Starting from a Bar to Sign Internet Celebrities

A man’s energy is finite.

More importantly, if he was involved with that many women, those online influencers would never get along. Some dirty drama would inevitably surface. They wouldn’t all be willing, and it’s even more impossible that they’d all be acting this way.

This whole scene made no sense at all.

Zhou Huapeng frowned. "Let’s ignore that for now. Send in the online trolls. I refuse to believe these people will keep this up once the trolls start guiding the narrative. With enough voices, slander becomes truth."

"Understood, President Zhou!" the assistant immediately nodded, then picked up his phone to issue the orders.

A short while later, the troll army under their control went to work. They flooded the comment sections of the reporters’ exposé videos, leading a barrage of abuse that condemned Chen Jincheng’s low morals and his shameful practice of coercing female influencers.

The appearance of these trolls certainly made the comment sections of the exposé videos unusually lively.

Guo Feng had been keeping a close eye on the situation, eager to see what would happen once everyone exposed Cheng’s act and whether he could keep the charade going.

So, the sudden appearance of the online trolls naturally caught his attention.

"Chen Jincheng is shameless!"

"Chen Jincheng has no moral compass."

"Chen Jincheng is forcing those girls! Who will save them?"

"Chen Jincheng isn’t even human..."

"..."

Guo Feng’s cheek twitched as he read comments like these. ’Something’s obviously off about these posts,’ he thought.

’Cheng’s methods are so clumsy, aren’t they?’

𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖

’This kind of criticism is so toothless. It won’t tarnish his reputation one bit; it barely even scratches the surface.’

He’d have to be a fool to think this *wasn’t* another one of Cheng’s schemes. ’He’s already been exposed, so how can we let him keep up the act?’

For fans like them, a major source of their fun was playfully opposing Cheng. It was endlessly entertaining.

He immediately opened up several of Cheng’s fan groups he was in, dropped in the video link, and added a message: "Quick, everyone, let’s go mess with Cheng!"

The video instantly livened up the groups, and many veteran fans started to chime in.

"Haha, I saw this video too. Does Cheng really think we’re idiots? It’s so obvious."

"Do any of the Cheng Girls look like they’re being forced? Haha, and they’re all acting so prim and proper."

"Looks like Cheng hired trolls to attack himself. The insults seem harsh, but they’re completely superficial."

"If I were actually trying to slander Cheng, I wouldn’t hire trolls to do such a half-assed job."

"What’s the point of attacking the ’Number One Scumbag on the Internet’ for having low morals? This is obviously self-directed. Let’s all go tell Cheng to drop the act and release the video already!"

"..."

Seeing how fired up everyone was, Guo Feng also rushed to the video’s comment section to post: "Cheng, drop the act. Post the video."

Soon enough, amidst the trolls’ vitriol, the comment section filled up with one "Post the video" comment after another.

Eventually, even casual bystanders started joining in. After a quick glance, they got the gist of the situation. Nobody was a fool, so they jumped in on the fun and started commenting as well:

"Chen Jincheng, stop treating us like idiots. Release the video you filmed."

"Haha, as if I don’t know you’re behind this smear campaign yourself. Post the video!"

"Hurry up and post the video."

"..."

The flood of uniform comments soon looked more like a coordinated troll campaign than the actual trolls.

Chen Jincheng was a little dumbfounded when he received the report from Sister Hong.

He saw the exposé videos meant to slander him and naturally knew it was a move by Zhou Huapeng of Si Rui Film and Television. But he truly hadn’t anticipated his fans getting involved.

’The crucial part is, how on earth did my fans conclude that I hired trolls to attack myself?’

’I’m not that bored.’

When Zhou Huapeng received his assistant’s report, he was stunned all over again. ’Are you kidding me?’

’The trolls are already leading the charge, but these people still think Chen Jincheng is staging his own smear campaign?’

Looking at the flood of comments once again demanding a new video, he felt a wave of exhaustion wash over him.

’Is it really this hard to slander one Chen Jincheng?’

"Where exactly did we go wrong?" Zhou Huapeng couldn’t help but ask his assistant.

The assistant said, somewhat awkwardly, "President Zhou, there might be a reason for this. Chen Jincheng also holds the title ’Number One Scumbag on the Internet.’ You know what a scumbag is... so, we might have chosen the wrong line of attack."

"What? Are you kidding me?" Zhou Huapeng couldn’t help but retort.

’Even if he has the title of ’Number One Scumbag on the Internet,’ that can’t be a get-out-of-jail-free card, can it?’

’Does the fact that he’s a scumbag mean that coercing female influencers is no longer a sign of low morals?’

’If that’s how it works, I’d like to be that kind of scumbag too...’

Just then, the manager of the public relations department rushed in. "President Zhou, this is bad! A lot of people are posting exposés about our company, and they’re bringing up our costume and makeup department! The topic’s popularity has skyrocketed to an unbelievable degree in a very short time. If this goes on, it’ll create a public outcry and attract attention from the higher-ups..."

"What?" Zhou Huapeng was floored by the news. ’I’m busy hiring trolls to take down Chen Jincheng, so who the hell is stabbing us in the back?’

The PR manager immediately took out his phone, pulled up a video, and handed it to Zhou Huapeng.

The video’s title was: "An Analysis of Why Chen Jincheng is Being Exposed and Slandered."

"As everyone knows, it’s been pretty wild online, with people frantically trying to slander Chen Jincheng. This all stems from four sets of Hanfu created by Second-Life Star. These four designs are incredibly exquisite and beautiful."

"The crucial point is that these four Hanfu designs completely put the costumes of film and television dramas to shame, making the Hanfu worn by the lead actresses look like maids’ outfits in comparison. Everyone can see this. After all, none of us are blind."

"Even Eldest Young Master Wang posted online to rage about this issue, and that’s where the real trouble began. Because of Eldest Young Master Wang’s tirade, some of the problems within the costume departments of the entire film and television industry were exposed for all to see."