Xie Yujun glanced at Cheng Huanhuan's bicycle, then at Lin Chudong lying on the ground, and said helplessly.
"Auntie, you're riding this bike way too fast."
The audience burst out laughing again.
"Hahaha, what a twist, this scene is just amazing!"
"Great job, Da Fei, the screenwriter is brilliant."
"So those three were all acting, huh? Changing clothes at lightning speed."
"All I can say is, well done."
"..."
Xie Yujun switched between the three characters, delivering only a few lines, but he portrayed each character perfectly.
Xie Yujun said, "Auntie, your bike wheel is all messed up like this, did you go racing?"
Cheng Huanhuan got anxious, "I didn't!"
"Auntie, look at how you hit the person."
"I didn't hit anyone!"
"Auntie, the bike is right here, and the person is lying there, the accident scene is so clear."
"That's not my bicycle!"
Lin Chudong raised his head and said, "You can't ride your old lady's bicycle so fast either."
Cheng Huanhuan was so anxious she couldn't speak, her expression hilarious, and the audience burst into laughter.
Xie Yujun walked over to check on Lin Chudong, "Comrade, are you alright? Does it hurt?"
Lin Chudong's expression was extremely exaggerated, but the more exaggerated he was at this moment, the more the audience wanted to laugh.
"Oh my elbow! Oh my kneecap! Oh my lumbar disc!"
"Are they all broken?"
"They don't hurt at all."
Xie Yujun was speechless, "Don't use the process of elimination now! Can you walk?"
Lin Chudong said, "I should be able to walk, but I'll definitely be walking according to the time on the clock."
Cheng Huanhuan stomped her foot angrily, "Why are you still going by the clock?"
Lin Chudong raised his head and put on an act, saying, "The wheel is so warped, and I flew over from over there? Can I still be saved?"
"Judging by the looks of it, I must have flown over ten meters!"
Cheng Huanhuan was so angry she almost passed out, "You didn't fly ten meters!!"
Lin Chudong squeezed his voice, imitating Cheng Huanhuan's earlier tone, "Then how many meters did I fly? At a time like this, is it really worth arguing over three or two meters?"
Cheng Huanhuan shook her hands anxiously, and said to Xie Yujun.
"He's using my lines!"
"Fighting magic with magic, haha, that's awesome."
"Da Fei's pose is so seductive, it's killing me."
"Tit for tat, hahahahaha…"
"You almost made me choke with laughter at this late hour."
"Huan-jie's performance is amazing, and the script is brilliant, it's practically the best of the year!"
"Did I celebrate the Spring Festival early? I feel like I've only seen this kind of show during the Spring Festival Gala before."
"Spring Festival Gala? Can it be a Spring Festival Gala show without making dumplings?"
"..."
As Lin Chudong stood up, he and Xie Yujun immediately recognized each other.
"Aren't you the guy who rear-ended me?"
"You're the traffic cop who handled my accident!"
The truth finally came out. Xie Yujun proved that Da Fei's car had been rear-ended and damaged, and the car owner finally paid two hundred yuan.
"We can't let the good guys down!"
In the end, the theme was elevated, and the entire audience stood up and applauded.
The effect of this show was explosive, both funny and full of positive energy. Plus, the acting of the three main actors was so strong; it was definitely the best of the night! "66666, the comedy queen is invincible."
"Da Fei has swept through the comedy world. Now, there's no one left to compete with him. How lonely it must be to be invincible."
"He's too strong. I have to watch Da Fei every weekend now. Tomorrow is 'Longing for Rural Life' again. My weekends are basically dedicated to Da Fei."
"Da Fei will probably take over all the TV stations, right? There's just too much talent."
"Da Fei will definitely be the champion in the next final round."
"The new queen of the comedy world is about to be born!"
"..."
The audience's evaluation of this program was extremely high. This time, it reflected social issues and was also very funny, which was truly rare.
When it came to voting, everyone already thought there was no suspense.
As a result, Meng Xin's words directly angered the audience.
