After gender swapping, my best friend and I hardcore BL (Boys' Love) became top influencers.

No one expected that after the group's formation night, the trending topics about fans' rights protection would emerge even faster than the celebration of "Super Star".

Rankings, vote rigging, behind-the-scenes manipulation...

Compared to the collective absconding of funds by the fan clubs of the trainees, these things seem less shocking.

The incident didn't initially start with VB.

Actually, more than a month ago, in a mysterious group, people were already discussing the suspected embezzlement and disappearance of Sun Yixiao's fan club.

At that time, Sun Yixiao's other fans were all covering their mouths to maintain stability.

Then, dragging on like this, it came to the final night. Maybe they felt that if they didn't run now, it would be too late. Overnight, all sorts of monsters and demons came out.

According to the incomplete statistics of the all-knowing netizens:

The number of fan clubs that have been exposed, whether they have debuted or not, has reached as high as nine, and this number is still rising.

Keep in mind that there are only eleven debut spots in "Super Star"!

As a result, the trending topic, which became incredibly popular, was immediately pinned to the top of the trending search list, and even simultaneously surged to the number one spot on international websites.

#Give me my money back!!! # (Breaking News)

[My God! What kind of commotion is this?!]

Although I knew that the first thing after every talent show group is formed is for fans to fight for their rights, I never imagined that the rights they were fighting for would be this.

[I'm so confused I don't even recognize money anymore... How many zeros are there?! Are your fans' mouths made of steel and concrete?!]

[Just heard the juicy gossip: Sun Yixiao's fan club and fan site admins reportedly absconded with over a million yuan before the third performance!]

No wonder their house has been so quiet since the third time they were honored.

[Who will compensate my beloved vocal duo! Their performance of "Leo Star" was so popular, but when I saw that only Jong Jun made it into the final group, I was filled with mixed emotions...]

Just one step away from perfection~

It's such a shame. Because of this incident, many of his fans unfollowed him after the third performance.

Even if they still love their idols, this whole ordeal must have left fans with a lingering resentment, since they were just scammed.

To be honest, even without this incident, it would have been difficult for Sun Yixiao to debut. This group doesn't need so many vocalists; there's too much overlap in their positions.

To put it bluntly, only one of Zhong Jun and Sun Yixiao can stay.

[Did you allocate the debut spots? And you can only keep one? Anyway, all I know is that Sun Yixiao was really screwed over. The one who didn't debut is actually someone else, like that guy on Belike who used bromance to get ahead.]

Come on, Tianhua Culture is a large and powerful company. Do you think Sun can mess with them? Besides, Bai Shuyang is more suitable for a boy band based on his looks.

[Those who immediately jump to conclusions, they just happened to smell the scent and showed up. Anyway, I didn't name names (rolls eyes)]

The answer is that Tianhua is all-powerful and controls everything.

[Just kidding. If Tianhua really had that much power, they wouldn't have been so helpless against that fan site admin who ran away.]

[Listen up, what's this latest gossip?]

[Go check the trending topics; the hashtag is still trending. It says that one of Ji Yan's fan site admins embezzled three million yuan under the guise of voting and ran away.]

[Oh my god! How come this scam pool is still stacking up???]

[I also got caught up in this mess, and what's even more troublesome for them is that this fan site admin wasn't just selling empty links; she was selling a few photocards for a few hundred yuan each. Even when the police came knocking, she was still stubbornly insisting that she was just selling normal goods, only that she was selling special products with a premium.]

[A few scraps of paper sold for an exorbitant price? Is this even a little bit of markup? Truly, shamelessness knows no bounds!]

[Drug dealers saw this and immediately started printing photocards overnight]

[After watching a bit of the video, it's clear that he's been making excuses the whole time. He just shrugs and says he's already spent most of the money and will continue shipping orders as usual. He also says that since the show has ended, he'll save the remaining money for future fan support activities.]

[Who the hell would dare let him continue supporting someone now? Judging by this, does he still want to stay in the industry and make money?]

