At 7 o'clock in the morning, Wang Pu woke up from his sleep on time.
He washed up in a hurry, and then ran towards his work place in the morning light. This was Wang Pu's most important way to exercise, and he never stopped unless it was raining or snowing.
After having breakfast at a breakfast shop not far from the company, it was still early. Wang Pu was walking as usual. At the same time, he took out his mobile phone from his trouser pocket and opened the Inspur Reading client.
He can't wait to know what the current performance of "The Swordsman" is and whether it has been knocked off the weekly recommendation list by other books.
After checking the ranking list, Wang Pu unexpectedly did not see any familiar book titles on the weekly recommendation list.
Being squeezed out of the top ten so quickly?
The weekly recommendation list of Inspur Reading only showed the top ten on the homepage, and Wang Pu couldn't help but feel disappointed.
But he soon discovered something was wrong.
Because the data on the mobile phone shows that the number of recommended votes for the tenth place is less than 3,000!
How is this possible?
Wang Pu remembers very clearly that in the early morning, the group voted collectively and the list was refreshed for the first time. "Swordsman" topped the list with 3,780 votes. How could it not even be ranked in the top ten now!
Wang Pu suddenly had a bad feeling.
He quickly clicked on more data columns on the weekly recommendation list, and when he scanned down from the first place to the top fifty, there was no name like "Swordsman" in it.
Wang Pu quickly found "Swordsman" from his bookshelf and opened it to view the data in the work information column.
Weekly recommendation: 0!
0 votes!
Wang Pu felt as if ten thousand alpacas were galloping past. His face turned red and his hair almost stood on end.
How fucked up!
Although Wang Pu is young, he is definitely an experienced reader when it comes to reading online novels.
He is very familiar with some of the rules of literary websites. He knows that when such a situation occurs, it is not because the data on the website is wrong, but because it is regarded as a brush vote and the votes are immediately cleared, and all votes are invalid within a limited time!
If "Swordsman" is really cheating, Wang Pu will admit it. Now the website is quite strict against this kind of cheating, and the intensity of inspection and punishment is not low. As a reader, he supports it.
But these recommendation votes were all voted by him by calling on hundreds of book friends. They were definitely not cheated. Last night, everyone worked hard in front of the computer until 12 o'clock to vote, and now all their hard work has turned into nothing.
Nothing.
How could Wang Pu be so willing?
I’m afraid the group has already exploded by this time, right?
He couldn't help but quicken his pace and hurried to his work place. Before his boss and boss came, he turned on his computer and logged in to his Feixun.
As Wang Pu expected, there were already complaints in several Feixun groups.
"Does anyone know why our recommendation votes were cleared?"
"Let me check, did you make a mistake?"
"Haha, unsigned books won't be included in the list, what else is there to say?"
"It's so unfair, I want to complain!"
"Forget it, your arms can't twist your thighs. What's the use of complaining? No one will abandon you."
"Oh, I'm so angry!"
Some people are confused, some are excited, some are angry, and some are clamoring for justice. Although the group members online at this time are not bad, everyone is talking and arguing very lively.
Wang Pu gritted his teeth and tapped the keyboard with his fingers extra hard: "We must ask Chassis Reading for an explanation for this matter. Why should our recommendation votes be cleared? We didn't swipe the votes!"
It is normal for book friends to vote to support their favorite books or authors. If this is considered to be a vote-splitting, then there is no need for the list to exist.
Wang Pu was so confident about this matter, how could he swallow his anger?
His opinion was immediately supported by everyone.
The way to ask for an explanation is very simple, that is to make complaints and protests through Inspur Reading’s customer service.
One or two complaints and protests may have no effect, but what if there are hundreds or thousands of people?
The effect is definitely different!
The readers of "Swordsman" are still very united, and their large number of complaints and protests have also attracted the attention of Inspur Reading officials, because many of these readers are VIP users with high levels.
That is to subscribe to old readers.
Near noon, the department head of Inspur Reading, the channel editor-in-chief, editor-in-chief, and technical customer service staff held a small meeting to discuss this matter.
The supervisor asked: "What's going on with the book "Swordsman"? So many people complained."
The technician explained: "This book suddenly appeared at the top of the weekly recommendation list at 0:10 today. It was suspected of serious vote fraud, so I blocked the votes this morning."
The supervisor frowned and asked, "Have you checked whether it was really a fraudulent ticket?"
The technician shook his head: "It hasn't been found out yet. The tickets are all normal, but"
At this time, the channel editor coughed and said: "I have paid attention to this book before. The writing is okay and the subject matter is quite special, but the author refused to sign the contract."
The supervisor's brows twisted into the character "Chuan": "What's the reason for rejection?"
The editor said: "He has objections to the copyright contract and does not want to sign it."
“So that’s how it is”
The supervisor immediately understood that it often happened that the author did not sign the contract, and it was mostly due to contract issues.
However, it is really rare for an unsigned work like "The Swordsman" to appear on the homepage list. You must know that unsigned works are not recommended and their exposure rate is too low. How can they compare with popular books?
I just understand it, but how to deal with it?
The supervisor was also scratching his head. The ban on the list was obviously unjust, but since the author refused to sign the contract, he would not be able to benefit the website. Why would the website give him valuable homepage resources?
After thinking about it, the supervisor said flatly: "Since it is blocked, then block it until the end. Then contact the author and ask him if he is willing to sign a contract. If he is willing, then we will unblock it."
What if you are still unwilling? No one asked this question because there is no need.
The customer service asked: "What should I do with those complaints?"
The supervisor smiled and said: "Just tell them that the data in this book is abnormal and the technology is processing it."
He would never let "Swordsman" appear on the front page under any circumstances, otherwise it would be too embarrassing.
After the meeting, the editor contacted "Remembering the Past and the Past" again through Feixun.
However, she didn't get any response.
Because at this time, Lu Chen didn't even know about the controversy caused by "Swordsman".