Chapter 150: Jinjiang First Launch

Bai Mian explained, "The man who planned to spray Qi Zi'an with sulfuric acid is called Huo Gu. He is a mildly mentally retarded patient. His mother had a difficult birth, which caused him to be held in the uterus for too long. His IQ was affected, so he is unable to distinguish the truth from falsehood. The reason he attacked Qi Zi'an was because he saw this on the Internet."

Bai Mian said as he found a video on his phone that was posted a week ago. In that video, Qi Zian was swaggering through a vegetable market. There was an old lady selling vegetables on the roadside. Qi Zian stepped on the vegetables on the stall, but not only did he not apologize, he also stepped on the aunt's hand when she went to pick up vegetables. The aunt said a few words to him, and he pointed at the aunt and started swearing at her.

Xia Mang frowned: "How could such a thing happen? Qi Zi'an is too arrogant. How is he different from the tyrants in ancient times?"

Lu Xue immediately questioned, "Wait, no, this video can't be real. Qi Zian wouldn't dare to be so arrogant in front of so many people. After all, he is a public figure. Moreover, mobile phones are so common nowadays. If anything happens, people will take a picture and post it online. If Qi Zian really dared to curse people in public, he would have been on the hot search list long ago."

After hearing what Lu Xue said, Xia Mang finally reacted. She looked at the account that posted the video. It was a newly registered account with no avatar or name set. The number of likes was very small, only a few hundred. She immediately understood:

"This is another AI-generated video! It's so realistic, I almost didn't realize it."

Bai Mian: "Look, this is the reaction of a normal person when seeing this video. Although they will be a little surprised at first, they will soon realize that it is fake. But Huo Gu is a mentally retarded person. In his eyes, this video is real. The auntie selling vegetables in the video is Huo Gu's mother. Huo Gu thinks Qi Zian insulted his mother, so he wants to kill him."

Xia Mang sighed: "So that's how it is. Huo Gu is not a fan of Qi Zian. He just wanted to avenge his mother. This is really an unprovoked disaster for Qi Zian. He did nothing wrong. He is just sitting at home and the pot comes from the sky."

"Besides, AI is so rampant that normal people like us can tell the difference between true and false. But for the elderly and some special people, they are likely to think it is true and then be deceived. Who will consider them?"

Lu Xue suddenly said, "Huo Gu is mentally retarded. How could he have thought of such a method? If he wanted to hurt someone, he could at most get a knife or a brick. How could he get sulfuric acid?"

Bai Mian: "You found the blind spot. Huo Gu didn't get the bottle of sulfuric acid. Someone gave it to him. Someone instructed him to use sulfuric acid to splash Qi Zi'an. Huo Gu didn't have enough intelligence and believed the lies of others. So I say that he is also a victim."

Bai Mian opened the comment section of the video and pointed it out to the two girls. There was an account called "Invincible Hot Wheels" that left the following comment:

[Where is this guy? I'm going to kill him! ]

"This account is Huo Gu. After he posted the comment, a hater of Qi Zian soon messaged him privately and asked him to meet offline. The hater gave Huo Gu sulfuric acid offline and bought Huo Gu a ticket for Qi Zian's performance. Huo Gu was waiting to take action after entering the venue tonight. However, because of me, Huo Gu was caught by the police in advance. Now the police have confiscated his sulfuric acid and are criticizing and educating him."

Xia Mang finally understood the whole thing: "The black fan should be held most responsible. Huo Gu was also instructed by him. If it weren't for that black fan, Huo Gu wouldn't be able to do all this by himself. Having said that, I think the worst person is the person who posted the video. If there wasn't this video, this series of events wouldn't have happened."

Bai Mian: "The person who posted this video is in Qingshui Town, and we just mentioned him, he is Yuan Xiaoshuai."

Xia Mang was very surprised: "Is it Yuan Xiaoshuai who did it again? It seems that he is a habitual offender. He has really caused a lot of harm to people. The 'rumormonger' mentioned on the Internet is him, right? He spreads rumors every day. It is easy for him to spread rumors. He can synthesize AI videos with just a click of his fingers. It takes a lot of effort for others to refute the rumors. I really hope that the police can lock him up after finding him so that he will not come out to harm people again."

