Chapter 833: Chapter 348: Hot Searches Exploding

The PK battle started at 8:30, the trending topic hit the top at 8:40, and then it kept exploding.

A total of three topics, ranking first, second, and third.

1.2 billion vs 1.8 billion–The Epic PK Battle of the Century.

Online live streaming officially ascends to become the fourth major entertainment sector.

Who is Yuji?

And the topics stemming from it occupied 10 out of the top 20.

For instance, Principal Wang securing the “queen of dance” Yuji, Xingyu Guild’s influencers revealed, finally understanding why Zhang Dayi switched to Xingyu, Tianyi Male God turns out to be Xingyu’s largest shareholder, and so on.

Xingyu suppressed every trending topic tied to Su Huai and Gu Jiuyue, focusing on marketing the company and Pei Shuyu, while also giving Zhang Dayi, Li Ziqi, and Li Jiaqi the red-hot benefits of this round of online discussion.

9 PM to 2 AM marks the most active time for netizens; many bros surfed the web and felt like the world had gotten weird.

Update Unkillable: “Dizzy, aren’t we a novel forum? Why is everyone talking about some crappy streamer?”

Learning in Book Readers’ Circle: “I suggest you check out the backstory, then you’ll have a new perspective on Yuji.”

Ten minutes later, Update Bro returned to the original thread: “Holy crap! Yu Sister is amazing! Yu Family Army here, all you demons and monsters better scram!”

Failed Bread: “Impossible! It’s all BS!”

Yu My Love: “Authors who react fast are already incorporating Yu Sister into their new plots, forcibly weaving her in; those who react slowly are still questioning truth or lies. If you won’t flop, who will?”

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Zhihu: Two guilds battled for over 300 million RMB within 10 minutes–what do you think of this?

Grandpa Ma: “Big Pei Shuyu is truly awesome, over.”

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Leisurely Bean Eater: “What’s up with Douyin today? Why am I being constantly recommended clips of Yuji?”

Fallen Leaves White: “Because you usually browse videos of beauties dancing?”

Leisurely Bean Eater: “I don’t! It’s bizarre.”

Everyone Drinks Tea: “Then congrats, you must be rich. Today Douyin’s recommendation rule is to push Yuji’s PK clips to rich folks and her dancing clips to dirty old men. As for me, not being talented, I watched eight of her dances…”

Wiking: “Did Xingyu buy Douyin?”

Greg_Laswell: “Could it be because her popularity is genuinely high?”

Leisurely Seaside Viewer: “So captivating! So thrilling! As a girl, I’m completely smitten by Yu Sister–it’s way more entertaining than Lady Lu!”

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Xinba: “Mods! Anyone driving the narrative gets banned, minimum one year! If they’re awesome, it’s their business–did you get a single cent from it? Damn it, you come running here to spam. Remember, this is Kuaishou, not your playground!”

Brother Jie: “Exactly! No exposure at all–where’s the thrill like our Kuaishou programs? Brothers, midnight is approaching; come follow Brother Jie later, I’ll take you to see real good cars, good lights, and good scenery!”

At this time, Kuaishou had plenty of suggestive content, rivaling platforms like Panda, SixRooms, or Huajiao.

Pei Shuyu’s style couldn’t stir up any waves on Kuaishou–it’s only her 1.8 billion PK streak that earned genuine awe.

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Meanwhile, chaos had just begun on the main battleground of public opinion, Weibo.

Initially, self-media marketing accounts stirred up buzz, attracting male users’ interest. As the influence expanded into the Little Fairy crowd, the comments beneath promotional posts spun out of control.

“Even someone shaking it in a streaming room is better than you pedicure maids!”

The comment triggered a chaotic war among young star fandoms, spreading across various fan circles in no time.

By the time Su Huai received the notification, the fallout was no longer confined to female celebrities.

He scrolled through top-rated comments, frowning: “Who’s muddying the waters in this mess?”

Shi Zeyu took out his tablet, glanced at it, and replied, “Tracing the source of the initial bait comments: it started with Tang Ren piggybacking on Yu Sister’s buzz while stepping on her; then Jiaxing joined to hype Reba; later, Bee escalated the war to cover the entire ’85 Flowers’ group; after that, Shili fans also joined the fray; and then Time Fengjun’s fan leader dragged Wu Qian into the mix, roasting him for loving certain… activities.”

By the end of it, Su Huai was speechless.

“Damn, half the entertainment industry jumped in–how does anyone hold them accountable?”

“A bunch of serial offenders, all of them…”

Zhang Yuhang protested indignantly: “Mr. Su, are we just going to sit back and let them leech our buzz?”

“What else can we do? Spend money on counter-attacks? Do you happen to have those water army companies’ contacts in the circle?”

“I do!”

“Oh? Impressive.”

Su Huai smiled in surprise, patting his shoulder: “But there’s no need. Water armies at RMB 1.50 per post are just so-so–not worth it. Plus, they’re not about to abandon their regular clients to collaborate with us.”

The current professional water armies aren’t as rampant as in the early 2000s, nor as cunning as later–they’re a bunch of slackers now.

What decent results can you expect for just RMB 0.50 a post?

Even RMB 1.50 won’t get you much; it’s no match for army software automation.

“Weibo is becoming increasingly useless. Let them argue all they want–none of them will have a good ending.”

Zhang Yuhang didn’t fully understand Su Huai and gave him a thumbs-up: “Your tolerance, so magnanimous!”

Shi Zeyu glanced at this guy, thinking: You’re so naive.

Su Huai isn’t someone who would swallow his losses silently–forget digesting them himself, what a joke!

He was already determined to ramp up training troops. Seven days later, the first batch of a 10,000-man army would be officially ready–then he’d show them what happens to those who drain his blood!

Not only was Gou Huai secretly vengeful, but he also opened a new document and started jotting down notes.

First target: Tang Ren. This company has long been a repeat offender, employing tied-to-marketing leeching and smear tactics. Early on, they relentlessly harmed Feixian, even rewriting her parents’ info to match their “indifferent as chrysanthemums” sister. Then, they bought Baidu name-replacement ads–search Feixian, and all results would show Chrysanthemum Sister’s photos.