Chapter 111: I Want To See Rivers Of Blood!
The opponent Yu Wei arranged for Zhou Mumu was no other than Fei Hong.
Nothing is more interesting than watching a young couple personally eliminate each other…
This really isn’t his mischievous taste; at the beginning of the plot in Top Streamer, it definitely has to arrange two real stars to fight in the arena.
On one hand, it’s to let readers quickly understand the like voting rules, and on the other hand, to create a hot spot so the program can attract attention right from the start.
Have the young couple compete, with one stepping on the other to advance— is there anything more exciting than that? I want to see blood flow like a river!
Their relationship is just short of an official announcement; except for both sides’ fans being stubborn, everyone else in the entertainment industry knows it full well. Yu Wei writing it this way is wicked to the core.
Casual viewers are purely here for the fun, and fans from both sides not convinced of each other now have a perfect outlet—this first match is destined to be extraordinary.
These two fighting in the arena is basically impossible in reality, not to mention it’s hard for them to participate in the same program at the same time; even if they did, the program team has no reason to arrange it this way.
Actually making them love each other and kill each other is too much; knowing they are a couple and still doing this, the program team would probably make many casual viewers unable to watch, and getting denounced is inevitable…
But Yu Wei writing it this way in the novel won’t have that issue, because the competition is fake, and the two have never had a direct PK before, so where’s the love each other and kill each other?
Because everyone knows it’s fake, they won’t have so many psychological burdens; just treat it like watching a young couple argue in a fan work, purely for the fun.
It doesn’t affect the real parties’ emotions, and you get to see a parallel world if line—how great is that.
Yu Wei had only written half of the second chapter plot when Fei Hong’s singing video came over; he sang Yu Wei’s Nameless Person, which he chose himself.
Zhou Mumu and Fei Hong probably have similar ideas: Yu Wei writing them into the novel is them getting the better deal, so singing Yu Wei’s song at this time is the best choice.
It both promotes his song and conveys their own goodwill; more importantly, it lets fans see their stance!
Them singing Yu Wei’s song shows they support Yu Wei’s work, so everyone shouldn’t make trouble.
Of course, there’s one crucial point: Yu Wei’s songs are indeed very pleasant, they really like these two songs, and they suit them.
Fei Hong is also from an acting background, with mediocre singing foundation; among Yu Wei’s songs, Nameless Person is relatively easier to sing, and he couldn’t handle the others.
“Not bad, the singing method is quite single, but the emotion is very good.”
Yu Wei listened to Fei Hong’s concert video while writing; the emotion is rich, maybe he really immersed himself while singing this song.
Once a somewhat famous child star, with solid acting skills and no lack of resources, his career should have been thriving, but fate didn’t go his way—his face got ruined.
That feeling of falling from the cloud and returning to mediocrity probably isn’t easy to bear…
If Yu Wei were to judge, Zhou Mumu sings a bit better than him; both have pretty basic singing skills, but Zhou Mumu’s voice is pleasant.
In comparison, Fei Hong’s voice is just mediocre, relatively ordinary.
But who wins or loses specifically isn’t up to him; today’s second chapter is Fei Hong’s performance and mentor scoring, so let the readers vote on the specific victory or defeat.
After quickly finishing the new chapter, Yu Wei familiarly copied the video to Qi Luo An, and then posted another Easter Egg Chapter himself.
“Top Streamer First Round Fei Hong Contest Song Nameless Person”
Yu Wei didn’t dare slack off, quickly opening the novel and flipping to the last sentence of the new chapter, planning to post two voting comments.
But just half a minute after he updated, there were already a few comments at the end of the chapter: two check-ins, one read, and one saying he’s padding…
Buddy, quantum speed reading?
Seriously suspect many people didn’t read the plot at all, just purely flipping to the end to grab the first follow-up read and show it off.
“Like vote: Zhou Mumu.”
“Like vote: Fei Hong.”
“Votes will be tallied at the same time tomorrow.”
After posting the chapter review, Yu Wei pinned it right away, so everyone can see the voting comments at a glance; voting period is twenty-four hours.
