In the blink of an eye,
The talent show organized by Gao Yan has been going on for ten days.
At first, those who rigged the votes did so secretly, but when they saw that Gao Yan and Weibo were ignoring them, they became increasingly arrogant.
Especially the top 100, they were practically dominating the rankings.
According to Red Emperor's surveillance, an entertainment company called Paradise was the most aggressive in its spending, having arranged for five trainees to participate in the competition.
All five trainees were pushed into the top 100.
Two of them even made it into the top twenty!
The amount spent on vote-buying alone exceeded 4 million yuan, and the amount spent on marketing was even higher, reaching more than 5 million yuan!
The reason Paradise Entertainment is willing to invest so much money is because they plan to use this opportunity to form a girl group with five trainees and debut.
Furthermore, although the investment is substantial, the prize money is quite generous if they can make it to the finals. Even if not all five of them make it into the top ten, but even if only one of them does, they can not only recoup the money spent on vote-buying and operations, but also make a fortune!
"Do I look like a sucker?"
Gao Yan touched his nose and said, somewhat speechless.
Afterwards, Gao Yan called Weibo and then sent the evidence of vote rigging to Weibo.
And Weibo, which had already communicated with him, began to make changes.
At this moment, there are still 2 hours left before the preliminary rounds of the talent show end!
But suddenly.
The rankings, however, are constantly changing.
All the players who were originally in the top 100 have been replaced!
Most of the top 100 had some degree of vote manipulation. The punishment that Gao Yan and Weibo agreed on was to deduct all the manipulated votes, and in addition, to deduct half of the real votes!
Gao Yan also posted a new Weibo post at the right time: Actually, in the first post of the audition, Weibo had already discovered that someone was rigging votes and asked for my opinion on whether to deal with it.
But I think that dealing with it too early won't hurt those brushes, so it's better to let them fly a little longer.
I'm putting 600 million into the talent show, but don't take me for a fool.
Now, I'm asking you, are you angry or not?
In fact, there are quite a few smart people online. Even without evidence, they have noticed that many contestants have rigged their votes!
As a result, some netizens left messages on Gao Yan's Weibo, hoping that he would deal with the vote-rigging issue.
Some people also complained to Weibo.
But neither Gao Yan nor Weibo paid any attention to it.
It wasn't until now, when people saw Gao Yan's Weibo post, that they suddenly realized what had happened.
I'm not a super-rich guy. It's not that I didn't know people were rigging votes, but I felt that dealing with them too quickly wouldn't make them feel the pinch.
"puff!"
Nanyin, girls' dormitory.
When Zhu Manyun saw Gao Yan's Weibo post, she couldn't help but laugh, which was rather unkind.
Then he looked at Yu Tongtong and said, "I knew it! The rich guy wouldn't let those scalpers get away with it!"
"Who knows? Maybe he couldn't withstand the pressure from public opinion and compromised!" Yu Tongtong said stubbornly, but she couldn't hide the smile on her face because she and Amuyi had both made it into the top 100!
Although they were only among the last few, they at least qualified for the semi-finals and received a prize of 100,000 yuan!
"Tch, someone like Shenhao Ge (a nickname for a wealthy man) is afraid of public opinion?"
Zhu Manyun said dismissively, "If he were afraid of public opinion, he wouldn't have confronted the haters in the first place!"
Amusement park.
The operations director rushed into the CEO's office with a look of anxiety on his face: "Mr. Wu, something bad has happened! Our people have all fallen out of the top 100!"
Wu Yong had originally intended to reprimand the operations director for not knowing the rules, but upon hearing this, he was completely dumbfounded and instinctively asked, "What's going on?"
The operations director said with a wry smile, "Boss, just look at that Weibo post about 'I'm not a super-rich person' and you'll know what's going on!"
Wu Yong quickly accessed Gao Yan's homepage on his computer.
When I saw his latest Weibo post, I was so angry that I cursed him out. He had invested nearly 10 million yuan to send the girl group into the semi-finals, but it all came to nothing.
What's most infuriating is that Weibo and that guy knew they were rigging votes, but they kept quiet and did nothing, just to lure them into spending more money on vote rigging.
"He's not human! He's not human! How can there be such a despicable person in the world!"
The situation at amusement parks is not an isolated case.
Other entertainment companies, while not as reckless as Paradise Entertainment, still invested anywhere from a few million to five or six million.
But now, all that money has gone down the drain!
While these entertainment companies were furious, the ordinary contestants were applauding and cheering.
Especially Hu Hu and Chen Chen, two ordinary contestants.
It had already been removed from the top 100, but now it has reappeared in the top 100!
Some things we only realize the value of after we lose them!
Meanwhile, with the help of Weibo, Gao Yan once again became a trending topic on Weibo, especially his phrase "Let the brush fly for a while longer" which became a popular internet meme.
Netizens have come up with all sorts of creative ways to use it!
As for Gao Yan, he also gained a great deal.
First, his Weibo followers reached a new high of 140 million. After all, his actions have garnered a lot of goodwill from netizens, except for those entertainment companies that engage in vote-rigging.
Right now, they probably wish they could draw a circle and curse him every day!
In terms of popularity, it has already exceeded 8 billion, reaching a staggering 8.7 billion!
It seems like gaining 100 billion upgrade experience points from this talent show is a sure thing!
soon.
The preliminary selection process is now over.
The contestant who won first place in the preliminary round is named Yan Qingcheng.
Judging from the photos, she is quite stunning; her looks should be rated 99 out of 100.
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