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Chapter 181 As long as I'm shit, no one can step on me.

Just as Shen Kang was pondering the bounty post, under the cover of night, in a male dormitory at Yangke University, a third-year male student was sitting in front of his computer, browsing the bounty post on the Beiming Community.

He kept scrolling back and down, looking at each post one by one, but he couldn't find any information about the boy in the photo in the reward post.

Judging from the fact that the reward post is still up on the forum, the boy who took the clothes from the surveillance footage has not yet been found.

"Double compensation —"

The third-year male student scrolled back to the beginning and looked at the description in the post with a greedy look in his eyes.

He'd even come up with a way to get rich: he'd hire someone outside the school to do the laundry, and then he'd go and get the bracelet. After getting the bracelet, he'd find a place to throw it away, have the hired person pick it up, and then go back to his house and the laundry to collect his clothes.

Finally, you can go back to the laundry and ask for compensation. Like Zhao Jiayuan, you can make over a thousand yuan for nothing. Even if you're just being cautious and never wear those clothes again—essentially losing them—you can still make several hundred yuan.

The more the junior male student thought about it, the more tempted he became, and his eyes grew increasingly greedy. However, he ultimately restrained himself and did not act immediately.

He wanted to see how the laundry department handled the so-called "first time fraudulently claiming clothing" incident before deciding what to do.

No.

If the laundry and home security department make a lot of noise but do little, and ultimately fail to catch the person who fraudulently claimed the clothes, then it means that the laundry and home security department...

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The laundromat's "law enforcement capabilities" are generally poor, so it's safer to "make money" this way; it's worth doing.

If Jiahe Laundry actually finds the person who fraudulently claimed the clothes, then it's best not to do it anymore.

The junior male student also decided that he would pay close attention to the follow-up of this reward post in the next few days.

Under the same night sky, in the dormitory complexes of Yangko University of Science and Technology, there weren't many people with similar thoughts to this third-year male student, but there were a few, both male and female.

However, without exception, they were all both excited and afraid, so they all planned to observe for a few days before making a decision.

Sunlight streamed in through the window behind him, bathing him in a warm glow—neither too hot nor too cold, just the right temperature.

Having just eaten and feeling a bit dizzy from the carbon monoxide poisoning, Li Xian's eyes were now slightly narrowed and glazed over. After a while, he came to his senses, patted his face, and felt a little resentful towards Zheng Changhao.

Today is Sunday, which should be a day off, but Zheng Changhao said that this is an important moment for the forum and hopes that everyone can work together to fight the enemy. In other words, Zheng Changhao gave them a pep talk and then asked them to voluntarily work overtime without paying them overtime wages.

Despite his inner grumbling, Li Xian still turned on his computer and started monitoring the Yangbei Forum, ready to delete any replies or posts that mentioned "Beiming Forum" or "double compensation."

Huang Wei, an operations manager on the other side, is also doing this.

Li Xian and Huang Wei are the only two operators of Yangbei Forum. Together with the tech expert Wei Mingrui and the boss Zheng Changhao, these four people constitute the entire staff of Yangbei Forum.

Li Xian had heard Wei Mingrui say that in the early days, Yangbei Forum actually had more staff, nearly 10 people.

However, after unifying the Beilu District, Zheng Changhao stopped expanding outwards, and Yangbei Forum entered a routine operation phase. There was no longer a need to maintain so many people, so Zheng Changhao began to gradually lay off staff. This continued until today, with only four people remaining.

Judging from the daily operational efficiency of Yangbei Forum, these four people are sufficient, making it a very successful cost reduction and efficiency improvement effort.

Li Xian and the others usually make things quite easy for you; you just need to drink tea and browse the forum.

However, things get a bit busy when these kinds of unexpected events happen.

This mentioned the Beiming Forum, delete it; this mentioned the laundry room losing money, delete it—Li Xianku deleted a bunch of posts, deleting all the replies and posts he had accumulated during his mealtime. Only then did he take a short break and have time to check the Yangbei Forum.

The main focus is on the Yangko University of Science and Technology campus.

The other campuses remained relatively calm, just like usual.

The Yangbei Forum's Yangke University campus section is currently under their control and is calm. The overall public opinion is following Zheng Changhao's instructions, forming the message that "there is a high risk of losing clothes at Jiahe Laundry, so don't go to Jiahe Laundry to wash your clothes."

Great, I met the boss's target.

Just as Li Xian was thinking this, Huang Wei's voice came from the other end: "Li Xian, take a look at the Beiming Forum!"

