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Chapter 484 0474 [The Different Effects of Celebrity Live Streams]

If it were 2021, a wealthy person posting inspirational quotes online would likely be met with widespread ridicule from netizens.

However, if this had happened in 2011, it would have gained a large following.

Chen Guiliang not only didn't spout motivational platitudes, but he was also very down-to-earth, and his occasional use of profanity made netizens feel closer to him.

At this moment, his live stream audience was growing rapidly, many of whom had come from other platforms after hearing the news. Viewers in the live stream were spreading the word, excitedly posting on various forums and online communities: "Old Master Chen is live streaming! Come watch!"

Chen Guiliang originally planned to chat for more than ten minutes, then play a game on live stream before leaving, but suddenly received a text message from Jiang Feiyu, CEO of AcFun.

"Mr. Chen, please do the live stream a little longer. A large number of newly registered users and viewers are flooding into your live stream!"

Then let's keep broadcasting and drive traffic to our own live streaming platform.

Chen Guiliang glanced at the comments: "Voice chat? I'm sorry, our platform's self-developed live streaming software does not yet have a voice chat function. I've already urged them to add it, after all, the development time is too short, and a lot of new features will be added in the next six months... Those of you who are spamming YY voice chat, please refrain from doing so for now, as we are competitors with YY here."

"I'm not targeting competitors, that's really inappropriate, since there are commercial interests involved. If it's for charity, then it's fine, I'm just advertising a charity project here..."

"The 'Take a Photo to Help Begging Children' campaign, initiated by Mr. Yu Jianrong, a scholar from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, is an excellent public welfare activity. Whether you use ByteDance Weibo, Sina Weibo, Tencent Weibo, Sohu Weibo, or other platforms, if you find begging children on the street, you can take a photo and post it on Weibo..."

"Have you all seen 'Slumdog Millionaire'? Many begging children are actually controlled, either trafficked or kidnapped, and then controlled by certain gangs. Disabled children begging, in particular, need more attention. The term 'caisheng zhege' (采生折割) – if you don't know it, you can look it up; in ancient times, it meant being subjected to the death penalty of slow slicing..."

"We have invited uncles in hats from major cities across the country to register government Weibo accounts with ByteDance. When uploading photos of begging children, you can also tag your local public security Weibo account..."

"Multiple departments from the central to local levels are actively supporting this public welfare campaign, and there have been hundreds of thousands of related Weibo posts during the Spring Festival..."

Before 2011, you could see children begging on the streets no matter which city you were in.

After the "Take a Photo to Rescue Begging Children" campaign was launched, the phenomenon of child begging decreased rapidly and was basically eliminated within one or two years.

Chen Guiliang's throat was dry from talking, so he took a sip of tea: "Alright, now let's play a game... Not playing games? Want to hear me ramble on? Fine, then I'll continue rambling..."

"Let me check the comments. Hmm, quite a few people are asking me how to succeed?"

"Brothers and sisters, what year is this? You still want to drink chicken soup for the soul? So-called success studies are all just correct nonsense."

"I said that success requires persistence and perseverance. Can you do it? If you can, you don't need my encouragement at all. If you can't, even if you keep Carnegie at home and burn incense three times a day, it won't do you any good."

"Just set a goal and stick to it. Most people will fail. Only a small percentage will succeed. But as long as you really work hard, most people can learn something from their failures."

"Celebrity biographies? Of course you can read them, they can be a great way to boost your morale in a pinch. But don't believe they're all true, all celebrity biographies have been embellished."

Why didn't they invite Li Kaifu to last year's ByteDance Night? They did, but he didn't come. I don't have any grudges against him; he's a senior figure in the business world. Why do I never interact with him on Weibo? It's simple, there's nothing to talk about... His theories are open to interpretation; I don't really believe them.

"Hey, hey, hey, someone's stirring things up. I didn't say Li Kaifu's Weibo posts are all nonsense. If anyone goes to Li Kaifu's Weibo to stir up trouble, I won't admit to anything."

"Evaluate Sister Feng? She's already moved to America, why would I evaluate her? You say she's inspiring? Does being an illegal immigrant make you inspiring? Every year Mexico has many inspiring examples, and tons of people are illegally staying in the US..."

"Fang Zhouzi is exposing academic fraud again? That's a good thing, the more he exposes. But I think that while exposing fraud, he should also set an example himself. At the very least, he shouldn't plagiarize in his writing. Fang Zhouzi was caught red-handed plagiarizing several articles, which caused quite a stir back then, I don't know why no one has mentioned it in recent years..."

"..."

Chen Guiliang was rambling on in the live stream, and when he mentioned Fang Zhouzi's article plagiarism, the live stream's traffic exploded for the next ten minutes.

A large number of netizens, seemingly appearing from nowhere on the internet, came to ask Chen Guiliang about the specific articles he plagiarized.

Among them were many die-hard fans of Fang Zhouzi, who sent barrages of insults at Chen Guiliang.

"Wait a minute, I'm setting up moderators. Which of the top donors would like to be a moderator... Great, I've set up the moderators. Those who make personal attacks will be banned immediately, those who don't use profanity can stay."

"By the way, all the proceeds from gifts in this live stream will be donated to Project Hope. It's up to you whether you send gifts or not; I won't take a single penny."

"Fang Zhouzi's fans, stop jumping around. If you piss me off, I'll expose his past. Go ask him on his Weibo and see if he dares to confront me directly. I haven't exposed him yet because he still has a use for academic fraud exposé."

