2003: The Opening Sniper Against the Financial Tycoon

This is the most popular social forum right now.

There are many people chatting and joking around inside, but it's also a place where hidden talents abound.

Among them are often big names from various industries, such as Ning Caishen, Han Han, and Dangnian Mingyue, the author of "Those Things of the Ming Dynasty", as well as some famous economists, sociologists and professors from prestigious universities.

Of course, these aren't the most outrageous things on Tianya.

Instead, there are occasionally some "geniuses" who predict the housing market, the economy, and the future. When they are later exposed, many of their predictions are actually correct!

It can be said that Tianya Forum was an early internet mecca.

The most lively section was the "Tianya Miscellaneous Talks" forum.

It contains almost all sorts of nonsensical content.

Qin Hanyang glanced at it casually.

I noticed people are talking about sauce viruses, stock market profits and losses, and asking for websites...

Besides the general discussion section, there is also a highly popular section called "Lotus Seedling Ghost Stories".

As soon as he clicked on it, he found the paranormal post with the most replies.

—From "Everyone Shares Strange Childhood Memories and Strange Things They Encountered"

The posts in this thread all seemed to be filled with a sinister atmosphere.

"Whether you believe it or not, when I was a child, I once saw a dragon in the sky during a rainy day."

"I've seen UFOs, and I think I even saw aliens with tentacles on their heads..."

"I saw a ghost when I was a child, and it gave me goosebumps!"

"I sleepwalked like a zombie, unable to control my body and mind..."

"Someone in my village once found a magical blue ice that could cure all diseases. I was lucky enough to try a piece, and my cold was cured on the same day..."

Especially the part about aliens and dragons, many people said they had the same experience.

Ghost story elements are so popular these days.

Even the so-called four great unsolved cases on Tianya are discussed and debated almost every year.

There's no way around it; even CCTV's "Approaching Science" program deliberately creates that eerie atmosphere.

The fact that even a broken light bulb can be used to create a scary atmosphere and sound effects, and to make two parts about it, also reflects the current lack of entertainment for people.

Qin Hanyang watched with amusement.

Especially when you see the last user who supposedly found the blue ice, this person speaks with such certainty that some people even expressed a desire to buy it.

Qin Hanyang was aware of this situation, and he immediately couldn't help but start a thread to reply:

"Is it possible that the child who found the blue ice was actually carrying airplane excrement?"

"Nonsense, what kind of excrement would be blue?"

"That's quite possible. At high altitudes, the temperature changes drastically, just like with hail."

"This is a recipe for disaster."

"Ha ha ha ha......"

Before the person involved even appeared, a large number of netizens came to watch the spectacle and, incidentally, helped Qin Hanyang refute the rumors.

Seeing the strong supernatural atmosphere among netizens, Qin Hanyang was also intrigued and suddenly started typing on the keyboard.

"While we should believe in science, there are some things that science simply cannot explain. Let me tell you something a friend told me."

"About 50 years ago, a group of tomb raiders in Changsha unearthed a Warring States period silk manuscript, the fragments of which recorded an ancient tomb..."

"Fifty years later, one of the tomb raiders' descendants discovered this secret..."

Qin Hanyang directly brought over "The Grave Robbers' Chronicles" ahead of time!

He mainly wrote about the plot of "Seven Star Lu Palace" today, and the character settings were not described in detail, and were basically just mentioned briefly.

Its main selling point is its eerie atmosphere!

They've come up with all sorts of things like "Seven-Star Suspicious Coffin" and "Blue-Eyed Fox Corpse," which have left many netizens feeling quite creeped out!

By the time he had written most of it, it was already 11 p.m., just as the plot reached its climax.

"I urgently need to pee in bed, but I'm too scared to go to the bathroom!"

"My hair stood on end! Are they all going to die next?"

"Could the original poster really come from a family of resellers?"

"Damn it, it's obviously made up!"

"Who the hell would believe that!"

"Luffy, please update soon!"

The poster's name is Wang Lufei!

"..."

Qin Hanyang's hands were getting sore from typing, but netizens kept urging him to update.

However, being a night owl, he simply wrote until midnight, finishing this part of the story.

The twist at the end of the story, in particular, left many netizens speechless.

"Wow, so the owner was a tomb raider too!"

"Damn it, I've been holding it in for three hours, my bladder is about to burst, I finally dare to go to the toilet."

"And then what? Surely they didn't just rob this one tomb?"

"Actually, people actually believe that?"

"Please keep writing, OP!"

"Even the donkeys in the production team dare not rest like this!"

Qin Hanyang didn't have time to deal with the dissatisfied netizens.

"To find out what happens next, just wait and see how I feel~"

After leaving his last reply, Qin Hanyang went to browse other posts.

In fact, besides storytelling, there are also quite a few people who engage in verbal battles.

He quickly discovered a heated online argument about "coffee" that had gone on for nearly a hundred days.

The post reads: "Great news! A Starbucks has finally opened downstairs from my office! I can finally go there now!"

The original poster seems to be a returnee from Shanghai. There's nothing inherently wrong with posting this; it's probably just a bit of a Versailles-like expression of excitement.

One netizen, who had never heard of Starbucks, asked, "What is Starbucks?"

This drew ridicule from the person involved.

"An international coffee brand, so famous, you haven't even heard of it?"

This comment immediately sparked a frenzy among netizens who happened to be passing by, and many offered their support.

"Isn't it normal that you haven't heard of it? It's not like you can find this thing everywhere!"

"Exactly, Starbucks has only been here for a few years, right?"

"The stores are only in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen, and they're ridiculously expensive. Only an idiot would go there to drink!"

"A classic case of 'Why not eat meat porridge?'"

"You're a sea turtle, huh? You think you're so tough!"

"..."

There was a lot of criticism, but there were also some equally bourgeois people who came to support them.

Even if you've never eaten pork, you've surely seen pigs run, right?

"Young man, learn more about internationally recognized big brands. If you don't understand something, search it up first. If you still can't figure it out, then come ask!"

"Please, there's a Starbucks right here in the Forbidden City. It's been on the news, so surely everyone knows it, right? By the way, I've had the pleasure of having a cup there myself."

"That location is the duty room of the Nine Ministers on the east side of Qianqing Gate Square!"

"..."

Having read it, Qin Hanyang, who was "been there, done that," became interested again and started another thread to launch a scathing attack.

He slowly began to type on the keyboard.

—【I struggled for 18 years just to be able to sit down and have coffee with you.】

The approach to the question is much simpler than the previous one.

Then came a soul-searching question.

—"My white-collar friends, if I were a migrant worker who came to Shanghai to work without finishing junior high school, would you sit with me in Starbucks and have coffee?"

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