"We let you win!"
Liang Yin was so angry she almost finished all the potato chips.
"He's so shameless! Who needs him to let us win? He was clearly going to lose, why would he need to let us?"
The viewers were also furious.
"This guy is just trying to save face. He's about to be eliminated, feels embarrassed, so he's trying to salvage some dignity."
"He's bullying people! Just because he's older and more experienced, he can do this? Huanhuan is about to cry."
"If you're not going to compete, why did you even come?"
"Did you respect Dafei and the others when you said that?"
"Who is this guy? I don't know him. Is he high-ranking? If you don't dare to participate, why did you come? Go home and lie down."
"That's the toughest duck I've ever seen."
"Dafei can take this?"
The part where Dafei argued back was edited out.
Liang Yin said, "Dafei, you didn't argue back?"
Lin Chudong shrugged, "I did, but the director cut it."
Liang Yin was so angry that her chest expanded.
Chen Jianguo said, "The director is protecting Da Fei, so it was right to cut it. Now that the show is broadcast like this, everyone thinks Da Fei is the victim, and the crowd is filled with righteous indignation."
Lin Chudong nodded. "Old Chen sees things clearly."
At that time, Lin Chudong had said a few words to Meng Xin in a fit of anger.
In the end, the director didn't show it during the review, which was Qiu Chengdong protecting him.
If it had been shown, the show would have been even better. Watching Da Fei argue with someone would have been quite lively.
But this would inevitably make Da Fei seem a bit overbearing.
Although Meng Xin had a high seniority in the cross-talk industry, Da Fei was obviously more famous. If it had been broadcast, the anti-fans would have had the opportunity to say that Da Fei was acting arrogant because of his fame.
Although Meng Xin was eventually eliminated, he still disgusted the audience.
Lin Chudong explained what happened backstage, and Liang Yin said,
"Won't that guy retaliate against you?"
Lin Chudong said, "He can't retaliate. He's a comedian, and I'm not even in the same industry. No matter how senior he is, he can't do anything to me."
Liang Yin nodded, agreeing with him.
Lin Chudong didn't care. If that old guy really caused trouble, he wouldn't be polite either.
After the show aired, Cheng Huanhuan's Weibo followers had reached nearly five million. This increase in followers was incredibly fast, making her the hottest female artist of the year.
In Beijing, Deng Siqing also heard about the backstage incident with Meng Xin.
Deng Siqing said, "I know that guy. He owns a theater in Beijing, and he has decent popularity. Many people go to see his comedy shows."
Cheng Huanhuan said, "That guy is so annoying, but Da Fei didn't broadcast him getting roasted."
Deng Siqing said, "He is quite hateful, but just ignore him. You're completely on fire this time."
Cheng Huanhuan said, "That's right, thanks to my brother Da Fei. I'll give him a free game endorsement to return the favor."
Deng Siqing laughed, "It's perfect for you to endorse his game. You're the president of a guild with tens of thousands of members, it's very suitable."
On Saturday morning, the royalties for The Three-Body Problem and Beginning were transferred, totaling 600,000.
This amount of money was quite substantial. Beginning had almost sold out, and the market was saturated.
However, The Three-Body Problem had only been on sale for just over ten days, and it already had a terrifying amount of royalties in the hundreds of thousands. Sales would definitely increase even more in the following months.
Lin Chudong glanced at the money in his hand. It was about right. He had the landlady top it up by another million, and he went for a ten-pull!
Open the [Platinum Treasure Chest]!
[Advancement Card], [Memory Search Card] x3, [Tongue Twister Hall-of-Fame Level], [Random Upgrade Card] x2, [Mastery of Postgraduate Entrance Exam Knowledge], [Super Luck Card], [Advanced Table Tennis]
A Hall-of-Fame level item!
This was the first time Lin Chudong had pulled a Hall-of-Fame level item from a treasure chest.
Although it was only [Tongue Twister Hall-of-Fame Level], the fact that he'd pulled something of this level was already quite rare.
