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Chapter 201 Mr. Zhou, please give us a chance!
The last rays of the setting sun shone through the blinds onto the rows of computers in the [Movie House].

[Movie House] Technical Department.

All the technicians were staring intently at the backend of the [Movie Home] website, as if facing a formidable enemy!

At 5:40, on the homepage of [Movie Home], the moment Zhou Yang finished speaking in the video, Li Cheng put down his lunchbox and stared blankly at the soaring curve in the background.

The technical department fell into an unprecedented silence.

Everyone stared at the influx of abnormal data, initially surprised, then immediately putting down all their work and starting to adjust the backend data and set up the firewall.

At 5:45, five minutes later, the number of user visits suddenly doubled again. Then, the first round of red alerts was triggered, almost an hour earlier than expected!

"Hurry! Hurry, hurry!"

Seeing the frantic data rapidly approaching the critical point of the first group of servers, Li Cheng shouted anxiously.

Even though he had made all the preparations in advance, he was still shocked when the moment actually arrived!
At 5:50, an alarm suddenly went off in Li Cheng's ears. The next moment, he stood up uncontrollably, his face changed drastically, and he stared intently at the desk at the front: "President Yang! The data is exceeding the limit, with nearly 10,000 accesses per second. The backup server can't handle it!"

As soon as he finished speaking, all the technicians on site stared intently at the backstage of [Movie House], their expressions horrified!

They witnessed tens of thousands of access requests per second overwhelming the firewall like a flood!

They saw the database crash warnings flashing wildly and were momentarily flustered!

In fact, everyone knew that President Zhou's speech today was very likely to have an impact on [Movie House], and they had made preparations in advance!
Their existing servers, plus backup servers, can easily handle up to 10,000 data accesses, which is comparable to some medium-sized social networking sites!
But at this moment!
They miscalculated!
Upon hearing the sound, Yang Bo, who was on the phone renting a server, was slightly startled. After briefly glancing at the backend, his mind went blank!
Immediately afterward, he loosened his tie, rushed to the computer, and furiously typed on the keyboard: "Switch the 'Golden Broom Award' voting page to a separate page! Limit traffic to all other sections! Quick! Quick! Quick!"

His anxious voice echoed throughout the entire tech department. After a moment, he added, "We still have backup servers. Use them again. The website can't crash right now, it absolutely can't crash! Damn it!"

"No way! 80% of the traffic is going to the voting!" Li Cheng's forehead was covered in sweat as he frantically typed code on the keyboard while staring at Yang Bo: "Just ten minutes after Zhou Yang announced the shortlist, the vote count exploded by 100,000! Liang Xiaogang's 'The Barbarian' is now in first place..."

"Damn it! We can't crash now, hold on, the new server is coming soon!"

Yang Bo kept giving instructions while frantically making phone calls to urge them on!
Oh shit!

He actually had a contingency plan in place. Their data department analyzed the data for a long time and concluded that the two hours after President Zhou released the video would be the peak time for traffic on [Movie House]!
But, damn it, who would have thought that in just ten minutes, all the data would start to break down?

He had barely finished speaking on the phone when...

Outside the office glass door, the marketing department's phone suddenly started ringing like crazy.

All operators started answering calls immediately!

About twenty minutes later, the door to the marketing department suddenly opened, and Chen Dahong, who was in charge of the marketing department of [Movie House], hurriedly pushed open the door to the technical department!
"Mr. Yang, Mr. Yang, could you please adjust the layout of [Movie Home]? Quickly, quickly, quickly, Mr. Yang, we just received over thirty calls, all from people wanting advertising space from us!"

No sooner had Chen Dahong finished speaking than Yang Bo, before he could even utter a word, rang out the excited voice of the regional marketing manager!
"You want to raise the price for our advertising space?"

"Want to book our advertising space?"

"Wait a minute, that's probably impossible. Please wait a moment!"

"Yes! The price for the ad slot will increase by another 50%! What? Southern Entertainment wants to take over the homepage pop-up ad? Wait a minute, I can't make that decision, you'll have to wait!"

"What? [Piaoting] shampoo wants an ad space on our website? Wait, don't agree yet! Remember, don't agree yet! We're partnering with [Liuting] shampoo. Agreeing will cause big trouble! Wait, let me go ask!"

"..."

The door to the technical department was pushed open again, and a young man wearing glasses rushed out excitedly: "General Manager Yang, General Manager Chen, raise the price for advertising space! Raise the price for all advertising space!"

"Mr. Yang, something terrible has happened! The website has crashed!"

"Mr. Yang, has the server arrived yet?"

"President Yang! We can't hold on any longer, damn it, we can't hold on any longer!"

"..."

Suddenly, chaos erupted at the scene!

Yang Bo's expression changed drastically as he looked at the crashed server: "Quick, quick! Pause all other sections, pause the [Golden Dragon Award] section, and import all excess data into the [Golden Dragon Award] server! Quick, quick! Quick!"

"it is good!"

"General Manager Yang, the marketing department's orders..." Chen Dahong from the marketing department subconsciously reminded him.

Yang Bo was slightly taken aback: "Wait, Li Cheng, add a few more ad pages, quick!"

"No, Mr. Yang, we can't add ads to the page right now. We can't change the major page layout data; if we do, it will crash and we'll have to restart the server!"

