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Chapter 208 This is a traffic massacre!

The lights in the screening room suddenly went out.

The golden broom in Zhou Yang's hand reflected a dazzling light under the spotlight.

The screen behind him was frozen on the group photo taken after filming wrapped up for "Sun Wukong vs. Superman 2". In the photo, Zhou Yang was standing in front of a dilapidated warehouse, holding up a sign made of aluminum cans that read "Good luck with the wrap-up".

Behind him stood Shen Long, Chen Jianfeng, Liu Fang, and others...

Their clothes were stained with paint, but their faces were beaming with smiles.

It was as if it were a burning dream.

……

As the background music gradually intensified.

The film critics who were laughing just seconds ago suddenly fell silent, and someone took off their glasses and rubbed their eyes vigorously.

A young man in the back row wearing a baseball cap, who had previously posted online insults against Zhou Yang, was on the phone asking someone to continue posting insults. But at this moment, he suddenly lowered his head, his voice hoarse: "Stop insulting him! Let him go this time..."

As soon as he finished speaking, a suppressed voice came from beside him. It was an extra wearing a film crew vest. He stared at Shen Long's torn cuffs in the photo and suddenly covered his face: "Damn it... I have the same kind of tattered clothes."

After a brief silence...

Someone clapped their hands first, like a spark splashing into a haystack.

Immediately afterwards, the applause spread from a few scattered spots to thunderous applause, and some people even stood up and waved...

The lights came on again, and Zhou Yang, standing in the light, smiled as he held a golden broom and pointed backstage.

This is who we are!

The photos on the screen slowly switched, from a group photo after filming wrapped up to the box office celebration party for "The Haunted Village," then to "King of Beasts," then to "The Soul of Zhao Yun," and finally, it froze on an invitation to the Berlin International Film Festival...

As the lights gradually brightened, they revealed countless red-rimmed eyes and excited faces.

Zhou Yang looked at them, then picked up the card...

"We are not afraid of criticism, and we welcome everyone's supervision. We are the organizers, and we are also the participants..."

"We chase our dreams, and we hope that many more people will join us in pursuing our dreams..."

"Along this journey, I've seen far too many directors who had dreams and talent, but ultimately gave up for various reasons..."

"Starting tomorrow, [Xuan Shi Entertainment] will launch a film fund. We will allocate a portion of our revenue to encourage directors who are quietly persevering on their journeys!"

Let us celebrate our dreams!

The moment Zhou Yang announced those words, everyone in the room widened their eyes.

Immediately afterwards, thunderous applause erupted, like waves crashing one after another.

Amidst this wave of emotion, Zhou Yang bowed to everyone, and then announced the winner of the "Most Disappointing Newcomer Actor" award...

The screen flickered, and finally, it jumped to Chen Liang in "Love Ferris Wheel"...

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On the internet.

A massacre over traffic!

A new order is challenging the old order on the battlefield!

As Zhou Yang finished his acceptance speech, as the 'Film Fund' was announced, and as he bowed to everyone...

The bugle call was officially sounded.

8:05 PM!
The torrent of data on the internet swept across the entire network like a tsunami.

The numbers on the monitoring screen in the technical department of [Movie House] were jumping wildly, and everyone was staring intently at them. The number of people online in real time had exceeded 50.

At this moment, the server issued an alarm indicating it was overloaded. Keep in mind that in 2004, the current number of concurrent online users for [Xunteng Technology]'s Q-Dog game was only 62!
"Turn on all the backup lines!" Yang Bo shouted excitedly, staring at the traffic figures in front of him. This data was already on par with the average data of some official forums that had been operating for several years!

Hold on!

Be sure to hold on!

Stay calm!
His eyes were bloodshot as he prayed that the servers of [Movie House] could withstand the surge in traffic.

Fortunately, with the activation of all backup servers, the official website of [Movie House] finally stabilized against this wave of attacks.

However, live video streaming is completely unusable.

In 2004, live streaming technology was very immature, and the signal was intermittent, making it impossible to operate at full capacity continuously, and the software completely crashed.

The technical department searched for a long time but couldn't find the cause. In the end, they had no choice but to temporarily give up and focus all their attention on the web-based digital live streaming...

Just then, an excited shout rang out: "We've broken another record! Damn, we have 52 people online at any given time!"

Upon hearing this, Yang Bo stared intently at the backend data!

It was discovered that IP addresses originating from Hong Kong Island accounted for as much as 8%, and 67% of these users had been on the Hong Kong Film Awards page just half an hour prior!

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On the internet, this online massacre initiated by Zhou Yang was eventually witnessed by countless people in the physical media.

The editor-in-chief of the [Yanjing Entertainment Daily] editorial department is keeping a close eye on the real-time trending topics list on Baidu Tieba.

#Golden Broom Awards Livestream Crashed#

#Zhou Yang I killed myself#

#MovieFund#...

……

On the trending topics list, the top five are all about Zhou Yang!
Upon seeing this, he was first stunned, then immediately snapped out of his daze, and then…

"Quick! Take down tomorrow's entertainment section!" The editor-in-chief stood up and roared at the intern, "Replace it all with a Zhou Yang feature! Find the film reels of 'Sun Wukong' in the warehouse! Also, pay attention to the follow-up trophies of the Golden Broom Award, pay attention to Li Mingrui, pay attention to Chen Liang, quick, give Chen Liang an exclusive interview, this is all about generating buzz, it has to be fast!"