And the items he'd pulled this time weren't bad. He didn't even need to use an [Advancement Card] to upgrade anything.
The only thing that could be upgraded was [Advanced Table Tennis], but it was just a life skill. Upgrading it wouldn't be very useful. He'd be better off saving the [Advancement Card] to upgrade acting-related items later.
First, he'd use all the skills he could learn: Table Tennis, Postgraduate Entrance Exam Knowledge, and Tongue Twisters.
Then, he used a [Random Upgrade Card].
[Beginner Chinese Medicine] advanced to [Intermediate Chinese Medicine].
This advancement was quite satisfactory, at least better than the pet training one.
With his improved Chinese medicine skills, he was practically a walking old doctor, which would greatly improve the health of their company employees.
He used the second [Random Upgrade Card] again.
[Mahjong Master Level] advanced to [Mahjong Grandmaster Level].
Good heavens, he had just praised his luck, and sure enough, another useless skill upgraded.
Lin Chudong had no interest in mahjong, and even though he was now at the grandmaster level, he still didn't want to play at all.
However, having more skills never hurt, so he just learned it.
Maybe I'll have a chance to win some money later.
After this round started, the quality of the treasure chest didn't change; it was still a Platinum Treasure Chest.
[Countdown: Seventy-five days] [Acceleration Amount: One million and twenty thousand] [Ten-draw Amount: Fifteen million] (Ten-draw guarantees an **Advancement Card**)
The difficulty of spending money had increased again. It seemed he needed to speed up his money-making. Otherwise, his earnings wouldn't keep up with the rising price of the treasure chests.
After using his skills, Lin Chudong recited a few tongue twisters in the office.
"Eight hundred standard soldiers running to the northern slope..."
He recited them so smoothly, with clear pronunciation and perfect enunciation. Coupled with his hosting skills, no matter how difficult the tongue twister, it was effortless in his mouth.
Outside the office, Wang Zhi and Guo Xiaoliang heard Lin Chudong chanting something inside, sounding like he was reciting scripture, and they were both very surprised.
They whispered, "Is Brother Fei possessed?"
"Yeah, a little. Maybe talented people are all like this."
"Acting all weird."
At noon, everyone went to the cafeteria for lunch.
After getting their food, they ran into Shen Jianbin. Lin Chudong hadn't seen him in the cafeteria since they moved in.
Although they shared a cafeteria, Lin Chudong didn't eat there often at noon, and Shen Jianbin didn't eat there much either.
Today was their first encounter.
"Da Fei, you look great, full of energy."
Lin Chudong said, "You too, you look good."
They exchanged greetings and then went to get their food.
The food in the cafeteria was pretty good, and the employees were all satisfied.
Su Yulin sat at a table with Lin Chudong and Liang Yin for dinner, completely disregarding Shen Jianbin's feelings.
Shen Jianbin seemed to be used to this, knowing he couldn't keep Su Yulin. Her contract would expire in two months.
Su Yulin had no intention of renewing, even if he offered her some generous terms, she still wouldn't renew.
Shen Jianbin said, "Da Fei, how much money has the game made?"
Lin Chudong said, "A few million, not much."
How could they possibly tell Shen Jianbin this kind of business secret?
He of course didn't believe a few million. They could even sponsor Longing for Rural Life, so they must have made a lot.
"Da Fei, I saw someone online criticizing your game, did you see it?"
Lin Chudong shook his head, "I didn't see it."
He ignored Shen Jianbin's words; who knew what he was plotting.
Liang Yin frowned; she still needed to keep an eye on this. She took out her phone and searched online, her expression immediately changing slightly.
"Da Fei, people are actually criticizing us."
Lin Chudong asked, "Haters?"
"No, these people aren't ordinary. They're from the Literary Association."
Lin Chudong frowned slightly, "The Literary Association? Who are they?"
"The first post is from Meng Xin, the one who does Daxin Crosstalk."
"And another is Lv Bo Min, a director of the Literary Association, also a crosstalk performer."
