At 12 AM sharp.
The voting for the most and least popular celebrities on Weibo began.
"It's starting!"
"The voting system has been activated!"
"Haha, supporting Heavenly King Chen!"
"Supporting Sister Zhang!"
"This year's Fatty Wu's acting is still the best. I must vote for him!"
"Supporting Zhang Ye! Teacher Zhang has worked hard this year! "
"Damn, I'm going to trample on that fellow Zhang Ye!"
"I'm also going to trample on Zhang Ye. The most popular vote should be given to anyone but him. He's still canvassing for votes to compete for this award? He's really not embarrassed at all. With that character of his that goes around scolding and offending people, if it had anything to do with the title 'most popular', I would rather vote for him! If I have to say, Zhang Ye is really thick-skinned. He has offended all of the Korean celebrities, literary world, crosstalk world, and so on, yet he still dares to ask for votes? Just think about it. Normal people would not be as thick-skinned as him! "
"I'm supporting Zhang Ye. He has brought glory to our country and solved a global mathematical conjecture!"
"Pfft, if Zhang Ye doesn't use 'On Horses' to scold our Chinese mathematics world before solving a mathematical conjecture, I'll definitely give my vote to him!"
"I can give it to anyone but Zhang Ye. During the Lunar New Year period, the Brain Gold brainwashing commercials that were repeatedly broadcast on TV and online made me want to vomit 10,000 times!"
"To add on, this fellow even ruined the crosstalk and skit competition."
Zhang Ye's position in the entertainment industry was really too unique. It would be very difficult to find another celebrity who was as controversial as him.
The intense competition for the rankings began!
The celebrities all showed their prowess as they canvassed for votes. In the blink of an eye, the top 100 rankings were announced. Of course, it was not a fixed ranking. As the number of votes kept changing, the rankings were also constantly being updated. As the voting system was updated every second, the rankings and votes were updated almost in real time without much of a delay. It could be seen clearly on the leaderboard. The first page only showed the top 100. The rest of the rankings could also be checked, but one would need to flip through the pages. The people were still most concerned about the top 100 rankings.
On the most popular list.
After Dong Shanshan's previous Weibo post asking for votes, she suddenly posted another Weibo post. There were no words, only a picture. It was a picture of herself. It seemed to be taken at home. Dong Shanshan was dressed in ordinary clothes, but no matter what she wore, she looked sexy. The picture was of Dong Shanshan supporting her chin with both hands and blowing a kiss to the camera. It was obvious what she meant. It seemed like she placed a lot of importance on this selection.
"Shanshan, we're here!"
"My goddess!"
"Everyone, let's vote!"
In the first few minutes, with just a Weibo post and a photo, Dong Shanshan's votes continued to soar. She entered the top 100, and for a moment, her ranking even rose to 89th place. But after a while, her ranking was pushed down again, falling out of the top 100 again. Finally, she stabilized at around 300th place. After all, Dong Shanshan had just debuted. Although the WebTV program she hosted had a high click rate, and she was beautiful, and was regarded as a goddess by a large number of otakus, with many die-hard fans, Dong Shanshan's fame had not reached that level yet. She was still an E-list celebrity, so for a rookie E-list host to be able to charge into the top 100 in an instant, it was already not bad.
Although Yao Jiancai had just been promoted to the C-list because of the crosstalk competition, he did not ask for votes, nor did he have any new works released recently. Hence, he had long been left outside the top 500.
Zhang Yuanqi similarly did not ask for votes, but she was a Heavenly Queen. Even if she did not say a word, she still had the support of countless fans. From the first minute of voting, Zhang Yuanqi had already entered the top 10 most popular celebrity rankings. She had not fallen out of the rankings at all, and was around 8th or 9th place.
Lee Anson was now at 105th place. The beating incident at the Spring Festival Gala had greatly affected his popularity in China, so he did not even enter the top 100.
Korean singer Lee Parkwoo was at 59th place.
Crosstalk actor Tang Dazhang was at 233rd place.
Songstress Grandma Zhang was temporarily at 399th place.
Famous skit actress Ci Xiufang was at 421st place.
