All the lights in the venue dimmed, and the slender silhouette of Gu Xize was reflected in the center of the stage.
Accompanied by the blaring and energetic music, the fans in the audience let out piercing screams.
The next second, the lights brightened up.
Gu Xize, clad in a deep - V black suit, exuded an air of profundity and charm under the flickering lights.
Meanwhile, the pre - arranged hot searches for him had already made it into the top ten of the hot search list.
#Gu Xize, the God of the Stage#
#Gu Xize's Dance is So Alluring!#
Even the title of the main live - streaming room of the program was changed to [Gu Xize's Sizzling Dance is Coming].
Many passers - by were lured into the live - streaming room by this exaggerated title.
As soon as they entered, they saw Gu Xize giving an unappealing wink towards the camera.
Subsequently, he suddenly propped himself up on one hand on the ground —
The audience in front of the screen all furrowed their brows.
[He's like a reincarnated over - amorous dog.]
[Can he stop dry - humping the floor?]
[When will the male idol groups in the domestic entertainment industry abandon these messy dance moves?]
[The title is correct. It's indeed "hot", but in the sense of being an eyesore.]
[This guy is good - looking, but why are his moves so sleazy?]
[I just checked, and he's actually the second on the popularity list. The domestic entertainment industry is really doomed.]
Upon hearing the news, Gu Xize's fans rushed to control the comments.
[Dear friends, our brother is just too popular. Before his performance on the show even ended, so much negative publicity has been spread about him.]
[So many trolls. They must have spent a fortune, right?]
[Our brother has been framed by the capital.]
[Do these trolls only have one - page household registers? They'll earn any money. If they're so desperate for money, why don't they prostitute themselves?]
[These trolls will surely explode into fireworks tonight!]
The fans' 刷屏 of abusive comments to control the situation instead aroused the rebellious psychology of passers - by.
Some netizens even intercepted the video of Gu Xize's wink and made it into a dynamic emoji, which was then spammed across various online platforms.
Gu Xize's fans were kept extremely busy. They left warnings of lawyer's letters under the comments of every netizen who posted Gu Xize's emojis, but were instead rebuffed by the netizens and had to sheepishly delete their comments.
But soon, Gu Xize's fans, as if pumped up, frantically spammed the main live - streaming room to abuse Jiang Ci.
[The one with an unfair advantage get out!]
[Does someone with an unfair advantage even deserve to debut?]
[Jiang Ci, have some self - respect and withdraw from the competition!]
Just moments ago, some netizens noticed something amiss with Jiang Ci's vote count.
Originally, Jiang Ci's vote count had been leading Gu Xize's by about twenty thousand votes. But in just ten minutes, it suddenly skyrocketed by one hundred thousand votes.
It should be noted that this is a talent show, and every vote requires money for casting.
Such a sudden surge of one hundred thousand votes was simply too abnormal.
Many onlookers also flocked to the scene after hearing the news.
[One hundred thousand votes in ten minutes. Did Jiang Ci pay for the votes himself?]
[It seems that Jiang Ci has an unfair advantage. The voting channel will close in an hour, and the program crew directly stuffed him with one hundred thousand votes. The other contestants didn't even have time to react. It's so unfair!]
[It may not necessarily be the program crew. Isn't Jiang Ci the young master of some wealthy family? It's a common practice for these capitalists to spend money on buying votes to oppress grassroots contestants.]
[I really loathe these capitalists. In the past, grassroots in the entertainment industry still had a chance to rise to fame, but now these capitalists are sending their unremarkable children into the entertainment industry one by one.]
[Well, to be fair, Jiang Ci isn't exactly unremarkable. His face is really good - looking.]
[What's the use of good looks? I really hate these privileged people. Participating in a talent show and even rigging the votes. Why should such a person be allowed to debut?]
[But... don't you think it's a bit strange? Anyone who has followed this talent show knows that Jiang Ci has been in the first place in terms of votes since the show started. Does he really need to buy votes for himself?]
