Chapter 300: Miss Seven needs to fake it? (Fourth update)
This Weibo post received many likes from fans.
At the same time, many Weibo users, as if they had made an appointment, were frantically posting messages in the square about Ruan Qi's magazine sales being fake.
"They're all scammers." Shen Wenqian checked his Weibo. "I'll contact Editor-in-Chief Chen right away and have Fashion Magazine clarify the matter."
However, before he could make the call, the topic #Ran Qi magazine sales are fake# became a hot topic.
Shen Wenqian clicked on the topic, which was full of criticism and ridicule against Ruan Qi.
He couldn't help but frown.
This trending search was clearly orchestrated. While the fans were making a fuss, Peng Huan wouldn't be so foolish as to offend a top-tier fashion magazine just to mess with Ruan Qi.
So who is behind this?
First, she instigated her fans to make trouble on the official Weibo of Fashion Magazine, then she started to spread rumors that Ruan Qi cheated, and now she has directly bought some negative trending searches.
The person who manipulated all of this was definitely an expert. He used the fans as a weapon, yet he himself managed to get away with it cleanly.
With such a sophisticated method, if Shen Wenqian was not a shrewd person, anyone else would probably be fooled.
Shen Wenqian thought for a few minutes, then opened WeChat to contact Manager Tang from the Public Relations Department.
He Ma, who was standing by, saw the message he sent and said expressionlessly, "No need for a PR department. I'll check who's behind the scenes."
Shen Wenqian paused: "You?"
He Ma said "hmm" coldly, then turned on his laptop and started typing on the keyboard.
Shen Wenqian looked at the screen full of codes: "???"
Isn’t it said that he is a simple fellow villager from Qingyun Village?
What's up with all this code on the screen?!
…
The topic #Ran Qi magazine sales are fake# quickly attracted the attention of netizens.
The haters took this opportunity to start mocking Ruan Qi.
[Even if I'm on a top cover, what's the point? Without fans and purchasing power, I can only fake it to fool everyone.]
Ruan Qi has 6 million followers on Weibo, but how many of them are active fans? Selling over a million copies in an hour, where do you put top-tier celebrities?
[Isn't this data fabricated outrageously? I remember the last issue of "Fashion" featured a top-tier young actor, and they only sold over 600,000 copies an hour.]
@Vogue, we need data transparency! Please give netizens an explanation!
The haters @the official Weibo account of "Fashion" magazine, demanding the disclosure of Ruan Qi's backend sales data.
The official Weibo account of "Fashion" has not responded yet.
The haters and fans thought the other party was guilty and made an even bigger fuss.
The fans were anxious and angry, and they posted screenshots of their magazine purchases.
However, wealthy fans are a minority after all, and even if ordinary fans are willing to spend money, they can only buy a few hundred copies at most. Even if you add up everyone's sales screenshots, it is impossible to sell a million copies in an hour.
The fans couldn't explain it clearly, the haters seized on this point and criticized her hard, and the fans also laughed at Ruan Qi crazily.
In the office of the president of Imperial University, Cao Zhixing browsed Weibo for a while and chuckled coldly.
He took screenshots of a few pictures of haters scolding Ruan Qi and posted them to a WeChat group called "Serious Academic Discussion".
Suddenly, the WeChat group exploded.
What the hell is this? Are they saying my little angel is a liar?
Oh no! How could Miss Seven be fake? When I found out she was publishing a magazine, I bought 10,000 copies at once, okay?
[Haha, you dare to show off 10,000 copies? I bought 30,000 copies and said nothing.]
Cao Zhixing: Stop talking. What's the point of comparing in the group? Post a screenshot on Weibo if you can!
[Must show it off, no one can bully my seven goddesses! ]
A few minutes later, a user with the ID "Beauty of Physics" posted a Weibo post:
The Beauty of Physics: You say my goddess has no fans? You probably don't know Miss Seven's influence in the academic circle, right? Buy a screenshot and give it to me, and support my goddess! @软软王国柒]
This Weibo blogger is a relatively well-known academic influencer. He often shares some physics-related knowledge on weekdays and has attracted more than 100,000 fans.
Fans clicked on his screenshot and saw——
Holy crap! Ten thousand copies!
The frightened fans gave likes one after another, and his Weibo post soon became popular.
However, this is just the beginning.
In the next half hour, the Weibo square for the topic #Ranqi magazine sales are fake# was aggressively invaded by a group of Weibo accounts from the academic circle.
The entire Weibo square was filled with screenshots of purchases, and the purchase quantity of each screenshot was at least in the four digits.
At this moment, whether it was Marshmallow or the black fans, they were all stunned.
What is this operation?
How come so many purchase screenshots suddenly appeared?
[Is this another fake? It's not normal to have so many fan screenshots pop up all of a sudden.]
[Falsification? Does our Miss Seven need to falsify? I'm afraid you have some misunderstanding about her influence in the academic community.]
[But if you really bought so much, why didn’t you post screenshots before? ]
Everyone is busy doing experiments, so who has time to check Weibo? If someone in the WeChat group hadn't said that the goddess was bullied, I would still be immersed in the beauty of physics.
[Immerse yourself in the beauty of physics! Chemistry is the most beautiful! Here's a screenshot of my 30,000-copy purchase! Buy it for my goddess!]
[…Is Ruan Qi really that influential in the academic world?]
I'm a physics major at Harvard University in the US. When my professor found out Ruan Qi was publishing a magazine, he immediately bought 5,000 copies. To help boost her sales, he even registered a Taobao account.
[Holy crap? Are academics this rich?!]
[Friend, are you still living in ancient times? Those bigwigs in the academic world, any patent is worth millions!]
[Just a quick question: How many fans does Ruan Qi have in the academic community?]
I don't know how many fans she has, but she's definitely a favorite among the bigwigs. Everyone knows she releases a magazine, and they buy a ton of it. She sells a million copies an hour, absolutely true!
…
Not long after, Vogue magazine posted a Weibo post:
[Fashion Magazine: Two million copies sold in 90 minutes, truly worthy of being called the Ruan Queen! Congratulations to @RuanRuanQi for breaking the Fashion sales record. May you have a bright future and a successful career!]
There was a picture attached to the Weibo post. When people clicked on it, they saw that it was a screenshot of the magazine's backend sales, and even the IP and geographic location of the buyers were clearly visible.
The fans who had been clamoring for data transparency have been completely silenced.
The onlookers laughed so hard that they died on the spot.
The fans asked for a hammer and got it. The slap on the face was really loud.
…
Ruan Qi finished watching the drama online and turned off her phone with a smile.
"Uncle He Ma, how's the investigation going?"
He Ma: "I found the marketing company that the water army belongs to and the person who hired them. The IP address of that person's phone is located on the set of "Xianqing".
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