Chapter 106: Weibo in Panic
These accounts are all money! If their accounts were all canceled, isn’t that like sentencing them to death?
“This wasn’t done by us canceling it ourselves. Weibo should be able to handle it. Let’s go find the official Weibo team to help restore our accounts,” Brother Wang suggested.
All those whose accounts were canceled went to the Weibo authorities.
After understanding the situation, Weibo immediately instructed the technical department staff to restore their accounts.
Tech expert Wang Hai sat in front of his computer, typing on the keyboard and clicking to restore the accounts.
A message popped up on the computer screen: [This account has been permanently canceled and cannot be restored.]
He tried several marketing accounts, and they all ended the same way!
Wang Hai felt a chill run down his spine.
Here it comes again, this feeling!
He was considered one of the top talents in the computing field of Daya Country. Since joining Weibo’s tech department, he hadn’t encountered many difficult problems.
The last time there was an issue with the Feiyue website and Zhanxinbao station was similar — they couldn’t remove trending topics!
This time, he still couldn’t operate anything!
In a hurry, Wang Hai reported the matter to the technical manager.
“Phew—” The manager sprayed water from his mouth, “You mean dozens of marketing accounts have been abnormally canceled? And we can’t restore them!”
“Yes,” Wang Hai nodded, “Manager, I’ve checked. Only the account for Brother Wang’s Entertainment wasn’t officially canceled by us. The others were all canceled with one click. Clearly, someone infiltrated our backend and canceled them.”
“This incident involves Brother Lin Xuan being insulted and dragged into a smear campaign. Manager, the boss of the Zhanxinbao site also uses the pen name ‘Xuan.'”
“Isn’t this Lin Xuan the boss of Zhanxinbao novels? These two intrusions into our backend are actually by the same person, both related to Lin Xuan.” Wang Hai guessed.
“It must be!” The manager slammed his hand on the armrest of the office chair, veins popping out on his knuckles.
“Manager, since we know the mastermind is Lin Xuan, shouldn’t we file a report? That hacker is always a potential threat.” Wang Hai worriedly said.
If the other party attacks their software causing it to crash, it would only take a day or two to lose a large number of Weibo users!
If it were paralyzed for a week, Weibo would be basically ruined.
“No, we can’t file a report,” the technical manager shook his head, “We don’t have any evidence proving that he did it. If we file a report and anger him, if he attacks Weibo, do we have the ability to deal with it?”
“So, Manager, are we just going to sit here and wait to die?” Wang Hai urgently asked.
“Besides sitting here and waiting to die, we have no way to respond!” The technical manager clenched his fists tightly!
“Since last time he hacked into Weibo, we hired three top computer experts to upgrade and reinforce the protection system, set countless alarms, but none of it worked! He still infiltrates our backend without leaving a trace, just like before!”
“This guy is too powerful! We can’t afford to offend him!” The technical manager gritted his teeth.
Wang Hai fell silent.
It was true… There was nothing we could do.
The technical manager sat in the office chair, pinching the bridge of his nose, “I’ll report this to the chairman later. Let that hacker do what he wants.”
There was nothing else to be done.
Wang Hai retreated.
Weibo staff also contacted those marketing accounts.
[Sorry, our backend shows that you canceled your Weibo account yourself. It’s a personal action, so we can’t provide you with an account restoration service.]
Brother Wang saw this message, and the last bit of hope vanished.
He regretted it.
He shouldn’t have challenged that person.
He should have listened to him earlier, deleted the post, and apologized to Lin Xuan. For the sake of these forty thousand yuan in income, his account was gone.
Lin Xuan continued to manipulate his computer, slowly twirling the mouse as if playing with Brother Wang. He lingered around the area of account cancellation.
No, it won’t work.
This account cannot be canceled; it took a lot of time and money to cultivate it. It took three years to reach twenty thousand fans!
If it were canceled just like this, all his efforts over the past three years would be wasted!
Cold sweat poured down Brother Wang’s forehead.
Finally, Lin Xuan clicked to cancel the account.
A window popped up.
[Are you sure you want to cancel your account?]
With a bang!
Brother Wang angrily smashed his computer, shattering the screen into pitch black.
Brother Wang sighed in relief.
Now that his computer was broken, the other party shouldn’t be able to operate his account anymore.
He replied to Lin Xuan, “Hahahaha, let’s see what else you can do to me? Bring it on!”
Just after replying, his account was forcibly logged out.
“What… What is this…”
Brother Wang had a terrible premonition.
Trembling, he relogged into his Weibo account, only to find it had already been canceled!
Brother Wang turned pale and slumped back into his chair.
How could this happen?
Even though he’d smashed his computer, how could the other party still manage to cancel his account?
It’s over… Everything is over…
Cultivating a good Weibo account requires time, money, and luck. Once cultivated, such an account could bring in hundreds of thousands of yuan annually, even reaching millions.
Now that the account was canceled, everything had to start from scratch.
Brother Wang trembled as he logged into the QQ Weibo Account Group.
[Hurry up! Everyone quickly delete the Weibo posts defaming Lin Xuan and post apologies to Lin Xuan! Hurry up!]
No one listened to him, instead mocking him.
[Old Wang, aren’t you the bravest? Why are you so scared today? The other party can’t do anything to us, why be so timid?]
[Yeah, Old Wang, aren’t we often threatened with reports in this line of work? If we delete posts every time we’re threatened, we might as well stop working altogether.]
Brother Wang’s veins bulged on his forehead.
This was different! This time was completely different! The accounts will be canceled!
Brother Wang was about to tell them this.
At this moment, a flood of messages appeared.
[WTF WTF WTF!!! Why did my Weibo account get canceled?]
[Same here, what’s going on?]
[Goddammit! My six-year-old Weibo account is gone, who did this?]
[Could it be a Weibo malfunction? Let’s go ask Weibo officials for an explanation.]
At this point, Brother Wang spoke up in the group.
[It’s not Weibo’s fault! It’s the person who left comments under Lin Xuan’s post and deleted them to apologize! He canceled my Weibo account!]
What?
All the marketing accounts widened their eyes.
It was him!
That’s why Old Wang wanted them to delete the posts earlier!
Before the people who hadn’t yet had their accounts canceled realized it, they rushed to delete their comments.
But!
They had already passed the deadline Lin Xuan gave them. Those who tried to delete their comments were still canceled!
Previously lively QQ groups now became eerily quiet, dead silence.
