Fishing Livestream
Chapter 296 - 296 295 Playing with Fire Part 1

296: Chapter 295 Playing with Fire (Part 1) 296: Chapter 295 Playing with Fire (Part 1) “Wow, You Ying finally showed up in the chat!

Is that really you?

I’ve never seen you post in the fan group before!”

“Caught You Ying live!

I thought you weren’t in the group.

I was watching Fengfeng’s stream, you know?

What’s up?

Are you the real deal or a fake?”

Seeing that someone had been watching the live stream during the day, You Ying quickly posted a voice message in the group.

“It’s really me!

Can anyone tell me what happened during Fengfeng’s stream today?

I heard someone got caught cheating in a competition, is that true?”

“Yes, Fengfeng reported it, and they disqualified him.

Seriously, that guy was so sneaky, deliberately bringing toxic stuff to mess with Fengfeng!”

“I even took screenshots.

Why do you ask?”

“Fengfeng got beaten up after the competition, and I want to find that person!” You Ying, usually tense, let her guard down and brought up Yue Feng’s situation in the hardcore fan group.

“What?

No way, Fengfeng was still live streaming tonight, discussing today’s competition for over an hour!”

“I can find this guy; just wait a bit.

A local dude from W city knows him.

I have this dude on my platform friends list, I’ll ask him for you!”

Soon, the group members made a few connections through acquaintances and found out Meng Chuan’s name, and You Ying also learned that Meng Chuan’s family ran an online store.

As this information was gathered, the news that Yue Feng had been beaten also spread within a limited circle.

Although there had been rumors about You Ying and Yue Feng, because both had strong personal charisma, many fans were outraged when they heard the news and began discussing it in the group, with some bold individuals suggesting ordering and leaving bad reviews to shut down Meng Chuan’s online store.

Under normal circumstances, You Ying, who had a bit of rationality, would not have incited the fans to act this way; but, thinking of Yue Feng’s bruised eye and swollen nose from the recent video, You Ying’s temper flared up, and she personally directed them to order from the online store and take revenge for Fengfeng!

Never underestimate the influence of a major internet celebrity.

The goodwill and recognition built up over days can, at the right moment, turn into a kind of blind and fervent support.

The message spread from one group to another like wildfire, swiftly sweeping through many of You Ying’s official and follower groups.

In the end, many people weren’t even aware of why they were doing this; they just heard that You Ying had been wronged, that there was an online store on the other side, and brothers, they shouldered the mission: order, receive, leave a bad review, all in one go.

Meng Chuan’s family indeed ran an online store, mainly selling fishing gear online.

They had started early, so they had a solid footing in the tumultuous online market.

Even though they couldn’t compare with the top-tier brands, they still made over a million a year, which was more than enough for the family.

It was nearly eleven at night, and the sudden flood of order notifications on Wangwang left Meng Chuan’s father, who was tallying the accounts and not yet asleep, totally confused.

Normally at this time, there wouldn’t be many orders.

The usual peak hours for orders were from ten in the morning to ten at night, with only a scattering of orders in the middle of the night.

Yet, in less than ten minutes, the store received over a hundred orders, and new orders were still coming in.

Fearing he had made a mistake in listing the price or there was a coupon bug, Meng Chuan’s father glanced at the products the seller had bought; none were newly listed, and most were priced low, typical high-volume items like sublines, main lines, and bait—all small items worth only a few dozen yuan.

He looked at the delivery addresses; they were all over the place, from every corner of the country.

The backend data suggested there was no issue with the settings that could have led to exploitation.

Could it be that they were lucky enough to have received a traffic boost from the officials?

Traffic is extremely precious; a single direct campaign could easily cost five or six figures in operational fees, and he hadn’t heard of any promotions!

Meng Chuan’s father was a bit puzzled, but he was clueless about where the problem might have originated.

Since they had abundant stock of the items, selling them was good news.

He would just need to pack and ship them the next day.

The next morning, the online store saw a surge of over a thousand orders, nearly reaching the levels of a promotional campaign.

The store staff were normally busy packing and shipping.

Little did Meng Chuan’s father know, this was just the beginning of a nightmare.

Two days later, as the deliveries started arriving, the store’s ratings began to plummet like a cliff.

Every order placed during this period received a one-star review without exception.

The reviews nitpicked everything from packaging and transportation to minor defects in the products themselves; any conceivable angle for negative feedback was thoroughly exploited.

A store’s reputation is its lifeline, and this spree of negative reviews drastically dropped their ratings, affecting their ranking and severely impacting normal traffic to the store.

The store owner was now panicking.

After making several calls to customers who had left negative reviews, the responses were frustratingly similar—they were simply unsatisfied with the issues listed in the reviews, hence the negative feedback.

Change the review?

No chance!

If these accounts had been part of an online negative review ring, there might have been a chance to appeal, but these were all regular online shoppers with normal purchasing and reviewing habits, making an official appeal extremely difficult.

Driven nearly mad by the situation, Meng Chuan’s father couldn’t take it anymore.

He made another call and, offering a considerable amount of money, begged and pleaded until he finally figured out what the problem was.

Your son Meng Chuan has recently offended someone!

Upon hearing this, Meng Chuan’s father felt a surge of anger rush from his abdomen to his head!

Meng Chuan’s father had three daughters, and it was only in his forties that he was blessed with a beloved son.

The family was well-off.

But this spoiled son, now in his twenties, had never secured a proper job and spent his days squandering money with friends who were into fishing.

The old man was strict with his son, but his mother doted on him too much.

Now that he was grown, it was hard to manage him.

The only solace was that aside from wasting money, he didn’t usually cause trouble or get into accidents.

Yet now, the store had been targeted because of this wasteful son’s actions.

When Meng Chuan, who had been out, received his father’s call, he entered the door and immediately got slapped squarely across the face.

“You wastrel, what trouble have you been causing outside?

Our family’s online store received over a thousand negative reviews in just a couple of days.

Do you want us to go out of business?” yelled Meng Chuan’s father, pointing at his son’s nose.

Meng Chuan, holding his face, looked aggrieved—he had only been fishing, never committing any crimes or offending anyone!