The richest person in Chinese entertainment

Chapter 481 Cheating, Computer Virus

In 2007, according to a report by the United Nations Population Fund.

The world's total population has reached 65 billion.

As more people come, the tastes naturally become more diverse.

Among these, the taste of literary and artistic works is the most difficult to reconcile.

Usually in free time.

Some people like to sleep.

Some people like to daydream.

Some people like to play games.

Some people like to listen to music.

Some people like reading.

Some people like watching TV.

Some people like watching movies.

There is no single form of entertainment that is universally loved by 65 billion people around the world.

Even if we break it down further, there will be different "tastes" in each category.

Some people like to sleep without clothes, and some like to sleep with clothes on.

Some people like to daydream at home, while others like to daydream among crowds.

Some like online games, and some like stand-alone games.

Some people like novels, and some people like literary works.

Some people like Mary Sue TV series, and some people like horror TV series.

Some people like documentary films, and some people like romance films.

Of course, in the field of film and television, men and women all over the world love to watch romantic action movies.

These are just the most common of these hobbies.

If we further subdivide it, each category can be divided into many branches.

Therefore, in the category of music, it is a common phenomenon that different people have different preferences.

Various music factions such as pop, rock, folk, classical, etc. make up all aspects of the current world music scene.

From the birth of music to the present, these classifications have existed because some people like them.

No literary and artistic worker dares to say that his or her literary and artistic works will be liked by everyone in the world, not even the majority.

There is also a subtle chain of contempt evident in this.

People who like a certain hobby look down on people who have other hobbies.

For example, people who read literary works look down on those who read novels.

People who watch movies look down on those who watch TV series.

Even within the same hobby, there will be a chain of contempt.

For example, classical music lovers look down on people who listen to other kinds of music.

Sometimes, just because a form of entertainment has a large audience doesn’t mean it can satisfy most people.

The same goes for singers, some people like them, while others don't like them.

There are also competitors due to the singer's age, gender, skin color, nationality, and style, and the reasons are multifaceted.

They are of similar age and were competitors who debuted at the same time.

The big age gap leads to a game between the younger generation suppressing the older generation and the older generation suppressing the younger generation.

The gender ratio of fans will also vary significantly depending on the gender. Some male singers have more female fans, while others have more male fans.

The same is true for skin color, nationality, and style.

Over the past ten years, Zhang Chen has made himself liked by many people around the world.

But he didn't dare to say that he was liked by everyone, or even the majority of people.

He only dares to say that there are people who like to listen to his songs in all countries, all races and all age groups.

You can also use the total sales of each of his albums after release to roughly determine how many fans he has.

Just based on the current sales data of the album "Love".

It has been nearly a year since its release, and has sold nearly 5000 million copies.

Many of them stock up his albums in large quantities as collectibles.

According to the backend data of Morning Glory Music, the actual number of purchasers is approximately 2000 million.

If we include those who cannot afford his albums and only listen to digital versions on the Morning Light Music platform, as well as those who directly listen to pirated music, his number of fans is probably around 4000 million.

This is already a T0 level existence in the world.

But compared with the world's population of 65 billion, it is still not enough.

So when the "War of the Titans" became a global discussion, and when Zhang Chen's fans began to confront fans of other celebrities on major platforms and in various occasions, the seeds of dissatisfaction had already been planted.

But we can’t blame Zhang Chen’s fans.

After all, our idol has been recognized by so many people across the entire Internet, and he and his works are loved by so many people, so naturally we have to brag about him.

What are the sayings like "Zhang Chen is the greatest star since the birth of the earth", "Zhang Chen is the most popular star in the world", "Zhang Chen is the most handsome star", "Zhang Chen is the most powerful singer", "Zhang Chen is the most powerful record company boss".
Needless to say, the fans are very proud.

Their statements also have a certain degree of credibility.

But the bad thing is that fans of other stars don’t think so.

In the United States, many people jumped out on Facebook to express their opposition.

"If you say Leon is the most popular singer right now, I can agree, but if you say he is the greatest star, I have something to say. Don't forget that when the Sakura Earthquake happened, he didn't donate a dime. He only donated a few paper cranes, which made them very angry."

