The Witch's Taste

Chapter 128
When I returned to Jibei City the next day, it was already four o'clock in the afternoon.

After sending Chen Xiaozhu home, the two turned back to work.

The new unit of the Fifth Intelligence Department is also located in Shinjuku District, because this is the most prosperous commercial center in Jibei City, and it is also the hub of the city's overpass.Most urban areas can be reached within one to two hours by car.

As soon as they arrived at the unit, the two got new news.

At around 2 o'clock this afternoon, the Qianqu Media Club in Sanhe District was attacked.

It is said that the scene was like a flood. The huge water pressure cracked all the doors and windows from the inside, and the corpses were all soaked to the point of swelling, so that the identity could only be confirmed by DNA comparison.

When Chen Ziang and Yuegong Suzuna rushed to the scene, they saw several colleagues from the intelligence department standing in the water stains all over the floor to inspect the scene.

"Hey, Section Chief Chen." A familiar woman came over to say hello, "And Deputy Section Chief Yuegong, didn't you go on vacation?"

"I heard that something happened, come back and have a look." Chen Ziang identified carefully, only to realize that this is Tian Xiaoyun——When I went to Lingyi Town to investigate, this girl and another girl were also on the bus, and they happened to be sitting on the bus with him. Suzuna's front row was later detained by Countermeasure Section [-] because of the pollution of Nishikawa Mie, and she began to understand the mysterious existence.

Now he was finally accepted into the intelligence class.

"Do you need me to briefly explain the case?" Tian Xiaoyun asked.

"Let's talk." Chen Ziang nodded.

"The time of the incident was 2:14 p.m.." Tian Xiaoyun said quickly, "The location of the incident is here, on the third floor of the 13th office building, Qianqu Media Club."

"There were 18 victims, including President Sakai Mie. The cause of death was suffocation caused by drowning. The murderer summoned a large amount of flood water in the center of the office and drowned all the victims."

"In addition, the deceased were all operating personnel in charge of 'media business'. The corresponding financial, auditing, administrative, human and other support staff were not killed. They were stunned in advance and thrown in the bathroom next door."

"Only the person in charge of the 'media business' died?" Chen Ziang pondered, "This media business, specifically?"

"Simply put, it is the water army." Tian Xiaoyun explained, "Major Internet platforms, such as Gige (search engine), Buzz (microblogging website), Metaverse (social networking with acquaintances), SCUM (short video) and so on, every Hot searches on each platform have their own corresponding algorithms. If you want to have a hot search on a specific topic so that more people can see this topic, you can hire trolls, commonly known as 'buying traffic'."

"Chiqu is a company that has been in the navy for a long time. It was originally a private studio. The owner, Mie Sakai, is famous in the navy circle for his 'supernatural powers'. Whether it is hype, whitewashing or smearing, he basically takes over any job. , can do anything."

"About two years ago, Mie Sakai's studio was upgraded to 'Chikuma Media Club' and was formally registered with the Legal Affairs Bureau. Since then, she has stopped accepting private work from outsiders. There are rumors in the circle that she signed a long-term contract with a certain 'big client'. , have flourished."

"We asked the employees who are still alive in detail. It is said that after the establishment of Qianqu Media Club, according to the request of the customer, the focus of business operations has shifted to 'gender topics'."

"Gender topic?" Chen Ziang asked with a frown.

"Uh, it's mainly gender topics that are prone to controversy." Tian Xiaoyun explained, "For example, domestic violence, infidelity in marriage, sexual harassment in the workplace, etc., as long as the victim is a female news, there will be a [news group] to collect it Collect them and put them in the test pool."

"The news in these test pools will have a [refinement team] responsible for secondary processing and emotional rendering, and write the news in a style that is more emotional and eye-catching."

"After the processing is completed, there will be a special [delivery group], using the big V accounts owned by the company, to release these news on major platforms, and continue to monitor and track the data, and finally select the news with the most enthusiastic response, and start to focus Quantity—is to put them on top of the hot searches on major platforms.”

Tian Xiaoyun took out her mobile phone, skillfully opened the Gige search page, and showed it to Chen Ziang and Yuegong Lingna:
"Look, for example, if you search for any vocabulary on Gige, the search results are displayed on the left, and Gige's hot search topics are on the right. Here... the third, fifth and seventh are all brought up by Qianqu Media."

"What you mean is." Chen Ziang pondered, "Qianqu Media Club signed a long-term contract with a certain big client. The content of the cooperation is to hype controversial hot news about gender on big platforms every day."

"From the results of the investigation, this is the case." Tian Xiaoyun explained, "And they have been doing this for more than two years, so it is not considered an industry secret. It seems that many colleagues know about it."

"Lingnai, what do you think?" Chen Ziang turned his head and asked.

Yue Gong Suzuna thought for a moment, then suddenly asked:
"Is there any relationship between Qianqu Media and Women's Mutual Aid?"

"Yes." Tian Xiaoyun nodded and said, "The boss, Mie Sakai, is a group member of the Women's Mutual Aid Association. It's just because she didn't come early enough to be an administrator, but she is very active in the group, and it is said that she often chats privately with those who seek help. ...We suspect that she gave the account to the assistant to take care of it, the purpose is to get first-hand information, and then write the corresponding news.”

"Obviously." Suzuna Tsukimiya added, "Because of her identity, she was found by Seiko Takano and killed... Well, the case has been solved."

"Who is the big client who cooperates with Qianqu Media?" Chen Ziang asked Tian Xiaoyun again.

"Still investigating." Tian Xiaoyun replied, "Sakai Meijiang alone holds the information of the big customer, and even the income is first credited into Sakai Meijiang's account, and then she arranges others to transfer it to the financial account, so no one in the company knows The identity of the big patron."

"The bank account provided by the finance, we are already checking the flow of funds."

"Okay, let me know when you have any news." Chen Ziang ordered.

After Tian Xiaoyun left, Yue Gong Suzuna sighed and said:

"Senior, Mie Sakai was not the first to die, nor will she be the last."

"We must find Seiko Takano as soon as possible!" Chen Ziang said firmly, "And the fastest way to find her..."

"Just to get ahead of her and figure out which 'corrupted' members of the Women's Mutual Aid Association have a cooperative relationship of interest with this unknown organization!" Tsukimiya Suzuna said quickly.

"I'll tell Qing Yu." Chen Ziang planned to follow the rules in the workplace, first report the plan to the leader, and then ask her what she thinks.

But Tsukimiya Suzuna stopped her by pressing her arm.

"senior."

"what happened?"

"If you report to that bitch, she'll just say 'I didn't expect you to see it now' 'Are you trying to show me the IQ of an ape?' blah blah blah..." Suzuna Tsukimiya sighed, "We have to be ourselves Is it impossible to take the humiliation?"

Chen Ziang was silent for a moment, and found that the situation was indeed likely to develop as Suzuna said, so he couldn't help frowning and asked:
"What you said makes sense, so we... act first and then report?"

"After the dust settles." Tsukimiya Suzuna said with a smile.

(End of this chapter)