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didnāt immediately admit that it was a joke even after such a big fuss. He even fabricated WeChat chat records of āQin Langās motherā to prove his āinnocenceā.
Internet celebrity "Cat Cup" released a short video in February 2024, saying that he had picked up the winter vacation homework book of Chinese primary school student Qin Lang in Paris, which triggered a heated discussion among the people.
Itās the beginning of school season, and the Internet celebrity āMao Cupā has brought tens of millions of fans. After the video fermented, many media rushed to repost it. The related terms āQin Lang lost his homework bookā were not only on the hot search list on multiple platforms, but also It triggered an upsurge of people looking for Qin Lang. While the
video was fermenting, some netizens questioned the authenticity of the incident and pointed out that the incident was too dramatic: äø After a Frenchman picked up a Chinese homework in the toilet, he not only saved it, but also asked the blogger to help him return to China to find the owner. It is in line with the normal lost and found logic; secondly, blogger once filled in the winter vacation homework during the narration process, as if he was sure that the homework would not be returned to its original owner.
However, the doubts were quickly submerged in the atmosphere of national meme. Especially after some short video accounts owned by official media forwarded it, a group of rumormongers pretended to be Qin Lang's parents, teachers, and classmates, trying to attract traffic with the popularity.
In the end, "Cat Cup" took the initiative to contact him as "Qin Lang's mother" and claimed the homework. He even posted a screenshot of the chat and ended the topic.
The incident not only gained more fans for "Cat Cup", but it was also criticized by the central media for its excessive influence.
Central media defined this incident as "new yellow news", a news type that is inflammatory and low-key, and denounced the following media for being overly entertaining.
No one expected that after two months, the Hangzhou police would come forward to officially crack down on counterfeit "cat cup".
In the report, the police made it clear that the incident was self-directed and performed by "Mao Cup" and its partners.
The winter vacation homework was purchased online, and the incident was fabricated. There was no Qin Lang, no Qin Langās mother, and no child who lost his homework in Paris. There were only the deceived people and the media who unintentionally performed a farce.
"Cat Cup" released a video to apologize for this, and took administrative penalties for spreading rumors. He said that he would never do it again and would deeply reflect on it. The Internet celebrity career that had been going smoothly had suffered a heavy blow.
In addition, the "Paris Fun Facts" series of videos released by "Cat Cup" have also received varying degrees of doubts. Fans' trust has plummeted, which can be said to have shot itself in the foot.
They do whatever they can to gain traffic, and they ignore the law just to gain popularity. In the face of huge interests, more and more Internet celebrities are taking chances.
As the market competition becomes more and more fierce, employees who are eager to seize market share and try to get a piece of the pie gradually fall into depravity: they start to have wrong ideas.
In the end, lies will not last long and lies will eventually be exposed.