It could be seen that the most popular celebrity rankings on Weibo were very different from the official Celebrity Rankings Index. The latter was based on data and was more objective. It was a very authoritative and comprehensive ranking. It showed the overall strength of an artist and was a ranking that everyone agreed with. As for the popularity rankings on Weibo, it was just a selection. It was more focused on the "most popular". It was more subjective and impulsive. It was more focused on cohesiveness, appeal, and whether there was any recent attention or good works. Of course, it was also directly related to whether the artists could get votes, which was why there was such a large fluctuation. This was what made the rankings interesting. If the rankings were based on the most authoritative Celebrity Rankings Index, then what would be the point?
As for Zhang Ye's ranking?
At his maternal grandma's house, his sisters were making a big fuss!
"Bro, I've voted for you!"
"Seven of my classmates have voted for you."
"What ranking? What ranking?"
Zhang Ye had also voted for himself. Then he and his sisters looked at the results on their cell phones. Whoa, the effects were not bad. He already had over 70,000 votes and was now in the 58th place.
His third sister clapped and said with a smile, "He's one place higher than Lee Parkwoo?"
"It's still too little." His second sister said, "Our bro should at least be in the top 50!"
Zhang Ye chuckled and said, "I like hearing that."
His eldest sister hurriedly said, "Let me ask my classmates if they still have any votes!"
His third sister stood up and said, "My parents also use Weibo. I'll get them to vote for me!"
Actually, Zhang Ye also knew that it was already pretty good that he was in the 58th place. After all, he was only a C-list celebrity. Even if he wasn't far from the B-list, his popularity was still not there yet. There were plenty of people in the entertainment industry who were more popular than him. Just those S-list and A-list celebrities, together with some of the more popular foreign celebrities in China, were more than enough to fill up the top 50 rankings. It might not even be enough, let alone a C-list celebrity like Zhang Ye. For him to be able to reach such a high ranking, it was all thanks to him solving the global mathematical conjecture. This popularity had not completely died down yet. With the bombardment of the newspapers and the heated discussions among the people, and the fact that the headlines on Weibo a few days ago were even his, Zhang Ye had basked in the limelight and managed to get into a pretty good position at the beginning of the voting.
Zhang Ye's fans were waving flags and cheering!
"Charge!"
"It's already the 58th place!"
"Is our battle prowess only this much?"
"Push forward! This is Teacher Zhang Ye's first battle after his comeback, so we can't have a dull thud. We have to make a big splash! That's more in line with our usual style! "
"Well said! I'll get my friends to canvass for votes! "
An hour passed.
56th place …
50th place …
49th place …
Zhang Ye's votes were steadily increasing as he slowly moved up the rankings. But it was obvious that it was getting more and more strenuous as he moved up the rankings. Those singers, movie stars, and foreign celebrities all had fans in the tens of millions, so every time he moved up the rankings, he would have to give it his all. But the good thing was that he had entered the top 50. This was an experience that many people did not think he would be able to get into!
On Weibo, many people who did not like Zhang Ye could no longer bear to watch this.
"Holy shit!"
"That Zhang fellow has entered the top 50!"
"Why are there so many people voting for him?"
"We can't let this fellow get up there. Quickly stop him!"
"Down with Zhang Ye!"
"Comrades who have been poisoned by Brain Gold, everyone, charge!"
Countless people began to move. For example, those from the crosstalk world that Zhang Ye had offended, the literary world, and the fans of those celebrities that he had scolded in the past. There were even a lot of people who came over to join in the fun. They all came together to stop Zhang Ye. Their way of stopping him was naturally to vote for Zhang Ye as the "Most Unpopular Celebrity". The two rankings were separated, so it did not mean that voting for the "Most Unpopular Celebrity" would mean that the "Most Unpopular Celebrity" votes would be lower. Since they could not stop Zhang Ye's ranking from rising in the positive rankings, they could only vote for him in the negative rankings!
Zhang Ye was having lunch.
It was already lunchtime at home. His three sisters had also been called out by the elders. The whole family sat together in the living room. As there were too many people, they were split into two tables, one for those who drank and the other for those who did not.
His grandma asked, "What were you kids doing just now?"
His third sister giggled and said, "We were voting for my brother. Weibo's Most Popular Celebrity. My brother has already entered the top 50. Among the top 50 C-list celebrities, my brother is the only one. The others are all A- and B-list celebrities." For example, Lee Anson, Lee Parkwoo, and the other foreign celebrities were not included in the Chinese Celebrity Rankings Reference Rankings. Without statistics, Lee Anson was actually also a C-list celebrity. However, this C-list celebrity was a Korean C-list celebrity, so it was different.
