Chapter 7 The Conspiracy of the Talented Young Writer
"In the competition with "Ding Novel", "Big Rivers and Lakes" has long lost its dominance in the past. With the rapid development of "Ding Novel" and its increasing erosion of the market, a series of old magazines, including "Big Rivers and Lakes", gradually lost the possibility of survival. However, the lean camel is bigger than a horse, and "Big Rivers and Lakes" has a strong family background, and there is still two years of old money to eat."
The first paragraph of the post is enlightened and introduces the current situation in the field of literary magazines. Although it is exaggerated and favors one or the other, it does not distort the facts. Mihu took a bite of the apple and continued reading.
"According to reliable statistics, last year, the market share of "Ding Novels" increased by nearly thirteen points, reaching nearly seven levels of market share. "The Great Rivers and Lakes" fell by another fifteen points. It can be foreseeable that "The Great Rivers and Lakes" will no longer exist within two years."
The second paragraph uses data to speak, which increases the credibility and persuasiveness of the post, and this data is also quite consistent with the data mentioned by Editor Zhou, indicating that the poster may be an expert.
"There is internal news that Xu Qingbo, the CEO of "The Great Rivers and Lakes", has already spoken out. If the magazine situation continues to deteriorate (which is also obvious), he will sell the magazine or close it directly."
This passage further proves the whistleblower's identity as an insider.
"At this moment, a middle school student named Liu Jingting published an interesting fairy tale, which was famous for a while. This phenomenon immediately attracted the attention of Zhou Daoran, the head of "The Great Rivers and Lakes". Therefore, a plan for 'Young Genius, opening a new martial arts sect' quietly began."
Seeing this, Mihu frowned and was about to continue looking down, when the phone suddenly rang. Mihu took the phone and saw that it was called by Editor Zhou.
"Hey, editor-in-chief."
"Did you see the post?"
“Watching.”
"After reading it, don't be busy explaining, and don't reply." Zhou Daoran said confidently.
After thinking for a while, Mihu immediately understood what the editor-in-chief meant. This was a positive application of negative news. This topic is so hot now that we naturally cannot rush to put it out.
"I understand, editor-in-chief."
"Okay, let me tell you about my other colleagues by text message or phone call, I'm going to feed Zhou Zhou."
Mihu smiled softly and said, "Editor General, go and do your business."
Mihu hung up the phone and continued to read the post:
"The scheming Zhou Daoran should have gone to see Liu Jingting's parents first, colluded with the cooperation plan, and then asked his beautiful girl editor Mi Hu (I believe everyone knows this person) to secretly meet Liu Jingting. Hehe, the owner of the post thought about it for a while. When a thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy faced a mature and beautiful girl, his resistance should be negative."
"Bastard!" Mi Hu's pretty face sank and he angrily shouted.
"The next thing became simple. The old fox Zhou Daoran had a wide range of connections. It would be easy and pleasant to find a gunman to write a novel such as "Dragon and Tiger Fight in Jinghua". After a series of hype and publicity, a 'young genius writer' with both news and topics was fresh and hot. Haha, I wish "The Great Jianghu" a million copies sold, long live Editor-in-Chief Zhou!"
"PS, I haven't studied much and I don't know much about my calligraphy, but I want to ask Editor Zhou to pay attention to the next time I recommend a genius writer. It is best to write all the works with the same gunman, otherwise the style gap will be too big and it will be easy to reveal the content. The author has read "Mangmang and Titi", which is the level of middle school students, above."
After reading the post, Mi Hu was furious and immediately wanted to post a post to refute word by word. However, thinking of the editor-in-chief's words, he had to hold back and leave a message under the post: "The poster Zhu Xin, no, the heart-killing remarks are extremely sinister, especially the word "should" in 'Zhou Daoran should have gone to see Liu Jingting's parents first' is so amazing, which is shameless."
