Arc 1: Part 60
Ji Yu felt a pang in his heart, a deep sense of unease suddenly arising. He quickly exited the retweet page and opened the trending hashtag #ThisRemarkableOperation.
The first post under "Hot" was strikingly from the number one paparazzo in the entertainment circle, "Mao Zai Studio"!
It was a headline article titled "This Remarkable Operation". The cover image was a still shot of Ji Yu from one of his previous movies, portraying a shadowy villain.
"#ThisRemarkableOperation. You all have been enjoying the drama unfolding recently, right? However, the real show is just getting started~ Xi Tong Su joining the 'Towards The Emperor' crew, the scandalous information about Lan Shu Er being revealed, revelations about Ji Yu, the rigged voting process, Xi Tong Su's scheming... What kind of story is unfolding behind all these bombshells? Enjoy our headline article 'The Man Behind All This: Ji Yu, truly deserving the title of Best Actor!·Episode 1'. Let us, together with this studio, delve into the true face of this man."
Ji Yu shivered, a chill running down his spine. In a panic, he clicked on the headline article.
After only reading the first three paragraphs, he abruptly stood up, knocking over his chair!
"Last night's widely known acting skill PK voting had a strange outcome. It was clear who was better, but someone still treated us like fools, buying bots to rig the votes, giving the trophy to the vase."
"However, coincidentally, one of our studio's computer whiz has often been killed by curiosity. This morning, after seeing the trending search, he once again started his investigation."
"On looking into it, we really discovered something interesting. After seeing the results, the studio colleagues unanimously exclaimed: 'That man really is a master of manipulation!'”
The article had several screenshots attached, each of which left netizens astounded.
The first one showed Lan Shuer's votes suspiciously soaring in the middle of the night.
The second one displayed a tracing of countless voting IPs.
The third one revealed how the IP addresses, after several turns, all lead back to a company known for farming out clicks or votes.
The fourth screenshot betrayed a conversation from a few days ago between one of the company's employees and Ji Yu's team.
"…Okay. You want to make sure Lan Shuer wins the vote in a few days, right?"
"Yes! Xi Tong Su is nothing but a naive rich girl, what does she know about acting! No need to wait for their acting videos to come out, Lan Shuer will certainly win. At that time, the silly netizens will surely support Lan Shuer, you just ensure that Lan Shuer wins."
The fifth one was a screenshot from this morning's internal chat within the click farm company!
"I'm dying of laughter here, really. They insisted Lan Shuer would definitely win. The more I recall how confident Ji Yu's team was when they contacted us a few days ago, the more I want to laugh!"
"Ji Yu's team is really something. I genuinely wonder how he climbed his way to becoming a top-tier male celebrity in the entertainment circle?"
"Isn't it all because he was with Xi Tong Su, she boosted his fame! Now that he's reached a high standing, he's trying to dispute with Xi Tong Su, becoming a bridge burner. No one plays dirtier than him."
"Brothers, can someone explain what's happening? I don't understand."
"Hahahaha, it's simple. Ji Yu is now paying us to prop up his internet army and turn against Xi Tong Su! Remember how a few days ago he organized the vote, wanting to make Lan Shuer win? But then their acting videos were live-streamed, and Lan Shuer's performance was just pathetic. Now everyone knows that Lan Shuer's votes were rigged, and they're all blaming Ji Yu."
"But what does Xi Tong Su have to do with this?"
"To save his own skin, Ji Yu had us control the comments on Weibo, making it seem like Xi Tong Su was responsible for the vote rigging. That way, netizens would believe that it was Xi Tong Su who intentionally rigged the votes to make Lan Shuer win, with the expectation that everyone would blame Lan Shuer for cheating."
"Oh, I see, so the netizens would believe that Xi Tong Su is manipulative and playing them, and they would blame Xi Tong Su?"
"Exactly!"
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