I just want to sell products, but you're forcing me to perform talents.

Chapter 424 8000 Million Fans

The unified criticism from mainstream media put pressure on DouDou.com, which had always been playing dumb and feigning inaction. DouDou.com quickly issued a statement saying, "There are indeed paid trolls, but DouDou's ratings are very difficult to manipulate. DouDou has a robust anti-paid troll mechanism and will continue to work to combat them..."

Netizens did not accept this statement.

[Out of the question: After reading the whole thing, DouDou.com seems to be avoiding the main issues and downplaying its own responsibilities and problems.]

[Is being able to sleep excessively a superpower? So many people are giving out one-star reviews in a single day, do you think that's realistic? And the short reviews are so polarized, it's obvious this is paid advertising. Are you still saying your ratings are hard to manipulate?]

[You're utterly useless: DouDou.com's point-boosting prices are openly displayed everywhere. You claim to have a comprehensive anti-paid commenter mechanism—are you selectively blind?]

[World champion of one-handed freestyle mask removal: Waiting for the authorities to take action against DouDou.com again. Anyway, this isn't the first time. I remember they took it down last time!]

……

Just when DouDou.com thought this would be the same as before, and that they could just issue a statement and let it go, Jinwuwei stepped in.

Datang Jinwuwei announced that it will directly enter DouDou.com to carry out a special rectification campaign against the serious online chaos on DouDou.com.

This move infuriated some bigwigs in the industry who were hiring online trolls to smear "Dream of the Red Chamber".

And such?

Why not just ban the platform so no one can see your low score?

Some bigwigs wanted to stir up this topic, directly criticizing "Dream of the Red Chamber" and the Sixth Princess for being unable to play along, using their power to intimidate others, and using their size to bully the small.

However, Chaobo was also moved in.

In response to the problem of Chaobo arbitrarily spending money to buy trending topics and misleading public opinion without review and verification, a special rectification campaign has been launched.

At the same time, platforms such as Kuaiyin and Chaoxin immediately issued statements indicating that they would conduct self-examination and rectification and fully cooperate with the crackdown on behaviors such as online trolls, comment control, and buying trending searches.

Once this sweeping generalization was made, the big shots all fell silent.

Damn, you're using "Dream of the Red Chamber" as an opportunity to clean up the chaos in the entire entertainment industry and self-media platforms?

Or perhaps, the Sixth Princess had long been prepared to rectify these chaotic situations, but this time she just happened to use "Dream of the Red Chamber" as an excuse.

It not only rectified the chaos, but also gave "Dream of the Red Chamber" a boost, and deterred some entertainment industry bigwigs who had been boycotting Princess Liu, achieving multiple benefits in one fell swoop.

This time, DouDou.com dared not be stubborn anymore and issued an apology late at night, stating that the platform would promptly clean up the controversial abnormal ratings and short reviews.

In addition, DouDou.com once again denied any commercial cooperation in its ratings, emphasizing that it "has never done so and will never do so in the future," and stated that it "will protect the public's trust in its ratings" and "severely crack down on the behavior of online trolls manipulating ratings and controlling reviews."

DouDou.com's apology couldn't stop their app from being removed from app stores. Public resentment over the issue of manipulating ratings has always been high, and some film and television production teams in the entertainment industry have also suffered greatly from it. Therefore, the removal of their app can be considered a win-win situation.

This time, DouDou.com was not only targeted for activities such as score manipulation and comment control, but also for cracking down on some inappropriate speech on the site.

SuperBlog's practice of paying for trending topics has always existed. This time, it has been called upon to strictly regulate it. From now on, all commercial trending topics on SuperBlog must be clearly marked with the word "commercial". Trending topics that are paid for must also be clearly marked. The public must be clearly informed of what kind of content is truly trending and what kind of content is being paid for.

In addition, it is required that some content on the Super Blog be strictly reviewed, including content from public intellectuals, unscrupulous media, fake news, and content involving pornography, etc.

