Chapter 30: The Title Party's Reversal of Fortune with One Pillar Holding Up the Sky

  P.S: My mind doesn't need much explanation, I believe all brothers understand.

  Since the 21st century, computer networks have gradually become the fastest-growing wealth project. More and more capital has entered the network field, making it easier for more people to learn about online surfing. Since 2005, when China's first video-sharing website "Potato" went online, it has slowly changed the living habits of many young people.

  Since the emergence of video websites, people no longer need to sit in front of the TV every night waiting for their favorite shows, nor do they need to spend money renting DVDs at video stores. As long as you enter the name of the video you want to watch on the website, you can watch everything you want without being disturbed by ads and for free.

  It is precisely because of its uniqueness that it has freed people from the habit of being locked in front of the TV. So, although the potato video sharing website has only been online for a little over a year so far, it has become a popular "leisure" destination for many young people.

  It was a day in early July, almost summer, approaching dawn. Five young people with a black backpack walked into an empty large internet cafe, where only a few dozen people were still surfing the web overnight. One of them went to the counter filled with snacks and drinks to find the network administrator to turn on the computers, while the other four went to a corner where no one was surfing the web and opened five computers after a flurry of activity.

  "Tomorrow I'll go find those internet-addicted guys in our class to vote for us, this time we must get the video we uploaded to the front page, watch me shock those bastards to death!"

  A tall, sturdy young man who looked like a leader took out a pack of 10-yuan Red Tower Mountain cigarettes and handed one to each person. With a somewhat smug smile, he said: "I'm not bragging, but this time's video will definitely scare you all out of your wits. You can't even imagine that there exists in this world something with such awesome mimicking abilities."

  "Stop bragging, who would believe you? You have a record of this!" A small mustache man spat out a smoke ring and scolded with hurt: "Last time you said you shot the most awesome infantry film, absolutely more explosive than European and American ones. As a result... I was so moved that I treated you to a meal worth 50 yuan, but you showed me a one-hour video of two country dogs playing the male and female leads. And the last time before that, you said you shot a scene of chopping people, but as a result, I watched it and found out that what you called 'chopping people' was actually someone practicing martial arts with a pair of swords..."

  "You're kidding me! So you're this kind of unreliable person?"

  At that moment, the other three people were stunned, including the young man who had just walked over after recharging at the front desk. They had originally not planned to spend money and stay up all night at the internet cafe, but it was because their dorm mate "Zhu Zi" excitedly ran back with his DV machine, loudly saying that whoever didn't watch would regret it. So they were lured into climbing over the wall from Dazu Vocational Middle School to the internet cafe.

  They were originally quite looking forward to it, after all, this is like watching a movie. But now, after listening to Xiaohuzi's scolding, the three of them are all depressed to death. What kind of person is this? A title party? It seems like they don't even have a bit of integrity.

  "I'm telling you, I won't deceive you this time..." The pillar, who had been scolded and was full of embarrassment, couldn't help but fight back. He said loudly: "If you don't believe me, just wait and see. If you still don't think it's shocking after watching, I'll invite you to have breakfast tomorrow."

  "Alright, this is what you said, we all remember." Little Hu took note of this promise on behalf of everyone.

  "What are you guys looking at? Is it a new movie or something?" A voice came from across them, the five-person group looked up to see that it was another overnight internet surfer who had been attracted by their discussion. He was now curiously waiting for an answer.

  "You come and take a look too, but if you think it's great, be sure to help me apply for an account and vote for me!" Zhuzi didn't refuse such curious people at all, he invited with a smiling face.

  "Alright, you guys go ahead and upload first. I'll bring the cigarettes over and we can take a look together." This person was also a heavy smoker, after agreeing he went back to his own position, picked up his cigarettes and a bottle of water, and walked over.

  It was precisely this lively and loud scene that aroused people's curiosity, so a curious bespectacled man immediately asked: "What are you looking at? Is it a movie?"

  "Come and see for yourself, or you'll regret it!" Zhùzi grasped the essence of being a "title party" member - he didn't explain anything. Seeing that the computer was ready to work, he directly connected the DV machine to the computer with a data cable, and then started uploading slowly.

  Of course, the bespectacled man who was "ignored" by him did not escape this obvious hook, and not only did he come over himself, but also brought two other guys who were staying up all night to join in. As a result, in this sudden movement, all the people who stayed up late in the entire internet cafe, including those who were working overtime and fighting in games, involuntarily gathered around.

  But the place is so small, where can so many people stand? So "Title Party" Zhu Zi spoke up, he said loudly: "Everyone don't squeeze, I'm uploading a video now, it's 65 minutes long, the internet speed in this internet cafe is not bad, and since it's early morning it's not very laggy, everyone can watch it within half an hour, now let me teach you how to watch this video...

  It was like this, in this era, everyone basically went online to play games or chat, watching videos was also there, but relatively speaking, it really wasn't as common as a few years later. Many people hadn't even visited video sharing websites once. So, ZhuZi, who had a preference for photography and was one of the earliest users of Potato Video website, took it upon himself to teach everyone how to register on the website, log in, click, and vote.

  Finally, everything has been said, and everyone seems to remember it quite well. He looked at the upload progress with some excitement and found that it had already reached 70%. So he said to the dozens of people around him: "Now everyone go back to your seats, first register a user as I just said, then directly enter my username '一柱擎天' in the search bar on the homepage, click in and you can see what I'm uploading now."

  "Damn it, why didn't you say so earlier?" A large crowd of people grumbled and complained as they flashed away. They had wasted at least half an hour just now, hadn't they? Everyone spent money to stay up late and suffer, wasn't it all for the sake of getting a cheaper overnight internet package? This is simply ridiculous!

  And the four roommates of Da Zhu Zi were already stunned, they never thought that this shameless guy would dare to "cheat" so many people and give them such high expectations. Is he trying to get himself killed? Ah?

  "What are you looking at? I guarantee that this time, I will definitely make it to the front page." Da Zhu Zi obviously saw the look in his roommates' eyes and some thoughts, but he didn't care. In the past, joking around was just joking around, but this time, Big Brother Zhu is serious. He's afraid you won't watch, don't believe that after watching the amazing performance of the young singer "Xiao Tang", you'll blame him for deceiving people. This is Brother's comeback work, his counterattack masterpiece! Click on it, recommend it, praise it, top it... bring all the good stuff! I must get it to the front page recommendations!"

  Time slowly passed, and in the midst of the crowd's impatient wait at the internet cafe, more than 10 minutes had gone by. Finally, after repeatedly refreshing, the uploaded work of a guy with the username "一柱擎天" (Yi Zhu Ding Tian) appeared, and before anyone could even see the name of the work, everyone was already cheering and clicking to enter...

  PS: Success is not just a matter of luck, and fame cannot be achieved solely through newspapers, so this chapter will not be redundant.

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