it was not as exciting as the first and second campaigns. Due to the tight funding chain, the third campaign started well but ended badly, and did not cause much waves at all.

On September 21, Lingxi Island publicly signed a contract and announced that it had received US$25 million in venture capital.

On September 23, Facebook publicly released good news, announcing that the number of registered users exceeded five million?

In just over half a month, the number of registered users has quadrupled or quintupled? Lingxi Island worked very hard and spent nearly a year to push the number of registered users to four or five million.

And in just over half a month, without spending any money or conducting any large-scale promotion, Facebook announced that its registered users exceeded five million?

If this is not the new era of 10,000 catties per mu, what is it? Nowadays, many Internet companies falsify data, but can they be more serious? Isn’t such falsification just rubbing the IQ of netizens to the ground?

Liao Feng really felt that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Relying on his own weak strength, Lin Xiao did not expect that his attack on "Heroes of Heaven and Earth" would provoke the giant Beijing circle.

Isn't this just stirring up a hornet's nest for yourself?

Isn’t it?

Aren't the criticisms and attacks on Ergou overwhelming? How can you resist?

Moreover, Liao Feng felt from the bottom of his heart that Lin Xiao must have falsified the data.

Moreover, he must have lost his mind to fake the number of 5 million registered users.

Faced with these massive attacks and criticisms, Lin Xiao remained calm and didn't feel anything.

Because these are things that can be proven very quickly.

The Alexa toolbar is already available, and at least for now it is the most authoritative ranking tool.

The relevant IP and PV visits, as well as the world rankings, will be released soon.

We can use authoritative big data to slap them in the face.

By then everyone will find that Facebook does not falsify data, but this is not necessarily the case for Lingxi Island.

As for "Heroes of Heaven and Earth"? It's going to be released soon.

After watching the film, a large number of viewers will vote with their feet or with their mouths.

Lin Xiao’s tolerance is strong enough, but these ordinary audiences are far less tolerant than Lin Xiao.

Lin Xiao just said that he couldn't bear to blame.

It’s not certain what these audiences will say.

Historically, this masterpiece co-produced by China, Japan and the United States only had a box office of 41 million. Lin Xiao's box office was less than one-third of "Hero", which is a complete exaggeration. In fact, it was only about one-sixth.

Moreover, it won almost no awards overseas and its North American box office was also dismal.

By then, there will be thousands and thousands of people standing by Lin Xiao.

However, Lin Xiao seemed calm and composed, but many people couldn't stand it anymore.

When Gao Changhe was interviewed, he started cursing.

And he directly cursed people by name.

They had been covering it up before, but now all the dirty deeds of several bigwigs in the Beijing circle have been exposed.

"Idiot, why are you pretending to be a literary genius? You're just a coward."

"A pervert who abandoned his wife and daughter."

"There's another director, why are you pretending to be so arrogant? Why are you pretending to have such a hot temper? You don't dare to scold anyone who is more powerful than you, and you just act like a grandson. People who are not as good as you are full of foul language, and they are powerful on the outside but weak on the inside, flattering the powerful and looking down on the weak."

"They say that Master Ergou only made a few cents and he's already flying high. How long have you been making money? Why are you pretending to be old money? Why are you pretending to be a wealthy family? We all wear open-crotch pants, why are you pretending to be diapers?"

Ning Hao directly posted three words on Facebook: Not good looking! Zeng Yi: Not good looking +1.

Linghua: Not good looking +2. Daolang: Confusion of right and wrong, calling a horse a zebra.

Qu Feifei: What a bunch of idiots! And the fanatical fans of Ergou came out one after another.

Once again, it is like a large army setting out to fight. Under every relevant web page of each portal website, there are massive replies.

Lingxi Island hired a large number of internet trolls to spread the word that Master Ergou's data was fake and that Facebook had exceeded five million registered users, which meant a yield of ten thousand kilograms per mu.

The fans of Leader Ergou rushed forward and engaged in a fierce battle with this group of internet trolls.

It once again evolved into a war of online public opinion.

Both sides expressed their views on whether Facebook users had falsified their data.

Many Internet experts once again took action.

Even many Internet giants have come out to express their views.

These big guys were very cautious in their remarks, and their attitudes were more like admonishing young people, hoping for healthy competition and the like.

The attitude of Internet experts is more obvious.

"According to common sense and logic, Facebook's number of 5 million registered users is probably not true!"

"Master Ergou is desperate and is trying all kinds of methods. This level of data falsification is indeed against common sense."

"We can understand his anxiety, because this track is a winner-takes-all game and can only accommodate one giant, but falsifying data is still relatively despicable."

This online public opinion war is intensifying.

In the end, both parties brought the lawsuit to Alexa.

Many portal website editors and reporters showed off their talents and went directly to ask Alexa headquarters.

Alexa also felt that this was a very rare opportunity.

The online public opinion war over there actually requires us to be the referees?

This is a great opportunity for us to completely open up the Chinese market. Moreover, its parent company is Amazon, a true global giant. At this time, many people in China are willing to believe in its extraordinary authority.

So Alexa headquarters actually issued a statement. Since there were relevant anomalies in the data of the two Chinese websites, we decided to conduct a detailed investigation and will release the investigation conclusion in 24 hours.

Suddenly, the online public opinion war over whether Facebook had falsified data came to a temporary truce.

Everyone was quietly waiting for Alexa's investigation results after 24 hours.

………………

Lin Xiao was very helpless. It was really sad that the dispute between the two Chinese companies actually required a foreign Internet company to act as a referee.

Liao Feng, Wu Lingxi, and even Miyazaki were all in the headquarters office on Lingxi Island, quietly waiting for Alexa's investigation results.

Time is running out.

The atmosphere seemed very tense.

Until now, Liao Feng firmly believed that Lin Xiao must have falsified the data.

Because if he put himself in his shoes, Liao Feng would also choose to falsify data.

However, he would not be like Lin Xiao, who forged so much in a short period of time. This was too obvious and had too many flaws.

He would start fabricating stories months in advance and would create hype with all kinds of hype.

Makes the fake look more real than the real.

Such obvious data falsification is too easy to be exposed.

And once it is exposed, how serious will the consequences be?

Didn't wait 24 hours!

Just about 23 hours.

Alexa headquarters directly released the results of the investigation! "After our extremely rigorous investigation, we collected and analyzed Facebook's data for many days and used new technology to track visits."

"It is finally confirmed that Facebook's IP traffic is true and Facebook's PV traffic is true!"

"We have determined that this is a very active website with a very healthy ecosystem."

"Its PV traffic is about 39 times that of IP traffic, and it is still increasing."

"The average number of IP visits to the website today is about 1.9 million. It is hard for us to believe that this is a website with only more than 5 million registered users. This is IP visit data that can only be obtained by tens of millions of registered users."

"We are very sorry that we have only drawn attention to this particular website in this way. Based on our professional experience, Facebook has not falsified data!"

“This is a very excellent and novel website, and it was born in China!”

Alexa’s statement almost made the final decision! ………………

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