Lu Xue thought of another question: "If it is so easy to synthesize AI videos that even a child can do it, then wouldn't it be easier to create pornographic songs for women in the future?"

Bai Mian shook his head: "It's not 'later', the situation you are talking about is happening around us now."

Before Bai Mian could explain in detail, the police called. After Duan Yuying called the police, the police rushed to Yuan Xiaoshuai's home immediately, arrested Yuan Xiaoshuai on the spot, and found extremely horrifying content on his computer.

"Thank you for calling the police in time, which helped us prevent a crime," the police said on the other end of the phone. "We did find video footage of Cong Cong on Yuan Xiaoshuai's computer. We have supervised him to delete the video. In addition, we also found a large amount of pornographic content on his computer."

Duan Yuying was stunned, not understanding what this had to do with the case. The police continued, “These pornographic videos were synthesized using AI face-changing technology. Yuan Xiaoshuai downloaded foreign pornographic videos and then used AI to replace the faces of the characters in the videos with those of his female classmates. If we hadn’t discovered it in time, he would have planned to put these videos on pornographic websites to sell for money. Fortunately, you called the police at this time!”

"We have criticized and educated him, and forced him to delete the illegal videos from his computer. We have also informed Yuan Xiaoshuai's school and parents of his behavior. Yuan Xiaoshuai will call you personally to apologize later. Please pay attention to answer the call."

After Duan Yuying hung up the phone, Xia Mang, who was listening nearby, was completely stunned: "Oh my God, this is too horrible. How could such a young child do such a thing? Fortunately, the police caught him before he sold the video, otherwise, who knows how many more female classmates' reputations would be affected."

Lu Xue said calmly: "Don't underestimate a person because of his appearance. It's not surprising that a man can do anything."

Duan Yuying sat dejectedly on the chair, feeling somewhat dissatisfied. This Yuan Xiaoshuai had caused such a great impact on her son, but he had only apologized. She really hoped that Yuan Xiaoshuai would be imprisoned for a few more years.

She waited for a while and got a call from Yuan Xiaoshuai. As soon as the call was connected, Yuan Xiaoshuai spoke. However, what he wanted to say was not an apology, but a provocation: "Oh, Congcong mother, huh? I never thought that your son is so cowardly, but you are so courageous that you dared to call the police? Very good, you will pay the price for your actions."

Duan Yuying shouted angrily: "What do you want, you bastard? If you dare to touch my Congcong, I will fight you!"

This first sentence obviously touched Yuan Xiaoshuai's sore spot. He said grimly: "Don't worry, I'll be fine. But you have to be careful. There may be a lot of AI videos about Congcong on the Internet. Hehehe, then Congcong will be famous. If he becomes an Internet celebrity, don't forget to come back and thank me!"

Duan Yuying immediately said, "If you dare to do this, I will call the police. If you send a video, I will call the police to arrest you. When you commit more crimes, the school will definitely expel you!"

Yuan Xiaoshuai said disdainfully, "So what? If you want to call the police, go ahead! The police won't do anything to me anyway, Auntie, think it over. I'm only nine years old this year. Can the police put me in jail? Don't worry, I've already consulted a lawyer in advance. At my age, as long as I don't kill or set fire to anyone, I can do whatever I want. You can say that my age is my golden ticket to avoid death. You can't do anything to me!"

Duan Yuying gritted her teeth and said, "Aren't you afraid of being expelled from school?"

Yuan Xiaoshuai laughed: "Haha, so what if I get expelled? There are so many schools, I can just change schools. Anyway, my parents will give me living expenses. As long as I have money, I can go to school anywhere."

Duan Yuying was so angry that she was shaking all over: "You - you are such a nuisance!"

There was a shrill laugh coming from the other end of the phone, and it was obvious that Yuan Xiaoshuai was very proud.

Bai Mian took the phone and said leisurely:

"The mouth is the source of all misfortune. You've spread so many rumors. Be careful or you'll really become a man with a slit mouth."