His mother said, "Your ranking is so high?"
Zhang Ye was drinking with his grandpa and said, "Of course. Your son is no longer an ordinary person. I have tens of thousands of fans. My appeal is not just for show."
His father raised his chin and said, "Alright, stop bragging."
"What am I bragging about? It's the truth." Zhang Ye did not like to hear that.
His first aunt said, "Ahem, that Brain Gold commercial seems to have scolded quite a lot of people."
Zhang Ye waved it off and said happily, "First Aunt, don't think that I'm not popular just because so many people keep scolding me on the Internet? Actually, it's not really scolding. Everyone likes me very much. You should be able to tell from this ranking, right? If everyone doesn't like me, would they have given me so many votes? Would I be able to get so many people to support me with just a shout? So, don't be fooled by the scoldings on the Internet. They're all fake. They're all paid by my enemies. If you don't believe me, you can go online and ask. Out of a hundred people, ninety-nine of them support me. "
His eldest younger sister smiled but did not say a word.
His second younger sister rolled her eyes and did not say a word.
Only his grandma nodded and said, "Right, no one can compare to our Little Ye."
"See, only my grandma is a smart person." Zhang Ye picked up some food for his grandma with his chopsticks.
Suddenly, his third sister, who had been looking down at her cell phone, exclaimed, "What the heck? What's going on?"
"What's the matter?" his first aunt asked.
His grandma stared at her. "You gave me a fright. That little voice."
Zhang Ye also looked over and smiled. "The ranking has gone up again, right? What place is it now? "
His third sister didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "Brother, take a look for yourself. You'll know when you see it!"
"Heh, you're still keeping me guessing." Zhang Ye took out his cell phone from his pocket and browsed through the most popular rankings. "It's still around 49th place. There's no change?"
Zhang Ye's mother, second uncle, and second aunt also took out their cell phones to look at Weibo.
His third sister exclaimed, "It's not the most popular rankings. Look, look at the most unpopular rankings!"
Zhang Ye snorted. "What's the point of looking at that? Your brother is a nationally famous celebrity and is affectionately called an artist with a conscience by the people. How can he still be on this rankings? " As he said that, he continued to browse through it without much care. He wanted to see who was in the top ten of this year's most unpopular rankings.
In the annual Weibo Celebrity Awards, the most popular celebrity was not the most popular. Instead, it was the most unpopular celebrity rankings. Why was that? This had to do with the commoners' mentality of wanting to watch the commotion. Things like the strongest celebrity, the prettiest celebrity, the most outstanding song, or the most well-received movie, there were too many of these kinds of awards. There were also too many domestic and international awards, and they were all positive ones. Everyone was already used to it and thought that it was nothing much. But for the most unpopular negative rankings, there weren't many of these kinds of awards in the country. It was the kind of award that was considered a national treasure. Hence, with the mentality of watching a joke, countless commoners would never get tired of it. They would stare at the most unpopular rankings every year to see who would be the unlucky one this year!
Last year, the votes for the top three most unpopular celebrities were very close. It was the director and assistant director who were involved in the unspoken rules, so they were not that famous.
Two years ago, the competition for this rankings was won by the participant of a very disgusting "Divine Song". The top three were the lyricist, the original singer, and the composer. It was as if the commoners had discussed it beforehand and threw all their votes to them. It was only at the last moment that the "winner" was decided. The commoners felt that the "Divine Song" was disgusting to the bone, and that the lyrics were even more disgusting. Hence, the lyricist took the "crown".
As for this year, there was already a discussion on Weibo. The most unpopular and most vocal contestant should be the participant of a movie called "Riverwater". This movie had a huge investment and the director and lead actor were also very famous. But when it was screened, it was scolded from the inside out by the commoners. Most of them felt that it was too trashy and ugly. Naturally, the director, screenwriter, or lead actor of the movie were all strong contenders for the top three spots. It was very likely that they would take all of the top three spots — yes, that was what a lot of people predicted.
But in reality?
In reality, a lot of people were overjoyed!
When Zhang Ye flipped open the Most Unpopular Celebrity Rankings, he nearly vomited a mouthful of blood. He saw that at the top of the list, there was a bright red name written on it!
— Zhang Ye!
Votes: 1.91 million!