"Yes, the greatest one is Michael. He even released a song specifically for world peace."

"Leon is the most popular star? Not necessarily! Have you forgotten what he said a while ago? He is a person who even his own fans hate him!"

"The most handsome?! I don't agree! Those with yellow skin are all ugly!"

“Leon’s album sales are high, but don’t forget that the current record for album sales is still held by Elvis Presley, at 15 billion!”

"Leon is the best singer? Where do you put Elvis, the Beatles, Michael, Queen and others?"

"The most powerful record company boss? He's just a small shareholder!"

Even in Zhang Chen's base in China, many people jumped out and expressed their opinions anonymously on the Internet.

"Zhang Chen is awesome, but in my heart my brother is still the best!"

"When my brother debuted, Zhang Chen was nowhere to be found!"

"Zhang Chen is the best singer? Is Zhang Xueyou called the God of Songs for nothing?"

"Zhang Chen is the most handsome? I admit he is a little handsome, but I still think Louis Koo is the most handsome!"

When these domestic and international remarks against Zhang Chen were first detected by Weibo and Facebook, the backend staff either deleted the posts or reduced their popularity.

Questioning your boss?

All banned!

Therefore, one week before the Battle of the Gods, Zhang Chen and the singers from the Morning Light group were still far ahead in the rankings.

It was the week before the Grammy Awards, at the end of January.

Zhang Chen's votes reached a terrifying 689 million votes, ranking first.

Michael Jackson lacked stamina and only received 398 million votes, ranking second.

Taylor Swift surpassed Avril Lavigne and received 98 votes, ranking third.

The rankings have not changed since then, with each singer receiving approximately 20 to 80 votes.

After all, this is no longer the era of mobile Internet. The fact that Morning Glory Music was able to get such a high number of votes for this event is enough to show how widely this event has spread around the world.

"How many new tickets did the boss add today?"

On the top floor of the tallest building in the city center of Guangdong Province, Du Zhining held a cup of tea and began to ask a question that he has been concerned about every day recently. "The boss got more than 20 votes today."

"Why are there fewer and fewer?" Du Zhining frowned, put down his teacup, and looked at his secretary, "What about the user registration situation?"

"There are still a lot of new user registrations. In this period of time, nearly 1000 million new users have been added."

"1000 million users?" Du Zhining compared the number of votes with his boss's and was puzzled. "They didn't vote for the boss?"

"They." The secretary glanced at her boss secretly and whispered, "In fact, a few days after the event started, a large number of new users registered accounts and voted for a beautiful Chinese singer named P. Diddy."

"What are his votes?"

"The real number should be," the secretary swallowed his saliva and said with lingering fear, "897 million votes!"

"What?!" Du Zhining screamed and stood up from his seat.

But soon, he thought of something else.

After taking a breath, he said easily: "Fortunately, it's our platform."

Cheating?

The boss is too lazy to take care of such trivial matters.

As the "provincial governor" of the Chenguang Group in Guangdong Province, he has much more power than most of the senior executives in the group.

Most of the time, he made all the decisions regarding the affairs of Morning Glory Music and Weibo himself.

Just as he said, Zhang Chen simply doesn't have the time to manage everything in the group.

As for Morning Glory Music and Weibo, they are mainly reviewed by Du Zhining.

In Du Zhining's view, this activity is just another marketing campaign by the boss to attract new customers.

Just like the last time on "The Voice".

Moreover, for the current Morning Light Music, Zhang Chen’s “divine nature” as “the world’s number one singer” cannot be shaken in any way.

If there is a problem with the "godhood", the stock price of Morning Glory Music in the United States will fluctuate violently.

As the helmsman of the parent company of Morning Music, he has options for Morning Music.

Therefore, the company's stock price is also directly related to its revenue.

What's more, the boss is the company's largest shareholder.

If the boss’ ranking is overtaken by someone else in this event and there is a problem with his “godhood”, it will not be a simple matter.

Thinking about the follow-up impact of "War of the Gods", Du Zhining turned on his computer.

He has to keep an eye on the data in the background.

Don't give others the opportunity to surpass the boss.