The veteran reporter in the corner sighed with a wry smile: "Editor-in-chief, you even released a press release yesterday accusing him of hyping things up..."

"Yesterday is yesterday, today is today. Damn it, who would turn down traffic?"

"..."

"Hurry, get moving! If we're any later, it'll really be over! Hurry!"

"Okay!" The Beijing Entertainment Daily was instantly thrown into chaos.

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The night is getting darker.

The Hong Kong Film Awards are also gradually coming to an end.

Under the flashing lights of the Hong Kong Island red carpet, Li Mingrui held the Hong Kong Film Award trophy and walked backstage.

Compared to the noisy, screaming stage of the Hong Kong Film Awards...

At this moment, everyone backstage had a gloomy expression, and the atmosphere was deathly silent.

Chairman Chen Cansen stared intently at the data displayed on the screen, his face ashen.

They saw that their media websites were currently being refreshed with all sorts of information about the "Golden Broom Award"...

Although there were quite a few people watching the live stream on [Wandou Movie Network], a total of 100,000, they were all asking about Zhou Yang's situation.

[Movie Fans' Home] The data above shows that 70% of the posts under the Hong Kong Film Awards topic are discussing the Golden Broom Award, or discussing directors like Liang Xiaogang, Chen Liang, and Li Mingrui who have won various "bad film" awards...

They seemed to be witnessing a bloody massacre of online traffic, sweeping past them and leaving trails of blood...

"Chairman Chen, our official website's peak concurrent users were only 7, and now it's only 4..."

Just then, a voice rang out from the corner.

Chen Cansen's face was ashen. He lit a cigarette and smoked it.

Last year's Hong Kong Film Awards website attracted nearly 200,000 visitors, making it a truly bustling and chaotic event...

This year's Hong Kong Film Awards, however, were a dismal failure!

It seems as if they disappeared from the internet overnight.

this moment……

All eyes turned to Li Mingrui.

Chairman Chen sighed softly: "Why did you provoke this mad dog in the first place?"

Li Mingrui remained silent, only clenching his fists tightly and lowering his head slightly.

Then...

He saw one news article after another!

News reports indicate that...

At the Golden Sweeper Awards, he won two major awards in a row...

Liang Xiaogang got one!
Chen Liang got one!
Other than that…

Zhou Yang also publicly stated on stage that the award would be sent to each winner through the official postal service!
Upon hearing this...

He suddenly clutched his chest, and the world spun around him.

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8:15pm.

As Zhou Yang presented the final Golden Broom Award on stage, the inaugural Golden Broom Award ceremony officially came to a close.

Amidst applause, Zhou Yang, surrounded by a crowd, walked out of the Feihe Cinema...

The reporters swarmed in like a tidal wave, but the security personnel who had been prepared in advance immediately stood guard by his side.

Zhou Yang declined the interview, simply smiling throughout as he quietly walked into the nearby [Movie House] branch.

In the server room of [Movie House], Yang Bo slumped in a chair, wearily wiping away sweat.

Their focus was on the final 53 real-time online users and the total number of registered users of 125 million.

He almost missed out on this massive surge in online traffic!

Perhaps he was too engrossed in his work, because he didn't even notice Zhou Yang walk in...

It wasn't until Zhou Yang walked to the side that he was startled and stood up.

"Mr. Zhou!"

"Mr. Yang, is the server working alright?"

"Thankfully, we managed to withstand this surge in traffic, but... I was on tenterhooks the whole time... Thankfully, it didn't crash, but overall, the live stream wasn't a great success. The video stream is still buffering... Ugh, the signal is so bad..."

Zhou Yang looked at the insane traffic on [Movie House], and then at a series of backend data.

After a long pause, he laughed and said, "Is the [Movie Home] feature a bit bloated now?"

"Hmm...it is a bit bulky."

Yang Bo nodded and stared silently at [Movie House].

He just summarized the reasons for the failure of this live broadcast on [Movie House], and also thought about the issue of bloated functions.

[Movie Home] Originally, it was just a simple forum for movie discussions, similar to a Baidu Tieba (forum). But now it combines movie discussions, a Baidu Tieba forum, live streaming discussions, and an online store...

The sheer number of features piled up together ultimately squeezed out the server's capacity. If the features had been streamlined, this live video stream might not have crashed so badly.

Just then, Zhou Yang suddenly received a phone call.

The call was from An Xiaoshi.

"Mr. Zhou..."

"Mr. An?"

"Mr. Zhou, I just saw that [Zhou Yang's Home] has surpassed 14 users. The server has been crashing ever since. I was thinking, could we help these fans buy a better server..."

"..."

After hanging up the phone, Zhou Yang looked at Yang Bo.

"Mr. Yang, how about this: you create another website purely for discussion, something like a blog. Simplify the functions of 'Movie Home' and make it a pure movie website. In addition, create a separate website for the 'Online Store,' accessible via a link, and strip away its functions..."

"..."

(End of this chapter)