Check out the Beiming Forum?

Li Xian certainly knew about the Beiming Forum. If it weren't for this newly emerged forum at Yangke University, they wouldn't be working overtime here. But he had never actually visited the forum.

First, because the forum belongs to Yang University of Science and Technology, not Yang University of Commerce, he was too lazy to go there. Second, it's also because he works in forum operations and really doesn't want to be glued to the forum during work hours, let alone browse it after work. He'd rather play games than waste his free time after get off work.

Therefore, Li Xian had never been to the Beiming Forum before. Now, when Huang Wei called out, it seemed like something was wrong, so he opened the Beiming Forum and took a look.

The simple page made it easy for him to navigate. He clicked into the forum and saw many posts. From the titles alone, it was clear that many were complaining about the Yangbei forum deleting replies and posts.

Li Xian clicked on several of them and found screenshots proving that their replies and posts had been deleted.

"These people even took screenshots?" Li Xian asked, somewhat surprised.

Huang Wei's voice came from the other end: "Not only that, take a look at some other posts."

Li Xian then returned to the square and continued browsing, soon finding the "other posts" Huang Wei had mentioned.

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Those posts were all very similar, all saying that Yangbei Forum's behavior of silencing people and preventing them from speaking was disgusting, and they were all cursing Yangbei Forum.

Li Xian also saw a highly popular battle cry.

This battle cry starts by saying that it's pointless for everyone to criticize Yangbei Forum here; it won't hurt them.

He then added that Yangbei Forum was once very advanced, unlike the rigid official forums of various universities. At that time, students could speak freely on Yangbei Forum and talk about any topic.

"Was this handwritten by the pen the boss hired?" This thought flashed through Li Xian's mind when he saw this.

Then he continued reading.

The turning point of this battle cry was about to arrive:

The Yangbei Forum once truly represented the interests of the majority of students and represented the advanced direction, but now the Yangbei Forum has degenerated. They only allow students to speak according to the content they need, and all content that is not allowed by them will be deleted or banned!

Yangbei Forum is like a dragon-slaying hero who once faced and killed a dragon, but after occupying the treasure left by the dragon, it slowly grew sharp teeth and claws, and became a new dragon, lying on the mountain of treasure.

The dragon-slaying hero eventually became the dragon himself.

Many users who have come to the Beiming Forum now are former users of the Yangbei Forum, and I believe you were all silenced in this incident. I understand your anger; I'm angry too. But simply cursing won't work. We need to take concrete actions to make the Yangbei Forum feel the pain and pay the price for their arrogance. And what can we do to make the Yangbei Forum feel the pain? That is, for everyone to leave the Yangbei Forum and move to the Beiming Forum. When the Yangbei Forum's campus at Yangke University is empty, traffic will drop drastically, and the GG fee for the Yangbei Forum will decrease. This is the only way to truly make the Yangbei Forum feel the pain!

Yangbei Forum thinks we ordinary users can't do anything about them, but we'll show them with our actions whose era this is! ————

This battle cry excited Li Xian, the operator of Yangbei Forum—his primary identity was that of a college student, and his secondary identity was that of the operator of Yangbei Forum.

Therefore, when he personally deleted posts and silenced those college student users one by one, he could actually understand their frustration and anger.

He didn't really want to do this, but his boss, Jung Chang-ho, made them do it, so he had no choice.

So when Li Xian saw this battle cry, he almost wanted to shout, "Fuck Yangbei Forum!" But thankfully, he remembered that he was the administrator of Yangbei Forum, and Huang Wei was sitting opposite him, so he held back and continued reading the replies below the post.

"Yes, this is the only way to truly make Yangbei Forum feel the pain!"

"Go go go! I'll just delete my Yangbei Forum account first!"

"I already deleted my account. I came here yesterday and realized this place is much more interesting; there are so many female bodhisattvas here. Where can you find this on the Yangbei Forum?"

"Of course! The posts here get a lot of attention and you get paid for it—real money, so of course the girls are all eager to participate."

As Li Xian looked at the comments, he sensed something was wrong: almost all the replies to this post were strongly advocating for moving from Yangbei Forum to Beiming Forum. They were adamant about not appearing on Yangbei Forum anymore, determined not to contribute any traffic to their site!

Although Li Xian had just had the urge to destroy the Yangbei Forum, it was just an impulsive thought. He was still Yangbei...

