"You, what did you say? Zhou Yiyang won't let us? Who the hell is he? Do we have to listen to everything he says?"
The secretary sighed and thought that his boss must be so angry that he couldn't say such a thing.
"It's true that we're removing the trending search, but Zhou Yiyang is also spending money to keep it. More importantly, the person Zhou Yiyang hired this time is someone Weibo can't afford to offend."
The man just felt like he was walking alone on the street in the middle of winter, and suddenly a basin of cold water was poured down on his head.
It's so chilling.
The man's hands were shaking, and he felt as if his heart was being pulled up.
"Zhou, why did Zhou Yiyang do this!"
When a person can't find a suitable solution, all he can do is rage and be helpless like a loser.
"We are all in the same business, we see each other every day. Does he really intend to kill us all?"
Listening to the man's words, his secretary could only shake his head:
"Boss, we were the ones who dragged him into this in the first place. Otherwise, I don't think he would have responded."
When he finished speaking, he received a fierce look from the man.
It was like a sharp knife, making the secretary wish he could disappear from here immediately.
Well, he really couldn't hold it in any longer, so he wanted to tell the truth.
"You..." The man's fingers were trembling. After a long moment, he finally exhaled a breath of foul air from his chest: "How can you say that! Even if I was the one who dragged him into this, how could he not give me a way out!"
Seeing that the hot search could not be suppressed no matter what, the matter began to spread and ferment rapidly.
Not only on Weibo, but also on Douyin, Bilibili, and even in WeChat Moments, many related comments have appeared.
"'Whale Sea Chronicle' is so shameless in its pursuit of box office success! It used so many tricks, but the results were fake!"
"I don't understand. Is it really worthwhile to spend so much money on marketing and securing a screening schedule for Whale Sea Chronicle? If all that money were ultimately used to improve the special effects and hire a few better screenwriters to revise the script, I don't think it would be more useful."
"I'm stunned. I didn't expect releasing a movie during the Spring Festival period to be so complicated. Does this mean that we, the audience, can no longer determine a movie's box office success? Isn't this putting the cart before the horse?"
"Can you check the investors behind 'Whale Sea Chronicle'? I think they spent their own money to falsify the box office results and guarantee the release schedule. Using a gambling agreement to justify it doesn't make sense. I suspect they're laundering money!"
"I was actually tricked into watching this movie. Looking back now, I really felt like a sucker! And I must say, the quality of this movie is really poor! However, when I posted a negative review on Douyin, it was instantly deleted. I can only say that capital is powerful!"
"So can this movie now complain about its screening schedule? The prime time slot is full of rubbish like yours, which is completely dampening the enthusiasm of ordinary audiences. In my opinion, if no one takes care of this, it will only make audiences lose confidence and they will be unwilling to watch movies in the future."
"At this hour, why don't the people from Whale Sea Chronicle come out and explain? I remember you guys surfing so fast normally, but now you're playing dumb."
When Tang Yue saw this trending search, she felt so happy from head to toe.
She screamed and slammed the table. "Good boy, who on earth found this evidence? It's amazing! I beat him to death. Now I can't say a word."
At this time, Tang's mother also laughed. Her daughter had been complaining about "Whale Sea Chronicle" in her ears for the past few days. So much so that Tang's mother had a very disgusted attitude towards this movie.
Seeing everything it had done being exposed and nailed to the pillar of shame at this moment made Tang's mother feel extremely refreshed.
At this moment, Wang Junjun and Wang Xingrui were almost clinking their glasses.
"Sister, this piece of evidence couldn't be more timely. I'm furious when I think about how 'Whale Sea Chronicle' is going to scam people out of money for a week during the Spring Festival."
"Hmm," Wang Xingrui raised her lips, "Brother Yang is really amazing! Some of this information can only be obtained by insiders."
Wang Junjun also guessed that Zhou Yiyang was the mastermind behind this incident.
It's very simple. It's not easy to get these evidences, and it's even more difficult to publish them without being reported.
Only those who have extremely powerful capital and connections behind them can do this.
And Zhou Yiyang does have such conditions.
…
Zhou Yiyang stretched leisurely. Even though his cell phone kept ringing, the man didn't seem to want to pick it up or even look at him.
It's simple. Even without looking at his phone, he knows what these people are going to say to him.
Well, they must be all words praising him, saying that he was doing justice and finally punished the criminals in the circle.
"I just hope that there will be more screenings for 'The Lotus Lantern'. Well, because that way, our box office will go even further. I'm not such a noble person."
However, what Zhou Yiyang waited for first was not the news of an increase in the screening schedule of "The Lotus Lantern", but another piece of big news that surprised him greatly but seemed to be justified.
It is eight o'clock in the evening, the hottest time of the day for eating melons.
After the Ten Sins of Whale Sea became popular, more and more people began to pay attention to the Spring Festival period.
Guan Fei even found that, except for "Whale Sea Chronicle", the box office of other movies during the Spring Festival period has increased.
She thought about it and decided that this was the so-called melon-eating effect.
However, when the time came to eight o'clock, netizens were waiting for the news from the producers of "Whale Sea Chronicle" with a joking attitude, but they did not expect that what they were waiting for was an announcement from the Film Bureau.
"Regarding the penalty for the film 'Whale Sea Chronicle' using illegal means to undermine market competition and disrupt market order."
Zhou Yiyang sat on the sofa, his fingers gently sliding across the screen.
The content of the entire announcement is simple, but extremely shocking.
"We've decided to remove 'Whale Sea Chronicle' from theaters immediately. Tickets have already been sold, and refunds will be available..."
Finally, there is a list of all the people who were punished.
And this is just the beginning. This punishment will bring a series of impacts.
For example, the investors behind "Whale Sea Chronicle" saw their stocks begin to plummet, and the final losses will be astronomical.
A popular actor in "Whale Sea Chronicle" was also investigated and it was discovered that several movies he participated in had falsification and altered ratings.
"This result is not bad." Zhou Yiyang smiled contentedly.
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