Despite this, this post continued to remain popular, and the subsequent questioning posts were overwhelmed. Some people even compared "Mangmang and Tidi" and "Dragon and Tiger Fighting Jinghua" word by word to find the flaws and conclude that Gu Yongsheng was not Liu Jingting.
Conspiracy theories have an enduring market because they conform to the public's curiosity and gossip.
Mihu arrived at the office early the next day and found someone earlier than her. Tang Nan looked at the screen worriedly, and did not react until Mihu walked up to him.
"Ash, Brother Nan."
"Oh, morning, have you had breakfast?"
"Well, how is it?"
Tang Nan smiled bitterly and shook his head, saying, "The doubts have come one after another, almost reaching the point where the whole nation has questioned it."
"The conspiracy theory has some highlights, these people..."
"No wonder, when I first saw the manuscript, I also had this suspicion. Now the media has been involved, and readers are waiting for our response."
"Let's talk about it when the editor-in-chief comes. I'll write a response post first. I guess Mashan will need it."
Mi Hu returned to her seat, turned on the computer, and her mind was spinning quickly. Suddenly, she found that apart from swearing, she didn't know how to respond. Yes, there were arguments, arguments, and speculations were reasonable. How should she refute it strongly?
After a while, other editors came to the office one after another, and everyone had complicated expressions on their faces, but Editor-in-Chief Kuang Heng was relatively calm.
At 9:30, Editor-in-Chief Zhou Daoran came late. Unlike everything, he actually entered the office with a smile and greeted everyone enthusiastically.
At 9:40, Editor-in-Chief Zhou issued a statement on ** and the forum with real name, stating that he reserved the right to pursue legal responsibilities of netizens' "waiter".
"I have issued a statement, everyone can go and take a walk around." Zhou Daoran said relaxedly in the work group, and everyone replied with a "YES" expression.
At about ten o'clock, the "waiter" released the second bombshell:
"According to insiders, Gu Yongsheng's contract actually...the title should be long..."
"The waiter just finished breakfast and originally wanted to go out for a walk and see the beauty. Suddenly a friend sent me a text message telling me that someone had reserved the right to pursue my legal responsibility. I was shocked at that time and immediately went to the bathroom to urinate, and my mood improved. Since I was here, let's urinate again."
"Mr. Zhou Daoran, the editor-in-chief of "The Great Jianghu", claimed that I would be held accountable for my legal responsibility. When it comes to legal responsibility, I would like to ask Mr. Zhou a question, how did the contract between Gu Yongsheng, a "genius young writer" and your company signed? Who signed it? The news I got here is that the contract between your company and the "genius writer" was actually represented by your company's editor Mihu. I am so stupid that I don't understand which country the process was transmitted from, so I beg for advice, and so on."
A stone caused a thousand sensation. This post immediately pushed the "Questioning Genius" movement to its climax. When Mi Hu saw this post, his face suddenly turned pale. Zhou Daoran from the editor-in-chief's office finally changed his face, and a terrible idea came to his heart.
Could it be that from the beginning to the end, this is a conspiracy? The young man Liu Jingting first published "Mangmang and Titi" in "Children's Literature" to gain fame, and then submitted the article "The Great Rivers and Lakes", which attracted attention and focused on it. Then the other party posted another post to question the authenticity of the young genius. The innocent teenager claimed to hand over the contract agency rights to his editor, which is a pit in itself. Although the contract was not finally completed, the two charges of deceiving minors and impersonating young genius were to be confirmed.
Liu Jingting is one of their chess pieces, is this a game? Thinking of this, Zhou Daoran sweated coldly behind him. He left his seat angrily, walked straight to the editor's office, roared at Mihu, "You have caused a big disaster!"
Mihu looked at the screen in a daze. When he heard the editor-in-chief's reprimand, tears suddenly burst out and said blankly: "Impossible, Impossible, he will not lie to me."
