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Chapter 182 This Has Blown Up

Chapter 182: Chapter 182 This Has Blown Up

Indeed, there was a follow-up.

Wu Mu specifically searched for financial and political video topics and found some viewers who had also realized that his video had been removed.

They were spontaneously helping him spread the word about what had happened.

And it wasn’t just Douyin—on other platforms like B-site, Weibo, Tieba, and more, there were messages helping to spread the information too.

On Donghu, the question "What do you think about the sudden removal of the ’Evils of Yihai Finance’ video by our justice-seeking friend?" even temporarily surged to the top of the trending list.

His name also began to appear on Weibo’s real-time trending searches.

But it seemed like Li Hu was closely watching the situation; he ensured that there was no opportunity for the topics to gain traction. As soon as they popped up, they were immediately suppressed, unable to draw widespread attention.

Moreover, since the exposed person wasn’t coming forward, and there wasn’t quite the same sense of injustice, it lacked a certain viral factor. After the trending topics were suppressed, there wasn’t much resistance from the public.

It looked as though the heat surrounding the issue was starting to fade.

This follow-up seemed a bit lacking.

Wu Mu couldn’t help but wonder, with things going this far, what would it take for the system to realize its performance targets?

While he was curious, a smile undoubtedly appeared on Li Hu’s face.

The matter had been resolved for him. The stir had subsided, and such a small storm was no longer raising much concern.

Especially the so-called justice-seeking partner who hadn’t made the unwise move of releasing a second video.

Otherwise, the next steps wouldn’t just involve deleting videos; his connections would have to step in for a direct summons.

But just when he thought the issue was completely settled...

...

In Beijing, at CCTV’s "Deep Insight" program team.

The chief producer Huang Qi was frowning as he looked over a script written by his subordinate.

Recently, their program team had received a directive from the authorities above—a task to engage in pre-emptive propaganda concerning the halted IPO of Bee Finance.

Bee Finance was a financial behemoth under one of the country’s major internet companies, about to go public soon with an IPO valuation of 1.4 trillion.

It was, without doubt, a terrifying figure. Only the country’s four major banks had market values like that, and Bee Finance would rank in the middle of them.

One could easily imagine the kind of resistance they faced in halting the IPO of such a colossus.

Not only was there resistance from all stakeholders, but there was also discord within various departments. And among the public too, there were many proud voices eager to celebrate the birth of another global top-100 company.

Huang Qi’s task was to promote this issue among the public to make them aware of the dangers of Bee Finance’s listing.

He held the script that his subordinate had written for this purpose.

To be honest, it was professional, in-depth, but... just not layman-friendly.

With terms like ABS, subprime, leverage, and so on, even he found it hard to understand, let alone expect the public to grasp it.

This wouldn’t do—it certainly needed to be changed!

But as to which direction it should go, he was momentarily unsure.

Heaving a sigh, Huang Qi put down the script and started browsing financial loan-related information on his computer, hoping to find some inspiration for a new direction.

Then, he saw that under a video raising concerns about the growth trend of financial platforms, someone was copying and spreading a comment.

"Spread the word about the evils of Yihai Finance platform! Illegal interest rates, harassing phone calls, text message bombardment, pushing people to despair... deleting a video with 20 million views exposing them, suppressing the topic across major platforms, the wrongs too numerous to be recorded, we need to spread this!"

Eh?

Huang Qi’s eyes lingered on the words "financial platform" and "20 million views" for two seconds.

A financial platform was exposed, and then videos were deleted to suppress the heat?

What kind of exposure video would garner 20 million views?

He immediately became interested.

He quickly searched for the deleted video.

Soon, he found a backup link saved by netizens.

After clicking on the link and watching the video, he was immediately so excited he slapped his thigh.

This was the perfect timing!

Wasn’t this just the accessible and straightforward content he had been looking for?

The video was so simple it was already somewhat inflammatory.

When discussing various financial platforms, who would be interested in what ABS is or what a subprime loan is? News about people getting trapped in debt, dragged into disputes, leading to broken homes, and even despair—such stories were what the public truly cared about.

Their program could completely use this video that had sparked public discussion and was then deleted by the company behind it as a social hot topic to introduce the harm caused by Bee Finance. This approach would instantly make their content more vivid and compelling.

Huang Qi immediately got up and went to contact his subordinate to rewrite the script using this video as a springboard.

Hmm, it was also necessary to contact the video’s author to verify all kinds of background information on the video and to add an interview segment with the video’s creator to strengthen their report.

However, reaching out to the video’s author proved to be somewhat difficult.

They tried contacting the "justice-seeking partner" account via private message on Douyin but received no reply. Even the phone number they got from Douyin was switched off when they tried calling.

Eventually, they had no choice but to try contacting someone from a number provided by Douyin, which had been frequently interacting with that account, hoping to reach the creator through friends or family.

...

In Beijing, inside a luxurious villa.

Liu Lan lay half-slumped on the couch, listlessly staring out the window.

Lost in her thoughts, she heard a "click"—the sound of keys unlocking the door.

She glanced up briefly to see Su Meng, dressed in casual business attire, bending down to take off her shoes.

Liu Lan scoffed, "You sure look the part in a business suit."

Su Meng frowned at her but didn’t say a word.

Liu Lan didn’t care about her attitude and casually asked, "Where has your dad arranged for you to intern?"

Su Meng’s frown deepened, "Huiteng Yiqi."

"Oh, he really holds you in high regard then. Is he planning to hand over the company’s automotive business to you?" Liu Lan’s voice was devoid of joy or sorrow, utterly flat.

After saying that, she seemed to lose interest in continuing the conversation and resumed idly zoning out.

That was until a phone ringtone jolted her awake.

She glanced indifferently at the display— an unfamiliar number.

As she answered...

CCTV’s Deep Insight program team?

The Douyin account "Justice-seeking Partner"?

Liu Lan was completely astonished.

What was all this about?

Her first thought was that she’d encountered a scammer.

But listening to the voice, it somewhat sounded familiar, "Are you that producer Huang Qi from CCTV?"

Huang Qi, undoubtedly taken aback on the other end of the line, asked "Who are you?"

What was going on? How did this relative or friend of the "justice-seeking partner" know him?

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