[As long as the person doesn't go inside, and they just change their internet alias, who would know who's who? I don't believe they'd be willing to give up such a lucrative industry.]

This has truly broadened my horizons...

Tianhua Media has finally met its just deserts.

[The wicked will be punished by the wicked, but I'm genuinely heartbroken about the money. How can one case involve millions of dollars? Is this how you evacuate someone with millions?]

"It's just a small amount of money. Even Tianhua might not be interested, but they're probably just too proud to admit it. Big companies are just that arrogant."

Everyone knows that the petty and stingy ones are from another company.

We understand what you mean.

[Alright, alright, if you say another word, Orange Wind Entertainment will call you with their ID card.]

What are you all talking about? How come Orange Wind Entertainment is involved here?

[Just look at the fans' efforts to protect their rights and you'll understand.]

Yesterday, the "Insta" group was formed, and the difference between the first and second place winners, Ji Yan and Su Xingran, was almost ten million votes. But in fact, in previous ranking announcements, the difference in their votes had never been this significant.

[Exactly! Although Ji Yan usually gets a slightly higher number of votes, the difference is only a million or two at most. It's because the difference is so huge that the fans started digging into it.]

[This is truly a hellish joke. The fans initially suspected the show of rigging the votes, and their self-investigation was to gather evidence of their own voting efforts to confront the show. But after all that, it turned out that pulling out a radish brought out the mud—the company and its paid promoters had conspired to frame them.]

[Serves them right. I told you long ago that fandoms controlled by paid lip service will never end well.]

[So it turns out the ten million votes Su Xingran was short were embezzled by the company... I've never seen such a low-class company as Orange Wind Entertainment, they'd even embezzle this kind of money?]

[Maybe they figured they were already going to debut anyway, so they didn't care so much about their ranking? But it really was so low.]

[Who can argue with that? Every time I hear him called the "Crown Prince of Orange Wind," I want to laugh. He doesn't even own that company; it's basically just a cash cow for that lousy company.]

If that's the case, the only true heir is Ling Tinglan, since his family really owns the company.

[My goodness... Does Donghai Entertainment even know it's already ascended to the throne? The difference between these companies is greater than the difference between a person and a dog!]

[This company requires you to sit at the same table as a child.]

Actually, the couple with the water chestnuts also had a scandal this time, but they dealt with it quickly, and their own internal situation was a mess, so they didn't have time to put up big-character posters in the square.

[Hey! Can you please be clear? The company said they were giving up on voting after the first public performance. It was the fans who wouldn't listen and insisted on raising funds, which led to this situation.]

To be honest, the talent show is over, and Donghai Entertainment is still in debt. The three members of the nephew-uncle trio haven't earned a single penny. On the contrary, under the guise of voting for Jiao Wangshu, some unknown person swindled out of 16 million.

How much?! Sixteen million!!!

[I hereby announce that the MVP for the amount of money lost in the scam pool has arrived...]

Sixteen million... Fans might as well just transfer that money to Donghai Entertainment.

[That's right, call your uncle, and our Uncle Donghai will be able to have a son with his two nephews for our fans.]

[This really breaks my heart, that's 16 million!!!]

[Actually, it wasn't that much. Fortunately, the situation was handled in time, and most of it was recovered. Only a little over five million was swindled. We really have to thank the multiple accounts and transfer limits. If it had been a day or two later, the outcome would have been very different.]

That's still five million! Suddenly, the six hundred thousand that Ling Tinglan's fans lost doesn't even seem like much in comparison.

[This is really messed up. Every time I browse Weibo, it seems like I see a different post about rights protection. It's like every company has its share of scammers. This year's talent show has set a precedent. Super Star should just be renamed "Fraud Star".]

Regardless of the amount of money involved, the fans are always the ones who suffer the most from being scammed...

So everything else is fake, only the lost money is real. Everyone must protect their wallets when following celebrities.