FWTS Chapter 062
"This rhythm is something else! Now we've got a few big-shot level authors popping up, along with some smaller ones, clearly either joining in the fun or trying to cozy up to Chong Er!"
"Damn, I saw it too! With this rhythm and these comments, it's like they're one step away from collectively boycotting Monkey!"
"...Is my phone broken? I just saw two cartoonists pop up."
"Let me see... Isn't 'Under the Melon Tree' from the Qiyue Cartoon Network? And it's even ranked first on the monthly ticket list! Could it be..."
"It's probably because the 'Sword of Xuanyuan' manga is about to take the top spot! Look at his comments, not only calling Monkey a disaster, but also saying Monkey fakes votes, even implying that Monkey hired someone to draw for him."
"What do you mean by 'calling Monkey a disaster is just fine'..."
"What's going on here? How did they all come out at once, it's like someone threw a bomb and blew everything up!"
"Another artist has come out, saying Monkey plagiarized the prototype of her work."
"Damn, these guys are really throwing any kind of dirt they can find at Monkey!"
"Look at Long Kong, someone has posted chat records between Monkey and a certain Taobao seller who specializes in faking data, as well as conversations between Monkey and the admins of his fans!"
"Damn, when did Monkey tell us admins to help fake votes! This blackening is just too low-level!"
"More pictures have been posted, this time it's the voting records of many accounts, they've been voting for many books in a row, all in pairs, and among them are votes for 'Sword of Xuanyuan', these accounts are obviously vote-brigading accounts!"
"It's obvious that someone is deliberately voting for Monkey!"
"You guys check out this post, 'On the Feasibility of Internet Celebrities Writing Novels for Hype and Making Money'."
The post discusses the feasibility of this in a joking manner, with sentences like "Internet celebrities with brainless fans only need stories that are passable and decent writing to make money one hundred percent, or just hire someone to write for them", "It doesn't matter if nobody reads the actual content of an internet celebrity's book, as long as the IP is popular, it can be sold easily", "Plus with some Taobao package operations, selling the copyright will make all the money back in minutes" and so on.
Although the entire post didn't mention Yun Hou and 'Sword of Xuanyuan' at all, it's clear who it's targeting.
Everyone frowned as they read it.
"The public opinion in Long Kong has a big impact on the online literature world, looking at the trend, it's completely against Monkey!"
"Monkey has almost been causing a scene on Long Kong every few days recently, there are definitely a lot of jealous and envious people, and this time something like this happened, it's obvious someone is leading the way, and it's normal for public opinion to be like this!"
"Actually Long Kong is okay, even if they're all against him, their influence is still much less than on Weibo. This time Monkey's strong performance on Weibo combined with what he said at the beginning of the livestream has caused another wave of blacklash on Weibo! Look, several celebrities and big Vs have jumped out again to accuse Monkey!"
"Sigh! If this trend continues, Monkey is really going to become... a pariah!"
"What should we do? What should Monkey do! Clearly he acted heroically, but he's been blackened like this..."
The atmosphere in the room was very oppressive, and one female fan couldn't help but hold back tears, whether from frustration or anger.
As they scrolled through, the female fan's eyes widened, and tears flowed down her cheeks: "Come and see this!"
Everyone crowded around, their eyes filled with anger.
It was a Weibo post, posted by the same marketing account as before, with a very provocative title, "Amazing My Streamer!"
"After the exposure of Hou Muyun's fight video, the editor received a lot of tips. This fight video is undoubtedly a deep water bomb, blowing up a lot of 'past' about Hou Muyun, the editor has sorted it out."
This long Weibo post listed a total of "seven sins" committed by Hou Muyun.
First, it exposed the fact that Yun Hou clearly made a lion's mouth open, proposing a huge signing fee to Dou Niuwang but was refused and then cursed Dou Niu platform, then turned to TT live, using this as a gimmick and to win the sympathy of netizens.
Second, using Shi Shiwu's fame for bundled hype, first going on "Singer", then directly letting others pretend to be Shi Shiwu to reward his own book. Shi Shiwu had to tacitly agree because of the official announcement of "Singer", but did not actually admit that the reward was his own action because he did not agree with his approach.
