Chapter 37: Trending Search

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

“Has a live broadcast been scheduled?” Xia Zhi casually questioned while leaning back on the chair.

As he studied the script, Zhou Shan’s heart raced. Nevertheless, he took a breath and uttered, “Don’t worry, President Xia. I’m ready!”

Sun Chuan, who was positioned on the opposing side, also gestured “ok” at the same time.

After seeing this, Xia Zhi nodded and said, “Alright, let’s begin.”

Zhou Shan started the live broadcast as soon as Xia Zhi was done speaking. At first, only one or two passersby saw it. Then, it spread among people. The audience for the live broadcast gradually grew as well. In just ten minutes, it had already exceeded ten thousand people.

There were plenty of people, but there were also plenty of curses.

[Killing people with their food. To think that they would have the gall to show their faces here.]

[We will never tolerate the existence of such a business in our country. Everyone, pick up your keyboards and get this monster out of sight.]

[If my recollection serves me correctly, the man on screen is Zhou Zheng, the person in charge of the bread’s design and production. It has been so many days, and he still lives. Where is justice?!]

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Zhou Shan’s pupils constricted, and he felt a slight tremble as he read the bullet comments full of profanity.

In response to Zhou Shan’s distress, Xia Zhi said, “Don’t worry. The proof is in your hands. The more they scold you now before the explanation, the harder they’ll slap themselves in their faces afterward.”

After Zhou Shan heard this, he slowly calmed down. Then he gave a slight nod of agreement. “Yes.”

When Xia Zhi saw that Zhou Shan was doing better, she turned to Sun Chuan and asked, “How many people are there in the live broadcast room now?”

Sun Chuan examined the data and replied, “It has already surpassed one million.”

Xia Zhi scowled and said glumly, “There are only so few people. It’s not going fast enough.”

After Sun Chuan heard this, he nodded in agreement. He looked up at President Xia with a gleam in his eye and said, “Why don’t I ask Fifth Elder Chu for help?”

Upon hearing this, Xia Zhi flatly refused, saying, “No, he rushed back from the neighboring city last night because of the police station. He should be on his way to discuss the project again. Let’s not disturb him.”

“Then what should we do?” Sun Chuan said gloomily.

“It’s okay, I’ve thought of a solution.” As Xia Zhi spoke, she flipped open her laptop. A screenful of raw code greeted her.

Sun Chuan was confused. He could not even begin guessing what Xia Zhi was up to.

A few minutes later, Sun Chuan received a message from Chu Nan.

“Is there anything I can do for you?” asked Fifth Elder Chu.

In answer to Chu Nan’s inquiry, Sun Chuan glanced at Xia Zhi, who was intently working at the computer. He considered interrupting her, but ultimately decided to be straight with Chu Nan about the situation.

“Everything on our side is going smoothly,” said Sun Chuan. “However, President Xia is not satisfied with the viewcount. We are looking into it.”

“That’s fine. Leave it to me.”

Sun Chuan exhaled in relief.

“If there’s anything else I can help you with, just let me know. I’ll take care of it.”

Sun Chuan was esctatic. “Good, good!”

After yesterday’s incident at the police station, Sun Chuan sought out Chen Feng for assistance. A while later, Chu Nan sent him a friend request. When he saw it, he was stunned. With some apprehension, he accepted Chu Nan’s offer to be his friend, and soon after, Chu Nan sent him a message, pleading with him to let him know right away if anything involving Xia Zhi ever came up.

Xia Zhi stopped working as soon as Sun Chuan finished talking. To get the word out about her livestream, she had just leveraged the Internet’s vast troves of big data.

However, Xia Zhi suspected something was amiss after perusing the most popular search terms. Her gaze shifted to Sun Chuan, and she asked, “Uncle Sun, did you buy the trending searches?”

After being questioned, Sun Chuan quickly explained. “No, no, no, it wasn’t me. Fifth Elder may have been the one who purchased the most popular search terms. He came to me and asked if there was anything he could do, so I told him the truth.”

Xia Zhi nodded to show that she understood.

Nonetheless, Xia was perplexed by the situation. The interference of others used to infuriate her greatly. Why was it different now?