Back to the Past to Become a Fishing King-Chapter 538 - 311 Old Yin 13_2

"Damn!! I just shot my mouth off a bit, and they banned me for 72 hours? What the hell is wrong with the platform?"

Ma Yafei watched the money slip through his fingers, cursed angrily, and immediately took out his phone to call Liu Xingyun.

A moment later, the call was connected.

"Manager Liu, what's going on with our platform? I've been working hard on my live stream, the popularity just started picking up, sales were about to happen, and suddenly I get banned—what's this all about?"

"You ticked off Zhang Yang? He sent the screen recording video straight to my boss, what can I do?" Liu Xingyun didn't beat around the bush but directly addressed the situation.

"Zhang Yang? Damn, there were only two thousand people in the live room; who the hell recorded it?"

Ma Yafei showed no awareness; instead of reflecting on his actions, he focused on whoever recorded it, as if no recording would mean he did nothing wrong.

"That's the situation! He directly took the matter to my superior; initially, the plan was to ban you for a week. I pleaded for you and got it reduced to 72 hours! Learn from this! Don't do it again!" Liu Xingyun said skillfully.

"Damn! Went straight to your boss? Does Zhang Yang have that much sway?"

Ma Yafei heard this and didn't doubt Liu Xingyun's words but instead inquired about Zhang Yang's situation.

Zhang Yang's base is in W City; Ma Yafei's headquarters is around the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei area, both northern cities but separated by at least hundreds of kilometers.

Ma Yafei had vaguely heard about Zhang Yang's company growing fast but wasn't clear on Zhang Yang's actual strength.

So he blew off steam in the live room, riding the wave of popularity to attach himself to Zhang Yang.

In essence, it boiled down to not taking him seriously and a belief that no evidence would be left.

Liu Xingyun pursed his lips at his phone and continued, "You all mix in the outdoor fishing circuit; you should have a concept of his shear number of fans and the popularity of his live stream, right?

He's the first major fishing streamer on KuaiShou; even in Ink before, he was a top stream, and without streaming software, he had thousands on his public account, knows our company's boss; isn't that normal?

Take my advice: consider this a lesson learned or go apologize to him to close this matter! The fault lies with you; don't dwell on it too much!"

"Alright, alright, I got it! Thanks, Manager Liu!"

"No need to thank me; just leave it like that, call if you need anything!"

"Okay, goodbye!"

Hanging up, Ma Yafei irritably scratched his head, feeling a pent-up anger inside, his mood a bit sullen.

"Boss, since our account is temporarily banned, what do we do next?" At this moment, Ma Yafei's follower Ming Zai foolishly asked.

"Do what? Do your mother's what! Damn! All of you get lost into the warehouse to pack stuff; you are all blind, am I feeding you for free?" Finding an opportunity to vent, Ma Yafei scolded his follower badly.

Ming Zai felt wronged, he was just normally asking about work, but instead got criticized.

Another young guy next to him tugged at Ming Zai's T-shirt hem, gesturing him not to argue, and they sulkily went off to pack in the warehouse.

After sending away his followers, Ma Yafei took a deep breath, furrowed his brow, and started pondering.

Ma Yafei had a habit — no matter who he fell out with, he carried a heavy sense of revenge. Several people had previously had unpleasant run-ins with him, and soon after, all kinds of baseless drama arose, causing them misfortune while the instigator remained carefree.

Right now, Liu Yunfei was in that same state. He browsed his phone and recalled the memory of the pickup competition days at Jinghai Garden involving Zhang Yang.

The overlap of their activity tracks was minimal, basically just one meeting, but Liu Yunfei accurately seized a detail he could exploit.

YoYo!!

Back at the pickup competition, Zhang Yang had interactions with YOYO. Now, YOYO went to work at Zhang Yang's company, providing an angle for creating controversy!

YOYO's departure from Happy Fishing to join Zhang Yang's tackle company was no secret in the circle, and Ma Yafei knew these details too.

If he added gossip and rumors, even if Zhang Yang couldn't be directly hit, he'd at least be really annoyed.

Comedian Guo Degang once said that those who wrong you, understand your grievance more than you do.

For those who spread rumors and stir trouble, the truth doesn't matter; as long as they can find a way to attack and vex someone, their objective of feeling avenged is accomplished.

Having made up his mind, Ma Yafei soon locked himself in the office, opened a computer document, and started fabricating wildly.

An hour later, Ma Yafei had concocted a tale about Zhang Yang and YOYO's romantic escapades.

How the two met, dated, how Zhang Yang supposedly abandoned her—all sorts of stories woven together extravagantly.

Having finished composing, the next step was the essence of rumor-spreading. Ma Yafei found another rarely-contacted account on WeChat, sending over his requests and method details. Along with it, he forwarded a 10,000 yuan preliminary benefit!

At this point, you might have guessed that Ma Yafei turned to someone specializing in operating a smear campaign.

Utilizing a matrix of alternate accounts, following the employer's instructions, spreading all sorts of ambiguous messages, continually heating the topic.

Once the buzz had fermented sufficiently, they'd gather more alternate accounts to rally and stir uninformed onlookers into a second burst, purposefully hyping the matter.

Ma Yafei had done this kind of work before; without personally acting, it is nearly impossible to trace back to him, serving as a conniving tool.

That night, on KuaiShou platform, the first round of groundwork began.

Shocking! A major outdoor fishing circle streamer suspected of revealing a romance with a TV host!

Come and gossip! A young fishing streamer deceives both emotionally and financially, heartbreaks a popular starlet!

The love and betrayal between a certain Yang and a YO, how a playboy is made!

…

Various eye-catching titles soon appeared, with topics being uploaded in narrative form on KuaiShou platform.

These topics weren't entirely uniform but fell under the same logical framework, precisely utilizing the core details Ma Yafei fabricated.

Aside from textual content, several pixelated images were provided.

The pictures' pixelation was skillfully done, revealing just a slight sliver of eyes, but anyone who'd seen the person could still identify who was being referred to.

There's a fitting term for it, "partially veiled like embracing a pipa."

With deliberate instigation, the topic started small-scale fermenting that same night. Meanwhile, Zhang Yang was out at a reservoir with his crew, enjoying a lamb BBQ, unaware of the unfolding developments.

The next morning, YOYO and Xiao Wei had a dark pit live fishing stream scheduled, with Zhang Yang, as an experienced streaming veteran, responsible for overseeing and guiding the pace from behind the scenes, monitoring the live stream, not taking notice.

By noon, the second wave of momentum crafted by the water army arrived; more narratives and content poured in, Zhang Yang received the news.

"Boss, there's gossip on the platform about you and YOYO, making it look really convincing—damn it, you should check it out! I've forwarded you a link from one of the accounts!"

Meng Fan was the first to notice the issue, realizing the seriousness, he shared the story with Zhang Yang.

Scandal with YOYO? Hearing this, Zhang Yang felt slightly bewildered.

The connection between him and YOYO was practically nonexistent; YOYO was at best regarded as a sibling's family member, yet rumors linked them.

Confused, Zhang Yang opened the link shared by Meng Fan.

Upon reading it, Zhang Yang's face turned livid, truly angry.

If the narrative was mere speculation, Zhang Yang might not be outraged, but the narrative depicted events so vividly as if they actually happened—this went beyond speculation!

Clearly, someone was instigating trouble!