It wasn't just this fan who posted similar declarations of abandoning the fandom, but because she was a major fan, she garnered more attention. Once she posted this declaration, it shocked many fans who followed her but didn't have the time or money to attend the concert.
Since there were no live recordings available yet, her statement instantly aroused dissatisfaction among many fans who were unaware of the situation, leading to curses and insults in the comments.
In their eyes, abandoning the fandom was a betrayal, she was a traitor among them. And now, not only did she openly betray them and become a traitor, but she also posted such inflammatory remarks, trying to sway other fans. This was simply a vicious campaign of slander and malicious rumor-spreading.
They resorted to every tactic: leaking her private messages, flooding the comments with attacks, and threatening to expose her personal information. The comment section of her post was swiftly overrun by enraged Ming Qian fans.
Simultaneously, Ming Qian's anti-defamation team mobilized, furiously labeling the major fan a spy planted by a rival, a professional anti, or a paid propaganda account, while desperately reporting the post and trying to control the backlash.
Thus, in less than half an hour, due to the high number of reports, this major fan's account was automatically suspended by the administrator for investigation.
However, silencing one major fan's account didn't stop the other Ming Qian fans who had attended the concert from posting.
Coincidentally, they were all sitting on the same bus at that moment, embarking on the long journey home.
Seeing the frenzy online, where people they had once called "sisters" were now turning their guns on them, and recalling Ming Qian's terrible live performance they had just witnessed, an uncontrollable anger welled up in their hearts!
We were the ones who spent money to buy tickets for the live show. We were the ones who paid for our own transportation and hotel accommodation. We were the ones who saw that awful performance. We were the ones sitting in the support section, feeling embarrassed under the disdainful looks from other members' fans because of Ming Qian's poor performance. And now, we are the ones being cursed at.
What right do you all, who just sit at home waiting to watch pirated recordings, have to blame us?
Suddenly, a wave of resentment swept through the bus. Encouraged by one person's lead, they all picked up their phones and began posting declarations on their Weibo accounts, announcing they were abandoning their support for Ming Qian. Their reasons echoed the major fan's: the Ming Qian they saw was nothing like the idol they had imagined. The chasm between fantasy and reality was too vast to ignore, and they could not accept an idol who would perform so poorly at his own important concert.
Were we not important enough?
Now that he's debuted, we're no longer useful? We don't deserve a complete, perfect performance from him anymore?
The hashtag #MingQianFansAbandonFandom# quickly trended. The anti-defamation team reported and got one account suspended, but even more accounts posted declarations of abandoning the fandom.
At the same time, fan-recorded videos from the concert were uploaded to other video websites. Fans, already extremely curious about what happened due to this incident, quickly flocked to see for themselves.
Especially Ming Qian's fans, they simply couldn't believe their idol could be as bad as those who abandoned the fandom claimed! They would rather believe those people were anti-fans, professional haters, or spies hiding among them than believe their idol could be that terrible.
But when the video played and they saw Ming Qian consistently failing to keep up with the beat, they couldn't help but make expressions of utter dismay.
Weren't they saying just two days ago that only Ming Qian was practicing diligently in the dance studio? Weren't they saying they were going to shame those unhardworking team members? So how was it that now the whole team moved in perfect sync, while only Ming Qian seemed to be living in a different dimension, always half a beat behind?
Shallow Moonlight V: I don't believe it! There must be some other reason! I need to hear his explanation!
Only Love Qian Qian V: Yes! I believe in Brother Qian! There must be some misunderstanding here!
Other fans chimed in, gathering under Ming Qian's Weibo to wait for an explanation.
And at this very moment, the person the Qiansha were waiting for was standing with his head bowed in front of his manager, being scolded until his eyes turned red, tears falling patters.
"Cry! Will crying help? I've never managed an artist as clumsy and untalented as you. I gave you so many days off to practice, and this is the result you show me?"
"I... I tried my best," Ming Qian stammered, "but the choreography was too difficult. I truly couldn't master it."
"Couldn't master it?" the manager retorted. "Then how did you even debut? Oh, that's right—I nearly forgot. You debuted thanks to inflated vote counts. But doesn't that mean you should work even harder after debuting?"
Ming Qian: "I..."
The manager made a "stop" gesture and continued, "Let's not mention that for now. What about the video from the other day? Don't think I don't know, you were the one who had that video of only you practicing dance posted online. Were you trying to reinforce your hardworking persona? Fine, you want to reinforce your image, I have no objection. But could you please at least perform decently live?"
😀😄😀 Am I reading this right? The manager was supposed to be the one managing the artist schedule, and the manager knew that he was not that talented. So, why the fuck are you blaming him? When you were the one that manage the artist and did his schedule, and also can a 2 hours of practice everyday can really be alright? And also Ming Qian only practice for about the last minute. Ming Qian should also consult this to the manager, he knew that he can't practice with just that amount of time, why did you not tell the director or even your manager that, Idk, to stay behind and practice with the other members? Idk anything about this.
ReplyDelete... I read too much entertainment industry novel in NU😅