Chapter 14: Crazy Hype
Chapter 14: Crazy Hype
To be honest, hyping is not a shameful tactic. It is also a legitimate way of self-promotion.
Internet hype is a low-cost and highly efficient method of propaganda. In his previous life on earth, some celebrities, writers, or even people with a little bit of fame would hype on the Internet to increase their reputation.
If there were any film or television works coming out, relevant people would take the initiative to make crazy hype in posting bars, forums, Weibo and other places around the clock, making everyone aware of it.
After all, it was not the age where fragrant wine feared no deep alleys (Chinese Idiom – Quality goods need no advertising). Fragrant wine only needed publicity and hype in order to make a booming business.
Naturally, Xia Ping was not a good bird. In his previous life, he also saw a lot of shady stuff. If a work was a big hit, 50% depended on the quality of the work and 50% needed to be hyped up!
On Yanhuang Star, the netizens seemed to be very simple. They had not experienced the crazy hype of the internet on Earth. They all honestly posted and discussed with each other on the Internet.
So, as long as he casually made use of some his hyping skills from earth, he should immediately become popular and increase his fame.
Thinking of this, Xia Ping immediately started. He first visited the most famous Tianying forum on Yanhuang Star and registered a sock puppet account.
He used this sock puppet account to immediately write an article “Teacher Bai Rong, this is the most outstanding erotic novel I have read in recent years. The previous novels were absolute shit!”
This article was dedicated to flattering, praising from different perspectives, such as plot, creativity, depth, description, etc. and described the novel as if there was nothing comparable to it in Heaven or Earth. If you didn’t read it, it would be a waste of life. Even Xia Ping started to blush.
But this was only the beginning. Next he registered five or six different sock puppet accounts and replied to his own comment.
“Nicely said! The original poster is right. There is nothing comparable to it at present. It is a masterpiece that carries the banner of erotic novels. A piece of gold among the garbage dump of trash novels. I can confidently say that it will be be the most popular erotic novel this year, and a new erotic novel master is rising.”
A sock puppet boasted.
“Go on, keep blowing your mouth. Would you die if you don’t talk shit?! I’ve read this novel. It is totally rubbish and unsightly. Even a primary school student can write better than this. “
The sock puppet was stepped on with all its strength. After all, hype can’t all be flattery, otherwise the ruse will be easily seen through by others. It must be both flattered and criticized to appear real.
“The one above is right. I took a glance and it turned out to be written by a dog in Yangzhou District. Who doesn’t know that Yangzhou District is a rotten swamp for culture. There have never been any good novels written by people in Yangzhou District. What’s so good about a bunch of rubbish. To be honest, the people in Yangzhou District have no culture at all, at least a hundred years behind my Jizhou District.”
One sock puppet was very sinister and provoked a regional struggle.
Because of the unification of Yanhuang Star, the entire planet was divided into nine regions, namely Jizhou District, Yanzhou District, Qingzhou District, Xuzhou District, Yangzhou District, Jingzhou District, Yuzhou District, Yizhou District, Yongzhou District, etc.
The development of each region was different, and naturally it was easy to cause very unpleasant conflicts between regions. Sometimes there were many regional patriots on the Internet from time to time, and wars of words would often erupt.
“So, you are a Jizhou dog. I don’t think you have any good celebrities in Jizhou. The few there are all supported by some old people. There are no young people who are in their early years. You have long since fallen and can only grumble like a sore loser. This novel alone will be able to slap the whole Jizhou District for a hundred years.”
A sock puppet bit back, like a Yangzhou district resident being agitated by the previous provocation.
“That’s right, I’ve long been uncomfortable with the trash in Jizhou District. It’s a place where the mountains are dwindling, so what’s the point?I don’t know what’s there to be so arrogant. “A random bystander who didn’t know the truth supported him, “Of course, as a native of Qingzhou District, I said this from an unbiased perspective.” “
“Unbiased your sister! The starved camel is still bigger than a horse. No matter what my Jizhou District is, it is light years better than your rubbish. The people in Qingzhou District are also not good birds and you still pretend to be just here? Who knows how many scammers and telecommunications frauds have been caught in Qingzhou district.”
Another bystander from Jizhou District became annoyed and immediately retaliated.
Because it was the evening when the number of people on the Internet was the highest, this controversial post immediately became popular on the Tianying Forum, causing countless people to watch.
In just one hour, this post had reached 3.6 million clicks, and the number of posts and replies had reached 89,000.
People in the nine districts verbally abused each other, reaching the level of personal attacks. Some people clamored that as long as they made money, they would find someone to beat you across districts. The atmosphere was very hot.
Even the host of the Tianying Forum was alarmed and had to come out to mediate.
Xia Ping, the instigator, was also very speechless. He didn’t expect these people to be so pure and so simple as to be so easily provoked. The situation reached beyond his imagination.
But thinking about it, these were all hype methods that were used on earth and refined for many years. These little whites on Yanhuang Star suddenly encountered such a clever method. So, it’s natural for them to get hoodwinked so easily.
But it was impossible for him to stop now. To hype up a topic, countless people must be involved in it. This was just the beginning and far from the end.
So he went to some forums for enthusiasts of more sensual novels and registered several sock puppet accounts. One of the sock puppets quickly opened a post with the subject: “The Gospel of Erotica: Teacher Bai Rong.”
“This novel is so good. Before, I couldn’t get it up even after taking Viagra. But since reading this novel, my waist is no longer sore and my legs are not painful. I feel refreshed and I can go up to the ninth floor in one breath without panting. Even my wife started to look at me at me with admiring eyes. I think this novel has changed my life and gave me a second spring. This is not a simple novel, it’s Divine Medicine! Much better than Viagra.”
A sock puppet posted.
” I felt the same way. I didn’t believe it at first, but my elder brother introduced it to me. After reading it doubtfully, it really proved to be effective. This is much better than taking medicine.”
A sock puppet echoes back.
“Yes indeed. You need money to treat illnesses. But you don’t need much money to read this novel. Why don’t you try it, maybe you will really improve in that area.”
“If it’s really that good, I’ll try it out.”
“Big brother, thank you so much. If it’s really as great as you say then you have saved our lives.”
“Yes, since I got this disease, I was looked down upon by my boss outside, my wife at home, and even looked down on when I went out to find a prostitute. It was so miserable that I didn’t even want to live anymore.”
A group of netizens who didn’t know the truth were very grateful.
“Don’t be too polite. I am such a helpful person, it’s alright.”
Xia Ping’s sock puppet replied modestly.