Qingshan Green Water Studio decided to post a wave of drama-stirring threads in Jiang Jiujiu’s fan community after all.
As expected, it was completely useless. The posts failed to get a rise out of anyone; the hundreds of millions of fans passing through acted as if they didn’t exist.
Even when they put in the effort to bump the threads to the top, no one ca to read them, as if everyone instinctively knew they were hired trolls.
When replies finally trickled in, they were all things like: [Moron Studio], [Trolls Sticking Out Like a Sore Thumb], and [Masters of Backfiring Campaigns]. Not a single person read the actual content; everyone just went to have fun in the popular threads at the top of the page.
As a result, the studio had to hold an impromptu eting.
"We can’t make any waves in her own community. This approach just won’t work on her fans."
Wasting effort on pointless tasks wasn’t Qingshan Green Water Studio’s style, so they decided to move on to Plan B.
The idea was to stir up public opinion in larger communities. Once enough people beca curious about the matter and flooded Jiang Qiuqiu’s livestream to ask questions, the strear would have no choice but to respond.
And once she responded, the drama would begin.
Then, a young woman raised her hand. "But what if the sa thing that happened last ti happens again?"
Her question imdiately reminded everyone of the disastrous outco of their last operation.
They had painstakingly whipped up a tidal wave of public opinion, only for countless little ripples from that wave to splash right into Jiang Qiuqiu’s "fish pond."
It was an utterly failed sar campaign.
"That probably won’t happen. This ti, we won’t focus on the taste of her food. We’ll just pull in so outsiders and get them curious about the strear’s face."
"There are plenty of malicious people on the Star Network. This ti, we won’t go to the foodie communities. We’ll go to other ones—"
No matter the era, as long as people exist and can think, there will never be a shortage of those who just want to watch the drama unfold.
"We’ll bring *those* people in."
Upon hearing this, everyone agreed it was a viable plan.
The young woman wanted to say sothing else, but she thought better of it and kept her mouth shut.
The eting was dismissed, and everyone went back to their workstations to pack up.
"What were you going to say back there? The group leader already made the decision. Are you trying to get fired by speaking up like that?"
"...I can’t really put my finger on it." The young woman ran a hand through her hair. "’I just feel like... it’s wrong for us to act as hired trolls.’"
"’I actually think that strear’s broadcasts are pretty normal. She seems like a nice person, and her fans are actually really well-behaved. She’s doing just fine on her own...’"
"So? She’s not the one signing your paychecks. *We* are. Stop overthinking it."
The young woman mumbled an "oh," gathered her things, and got ready to go ho and begin the next phase of the operation.
’I don’t know why... Before, I never felt any guilt doing this stuff. But now, I always feel...’
’Maybe it’s because I ate her food? Or maybe because the strear really is very young.’
’She seems even younger than .’
There were others in the studio who felt the sa way she did, but they were, for the most part, also the younger employees.
「That night.」
Jiang Qiuqiu’s fan community was still holding its "Fan-Run Beauty Contest."
Qingshan Green Water Studio took a different approach this ti. Instead of targeting foodie communities, they had their second team of hired trolls go to communities dedicated to gossip and entertainnt and start posting a series of eye-catching, linked threads.
[A Rundown of Unattractive Strears and How They Rake In Cash—]
[With Just One Mask, You Too Could Beco a Strear Earning a Million a Day.]
The people in these communities loved drama and never minded fanning the flas. And just like that, through the efforts of Qingshan Green Water Studio’s team of hired trolls, a large number of rubberneckers who wanted to know what Jiang Qiuqiu really looked like began to appear.
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