Chapter 856 - 875: On Entering the Palace for the Third Time
Chapter 856: Chapter 875: On Entering the Palace for the Third Time
Highly readable forum replies like this had already appeared here countless times.
In the operations department office of New Star Company, Wanxing stood inspecting the staff’s terminals and the data reported by her subordinates, a smile gracing her face. Juju’s idea was indeed very useful. If they couldn’t fight them directly, they could simply join them in the smear campaign.
The food community was undoubtedly Jiang Qiuqiu’s home turf. Over a hundred clashes, both big and small, had erupted here between Jiang Qiuqiu and Master Huang. Wanxing had once been the commander-in-chief in the series of marketing posts titled "Ju people vs. Little Yellow Dog." She had directly faced countless comments left by the paid trolls hired by the Federation Live Broadcast Company.
It was always the same few sentences every time. She was sick of them, annoyed by them, and saw right through them. Sharing her sentiment were not only the studio staff but also the casual netizens active in the community. Back in the day, because of these infuriating comments, Juju had even lost some goodwill from the general public.
What could be more boring than revisiting the past? Nothing!
Thus, at a certain point, the development of the story suddenly changed.
The threads rapidly gained traction. Seeing people reply, the troll ringleaders delightfully boosted the popularity, pushing those replies up to become top comments. The Ju people joined in, starting to dilute the threads’ content and engaging in fierce flame wars.
Of course, cooling down a thread’s popularity didn’t happen overnight. In the process, some casual browsers would inevitably click in. Casual browsers would open the thread and think, "Oh, no! Why is it this garbage again!" Then, they would flee frantically.
After some time passed, meaningless comments completely flooded the threads, causing their popularity to plummet. The posts were soon branded with tags like "Little Yellow Dog," "Little Yellow Man," "Paid Trolls," and "Smear Campaign." Oh well, now they were truly abandoned by everyone.
The second failure came just that quickly.
Before the sun even set on September 21st, the head of Mystery Studio convened a special meeting with a dark expression on his face. The meeting featured a highly detailed analysis and gathering of materials regarding this marketing incident. Everyone took turns speaking, engaging in in-depth discussions about this phenomenon that defied all common marketing logic.
An excerpt of their discussion was as follows:
"Are these fans out of their minds?"
"They’re too crazy. The moment food is mentioned, they go absolutely rabid."
"...Why can they be so unbridled? To prevent others from realizing we are paid trolls, we phrase every sentence with extreme restraint. We have to provide evidence for every point we make, but look at them—"
They acted more like paid trolls than the actual paid trolls. They were simply a bunch of bandits. Was this the courage that came from being genuine?
The ringleaders were left speechless. Thus, after rounds of debate, they reached a conclusion.
"We must avoid the topic of food," the studio head concluded.
"Starting this afternoon, we’ll directly post about Jiang Qiuqiu’s poor character. Focus the attacks entirely on her morals. Don’t boost any trending threads that mention food anymore. Remember our main objective."
Everyone solemnly noted down the meeting’s resolutions. Then, in the afternoon, they resumed their assault on the food community.
However, the paid trolls were subsequently dumbfounded to discover that it seemed whatever they did was utterly useless. They tried their hardest to avoid mentioning food and focused on her bad character, but those fans of Jiang Qiuqiu didn’t care at all. They would just directly label them as the Little Yellow Man.
Then, the fans would repeat the exact same tactics they had used before. Furthermore, with such an unshakeable fanbase, a small-scale water army was completely powerless against hundreds of millions of fans. There was truly nothing they could do.
The third failure had arrived.
Experiencing crushing defeats time and time again caused the previously undefeated head of Mystery Studio to feel a sense of dread. He decided to adjust his plans once more.
The paid trolls went quiet for a while. This meant that in the first stage of the battle, the Ju people had achieved absolute victory!
Wanxing quickly relayed this good news to Little President Qian and Qiuqiu.