Chapter 106: 106 Oh, we don’t need to apologize.
Over the course of one night, fans from thirteen artist groups crazily gathered on the Rotten Orange forum, forming a temporary Anti-Chen Alliance, and announced sanctions against Chen Beini’s fans.
These fans spent a whole night compiling evidence from the Combat Group, shaking with anger.
Chen Beini’s fans, not only maliciously fabricated rumors, photoshopped images, and cursed female artists, but also launched vicious personal attacks. For male artists, they shamelessly critiqued everything from their looks to even discussing their sexual capabilities and orientations in extremely derogatory terms.
Subsequently, the topic #ChenBeiniFansInsultStars surged in popularity and quickly climbed to the top spot.
Soon after, topics like #XXXInsultedByChenFans #ChenBeiniFansDefameXXasGay #AnLanCyberbulliedIntoSuicide by Chen fans dominated the charts one after another.
Passersby who clicked into these topics saw nothing but the “glorious” achievements of Chen Beini’s fans.
This was the first step for the Anti-Chen Alliance, to escalate the situation and let the whole country know just how venomous Chen Beini’s fans were.
The second step, purging Chen Beini’s fan forums, Tieba, Douban, and official fan club website. Since Chen Beini’s fans loved to cyberbully others, it was time they tasted the fear of being chased and cursed down ten blocks, and the horror of being doxxed.
The third step, and most important for the Anti-Chen Alliance, was for the host of the Rotten Orange forum to compile all of Chen Beini’s endorsements and business resources, especially those rumors about ongoing negotiations, to directly target and initiate a joint boycott.
For the existing endorsements, they wouldn’t cause trouble, but for the sponsors still considering her, sorry, that would mean making enemies with fans from thirteen fan clubs.
Alliance Fans strategically surrounded Chen Beini and her fans. Moreover, various artist support clubs and management teams even sued Chen fans for serious defamation and slander.
As the situation escalated, Chen Beini’s team was caught off guard, and the entire fan community descended into chaos, posting and crying on the fan forums:
Yuni Xiaoxiao: We didn’t even know about the existence of the Combat Group. How could other fans target us so precisely?
Anti-Chen Alliance-Monkey: Target my ass, you hypocritical dogs. When Chen Beini exposed An Lan’s private messages and you guys cyberbullied her into suicide, why didn’t you preach morals to us? Nini is just because he blocked your C position, so you rumored him to be effeminate, a zero, why don’t you talk morals? Chen dogs, stand straight and take it.
Anti-Chen Alliance-Ninety-Seven: If your precious white lotus can still secure a business deal, then we admit defeat!
Springtime Mackerel: If Nini comes out to apologize, will you guys calm down?
Anti-Chen Alliance-Bright Moon: Oh, we don’t want an apology, we just want Chen Beini to taste what being cyberbullied feels like.
Lowly An Lan Fan: Your management team was still mocking An Lan for not being able to make it big yesterday, haha…
In just one short night, Chen Beini fell from heaven to hell.
Early the next day, Chen Beini was constantly receiving calls from various parties, and her broker even rushed to the film set.
“Right now, the team is doing everything they can to secure resources for you, but that major one is definitely gone. Take this time to rest up, focus on shooting in the film crew. When this blows over a bit, we’ll figure things out again.”
“Are the Combat Group’s fans idiots? Don’t they know how to vet fans?” Chen Beini said, barely able to contain herself.
So, Chen Beini had always known about the Combat Group’s existence, and sometimes, she even felt proud of herself.
With such a group of people charging and fighting for her, like an indestructible blade, she had never imagined that one day, this blade would turn against her.