542: Chapter 542 The Power of Capital

"boundless oceans, vast skies" is a Cantonese song, and what Lin Chuyan was humming right now was also a Cantonese song.

Since they're both Cantonese songs... rounding it off, there shouldn't be any problem!

Regarding professional matters like these, Wu Yue had always maintained an attitude of not interfering too much. After all, his artist's attainments in this area had long exceeded his imagination...

However, Lin Chuyan still noticed the confusion in Wu Yue's eyes, so he thoughtfully translated the meaning of the lyrics.

"You've really figured out this entertainment industry." Understanding the content of the lyrics, Wu Yue couldn't help but sigh, then followed up, "So, what is the name of this song?"

""exaggerated"."

Wu Yue gave a thumbs up and summarized: "Good name, this is the entertainment industry."

He no longer had any doubts, left Lin Chuyan to continue practicing, and turned to deal with other matters. The first one to bear the brunt was that idiot online who posted the rumor-mongering Weibo.

However, before Wu Yue could take action, Director Deng Yu was already impatient to stir up trouble for Lin Chuyan.

The blogger who spread the rumor that "Lin Chuyan hit a woman on the set of "hunting blue star"" was indeed not instigated by Director Deng Yu, but releasing such a Weibo post at this delicate time meant the mastermind no longer mattered, and the truth of the news was thrown to the back of everyone's minds.

What was important was that this Weibo post provided new "dirt" for those harboring malice toward Lin Chuyan, and it became an excellent opportunity for Director Deng Yu to try to take down Lin Chuyan.

Since someone had taken the initiative to make things difficult for Lin Chuyan, Director Deng Yu was naturally happy to fan the flames and make this storm even bigger.

He started buying traffic for this blogger's Weibo, and on this basis, he increased the intensity against Lin Chuyan—didn't this blogger say Lin Chuyan hit someone? Then he would just forge a copy of an anonymous fan's "defan and backstab" post, with content deliberately leaning toward the "hitting" incident to further guide the direction of public opinion.

How to ensure the anonymous fan's identity wouldn't be discovered? That was simple, just find any garbage marketing account to post it.

The garbage marketing account didn't have traffic? Not enough influence? Rest assured, as long as it was new dirt on Lin Chuyan, it would definitely attract attention.

Besides, was there any need to worry about traffic? As long as he was willing to spend money, he would definitely be able to make the people he wanted to see it see it immediately.

Very quickly, a certain marketing account began to post according to the plan.

[Following the "Lin Chuyan hitting incident" revelation, another fan has defanned and provided more inside information, truth unknown.]

This sentence basically cleared them of any responsibility.

And the image attached to this Weibo post was extremely misleading; it claimed to be inside information provided by a fan, but there were no names or avatars on it, looking just like a piece of text written in the first person and in the tone of a fan.

[This matter has caused me pain for a long time, I don't want to keep suffering internally, so I want to tell everyone.]

[Like many people, I became a fan of lcy because of "drama". After this show finished airing, I started following offline activities.]

[I didn't expect this to be the beginning of my nightmare.]

[...]

[Because of these things, I cried for a long time and couldn't eat for many days. I don't know who to believe, and there are many questions I can't figure out.]

[In the end, I decided to let myself go and stop paying attention to him.]

This seemingly sincere text recounted the mental journey of a fan who went from fanatically following offline events to accidentally discovering another side of their idol, leading to a collapse of faith, shattered values, and questioning of life.

After struggling for a long time, they finally defanned, and recently, because the idol was finally being piled on by everyone, out of conscience, they couldn't help but come out to share the dark inside story.

As for how the idol tortured them into crying, making a scene, and not being able to eat... this fan didn't directly mention "hitting," just saying that lcy's attitude toward fans in private was "extremely terrible."

For example, ignoring fans, slapping the phone out of a fan's hand, and even swearing at fans.

...

As soon as this Weibo post was published, the Haters naturally started their group activities again.

[Oh ho ho, so it was all an act? Brilliant, absolutely brilliant.]

[Can we ban Lin Chuyan? Boycott "la la land"!]

[Confirmed hitting a woman on set, he has psychological problems. So what if he's married? He'll definitely be a domestic abuser in the future!]

[I hope other fans can also stand up and let more people see his true colors!]

Director Deng Yu's methods didn't stop there. Next, he arranged for real Lin Chuyan fan accounts to like and comment on this Weibo post. This way, the fire was not only concentrated, but with the power of repetition, the content seemed more credible.

This arranged comment from a real fan only had one simple sentence: [I defanned a long time ago, Heaven is watching what man does.]

Then, with the help of internet water armies, the comment was quickly pinned, attracting the attention of a large number of netizens.

How is this commenter also a fan who defanned and backstabbed? Clicking in to take a look—damn, this is a real fan, and a diamond fan account of Lin Chuyan at that!

You have to know, it's not easy to go from a Weibo iron fan to a diamond fan level 3. Even such an old fan has started cursing Lin Chuyan? Who would believe there's no inside story here? Old fans definitely know more than passersby. Lin Chuyan, what else do you have to say?

Passersby were shocked: So Lin Chuyan's reputation had already secretly collapsed to this extent?

In short, under Director Deng Yu's careful planning, Douban and Weibo were quickly flooded with negative public opinion.

As for why these two platforms? Of course, it was because Director Deng Yu had been preparing on these two for a long time and spent a lot of money.

Then why choose these two platforms? Because these two have huge influence in shaping an artist's reputation, which other platforms cannot compare to.

Regarding this point, Lin Chuyan's fans had long discovered it: If you only use Douban and Weibo, you would think that Lin Chuyan had completely collapsed overnight, becoming a target for everyone to attack, even worse than two years ago.

But as long as you switch to Xiaohongshu, Douyin, video accounts, and other platforms, you will find that Lin Chuyan's reputation is still firm, the fans' enthusiasm for supporting him has not diminished at all, and passersby's trust in his character is especially firm.

This stark contrast fully demonstrated the power of capital to manipulate public opinion.

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Looking at the overwhelming questioning and condemnation on Weibo, a sly smile appeared on Xia Zhi's face: "Brother, Director Deng Yu really used the diamond fan accounts he bought."

"Tsk tsk tsk, this is called walking right into the trap. Right, I'll send a message to thank Sister Man."

This key piece of information was provided to him by Producer Zhang Man back then. Lin Chuyan was full of admiration for how well-informed she was. Awesome, she deserves to be a well-known producer in the industry.

"Then the matter of the other party buying accounts... should we let people expose it now?"

"Don't rush." Lin Chuyan smiled, inexplicably remembering two years ago, "Negative fame is still fame, isn't that how I walked this path? Wait a little longer, Brother Yue said that the "Singer" program team wants to make an official announcement, and now is the best time."