His mother: "…"
His maternal grandma: "…"
His maternal grandpa: "…"
His second uncle: "…"
His eldest younger sister: "…"
Zhang Ye nearly died of anger. "Why is it my name?"
His second sister coughed and added in a speechless manner, "And it's by a wide margin!"
The second most unpopular celebrity was the male lead of "Riverwater." But even though he was in second place, his votes were only 87,000. Compared to Zhang Ye's 1.91 million votes, there was a difference of two digits! Zhang Ye was not only in the lead, it was an overwhelming lead without any suspense!
It had only been slightly more than an hour?
Two million votes for the most unpopular votes?
Zhang Ye nearly spewed out his gallbladder. He angrily stood up and slammed the table. "They must have rigged the votes! Those people must have rigged the votes for me! "
His second sister cleared her throat. "About that, Bro, I don't think they rigged the votes. This poll has always been very fair every year. There have never been any cases of rigging the votes."
Zhang Ye stared. "That was in the past years. They must have rigged the votes this year!"
His second sister: "…"
Zhang Ye scolded, "These people are really wicked. They're so wicked! I'm such a conscientious celebrity in the industry, yet they actually voted for me to be the most unpopular? "
His eldest younger sister wiped away her sweat and looked at her cell phone. "The … the votes are still increasing."
2 million!
2.5 million!
2.7 million!
It had only been slightly more than an hour since the voting started and the most unpopular votes were already nearing 3 million? This had practically broken the historical record of the Weibo poll for the most unpopular celebrity rankings! And with every passing second, the historical record was being refreshed!
There were too many votes!
It felt like countless people were giving Zhang Ye their votes!
...
The users on Weibo naturally noticed this as well!
Many of those who had a grudge against Zhang Ye were cramping up from laughing!
"Ahahahaha!"
"This is so awesome! Brothers, well done! "
"Everyone, you're so awesome! This year's Most Unpopular Celebrity Award has to go to Zhang Ye! "
"Hehe, this title is practically tailor-made for this fellow!"
"Pfft, I was still predicting that it would be the team from Riverwater? Looks like Teacher Zhang is still a cut above them. That trashy movie was actually suppressed by Zhang Ye alone. And look at those votes, it's really hard to look at! Teacher Zhang has several million votes, while the runner-up only has a few tens of thousands of votes! Gratifying, so gratifying. It looks like Zhang Ye winning this year's Most Unpopular Celebrity Award is something that everyone expected without any suspense! "
"You guys are so bad, haha!"
"Actually, I'm a fan of Teacher Zhang Ye, but I also voted for Teacher Zhang as the most unpopular. Hehehe, I'm just here to watch the commotion!"
"Previous poster, you've left me speechless!"
"Aiyo, I'm dying of laughter. This poll is so hilarious!"
"Yeah, I'm dying of laughter watching this. How great would it be if there were a few more Most Hated Celebrity Awards every year! It's so hilarious! "
"Teacher Zhang deserves the title!"
"Compared to Zhang Ye's wickedness, 'Riverwater' is really left in the dust by more than ten streets!"
"Hahaha, can you guys not be like that? Teacher Zhang is so pitiful. If you anger Teacher Zhang, he will definitely do something earth-shattering again!"
"That's great! We're waiting for him to do something big! "
"That's right, that's right! Actually, it's not that I don't like Zhang Ye, but I still gave the unpopular vote to him. I just wanted to see Teacher Zhang cause trouble! How fun would that be! Ha, it's fine. Everyone, just give the unpopular vote to Teacher Zhang. Teacher Zhang is so thick-skinned, he definitely won't be afraid of this. Zhang Ye has made a comeback today and is back in the entertainment circle, so this poll can be considered a welcoming reception for him. If he's not popular, so be it. He's still in first place anyway. Which first place isn't in first place? It's all the same! In any case, the commotion has increased! "
"Then let me add fuel to the fire. The vote has been cast!"
"I think you guys are even more wicked than Teacher Zhang Ye.... The vote has been cast!"
"You guys are so bad.... The vote has been cast!"
"Hai, I really pity Teacher Zhang Ye.... The vote has been cast! There's no need to thank me. Please call me Red Scarf! "
"You still voted even though I pity you? Pfft! "
3 million!
4 million!
Zhang Ye was going further and further down the path of the Most Unpopular Celebrity Poll!