"Huh?" After turning on the computer, Du Zhining saw several icons on his desktop that he had never seen before.

He knew exactly what was in his own computer.

Moreover, the cute looks of those icons make it hard not to attract his attention.

However, he did not act rashly. Instead, he looked up and instructed his secretary, "Go and ask the technical department to come over."

Although the secretary was confused, she still walked out the door with her waist twisted.

Mr. Du himself is also a technology geek, is there anything he can't handle?
Ten minutes later, Du Zhining and several people from the technical department were sitting in front of their computers, watching the software icons on the computers change constantly with serious expressions.

There seems to be a tendency to replace all the software icons on this computer with this one.

"Is there any solution?"

"Boss Du, the person who designed this virus is very capable." A technical officer explained with sweat on his head, a little embarrassed, "and this thing is highly contagious and can replicate itself."

"That is to say, any device connected to this computer may be infected?!"

Du Zhining was really panicked this time.

The computer in his office contains the key that can be used to change the background data of Morning Glory Music.

Normally, he would not use this authority.

It should be said that he has always used backdoors in his boss's affairs and tampered with some data that would have an adverse impact on his boss.

But now is the "War of the Titans" period, and I just heard a report that one singer has received a huge number of votes.

If the backdoor cannot be used, then
"You guys figure out how to solve it first, I'll make a phone call."

Du Zhining didn't care about the current occasion. He walked to a corner and called Zhang Chen.

"Hey?"

Zhang Chen was also quite surprised when he received this call.

Under normal circumstances, Du Zhining shouldn't call me.

Most of the time, Xue Yining communicated with him about work coordination.

What difficulty is this?

The other side's reaction also confirmed his thoughts.

"Boss, something big happened!"

Du Zhining's slightly serious voice came from the phone.

Zhang Chen raised his hand to stop Liu Yifei's action, made a gesture to keep quiet, and said to the phone: "Speak."

On the other end of the phone, Du Zhining briefly recounted what had just happened.

Finally, he added: "Boss, the company may not be able to take care of your votes."

"Huh?" Zhang Chen was puzzled. After glancing at Liu Yifei who was grinning, he asked the person on the other end of the phone, "What happened before?"

"Uh." Du Zhining's slightly embarrassed voice was clearly transmitted to Zhang Chen's ears, "I did a little trick."

Zhang Chen felt a little helpless, but he didn't say anything wrong about Du Zhining.

When his employees express their love for their boss in this way, can he really say that he is wrong?

He knew from the beginning that there was no absolute fairness in this world.

Since he took control of the world's two largest Internet interactive platforms, he has had a deeper understanding.

He also condoned and even allowed his own people to favor himself and the Morning Light people on the Internet.

After all, the company is his own, and there is no reason for him to cut off his own arms.

His current status is obtained through the accumulation of hard power and soft power over ten years.

It is because of this that the singer has the confidence to allow people from all over the world to join the voting without any barriers for this "Battle of the Gods".

Otherwise, how could he not think of whether his competitors would make shady moves?
In their own territory, competitors have to go through many obstacles if they want to make a move.

"Your key doesn't work?"

Zhang Chen knew Du Zhining's authority, or rather, this authority was granted by Zhang Chen.

After a few seconds of silence, Du Zhining admitted with difficulty: "Yeah."

Zhang Chen sighed: "Use mine."

"boss"

Just as Zhang Chen was about to put on his pants and get his computer, Du Zhining said hesitantly, "The virus has spread all over the country. I don't recommend connecting your computer to the Internet."

Zhang Chen paused with his hand that was pulling up his pants and pressed down on Liu Yifei's head.

He suddenly thought of something and asked the person on the other end of the phone, "Will the virus change the icons of computer software?"

"Your computer is infected too?!"

Zhang Chen ignored Du Zhining's question.

Liu Yifei, who had been rejected repeatedly, was unhappy: "What's wrong? Didn't we say it was my turn?"

Zhang Chen flicked the little girl's forehead and said with a serious expression: "Something big has happened."

He actually forgot an important event this year!
The Panda Burning Incense virus has broken out!

　Has your computer ever been infected with this virus?
　　I remember that at that time, all the computers in Internet cafes were infected with this virus.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)