"Looking at the advertisements of various brands, I fell into deep thought, and then I thought about the electric car at home. Should I consider passing it down to someone else? But the problem is, it's not Emma..."
"Youmei Milk Tea is actually endorsed by Tianyi. When I was a kid, the advertisements were everywhere. It was so popular. Back then, being able to drink a cup of it made you a king among kids."
"My favorite scallion pancake is endorsed by a celebrity! Wow, what amazing products are those celebrity endorsements?!"
Following Liu Wei's article, the brands that Zhou Tianyi had previously endorsed were all exposed by netizens at the same time.
Brands that still retain Zhou Tianyi's advertisements have become widely known, gaining hundreds of thousands of followers overnight.
This was only the online impact; no one knew what would happen the day after Liu Wei published the article.
Emma Electric Vehicles' sales volume tripled or quadrupled, and its stock market value reached a new high.
The number of circles around the Blue Star has changed from three and a half to ten.
Even more surprisingly, the vendors selling hand-pulled pancakes on the streets never expected their business to be so good today.
The customers acted as if they'd never eaten a scallion pancake before, and they were all scrambling to grab one.
Creators on various short video platforms uploaded videos of the bustling scene in front of a vendor selling hand-pulled pancakes, which netizens jokingly referred to as:
"I deserve a tiny fraction of the credit for this."
In the brightly lit room, Aikun learned about inflation for the first time.
Full of confidence, she opened Liu Wei's Weibo again, clicked on the article, and went directly to the target page.
Then she read it word by word, calculating as she read. After she finished reading, she buried herself in writing down her calculations.
"Exactly the same!"
Ai Kun exclaimed in surprise; her answer was exactly the same as Liu Wei's calculation.
She refused to believe it, so she calculated it again, but the result remained the same.
"No, that's impossible... How could Zhou Tianyi's endorsement fee be so high!"
A sponsorship fee of over 100 million yuan! Even Cai Kun has never received such a sum.
Why should Zhou Tianyi possess it?!
After a while, although Ai Kun was unwilling, she calmed down and immediately looked for clues.
She searched for the advertisements featuring Zhou Tianyi and Youmei from back then.
"...Forty million..."
Almost all the search results were forty million.
She still refused to believe it, so she searched for another ad.
"...and the dynamic era...50 million for advertising endorsements..."
"...a 60 million yuan advertising endorsement deal with Baiming Cola..."
Thump.
Aikun slumped in the chair, his eyes vacant.
No matter what you search for or how you search, the final result will be the same.
Zhou Tianyi's past advertising endorsements were practically godlike, and no one could shake them.
She tried to find a flaw, but it was almost impossible; there was simply too much evidence.
No, there is still hope.
"Didn't Liu Wei want to refute the claim of data fabrication?"
"Since there's no way to deal with the endorsement fee issue, we'll start by fabricating data."
"Hmph, didn't some guy say before that the staff I hired weren't high-level enough?"
"Now, I can also use this reason to refute Liu Wei."
"It's impossible for all the music platforms to endorse Zhou Tianyi."
Aikun had a sudden inspiration and changed his approach.
With this in mind, she opened her scarf and updated it.
What do these chat logs prove?
"Perhaps you've communicated with the other party in advance to try and confuse the issue."
"Furthermore, even if these people are indeed employees of major music platforms, so what? Will they expose their own companies' data issues?"
"Ha, you don't actually think you can find out the authenticity of the data just by asking them, do you?"
Her question immediately sparked a debate between fans of both sides.
Liu Wei's fans believe that Ai Kun is being unreasonable.
"They won't admit their mistakes until they see the coffin; the evidence is right in front of them, yet they still deliberately nitpick."
"According to you, we can't trust anything from official sources because they're all edited by staff."
"If you can't hear it, look at your ears; if you still try to argue, look at your mouth; if you still disagree, look at your brain."
Ai Kun's fans were equally vocal in their opposition.
"Why can't we suspect that major music platforms would be foolish enough to admit to falsifying their data?"
"What could a customer service representative possibly know? Don't think I don't know just because I'm unemployed!"
"Authoritative release? Do you know what an authoritative release means? It's not just a few chat screenshots that make it authoritative!"
The debate continued, and it seemed the issue had returned to its original starting point.
This is something that even Liu Wei probably didn't expect.
It's astonishing how Ai Kun and his ilk would act so unreasonably, seizing every opportunity.
Under Ai Kun's organization, many of Cai Kun's fans worked together as one, defeating Liu Wei's fans one after another.
More and more people are participating in the discussion, and more and more people believe that a few chat screenshots alone cannot prove anything.
Moreover, the amount of rebuttal evidence presented is increasing.
"Are customer service representatives qualified to speak on behalf of the official authorities?"
What exactly is the definition of an "authoritative release"?
Would a company that fabricates data admit to fabricating data?
Various suspicions emerged one after another, and these suspicions turned into a torrent, impacting Liu Wei's articles.
This has led to a continuous decline in the credibility of Liu Wei's articles, and has even affected Liu Wei's loyal fans.
Seeing Liu Wei's rapidly deteriorating situation online, Ai Kun couldn't be happier.
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