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Readers who finished the novel felt sympathy, unwillingness, and anger for the protagonist's ending.
They hated the former classmate who exposed the protagonist's identity.
Zhang Haisheng, who should have returned to the police force and lived a normal life, ultimately sacrificed himself in the brutal killing by drug traffickers.
Even his parents, his own sister, and his girlfriend, whom he was about to marry, were cruelly murdered!
After finishing the entire novel, readers unanimously gave it a good review.
But when they saw that 1000+ negative reviews had already appeared within half an hour, the readers in the online literature circle were stunned.
Why would this novel, which pays tribute to China's anti-drug police, receive over 1000 negative reviews?
After reading the comments of those negative reviews, everyone finally understood the identity of the reviewers.
It turned out to be the "freebie brigade" who liked to read pirated copies and had only read the first three free chapters.
Readers who finished the entire novel began to attack those who read for free and left negative reviews in the comment section.
After the bombardment, the negative reviews finally stopped at 1000+, no longer increasing!
And the comments from the freebie brigade were all scrolled down and disappeared among the tens of thousands of positive reviews.
The comment section finally returned to normal.
As netizens were discussing the freebie brigade on behalf of the novel, a comment was suddenly pushed to the top.
"I want to ask the author 'Wuming', you said at the end that the novel is purely fictional, are you lying? Zhang Haisheng's undercover career and experiences in the novel don't seem fictional at all. Could it be that you, the author, are the protagonist in the novel and are just saying it's not adapted from real events to avoid revealing your identity?"
The comment immediately attracted the attention of netizens.
Recalling the protagonist 'Zhang Haisheng's' confusion and wandering during his undercover work in the novel.
The fear and struggle in his heart when he was forced to take illegal drugs, and the detailed psychological descriptions from various aspects!
It made netizens suddenly suspect that the protagonist of the novel might be the author himself.
And the entire novel was adapted from real events, not fiction.
The moment their curiosity was piqued, netizens began to search for the name 'Zhang Haisheng' online.
However, all they found were irrelevant pieces of information.
Seeing that their searches were fruitless, the readers suddenly had a flash of inspiration and went to the social media accounts of police departments in various cities to leave messages.
"Officer, do you know who Zhang Haisheng is?"
"Great police officer, is Zhang Haisheng a member of your anti-drug department?"
"Police, Hai, know?"
That night, the latest posts on the social media accounts of police departments in various cities all had similar messages.
"Do you know 'Zhang Haisheng'?"
Unknowingly, the 'Zhang Haisheng' that the readers were looking for topped the trending searches on major websites.
At two or three in the morning, the heat remained around eight million.
Netizens who liked to stay up late and were unaware of the situation were also attracted by the sudden trending searches.
They clicked into the 'Zhang Haisheng' topic and found that it was a novel called "The Double Faced Man."
After reading the novel's comments, the newly attracted netizens immediately started reading the novel.
After finishing the entire novel, the new readers also joined the ranks of searching for 'Zhang Haisheng'.
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One night passed, and it was eight in the morning.
Police officers from all over the country entered their offices after breakfast and, while chatting with colleagues, arrived at their workstations to start a new day's work.
When the internet police responsible for social media accounts in each region logged in and saw the 999+ messages and comments, they were all shocked.
Did the posts they published become popular?
After clicking on the comments and seeing the uniform messages, the officers were stunned, and the same question appeared in their minds.
"Who is Zhang Haisheng?"
Because nearly a thousand comments were asking the police about 'Zhang Haisheng'.
At the same time, the officers also discovered the trending search for 'Searching for Zhang Haisheng' online.
Clicking on the trending search and seeing the hot news related to Zhang Haisheng, they found it was a novel called "The Double Faced Man."
All the internet police, driven by curiosity, began to examine the novel.
When they saw the beginning describing a social ruffian, the officers couldn't help but frown.
Just as they were about to close the novel, they suddenly saw the twist of the undercover identity.
Everyone then continued to patiently read the rest of the novel.
Finally, Zhang Haisheng's identity was completely revealed.
It turned out to be an undercover police officer in a novel.
However, after learning who Zhang Haisheng was, the internet police did not close the novel but continued to read.
After a while, all the internet police finished reading the novel "The Double Faced Man," and their moods gradually became heavy.
The ending of the undercover police officer in the novel was very realistic and true, not fictional.
They were all internal personnel of the police force, and those in the anti-drug brigade knew more than outsiders.
Because the novel was related to the police.
Coupled with netizens constantly searching for 'Zhang Haisheng' online.
The internet police immediately reported the incident to their department leaders after reading the novel.
And at the same time, they asked the leaders.
How should they respond to the novel's undercover police officer, Zhang Haisheng, whom netizens all over China were asking about.
The department leaders also fell silent after reading the novel.
They were department leaders with much greater authority than ordinary police officers and knew more about the responsibilities and tasks of each police officer in the anti-drug brigade.
Now that the novel was related to the anti-drug brigade fighting on the front lines and had attracted public attention.
The department leaders did not dare to make a hasty decision to reply to the netizens. They finally reported it to the higher-ups in the bureau.