"Chen Hexi, a crosstalk performer, is the main person retweeting these three."
Liang Yin said, "It's definitely this Meng Xin's doing."
Lin Chudong nodded, "We'll talk about it later."
Liang Yin glanced at Shen Jianbin, then nodded.
They didn't talk about work during the meal. Although Shen Jianbin had no dealings with them now, he had thrown in his lot with Zhang Yiran and become the diva's lackey.
Zhang Yiran hated Lin Chudong to the bone. If it weren't for arguing with Da Fei last time, their program, Longing for Rural Life, would have been moved to another time slot.
Zhang Yiran just had to go up against Lin Chudong, and the result was a complete defeat.
She wasn't convinced. A diva like her couldn't beat a nobody like him?
Now that Shen Jianbin has connected with Zhang Yiran, he still needs to be careful about business matters.
Back at the company, Lin Chudong had Yao Qiang check the data.
Yao Qiang said, "The data is fine, with many active and new users every day."
"But there are too many reports in the background, saying that there are too many people messing around with relationships in our game, and it's said that they have reported it to the Ministry of Culture."
Lin Chudong frowned.
This was the same as those crosstalk performers online cursing him; it was clear that Meng Xin was leading the charge.
These people have a certain influence in the crosstalk circle, and as soon as they speak out, many people immediately help forward their words.
Lin Chudong asked, "In your opinion, should we deal with it now?"
Yao Qiang said, "We don't need to for now. He's not in our circle. Popularity brings trouble. It's normal for people to criticize us when the game is hot, and it hasn't caused any problems yet."
Lin Chudong nodded, "Alright, let's hold off for now. If there's any issue, let me know immediately."
"Okay."
Now, Dance Dance Revolution wasn't just a game; it was also a sponsor for Longing for Rural Life.
If something went wrong, both could be affected, and that would be a huge loss for their company.
Lin Chudong clenched his fist. That old man Meng Xin, he didn't give him any grief before, and now he was pushing his luck, right?
Chunting Game Company.
Fu Xiaochun hadn't been having a good time lately. He'd lost a lot of money on Piano on Fingertips.
Although they'd switched to a buy-out system later and made some money back, the deal with Lin Chudong for the internet cafe package had really hurt them.
As a result, there hadn't been any progress recently, and Violently Slash Three Kingdoms was also going downhill. Things weren't looking good for their company.
If their next game wasn't good, they were finished.
After seeing a few crosstalk performers online criticize Dance Dance Revolution, he immediately revealed a sneer.
"These crosstalk performers are really amateurs. What's the use of cursing like that? It's just a slap on the wrist."
"Professional matters still need to be handled by professionals. This time, I'll help them stir things up!"
That afternoon, a piece of news broke.
A young man had met a girlfriend in Dance Dance Revolution. The two got married in the game and dated for about a month. They met in person locally, only to discover that the girlfriend was actually a man pretending to be a woman.
The two sides started yelling at each other in front of the reporters.
The guy who was cross-dressing argued, "He's so bad, he didn't even give me a hundred yuan."
The young man was speechless, "Who the hell would have thought there were traps like this in the game? Isn't it supposed to be real-name authenticated? How can there be a guy? I've already booked the hotel room."
"..."
This news caused a huge uproar.
In an instant, many onlookers who didn't know the truth began to attack Dance Dance Revolution.
"This is a new generation hookup app, right? Who plays Dance Dance Revolution if they're serious?"
"This game can actually get you a real date? What server are you guys on?"
"Ban this kind of bad game, isn't this teaching young people to be bad? It's too much."
"It's okay to play games, just don't meet up with strangers. It's mainly not safe."
Seeing the news, Yao Qiang quickly found Lin Chudong.
"How do you think we should handle this?"
The three of them, including Liang Yin, quickly held a small meeting to discuss it.
"This video isn't from this year, right? The picture quality is so bad, it's practically fossilized."
"Yeah, it's probably from last year, but nobody knew about it then. It's been dug up this year."
