Chapter 340: Better not hack Weibo
Hot search scheduling?
This operation gave him a sense of déjà vu.
The tech guy said, “Chairman, these dramas all belong to Sky Canopy Group. Palm Treasure Station is also one of their sites.”
“Isn’t Sky Canopy Group Brother Lin Xuan’s company?” The supervisor quickly followed up, realizing something.
“Yeah.” The tech guy nodded.
Supervisor: “It really is him!”
He seriously suspected that over the past few months, it wasn’t the security system keeping Lin Xuan out but rather Lin Xuan just didn’t bother hacking into their backend…
Having no choice, the supervisor reported this matter to the general manager.
The general manager gave up struggling.
He called Lei Hui.
The general manager smiled and said, “Mr. Lei, hello, I’m the general manager of the Weibo platform.”
“Hello.” Lei Hui frowned; their company had no significant dealings with Weibo, so why was Weibo’s general manager contacting him?
“It’s like this,” the general manager helplessly explained, “For any hot search slots your company wants arranged or removed, just let me know directly. No money needed—we’ll handle it for you.”
Please don’t hack our Weibo anymore.
We’ve been on edge because of it.
“Oh, okay.”
Lei Hui nodded, dazed as he hung up.
Weibo always acted arrogantly due to its large user base, so why were they being so nice this time?
Lei Hui called Lin Xuan, “Boss, the general manager of the Weibo platform just contacted me. He said arranging and removing hot searches can be done directly through them, and they’ll arrange it for our company.”
Lin Xuan raised an eyebrow and asked, “No money required?”
“Nope.” Lei Hui shook his head.
“Not bad, they’re quite understanding,” Lin Xuan chuckled lightly.
“Boss, how did you manage this?” Lei Hui couldn’t help but ask.
Lin Xuan: “Simple, hacked their site.”
Lei Hui: “…”
Sure enough, simple and brutal.
Wait.
Lei Hui noticed another point, “Boss, can you hack Weibo’s site?”
“Hmm.”
Lin Xuan nodded, “Pretty easy.”
Lei Hui was stunned.
What kind of monster was this boss? This was supposed to be simple?
For years, no one had successfully hacked into Weibo’s backend, yet the boss succeeded, and instead of reporting him, Weibo was even being friendly…
Was there anything their boss couldn’t do?
The three dramas from Sky Canopy Group originally had good plots, and with this promotion,
more and more people started watching.
The key was—no pirated versions!
Even though these three dramas were aired on TV stations, replays of the first few episodes were already gone. If they wanted to watch, they could only
subscribe as members to view them.
Lin Chang looked at the data Lin Qingwan sent over.
“What’s going on here?”
Lin Chang thought the data was wrong and frowned, “Immortal Destiny’s popularity should have surged, right? Not only has it not risen, but it’s dropped?”
Lin Qingwan pursed her lips, “Dad, the data isn’t wrong.”
“Not wrong? How is that possible? Immortal Destiny’s popularity definitely shouldn’t be just this much.” Lin Chang still didn’t believe it.
“Dad,” Lin Qingwan replied, “All the attention now is drawn to Sky Canopy Group’s dramas. Immortal Destiny barely gets discussed.”
If the other side only had one drama, it would be fine.
But there are three! Each one excellent, taking up six hours of leisure time.
They simply don’t have time to watch Immortal Destiny.
“How is this possible?” Lin Chang’s face turned pale, “How could such a big production as Immortal Destiny lose to dramas with new faces and new platforms?”
“Dad, I’ve watched them. Those three dramas are indeed well-made,” Lin Qingwan pursed her lips, “This time, we lost.”
These days, she’d been watching those dramas too. Immortal Destiny was far behind them.
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Chapter 340: Free Hot Searches
Just then, two people from the Lin family passed by, gossiping.
“These last few days, I don’t know why, but the young master keeps having nightmares, dreaming that someone is trying to harm him. Recently, even when Lady calls him out, he refuses to go.”
“A dream? That can’t be taken seriously. Surely the young master won’t stay cooped up at home forever?”
“Not exactly. I heard the young master plans to hire some capable bodyguards to protect him. Once he hires them, he might step out of the Lin household.”
Hire bodyguards?
Wang Ba’s eyes lit up.
Isn’t that exactly his specialty?
Wang Ba immediately gathered a few brothers and went to apply for the bodyguard position.
Immortal Destiny and Sky Canopy Group’s three dramas all went online.
Lin Chang watched as all of Sky Canopy Group’s dramas aired on TV channels, his eyes filled with disbelief.
CCTV!
They actually aired on CCTV!
Lin Chang clenched his fists tightly.
What connections does Lin Xuan have?!
Lin Chang felt extremely uneasy, but seeing the broadcast’s popularity, he calmed down again.
Regardless of what tricks Lin Xuan pulled, their company’s drama couldn’t possibly surpass Immortal Destiny.
As Lin Chang predicted.
At the start, the data for Sky Canopy Group’s three dramas lagged far behind Immortal Destiny.
Lin Xuan raised an eyebrow, “Now that the plot is getting interesting, it’s time for a big push in promotion.”
Lin Xuan instructed Lei Hui to post the edited promotional clips on Tiger Sound, pushing the videos to every user.
It’s their own platform, so they don’t need to worry about the cost of promoting traffic.
“Boss,” Lei Hui called again to ask Lin Xuan, “Do we need to buy some hot search slots on Weibo?”
Lin Xuan: “Why spend money?”
“Eh?” Lei Hui was confused, “Didn’t you say we should promote on Weibo too? Without buying hot searches, where will the heat come from?”
Lin Xuan raised an eyebrow, “I said get on the hot search without spending money.”
A mere flick of the fingers, why waste money?
Lei Hui: “…”
Is that even possible?
Lin Xuan: “Wait.”
Lei Hui suddenly became curious about what the boss was planning…
Lei Hui kept refreshing Weibo.
In less than three minutes, Lei Hui saw that the top ten Weibo spots were all filled with topics related to Three Kingdoms, A Shepherd’s Star, and Chinese Paladin.
Lei Hui froze.
It really made it onto the hot search?
Not exactly.
How did the boss manage this?
Lei Hui couldn’t figure it out no matter how hard he tried.
The Weibo tech department staff rushed into the supervisor’s office, “Supervisor, bad news, our Weibo seems to have been hacked again.”
“What!”
The supervisor spat out a mouthful of water.
“What happened? Who did it?”
They hired computer experts to reinforce the defense system, and for several months, there hadn’t been any incidents of hacking.
He thought the defense system had successfully kept hackers out.
“Supervisor, just like before, the hacker left no trace while invading. They just pinned the three TV series on the hot search list. Any hot searches related to these three dramas cannot be removed,” the tech guy explained.
The supervisor immediately pulled out his phone to check.
“Chinese Paladin, A Shepherd’s Star, Three Kingdoms.” The supervisor’s brows furrowed tightly.
They hacked our Weibo just to promote these dramas…
