Universe Infinite Canteen.

Chapter 506: Rising Heat

About twenty minutes after Tang Rijie was dragged out of the restaurant by the photographer and post-production, the strong feeling of regret in his heart disappeared.

Instead, there was an even stronger feeling of regret!
Tang Rijie collapsed on the back seat of the Maybach. What had he just done? He revealed in public that he was bribed to hack into the Infinite Universe Canteen.

If this kind of thing 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 started to comfort him.

"Teacher Tang, you don't have to be too sad. Things are not as bad as you think. The restaurant is not big, and there were only about 60 or 70 people in the store at the time, so not many people heard what you said before, and the impact is controllable."

"But I saw someone took out his cell phone to record the video!" Tang Rijie said desperately, "If he posts the video online..."

"There are many explanations for videos. We can say that you had food poisoning and were talking nonsense. We can also say that his video was synthesized by AI. AI technology is very advanced now. Ordinary people can't tell the difference between real and fake. This matter will eventually become a Rashomon. After a long time, everyone will forget it."

After hearing what the photographer said, Tang Rijie felt a little refreshed.

Later, Xiao Zhao remembered something else 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 past 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. They didn't expect that he would still insist on 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 their past lives?"

"Probably not, otherwise it would be too weird." The photographer responded subconsciously, but when he thought of Tang Rijie's performance in the store just now, his tone became less certain at the end.

As for Tang Rijie himself, he was hit even harder. Before he started his own media career, he was a chef, and a very good one at that.

For more than ten years, I have been thinking about how to make food delicious, but I never expected that there is a higher level beyond deliciousness.

This is like a group of martial arts masters fighting on Mount Huashan, trying to see who has the deeper inner strength and who has the more sophisticated moves, when at this moment an immortal has already flown over their heads on a flying sword.

The shock in Tang Rijie's heart was beyond words.

Xiao Zhao came over again and asked, "Teacher Tang, do we still need to edit the film?"

"No more cutting." Tang Rijie answered without thinking, "I won't explore the Universe Infinite Restaurant anymore. I'll find another store to explore tomorrow. If I do that, time might be tight, and I'll have to trouble you, Xiao Zhao."

"It's okay, Teacher Tang. At worst I'll just stay up all night." Xiao Zhao has a good work attitude.

Tang Rijie still had some hope that the video recorded by other diners in the restaurant had not been uploaded to the Internet.

However, when he woke up the next day, his phone was bombarded with calls, and the photographer Lao Bai even ran directly to his residence.

"Oh no, Teacher Tang, have you been online?"

"Someone sent out yesterday's video?" Tang Rijie's heart sank when he saw Lao Bai's flustered look.

"Then we should also issue a statement quickly, saying... that it was synthesized by AI." Tang Rijie remembered the method that Lao Bai taught him yesterday. However, Lao Bai shook his head when he heard it, "No, this time it was a live broadcast, and it lasted for 40 minutes, AI can't take the blame."

"Ah? Live broadcast!" Tang Rijie's face finally changed when he heard this, "Who started the live broadcast? And it was recorded for so long. Why didn't I notice it when I was eating?"

“Because the live broadcast was started by the restaurant owner, it seemed that he used the restaurant’s surveillance camera, but for some reason, his surveillance camera had very high clarity and good sound reception.

"Not only was your confession after eating the dumplings captured on camera, but your comments on the other three dishes were also captured on camera!"

Tang Rijie was shocked. "What? That guy is so insidious that he even secretly filmed us. Can we sue him?"

"Well... I also consulted a lawyer on the way here. It's quite troublesome."

Lao Bai said, "He used the store's surveillance camera, and he was also in the camera, and the filming was in a public place, so it is difficult to define it as candid photography, at most it is an infringement of portrait rights.

“But he didn’t make any profit, and he turned off the reward during the live broadcast. Even if he really violated your portrait rights, Mr. Tang, the court would at most order him to delete it. But the problem is that he didn’t post any videos after the live broadcast. They were all slices made from screen recordings of the audience in the live broadcast room.

"What's circulating online now are all those slices..."

The photographer was halfway through his speech when he saw Tang Rijie's eyes go dark and he collapsed to the ground.

Lao Bai was startled and quickly took out his cell phone and dialed 120.

Although Mr. Tang was suffering from internal heat and had to be taken to an ambulance for an IV drip, the popularity of yesterday's live broadcast on the Internet showed no signs of abating. Instead, it continued to rise exponentially.

By noon, not only people who were interested in exploring restaurants and eating good food knew about this, but even people outside the circle heard about it.

The reason why this matter spread so quickly was first of all due to Tang Rijie's tens of millions of fans. In addition, at around ten o'clock, An Qi accidentally liked a related slice, and then dropped a nuclear bomb on this basis.

Love&five is a top idol group in itself, and after the "lip-syncing" incident, Anqi's popularity has skyrocketed. It is no exaggeration to say that it has reached the sky. Her every move is watched by countless eyes.

With her fate, this news completely exploded.

At the beginning, most people were only targeting Tang Rijie, but later more and more "bribed" anchors were dug out. For example, those little old ladies saw that the situation was not good and they could cancel their accounts and run away, or even turn against them halfway and get a wave of black and red traffic.

But it’s difficult for a million-level grandma like the magical sea lion.

I couldn't run away, and I couldn't delete my previous videos because the more I deleted them, the more people would post them. In the end, I was forced to turn on comment selection and watch my account lose followers.

Of course, the mastermind behind all this, Meiping.com, could not escape the blame and became the focus of netizens’ criticism.

Even though the public relations department responded quickly, they also took measures including but not limited to immediate announcement clarification, lawyer's letter warning, deleting posts and controlling comments.

But unfortunately, Mr. Tang had a change of heart and clearly mentioned the name of Meiping.com when he confessed his crime, which made Meiping.com very passive now.

Finally, even the CEO and the board of directors were alarmed. Meiping.com has been developing rapidly in the past two years, and it has beaten many old rating softwares to a pulp. It relies on this fair and strict rating system.

The incident involving Tang Rijie has shaken the foundation of American criticism.

(End of this chapter)