In the end, even many of Zhang Ye's fans could do nothing about it. Seeing that things had already turned out this way, they also threw the Most Unpopular Celebrity Poll to Zhang Ye.
"Let's vote!"
"Hai, it's not like we're short of this much anyway."
"We definitely won't be able to get into the top 40 on the main rankings. At most, we'll be in the 40s. If we're on the Most Unpopular Celebrity Poll, then so be it. We still have to be in first place. Let's help Teacher Zhang set a new record. In the past, the first place on this poll only had about a million votes after 12 hours of voting. Even if we're on the Most Unpopular Celebrity Poll, we can't fall behind others. Not only do we have to break the record, we have to break it by more than ten times! Only then can we showcase the might of our Zhang Ye fan club! We refuse to be mediocre! "
"That's very true! Since we can't do the best, then we will do the worst! "
".... I have to give it to you guys!"
"F * * k, everyone is really optimistic!"
"Teacher Zhang can't be crying already, right?"
At this moment, Zhang Ye, who was eating at his maternal grandma's house, was on the verge of tears. He really did not expect that after his passionate and impassioned efforts to get votes, he would not achieve much on the main rankings, but instead lead by a wide margin in the Most Unpopular Celebrity Poll! Moreover, even his own fans were tirelessly voting for him!
These are my fans?
You must be fucking spies!
This was not the end of it. On Weibo, there were still many people who were gloating over his misfortune or making fun of him.
Yao Jiancai did not come out just now, but now he came out. He posted on Weibo: "@ ZhangYe, congratulations, old bro. You've secured victory ahead of time."
Zhang Ye replied: "...."
His old classmate, Dong Shanshan, sent a "congratulatory message". She had also come to watch Zhang Ye have some fun. "@ ZhangYe, you're definitely in first place. When are you going to treat us?"
Zhang Ye replied again: "...."
Peking University's Chinese Department's Teacher Su Na: "Teacher Zhang is fully deserving of being in first place."
What mockery!
It was definitely a blatant mockery!
Zhang Ye decided to ignore them. This bunch of friends were really hitting him when he was down. What did they mean by "fully deserving"? Am I that unpopular!?
On the Most Popular Celebrity Poll, it was still unclear who was in first and second place. The top ten were all very closely matched and the votes were also very close. The results would not be decided until the very last moment. But this poll was controversial, while the Most Unpopular Celebrity Poll was not controversial at all. First place was definitely Zhang Ye's! Even if the second place person bought votes, even if the second place person spent money to bribe the Weibo officials to help him buy votes one by one, he would still not be able to catch up to Zhang Ye!
It was just that domineering!
It was just that there was no suspense!
The afternoon passed and night came.
Finally, at 12 PM, the voting system closed and the votes were tabulated. With 1.957,000 votes, Zhang Ye was ranked 49th in this year's Most Popular Celebrity Poll on Weibo. It was a remarkable result. Then, with a total of 21,703,500 votes, Zhang Ye easily became the overall champion of this year's Most Unpopular Celebrity Poll on Weibo!
The certificate was filed.
It was recorded in the annals of Weibo!
When the results of the poll were announced, everyone started a heated discussion again!
"Hahaha, Teacher Zhang has just won so much glory for the country, yet you guys are crowning him as the most unpopular champion. That's not very nice of you!"
"Pfft, previous poster, if you didn't 'Hahaha', I would have thought that you were trying to redress Teacher Zhang's grievances."
"So what if he's embarrassed? Anyway, this isn't the first time Zhang Ye has been laughed at by so many people. He's already used to it. Look at Teacher Zhang's friends and colleagues' Weibo. Aren't they all making fun of Teacher Zhang? Being the most unpopular … is also an honor. Others can't get it even if they wanted to!"
"Teacher Zhang didn't make it to last year's Weibo poll, right?"
"No, Zhang Ye only debuted last year, so he didn't make it. This year is his first time participating."
"He won the title of most unpopular in his first time participating? I have a feeling that Teacher Zhang will probably be the biggest contender for this' award 'next year! Haha! "
"With that bad temper of Zhang Ye's, I think he'll probably win this award three times in a row!"
"Only three times in a row? I predict that as long as Zhang Ye remains in the entertainment circle, this award will always be his! No one can fight for it! "
Everyone was getting more and more amused as they talked about it!
It could be seen that Zhang Ye's popularity … was really bad!
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