Chapter 79 News
"What's wrong? Are you in a bad mood?" Lin Qiyuan's physical condition was amazing. After two days, he was basically able to walk again. Although he still limped a little, if he walked slowly, it was almost impossible to tell that he had been in an accident before.
He saw that Zhou Yang was a little uneasy today and couldn't even concentrate on completing the work in his hands.
Zhou Yang simply closed his computer, sat down next to Lin Qiyuan, and sighed, "My work has passed the final selection."
Lin Qiyuan naturally stole a kiss on Zhou Yang's face, then pulled him into his arms and rubbed his shoulders, which were tired from the day. Upon hearing this, he paused and said, "Isn't this a good thing?"
Zhou Yang nudged Lin Qiyuan's hand, motioning him to keep pressing. When he felt the movement on his shoulder again, he adjusted his sitting position to be more comfortable and replied, "I always feel like Zhang Mingfeng is up to something bad!"
In fact, Lin Qiyuan naturally guessed what Zhou Yang was thinking, and he had also been sending people to keep an eye on Zhang Mingfeng's movements. However, Zhou Yang rarely talked to him about Zhang Mingfeng before, so he couldn't be too sensitive.
Seeing Zhou Yang bring it up, Lin Qiyuan consoled him, "Don't overthink it. Get some rest. This competition is, after all, a joint effort by several major companies. Even if Zhang Mingfeng wants to do something, he'll have to consider the organizers' consideration."
"That's right." Zhou Yang forced herself to suppress the uneasiness in her heart and relax. Her boyfriend's massage skills were still very good.
Zhou Yang's work not only passed the final selection, but also ranked first.
In addition to the top three, the four mentors each had an opportunity to recommend other works. Unexpectedly, the four mentors gave up and recommended Zhou Yang's work at the same time.
Being recognized by four giants in the design world at the same time has greatly demonstrated the strength of the work's owner. After all, if a design work is not good enough to crush other works, most of the time it relies on luck to win the award.
Moreover, the tastes of these four judges are not exactly the same, and the fact that they all recognized the work of a relatively unknown young man shows that the work is indeed outstanding.
Instantly, various media outlets reported on the news. In recent years, ordinary netizens' interest in gaming has greatly increased, and the four judges are well-known to many gamers or netizens with a basic understanding of gaming. As a result, Zhou Yang and the names of his works unexpectedly appeared on the trending search list, reaching the top ten.
Zhou Yang was stunned. To be honest, it was quite difficult for e-sports players to be on the trending searches. He, a game designer, could actually make it into the top ten trending searches. He himself was a little bit unconvinced and even suspected that someone had bought the trending searches for him.
The first person he suspected was of course Lin Qiyuan. He always felt that his boyfriend was hiding something from him. Maybe buying hot searches to promote works was just that.
However, Lin Qiyuan refused to admit it.
The two were busy all day and thought that it was just a casual appearance on the trending search. After all, they were not celebrities, so the popularity should drop immediately.
Unexpectedly, at night, the hot search was still at the top, and was about to reach the top three. Zhou Yang and Lin Qiyuan finally felt something was wrong.
Moreover, netizens have started digging out the designer of the work since the afternoon, and soon, almost all of Zhou Yang's ancestors have been dug out.
The "insider" posted Zhou Yang's college photos and resume, as well as a brief biography, which were immediately forwarded crazily by marketing accounts.
Of course, a considerable number of marketing accounts here are just trying to gain popularity, but for the other part, Zhou Yang's eyes flashed, it is hard to say that they are not deliberate.
Good-looking, good family background, university graduate, design genius, in just one afternoon, Zhou Yang was given many labels. Of course, they were all good labels. Netizens kept sticking these words that describe the perfect male protagonist in novels on him, but he didn't think he was that perfect.
"What's this for? Overpraising?" Zhou Yang frowned.
Lin Qiyuan sent a text message and then came over to look at the trending searches with Zhou Yang: "It doesn't look like over-praise. But, it can't be a good thing anyway."
The two had similar ideas. They both believed that in this era when the hot search list has become a tool for capital to make money, Zhou Yang's hot search, which had no connections or money, could still be gaining popularity from noon to night. It couldn't be that the Weibo operations department was doing charity.