The report stated that a novel related to the anti-drug brigade was written very realistically, which immediately drew the special attention of the bureau's leaders.
After all, the anti-drug brigade was the most dangerous department in every police station, and its officers' identities could not be exposed.
Therefore, after receiving the report, the bureau's leaders immediately began to examine the novel.
The bureau's leaders also fell into silent contemplation after finishing the novel.
Anyone who could reach the position of a bureau leader had risen from the grassroots.
The description of the undercover police officer 'Zhang Haisheng' in the novel was vivid and very realistic.
Moreover, the cases and the undercover police officer's experiences in the novel had some similarities with China's anti-drug police.
The anti-drug brigade was the most arduous, tiring, and dangerous department in the entire police force, and a novel paying tribute to them appeared online.
The bureau's leaders also wanted to see what opinions the anti-drug brigade had about the novel.
Whether they wanted to keep the novel, ban it, or handle it silently!
It was all up to the anti-drug brigade officers!
That morning, anti-drug brigades across the country already knew that a novel called "The Double Faced Man" was related to them.
Except for the officers on duty outside, the on-duty personnel in the brigade could wait until they finished reading the novel before replying to the leaders.
When they saw someone shouting out the real name 'Zhang Haisheng,' which the undercover police officer had not used for thirteen years.
The officers in the brigade had a vague premonition of the final outcome, but they dared not imagine it.
Until the end, the undercover police officer was injected with a high concentration of illegal drugs, had his throat slit, and his eyes gouged out, and his entire family and girlfriend were also murdered.
The anti-drug officers in various places were all moved.
They had guessed the ending earlier, and it had indeed happened!
At this moment, the officers felt sympathy and unwillingness for the undercover police officer in the novel, as a fellow professional.
"Why... why did you call out Zhang Haisheng... why...."
The officers in the brigade were all scolding the former classmate in the novel who exposed the undercover police officer's identity.
Because 'Zhang Haisheng' in the novel was also a microcosm of real undercover police officers.
They could better understand the despair and helplessness of the undercover police officer 'Zhang Haisheng' at the moment his name was called out.
At the end, seeing that the author was using the novel to pay tribute to the anti-drug police nationwide.
The officers in the brigade did not know whether to keep the novel or ban it.
The novel was very realistic, so much so that officers who had engaged in undercover missions felt a sense of identification.
They dared not read the novel again.
Because 'Zhang Haisheng's' ending resonated with them so much and evoked anger and sorrow.
Because this was also the final outcome for undercover police officers who had their identities exposed in reality.
Finally, the anti-drug officers nationwide decided to vote within the team to decide the fate of the novel.
At the same time, they were also very curious about who the author was, who could write a novel that resonated so deeply with undercover police officers.
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While netizens were still searching for 'Zhang Haisheng'.
While the officers were deciding on the novel's fate and wondering if the author was one of them.
After a night of explosive popularity, "The Double Faced Man's" data also appeared.
In the ten hours since its release.
"The Double Faced Man" had over a million clicks, more than 40,000 paid subscriptions, over 20,000 concurrent readers, and over 30,000 comments in ten hours.
Before this, the top opening record in the online literature circle belonged to a novel called "My Little Sweet Wife."
Within 24 hours of its release, this novel had over 200,000 clicks, 10,000+ subscriptions, 5,000+ concurrent readers, and 2,000+ comments.
And now, "The Double Faced Man" had broken the record for the online literature circle, with its data doubling and surpassing the previous record.
Meanwhile, today's hot searches on the internet.
First: "Searching for Zhang Haisheng!"
Second: "Who is the author of 'The Double Faced Man'?"
Third: "Is the novel 'The Double Faced Man' adapted from real events?"
The top three hot searches were all occupied by the novel "The Double Faced Man."
News related to Gao Fei had fallen out of the top ten hot searches.
The entire internet was discussing 'Zhang Haisheng' and whether the novel's content was based on real cases.
When the data for "The Double Faced Man" was released to the entire network.
The fans of "My Little Sweet Wife" also pushed their beloved novel to the trending searches.
Because someone was comparing the data of the two novels, and seeing "My Little Sweet Wife" being repeatedly surpassed by double the numbers.
The fans of "Little Sweet Wife" immediately became restless.
A group of people began to question whether the data for the novel "The Double Faced Man" was real.
They questioned whether the new author 'Wuming' had hired people to artificially inflate the results.
At the same time, the fans of "Little Sweet Wife" also disparaged the content of the novel "The Double Faced Man."
Because they had only read the first three free chapters, they claimed that "The Double Faced Man" was teaching young people to be gangsters.
They asserted that the entire novel "The Double Faced Man" was devoid of substance and that the author had no writing skills.
They claimed that compared to their beloved novel "My Little Sweet Wife," the two were not even in the same league.
The fans of "Little Sweet Wife" joined the fray, and the netizens who were still searching for 'Zhang Haisheng' also became agitated.
The two sides immediately started arguing under their respective trending searches.
At the same time, the anti-drug officers nationwide finished their vote and reported the results to their superiors.
"Agree to keep the novel!"