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Chapter 497 - 327 I Get Nervous as Soon as I Hear About Going on Stage

Chapter 497: Chapter 327 I Get Nervous as Soon as I Hear About Going on Stage

"Uh... what did I just hear?"

"Dr. Zhai just asked... what is Spider Web?"

"Is there something wrong with him?"

"Same question, what is Spider Web?"

"Same question +1"

"..."

Netizens flooded the comments again, many expressing confusion with a slew of "???".

What is Spider Web?

The proportion of people present who knew what it was roughly equated to the proportion of those with higher education in China.

Why? Because it is an academic literature database with a virtual monopoly.

According to available data, Spider Web dominates the college market with a nearly 100% share, with over 90% of domestic academic resource searches and full-text downloads coming from Spider Web.

Its literature repository exceeds 280 million documents, including more than 3 million masters’ and doctoral theses, rightfully earning its status as an "infrastructure" of the academic world!

Of course, there are other platforms like Wanfang and Wei Pu, but none are as well-known as Spider Web.

One important reason for this is "duplicate checking".

As everyone knows, checking duplicates in papers is a hurdle that many college students cannot avoid on their graduation path.

Typically, after completing their thesis, they need to compare it with existing databases to ensure their paper’s similarity with published works is below the threshold set by their institutions.

In 2018, Spider Web stated in the introduction of its academic duplicate checking system that over 99% of universities were its paying customers.

According to official data, two-thirds of CNKI’s revenue comes from its database, and a significant portion of the remaining third comes from "duplicate checking fees".

So it’s not hard to understand the existential questioning from many students about to graduate when Dr. Zhai, a postdoc from a prestigious university, asked, "What is Spider Web?"

The host was clearly taken aback for a moment, but quickly managed to smooth things over with a laugh.

"Honestly, I’m kind of a slacker myself, but let’s not dwell on the bitter past in such a happy and entertaining segment today, shall we? By the way, Dr. Zhai, I hear you’re quite the foodie too? What’s your favorite dish?"

"Hehe! I only have superficial knowledge, but my favorite is a cabbage and conch slice dish. However, the cabbage used isn’t just any cabbage, it’s kale, which is hard to find in regular markets..."

Dr. Zhai seemed not to realize there was anything amiss with his question.

As soon as the topic shifted to his forte in gourmet food, he immediately started chatting with the host. With a confident smile and a radiant expression, he was a far cry from his earlier self...

Twenty minutes later, despite some tension and a minor mishap among the guests, the live broadcast finally ended in a somewhat awkward atmosphere.

However, including Dr. Zhai’s agent, everyone present had yet to realize.

The internet is a magical place that can infinitely magnify any strength or flaw...

...

Not long after the broadcast ended, the hot search on Weibo was topped with a trending topic that quickly shot up.

Video clips from Dr. Zhai and Duan Xiaoxian’s live broadcast began to be wildly reposted across major websites and media platforms...

"Postdoc? Mentor assistant? Just like that?"

"Ancient times had Liu Qiangdong who didn’t know how beautiful his wife was, now we have Dr. Zhai who doesn’t know what Spider Web is... Eye-opening!"

"Pfft! Spider Web? That web must have caught a headless fly?"

"To think, my ten years of hard study can’t compare to a single ’not knowing Spider Web’..."

"I’m so scared I’m rushing to check duplicates!"

"Come on, let’s start betting! What’s the duplicate rate of a thesis written by someone who doesn’t know Spider Web?"

"I bet fifty cents, definitely over 30%!"

"Nonsense, upstairs!"

"Sorry, I couldn’t help myself and just did a check, 46%! No need to thank me, just call me Master Lei Feng!"

"Damn! You guys are quick to act, huh? Chaoyang netizens are truly omnipresent!"

"May I ask weakly, does his case count as a ’water PhD’?"

"Hehe! Don’t rush, it looks like Yan Dian and Yanjing University’s clarifications are already on the way..."

"Don’t mess around! Isn’t this just causing trouble? Just my luck it’s the graduation season... I have my defense in May, don’t mess this up for me! Is everyone else just enjoying the schadenfreude, thinking the whip hasn’t hit you yet?"

"Hiss~ Senior, you mean...?"

"Could it be...?"

"Don’t say ’could it be’! It’s not auspicious!"

"I’m a high school senior, will this affect my college entrance exam?"

"..."

"Gulp~" Watching the heat continue to rise and the comments reach 999+, Duan Xian couldn’t help but swallow.

This is bad, this is bad! It seems like the issue has blown up!

