127: Xingyao Media's traffic explodes

No one knew that inside a luxury villa, a man was acting like a rogue while holding a glamorous beauty, all while planning an attack on TikTok's servers.

If TikTok's executives knew about this, they would probably laugh until their stomachs hurt.

A playboy wants to hack our TikTok?

Little did they know, this cheater had already written the Trojan horse in just one short hour.

Next, using the most primitive method, he would send emails to TikTok's internal employees. As long as one person clicked, they would be infected.

Cao Lang found many public contact details for TikTok employees online. Countless emails, sent through his settings, scattered across the globe like snowflakes.

Next, he just had to wait for the fish to bite.

Su Wei only dared to make a sound and speak after she saw Cao Lang stop.

"Hubby~"

After being teased by his large hands for a while, she knew the man before her was very fired up.

So, with enchanting grace, she slowly slid under the office desk, tilting her head and looking up at Cao Lang with wide, blinking eyes.

This expression was just too unfair!

The study was very large, and the mahogany desk offered even more spacious room. The gap in the middle allowed Cao Lang's two thick legs to stretch out freely.

Not to mention Su Wei hiding inside on her knees—there was more than enough room even if another person joined... Cao Lang sat on the leather chair with his eyes closed, resting and waiting for someone to make a mistake and take the bait.

In internet companies, phishing emails are common. Employees are trained that when they encounter such emails, they must absolutely not open them!

However, Cao Lang's email was disguised very realistically.

The subject line was: [A Letter to All Employees: We're Getting a Raise This Year!]

What a simple and unpretentious title.

Many employees simply could not resist the temptation.

Even if they knew it might be fake, they still wanted to click and take a look!

This was where Cao Lang's brilliance lay.

He perfectly manipulated the weaknesses of human nature.

Sure enough, within ten minutes, the Trojan horse was successfully implanted.

Cao Lang sat up straight and patted Su Wei's little head as a sign of encouragement.

This Trojan horse was so powerful it was ridiculous; it could directly tamper with TikTok's backend traffic recommendation algorithm.

The best part was that TikTok's senior management and technical team couldn't detect it at all!

The system would only show that everything was normal, and all traffic was being 'intelligently recommended' by the system based on big data.

Cao Lang tapped a few times on the backend, and with a single command, Xingyao Media's name was placed at the very top of the highest natural traffic pool.

This traffic pool was the core of TikTok's algorithm and the birthplace of all viral videos.

As long as the video content didn't violate regulations and aligned with mainstream values, it would receive endless promotions!

It could be said that any video entering this traffic pool would 100% break out of its niche and become a nationwide topic!

The algorithm took effect immediately.

The first video countless people across the country saw when they opened TikTok was an advertisement from Xingyao Media's official account recruiting Internet Celebrities.

In the video, several beautiful young ladies were dancing together, including Lobster, Hehe, Lin Xinyi, Remained Alone, and Xiao Shui No. 1.

After the dance, they warmly invited everyone to join Xingyao Media.

The comment section below was a mixed bag.

[Where the heck did my phone take me? I searched for 'what to do if I forgot my exam permit for the Gaokao,' so why did it show me a recruitment ad for Internet Celebrities?]

[What if Little Water is a female chef?]

[Press 1 if you're currently taking a dump.]

[Like, like, like! Today's youngsters are really getting more and more energetic. Flower, flower, flower.]

[Everyone, look at my daughter. Isn't she cute?]

[Huawei is awesome!]

[God Wei is so pure; I hope everyone protects him!]

Of course, there were other viewpoints as well.

[TikTok is finished if this kind of video can get ten million likes. What will the kids think?]

[I suggest banning Xingyao Media. Let Internet Celebrities return to business KTVs and let prices return to normal!]

[Stop showing skin; you deserve to be loved!]

...People of different ages, regions, and social circles were all scrolling to the same video at this moment. The number of likes soared at a terrifying speed, directly breaking the ten-million mark.

At the same time, the personal homepages of all the Internet Celebrities under Xingyao Media received a tsunami of traffic recommendations!

The like count for every video broke one million. Overnight, the entire company showed a trend of everyone becoming a top-tier influencer.

For a media company, traffic was pure cold, hard cash!

The advertising endorsements and live-stream sales under Xingyao Media welcomed an unprecedented explosion!

Chengdu Yang Yuhuan, who had just finished her broadcast, screamed at the screen:

"Oh my god! My TikTok shop earnings today exceeded 30,000! Who is buying all this? It used to be hard to even earn 30 in a day!"

The other Internet Celebrities also pleasantly discovered that many revenue channels they usually didn't have high hopes for were starting to make a lot of money.

This abnormal phenomenon was quickly reported to Li Na.

Her sense of smell was incredibly keen, and she immediately realized this was the perfect opportunity for Xingyao Media to skyrocket!

Li Na acted decisively and immediately ordered: "HR department, start large-scale recruitment immediately! Operations, business, post-production—I want them all! Get ready to welcome the massive traffic impact that's coming!"

Her goal was clear: to swallow all of this windfall traffic and turn Xingyao Media into the number one Internet Celebrity company in the country in one fell swoop!

Additionally, the clip previews for 'urban tycoon' were quickly made and prepared for release on the Short Video Platform.

The resulting chain reaction also caused a massive influx of users to the Short Video Platform!

It even caused the software to lag for a while, making Jiang Mengyuan work overtime at the company to resolve it.

In sharp contrast to this was Qins Media.

The traffic for all its Internet Celebrities was suppressed to a pitiful state, exactly like what Xingyao Media had faced when it was being targeted.

Tao Tao looked at the few viewers in her live stream room and was completely dumbfounded.

She had jumped ship to Qins Media thinking her career would reach new heights. How could she have encountered another career Waterloo in just a few days?

Was jumping ship back then really a huge mistake?

The other Female Internet Celebrities who had followed her in jumping ship looked at their dismal data, all of them wearing worried expressions.

They couldn't understand why their traffic had fallen back to rock bottom just by switching platforms.

As soon as they opened TikTok, the screen was filled with promotions for Xingyao Media. It was everywhere, directly squeezing out the survival space for other Internet Celebrities!

Finally, someone couldn't take it anymore, quit their own live stream room, rushed into Tao Tao's room, and started shouting in front of everyone:

"Tao Tao! Look at what you've done! We only listened to your nonsense back then!"

Tao Tao's face turned red from being scolded, and she tried to defend herself: "Can you blame me? You were the ones willing to jump ship!"

"Bullshit! We wanted to work hard under CEO Cao! It's all because of you, you bitch, fanning the flames behind the scenes and disrupting morale!"

The live stream room was hurriedly closed amidst the chaos. In the backend chat group, a group of former 'sisters' had completely turned against each other.

The HR came out to mediate:

"Quarreling in the company is prohibited. Violators will be fined one thousand yuan!"

With fines being handed out at the drop of a hat, some people already wanted to return to Xingyao Media!

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