Chapter 43 Chain
Skynet was unexpectedly attacked, so that some netizens did not dare to attack Zhu Ziqing wantonly. Coupled with the disappearance of those who led the topic, netizens became a plate of loose sand without leadership, and they couldn't set off any big waves. The online layout is a lot cleaner. But the attacks he received were useless and diminished.
Those experts and scholars don't care about this, and besides, this matter has nothing to do with them, and there is nothing to taboo. It's time to scold, it's time to talk.
In this case, the sales of "Wolf Totem" also fell to the bottom. From the original daily sales of more than 100,000 copies, it has dropped directly to less than 1,000 copies now. This achievement can be called good for most people in the literary world.
It is not uncommon for most writers in the literary world to sell only a few hundred or even less than a hundred novels a day. But this achievement is a failure for Zhu Ziqing, a complete failure.
All of his books, in the first month, sold more than 10,000 copies a day. Even the most unpopular "Soldier Assault" did not sell less than 20,000 in a single day in the first month. "Wolf Totem" set a record.
"Ziqing, what's going on with your book?" Jia Qigong finally couldn't help but call Zhu Ziqing.
He originally wanted to ask Zhu Ziqing what he wanted to do and why he wrote such a work with false content. I also think that Zhu Ziqing should not make such a mistake, there must be some reason in it that he doesn't know. So I changed my words temporarily.
"Old Jia, how did this little thing alarm you. Zhu Ziqing asked with a smile.
"A small thing, you think it's a small thing? A bad reputation, which you have accumulated with great difficulty in the literary world, collapses. You still say it's a trivial matter?" Jia Qigong said angrily.
"It's not that serious, it's just a fictional novel. Zhu Ziqing said unbelievingly.
He knew about "Wolf Totem" in his previous life, and this book was praised when it was first published, and it was praised as the most classic work describing wolf nature. Translated into dozens of languages, it sells well in dozens of countries. In China, it has been on the best-selling list for six consecutive years.
Later, some experts and scholars jumped out to accuse this book of distorting the facts, which looks very good, but is actually extremely naïve.
Then many people who claimed to be the author Jiang Rong's 'best friend' began to jump up and down, and some said that he was a scumbag. Some say that the description of wolves in his book is plagiarized from his own works, and some say that he is a traitor and traitor......
And readers were influenced by these people and began to change their attitudes. From the original praise to scolding. The book's sales also fell into a trough for a while.
Zhu Ziqing's own views on this book are not so complicated. I just think the descriptions of wolf nature and man and nature in this book are wonderful. As for whether the Mongolian people worship wolves or not, they have nothing to do with him, and he doesn't care.
In the previous life, "Wolf Totem" was first praised as rare in the sky and on the earth. And then scolded for being worthless. But what happened later? After the limelight passed, people's books still sold well, and they were adapted into movies and achieved good box office. This is also the reason why he dared to write this book knowing that there would be problems.
He has seen experts and scholars accusing this book of distorting the facts, and he has also seen netizens making trouble. It's just that what I didn't expect was that Skynet would be coerced into it.
In fact, Skynet's losses are not big, and netizens are not hackers, they have squeezed into games and websites in large numbers and only increased data processing tasks.
If it is a small game company or a rented server, due to limited space and limited processing power, it may not be able to handle it and cause a crash. But Skynet doesn't have to worry about this, you must know that they have five large and medium-sized data processing centers. Usually only a small part is opened. Most of them are in a state of closed rest.
When the number of abnormal visits increased sharply, they learned about the situation and opened several sets of servers very decisively, and all the problems were solved. In fact, there is not much loss at all.
The reason why Hu Biao said that he lost at least 100 million was purely to scare people. As for calling the police and the like, it's also fake, as a large company, the relationship with the police is very good, and it's okay for them to cooperate with acting.
Of course, if netizens know the truth, it will definitely become a typical case of collusion between officials and businessmen to bully the people.
Except for this little accident, the development of things was expected by him. So he didn't take it to heart at all, and he was still dealing with the neighborhood at home. For Jia Qigong's words. He felt a little alarmist.
It's a pity that what he didn't know was that in his previous life, Jiang Rong pursued the three noes policy of 'no photography', 'no recording', and 'no interviews'. And when they are older, they have published two books. I don't care what controversy is not controversial at all.
The author himself 'can't fight back, can't scold back', and others feel bored after scolding a few words.
What about him? He wants to start a school and a company. I want to play the entertainment industry again...... To put it bluntly, he is a public figure, and he has to be a positive public figure, which is completely different from Jiang Rong's situation. So Jiang Rong can ignore all kinds of controversies, he can't.
Jiang Rong is that no matter how many people scold him, it doesn't matter if there are still people willing to buy his books. Love to scold and scold. Zhu Ziqing is involved too much, and once his reputation is damaged, the consequences will be very serious.
It didn't take long for him to learn the different consequences of this difference in status.
"Dean Ai, didn't your old man go abroad for a trip and come back so soon?" Not long after talking to Jia Qigong on the phone, Zhu Ziqing received a call from Ai Jiange.
"I'm abroad right now, and I'm having fun, so I received a notice from the school to contact you. Ai Jiange was obviously a little resistant and depressed.
Is it because the matter of investing in the laboratory can't be discussed, and his school wants to play the emotional card from him?