Zhou Daoran sneered and said, "He will not lie to you. He lied to all of us. It is a game from scratch. Do you know, it is a game from scratch. "Mangmang and Titti" was hyped by others, and "Dragon and Titti Fight against Jinghua" was also hyped by others. There is no new martial arts or Gu Yongsheng at all. It is all conspiracy," Zhou Daoran felt unbearable when he saw the girl in front of him crying and her tone turned soft, "You are young, and you can't see through, you won't blame you. It's my own decision-making mistake, I'm eager for quick success and instant benefits, and I will fight for you."
Mihu covered her mouth, suddenly stood up from her seat and rushed out of the door.
"What are you going to do with Mihu?" Zhou Daoran had never been so angry with Mihu and treated her as a daughter. Today, he was anxious and said a few harsh words, really afraid that she could not afford it.
"Xiaoli, Xiaotang, you two go and get her back."
The two editors came up and chased after him. Mihu was keen and delicate. When she saw the post, she also had the idea of this conspiracy in her heart. However, she recalled Liu Jingting's sincere eyes and those profound words, she really couldn't accept that he was memorizing lines and was cheating on himself.
Mihu ran out of the office building, reached out to stop a taxi, and headed straight to No. 1 Middle School in the city. She wanted to ask Liu Jingting for clarity. She could lose her job, but she didn't want to be deceived.
Fifty minutes later, the taxi stopped in front of the gate of No. 1 Middle School in the city. Mihu paid the money and turned around and rushed into the school. The security guard at the door didn't even have time to ask.
At this time, it happened to be the fourth class in the morning. Mi Hu came to Class 7, Grade 3, stood at the door of the classroom and shouted: "Liu Jingting, come out for me!"
The teacher who was in class was stunned and frowned and said, "Who are you? Why are you looking for Liu Jingting?"
"Oh, teacher, she is my sister, I'll go out." The teacher nodded unpleasantly and said, "Hurry up."
Liu Jingting left the classroom and saw Mi Hu with tears on his face. He was puzzled and hurriedly asked, "What's wrong, Sister Mi Hu?"
The words "Sister Mihu" made Mihu's three zhang fire drop by one zhang. Without looking at Liu Jingting, he said coldly: "Follow me to the pavilion."
The two of them arrived at the pavilion one by one. Mihu opened the gate and asked, "Liu Jingting, tell me honestly, have you deceived me? Have you ever deceived me? Have you arranged chess pieces by other companies to destroy our magazine?"
Liu Jingting was confused when he heard this and asked, "What are you talking about?"
"Why did you ask me to sign a contract for you? Which company are you working with?"
Liu Jingting was confused and couldn't figure out the situation. He felt a little impatient. He was about to complain a few times. He looked up and saw the girl in front of him with pitifulness. There was a clear spring in his eyes. The thought of protecting her suddenly arose in his heart. He asked softly: "Mihu, what happened? Tell me what happened. If I can help you, I will do my best to help you."
Mi Hu looked at Liu Jingting's eyes and seemed to feel the other person's intentions. His heart jumped for a while. He was silent for a moment before he could express the whole story of the "post storm".
"Haha, interesting, so interesting," Liu Jingting, who heard the full story, suddenly burst into laughter. "I just said that, but I didn't expect it to hurt you. This person is really boring. He looks forward to the rise of new people all day long, and he speaks so conscience and secretly. Now there are really new people coming out, and he is eager to suppress it with conspiracy theories and secret operations. Mihu, don't worry, this is not a big deal. In this way, you will take my own actions, oh no, now I will take action myself, wait for me first, and after school in the morning, I will go to the Internet cafe with you."
"What are you going to do?" Mihu looked at Liu Jingting in confusion.
"Of course it's a clarification of the misunderstanding, fool." Liu Jingting blurted out and regretted it after saying it. The word "fool" is not a random cry.
Sure enough, Mihu blushed and hesitated: "You, you are the fool."
Chapter completed!