Chapter 37 - Commotion At The Awards Ceremony (1/2)

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

“I feel that ‘Ghosthand’ is much better than ‘Candle in the Tomb’ and ‘The Lost Tomb’.”

“Hey, you’ve been exposed! Tell me, troll, who hired you?”

Facebook, Twitter, and other social media platforms released a few chapters of “Candle in the Tomb” and “The Lost Tomb” for the general public to comment on.

Internet trolls were real fans. They often gathered together and spat at each other.

Suddenly, someone’s comment attracted everyone’s attention.

“These are internet trolls hired from a traffic manipulating company. Their true colors will be revealed once someone reports them. It’s simple to report them and you can just do it online. This is the link.”

Everyone was stunned.

Some people did not believe it and clicked on it, but there was only one item on it. “‘Ghosthand’ data manipulation…”

“Don’t click on it! Why are you so stupid? It’s clearly a virus! If you click on it, you might lose all the data on your computer.”

“Don’t worry, I’m at the cybercafe. I’ve already reported it. Thank you!”

At the same time, this comment was forwarded by countless people.

Some people believed it and some did not.

However, that did not matter. With such a large population, even if one out of a hundred people believed it, that was enough.

Although “The Coiling Dragon”, “The Lost Tomb”, and “Candle in the Tomb” were published not too long ago, they had indirectly and directly affected tens of millions of people. The number of people who participated in this voting was over a million.

With such a huge base, if one percent of the people clicked on the link to report it, that would account to tens of thousands of people making the report, which was a huge deal.

This immediately attracted the attention of the relevant literary boards and an investigation was carried out.

The investigation revealed a big problem.

The truth was uncovered that a lot comments, tens of thousands of them, were all from one IP address, and a few dozen IP addresses controlled a million comments.

This was enough to affect the performance of a book.

It was enough to push a rubbish book to a good ranking.

They immediately alerted the police, who mobilized a large number of officers to track down the IP addresses. They all went to a small office, but it was empty.

However, the police found a note on the boss’ desk.

“We work for Penguin Publishing Company. The two editors in charge of ‘Ghosthand’ hired us. As long as you arrest them and question them in isolation, they will definitely tell you the truth.”

The police officers just looked at each other because the entire office was empty except for one computer.

“Take it back.”

There were some important emails and messages on the computer.

Some important information pointed the blame to Penguin Publishing Corporation.

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At the venue.

An award ceremony was being held.

The popularity of “Ghosthand” and its rankings plummeted because of the report.

“OMG! Did you guys see it? ‘Ghosthand’ is a hot topic now.”

“No way! What happened?”

“How does it compare to ‘Candle in the Tomb’ and ‘The Lost Tomb’?”

“Obviously it can’t compare to such a masterpiece!”

Now, the fans of “Candle in the Tomb” and “The Lost Tomb” were working together to fight against “Ghosthand”.