Then they're looking for the wrong person. Feelings belong to feelings, business belongs to business, and they cannot be confused. Besides, I said that I would leave all the company's affairs to Lin Baoer and would not ask, so I had to do what I said.
"Dean, don't be kidding, what can the school do to find me a student. ”
"I'm not kidding you. How do you know that Ai Jiange said very seriously: "The fictional and false history of "Wolf Totem" has caused great indignation in society, especially in the literary world. Other of your works are also beginning to be suspected, including The Analects.
According to the latest school survey, the number of people who support your doctrine has dropped by 17.9 percentage points, and the number is still climbing. The reason for this is the fraud of "Wolf Totem". ”
"How is this possible?" Zhu Ziqing exclaimed. It wasn't like that in my previous life.
"How is it impossible?" Ai Jiange asked rhetorically: "How can everyone believe in the doctrine of an author who dares to fabricate historical facts?"
Zhu Ziqing was speechless for a while. Yes, scholarship is different from general popular fiction. Novels. Sometimes, the bigger the controversy, the more hype and the higher the sales. It doesn't matter if you are scolded as a dog by readers, as long as you can make money with high sales.
But not academically, it's not just about making people watch, it's about believing. But is a person who writes books and distorts historical facts at will, is his doctrine really credible?
Recalling Jia Qigong's reminder not long ago, Zhu Ziqing suddenly broke out in a cold sweat. One person said it could have been a mistake. The two of them said in unison that they were basically inseparable. What's more, Ai Jiange still has solid evidence in his hands.
He couldn't figure it out, he hadn't heard anything about Jiang Rong in his previous life, how could he cause such a big commotion when he came to this world. Is it because of the lack of adaptation?
People always have a fluke mentality and are used to taking shortcuts. In particular, taking shortcuts can always lead to success and good rewards. Zhu Ziqing himself didn't even notice that using the memories of his previous life to achieve success again and again had made him rely too much on the memories of his previous life, thus losing his most basic judgment ability.
If he can't wake up to this in time, he will inevitably suffer even greater losses in the future. But it's clear that he hasn't realized that yet. I'm still wondering why the experience of my previous life didn't work.
"This ...... What are you going to do if the school asks you to find me?" Zhu Ziqing, who thought that the experience of the Great Wall's previous life had failed, could no longer maintain a detached mentality, and asked nervously.
It should be said that he is an ordinary person at all, and the detachment mentality has never had anything to do with him. The reason why the Zhizhu is holding the clouds and the wind is light is because of the confidence.
His mentality is supported by a string of successes, rather than a real quality attainment. True detachment is unchanging, rich and rich, and poverty can also be dealt with calmly...... He's still a little far from that.
"The school wants you to put this matter to rest. We will fully cooperate with your actions. Ai Jiange said solemnly.
Zhu Ziqing breathed a sigh of relief, but fortunately, he just let himself solve it quickly. Instead of giving up outright. At the same time, he shook his head again, he had read too many online novels, and his mind was full of this kind of brain-dead idea.
What do you mean by an ally? What can be called an ally if you can give up easily? That's just taking advantage of each other. What kind of object is an ally that relies on each other and helps each other, and it is called an ally unless it is absolutely unavoidable.
In the doctrine of "The Analects of Discourse", Zhu Ziqing and Wuda are obviously allies. Moreover, the cooperation between the two sides has been very pleasant, and Wuhan University has also gained the social influence that it dreams of.
The latest survey shows: In the Liangguang and Lianghu regions, the social influence of Wuhan University has been comparable to that of Shuimu and Yanda.
The two most intuitive data show everything: First, the employment rate of Wuhan University graduates in the Liangguang and Lianghu areas has increased by 15 percentage points.
Second, the number of alumni donations increased by 30% year-on-year. Don't think that 30 percent is very little, you must know that Wuhan University received a total of 1.1 billion gifts last year. Thirty percent is 330 million. That's a huge amount for any group. This is only the first half of the year, if nothing else, there will definitely be more in the second half of the year.
In addition to these two points, Zhu Ziqing's commercial success has also earned Wuhan University a huge reputation. He's a billionaire himself, and the school is counting on donations from him.
What's more, now Skynet is cooperating with Wuhan University on some scientific research work. If you say that you don't want Zhu Ziqing to have a problem. Wuhan University is definitely one of them.
But the situation they least wanted to see appeared, and Zhu Ziqing, who brought all this, fell into a crisis of trust.
The school knew about the falsification of historical facts in "Wolf Totem" as soon as possible, and they urgently convened a meeting to discuss countermeasures. In the face of huge practical interests, no one said to give up Zhu Ziqing. The final result was unanimously approved to help Zhu Ziqing get through this difficulty.
So Ai Jiange became the central contact again. There's no way, who let him know Zhu Ziqing the best, and he is the dean.
On the phone with Ai Jiange, Zhu Ziqing knew that he had to do something. But fortunately, when he published this book, he kept an eye on it and prepared a way out for himself. At the time, it was just in case, but I didn't expect it to be used. (To be continued.) )
PS: I'm sorry, I've been busy looking for a job these days, and I really can't calm down and code words. This chapter was written on and off for three or four days before it was written. I still haven't found a job, but my mentality has almost adjusted. Normal updates resume on Monday.