This series of actions has caused great distress to DouDou.com and ChaoBo, because these targets are their most profitable areas and the core of their user base. JinWuWei's actions have almost struck at their lifeline.

Thus, the incident involving the crackdown on two major self-media platforms triggered by malicious negative reviews of "Dream of the Red Chamber" has come to an end.

As a result, the viewership of "Dream of the Red Chamber" reached a new high, with the average viewership of the first five episodes exceeding 4000 million.

The total viewership of the five episodes, reaching 200 million, stunned everyone.

[Understanding Clothes: I knew this drama might be a hit, but I didn't expect it to be this popular! In less than 10 days, it has already surpassed 2 million views. Won't it break 50 billion by the time the entire series ends?]

[There are always women who want to sleep with me: Only two episodes a week, and no early access for VIP members, that's way too few!]

[Please wait, female benefactor: Since it's being filmed and broadcast simultaneously, a lot of content hasn't been filmed or edited yet. We can only release it slowly according to the production team's schedule. Be content; we're getting it for free. We can't even watch the fourth episode yet; we have to wait until next week!]

[Chrysanthemum's Wrath: Now all these lead actors are super popular. I heard that Chen Xu, Liu Xiaoxiao, and Jiang Tian will be participating in the recording of "Distant Life" next week. I'm so looking forward to it!]

……

The popularity of a drama series inevitably leads to the rise of all its actors. In less than 10 days, Chen Xu's number of fans on Kuaishou (a Chinese music platform) surged to 10 million, making him the third artist under Ye Xian's management to surpass 10 million fans.

The first two are Li Xin and Duan Fei's "Xin Ge Fei Ge Go Eat Go Eat" account and the official account of Heyin Five Girls.

Jiang Tian and Liu Xiaoxiao, two veteran second-tier top stars, have seen their fan base surpass 5000 million and 5500 million respectively, thanks to the popularity of their new drama.

Li Hong's fan base saw the smallest increase, but she still barely surpassed 500 million fans.

This is partly due to the popularity of the TV series "Dream of the Red Chamber" and partly because they both have a new song that is trending on the charts.

The four songs "Encounter," "The First Dream," "A Little Happiness," and "The Most Romantic Thing" have firmly propelled Li Xin, Duan Fei, Chen Xu, Li Hong, Jiang Tian, ​​and Liu Xiaoxiao to the position of top-tier second-tier singers, and they have maintained their positions there.

Li Xin and Duan Fei have 5 representative works, Chen Xu and Li Hong have 3 representative works, Jiang Tian and Liu Xiaoxiao are second-tier stars with many works, but now they each have 2 new representative works.

Compared to Ye Xian, they still have a much smaller overall number of songs, but the quality is already quite good. Any one of these songs could be a hit single.

Even the official Kuaiyin account had to accept the fact that even if Ye Xian didn't release his own songs, the new songs he wrote for others could still easily climb into the top ten of the new song chart and the hot song chart.

It's not that Ye Xian doesn't want to leave room for other singers, but rather that he has too many people to support.

……

Among the group, Ye Xian benefited the most, with his fan base exceeding 7600 million and rapidly approaching 8000 million.

Ye Xian's fans are no longer a single group, but rather a diverse group.

The largest fan type is naturally music fans, followed by foodie fans, girlfriend fans, appearance fans, book fans, emotional fans, and now drama fans have also joined the ranks.

An increase in fans is not always a good thing, because without verticality, it is difficult to satisfy diverse fans, and the boost to live-streaming e-commerce may not be as explosive as imagined.

This can be seen from the fact that Ye Xian's GMV increase in each live stream is not significant these days.

Many people are only interested in Ye Xian because of the trending topics, but turning him into a die-hard fan will be a long and arduous journey.

At this time, Ye Xian had already left the "Dream of the Red Chamber" crew and arrived at a seaside castle in Haizhou City.

……

P.S.: Today's Recap

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