Chapter 1376 - 1391: Internet Troll Army
And soon it became the headline news across major domestic websites. Tengxun, Xinlang, Baidu, and even the notoriously erratic 361 website all rushed to report it. This news was undoubtedly the hot topic being discussed online today.
And the post’s clicks and replies were rapidly increasing, with constant discussions both questioning, opposing, supporting—it was completely chaotic!
While waiting for his flight, Lin Mu saw the post on his phone and was immediately furious. Clearly, this was done intentionally by someone; it’s obvious they want to take down the film company.
If the spread continues at this rate, the impact will definitely be huge! The most affected would, of course, be the film base. Just imagine, if Flying Dragon Group is really fighting with gangsters, who would dare go to Flying Dragon Film and Television Base to tour or watch a movie? It’s like joking about your own life!
Therefore, a police statement is still very important, so Lin Mu immediately called Qi Manlin, asking him to issue a statement in the name of Wancheng police to calm things down. He believed this official statement would have a much greater impact than those posts because it is an official statement!
After Qi Manlin made the call, Lin Mu shut off his phone and boarded the plane.
At this point, the most important thing was to quickly return to Wancheng to solve the matter. This incident was clearly meticulously planned, involving hacking people, online posts, and subsequently causing public opinion—it seemed pre-arranged.
After returning to Wancheng, it was already past five in the afternoon. After getting off the plane, Earth Wolf was waiting in the hall. After they met, they drove to Wancheng City Public Security Bureau.
At the Public Security Bureau, Qi Manlin used the reputation of the Wancheng City Public Security Bureau to issue a statement, and the effect was quite evident. However, just an hour after the statement was issued, another daring to question post appeared, once again becoming a significantly influential sensational post.
Yes, this post claimed that the boss of Flying Dragon Film and Television Company and Wancheng City Public Security Bureau Chief Qi Manlin were in a romantic relationship, and the post even included illustrations, with clear photos of the two together.
These photos had tremendous impact; the questioning voice was turbulent. Is the police statement really true? Deceiving the broad masses, right? Qi Manlin spent the entire afternoon focusing on that post about her, the more she looked, the angrier she got. When did the paparazzi manage to secretly capture photos of her and Lin Mu together, it seemed the opponent’s means were quite skillful! They pulled it off unknown to God or ghost, even an expert like Lin Mu hadn’t discovered. Of course, perhaps Lin Mu did notice at the time, but didn’t care about it, after all, from the core of his heart, Lin Mu also harbors aspirations to be an AV superstar!
At this moment, Qi Manlin also felt it was very tricky. These photos don’t signify anything but in such times, it’s indeed easy to make people think crookedly, coupled with the post replies, it further prompts people to think in other directions.
This is when a knock sounded on the office door.
"Come in." Qi Manlin said while sitting at the desk.
"Chief, we’ve been interrogating all afternoon, those people really have tough mouths, they won’t say anything." A policeman walked in and said.
"Have you checked their identities?" Qi Manlin asked.
"They’re all a group of people without residence registrations, no criminal record history either." The policeman replied.
"Alright, I understand, you may leave now." Qi Manlin waved his hand and said.
"Okay," The policeman nodded and exited.
At this moment, Lin Mu happened to arrive at the police station, quickly stepped in, and right now he was genuinely anxious.
"Sis, how’s the situation?" Lin Mu asked after entering.
"The situation isn’t good, two hours ago I just issued a statement, but a post targeting me quickly appeared subsequently, and it even posted photos of our usual outings, it’s evident someone is manipulating from behind, the matter isn’t simple anymore!" Qi Manlin said.
"Damn it, these little bastards." Lin Mu was furious.
"What do you think we should do now?" Qi Manlin asked.
Lin Mu thought for a moment and said, "The most important thing now is to extinguish this mess on the internet, that’s crucial. I’ll contact Xiaoxiao, to investigate the primary ID of the people posting."
So Lin Mu called Xiong Xiaoxiao, and after learning Lin Mu’s intention, Xiong Xiaoxiao straightforwardly said it’s no problem, she had been focusing on this matter all afternoon too, and most of the post replies came from online paid trolls hired specifically to badmouth them, it’s also their usual tactic.
Ten minutes later, Xiong Xiaoxiao called back.
"Hello, Xiaoxiao, have you tracked it?" Lin Mu answered the phone and asked.
"Brother Lin, we’ve tracked it, the address is Bank Road 32, Jinrong Community, fourth floor, room 406." Xiong Xiaoxiao gave Lin Mu the detailed address.
"Alright, thanks for your hard work, that’s it, I’ll handle the rest myself." Lin Mu said, then hung up the phone.
Then Lin Mu said to Qi Manlin, "Xiaoxiao has found the addresses of those posters, both the previous post and the later one came from the same address, let’s go find them immediately."
"Okay, let’s go together!" Qi Manlin nodded, she wanted to meet these boring people too, where did those online sneak photos come from, these people are truly hateful.
So, Lin Mu and Qi Manlin left Wancheng Public Security Bureau together, and ten minutes later, Qi Manlin drove to Bank Road 32, Jinrong Community’s entrance.
"This is the place." Qi Manlin said after stopping the car.
"Let’s go, get out." Lin Mu said, opened the car door, and stepped out from the car, both headed upstairs one after the other.
This is quite a shabby neighborhood, no security guard, only one building with four stories at most. Such places are usually low-grade rentals.
Once they reached the fourth floor, Lin Mu could hear a noisy commotion from room 406, and judging by the sound, there were at least a dozen people inside, it looked chaotic, a typical place mixing good and bad.
Lin Mu stepped forward and knocked on the door, listening to a conversation inside.
"Huang Mao, quickly open the door."
"No, I’m having a blast cursing this person in the post, Baldy, you go."
"No way, no time for that, Xiaoliu, you go."
"Not gonna go..."
"..."
Fed up, Lin Mu stepped forward and kicked the door open, with a bang the door fell to the ground. Upon walking into the room, he found it was filled with smoke and chaos. In the living room on worn-out plastic chairs sat a row of young men, bare-chested, holding cheap cigarettes, each guarding a computer, it resembled a dodgy internet café.
Even though Lin Mu kicked the door loudly, it seemingly didn’t cause much of a stir, making him suspicious if their ears were stuffed with ass fur or what?