The forum staff, are they paid by Zheng Changhao? Do they know which side they should be on? If the Yangbei Forum is affected, his salary is also likely to be affected.

"Have you finished watching?"

Huang Wei's voice came through again from the other end, "What should we do? Do you have any ideas? We need to post something to respond and stop this momentum. Otherwise, we might really lose a lot of users!"

Li Xian gave a wry smile. "What can I do?"

As he spoke, a sudden thought flashed through his mind. "Wait, there really is one! Didn't it say that our Yangbei Forum's dragon-slaying heroes have become dragons themselves, and that everyone should go to the Beiming Forum? Who can guarantee that the Beiming Forum won't become the next dragon-slaying heroes to turn into dragons?"

Huang Wei's voice on the other end also sounded pleasantly surprised, "Great! That's a good argument! Let's put it into practice then—"

After discussing it, the two quickly registered an account on the Beiming Forum and began their operation.

It was mainly Li Xian who handled it, because Huang Wei still needed to keep an eye on the Yangbei Forum, deleting replies and posts as needed to control public opinion.

After registering an account, Li Xian also replied to this post, raising his argument that "who can guarantee that Beiming Forum won't become the next Yangbei Forum?" He also registered several new accounts, constantly switching between them, commenting and liking his own posts to boost the post's visibility and get it to the top.

He's quite skilled; he's only been playing for a short while, but he's already figured out some of the ways to play on the Beiming Forum.

Thanks to Li Xian's actions, and the fact that his argument was indeed quite good, it attracted likes and comments from some genuine passersby, and in no time, it was pushed to the top five of the reply list.

"This post has reached the top five!"

Li Xian loudly informed Huang Wei across from him, "Besides my own alternate accounts, quite a few real passersby have also joined in. It seems this argument has indeed resonated with some people and is very effective!"

As Li Xian was speaking, Zheng Changhao came in from outside.

After hearing what Li Xian and the others were doing, Zheng Changhao asked around and learned about the current situation. He then went to his workstation and checked the Beiming Forum. He was very satisfied, feeling that he hadn't misjudged Li Xian. Li Xian was indeed smart and had a good head.

In a male dormitory, Yin Zhiqian sat in front of a computer.

The Singles Association didn't have any activities today, but the Basketball Club did. However, he had work to do, so he asked for leave from the Basketball Club event and stayed in his dorm to work.

That battle cry was also written by Yin Zhiqian, and it had a pretty good effect.

But now, Yin Zhiqian noticed that a sharp reply had been pushed to the top, questioning, "Who can guarantee that Beiming Forum won't become the next Yangbei Forum?", which received a lot of support.

"A passerby? Or someone from the Yangbei Forum?"

As Yin Zhiqian looked at the reply, two guesses flashed through his mind. But whatever the answer was, he had to answer this question.

This made Yin Zhiqian's mind race, his blood felt hot, and he felt even more excited than playing a crucial basketball game.

It was as if he and his opponent were two swordsmen facing off across a distance. He first unleashed a brilliant sword move, which his opponent, after much deliberation, successfully countered and returned with an equally brilliant sword move, aimed directly at his vital point. Now it was his turn to deal with it.

Yin Zhiqian likes this feeling.

Under this stimulation and rapid thinking, Yin Zhiqian had a flash of inspiration and came up with a solution.

Then, I replied to that reply.

"No one can guarantee that the Beiming Forum might become a new evil dragon. When that happens, a newer forum will naturally come to end it. For now, at least the Beiming Forum is still the dragon-slaying hero, and that's enough."

Yangshang, Entrepreneurship Base 305

Li Xian sat behind his computer, refreshing the posts again and again. Seeing the growing number of followers he had inspired, and the successful creation of the trend, gave him a sense of satisfaction.

But after he refreshed the page again, he saw that the original poster of the thread had replied to his reply.

Li Xian stared blankly for several seconds at the original poster's reply.

Li Xian originally thought that if the other party wanted to retaliate, they would definitely try to prove that Beiming Forum would not become a new evil dragon. However, he did not expect that the other party would directly kill Beiming Forum in advance and drag it down to the same level as the Fallen Yangbei Forum that the other party mentioned!

Is this the case that as long as I treat myself like shit, no one will dare to step on me?

And the other party's response was very effective.

The public opinion that had just been stirred up by Li Xian took a sharp turn immediately after this post appeared, with many echoing and commenting.

"Yes, if Yangbei Forum becomes a dragon, then abandon it. If Beiming Forum becomes a dragon, then abandon it too."

