Chapter 42 - Deserving of First Place! (1/2)
The clock struck midnight.
The votes were finalized. Zhang Ye’s story got first place.
Needless to say, members of the Mushroom fanclub and onlookers were shocked. Other long-time authors of fairy tales were dumbfounded. Even Zhang Ye did not immediately come to believe it. He only had one thought; that it was impossible. When did this bro gain so many die hard fans?
He knew his own worth. Indeed, he had written a few poems and created a supernatural novel. But he was not that great; he still had some ways to go. Compared to Andy Lau‘s works, if anyone saw them, their first reaction would be, “‘Oh, this is a Heavenly King‘s movie”, “Oh, this is an Andy Lau song”. There were also works produced by others which were very famous, too. However, if you were to ask who the author was, a lot of them would not remember. Zhang Ye was in a similar situation. Even when many people had seen those works of his, they would only remember the t.i.tle of the work. Only a small number of people knew his name as the author!
Then how did this huge fan support come about?
With the blink of an eye, they had annihilated the Mushroom fanclub who had declared war? And it was destroying them to the point of them being unable to respond?
This essay compet.i.tion was their cultural domain! That was the fanclub of one of the top children’s fairy tale authors! However, why did it now seem that this battle was in Zhang Ye’s territory instead?
This should not be, there must be a reason!
Looking at the comments……
Checking Weibo……
Soon, Zhang Ye found the reason. The majority of the voters could not be considered his fans; at least 80% were not. Most of them had not even heard of “Ghost Blows Out the Light”, nor read Zhang Ye’s poems. The common point was that they had partic.i.p.ated in or witnessed the “CurseGate” scandal from a few days ago. Still, there were some of Zhang Ye’s hardcore fans among them; for example, the one who gathered all the support, “ZhangYeNumber1Fan”. The others were internet trolls who partic.i.p.ated because they had nothing else to do. When there was some excitement gathered over here, all of them had quickly gathered around to mess things up. These were people who were not afraid of anything, as they were bored out of their wits. Coupled with the fact that “CurseGate” was only a few days ago and Zhang Ye had an astounding victory then, the internet trolls were in awe. Therefore, many of them had crazily voted after being alerted by some of Zhang Ye’s hardcore fans. It was similar to his world’s “Helping w.a.n.g Feng hit the headlines”*, creating issues for the sake of creating it!
After achieving victory, the trolls went about boasting of their victory!
“First place!”
“Good one, bros!”
“Haha! Everyone was f**king awesome!”
“10,000 votes, 10,000! Can we not be so crazy!?”
“Where’s the people from Mushroom fanclub? Where? Weren’t you clamoring to scare us? Why does it look like all of you are scared instead?”
“Know how many fans Great G.o.d Zhang has now? Dare to look down on us?”
“You should be well aware, Mushroom fanclub, that you are too naive!”
“Claiming that Teacher Zhang Ye manipulated the votes? Yet you people kept on manipulating? That’s funny! Does Teacher Zhang Ye even need to manipulate? Do we need to manipulate? We just voted once each! We do not need to manipulate any votes to destroy you! With our friends, we share good meat and wine, towards our enemies, we will take them on anytime and are never careless! Today, we will gift every one of you the famous phrase of Teacher Zhang Ye — I bought a watch last year!”
“This is a memorable battle! Let us record down this historic moment! Let’s follow Teacher Zhang Ye again to create another miracle!”
“So fun! So exciting!”
“Is Teacher Zhang Ye still around?”
“We have captured the enemy’s walls. We have sounded the trumpets of victory. Teacher Zhang, please say a few words to us bros!”
Zhang Ye did not know whether to laugh or to cry. He did not expect that so many people would come and help him. In his heart, he was also very touched. He immediately left a message on the “Little Bunnies Be Good” comments section. Everyone had been so supportive towards him, so he had to leave a message, “Thank you everyone for your help. My comrades, you have worked hard!”
The replies were very orderly!
“To serve the people!”
“To serve the people +1!”
“To serve the people +723!”
A thread that had over 800 replies, all of which were the same!
What was this battle formation? What was this momentum? A lot of neutrals watching felt their adrenaline rus.h.i.+ng. A troll army like that was enough to rule the world….. *Cough* Except that this army was too not up to par. At the end of it all, the onlookers still had no idea who Zhang Ye was; how did he have such a large troll army helping out?
ZhangYeNumber1Fan dispersed the crowds, “Mission accomplished! Troll army pull back! Thank you for the help, bros!”
They gathered quickly, and they also dispersed quickly. This group of trolls were like a nest of wasps, attacking whoever they disliked. They came and went as they wished!