usatvline Chapter 222 The Quiet Network Project
Chapter 222 The Quiet Network Project
The night passed.
The shadowy figure typed countless messages, his eyes glued to the text message interface, but received no further replies!
"Damn it! What kind of idiot website is this!" The shadowy figure, with heavy dark circles under his eyes, couldn't help but curse out loud when he saw the eerily quiet interface.
At the same time, he felt increasingly apprehensive, after all, he was making a living by live streaming on Douyin!
Before he started live streaming on Douyin, he was just a cheap laborer in a furniture store. His primary school education made his work extremely hard. He worked from dawn till dusk moving furniture and only earned five or six thousand yuan a month.
He finally seized the opportunity and unexpectedly entered the world of live streaming. As long as he created some entertaining content, he could easily earn over ten thousand yuan a month. How could the shadowy figure give it up so easily!
Moreover, if he is permanently banned from Douyin, and he tries to start a new account on another platform, it will take him a long time, let alone whether he can succeed!
Seeing that the back-end staff still didn't reply to him, the shadowy figure became desperate and chose to criticize the Douyin platform for maliciously banning his account on his Weibo account, without considering that he wasn't a well-known person. The shadowy figure even spent money to hire some online trolls to try to make the matter bigger.
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As the saying goes, money makes the world go round. Not long after the shadowy figure posted the message, his post gained popularity. Although it didn't make it onto the trending list, quite a few people saw it.
"Huh? Is Douyin (TikTok) really that arrogant? Shouldn't the platform and the streamers have a cooperative relationship? Even if they ban someone, shouldn't there be a reasonable reason?"
"Yeah, this official action is making us small-time streamers really nervous..."
"I originally planned to join Douyin Live, but now it seems I'll have to wait and see."
"Did they explain what's going on? Douyin even tried to poach me before. I'm a bit confused by how they treat streamers."
Seeing the post by the person in the comments section, I didn't immediately start blindly criticizing the Douyin platform. However, hearing these words made me feel uneasy, afraid that I would be the next unlucky one.
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Jiang Group headquarters, vice president's office.
Zhang Chaosheng was processing and reviewing the economic and tax information from his various companies when his cell phone suddenly rang on his right.
"Hello? Who is this?" Zhang Chaosheng put down the documents in his hand, rubbed his eyes wearily, and then asked.
"Zhang Chaosheng, what the hell is this forced PK? What genius came up with this idea? And is the censorship on our Douyin live streaming platform really that lax? Can any kind of monster or nobody be let in? I know you've been very busy since our group grew, so you've gradually let go of the Douyin platform, but even if you're going to find someone to act as your agent, at least find someone trustworthy and capable to manage it, right?" After dealing with the troublesome matter of the shadowy figure, Jiang Chengcheng called Zhang Chaosheng directly, preparing to settle scores later.
As her group's projects grew larger and larger, in order to facilitate management, she put all the project companies under the Jiang Group's name, with a few people under her managing several companies separately.
Zhao Feng and Zhang Chaosheng were in charge of domestic affairs, while Zhang Wangyue and Ning Qier were in charge of international affairs.
"Hey Chengcheng? What's wrong? Why are you so angry? Who upset you?" The group had always been casual with each other, so Zhang Chaosheng was a little puzzled when he heard Jiang Chengcheng suddenly get angry, but he wasn't angry.
"...I'd like to trouble you to stop staring at the documents all the time. Check out the trending topics and pay attention to your own company." Jiang Chengcheng and the others were business partners and subordinates, but also friends. Hearing Zhang Chaosheng's heartless words, even she felt powerless despite her anger, and said irritably.
"Trending topic? Which company?" Zhang Chaosheng scratched his head and opened Weibo to ask.
Actually, it's not entirely his fault. After all, Jiang Chengcheng has too many companies now, and there are always times when she can't manage everything. But even if she can't manage everything, she should at least find a reliable person to take care of her.
“… Tremolo!” Jiang Chengcheng was completely speechless after hearing Zhang Chaosheng’s words! She immediately closed her eyes, sighed, and replied.
"Okay! I'll take a look right away!" Although Zhang Chaosheng was a very easygoing person, he could still sense the frustration in Jiang Chengcheng's words, so he quickly tried to smooth things over.
A short while later, I finally found news related to the Douyin platform at the very bottom of the trending topics.
"Outrageous! Who just banned someone's account like that!" Zhang Chaosheng had just finished reading the trending topic and thought Jiang Chengcheng was so angry because she cared about Douyin's reputation.
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Jiang Chengcheng was speechless for a long time after hearing Zhang Chaosheng's words, and then replied calmly.
"Is it possible... that I had someone seal it off?"
Zhang Chaosheng was embarrassed when he heard this, realizing that he had offended the horse, and quickly explained.
"No... Ouch! The wind's too strong! You must have misheard! I'm saying who's so annoying! Daring to frame our CEO Jiang!"
"Alright! Stop trying to salvage the situation! Get someone to sort out the matter of the shadowy figure, and then conduct a thorough investigation across the entire Douyin platform. Any streamer with serious issues of conduct, morality, or legal loopholes, no matter how many followers they have or how much revenue they bring to the platform, ban them all! We at Douyin don't need disgusting people making disgusting money!" Although Zhang Chaosheng is nominally the largest shareholder of Douyin, it was clearly stated in their contract that, except for major events such as the transfer of shares and the sale of the company, Zhang Chaosheng and Jiang Chengcheng have equal say in other matters.
"Alright! I'll go right now! Don't get angry!" Zhang Chaosheng assured Jiang Chengcheng before hanging up that he would handle the matter perfectly!
After all, apart from Zhang Chaosheng being the largest shareholder of the Douyin platform, he was essentially working for Jiang Chengcheng in other aspects. Before he met Jiang Chengcheng, he only had eyes for Douyin and only wanted to develop Douyin and become the boss. However, after spending more time with Jiang Chengcheng, Zhang Chaosheng realized that only by following her could he go further. So even though he was as arrogant as he was, he was willing to submit to Jiang Chengcheng.
Not long after the two hung up the phone, the current CEO of Douyin was given a severe scolding by Zhang Chaosheng, and repeatedly promised that he would handle the incident properly.
About half an hour later, the Douyin platform responded swiftly to the defamatory post by the shadowy figure.
Douyin Network Technology Co., Ltd. (v): Recently, news about our company's unjustified ban of a streamer has been circulating online and has attracted the attention of netizens. After verification by relevant departments, the above is a malicious rumor spread by the streamer "Black Shadow". The reason why our company banned the streamer is because he maliciously insulted netizens, made things difficult for other streamers, and maliciously led the audience astray.
The rumors spread by the streamer "Black Shadow" have seriously damaged our company's reputation. We hereby formally file a lawsuit against "Black Shadow," demanding compensation and a permanent ban on the streamer. We hope that our fellow streamers will take this as a warning and work together to create a harmonious and safe online environment.
In addition, the Douyin (TikTok) online platform will begin a "quiet internet" plan early next month, with the following rules...
We urge all netizens to help monitor this situation and not to listen to, believe, or spread rumors!