"Okay, let's wait a bit longer!" Yang Bo looked at the flustered technical staff, then looked at Chen Dahong with a mixture of excitement and nervousness: "How much money will these advertisers actually offer?"

"A few hundred thousand!"

“Each one will be priced at 300,000. Also, brands that Mr. Zhou has previously worked with cannot have products in the same category. Remember that!”

"it is good!"

After the group of people went inside...

Sweating profusely, Yang Bo sat in his chair, still feeling an unreal sense of excitement. He glanced at his marketing colleagues who were constantly on the phone next to him.
I reviewed the advertising collaboration brand data that Chen Dahong sent me again!

In just a few tens of minutes, more than 100 brands expressed their intention to cooperate, and this number did not decrease even after the price was raised to 300,000!
Three hundred thousand!
One hundred!

Fuck!
If we take them all, it'll be 30 million!

I grass!

He shuddered violently!
He never dreamed of it!

Today, their advertising collaboration with [Movie House] is going to be so crazy! He steadied himself and subconsciously glanced backstage!

His pupils constricted instantly!

What did he see?
He saw that the number of registered users had exceeded 90 and was surging toward an astonishing 100 million!

Meanwhile, the number of visits to [Movie House] has exceeded 200 million, and the data is still skyrocketing. Even though many pages have been removed, the server is once again on the verge of crashing!

"Mr. Yang!"

"Four hundred thousand! Someone has offered four hundred thousand!"

"Mr. Yang!"

The marketing department shouted!

Just as Yang Bo stood up, the phone rang!

He thought the server had arrived, but it turned out to be an unfamiliar call. He frowned, but answered anyway.

"Mr. Yang, hello, this is Zhang Boming from Seagull Mineral Water. Yes, we've met before. Mr. Yang, are you free now? I'm downstairs. We'd like to sponsor your 'Movie House' for the 'Golden Broom Award' worth 500,000 yuan! Mr. Yang, are you listening?"

There's still no reply on the other end of the phone!
A loud shout suddenly came from the technical department!

"They're insane! They're all insane! They're all fucking insane!"

He saw Li Cheng's voice trembling: "Liang Xiaogang's votes have increased by 2 in just a few minutes! Quick, quick, adjust that interface, fucking delete everything that's unnecessary, quick, the system is about to crash for the second time!"

The traffic data on the screen surged again at this moment, and the server emitted a hum of exhaustion.

……

In this world!
There has never been an award like the "Golden Sweep Award" before.

Many film critics and netizens, even when they see a bad movie, some just accept their bad luck, some vent online, but many more feel extremely frustrated!

Their opinions were ignored and no one cared. It was like clenching a fist but not knowing which way to punch it!
And then Zhou Yang suddenly rose up and announced the "Golden Broom Award."

The internet exploded instantly!

All the netizens suddenly found a place to vent!
Technical Department.

Li Cheng stared intently at the screen!

At this very moment, the voting data is exploding.

On the monitoring screen of the technical department, the number of votes for Liang Xiaogang's "Barbarians" jumped wildly like a lit dynamite!

More than 1000 new votes are being added every minute, and ten curses are being posted in the comments section every second...

He saw a user named "Specialist in Curing Dissent" pop up: "Damn! Zhou Yang, that madman, really put Liang Xiaogang on the wall! Brothers, charge! Vote for 'The Barbarian'!"

He saw a post from user "Berlin Film Fan": "[Ten years! Finally, someone dares to challenge that bastard Li Mingrui who kowtows to foreigners! Damn it, I've been waiting for this day for far too long!]"

He saw that the "Most Disappointing Director" section had become the focus, as if it had been completely wiped out, and Liang Xiaogang had instantly become the protagonist!
In addition to the nearly 30,000 votes, the individual's profile page featured a 17-page string of repetitive comments: "Kneeling directors, get out of the film industry!"

Li Cheng watched as the administrators deleted messages until their hands were sore, when suddenly a highly-rated comment popped up: "Don't delete them! Let these maggots hear the voice of the people!"

Immediately afterwards, Li Cheng saw a spoof image of a joint letter photoshopped into a funeral portrait, and in that image, Liang Xiaogang's photo from the Beijing entertainment circle was grayed out...

He was stunned!
But then...

The server alarm sounded again!

Oh shit!

This is never going to stop!

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Nine o'clock in the evening!
The entrance to [XuanShi Entertainment] was packed with people!
"I'd like to see Mr. Zhou. I'm a brand representative, and I just heard that Mr. Zhou has opened up endorsements. Is that what he means?"

"Mr. Zhou, Mr. Zhou, I'm your former classmate, Mr. Zhou!"

"You're Mr. Zhou's classmate? I'm Mr. Zhou's buddy!"

"Stop fucking pushing!"

"Mr. Zhou..."

While maintaining order with a walkie-talkie, Zhang Shun also picked up his cell phone!

His phone rang!

"Old Zhang, Mr. Zhang, the boss of our son's company, just came to our house and gave our son a bonus of 20,000 yuan!"

"bonus?"

"Yes!"

"Boss Chen said he wants you to introduce him to General Manager Zhou. He knows General Manager Zhou likes to talk to people about dreams, and he also has a dream. He wants to talk to General Manager Zhou about the 'phone' endorsement deal..."

"Wait a minute, I'm busy here..."

"..."

(End of this chapter)