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Chapter 135 Breaking Through the Darkness!

Chapter 135 Breaking Through the Darkness! (Part 2)

[I'm "Movie Xiao Mo". From now on, my [Wandou Movie Website] will no longer be updated or recommended any movies...]

Hello everyone, this is film critic Liu Yucheng. Starting today, this account will no longer be updating film reviews...

[Latest announcement: I'm film critic [Hai Zi], and I've gone to [Movie House]...]

【…】

On the afternoon of June 11th.

It started with a film critic named "Movie Xiao Mo" who took the lead.

Following this, more and more well-known film critics on [Wandou Film Network] posted messages announcing their departure.

By evening, more and more film critics were announcing their departure from [Wandou Film Network], and they suddenly occupied half of the website's posting space!

And suddenly, traffic plummeted, and all sorts of posts suddenly appeared!
"Damn it, I told you this year's Golden Horse Award was unreasonable, did I say anything else? And you deleted my post!"

"Damn it, keep deleting posts. What did I say? I just said that Shen Hu's actions were not wrong, Zhou Yang's actions were not wrong, and you still deleted my post?"

"Keep deleting, keep deleting! Isn't a movie review website supposed to be a place for people to speak? Damn it, I'm done! I'm leaving!"

"Goodbye, you can keep deleting and keep bragging about your Golden Horse Award-winning film! I'm done playing, okay?"

"Keep the ban in! Keep the ban going! Continue the ban!"

"..."

5 points.

in the office.

Sitting in front of the computer, Chairman Zheng Long's expression changed drastically when he saw a series of posts and insults.

Then, when he saw that the number of active users in the backend had dropped to 2, his expression turned even more grim.

The secretary standing next to him had a complicated expression.

"Mr. Zheng, after this year's Golden Horse Award, we followed your advice and deleted some inappropriate and untimely posts..."

"However, it seems that it went a bit too far, which suddenly made some netizens feel disgusted..."

"..."

When Zheng Long heard this, he stared at the screen with a complicated expression.

After the Golden Horse Awards caused a huge uproar, Zheng Long received a call from his superiors. The call was simple: he was instructed to delete all negative news about the Golden Horse Awards and Zhou Yang from his website, Wandou Film Network…

This is what's called a ban!

He had a vague, unpleasant thought, but in the end, he did it anyway!

Although he is the chairman of [Wandou Film Network], the capital behind him is from some of the most popular physical media in China, including [China Film], [China Film Weekly], and [China Entertainment].

A few months ago, after the emergence of [Movie House], they saw the huge potential of online film review forums and began investing heavily in the internet...

They used the best and fastest servers, and leveraged established entertainment newspapers and weekly magazines to drive traffic. Furthermore, they utilized the latest and fastest news channels and movie information in the entertainment industry to quickly build up [Wandou Movie Network].

Success and failure both depend on Xiao He!

Behind physical media stands entertainment capital, and behind the Golden Horse Awards are also those same entertainment capital entities.

After Zhou Yang and his gang caused a ruckus at the Golden Horse Award, they called him and asked him to blacklist Zhou Yang. However, this blacklisting backfired!

Just then, the phone rang.

"Your traffic has dropped?"

"Your users have left too?"

"..."

After receiving the call, Zheng Long's expression changed drastically!
It's not just them [Wandou Movie Network]!
Even websites from the same era, such as [Movie Encyclopedia] and [Movie Fan Home], which are controlled by entertainment capital behind the scenes, have seen a sharp drop in traffic today!
Zheng Long immediately logged onto [Movie House] and saw a huge number of people in the comments section!
"I'm a user from [Wandou Movie Network]. They've banned people from speaking there, and I'm really frustrated. Can I speak here now?"

"I'm from [Movie Encyclopedia]. My three accounts were banned there, so I'm coming here now. Please take me in..."

"I'm here too. I came from [Movie Fans' Home]. Damn it, I only said 'Shen Hu is a real man,' and nothing else, and my post got deleted! Damn it! That website has become a one-man show for praising the [Golden Horse Award]. It's fucking unbelievable!"

"Me too……"

"and many more!"

"..."

The controversy surrounding the Golden Horse Awards initially didn't seem to bother many netizens or even some film fans.

Whether a movie is good or bad, or what awards it receives, what does it have to do with them?
At most, they'd just watch the show and offer their opinions, but what happens when they find their posts blocked or deleted...?

Everything will be different!

The Internet in 2003 was an emerging, but absolutely free, virtual world.

Although it is a virtual world, netizens, who wear different aliases, can be their true selves in this world!
They can speak freely and say anything they wouldn't be able to say in real life; this is a right the internet has given them!

