It Is Time

The storm was still brewing.

The entire internet was in disarray.

All accusations pointed directly at Zhuang Xin, with a tidal wave of curses sweeping in.

Zhuang Xin was still at home, watching the news spread like a virus.

He was calmly waiting for things to ferment.

He was waiting for everything to erupt to its absolute peak.

At the same time, he was also waiting for a phone call.

This state continued until... Zhuang Xin saw a comment.

"People like this should be shot!"

Don't let the briefness of the sentence fool you; it seemed like an outburst of anger.

But it was precisely this sentence that let Zhuang Xin know that things were getting closer to what he had imagined.

"What's going on? Has Juncheng not started investigating yet? Such a heartless, unscrupulous merchant must have done a lot of bad deeds."

"With such achievements at such a young age, what is hidden behind him?"

Swish~

More and more comments began to become increasingly radical.

Zhuang Xin knew it was about time.

He took out his phone and sent a message in the Doushi shareholder group.

"Tonight, no matter what video makes the headlines, you are not to interfere."

After sending this message, Zhuang Xin closed his social media apps and opened Doushi.

Meanwhile, the shareholder group exploded.

"What's going on? Is Manager Zhuang going to make a move?"

"Things have reached this point, is there any other way?"

"Manager Zhuang, don't be impulsive, just endure it for a while and it will pass."

However, Zhuang Xin ignored them.

Instead, he let out a cold laugh and contacted a large number of influencers on Doushi.

He sent some information to these people.

Ah Sheng, "Holy crap, big bro, what is this?"

Tuan Tuan, "Is this real? This is too much..."

A Yun, "This news is an explosion!"

Below, a large number of smaller influencers sent him many messages.

Zhuang Xin uniformly sent the materials and replied, 'This is all breaking news. If you release it, your traffic will definitely skyrocket.'

This was a good opportunity for the smaller influencers to turn their fortunes around.

For the big influencers, it would also bring significant traffic.

Everyone stared at the information in their hands in shock, unsure of what to do for a moment.

The contents within were unbelievable.

That night!

A small influencer, trembling...

posted a short video.

"Big news, today I accidentally obtained some firsthand information, please help me verify its authenticity!"

Saying that, he posted the information.

He only had tens of thousands of fans, not considered very popular.

The money he earned wasn't much either, but these tens of thousands of fans, seeing this firsthand information at this critical juncture, all became eerily quiet.

In just a few short hours, there were tens of thousands of likes, but not a single comment.

It wasn't until past eight o'clock that the first comment appeared: "Hard to say, the descriptions inside are too detailed, and there's some evidence, but none of it can be confirmed. We can only say it's possible!"

With the first one, there was a second.

"The situation is a bit strange, what's going on now?"

"Didn't they say this Zhuang guy is ungrateful? Why does it feel a bit different from the rumors?"

Information poured in like a flood, rapidly evolving into thousands upon thousands of comments.

This small influencer's fan base also began to surge.

In one night, he went from a small influencer with tens of thousands of fans to a traffic influencer with over a hundred thousand fans!

In Fancheng, a young man sat in a simple rented room, in front of his computer.

The room was filled with various filming equipment.

He held his phone, watching his follower count skyrocket and his eyes widened.

He'd been an influencer for three years, but his success was neither big nor small.

He could barely make ends meet, no different from an average salaried worker.

Every day, he had to rack his brain and do all sorts of things!

And he'd only managed to get 30,000 followers...

But now, in just one night, it had surged to over a hundred thousand!

This...

He was stunned. Everything before him felt like a dream.

So... unreal.

As the first one to try this new thing, he didn't know if this "crab" was poisonous...

But after taking a bite, he found the taste so good he wanted to suck the marrow from the bones.

He immediately contacted Zhuang Xin again, "Big shot, do you have any more material? This scoop is too explosive!"

Zhuang Xin sat at home, a brilliant smile spreading across his face as he read the first message back: "No rush, there will be plenty of opportunities. Wait a bit longer. The timing isn't right yet. Even if I gave it to you now, you wouldn't be able to increase your traffic."

"Ah? Okay, okay. I'm just really curious, why are you helping me, big shot? I gained 110,000 followers in one night, it's terrifying."

"Helping you? Haha, I wouldn't say that. I just discovered some interesting things. You could say I'm helping myself too."

"Helping yourself?"

The small influencer stared at the last line in his rented room, lost in thought, unable to figure out its meaning no matter how hard he tried.

Forget it!

He hadn't directly opposed it or tried to whitewash the tycoon anyway.

Meanwhile, at the Doushi regulatory department.

He saw a Doushi video quickly get pinned to the top.

Countless likes flooded in.

He couldn't help but freeze.

"What video is this? Why is it spreading so fast?"

He couldn't resist clicking on it, and when he saw the end, he was completely dumbfounded.

"What is this? A reversal? This profiteering tycoon who's been all over the news and Doushi lately, and there's an inside story like this? But I don't know if it's true. Ah well, I'll report it to my superiors and see if they want to promote it."

He sent a message to his manager!

The manager was in his office, taking a phone call.

"Understood! Don't worry, boss, I get it! Tonight, regarding information on this matter, as long as it's not rumors or mindless whitewashing, I won't interfere! As for promotion... Understood, understood!"

Click

He hung up the phone and slumped back in his chair. Before he could do anything, the phone rang again.

He glanced at it – it was from the regulatory department.

"What's going on?"

After connecting the call, the regulator's voice came through, truthfully describing the video he had seen.

The manager was silent for a moment, then remembered General Manager Wang's words!

A cold glint flashed across his face.

Those newspapers, for the sake of a peasant woman, were slandering their major shareholder?

They were simply tired of living.

If it were conclusive evidence, it would be one thing, but the recent news and videos were all vague and ambiguous!

Many so-called pieces of evidence were full of loopholes!

These people were truly scum of the media.

"Promote it! Push it hard. Within an hour, I want to see it on the trending page!"

"Ah? Manager, this... this isn't by the book, is it? The regulations aren't..."

"Regulations? Who cares about regulations now? Do you know who these people are slandering? They're slandering Doushi's major shareholder! He controls over fifty percent of the shares and has the power of life and death. With just one word, he could make you and me disappear from here!"

"Moreover! What they're reporting is all false information, with no logic whatsoever. If this kind of thing can make headlines, why can't a refutation?"

"Major shareholder?"

The regulator's face was filled with shock. He didn't even notice when the phone slipped from his hand and fell to the floor.