I Go to the High Seas for Fishing But Get Hunted by an Aircraft Carrier
Chapter 77 Pay the Incense Fee First

Chapter 77: Chapter 77 Pay the Incense Fee First

Of course, there were some who were stubborn, choosing to ignore and even start insulting Ye Chen in private messages.

But as time passed, these little haters also sensed something was off.

They noticed that whether it was comments under Cui Ruogou’s video supporting him and attacking Ye Chen, or the exposé videos shared by other big V influencers.

They were decreasing!

Moreover, more and more people were proactively speaking up for Ye Chen in the comment sections of either Cui Ruogou or Ye Chen’s posts.

With this development.

Those who had not taken Ye Chen’s private messages seriously began to feel nervous.

If these big V influencers were starting to apologize, it meant either Ye Chen had a background they absolutely could not afford to offend, or Ye Chen was really planning to use someone as fishing bait to catch that ten-meter-long giant python.

Whichever the result, it was unbearable for these people.

So, as vile as these people were before in their insults, they were just as pitiful when apologizing and begging for mercy from Ye Chen.

And for these people, Ye Chen showed no mercy.

Just like he treated those big V influencers and self-media accounts who shared Cui Ruogou’s video, demanding money first, so-called "incense money"...

Just like that, from afternoon to evening, Ye Chen had only to sit in front of the computer and type away at the keyboard.

To rake in nearly two hundred thousand!

Most of them came from big V influencers and self-media who received promotion fees from Cui Ruogou.

A small part was from those foul-mouthed little haters, "voluntarily" paying up their incense money.

However, Ye Chen’s tactic actually only scared a small portion of people.

The key was that Ye Chen exploited these haters’ herd mentality.

If these people didn’t care and weren’t worried about becoming bait for python fishing, then Ye Chen wouldn’t have achieved such an effect.

Once the first person deleted their comment and apologized, they all began to fear.

As time went on, the little haters who didn’t receive money and didn’t remove their comments became fewer and fewer.

The likelihood of Ye Chen’s custom-made "fishing bait" emerging from among them increased.

Moreover, some people even dug up information and found out that Ye Chen wasn’t just talking nonsense.

In Southeast Country, there indeed were cases of using live humans to catch pythons.

Even now, some tribes are still using this method.

It can be said the plan had an effect even better than Ye Chen had expected.

By around 8 pm, after Ye Chen had his dinner outside and returned home.

Now, it became difficult to find a single derogatory comment about him.

Previously, there were too many little haters, impossible to look through them all.

But now, these little haters’ comments all turned into apologies to Ye Chen.

The occasional few haters that popped up became the targets of Ye Chen’s fans.

Some even more impressive fans tracked down these haters by their comments and Douyin accounts, exposing their locations and names.

It was just short of crowdfunding a trip to their houses to take them away to be used as fishing bait for catching the python...

Facing such a broad environment, that small minority of die-hard haters, after being roundly cursed out, could only delete their comments in fear and trembling, and like the previous haters, sincerely write apologies.

In the end.

What everyone saw was that the only one still stubborn was "East Sea’s King of Fishing" Cui Ruogou!

Beneath Cui Ruogou’s exposé video, many people were apologizing to Ye Chen.

Originally, those who supported Cui Ruogou, fearing becoming Ye Chen’s bait for python fishing, directly betrayed him by insulting Cui Ruogou in the comment section of his video to dissociate themselves from being potential bait.

This move subjected Cui Ruogou to an unethical and unkind position.

It had been Cui Ruogou’s suggestion to let Ye Chen fish for the giant python.

If he apologized too, wouldn’t that be like slapping his own face?

Not just slapping his face, but what about the studio he invested all his assets in? What to do with that?

Although some of the money, through those big V influencers and self-media accounts, ended up in Ye Chen’s pocket,

There was also a portion Cui Ruogou spent on renting venues, hiring staff, and equipment.

So...

Right now, Cui Ruogou was caught between a rock and a hard place, gritting his teeth, choosing to continue clashing with Ye Chen.

It could be said that in the entire network, Cui Ruogou was currently Ye Chen’s biggest hater, and also the only hater.

At the same time, this matter also topped the trending search list that day.

Another hot topic after Ye Chen caught the giant python.

In this era of vast internet information, various messages bombard people’s minds, and indeed, many incidents undergo reversals.

But compared to Ye Chen catching the giant python, his haters deleting comments and issuing apologies within less than four hours was unprecedented.

Keep in mind, at 3 pm that afternoon, Cui Ruogou had released a video to criticize the overnight sensation, streamer Ye Chen.

Standing on a high moral ground to reprimand him, he suggested letting Ye Chen go to Jinbao Residential District to fish the python.

In response, some big V influencers and self-media, after receiving Cui Ruogou’s promotion fees, began to repost the video and articles, expressing support for him.

Later, some haters and netizens in the comments section of Ye Chen’s video supported Cui Ruogou’s proposal.

As everyone waited for Ye Chen’s reaction, he flipped the situation around with just one video.

The incident was even more absurd than Ye Chen catching the giant python.

One after another, those haters, along with the support of big V influencers and self-media, either deleted their reposts or comments.

In the end, everyone was apologizing to Ye Chen in various ways.

Come evening, it was very difficult for netizens to find any comments or articles that criticized Ye Chen.

It should be noted, such circumstances are rare in the internet era.

Some say these haters were possibly bought by Cui Ruogou as paid trolls, then later, these trolls were bought over by Ye Chen.

Some say Ye Chen has a very strong backing, that no one dares to provoke, so upon learning this, they no longer dare to offend Ye Chen.

Others say that, according to rumors, the higher-ups in Jiang City have actually invited Ye Chen to fish for the python, hence they all feared becoming bait for Ye Chen’s python fishing.

But no matter what, through this incident, Ye Chen’s fan base and popularity climbed another level.

And, the mass of netizens shrouded Ye Chen’s identity with another layer of mystery.

Most importantly, for such mysterious incidents, many netizens developed a fear of Ye Chen.

Based on the current situation, at least in the short term, no one dares to provoke Ye Chen.