Writing Web Novels In America-Chapter 176 - 174: It’s All Because of These People

As he watched the growing number of Twitter users and the messages being posted, Wang Jian was at a loss for words.

When he initially agreed to adapt "Anomalies and Creatures" into a drama series, he had hoped to attract more users to the website and then raise capital on the financial market.

But who could have anticipated that a celebrity voting event would cause Twitter, then merely an accessory to the main site, to meet the criteria for a website to go public?

The most critical issue was that as more celebrities submitted applications for verification, the user count continued to skyrocket!

"Wang, our servers," Dorsey said loudly, pointing at the computer screen, "are starting to overload!"

fuck!

Was the pull of the celebrities really that strong?

"Contact Cisco New York immediately and rent two additional servers!"

"We can’t let the website crash no matter what!" Wang Jian shouted.

Watching Dorsey leave, his girlfriend asked quietly, "Mr. Wang, operating a website in New York is costly. Why don’t you consider moving to Silicon Valley?"

Silicon Valley?

Though operating costs could be reduced there, the real issue was...

wangwen.com was his core competitive advantage.

And after all, it was primarily a literary website!

To maintain influence over authors, Wang Jian planned to interact with some renowned writers next.

And which famous writer lived in Silicon Valley?

Yet, considering the current situation, Twitter seemed promising.

So, spinning off this subsidiary product for independent operation might justify moving to Silicon Valley.

But Twitter had been dependent on the website since its inception.

The absence of its own profit model was also a significant problem.

The surge in Twitter users meant rising costs related to servers, bandwidth, etc.

The website was barely keeping up.

"shit!" Wang Jian thought it over rapidly, "Given the circumstances, Twitter needs to be spun off and financed on the capital markets!"

"I finally understand why everyone says the internet burns through cash!"

Wang Jian started pondering related issues as he looked at the website’s backend.

After a moment, he helplessly shook his head.

This celebrity voting, which had attracted a massive user base, was fraught with severe hidden manipulations!

Even if he wanted to abandon Naomi Watts now for the sake of going public, it was too late.

Due to technical reasons, doing so would leave even more traces.

So, to prepare for subsequent fundraising efforts, everything had to appear even more legitimate.

You see, Wall Street is much harder to deceive than ABC!

Wang Jian clicked his mouse, returning to the voting page to scrutinize more closely.

Quickly, he spotted a glaring discrepancy.

Whether it was praise or insults under other celebrities’ Twitter, there were lots of fan comments.

In contrast, the comments for Naomi Watts didn’t quite match her position.

"Financial experts may not understand technology, but intelligence is definitely not where they fall short."

As the server stabilized, Wang Jian instructed Dorsey to keep monitoring it before he returned to his office.

After considering his next steps, he pulled out his phone and called Naomi.

"Naomi, I’m faxing over the upcoming updates for ’Anomalies and Creatures.’"

"You need to respond immediately to solidify your original fan base persona."

Wang Jian paused, then feeling that perhaps ethical limits weren’t that crucial, he added, "I’ll give you someone’s contact details. Have him..."

"try to increase the comments on your Twitter."

After hanging up, Naomi Watts turned on her computer and looked at the voting page.

Then, dressed only in her pajamas, she unexpectedly began to jump on her bed.

"Ha, second place! I actually surpassed Angelina Jolie and Cameron Diaz!"

"Nicole, you have a big star as a husband. I have a bestselling author and technology elite as a lover.

Your husband can bring you fame and roles. My lover has his ways too!"

As she thought about how to ensure his support, she dialed the number she had been given according to the instructions.

...

Near San Francisco, in Silicon Valley.

A few young hackers were gathered in a room discussing their next target.

"Man, the security measures of large corporations are getting stricter, and small companies aren’t profitable," one hacker muttered quietly.

The lead hacker glanced at him and rebuked loudly, "What are we? Hackers, the Robins Hood of the internet!"

"How can you measure our actions in money?"

As he was righteously denouncing his colleague’s perspective, the room’s phone suddenly rang.

The lead hacker stared down the man and picked up the phone, only to hear a pleasant female voice.

"Excuse me, do you provide paid posting services?"

For some reason, the domain name wangwen.com immediately came to mind for this hacker.

He looked at his peers in the room and said righteously, "Miss, we are hackers targeting to strike against corporate monopolies!"

But as soon as he finished speaking, his emotions got the better of him, and he exclaimed, "What? You said a whole thirty thousand US dollars?"

After hanging up, the lead hacker coughed loudly a few times, organizing his thoughts.

"Actually, even Robin Hood needed good weapons to fight against evil nobles."

Hearing this, the hackers looked at each other for a moment.

Another hacker caught on and quickly added, "And purchasing weapons requires money!"

The atmosphere was momentarily awkward, but soon, after exchanging looks, the hackers all nodded in agreement.

The hacker leader clapped his hands loudly, "Then, let’s get moving for our cause!"

"First, let’s get familiar with Twitter and the comments on celebrity pages."

"Next, we’ll start using our skills to keep changing IPs, commenting under a female celebrity named Naomi Watts."

"Actually... I think just continuing this would be nice," someone whispered to the leader.

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"Cut it out, you think I don’t want that?" the leader said quietly. "Such hiring jobs are rare; since last year, there’ve only been a few."

"Without them, we’d starve!"

While saying this, he logged into Twitter, "Huh, this interface looks familiar."

His peer quietly asked, "What’s the matter?"

The leader double-clicked the mouse, accessing wangwen.com through a link.

"Remember those few freelance jobs I mentioned to you?"

His peer nodded.

"It’s all these people’s doing!"

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