Chapter 120: Wanna Hang Me, Huh?
“No, it didn’t pass signing.”
Yu Wei saw Hu Xing’s message right before sleep and felt the sky had fallen. He thought his new book’s opening was pretty good. How could it not pass signing?
But thinking carefully, the stuff he used to think he wrote well seemed to often fail signing too…
“Victory or defeat is commonplace in war. Young hero, please start over.”
Failing internal submission signing isn’t embarrassing. Many big web novel authors flip the car without historical performance. This thing still depends a bit on luck.
Yu Wei told Hu Xing to change to another editor and try again. One can’t hang oneself on a single tree. At least try a few more trees.
He originally planned to gossip a bit more before sleeping. Tong Yulu’s fans said the company would take action, but there’d been no movement. He didn’t know if it was just bluffing.
There are plenty of companies in the entertainment industry that bluff, especially when artists flip the car. Sending a lawyer’s letter to “rumor-mongers” achieves nothing, and when it collapses, it still collapses.
“It can’t rule out the possibility of nighttime vote manipulation.”
Vote manipulation is indeed a bit shady. Many do it that way, quietly padding during the dead of night, and denying it the next day.
But Yu Wei couldn’t hold out anymore. He had to record the program tomorrow. Best to redeem the song needed for this episode while the novel’s popularity is high.
After being woken by the alarm, Yu Wei’s first reaction was still to gossip. But opening the novel, it was 594236:113698. Chi Leying was still leading by a landslide.
“That’s it?”
Didn’t Tong Yulu’s company say they would take action? Where’s the action…
Yu Wei thought capital would personally spend money to buy rankings for Tong Yulu. But after one night, there was no change.
Tricking fans, huh.
Chi Leying’s fans were on high alert all night, patrolling the book review section, afraid the duck in hand would fly away. Capital intervention had to be guarded against.
They got so bored they started chatting with a few book friends staying up late to read. Chatting along, they suddenly said to add V, and then the comments stopped…
Hope this is a happy beginning.
When Yu Wei arrived at Hu Xing’s home, the program’s recording work had already started. The photographer was capturing him studying seriously.
Hu Xing wasn’t posing. He was reading very seriously, even with a sense of forcing himself to focus intensely.
Yu Wei didn’t disturb them but returned to the living room to continue writing. At this state, Tong Yulu couldn’t win. He could arrange the defeat cg.
No matter how awesome the management company is, could they catch up over 400,000 votes in four hours? No matter how rich, they need manpower.
When he wrote until 10 a.m., the change finally appeared. Xingye Digital Entertainment, where Tong Yulu was, issued a statement.
“Xingye Digital Entertainment Media Group solemnly declares
Recently, in the special competition ‘Top Streamer’ participated by our company’s artist Tong Yulu, many controversial phenomena have appeared. Our company hereby states as follows:
1. Competition results not recognized
After technical verification, the votes in the competition segment showed abnormal surges in key periods, seriously inconsistent with normal voting behavior. Our company questions the fairness and authenticity of the final victory or defeat results and firmly refuses to recognize the legality of the result.
2. Strongly condemns vote manipulation
Fair competition is the basic principle of the event, but some participants engage in vote manipulation and vote exchange through special channels, not only disrupting the event order but also trampling the industry’s integrity baseline. Our company calls on the organizer to thoroughly investigate irregular operations and eliminate such malicious competition means to maintain industry credibility.
3. Legally pursue network violence
Regarding users on Weibo, novel platform, etc., accounts like ‘@Xingyun Teng’ ‘@Salted Fish Unlucky Egg’ posting insulting content against our company’s artist, our company has fixed the evidence and today formally commissioned a law firm to issue a lawyer’s letter, requiring immediate deletion of infringing content and public apology. Those who refuse to rectify will face litigation to pursue civil and criminal liability.
4. Thanks to fans’ support
We sincerely thank all fans for always maintaining a rational attitude, persevering in rules to support the artist. No matter the result, your every sincere support is the artist’s motivation to move forward. Our company will continue to improve artist protection mechanisms, resolutely defend their reputation and legitimate rights, and not disappoint expectations in the future.”
No, that’s it?
Fans said the company would take action. Thought it would be ruthless. Directly issuing a statement refusing to accept defeat after losing? Held back all night and ended up sore loser?
What a mess…
Yu Wei won’t mention others, but in the third point’s list for lawyer’s letters, there was that troublemaking netizen from yesterday.
Isn’t that clearly on Tong Yulu’s side? The company is suing their own people? Do they have to be this ruthless to kin?
Originally netizens were just watching fan circle fun, but Tong Yulu’s company successfully elevated this competition’s comedic effect by another level.
You can’t only think the competition is unfair when you lose.
If Chi Leying had no backup, yesterday’s netizen rhythm would have let Tong Yulu win directly, and they definitely wouldn’t issue this stuff.
Yu Wei doesn’t favor anyone, but Tong Yulu’s company’s statement is indeed ridiculous. If there are objections, shouldn’t they say it at the start of the competition? Now that the result is almost out, they refuse to accept?
