The Martial Artist Turned Movie Mogul
Chapter 932 - 931. The newbie has started to speak up?

Chapter 932: 931. The newbie has started to speak up?

This made her stand in front of the research institute’s door, getting sunburned for half the day.

"Why are these people so troublesome?"

"Xiao Li said you are an abnormal person, so you naturally attract a bunch of abnormal fans. What do you think about this?"

"No, it’s the world that’s abnormal."

In the end, Tang Shu still decided not to take this blame and very calmly pushed the responsibility away, completely absolving herself. However, Luo Lin was not buying it, and her scoffing could even be heard through the phone.

"Ancestor, just while we’ve been talking, your fan count has already exceeded seventy million."

"So, what now? Did I inexplicably trend on social media again? You can’t blame me for this, really."

She felt wronged to death, the situation was utterly out of control.

"No no no, let’s not talk about trending for now. The most important thing at the moment is that these fans—especially those who have been urging their friends and family to follow you, they’re demanding a reward for the fan count exceeding ten million."

Under the sun, Tang Shu couldn’t help but hold her forehead, "So what reward do they want?"

"Hm... open a quiz channel?"

Luo Lin herself thought that this was unlikely, as it wouldn’t be fair to the fans that had already participated.

Tang Shu fell silent for a moment, "In that case, let’s open an additional quiz link, limited to 500 spots, both new and old fans can participate."

"But..." She paused, "This would require Sister Luo to take care of the logistics."

"Like what?"

"Like getting Director Xie’s consent first—I think he will agree, as it’s good for promoting the new movie. Also, coordinating with the cinema responsible for the premiere, and getting a new set of questions from the editorial team?"

"Alright."

Luo Lin felt helpless, knowing this was the best solution, after all you can’t just tell the fans that even after a surge of four million follows, the quiz channel still won’t open.

"Got it, so in the end I’m the one who ends up burdened."

Tang Shu laughed, "Don’t forget to have Shen Yan monitor the online activity; you don’t want me to be accused of buying fake followers, right?"

"..."

The sound of Luo Lin taking a deep breath came through the phone, as if suppressing a volcano about to erupt.

Seizing the chance before she could start scolding, Tang Shu quickly ended the call while things were still good.

She’s gone, she’s gone. This ace agent must have entered menopause early; an angry woman is truly the most terrifying thing.

"Is the call finally over?"

A warm voice came from behind, and Tang Shu composed herself and returned to the lab, only to find that the design drawing on the table had disappeared without a trace, replaced by a transparent screen floating in the middle of the table.

"I’ve scanned your revised drawing into the computer to calculate the success rate."

"So urgent?"

"Mmm-hmm, in fact, we have revised it five times already, the technology can’t be more mature."

Wearing a white lab coat, Wen Nuan had her hair tied up high in a ponytail, making her appear very professional. Right now, she was touching the screen in front of her, and as the final confirmation was given, several computers around them began to operate simultaneously.

Tang Shu watched as the design in the middle kept changing and overlaying, quickly forming the shape of an engine, which was then combined with other parts of the fighter jet, all in under a minute.

"OK, time to validate the algorithm."

Wen Nuan stepped back to give them both a clearer view of the entire large screen. The floating model of the fighter jet slowly underwent adjustments, quickly completing the calculation.

"Bingo! One hundred percent, it’s a success."

The others in the research lab also smiled, with Qiqi pushing up the glasses on the bridge of her nose. Suddenly, the only two ladies without glasses felt oddly out of place.

Tang Shu put down the pencil she had just picked up, "No more revisions needed, then. When are you going to start production?"

"As soon as possible, um... in five days."

After being busy the whole morning, it was now one o’clock in the afternoon. Wen Nuan had already ordered some burgers, so she casually picked one up and handed it to Tang Shu.

"I’m heading out of town in a few days. Can you keep an eye on the design details for me? You know the contract manufacturer anyway."

"I know them?"

Tang Shu had just taken a bite of her burger and froze, "Are you so confidently passing the buck to me?"

"I really have something important to do, going to a conference with Professor Chen Han."

"OK~~ Which contract manufacturer is it?"

"Xu’s."

"...What?"

Tang Shu felt she must have heard wrong, "Is it the Xu’s I’m thinking of?"

Wen Nuan crammed some spicy sweet sauce-dipped chicken bites into her mouth, clearly starving too.

"Yes, the Xu’s you have in mind... the thing is, in the whole Imperial Capital there is only that one Xu’s. Their production line has recently been upgraded, and they’ve secured a government order."

***

The winds of the entertainment industry change unpredictably, and the trending search came so suddenly that the onlookers were caught off guard.

"The Tree at the Doorway" was in the middle of its airing when the news of the soft article with ten questions broke out and quickly became common knowledge among netizens, causing Tang Shu’s followers to surge by four million within two days, shooting to the top of the trending searches.

"Holy crap, four million new followers in two days? Are you sure this isn’t a joke?"

"I don’t believe it, it’s impossible, no matter how popular ’The Doorway’ is, this is too extreme."

"We’re only up to the 10th episode! A four million increase in two days, the leaker must be out of their mind, right?"

People were disbelieving when they first saw the news and began to question the authenticity of the data. However, Tang Shu’s long-time fans were quite nonchalant about it...

Well, nonchalant might not be the right word – more like speechless.

"Now people are going to snatch our perks again, not happy..."

"Believe it or not, we were actually hoping for fewer fans of the uncle, afraid someone would snatch our spots."

"Welcome to the horde of zombie fans! (Guess whether I’m really welcoming you or just pretending?)"

"That’s hilarious, zombie fans? But then again, the uncle didn’t have zombie fans before, did he?"

"With a four million increase in attention within two days, I bet a bag of spicy strips that at least three million of those are padded numbers."

At this point, the newbies started to join the conversation.

"emm~~~ Can I speak the truth? Actually, I’ve pulled in my parents, cousins, and their Weibo accounts."

"Me too... I contributed four spots—"

Admins and old fans: "..."

You guys are something else!

Just as everyone was exchanging glances, Shen Yan coughed in the group chat and forwarded a link.

It was a Weibo link, with a very eye-catching title:

[The question answering channel is open again, are you ready?]

The group fell into an eerie silence, which was then drowned out by an increasing number of shocked faces.

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