Chapter 725 - 496: Someone Like Me Is Just Right for You (4k)_2

Can he really still give the Weibo King award to Wu Mu? If he does, this voting event would become a complete joke. The gap is so wide, yet he still gives the award to Wu Mu. Wouldn’t that mean the voting data is completely useless? What was the point of doing it then?

The fans of his rival would definitely seize this opportunity to cause trouble, right?

Just thinking about the chaotic scene that would ensue made Fan Wen’s head throb with pain.

After exhausting all mental energy trying to figure out a way to handle the aftermath and coming up empty, Fan Wen simply passed the buck to the higher-ups.

He approached the Weibo Chief Operating Officer Chen Yong, who had previously made the decision to invite Wu Mu.

"Mr. Chen, the voting numbers for Wu Mu are way too low. Are we really still going to give the Weibo King award to him?"

Chen Yong, of course, had been keeping an eye on the situation and hadn’t expected such a massive discrepancy in the voting numbers either.

But not awarding it to Wu Mu?

Chen Yong was speechless. "Are you joking? If you had never contacted him from the start, it might be fine to not give him the award. But now that you’ve invited him, signed the contract, and then you’re not going to give it to him?"

Then you can expect that rascal to walk off the stage right there, spill the beans afterward, and constantly criticize you on various programs.

Moreover, if they don’t invite Wu Mu, how will they execute their strategy to expand the influence of Weibo Night? What about the massive efforts put into Weibo Night’s public welfare project? Or the promotional resources that are already prepared?

Chen Yong immediately discarded that option. If it were someone else, he might gamble on whether the artist would dare to offend the platform.

But with Wu Mu... he’s someone who can turn around and blacklist sponsors and agencies, and even show his attitude to fans. We should just let it go, don’t argue with such a person.

Chen Yong thought for a moment, "Not giving him the award won’t work, we need to see if we can increase his weight somewhere else to make the data look better, just enough to be passable."

According to the usual practice, the Weibo King award is determined by a combination of voting, expert review, last year’s trending topics, and other weightings.

They had initially planned to increase the weight of trending topics, so that with Wu Mu’s appearances on the hot search last year, he could still come first despite fewer votes.

But now, the gap in voting is too huge. Relying solely on trending topics won’t cut it, they need to add other elements.

Fan Wen went to adjust the data to find additional weightings for Wu Mu, and surprisingly, there were indeed several ones available.

Some of these were even so outstanding that Chen Yong was taken aback when he saw them.

"His data is this high?"

Chen Yong was completely surprised, but also relieved. "With these added, his winning Weibo King would be without dispute."

...

The Weibo Night event was progressing steadily.

Every now and then, the officials would announce a list of guest selections and reveal a few performance programs.

But what the public cared most about was still the Weibo King voting data.

And the image of the voting data... it looked excellent! Not just good, but excellent!

The highest was Qiu Yiyang, with over ten million votes, while Wu Mu had yet to reach even a hundred thousand votes!

The gap in magnitude was simply too exaggerated.

The fans and haters of Wu Mu’s rivals were already popping champagne to celebrate.

A difference of over ten million, can that even be overturned?

That rascal clearly has given up on the voting.

They finally won once!

In addition to champagne popping, they were planning to strike while the iron was hot.

"Sisters, now we’ve won online voting, we can’t let him off the hook offline either."

Weibo Night has a red carpet segment, so every year, a large number of fans would show up in person to support their idols. The number of people supporting offline has also always been a major point of comparison for these fans to boast about their idol’s popularity.

The suggestion to attack in person as well immediately brightened many eyes.

"Yes, we can’t let him off the hook offline either! Let’s go and boo him when he walks the red carpet!"

"Yes! The more people, the better! We want Weibo to see how many of us there are! That way, if they still dare to give the award to that bastard, they’ll have to think twice."

"If they really give it to that scum, we can directly protest offline too! Make this year’s Weibo Night end in infamy!"

"Right, right! And it can’t just be our fandom going, hurry and contact fans from other circles, we need to unite. The more people, the better! Resist him together, let the outside see just how many people despise him!"

Wu Mu’s rival fans started mobilizing in droves, all calling for offline support while simultaneously resisting that scum.

And as soon as the initiative was launched, followers gathered in droves. That night, the hashtag #SistersComeOfflineToResistScum soared to the top of the trending list.

In an instant, it was an overwhelmingly powerful campaign.

It can only be said that everyone has been tired of Wu Mu for too long. Over the course of a year of rising fame, he’s already made their idol struggle to breathe, and with an opportunity like this, if they don’t crush Wu Mu, who knows when the next chance will come.

With such a massive operation, Zhang Li and Han Yan naturally took notice.

Seeing the quick rise of such a large-scale campaign in just half a day, they looked at each other in amazement.

"This is... terrifying. Before, if each fan club could gather a few hundred people, that was a lot. But this time, it looks like there are already thousands just at the beginning. Is it even possible to get approval for such large numbers?"

"... He really attracts hatred."

It seems like no one knows how many loyal fans Wu Mu really has, but seeing the situation, there’s no doubt that the number of haters and rival fans is truly enormous.

And many are the ones who got turned against or slighted by him, with high levels of resentment.

If it’s just about supporting their idol, they might consider if they have time or if it’s convenient to go.

But if it includes slamming Wu Mu... they just have to go!

Zhang Li wasn’t too worried before. After all, this new brother of theirs is really a troublemaker and has been boycotted countless times, yet he always managed to turn the tables.

But this time... she nudged her best friend with her elbow, "Check what the haters’ group is saying, are they going too?"

The online mobilization was mainly from Wu Mu’s rival fans, while the haters’ group consisted of former fans who detested Wu Mu, including many ex-girlfriend fans.

Han Yan took out her phone to check.

And unsurprisingly, this group was buzzing with excitement too.

"That rascal’s days are numbered. With so many people resisting him offline, businesses and sponsors will think twice before approaching him in the future!"

"Haha, serves him right! Before, no one could accurately gauge how many haters he has. Now everyone is going offline, and seeing this crowd, who wouldn’t be worried."

"Conservatively, there are already five to six thousand people! They’ve started preparing offline support materials."

Ugh, at last, the hated cyber ex-boyfriend sees the hope of a tragic end.

Wu Mu’s haters were eating more happily than usual.

Amidst all the revelry, naturally, someone asked.

"Are we going this time?"

This proposal made the haters’ group somewhat hesitant, but they quickly reached a consensus.

"Go! Of course, we have to go!"

"Not just us, try to contact all the other sisters who follow him and hate him, let’s go together!"

Zhang Li and Han Yan exchanged glances.

It’s over, not just enemies with everyone, but now he’s enemy to the very nation itself.

Han Yan felt a little uneasy, scratching her cheek with a finger, "Let me see what his fans are saying."

Well, naturally, Wu Mu does have fans.

After all, the popularity over the past year wasn’t for nothing, and the numerous works released weren’t done in vain.

His fanbase is already of considerable size.

But these fans have been turned into Buddhist-like, rational fans through his various operations.

They can watch him on shows, listen to his songs, like him in their hearts, but when it comes to data, charts, and buying endorsements, stay out of it!

Zhang Li and Han Yan actually belong to this group, just to a deeper extent.

Han Yan opened the Wu Mu fan group she quietly joined.

Unsurprisingly, there was a lively discussion going on here as well.