Then he’ll directly copy the like counts into the novel, making the plot match reality perfectly, with maximum immersion…
He refreshed simply a couple times, and the two’s votes were already 9:4; looks like there really are quite a few quantum speed readers.
Like voting has one advantage: multiple selections allowed; if you really think both sides sang well, you can like both without issue, and with more people, there will definitely be a vote difference.
Many things don’t need to be either-or; art isn’t black-and-white either, voting is free, and it avoids the contradiction of stepping on one to praise another.
Plus, to like a chapter review, you probably have to subscribe to this chapter…
Yu Wei refreshed again, now 34:19; Fei Hong’s performance overall really isn’t as good as Zhou Mumu’s, of course part of it is also first impressions.
Zhou Mumu’s concert video was posted earlier than Fei Hong’s, but this kind of thing is hard to avoid; after all, even proper singing competitions have an order.
First impressions give an advantage, but going later can also create a finale effect; there’s nothing much to say about this, as absolute strength makes order irrelevant to victory or defeat.
Even if they haven’t seen Fei Hong’s video yet, they can come back and revote after watching; they can change their mind, like and unlike anytime, with plenty of time to savor it.
“Dog author, are you human?”
“How is Yu Wei so bad, making the young couple fight in the arena?”
“So mischievous taste, I like it; suggest calling it battle for head of household.”
“Stop dragging us into it ok, our Mu childhood fans didn’t provoke anyone.”
“I’m here just for this; love each other and kill each other is the real blood flow like a river.”
“Feels like Lao Fei is heading to the revival match.”
After the large group of readers finished reading the new chapter, the real discussion had just begun. Yu Wei was indeed serious. He not only arranged performance videos for the two people, but even opened a voting channel.
So the bad guys have to be them, and the votes have to be cast by them?
Isn’t this finding the right people? Just move your fingers to like and gain an authentic sense of participation, even changing the direction of the novel’s plot. Who can resist such temptation?
The most crucial thing is that this competition is very interesting. Damn, making the young couple fight in the arena—Yu Wei is truly a genius.
Readers focus on watching the fun without minding if things get bigger, naturally enjoying it. As for the fans from both sides, they have already started actively participating.
Whether winning or losing in the novel matters or not aside, this is a perfect opportunity to step on the opponent, so they naturally won’t let it go.
Zhou Mumu’s fans want Fei Hong to face reality. Fei Hong’s fans are few, but a cornered rabbit will bite—how will they know without giving it a shot?
In the entertainment industry, situations where the weak defeat the strong are hard to happen because the gap in fans’ combat power is obvious. In the past, Fei Hong’s fans would have already lain flat and accepted the mockery.
But this time is different. This time the battlefield is in Yu Wei’s novel, with bystander readers as a variable. Yu Wei’s fans are neutral mischief makers, and they will vote too.
They definitely won’t participate in fan circle arguments, but voting is different. The base of bystanders is quite large, making it a huge variable in voting.
Fei Hong’s fans see it clearly—this is already the smallest gap between them. Whoever wins over the bystanders wins the world.
And they guessed right. Netizens, especially book friends, include quite a few mischief makers who focus on watching the fun without minding if things get bigger.
Everyone just watches for fun in school belle goddess polls, but if an anime character appears in it, the nature changes.
Who cares about star fans—they love to see blood flowing like rivers…
What’s the point of a one-sided match? At this time, they must stir up the water!
Seeing Zhou Mumu, who has more fans, with votes rising higher and higher, the clever readers decide to uproot the strong and support the weak. Hey, everyone give more likes to the one with fewer votes, and won’t the competition become exciting again?
“Both capitals sound good, but please only click on the one with fewer votes. Bullying the weak is something I can’t do.”
“No taking sides, purely adding chaos. Otherwise, winning or losing purely by fan count would be too boring!”
“9494, now we have to make a move.”
“Exactly, we must severely punish the fan circle chaos. Losing an argument to the fan circle isn’t shameful, but normal people definitely outnumber fan circle fans.”