Yuan Xiaoshuai laughed even more arrogantly: "Are you stupid? That thing doesn't exist at all, it's just a horror legend! I think you guys are really at your wits' end, and you've even started to put your hopes in ghosts and gods, hahahaha!"

Yuan Xiaoshuai hung up the phone after laughing. Duan Yuying was so angry that her face turned pale. She looked at Bai Mian, and seemed very disappointed with this legendary master. Bai Mian just smiled and patted her shoulder: "Okay, take the child back."

"Is that it? Is there nothing you can do to Yuan Xiaoshuai?" Duan Yuying asked unwillingly.

Bai Mian did not answer, but told her: "Remember to watch the local news at 10 o'clock tonight."

Duan Yuying was a little confused, but she still chose to believe Bai Mian. She scanned the code to pay the medical fee, and then left with Congcong.

Xia Mang asked excitedly: "Master, did you perform a ritual to curse that boy?"

Bai Mian shook his head: "I don't need to do anything. Yuan Xiaoshuai has spread too many rumors and damaged his own luck. His retribution will be revealed tonight."

After hearing Bai Mian's words, Xia Mang suddenly became expectant.

Just after seeing off Duan Yuying and her son, a new hot search popped up on the Shanguang APP. This time the hot search was called "#Qi Zian apologizes".

Bai Mian clicked in to take a look. Qi Zian was apologizing live on the Internet. He stood straight in front of the camera with red eyes, bowing to the camera repeatedly, saying:

"I'm sorry to disappoint everyone this time. This time, there was a reason for what happened. I was ignorant and superstitious, so I found a fortune teller. The fortune teller said that my face would be disfigured by sulfuric acid that night, so I was extremely nervous, which led to a misunderstanding when the fans sent me wine and a wrong physical reaction."

"I pushed a female fan at the scene. I sincerely apologize to this fan and to all my fans. I am sorry for disappointing you. I am not brave enough and I did not take responsibility. I am a coward!"

"After the incident, I did not escape, but chose to stand up and face it. I just want to ask everyone to give me a chance. You can hate me, you can scold me, but please don't ask me to get out of the entertainment industry. I really love this stage. I have been rehearsing hard for the stage. I am the scriptwriter and director of all the comedies. In order to write new comedies for everyone, I stay up late every day to think of ideas, and my hair falls out in clumps..."

Lu Xue couldn't stand it anymore and snorted coldly: "His team did a good job in crisis PR. They knew to win back the hearts of the people as soon as possible. Look, they are already selling badly. I guess a large number of fans will come out to forgive him soon."

Xia Mang said angrily: "Master, you were so kind to help him tell his fortune, but now he is throwing all the blame on you, as if you were the one who caused him to fall. Fortunately, our live broadcast room also has live broadcast replay, otherwise this matter is really hard to explain!"

Bai Mian didn't say anything, but just looked at the screen quietly. Sure enough, after a while, a lot of barrages appeared in Qi Zian's apology live room.

[Zi'an was also unintentional. Who can avoid making mistakes in life? ]

[Yes, he has already apologized, so let’s just forgive him.]

[I just like watching his works, I don't care about his character. I'm putting this on hold. I will continue to follow Qi Zian's comedies in the future. No one can get him out of the entertainment industry! ]

[Yes, the person and the drama are separate. If the person fails, don’t let the work be affected. I support Sai Zian to continue to act in comedies in the future.]

[Haha, you are still supporting me at this time, you are such a brainless fan, you will behave yourself when your brother pushes you out to take the blame one day]

Qi Zian's comedies are full of jokes and innovative, making him a leader among his peers. Therefore, most of his fans chose to stand on his side this time. There was even a debate online about "Which is more important, talent or character?" If things continue to develop in this way, people will probably forget about this incident soon, and Qi Zian will not be affected too much.

Bai Mian took a look at the number of people online in Qi Zian's live broadcast room, and then sent a live broadcast request to Qi Zian. She had not said a word before, not because she chose to endure it, but because she wanted to expose him when the number of people in Qi Zian's live broadcast room was the largest.