[It can't be that someone else bought votes for him, right? Each vote costs thirty - five yuan. Who would be so generous to buy votes for him?]
Soon, the topics #Jiang Ci, the One with Unfair Advantage# and #Jiang Ci, Vote - Rigging# were trending on the hot search.
This program was already extremely popular and had gone viral. Now, on the night of the group - formation, the issue of a contestant rigging votes occurred, attracting countless onlookers in an instant.
Netizens had long been dissatisfied with capitalists. Now that the son of a capitalist was participating in a talent show and allegedly rigging votes, more and more netizens left messages under the official Weibo of the program, demanding that Jiang Ci withdraw from the competition immediately.
Even at the live - streaming site of the program, fans of other contestants shouted for Jiang Ci to withdraw from the competition, threatening to report the entire program otherwise.
Jiang Ci's fans felt as if they had eaten coptis but couldn't express their bitterness.
Jiang Ci had been in the first place all along. Did he really need to suddenly buy so many votes to arouse everyone's suspicion?
However, there were too many onlookers, and the fans' explanations were completely drowned out by the netizens' taunts.
Jiang Ci's parents couldn't enter the live - streaming site and were pacing anxiously outside.
They simply couldn't believe that Jiang Ci would do something like buying votes for himself. Someone must have framed him!
The internet was filled with a flood of abuse towards Jiang Ci. Seeing this, Gu Xize leisurely sipped his coffee, unable to suppress the smirk at the corner of his lips.
Wei Ran stood beside him, flattering, "Young Master Gu, this move of yours is truly brilliant. If Jiang Ci were smart, he would withdraw from the competition on his own. If he insists on squeezing into the debut spot, the netizens will only scold him more harshly."
"Moreover, the netizens are now rebellious, and many of them are voting for Young Master Gu. If I let the trolls incite the situation on the internet now, it won't be long before your vote count reaches the first place."
Not only that, overtaking Jiang Ci's vote count and getting the first place under the wrath of the netizens was what the people desired. Netizens would naturally have a favorable impression of the person who defeated Jiang Ci.
Thinking of this, the smile on Gu Xize's lips deepened involuntarily.
But soon, his smile vanished.
Some meticulous netizens dug out that the top seven accounts that voted for Jiang Ci all came from the same IP and belonged to the accounts under a certain online marketing company.
Coincidentally, this online marketing company was a small subsidiary of the Gu Group.
This was getting interesting.
[How hilarious. This marketing company did such a stupid thing. They used only seven accounts to cast all one hundred thousand votes. These employees are so lazy. They didn't even bother to register more accounts.]
[Even more hilarious is that this company belongs to Gu Xize's family.]
[I seem to smell a conspiracy.]
[This is clearly a frame - up. Gu Xize knew that he couldn't out - vote Jiang Ci, so he deliberately asked his family's marketing company to vote for Jiang Ci to arouse the netizens' disgust.]
[Exactly. If it were really Jiang Ci buying votes for himself, he would have done it gradually. How could anyone be so stupid as to buy one hundred thousand votes in ten minutes? Isn't that just inviting suspicion?]
[I thought there were a lot of doubts just now. Jiang Ci has always been in the first place. He was surely going to debut as the center. How could he buy votes for himself and invite scolding?]
[Gu Xize's move is too sinister. If someone hadn't dug out that these accounts belonged to a company under the Gu Group, Jiang Ci would have been scolded to death by the netizens.]
The netizens who had been indignant and eager to vote for Gu Xize just now, realizing that they had been made fools of, immediately turned their guns on Gu Xize, demanding that he withdraw from the competition immediately.
Not only that, the tricked netizens started giving negative reviews and complaints to all the online products under the Gu Group. The APPs under the Gu Group were flooded with negative reviews and were taken off the shelves.
Gu Xize was furious when he learned the news.
But aside from anger, there was a creeping sense of fear.
If his father found out that due to him, the products of the Gu Group were massively boycotted...
No! The matter wasn't over yet!