"And his little gang, not a single one of them has a clean past..."

"Me? I don't care. I abide by the law and pay my taxes according to regulations. Let them dig all they want... I didn't say I'm a saint, or even a good person. What kind of good people are capitalists? Any boss who goes around claiming to be a good person, just slap him across the face! I'm not a good person, I just say I'm a law-abiding citizen, that's the basic bottom line."

"Dude, there's no need to pull strings to delay graduation. If you've ever been to college, just ask around at any school, and you'll know that any college student can apply for delayed graduation as long as they meet the requirements. This is fucking a scam against me!"

These days, there are many people who write articles that are full of wild speculation, but there are really none who do live broadcasts and "reveal" all sorts of juicy gossip.

This format is so novel.

Moreover, Chen Guiliang is among the top three richest people in China.

The viewers in the live stream were thrilled, and the number of viewers skyrocketed, with most coming from other platforms after hearing the news. Jiang Feiyu, the CEO of AcFun appointed by Chen Guiliang, was overjoyed at the surge in viewership.

Chen Guiliang's livestreaming performance alone is equivalent to that of a large number of signed esports players!

This was obviously Chen Guiliang intentionally trying to stir up trouble.

In the live stream room, there were quite a few public intellectuals who came to watch the excitement. Seeing this, they were also tempted and quietly inquired about how much they could earn by doing live streams here.

If you can earn a lot, you can join too.

Isn't that just nonsense?
Professional matching!

However, many public intellectuals tend to overestimate their abilities. They are quite good at writing articles and composing jokes, but it is quite difficult for them to speak fluently in front of a camera. This requires not only eloquence but also good quick thinking.

……

Chen Guiliang's remarks about Fang Zhouzi during his live broadcast quickly sparked a heated debate both online and offline.

Then, it had nothing to do with Chen Guiliang anymore.

Because Fang Zhouzi had too many mortal enemies, they took the opportunity to dredge up old grievances, keeping Fang Zhouzi busy and leaving him no time to confront Chen Guiliang.

For example, Yu Jianrong, who launched the "Take a Photo to Rescue Begging Children" campaign, is Fang Zhouzi's arch-enemy and was also the target of Fang Zhouzi's academic fraud exposé. Their literary feud back then even led to Fang Zhouzi falling out with Southern Weekly.

Soon, netizens dug up Fang Zhouzi's plagiarized articles from back then.

The most undeniable point is that the original author cited a report from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, but mistakenly wrote 106 days instead of 107 days. Fang Zhouzi copied this article, including the erroneous data "106 days".

At this moment, facing netizens' questions, Fang Zhouzi started rolling on the ground in protest: "I've said it before, even if my article was entirely based on Yinghe's (the original author's) series of articles, as long as it wasn't copied verbatim, it can't be called plagiarism, because the standards for popular science articles and academic papers are different. Some people are deliberately confusing the difference between popular science articles and academic papers in order to frame me for plagiarism!"

As for the fact that the two articles are completely identical in terms of paragraphing, content organization, original wording, and misunderstandings, Fang Zhouzi makes no mention of this "Chinese-to-Chinese translation" issue.

Anyway, he didn't plagiarize; he only borrowed some parts.

A fierce battle erupted between those supporting and opposing Fang, primarily taking place on websites such as HaiNei.com, ByteDance Weibo, and Sina Blog. Chen Guiliang's online community attracted another surge in traffic.

……

"You can do it like that?!" Zhou Hongwei exclaimed in amazement at Chen Guiliang's actions.

Last year's 3Q War brought him and 360 a lot of attention, and they have already tasted the sweetness of traffic.

Seeing that Chen Guiliang's personal involvement in live streaming has attracted huge attention, Zhou Hongwei also wants to try live streaming.

He thought he was good at bragging and could definitely keep netizens completely engrossed in the conversation.

You can sell products while you're at it.

The success of Xiaomi phones, spearheaded by Lei Jun, has inspired Zhou Hongyi to also enter the mobile phone industry. He is already recruiting a mobile phone R&D team and plans to launch the 360 ​​smartphone next year.

Zhou Hongwei's current plan is to go live on AcFun (A-site) to attract enough attention, then pretend to accidentally reveal that he's making a phone. He plans to gradually cultivate a fanbase for 360 phones, and who knows, they might become a bestseller upon release!

So Zhou Hongwei actually went to AcFun to do a live stream.

He even deliberately imitated Chen Guiliang's tactics: "Hello everyone, I'm Zhou Hongwei from 360. I'm here to do a live stream to interact with netizens. All proceeds from gifts in this live stream will be donated to Project Hope..."

However, the style of the comments in the live stream seemed a bit off.

"Zhou Hongwei, you're a complete scoundrel!"

"I couldn't uninstall 360, so I had to reinstall my system!"

"Don't you dare run away!"

Looking around, the live stream chat was filled with asterisks representing sensitive words.

Moreover, the number of comments increased, and viewers from other live streams came to criticize him.

Zhou Hongwei was completely dumbfounded. During the 3Q War last year, netizens were clearly supporting him.
Why is everyone criticizing themselves now?

He failed to consider that the reason netizens supported him last year was because they disliked Tencent even more.

Less than half an hour into the live stream, Zhou Hongwei was so criticized that he became withdrawn and slunk off the live stream, never to appear again.

(End of this chapter)