Chapter 246: Chapter 174: Luo Xiaozhu: The Entire Internet Is Targeting Me?

Indeed, Luo Xiaozhu utterly disdained this kind of dance. It was a matter of his pride.

But just a moment later, Taikong Sen exclaimed in surprise, "Teacher Pig, something’s not right! Refresh the video’s like and comment stats!"

Puzzled, Luo Xiaozhu glanced at the stats for the "Booty Dance" video. He refreshed it twice, and then his eyes flew wide. "How is that possible?"

He wasn’t the only one. Everyone online following the "Booty Dance" video was also dumbfounded.

Zhang Lin was one of them. He and his three roommates loved following online drama, and they had been following the saga between Chen Jincheng, Taikong Sen, and Luo Xiaozhu from the very beginning.

He had followed the "Booty Dance" video as soon as it was released, but the speed at which the likes were climbing was just insane, wasn’t it?

For a video guaranteed a minimum of 12 million likes, with that promotion delivered over just 10 hours, how terrifyingly fast would the like count have to increase?

Basically, it would have to gain 333 likes every second.

And that was the minimum. With the added hype from various other factors, it was gaining nearly 500 likes per second.

How shocking would it be to see numbers like that?

Zhang Lin’s jaw dropped. He had just watched the video in full-screen mode. By the time he exited to give it a like, he saw the stats had already jumped by more than ten thousand.

’Are you kidding me?’

It had only taken him 20 or 30 seconds to watch the whole thing.

Countless people on Tiao Yin painstakingly filmed videos and couldn’t even get ten thousand likes. Yet this video Chen Jincheng made for that girl was gaining that many in mere moments?

He immediately refreshed the video a few more times and finally confirmed what he was seeing.

’This video is going to break the internet.’ 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

He immediately shouted to his three game-playing roommates, "Guys, come look! The new video Chen Jincheng made for that girl is insane! It’s gaining ten thousand likes every twenty or thirty seconds!"

This stunned his roommates:

"For real?"

"Is it really that insane?"

"That’s got to be an exaggeration!"

Their faces full of disbelief, the three roommates put down their games to see for themselves. They, too, found the "Booty Dance" video, and a moment later, they were just as dumbstruck.

"Holy shit, this is badass!"

"Chen Jincheng is so damn good. When it comes to making Tiao Yin videos, who can even compete with him?"

"I think a lot of people were probably pissed off by Luo Xiaozhu’s behavior, too."

"Yeah, probably. The video is good and people enjoy it, but he just had to target it, acting like he’s actually the Asian Dance King."

"Yeah, seriously. ’Dance technique,’ my ass. I just want to watch fun videos like this. That girl is gorgeous, and her butt looks amazing."

Just like that, Zhang Lin and his roommates were swept up in the tide of public opinion, their own thoughts guided by the masses.

People tend to follow the crowd, influenced by their environment.

In their eyes, so many people liking the video was a clear sign of support for Chen Jincheng’s words. Didn’t that mean Luo Xiaozhu was the one with the problem?

Clearly, a great many people felt this way.

The four of them opened the comment section and, as expected, saw a flood of comments dissing Luo Xiaozhu:

"Luo Xiaozhu gets called the ’Asian Dance King,’ and it seems to have gone to his head."

"Technique? Please. Do Taikong Sen and Luo Xiaozhu have any actual, official awards?"

"Luo Xiaozhu doesn’t seem to get that we browse Tiao Yin to kill time, not to take a technical class!"

"..."

After seeing these comments, Zhang Lin and his roommates immediately liked them. Caught up in the moment, they added their own replies, joining the chorus of people dissing Luo Xiaozhu.

In just one short hour, Zhang Ao’ai’s "Booty Dance" had amassed over 1.5 million likes, stunning absolutely everyone.

Even the entire Touyin Company was shaken. The video had completely shattered Tiao Yin’s record for growth speed, and it looked like it was poised to set quite a few more.

When President Han Shangyou received the report, he was first astonished by the video’s stats, then even more surprised. "Chen Jincheng again?"

"It’s him," his assistant confirmed with a nod. "Based on current projections, this video could break twenty million likes. That simple dance is incredibly catchy. The crucial thing is that Luo Xiaozhu’s prior actions seem to have provoked public outrage. A lot of people are dissing him."

Han Shangyou’s face was filled with emotion. "Twenty million likes... Chen Jincheng, just how many more surprises do you have in store for us?"

Then, he immediately turned to his assistant. "Cut the traffic to all other content categories for today. I want everything pushing this ’Booty Dance.’ The people love it, so let’s push it to everyone. Let’s create an insane record and build some serious buzz for our company."

"Ah!" The assistant was startled. "President Han, if we do that, Luo Xiaozhu is going to be in deep trouble. It’ll obviously stir up a public opinion storm. He’ll be criticized for being arrogant and out of touch with the masses, and his reputation will take a massive hit. He was, after all, one of the first stars to join Tiao Yin."

But Han Shangyou said nonchalantly, "Compared to the interests of the entire company, one Luo Xiaozhu is dispensable. There are plenty of other stars out there. Just go do it."

"Yes, President Han." The assistant nodded at once, pulling out his phone to make the arrangements.

「Meanwhile.」

Luo Xiaozhu had already realized things were going south.

’One and a half million likes in an hour? What the hell were these numbers?’

He couldn’t for the life of him understand how a dance he so despised could get such a terrifying number of likes.

Every time he refreshed the video, he felt his heart sink a little more.

And then, suddenly, the rate of likes accelerated even more. After two hours, the count had reached an astonishing 3.5 million.

If it were just a matter of a video having good stats, it would have nothing to do with him. The problem was, this video was targeting him specifically, and the comment section was already flooded with countless people dissing him.

It seemed he had provoked public outrage; the entire internet seemed to be mobilizing against him.

But he simply couldn’t understand why this was happening. ’I didn’t do anything wrong, I didn’t say anything out of line... All I did was go after Chen Jincheng a little. How did things turn out like this?’