Malice

It was already past 5 o'clock in the afternoon when Lu Zhou left Huiteng.

Although it was almost time to leave work, Lu Zhou decided to return to Room 305 once again.

Currently, Dream Grain was still in its early stages, and these team members could be considered the core team. As long as they didn't choose to leave for personal reasons, they would eventually become the company's founders or key members.

After all, he came out to handle official business, and even though he was the boss himself, carrying himself like a boss would inevitably create a distance between him and the employees. It would be more appropriate to inform them and arrange tomorrow's work upon returning.

He returned to Room 305 and set up remote access on his own computer. He said to the others, "Those who don't have anything to do can leave early, no need to force yourselves. If you have something to do or are willing to stay, you can continue working here."

"Okay."

"I'm leaving now. You can contact me anytime if you have any questions, I'll handle it remotely."

"Goodbye, Senior."

As soon as Lu Zhou left, the people in Room 305 started whispering to each other.

"Brother Lu seems to be in the mood for love. He's going on a date after work..."

"Sigh. Spring has arrived, and it's the season when animals are in heat."

"Poor Ye Fairy, she let the pig escape."

"Tsk tsk, daring to call Brother Lu a pig, you've got some nerve."

"Hey, it's just a joke. Brother Lu doesn't have any airs."

After Lu Zhou left, he naturally went to have dinner with Ye Qingchen.

In the following two days, the advertising department led by Fang Qiang managed to complete the backend functionality that needed to be provided to Banana in advance. As for Banana, the corresponding logic for several rankings had also been completed, but there was still a lot of work remaining.

Lu Zhou didn't ask Fang Qiang to send people from the advertising department to help in the Banana department. After all, Dream Grain's advertising version 2.0 couldn't afford to slack off either. The work done by the advertising department here had already relieved a lot of pressure for Lu Zhou.

...

Before work on Friday.

Fang Qiang found Lu Zhou and said with a somewhat embarrassed expression, "Brother Lu, there's something about the Ali Store that I need to discuss with you."

"Alright, go ahead, I'm listening."

Upon hearing that it was about the Weibo trading, it probably wasn't too important. Lu Zhou didn't stop his work and continued typing on his keyboard while listening to Fang Qiang.

"At first, I had Xiao Yun help manage the Ali Store, right? A few days ago, Xiao Yun told me that the average rating of the store's orders had dropped a bit. At that time, Dream Grain was too busy, and I thought it was a bug in the Weibo program that caused some orders to perform poorly. So I temporarily didn't inform you and planned to deal with it later during the weekend."

Lu Zhou thought for a moment. "Your arrangement was fine. You told me about it, but I didn't have time to deal with it. Continue."

"Alright. In the following days, the average rating of the store started to decline rapidly, accumulating hundreds of negative reviews, and the store's transaction volume also decreased significantly. Early this morning, Xiao Yun received a message asking her to add a QQ number. And then..." As Fang Qiang spoke, his anger surged when he mentioned his girlfriend, Liang Xiaoyun.

"Take it easy, and continue."

"He showed me

the chat records with Xiaoyun. The other party was extremely arrogant. They said that we were selling followers at such low prices, cutting off their source of income, and they would come to our door within minutes to teach us a lesson. They also said that if we cooperated with them in this business, it would be beneficial for both parties, or else they would start leaving negative reviews. If we dared to resist, they had the ability to find our address and kill our entire family..."

Lu Zhou remained calm after hearing this. "Oh? That's what they said?"

"Yes, Xiaoyun was quite scared by it."

Lu Zhou said, "Comfort Xiaoyun and tell her not to manage the store for now. You should take on more work for now. Give me your contact information, and I'll handle the rest."

Hehe, they want to mess with our whole family?

Since his rebirth, Lu Zhou had been anxiously engaging in the sideline business of Weibo trading, all for the sake of his family.

Lu Zhou didn't need to be in such a rush. With just his ideas alone, he could become wealthy within a few years and possess a great amount of wealth.

However, no amount of wealth could bring back the health of his father, Lu Yong.

The business of selling Weibo followers was not illegal, but it was unethical. Even so, Lu Zhou willingly engaged in this low-class activity.

Now someone was saying they wanted to mess with his family?

On the surface, he appeared normal, but in reality, he was furious.

Where there are people, there is a world of hidden rules. The internet is not lacking in dark aspects, and everywhere can be a place for hidden dirt.

Lu Zhou naturally understood this truth. When two people communicate through the internet instead of face-to-face, the sense of security created by the distance of the screen lowers the baseline of communication. Verbal violence no longer easily generates guilt. Saying things like "kill the whole family" becomes too easy.

Lu Zhou took the contact information and the other party's QQ number and phone number. He first searched for the QQ number but couldn't access the person's profile due to their privacy settings.

He noted the location indicated by the QQ number, Shenzhen Nan City, and the person's age. Although this may not necessarily be accurate, he made a note of it for confirmation later.

Next, he pasted the QQ number and phone number into Baidu and Google search boxes and used search engine commands like inurl to investigate further.

"Hehe, there's quite a bit of information. It seems this guy has made a fair number of comments when leaving contact information online."

Lu Zhou flipped through the pages of search results, finding an email address left in a Baidu Tieba post, a real estate sales inquiry on a local website, a contact phone number left on a website, and a registered domain name with the QQ email address as the registration information...

Following the trail of the Baidu Tieba account, from complaints about sales a few years ago to discussions about game equipment and subsequent game equipment transactions, followed by inquiries about opening an Ali Store and discussions on automatic Weibo registration, and discussions on selling short videos...

Using the name and the location of the real estate left on the local website, Lu Zhou could basically determine that this person resided in Shenzhen Nan City. He then searched for the person's name in the search box.

There was information about a business registration, with the company registered in the north and south districts of Shenzhen. Lu Zhou continued searching and found another shareholder...

Everything was exposed under the scrutiny of search engine crawlers. Two sets of ambiguous numbers appeared before Lu Zhou's eyes, eventually forming the identity of a real person.

"Perhaps this is what they call malice."

"Sigh, who told you to make such fierce threats and make me uneasy? I'm just a farmer, emphasizing changing the world with technology. But you insisted on being so confrontational, so I can only use the means I know to deal with you."

That's what Lu Zhou thought.

Moreover, flies don't land on seamless eggs. If a person appears as a commoner in the virtual world, it is inevitable that they themselves carry some resentment. While Lu Zhou released his stress on the internet, he also inadvertently exposed things that shouldn't have been exposed.

"It's just a little amusement after tea. Let this guy go in and reflect for a few years."