However, once these rights are threatened, no one will endure it silently and live a life of resentment as they do in reality!

..........................................

7 o'clock in the evening.

When film critic Liu Jiasheng logged onto MovieHome again, he found that the MovieHome interface had been completely updated!

This update to [Movie House] includes two pages.

They are the Golden Dragon Award for Popular Cinema and the Golden Broom Award for Popular Cinema.

Curious, he clicked on it, and immediately dozens of movies released in China in 2003, along with various other materials, appeared!

From "Undercover Detective" to "A Better Tomorrow" and "Youth of the Sea," all films released in 2003 are included, including those nominated for the 40th Golden Horse Awards. Moreover, Zhou Yang seems to have prepared this website well in advance; this update is very comprehensive, adding a like system and a ranking system.

The leaderboard system, in particular, surprised Liu Jiasheng!
There are three leaderboards on the [Popular Cinema Golden Dragon Award] and [Popular Cinema Golden Broom Award] interfaces.

One ranking list is the [Movie Rating Ranking List].

Another ranking list is the [Movie Review Likes Ranking List].

The last one is the [Market Sales (DVD, Box Office, etc.) Ranking!]

"The film with the highest number of votes across the three rankings will be nominated for the Golden Dragon Award for Popular Cinema."

"The film with the lowest number of votes, the worst sales, the worst reviews, and the worst market performance will be nominated for the [Golden Broom Award for Popular Cinema]..."

"..."

Liu Jiasheng looked at this film review.

Immediately afterwards...

When he saw that the top-rated film review on the "Film Review Likes Ranking" was his own online criticism of the film "Youth of the Sea," he was momentarily shocked!

What the hell!

It seems that in the morning, there were only a little over 100 likes!

By evening, the number of likes had exceeded 5000, and even the number of followers on my account had surpassed 8!
After the initial shock came a pleasant surprise!
What the hell!

[Movie Home] Why did the traffic suddenly surge so much?

..........................................

"Chairman Li is in trouble!"

"Our traffic has plummeted. The way things work online and offline is different. These netizens just leave at the drop of a hat..."

"We can't keep blocking them! If we keep doing that, we'll lose all our traffic! It's all going to [Movie House]! If this continues, our internet strategy will be ruined! [Movie House] will swallow us all up!"

"..."

Late at night.

[Golden Horse Award] In the office.

Li Mingrui received one phone call after another from the media!

Upon receiving the call, Li Mingrui felt a slight tremor in his lungs, and a feeling of absurdity and being beyond his control welled up in his heart.

This was a feeling he had never experienced before.

He turned on the computer.

I opened [Movie House] and saw two awards on the [Movie House] update page.

This page seems to be very popular; it even lagged when I clicked on it. By the time the voting system started, hundreds of netizens were already voting!
"Undercover Detective" ranked first in the Popular Film Golden Dragon Awards. In addition, there are several lines of vote counts at the bottom of the page.

[Number of votes for Best Movie]: 360.

[Best Director Voting]: 420 votes!
[Best Actor Voting]: 150 votes!
……

Next, he saw the number of votes for the movie "Youth of the Sea"!
This film did not appear on the [Popular Film Golden Dragon Award] page, but instead appeared on the [Popular Film Golden Broom Award].

It's ranked number one!

Not only that, but a series of negative reviews and insults also appeared below...

……

Not only "Youth of the Sea," but also the Danish film "Little Chinese Seamstress," which they are currently promoting, has climbed to second place in the "Golden Broom Awards for Popular Films."

The comments below felt like a slap in the face!
This made Li Mingrui's expression burn!
Just then, the office door opened!
"Chairman Li, that bastard Zhou Yang is riding on the coattails of our Golden Horse Awards to mess with his 'Movie House'! Damn it! That guy, he probably never intended to come here to participate properly from the start!"

"I just received news... [Movie House]'s traffic has exploded! Among film review websites, it's number one with a huge gap, surpassing [Wandou Movie]'s traffic by nearly four times during the same period!"

"The number of registered users is increasing like crazy, it's already approaching 40! Damn it!"

"He siphoned off all the traffic from other movie review websites!"

"damn it!"

"..."

The assistant rushed in, looking at him with grief and indignation.

He didn't respond, but instead looked out the window.

At that moment, he felt like someone was stepping on his head and shitting on him...

It's disgusting, and fucking speechless!
And at this moment...

The assistant's phone rang.

I answered the phone.

The assistant's expression changed drastically!

"Chairman Li, we can't stop him, damn it, he, he..."