"At least now, the Beiming Forum is much better than the Yangbei Forum."

"By then, we'll probably have graduated a long time ago."

With each like and comment, the popularity of Li Xian's reply continued to climb. In no time, it had risen from the top five to second place, and it was still climbing. It was only a matter of time before it took the top spot.

Li Xian's reply was so widely received that it became a "post within a post," creating a unique trend in public opinion.

Before this original poster's reply, the vast majority of people agreed with Li Xian's idea. However, after this original poster's reply, the number of people agreeing with that original poster has been steadily increasing.

When this reply reached third place in popularity, the voices agreeing with the original poster's reply had already overwhelmed those agreeing with Li Xian. When it reached second place, the voices agreeing with the original poster's reply far surpassed those agreeing with Li Xian; the gap was significant and continued to widen.

"Li Xian, do you have any other new ideas?"

Zheng Changhao's voice came from the workstation on the left.

Li Xian could only shake his head, "I can't think of anything right now."

Zheng Changhao remained silent, simply pursing his lips as he browsed the posts on the Beiming Forum.

Since Li Xian couldn't find a angle to retaliate, public opinion spread from this post through the spontaneous distribution of information by members of the Singles Association and some genuine and active community users.

New posts also kept appearing, promoting this "Dragon Slaying Plan" and urging everyone to withdraw from Yangbei Forum so that Yangbei Forum would feel what pain is.

Zheng Changhao sat at his workstation, looking at the backend data, his face ashen.

These users aren't just talking; the traffic to the Yangbei Forum's Yangke University campus has dropped significantly.

Wei Mingrui arrived at room 305 at this time, sat down, and looked at the computer for a short while before turning to Zheng Changhao: "It seems like I've made a mistake—"

Zheng Changhao cleared his throat, interrupting Wei Mingrui. He then stood up, indicating that Wei Mingrui should come outside to talk to him.

Wei Mingrui then followed him out.

Zheng Changhao led the way into room 306 next door, and Wei Mingrui followed. He then closed the door behind him and said, "It seems like we've shot ourselves in the foot."

While speaking, I felt really annoyed.

Just as he finished speaking, Wei Mingrui couldn't help but add, "If they hadn't pulled this laundry room stunt, Beiming Forum would have had to find another way to get these customers from us, and they probably wouldn't have been able to poach them at all. But after the laundry room incident, they didn't even need to think of any other way; they just easily and effortlessly stole our users away."

Hearing Wei Mingrui's obvious complaints about giving him a bad idea, Zheng Changhao's eyes showed some displeasure. After a moment's thought, he said, "The laundry incident was still useful. The person you contacted outside the school hasn't been found yet, and it's probably going to be difficult to find him in the future. And yet he's been so blatantly advertising it online, even saying that their laundry will pay double compensation."

"Think about it, what would those students do if they discovered that his laundry room offered double compensation, and the person who fraudulently claimed the clothes couldn't be caught?"

Following Zheng Changhao's train of thought, Wei Mingrui's eyes lit up immediately: "Maybe some of them also want to try and make a quick buck through shady means!"

"It's not just a possibility, it's a certainty!"

Zheng Changhao's voice was very certain, "When the time comes, someone will definitely try to do the same thing, and once one comes, there will be two, and once two come, there will be four. Once these people come, his laundromat will probably have to close down. Although the laundromat incident did not achieve its intended goal, it still achieved its purpose in another way."

Wei Mingrui laughed too, "Seems like it really is, huh? —" After marveling at the accidental discovery for a while, Wei Mingrui asked again, "By the way, should we still have them delete posts and replies?"

Zheng Changhao thought for a moment, then sighed helplessly: "Let's loosen the restrictions and see how many users we can retain. Fortunately, these are only users from the Yangbei University of Science and Technology campus, only a portion of our forum—we'll have a meeting later to talk to Li Xian and the others about our Yangbei Forum also doing the same content as their Beiming Forum, like fitness, etc."

Learn fashion, learn yoga, we do it all! ————

Meanwhile, Shen Kang strolled all the way to the bottom of Building A9, went upstairs, and headed straight for Qian Ming'en's office.

He had already called Qian Mingen beforehand, so Qian Mingen was waiting for him in the office.

"What brings you here today?"

Qian Mingen poured him a cup of tea, handed it to him, and asked with a smile.

Shen Kang got straight to the point: "Dean Qian, there's been a problem with the laundry room that the school has a stake in. I'd like to ask the school's opinion."