Chapter 147: Living as the Person You Hate
Brother Lin Xuan saw this message and nervously rubbed his nose.
Wasn’t it true?
He really did wake up late because of Su Hua.
Last night, Su Hua was too wild; he didn’t sleep until four or five in the morning.
All his novels were uploaded to his computer, and the program he wrote would automatically post three chapters at a set time.
The chapters he had stored ran out yesterday. He originally planned to upload more after attending Lin Li’s birthday banquet, but then Su Hua lured him back to bed…
Lin Xuan replied to Gǒu Wěibācǎo: [Something came up yesterday, I’ll update right away.]
Gǒu Wěibācǎo, upon seeing that Lin Xuan was still an undergraduate, felt so envious it hurt her teeth.
What the heck!
An undergrad became the best-selling novelist now, opened an entertainment company, and everything’s going great for him.
When he was in university, he was still fresh-faced, asking his parents for living expenses…
Lin Xuan opened his computer and uploaded three chapters for each of his three books.
Gǒu Wěibācǎo: “…”
Is that it? Just that?
Gǒu Wěibācǎo took a screenshot of their previous chat with Lin Xuan and sent it over.
[Gǒu Wěibācǎo]: Who said they’d consider the readers and update more often? Now you’re only giving six thousand words a day.
Gǒu Wěibācǎo sulkily messaged on QQ.
[Gǒu Wěibācǎo]: Boss, you’ve ultimately become the person you hate.
Lin Xuan lightly coughed behind his hand.
It wasn’t like he had a choice. Before, he needed money, so he updated like crazy.
Now, he needed to keep the readers hooked by making his novel a brand, keeping them glued to his site. Besides, he didn’t want to spend too much time on writing.
So, fewer updates were necessary.
Lin Xuan put his phone aside, operated his computer, and logged onto Weibo.
His eyes darkened slightly.
It had been about a day, and it was time to expose Lin Li’s affair with Qin Ruoyao.
Weibo was the biggest platform for news, so he directly posted the information on Weibo.
#Lin Li Cheated with Qin Ruoyao
[Cloud City Concerned Citizen]: Last night, Lin Li held a birthday party where video footage of Lin Li and Qin Ruoyao’s bedroom antics was played. Lin Li is already engaged and has a fiancée.
He also uploaded a censored video.
Lin Xuan manually pushed this topic to the top of the trending list.
After Lin Li’s scandal broke last night, Lin Chang had Wang Yajun arrange for all platforms, including Weibo, to remove the trending topic and block any discussions related to Lin Li and Qin Ruoyao.
Weibo’s technical staff member Liu Hui immediately followed orders to remove the trending topic and censor all topics related to Lin Li and Qin Ruoyao.
But no matter what he tried, he couldn’t remove it.
Liu Hui immediately thought of Lin Xuan.
“Damn, could it be him again!”
As he was thinking this, a few words popped up on his computer screen, “Don’t interfere with Lin Li’s matter.”
Liu Hui’s hands trembled.
It really was him! Lin Xuan!!
Liu Hui didn’t dare to stay longer and hurriedly ran towards the general manager’s office.
At the headquarters of Weibo in the general manager’s office.
Lin Chang had already called the general manager, angrily questioning, “Didn’t I pay you to remove the trending topic and block all discussions about Lin Li and Qin Ruoyao?”
“Why is it still on the Weibo trending list?”
The general manager smiled awkwardly, “Our technicians are working on removing the trending topic, Chairman Lin, please wait a moment.”
Starlight Group’s main business was in the entertainment industry, and they had many collaborations with Weibo.
The Weibo general manager still gave Lin Chang some face.
Lin Chang sternly said, “This concerns my son’s reputation, you must block it immediately.”
The general manager had just hung up the phone when Liu Hui rushed into the office.
“General Manager.” Liu Hui panted.
“Liu Hui, isn’t it? You came just in time, what’s going on? Why is the trending topic about Lin Li and Qin Ruoyao still at number one?” The general manager asked with a frown.
“General Manager, I’m here to tell you about this matter.”
Liu Hui explained, “That trending topic can’t be removed, nor should it be.”
“What’s going on?” The general manager frowned.
“General Manager, that trending topic was likely arranged by Lin Xuan. He even contacted us, telling us not to interfere with matters concerning Lin Li,” Liu Hui answered.
“What, it’s him!”
The general manager’s hand holding the water cup trembled.
Beside him, the secretary said, “General Manager, Lin Xuan is also a member of the Lin family. Last night, Starlight Group publicly announced that the Lin family had severed ties with Lin Xuan.”
“Today early morning, Lin Chang specially held a press conference to distance himself from Lin Xuan. Clearly, there’s animosity between Lin Xuan and the Lin family. Lin Xuan’s actions are clearly aimed at retaliating against Lin Chang. I feel we’d better not get involved in this matter.”
“Yes, we shouldn’t interfere,” the general manager nodded. “Lin Xuan has spoken, if we interfere, we’ll offend Lin Xuan.”
This Lin Xuan, they simply cannot afford to offend.
Lin Xuan’s hacking skills are incredible; he treats Weibo like his own home, infiltrating without leaving a trace.
If we anger Lin Xuan and he crashes our system, it would be a loss.
“Liu Hui, go back,” the general manager instructed, “In the future, turn a blind eye to anything related to Lin Xuan.”
“Understood.”
Liu Hui left.
The general manager contacted Lin Chang by phone, “Chairman Lin, the money you gave us, I’ve already arranged for the finance department to return it. Truly sorry, but regarding the removal of that trending topic, we at Weibo are powerless.”
“What’s going on?” Lin Chang frowned, “How can Weibo be powerless? Isn’t it your own platform?”
The general manager remained silent.
It was truly powerless.
If they angered Lin Xuan and Lin Xuan attacked their backend, it would be disastrous.
To be honest, it was quite frustrating.
Even though it was their own platform, they couldn’t control it.
“Is someone bribing you with a large sum of money, so you didn’t remove the trending topic? How much did they give?” Lin Chang asked gravely.
“Chairman Lin,” the general manager apologized with a smile, “It’s not about the money. We have our reasons, truly sorry.”
After saying that, he hung up the phone.
Lin Chang’s face turned dark.
Just after hanging up with Weibo, other platforms like Tieba and Zhihu also contacted Lin Chang, informing him they couldn’t handle the situation.
“Bang!” Lin Chang gritted his teeth and slammed the phone down, his chest heaving.
Who did this?
Lin Chang didn’t suspect Lin Xuan, he didn’t think Lin Xuan had such capability. He assumed it was a competitor of Starlight Group.
On Lin Li’s side, the dream girls who used to call him “husband” all unfollowed him, leaving only a few brainwashed fans still liking him.
Students at Cloud City University were gossiping about him behind his back.
The good image Lin Li painstakingly built was completely ruined.
Lin Li’s face turned ashen, “Bang!” He threw his phone hard against the wall.
“Lin Xuan!”
Lin Li gritted his teeth, veins bulging on his forehead, “I will never forgive you!”
“You just wait!”
Lin Li’s eyes were filled with hatred.
That look was as if he wanted to shred Lin Xuan into a thousand pieces.
