I'm just trying to ride the wave of popularity!

Chapter 204 He's Gone Mad!

In March, the wind in Yanjing still carried a hint of chill.

After a long winter, the sycamore branches finally sprouted new buds, and sunlight shone through the clouds onto the red carpet outside the Feihe Cinema.

It should have been a wonderful season for everything to come back to life.

However, at this very moment, a large crowd had gathered at the entrance of the cinema...

Fans of directors Liang Xiaogang and Li Mingrui, holding banners that read "Resist Malicious Hype," shouted angrily at the entrance, cursing Zhou Yang for his shameless hype.
Security captain Zhang Shun led his security team in a state of high alert, forming a standoff with the protesters; the atmosphere at the scene was tense...

At first, they were able to hold off the movie fans, but as a group of irrational fans attempted to storm the cinema's red carpet area, Zhang Shun's expression changed drastically. He grabbed his walkie-talkie and ordered all security personnel to form a human wall to block them, but they were somewhat unable to stop them. During this time, some people smashed water bottles while pushing and shoving, some even kicked the security personnel, and some pointed at the security guards and cursed them...

"The protesters are about to break through the police line!"

"There are more people than we expected this time, quickly send more men!"

"I can't hold on much longer!"

Inside the cinema's monitoring room, technicians monitored the real-time situation. Upon hearing Zhang Shun's voice from the scene, they immediately began to urgently send more people to the area, finally managing to stop the waves of attacks and maintain order!

Besides the enthusiastic movie fans, on the other side were the reporters who had arrived early in the morning and were now staking out the best spots. Carrying their cameras, they moved nimbly through the crowd like trolls, constantly recording everything that happened and transmitting it to the internet immediately...

Among them, the reporters from [Movie House] were particularly enthusiastic. Not only could they freely move through the "media corridor" while wearing name tags, but they also set up nearly a dozen camera positions in advance, frantically capturing every scene of the awards ceremony from multiple angles...

……

[Feihe Cinema] Technical Department.

The staff at [Movie House] were nervously adjusting the equipment on site, not daring to be negligent in the slightest.

Looking down at the dense crowd below, Yang Bo gasped, a chill running down his spine.

In fact, they had already predicted that the crowd at the awards ceremony would be incredibly large. They deliberately chose a new cinema near the suburbs, partly to boost the popularity of Feihe Cinema's third cinema in Yanjing, and partly to accommodate more media. However, they never dreamed that even so, the entire suburban venue would still be packed with people!

"Is the live stream signal working yet?!"

Yang Bo's eyes were a little red as he stared at the laptop that still had no signal and looked at the increasingly dense crowd below. He felt both nervous and excited!
This is a true "live broadcast" from [Movie House].

Although live streaming was a new term in 2004, it was not an isolated case. As early as 2003, similar live streaming gimmicks related to video games had already appeared on television.

Of course, although there were similar live broadcasts, the live broadcast in 2004 had a frighteningly high delay!

"Not yet, still waiting... wait a minute!"

The technicians behind the scenes were desperately trying to connect the live streaming system, but the RealPlayer buffer bar in the lower right corner of the laptop was stuck at 87% and wouldn't budge!
"Notify the front lines to get the footage clear!" Yang Bo looked at the unresponsive live streaming system with a grim expression. He then picked up the walkie-talkie and shouted repeatedly to the front lines.

The VBM laptop screen displays the background data of [Movie House]!

At this moment, the number of online users has exceeded 6, and the server load has reached 85%, which is almost at the critical point again.

"Why is the live stream on [Movie House] freezing? Damn it, wasn't it supposed to be able to delay the live stream? It's been half an hour now and it's still not working?"

"Boss, RealPlayer is buffering terribly!" Technician Xiao Wang gasped for breath, frantically wiping away sweat, his face contorted in a panic. "This damn software can only support a maximum of 5 concurrent users, and it's already overloaded! Our connection to [Movie House]'s system might cause it to crash..."

"You mean limiting the traffic to 5?"

"Yes!"

"Damn it, we had a meeting all night yesterday, why wasn't this mentioned? With such massive traffic right now, everyone's after the Golden Broom Award. Limiting the flow is like cutting off our own legs! You guys figure something out!"

"How about this: we'll open one live stream room with a delay, and another text-based live stream room. Existing users who have been registered for at least three months can see our delayed live stream, while new users can only see our text and image-based live stream..."

"Is there really no other way?"

"Gone!"

"Okay, that's it!"

"..."

The RealPlayer buffer is still stuck at 87% and not moving at all.

Yang Bo's expression was complicated. He sighed as he recalled the boast he had made to Boss Zhang last night, and finally nodded and followed the advice.
Immediately afterwards...

He left the technical room and silently walked to the office next door, where he explained the situation to Zhou Yang, who was standing by the window.

