Starting Sign-In from a Billionaire God-Chapter 990 - 989: The Pitfalls of Irrational Fandom

Wang Zhonghou was truly speechless. If he hadn't gone into his daughter's room to search, he wouldn't have known that his daughter was spending her time on such things!

His daughter used to love studying, but ever since she started being obsessed with celebrities, she couldn't even focus on her studies anymore and was instead buried in making data for her "brother"!

If his daughter hadn't confessed, he wouldn't even know what "making data" meant. It turns out that making data is about faking popularity. For example, if a certain celebrity originally had only ten fans, normally, if this celebrity posted on Weibo, and each fan commented, there would be ten comments. But to create the illusion that this celebrity is hugely popular, each fan would manage ten accounts, boosting the comments to 1,000!

And fans do this without getting paid. They do it voluntarily because they can't let their "brother" be mocked. If the data looked bad, people would laugh at their brother for flopping.

"This is truly brainless. No wonder netizens say chasing celebrities is brainless. Hearing you say this, it's just so mindless!" Wang Zhonghou said in agitation.

Wang Xiaoni kept her head down, not daring to refute.

Wang Zhonghou became more excited as he spoke: "What do you mean you are afraid your brother would be mocked? I think you fans are afraid of being mocked yourselves! Because you believe you are supporting a very popular celebrity, and if this celebrity is said to have flopped, you would feel embarrassed. So, to maintain your sense of superiority, you willingly make fake data! This is simply mental manipulation!"

"I am sure that you fans have been brainwashed by what's called fan culture, comparing and undermining each other, falling into a vicious circle. To maintain the idol's dignity, to maintain your own dignity, you willingly fake the figures. I even suspect that the celebrities' teams are exploiting this mentality of yours. They might even deliberately hire trolls disguising as anti-fans, because if anti-fans mock you, you would be more motivated to create data!" Wang Zhonghou analyzed.

Wang Zhonghou felt his analysis made sense. He had to admit that these celebrity teams knew how to exploit fans' psychology very well.

This kind of fan culture is simply a mental toxin and must be rectified!

Wang Xiaoni said, "Dad, what are you talking about? No one is comparing us. We do this voluntarily, all out of love for our brother!"

Wang Zhonghou said, "You love him, but does he love you? You burn the midnight oil doing data for him, wasting your studies, without earning a single penny, while he makes so much money without giving you a cent!"

Wang Xiaoni said, "Dad, you simply don't understand. I'm not doing this for money, I'm doing it out of love."

Wang Zhonghou was furious: "I am so mad at you, why can't you understand it! Tell me, what else? What else have you done for your brother?"

Wang Xiaoni said, "Let me think, oh right, if brother gets a new endorsement or shoots a new magazine, or releases a new album, we need to buy it. If not enough people buy, brother would also be mocked, so we fans would fundraise. For example, if brother shoots a magazine, the more we buy, the better. The more we buy, the prouder we are, and the big fans will organize the fundraising."

"Damn it!"

Wang Zhonghou was about to explode. If making data was only a waste of time, then buying endorsements, magazines, albums involved spending real hard cash.

Where did Wang Xiaoni get her money from? Wasn't it from him, her father, who earned it through hard labor? It was meant to be her living expenses, to improve her diet, but she just turned around and contributed her hard-earned money to a celebrity she had never met.

"Is it just these worthless things?" Wang Zhonghou pointed at the pile of stuff in front of him.

Wang Xiaoni said, "Not only these, there are so many places where chasing celebrities costs money. These are posters and merchandise released by big fans that we went to buy, it's for collection."

Wang Zhonghou was stunned. It turned out his daughter was spending money not only on the celebrity himself but also on so-called big fans. He was shocked to find he might have discovered an industry chain. The celebrity himself and these big fans are at the top, while fans like Wang Xiaoni are like leeks, ready for harvest!

For the celebrity himself, fans generate electricity with love, helping celebrities make fake data for free. When endorsements, magazines, albums come out, fans spend large sums buying them, and the money flows into the pockets of the celebrity and the company behind him.

For the celebrity's big fans, they organize smaller fans to fundraise. Who knows where this money ends up? Big fans wouldn't do it without profit. If there's no money to be made, would they work so hard? Also, big fans only need to spend a small cost to release celebrity merchandise and posters, and small fans obediently pay for it. The money all lands in the hands of the big fans; this money is just too easy to make.

Wang Zhonghou was a little tempted himself. He worked so hard earning not much, why suffer like this? It would be better to become a big fan of a celebrity, counting money while asleep, buying a car in half a year, and a seaside house in one year!

The celebrity and these so-called big fans all pocket a fortune, only the small fans suffer, wasting time, ruining lives, and spending all the money, which is their parents' hard-earned money!

Wang Zhonghou felt his heart bleed: "Tell me, how much money have you spent on this celebrity?"

Wang Xiaoni kept her head low, stammering: "Not, not that much."

Wang Zhonghou said, "Come clean, if you don't, don't think about me giving you any allowance in the future."

Wang Xiaoni had no choice but to say: "Not counting these posters, this month brother had a new magazine, twenty yuan each. To give brother face, I bought ten copies, costing two hundred yuan. Brother also released a new album this month, three yuan each, I bought 100 copies myself, spending 300 yuan, no more."

Wang Zhonghou really wanted to slap his daughter to wake her up.

It's not that she can't chase celebrities, but could she be a bit more rational? When a celebrity releases an album, buying one is enough. Buying 100 copies, isn't this a waste of money? The money goes to someone else's pocket, what "to give brother face," this is simply an evil trend!

Wang Zhonghou calmed down and said, "Niu Niu, this won't do. If you continue like this, you will really ruin yourself. Do you know that? You are wasting your parents' hard-earned money and letting your studies fall apart. If you keep this up, not only will I stop giving you any allowance, you won't be allowed to chase celebrities anymore either!"

Wang Xiaoni was shocked: "Dad, you can't do this. You can't control me, this is my personal freedom! At most, this is how it will be. I promise not to waste money or delay my studies in the future, okay?" 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚

After some discussion, the father and daughter finally, Wang Zhonghou still compromised. He felt he couldn't be too harsh and pressured his daughter too much. So he agreed, as long as she could guarantee her academic performance and not waste money, she could continue to follow celebrities. Mindless celebrity-chasing is unacceptable, but rationally following is okay.

At this moment, Wang Zhonghou deeply regretted his decision. He shouldn't have allowed his daughter to chase celebrities anymore, regretting it immensely.

Because not long after this father-daughter conversation, Hua Yiwu came to Yun City to hold a fan meeting, and Wang Xiaoni secretly went to meet her brother, resulting in tragedy...