The night before the college entrance exam results were released, I redeemed my Peking University ad

When Ji Bai saw Shen Yizhen's studio's statement, he was stunned.

You can play it like this?

He had seen Academician Zhou dig pits in front of him and Charles sabotage him off the field, but those people at least wore the cloak of academia, and even when they were competing, they still adhered to basic rules; at most, they were arrogant and petty.

But these people in the entertainment industry are really good at lying through their teeth.

Refusal can be presented as a preliminary intention, infringement can be countered with accusations of price gouging, and black can be turned into white.

Compared to them, Academician Zhou and his group were practically paragons of virtue.

His Weibo comment section has long been flooded with hate messages.

It has to be said that the fighting power of top-tier fans is even more terrifying than that of regular online trolls.

Online trolls only follow a script to release press releases and stir up trouble, but these fans have their own initiative and can dig up all sorts of unexpected angles.

Someone edited together clips from the live stream of the verification conference, played them frame by frame in slow motion, and wrote a very professional caption:

"Who in the family understands this? The genius you all praise to the skies looked down on everyone when he entered the Great Hall of the People, with that arrogant little expression, clearly he's never seen anything like it before!"

"Look at the way he shakes hands with foreign guests. He doesn't even bend his back. He has no basic manners. He calls himself a role model for teenagers? He hasn't even learned basic manners!"

"This hunched posture is a far cry from our brother's stage presence. As expected, bookworms have no class and are incredibly unsophisticated."

……

The rumor from yesterday about the "top scorer going into business" has also resurfaced and is being spread again, with fans sharing blurry screenshots of the person's face everywhere, relentlessly slandering them.

"My God, they have this kind of fetish? They look so respectable, but they're such perverts in private?"

"With that skinny frame, you dare to take pictures? Are you all show and no substance?"

"It's disgusting. Is this the kind of mindset that top scorers are encouraged to have? No wonder they don't study math properly and instead have their minds full of crooked ideas."

"It's just that fans blindly praise him as handsome. In reality, he's probably a fat otaku. He only dares to take pictures with his face covered by a hood."

"It's too short! It's too short!"

……

Even more insidious is the use of human flesh to open boxes.

Some incredibly resourceful fans dug up all of Ji Bai's personal information, even uncovering the fact that his parents died in a car accident years ago.

"My God, this idiot was an orphan! After finishing his high school entrance exam, he insisted on taking his parents on a trip, and they ended up in a car accident that killed the whole family. What a jinx!"

"The whole family passed away in perfect harmony!"

"No wonder he's so vicious. Turns out he's a jinx who didn't have parents to raise him properly. It's no wonder his personality is twisted."

"It's so unlucky for my brother to be associated with someone like that! We should stay away from him quickly, so as not to bring bad luck on him!"

"No wonder they're trying to extort money from the ground up. They weren't taught anything when they were young. There's always a reason why someone is pitiful."

……

As the situation escalated, several related topics, such as "#JiBaiRaisesPricesOnTheSpot," trended on social media, attracting a growing number of onlookers.

The top scorer in the college entrance examination goes up against a top celebrity, which immediately generates a lot of buzz. Whether or not people know Ji Bai, they all come over to criticize him and make fun of him.

The royalists were furious, their eyes red with anger. They desperately tried to clarify, report, and present evidence in the comments section, but they couldn't withstand the overwhelming numbers of the opposing side.

Tens of millions of fans flooded in, and the clarification comments were immediately drowned out. The reported content disappeared without a trace, and instead, the account was relentlessly attacked and banned.

"Ugh! I'm so angry!"

"This is outrageous! How can you spread rumors about someone's deceased family members?! Have you no moral boundaries?!"

"They're all making it up! Ji Shen isn't that kind of person at all! Even the People's Daily has praised him!"

"Is this what fandom is like? It's terrifying! They spread rumors with just their mouths, completely disregarding the facts!"

"They don't care about the facts; they just ignore them!"

"When has the Emperor ever suffered such humiliation! Where has his domineering presence, where he single-handedly defeated all the mathematicians in the Golden Hall, gone! When have we royalists ever been so pathetic!"

……

The ridicule online grew louder and louder, and Ji Bai became a laughing stock across the internet.

"Hahaha, that's hilarious! A math nerd dares to challenge the top influencers in terms of public opinion? Doesn't he even know his own limitations?"

"He's overestimating himself. He thinks he can get away with anything just because he proved two conjectures? His fans could make him drop out of school in a heartbeat."

"You know what, I actually came across those clips of him going into business. Why doesn't this top scholar just go into business? Maybe he can earn more than he did in academia."

"He's asking for five million right off the bat. Is he crazy for money? Does he really think he's written some kind of timeless classic? Without Shen Yizhen singing it, who would even know about this lousy song?"

……

Ji Bai leaned against the headboard, his phone screen lit up, scrolling through the filthy comments in the comment section, making his temples throb with anger.

How did it become a personal attack?

Who are you calling a jinx?

Whose is shorter?

Who says it's perverted?

To be honest, Ji Bai only now understood what cyberbullying meant!

Compared to this, the previous controversies in academia are like children playing house.

The fans are amazing!

We can't beat them!

We simply can't beat them!

Ji Bai's small number of fans couldn't even make a ripple.

"Oh shit."

Ji Bai gritted his teeth and threw his phone onto the bed.

He pulled the blanket over his head and lay down, and before closing his eyes, only one thought remained in his mind:

You all just wait!

I'll buy a few powerful skills tomorrow!

……

The next day.

Ji Bai woke up early.

[Ding! Daily Selection System Activated]

"Designated Card for Redemption Options"

Although I was ridiculed by the entire internet yesterday, I have to admit that the shock level rose quite quickly.

Ji Bai would rather not have that level of shock.

[Ding! The selected option card has been redeemed. Please specify the option type.]

"Special category!"

[Ding! Designation successful, options refreshed]

If you had 100 yuan, how would you spend it?

1. A special event occurred today, 50% good and 50% bad (20 yuan).

2. The first thing you say after saying "I bet" today has a 70% chance of coming true (40 yuan).

3. Everyone who insults you today will inevitably encounter a minor, unpleasant misfortune (choking on water, spraining an ankle, spilling soup on their takeout, dropping their phone screen, etc.) (10 yuan).

4. The person you speak with in person today will uncontrollably reveal their true thoughts (10 yuan).

5. If you tell anyone "You look great today," they will be genuinely happy for three whole days, and during those three days they will actually become more and more beautiful (NT$20).

6. Always catch the bus or elevator just in time, no waiting required (10 yuan)

……

Ji Bai was instantly wide awake.

Goodness, this wave has completely stacked the buff of offense and defense in lane!

「我选1、2、3、4、5！」

A probabilistic event, a curse with a 70% chance of coming true, those who curse me will suffer bad luck, and there are also those who speak the truth and those who are prophets...

Cool!

Ji Bai leaned back against the headboard, tapped his phone screen with his fingertips, and a cold smile curled at the corner of his mouth.

Don't you like to use sheer numbers and distort the truth?

Okay, today I'll play something different with you guys.

He opened the Weibo editing box, his fingers flying across the keyboard as he typed a single line of text. There was no unnecessary preamble, no sarcastic remarks, just one sentence:

Shen Yizhen, I bet you'll have your career ruined!

……