I Swapped Bodies With a Female Celebrity - Chapter 29

Online, news about Qin Yunxuan was spreading like wildfire, and her popularity was soaring.

Her fans worked tirelessly to promote her, helping her climb the charts. Soon, Blue Lotus broke into another top spot, rising to fourth place on the New Songs Ranking.

But at the same time, a different kind of noise emerged online.

“Starlight Entertainment is shameless! Blue Lotus’s ranking is obviously fake!”
“Exactly! I have insider info—Starlight Entertainment paid for a ton of bots to manipulate the charts!”
“How pathetic. If they keep this up, they’ll ‘climb’ all the way to first place!”
“Who’s up for reporting this?”
“Count me in!”

Many music fans were already annoyed by Blue Lotus’s sudden explosion in popularity. Now, with some troublemakers fanning the flames, more and more people became convinced—Starlight Entertainment was cheating!

Otherwise, how could Blue Lotus achieve such insane results? Wasn’t it obvious?

So, hordes of angry fans stormed the music platform, ready to deliver their own brand of “justice.”

…

Feiyun Music Platform, the largest music streaming service in the world.

“Director! We have a problem—our backend is flooded with reports!”

“What? Did our system glitch?”

The director of Feiyun Music was shocked. Feiyun had always upheld fairness and integrity, earning a stellar reputation in the industry. How could there suddenly be so many complaints?

There had to be a bug somewhere!

But the staff member wore a helpless expression.

“No… It’s a massive wave of users reporting one song for suspected chart manipulation!”

“What?!”

The director was furious. Who dared to cheat on Feiyun Music? Were they tired of existing?

“Investigate immediately! Which song is it? Whoever’s behind this is going down!”

The director declared firmly: “Feiyun Music does not tolerate chart manipulation!”

When the boss gives an order, the underlings scramble.

Faced with this tsunami of reports, Feiyun Music acted swiftly.

“Due to abnormal data activity for Blue Lotus, Feiyun Music is currently verifying its metrics. The song has been temporarily taken down. Results will be announced in 30 minutes. We appreciate all music lovers who take integrity seriously!”

Online, Feiyun Music’s announcement was like a detonated bomb—igniting the fury of Qin Yunxuan’s fans.

“This is beyond insulting! Absolutely outrageous!”
“If you don’t like our Xuanxuan’s song, just don’t listen! Reporting it? That’s downright malicious!”
“Do they really think Xuanxuan has no loyal fans left? How dare they bully her like this?”

Originally, Qin Yunxuan’s fans had been happily listening to her music while engaging in some light online banter.

But now, things had changed. Because of a flood of malicious reports, Blue Lotus had been taken offline!

This was like two kids about to fight, only for one to tattle to the teacher—wasn’t that just cheating?

These haters had no honor!

Using underhanded reporting tactics to sabotage a masterpiece?

Unacceptable!

If they didn’t fight back, these trolls would really think Xuanxuan had no fans left!

“Hmph! If they want to play dirty, we’ll give them a taste of their own medicine!”
“Exactly! Let’s turn their weapons against them. They love reporting? Fine, we’ll report too!”
“Haha, love it! Which song should we start with?”
“Let’s begin with #15 on the charts—we’re taking them all down!”

Soon, a toxic storm swept across the internet.

Feiyun Music’s backend completely exploded.

The staff member’s face twisted in exasperation.

“Director… we’ve got another mess!”

The director frowned. “What now?”

“The song Loving Your Lips on the New Songs Ranking has been reported by tens of thousands of users!”

“Tens of thousands?!”

The director sucked in a sharp breath. “What’s going on? Is this song also rigged?”

“Not exactly… It’s just that Qin Yunxuan’s fans mass-reported it, claiming data fraud. And…”

The staff member glanced nervously at the director’s darkening expression.

“The number of reports triggered the emergency review protocol!”

As the top music platform, Feiyun Music prided itself on fairness.

Their reporting system had a rule—if a song received a flood of reports, it was automatically assumed problematic.

So, taking it down first was standard procedure.

But they never expected someone would exploit this loophole.

A sudden surge of reports instantly wiped a rising star off the charts—even removing it entirely pending investigation!

And once Qin Yunxuan’s fans tasted victory, they charged ahead without pause.

Ten minutes later, #14 on the New Songs Ranking was “emergency-handled”!

The fans were thrilled. This felt even more satisfying than arguing with haters!

After all, thanks to Qin Yunxuan’s reputation, they never won online fights.

Another ten minutes passed.

#13—eliminated!

Thirty minutes later…

#10—gone!

…

“Hello everyone, I’m Wu Pinfan! My new song Big Hero has entered the New Songs Ranking! I hope all my fans can check it out on Feiyun Music—I’ll be waiting for you there!”

On Weibo, up-and-coming singer Wu Pinfan posted this update.

Ten minutes later, he excitedly opened Feiyun Music to check his streams—only to find his song had been removed!

“???”

Wu Pinfan was livid. What the hell was going on?

When he angrily demanded an explanation from Feiyun Music, he was told: His song had been mass-reported!

“Reported?!”

Wu Pinfan was about to lose it. How?!

This song was full of positive energy! How could anyone report it?

After digging into the situation online, he snapped.

“How is this fair?!”

Wasn’t this just bullying?

Qin Yunxuan was using her fanbase to drag everyone down with her!

This was nothing but a scorched-earth tactic!

“Qin Yunxuan, you’ve gone too far!”
“Can’t you control your fans?”
“Qin Yunxuan—you’re the troublemaker of the entertainment industry!”