"Ding!" Lin Qiyuan's cell phone rang. He picked it up and saw that the other party had sent a name.
"Yang Qian, do you know her? She bought the trending search."
"Yang Qian? I don't know her." Zhou Yang shook his head subconsciously. However, he knew this person. "But I know she is a distant relative of Zhang Mingfeng. It seems that he is going to take action."
Ever since he'd "offended" the villain Zhang Mingfeng, Zhou Yang naturally didn't dare to be too careless. Knowing yourself and your enemy is crucial, so he'd already asked someone to find out all of Zhang Mingfeng's social connections. Yang Qian was Zhang Mingfeng's distant cousin, and the two had a good relationship, visiting each other during holidays.
"Do you know what he wants to do? My friend has some information. If it gets out, Zhang Mingfeng will have no chance of recovery."
Of course Zhou Yang also wanted Zhang Mingfeng to go to hell. He had never been a kind person, and he would not be a gentleman if he did not seek revenge.
However, now is not the time: "Let's wait and see what he's going to do. If we expose it now, he'll definitely be ready to fight to the death, and then the situation might be a little harder to control."
Lin Qiyuan also thought so. He proposed this just to let Zhou Yang get rid of his hatred. Even if the other party wanted to die together, it depended on whether he would give him this opportunity.
If you dare to mess with his boyfriend, you're looking for death!
The trending search was naturally removed. Zhou Yang thought it was unnecessary. These days, removing a trending search is more expensive than being on it. But Lin Qiyuan didn't care. He implicitly expressed that he was very rich and didn't care about such trivial matters.
After becoming a hot topic, several large companies called Zhou Yang to discuss cooperation. Some companies even offered very generous conditions to invite Zhou Yang to join.
However, since Zhou Yang has already established his own studio, he wants to make it bigger and stronger and has never thought of giving up. He even has to think about cooperation with other companies.
Naturally, he is also ambitious and wants to turn his studio into a giant in the gaming industry within a few years, gradually being able to compete with those big companies.
Games are no different from other things. Innovation and uniqueness are particularly important, which means that in the gaming field, monopoly is the best.
There is no doubt that his work is best developed by himself.
As for Zhang Mingfeng, seeing that Zhou Yang's popularity was dropping because it had not reached the level he needed, he quickly transferred another sum of money to his cousin and asked her to buy another round of hot searches.
However, the money was wasted. As soon as the trending search appeared, it was immediately removed. Zhang Mingfeng got the inside scoop: as long as a trending search about "Zhou Yang" appeared on Weibo, the other party would pay to remove it, regardless of the cost.
Zhang Mingfeng was naturally furious when his perfect plan was ruined.
In the past few days, he tried other "keywords" one after another, but all of them were removed.
Zhang Mingfeng felt that Zhou Yang did not have the ability to find out that it was him who did it and to react quickly and remove the hot searches about him.
Not to mention that his own studio has just started to pick up and he is busy all day long, the Zhou family's Haitian Hotel has only become famous in recent years. Zhou Hai is not particularly good at socializing, and the hotel has been built up step by step, so naturally he has no backing.
Zhang Mingfeng couldn't figure out who was helping Zhou Yang behind the scenes, but even if the effect he wanted was compromised, he would still let things develop in the direction he wanted.
The award ceremony will be held in a month, and before that, many media outlets have invited me to interview them.
Interviews can be considered as publicity for the studio, so the more the better. However, Zhou Yang knew that the media industry was just as treacherous, so he only picked a few reliable ones to be interviewed.
The incident happened three hours before the third interview was to begin. Zhou Yang had just changed into his suit when he received a call from the other party, who tactfully explained that they could no longer interview Zhou Yang in the near future.
Zhou Yang felt something in his heart and had a premonition, but he did not do anything stupid like digging into the matter.
On Friday night, after dinner, Zhou Yang sat on the sofa playing with his mobile phone. After a while, he saw a lot of headlines.
"Can plagiarism get you first place? A look inside the plagiarism journey of genius Zhou Yang"
"Haining Hotel heir Zhou Yangxian plagiarism scandal"
"How did this handsome, wealthy, and talented person, favored by four leading figures in the design world, manage to evade the 'eagle eyes' of plagiarism detection?"
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