Yu Wei witnessed the whole thing firsthand. Originally, as the fans exerted effort, Zhou Mumu’s votes had already surpassed Fei Hong’s by double.
But with the bystanders who watch the fun without minding if things get bigger joining in, this gap is slowly shrinking.
Yu Wei’s fans are not few. Their combat power may not match fan circle fans, but in terms of sheer numbers, they really don’t fear other stars.
They might find it troublesome to post comments and argue, but liking is just a casual thing…
“Was this within your expectations too?”
When Qi Luo An saw the competition rules, she was thinking that comparing likes is just comparing fan numbers—those with more fans naturally have the advantage.
Who knew she was taking it for granted and missed one layer? Those who can participate in voting aren’t just the fans from both sides. Yu Wei’s voting channel has a very low threshold—as long as subscribed, anyone can vote.
No matter how many fan circle fans there are, can they outnumber the general public?
What’s more, there are many mischief makers who like to stir things up. As long as the voting base is large enough, the competition in the end still comes down to performance quality.
“Pretty much.”
Yu Wei had indeed thought about it. After all, he writes about real stars, and opening voting easily turns into a fan free-for-all. At this time, the importance of bystanders comes into play.
Just as the comment section says, fan circle fans definitely aren’t as many as normal people, but normal people don’t like participating in these things, so he specially made posters for the purpose of attracting lots of people.
A fake competition definitely can’t reach phenomenal participation, but as long as enough bystanders like it, the fan circle’s influence can be minimized.
If nothing else, he really made a killing on subscriptions for this chapter…
But fan circle fans wouldn’t be fan circle fans without pulling some stunt. In the time Yu Wei took to eat dinner, Zhou Mumu’s fans’ votes surged again. According to the book friends circle, they are doing vote manipulation.
Classic!
Internet trolls are an important part of the fan circle ecosystem. Why call it “watering”? Because their data watering skills are top-notch. As long as you’re willing to spend money, internet trolls will handle it!
Is it necessary? It’s just a fake competition, and they directly started throwing money to manipulate votes?
Usually people say fan circles do vote manipulation, but actually, internet trolls’ vote manipulation isn’t cheap. Those people size you up—especially for urgent jobs, it’s five figures and up. See if you’ll pay or not.
They bank on your urgency. For something like Yu Wei’s novel with only one day of voting time, the price is sky-high without a word.
Zhou Mumu’s fans are also flush with cash. They plan to bleed heavily to win…
Actually, Yu Wei’s competition isn’t that important. What’s important is they can’t afford to lose face.
Fan circles value battle records highly and take them very seriously. Losing one match means being nagged about for life.
Especially against Fei Hong, whom they don’t recognize. They can lose to anyone, but not to this wild boar trying to usurp their idol. That’s the bottom line.
They have reasons not to lose too!
In the book friends circle, readers are suddenly wailing everywhere. Hiring internet trolls costs hundreds of thousands of ghost soldiers at a time—this quantity is still too supermodel for now.
Yu Wei’s novel popularity can’t draw that many bystanders in a short time either. The readers have already burned out.
“Still can’t do it? Damn it.”
“Everyone was already awesome. Making the fan circle dogs bleed heavily is already impressive, wuu wuu wuu.”
“Still not satisfied, kuso.”
What’s up with this Protagonist team losing in such a pathetic way…
To be honest, the Competition has just begun, many bystanders haven’t joined in yet, so it’s not embarrassing to contend with Fan Circle fans in this situation.
Actually, they already controlled the situation and successfully defeated the Fan Circle’s Core Fans, they just lost to Money Power.
As long as the Competition continues to proceed steadily, more and more Netizens coming to Gossip will definitely join, a few more rounds and they can contend with Internet Trolls.
Mainly, after a few more rounds these Fan Circle fans should be out of money too…
While Yu Wei continued brushing posts for Gossip, a interesting new post popped up in the Book Friend circle.
“Mujia Army found me for Vote Manipulation, I liked and screenshotted to get the money then canceled the like, then gave one to Fei Hong, Brothers, did I do right?”
Internet Trolls defecting, double agent huh?
Looks like this Internet Troll is also a Netizen.