Can only say netizens’ eyes are bright. The comment section under this post is full of face-slapping mockery, not just passersby, but also Tong Yulu fans.
Tong Yulu fans are wronged too. Originally thought the company would protect their own, but it turned into a joke. Who could have thought?
They can’t afford to lose face either.
“There’s something here.”
Yu Wei quickly realized. The management company isn’t stupid.
Actually, Xingye Digital Entertainment’s public relations is very clever. It’s spending the least money for the biggest effect, entering the game personally to take the heat for their own artist.
Which entertainment company isn’t cursed? Especially artists’ fans, super hard to serve. Compared to the company’s reputation, the artists’ reputation under them is more important.
Management companies don’t devalue from being cursed. Of two harms, choose the lesser. Artists are their products and assets.
Xingye Digital Entertainment knows it will be group-mocked? Of course. But the company being group-mocked can attract a lot of attention to the competition itself.
From the angle of protecting Tong Yulu, they actually succeeded…
Why didn’t they spend money to directly manipulate votes for Tong Yulu? Simple, because investment and revenue are completely disproportionate.
Artists can gain traffic from Yu Wei’s fake competition, but from the company’s angle, traffic that can’t be monetized isn’t worth investing in.
Moreover, investing doesn’t guarantee a win. Chi Leying has a company behind her too. In the already behind situation, better to downplay it than capital wrestle.
This fake competition has a revival match. Tong Yulu isn’t without opportunity. This receive-release is the real insider move.
“Having a company backing is great.”
Someone like Yu Wei who signed a free-range contract is unwanted by dad and mom…
With Tong Yulu’s side stubbornly conceding defeat, this battle finally curtained. Yu Wei quickly finished writing this round of the competition, then arranged for “Top Streamer” to pause recording.
After five competition matches, the program team needs a break. He also plans to squeeze out a song in the break plot.
This song is for Hu Xing to sing, but in the novel plot, he sings it once in front of Fei Hong, to sing it in the revival match.
One song, two uses.
He won’t intervene in the competition as organizer, but can support as a friend…
Roughly around the fifth episode broadcast, write the revival match plot. Both sides can catch the popularity. Perfect.
Originally Yu Wei planned to write a more decadent song for this episode, but Hu Xing’s state is already very decadent. Too decadent isn’t good.
Thinking it over, he decided to write “Someone Like Me”. Decadent yet with a bit of self-reflection. The degree is just right.
A few days ago, Fei Hong singing “Nameless Person” felt quite fitting. Singing this one then should be good too. Mournful but not hurtful.
Mao Mao’s songs are still easy to sing. Civilians can pick them up easily too.
After voting time ended, Yu Wei entered the two’s specific votes, then updated the new chapter.
[Redeem requirement: Paid chapters interaction volume greater than 100000]
Flipped ten times again?
If Yu Wei hadn’t written this competition, 100,000 interaction volume would indeed be hard. But now it’s different. Since “Top Streamer”, everyone treats the novel like home.
So many people voting, 100,000 interaction volume is there. After redeeming the song, Yu Wei planned to check Hu Xing’s novel.
In a few days practice singing, he won’t have time to teach. Just help one last time…
“Hasn’t replied to me yet.”
Hu Xing’s expression was obviously lacking confidence. Rejected by the first editor, no reply from the second, he was already thinking of giving up.
“Wait a bit more.”
Yu Wei was just about to tell him points to note for advancing the plot when Qi Luo An messaged, sending a document.
“I tried writing randomly. Take a look.”
Learned without a teacher?
Yu Wei opened the document outside, and the first thing that caught his eye was the book title line: “Why Does a Failure Author Care So Much About Data?”
Same format as his novel’s title.
Qi Luo An wrote just over 3,000 words, about one chapter’s content. The plot was pretty interesting.
Protagonist Wei Yu is a failure author. His novels suck, but he’s good-looking, so he shoots videos and live broadcasts every day to attract fans, using marketing himself to boost novel data.
Industry insiders despise his behavior, calling him “internet celebrity author” “hype dog”. His true level is failure worse than failure…
“Damn, who are you shading?”
Seeing this, Yu Wei couldn’t hold back. He felt offended. Have you been a failure to write failure? Writing randomly, assuming?
“Keep reading and you’ll know.”
Qi Luo An really had no malice. Mainly Yu Wei’s identity contrast was too suitable as protagonist template. And if she wrote a protagonist, she’d definitely write her favorite type…
Directly writing Yu Wei has another benefit. Later it can be explained as his self-mockery, directly elevating the pattern.
Yu Wei patiently continued reading. Male lead Wei Yu, though condemned by industry insiders as shame of authors, still did his own thing until he finally unlocked the system with data from marketing himself.
Turns out he had a novel system, but unlock required novel data to meet standard. To unlock the system, he could only market himself for reader support.
Finally, golden finger activated!
Amidst the mockery of shame of authors, the protagonist is about to counterattack.
Yu Wei has seen plenty of novels where system needs threshold to unlock. The opening is interesting, but is her novel a bit…
“Cheating on me, huh?”
Day two of daily 10,000-word check-in.
