Ji Juntao, however, accepted this well: "Beiling Dairy Products and Tianding Entertainment are from the same province. They can make money and support local businesses at the same time. What's wrong with that? If those fools' money isn't harvested by Tianding Entertainment today, it will be harvested by other programs tomorrow."
Shang Yechu was speechless and didn't know how to refute it for a moment. She could only give Ji Juntao a look of impotent rage.
Ji Juntao waved his hand dismissively: "You think this is the first time Tianding Entertainment has done something like this? A few years ago, when Luan Qing and Shi Shan were competing, their fans boosted sales for them. I think one wanted to buy coffee powder and the other wanted to buy fruit-flavored instant drinks. They were sold at exorbitant prices, supposedly imported brands. But they were all domestically made OEM products, and they tasted awful. In the end, we threw them all away."
In addition, other events in the fan community in 2018 were also quite remarkable.
For example, Tower magazine pioneered a new way to make money by unlocking magazines in batches. Fans could unlock a new photo of an artist by purchasing a certain number of copies.
For example, the online comment control efforts involved hiring online trolls, and they even managed to get the accounts of a local official account to do so. This account, which usually only shared military content, inexplicably gave a dozen or so likes to a certain celebrity.
For example, some popular celebrities fabricated their data, resulting in the bizarre phenomenon of over 100 million reposts, which was criticized by CTS (China Television System).
For example, a celebrity's album sold well overseas. Fans registered a large number of overseas accounts, cashed out credit cards, and made repeated purchases to boost the charts, directly crashing the overseas charts in North America. The celebrity was ridiculed by foreign media as a "Chinese cannon" and lost face abroad.
For example, a celebrity's fans organized a support event on a university campus, which nearly caused a stampede.
For example, a celebrity's fan club raised tens of millions of yuan and then absconded with the money...
Is this the best of times or the worst of times?
In any case, someone will eventually have to come and clean up this mess.
Finally, the bolt of lightning that had been rolling for so long fell precisely to the ground.
"This special operation will focus on the following issues..."
"...A concentrated crackdown on data manipulation and other irregularities in online celebrity-related rankings, trending topics, and comments..."
"Strictly investigate and punish behaviors that guide minors or organize group purchases, or encourage fans to engage in irrational consumption... to curb the unhealthy tendency of fans competing to see who can buy the most..."
"...inciting fans to compete and flaunt their wealth, wasting resources, and preventing the excessive consumption of public resources, thus creating a distorted trend of 'buying popularity with money'..."
"Platforms lack responsibility and condone hype... Content involving distorted fan support, misleading consumption, illegal crowdfunding, and false advertising should be dealt with promptly..."
This is absolutely shocking!
The China Internet Information Department is an official account, far more significant than any certain newspaper or commentary.
This represents the official direction and the country's attitude.
When thunder roars down, the first reaction people usually show is not panic, but bewilderment.
For example, right now, the Chinese entertainment industry is still unclear about the meaning of this statement. They've simply left the official account hanging for quite some time. Weibo, however, was quick to react, swiftly pushing the topic to the top of the trending search list.
#Cyberspace Administration of China launches campaign to clean up and regulate the fan culture [explosive]#!
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