Zhou Yang nodded, looking at the commotion outside through the blinds with a slight smile on his face.

"Let them make a scene, the bigger the better. Cut the protest footage into the live stream, and title it 'Filmmakers' Anger and Truth,' with the font as red as the opening credits of 'Key Interviews'! Make sure to cut out the points of conflict!"

"it is good!"

"correct!"

"what?"

"boss Zhang……"

Zhou Yang turned to look at Zhang Muxue, the owner of Feihe Cinema, his expression gradually becoming serious: "Ms. Zhang, please inform Bingbingyang Cola. Yes, have them bring the prepared Bingbingyang mineral water—small bottles of mineral water that cost 3 cents to produce—to the venue and sell them for 5 yuan. Their bottles are soft, so even if you hit someone with force, it won't hurt. Besides, they're of poor quality; they'll break as soon as they hit the ground, ensuring our security personnel won't get injured..."

"President Zhou, you..." Zhang Muxue was stunned when she heard this!
"Mr. Zhang, also, tell the other beverage brands you're partnering with to use the smallest bottles possible, the largest straws possible, and to sell them at the highest possible price..."

"President Zhou, you..." Zhang Muxue's pupils shrank sharply, her whole body went numb, and she trembled involuntarily!
I don't know why, but I always feel like Zhou Yang is a vampire who sucks the blood of anyone he catches!
"Go!"

"it is good!"

Just then, Zhou Yang's phone rang! Zhou Yang answered the phone!

Then, an even brighter smile appeared on her face!
"Ah, it's Teacher Deng from the [1819 Program Team]!"

"Oh dear, Teacher Deng, what are you saying..."

"It's an honor for us to be here to interview you. Don't ask for a pass or anything like that, it's too formal. We've been working together for so many years, we're all family!"

"Just come on in, interview whatever you want, yes! Feel free to come in and walk around the venue!"

"..."

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

Time passed little by little.

The crowd at the scene was growing larger and larger!

As security personnel escorted the press vehicles, carrying cameras, they entered the scene!

Countless people watched in shock as official television media outlets such as [1819], [Legal Online], and [Midday News] rushed over!
[1819] Because some netizens complained that it had become a personal segment for "Zhou Yang" some time ago, director Deng Ming, being thin-skinned, ultimately removed Zhou Yang's elements. Although the ratings were still good without Zhou Yang's elements, there were no social news headlines for a whole month. Finally, Deng Ming saw the popularity of the [Golden Broom Award] on the Internet and couldn't suppress his emotions. He finally shamelessly contacted Zhou Yang again!

Nobody's stupid enough to go against the ratings...

Besides the Zhou Yang segment "[1819]", "Legal Online" and "Midday News" all came rushing over after receiving reports from unknown members of the public saying there were "conflicts" or "big news" there...

When they arrived at the scene, Deng Ming, the director who was personally leading the team, saw an enormous crowd!
"Hurry up!"

"Here, here!"

"Correct!"

"..."

He was immediately greeted by a series of excited horn blares!

"Everyone, everyone!"

"Everyone, hurry up and buy some Bingbingyang mineral water, and go smash these sons of bitches!"

"Go buy it now! Those sons of bitches of security guards! That bastard Zhou Yang dares to slander our director like that! He's trying to destroy the Chinese film industry! Damn it! People like that don't deserve to be called human!"

"Everyone, smash them!"

"Quick, smash them!"

"..."

He saw boxes of brand-new bottled water being pushed over from the crowd!
Immediately afterwards, the fans, who had lost their minds but couldn't break through the security cordon, all bought bottled water and threw it at the fully armed security personnel who were already wearing waterproof clothing and riot helmets...

Trash was everywhere!

He hadn't even realized what was happening!

Then I heard another ear-piercing horn blaring from the side!
Next!

"Jinrui camera phone!"

"50 pixels, and it can record video!"

"The price isn't high! 2000 yuan per unit!"

"Jinrui camera phone! Captured this historic moment!"

"..."

"Popcorn, popcorn, fresh popcorn, popcorn is the best popcorn to hit people!"

"Only 30 yuan a bucket!"

"30 yuan a bucket! One bucket is equivalent to two buckets in the past!"

"..."

I heard this series of hawking calls!

After watching countless fans hurling water bottles at the riot shields and popcorn...

Deng Ming was a little confused!
"and many more!"

"These brands..."

"It seems they are all brands that Zhou Yang collaborates with!"

"This guy, he actually makes money like this?"

"It must have been so hard for him!"

Looking at the scene, which seemed chaotic, with security personnel in disarray but maintaining order and no one injured, and with more and more security personnel joining in, it was clear that preparations had been made in advance. Deng Ming shook his head.

Look at that soft-bottle mineral water that only costs 5 yuan, and the quality is outrageously bad!

Deng Ming seemed to see a vampire above, frantically sucking the blood of everyone...

(End of this chapter)