Third, after the reward incident, Hou Muyun himself bought "packages" online and overnight increased his average subscription from less than 3000 to over 5000.
Fourth, hiring artists to act as gunmen to adapt his comics, serializing them on the Qiyue Cartoon Network, and spending money to hire a large number of water army on the cartoon network and other platforms for publicity.
Fifth, during high school, he bullied weaker students and forcefully engaged in relationships with two or more female classmates, and during college, he was detained for extorting classmates.
Sixth and seventh... and many so-called "evidential" screenshots were also posted.
After this Weibo was sent out, the fight video incident escalated again!
"Is this big V idiot sick? Damn, clearly it's just mud-slinging, yet they've deliberately listed out the so-called seven sins!"
"These marketing accounts are really fearless! They're blackening Monkey too harshly!"
"The fight video was also sent out by this marketing account, I feel, this matter isn't that simple, it feels like someone is messing with Monkey!"
"Yeah! Originally, it's just a fight incident, if not for someone stirring up trouble, it wouldn't have escalated to this extent!"
"This... how should I say it, it's also because Monkey is too outstanding, otherwise, even if someone was stirring up trouble, nobody would pay attention!"
"After this Weibo was sent out, many of our groups have been circulating it, there are also more voices cursing Monkey in many groups, and someone is deliberately leading the way!"
"Besides, more and more people are leaving the groups!"
"What should we do?"
Lao Song also learned about these situations and said in the group, "In the livestream room, although Monkey has given us a few moderators, he always doesn't let us kick people randomly, and it was the same during the livestream just now. And now, there are these voices in the group, we can't not kick them! Take a look at the groups you manage, and directly kick those who are deliberately leading the way. In addition, also tell everyone the real situation. And... we can't just sit here and watch like this! Post an announcement in your group, we need to fight back! Those haters, those celebrities who talk nonsense, and those authors and cartoonists, we need to confront them one by one, otherwise they'll really think we're easy to bully!"
"Alright!"
"Let's do it!"
"I'll open a group now, to recruit true die-hard fans who believe in Monkey and are willing to fight! Let's organize a truly powerful... Sky Team!"
"Good name, let's call it the Sky Team!"
...
This Weibo post from the marketing account had a large number of reposts, and Shi Shiwu naturally saw it. He also learned a little about the fight video incident before and after, although he hasn't known Yun Hou for long, he still has some basic trust in him. Seeing Yun Hou's Weibo "explanation", his first instinct was to believe it, and seeing this Weibo from the marketing account, how could he not see that someone was deliberately trying to smear Yun Hou.
Without saying anything else, there are several of those "seven sins" that Shi Shiwu feels are untenable.
After thinking for a moment, Shi Shiwu reposted the Weibo from the marketing account: "I don't know or comment on the other six so-called 'seven sins', but I have something to say about 'its second'. The reward was indeed done by me, and there was no tacit approval to cooperate with the official announcement. Monkey is a friend I greatly admire, and I have never felt any displeasure. Monkey has never bundled me for any hype, even if he did, I would be willing. Also, regarding the fight incident, I believe Monkey's explanation!"
After reposting, Shi Shiwu called Yun Hou directly and asked, "Monkey, did you offend someone?"
At this moment, Yun Hou was in a taxi from the hotel where the organizer was staying to the hotel where Strong Brother and others were staying. He felt very grateful when he received Shi Shiwu's call at this time, and understood his meaning. After thinking about it, he said, "If I have to find one recently... Last time, because of the contract issue, I directly jumped from Dou Niu to TT, does that count as offending Dou Niu or the then manager?"
Shi Shiwu: "It counts! Your performance on TT, combined with recent actions, is a slap in the face to Dou Niu. Moreover, you being exposed in the fight video, when Dou Niu sees the public opinion overwhelmingly against you, it's simple for them to spend some money to buy some water army to push it further. Now, public opinion for you is really bad, have you thought of any countermeasures?"
Yun Hou: "The clear-minded clears himself."
Shi Shiwu: "..."