It’s not my fault! I just did a casual ad insertion, I didn’t expect to trend!

"This is great!"

Unlike Duan Xian’s anxious face, Song Bin was so excited he wanted to kiss Duan Xian!

What’s the most important thing for a star?

It’s traffic! It’s exposure!

He took out his phone and handed it to Duan Xian, saying excitedly.

"Xiao Xian, you’re going to be famous!"

In the slew of netizen comments, apart from the numerous voices questioning Dr. Zhai, quite a few were discussing the "second male lead" in the video, Duan Xian.

"This academic level is probably not as good as the real estate consultant next to him from a third-rate institution and third-rate major!"

"Yeah, yeah, and not as handsome as him! Brother Xiao Xian, I love your songs so much! Can I go see a house? The kind where seeing you means a down payment!"

"Are you sure you’re up for a song upstairs?"

"Just found out Teacher Hao Teng is making a new movie, a car racing one, yay! Looking forward to seeing Teacher Hao Teng and Xiao Xian in a performance of speed and passion!"

"Are you sure this speed and passion is serious?"

"Only after seeing the video and the barrage did I go listen to the song, hmm... and I felt comforted..."

"Originally, after watching, I wanted to curse, but after listening to the song, I went out for a breath of evening air, and finally calmed down."

"Knowing about the real estate consultant from Spider Web’s third-rate university, not knowing about the assistant tutor from a top university, this is really a live-action ’Misaligned Space-Time’! My heart feels so empty..."

"I watched them hurry along, like an overambitious repeater, unable to fulfill the mission of topping the charts..."

"The air was filled with heartache, yet in the end, in this misaligned space-time, we ended up empty..."

"So... is this not only a comforting song for those looking at houses but also a deep song for Dr. Zhai?

The sky’s gotten dark, don’t we need to drag out the lyricist for a stabbing?"

"Pfft! This song has some rich application scenarios!"

"Hey, hey! Can you all please stop playing with this song’s meme? I’m listening to the song right now, you’re ruining the vibe!"

"..."

Duan Xian: "..."

"Brother Song, what’s so good about this? I’m afraid I’ve seriously offended the big star. He won’t send someone to retaliate against me, will he?" Duan Xian said with a wry smile.

"Don’t worry, even if he hates you to death inside, he doesn’t have the time to cause more trouble right now.

Moreover, with such a big scandal, I reckon he’s going to be completely out of luck..."

Song Bin was extremely familiar with the industry; nowadays, unlike before, once someone becomes a tainted artist, the possibility of a comeback is almost nonexistent.

Moreover, these kinds of insider details simply couldn’t be known by a newbie like Duan Xian.

So it also ruled out the possibility that Duan Xian had intentionally set a trap for someone to fall into.

Even if someone hated him so much they itched, they’d most likely chalk it up to bad luck.

"Ding-a-ling~"

Just then, Song Bin’s phone suddenly rang.

"Hello! It’s me! What? Lizhi TV? They want to invite Xiao Xian to a show? Alright... okay, then we’ll talk at the company tomorrow!"

He had just hung up the phone with a happy look on his face when another call came in.

"Hello! You want to talk about licensing fees for Xiao Xian’s song? Sure, sure..."

Song Bin put down the phone, beaming with joy.

"See! Hasn’t the situation opened up? You’ve got another chance to go on stage soon! Xiao Xian, you really are blessed!"

Hehe! I’m not blessed, it’s the light my brother has shone on me...

Remembering how Meng Lang’s suggestion to plug an ad could poke such a big hole, Duan Xian felt a toothache coming on.

If he had known that making money in the entertainment industry would be this risky, he would have been extra careful!

"Brother Song, you have no idea, now when I hear about going on stage, I just feel faint..."

It’s better not to go out at night these days...

Even if Dr. Zhai is too busy dealing with the mess to think about retaliation, don’t forget he has a big following of brain-dead fans...

But... speaking of song licensing fees?

He hadn’t forgotten that he was still deep in debt.

So he took out his phone, opened the music platform’s creator backend, and sure enough saw the listening and downloading numbers skyrocketing at an astonishing pace, with the plays exceeding the usual by more than tenfold in a short time!

He couldn’t help but make a rough estimate of today’s earnings.

One times seven is seven, two times seven is fourteen, March eighth is Women’s Day, May first is Labor Day...

Hiss~ earning over ten thousand a day!

Duan Xian took a deep breath.

This damn thing... really high risk, high reward!

"Brother Song! When’s our next chance to go on stage?"

Song Bin: "..."

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