Yao Qiang said angrily, "Damn it, Dance Dance Revolution wasn't even out last year. Why are they pinning this crap on us?"
Lin Chudong said, "Someone's definitely stirring things up behind the scenes. Meng Xin and the other crosstalk performers wouldn't stoop to such a low trick. Someone might be helping them."
Liang Yin said, "You mean, Fu Xiaochun?"
Lin Chudong said, "Possibly, but it could be someone else. Yao Qiang, you investigate this and see who's behind it."
"On the game side, we need to suppress the public opinion first. Release an announcement, rectify the game, and close the local channels."
Yao Qiang nodded and left immediately to handle it.
Now, the Dance Dance Revolution project is very important for the company. It will mainly affect Longing for Rural Life, so there can be no mistakes.
They spent tens of millions on advertising, and just as it was about to become popular, something happened. If this isn't handled well, the company will suffer significant losses.
That bastard Meng Xin is truly despicable. He thought he'd just rant on Weibo, and that would be it, but he made it so disgusting.
"I won't give you a hundred bucks" quickly became a popular internet meme.
It didn't become popular before because there wasn't a catalyst.
Now, various hot topics are combined, which is very eye-catching.
Dance Dance Revolution, city-wide hookups, men dressing as women, and online dates going wrong – these elements combined, and it became a hit.
Liangyin Media quickly issued an announcement to rectify the game and shut down the city-wide channel.
...
Chunting Game Company.
Fu Xiaochun crossed his legs, watching the comments from netizens on the news, and snorted coldly.
"They move fast. Didn't think they'd be so experienced."
The assistant said, "President Fu, they're taking a big hit this time, right?"
Fu Xiaochun shook his head. "Not really. They sponsored such a popular show. This little bit of trouble won't take them down. At most, it'll just annoy them."
"But now we've found their weakness. If anything happens in the gaming world in the future, we'll just throw the dirt on them."
"Da Fei is a smart guy. He knows not to explain. This clearly wasn't their doing, but they still handled it."
"Because a lot of people are already unhappy with their city-wide channel. For example, some people don't play games, or can't get dates, or their wives or husbands are having affairs through gaming."
"When these people see this kind of news, their anger flares up immediately, so the best way to handle it is to correct it immediately."
"And next time, if he encounters this kind of situation again, he still won't have a chance to explain. Understand?"
Fu Xiaochun's words made several employees realize the truth.
"Mr. Fu is brilliant."
Fu Xiaochun smiled. "I'm just playing the strategist in this matter. Actually, it was Meng Xin and the others who did it. What's the name of their crosstalk group?"
"It's called Daxin Crosstalk."
"That's right, that's right. We should go to Beijing and take a look sometime."
...
Daxin Crosstalk.
Meng Xin and the others stood backstage, preparing to perform.
"How's the audience today?"
"Great, it's already full. Although some people cursed us after the last show, we've become a little popular. Quite a few people are here to watch."
Meng Xin nodded with satisfaction. "How's the makeshift crosstalk shop next door?"
"They don't have many people. The audience for crosstalk is the same people, and they've all come here, so there's no one there."
Meng Xin said, "Good, those who go against me won't end well."
"Get on stage!"
Yu Hong and Meng Xin walked onto the stage, and many audience members cheered.
Crosstalk performers rely on these audiences to make a living. If they can maintain this level of attendance, then things will be good.
"Everyone, have you all seen the news today? You can find true love by playing a game. What kind of mess is society now?"
Meng Xin looked at Yu Hong and said, "What? Do you also want to find a true love for a hundred yuan?"
The audience below all laughed.
Teasing is a form of performance for crosstalk performers. This hot topic was created by them, so of course, they had to tease it.
After satirizing the game, they satirized Da Fei as well.
Many viewers recorded videos and posted them online. Many people @ Liangyin Media and Da Fei, causing a huge uproar for a time.
Liang Yin finished reading and was so angry that she almost exploded.
She handed the phone to Lin Chudong and said.
"Da Fei, bite him for me!"
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