OFR – Chapter 201 Shock!

Now, it was six o’clock in the evening.

Many people were still watching the drama unfold on Taobao.

Yes, the auction list just released by the shopkeeper of “Zhenpin Tian” had indeed shocked a large number of people!

However, everyone was still very clear that this auction list alone was not enough to dominate the scene, nor was it enough for “Zhenpin Tian” to secure the title of the most popular e-commerce store in the industry, which would only be evaluated tomorrow.

Most people knew that the biggest factor in determining the industry’s most popular store was the store’s real follower count and online active users!

Under normal circumstances, in the Taobao animal and plant industry, no store could even come close to competing with “Zhenpin Tian” in terms of popularity and traffic!

But now, after “Zhenpin Tian” experienced a sharp drop in followers and “Meiwei Tian” saw an explosive increase in traffic…

The gap in popularity between the two stores had narrowed significantly!

At this rate, it wouldn’t be long before “Meiwei Tian” overtook “Zhenpin Tian” and became the undisputed king of popularity in Taobao’s animal and plant sector!

This was now a head-to-head battle between the reigning champion and the challenger in the e-commerce animal and plant industry.

This attracted enormous interest, and many people were so engrossed that they didn’t even put down their phones during dinnertime.

However, just as the spectators were anxiously watching, uncertain about which side would tip the scales in its favor—

Something happened that made everyone hold their breath and feel their heartbeat accelerate!

Because at that moment, they witnessed something shocking—

“Zhenpin Tian,” which had previously stalled in growth and should have had no chance of increasing its popularity further, suddenly experienced a skyrocketing surge in followers at an absolutely unbelievable rate!

It was a growth speed that defied all logic!

Everyone watching this scene swore they had never seen anything like it before!

This was a level of growth that had never occurred on Taobao before—something that should only exist in fantasy!

It was madness!

Yes, “Zhenpin Tian” was now growing at a rate that was downright insane.

It felt almost like an illusion.

In just the blink of an eye, the number of followers on “Zhenpin Tian” jumped from 1.6 million to 1.9 million in an instant!

Everyone watching this Taobao drama could say with absolute certainty—

In just a few dozen seconds!

“Zhenpin Tian” had completely reversed its stalled growth and, in the blink of an eye, climbed back to its peak popularity!

And the surge wasn’t stopping!

In three minutes—

The store’s popularity skyrocketed to 2.4 million, surpassing its previous record!

In five minutes—

“Zhenpin Tian” broke the historical highest follower count in Taobao’s animal and plant sector, reaching 2.8 million!

After ten minutes—

The number of followers had surpassed the total average active users of the entire Taobao animal and plant industry, reaching an astonishing 3.6 million!

Even after this insane growth of 2 million new followers, “Zhenpin Tian’s” popularity was still steadily climbing.

At this point, too many people were left completely dumbfounded by what they were witnessing.

The sheer magnitude of “Zhenpin Tian’s” popularity surge, along with its unbelievable growth speed, filled many industry competitors with a deep sense of despair!

How was this possible?

The Taobao animal and plant sector shouldn’t even have… this many users?!

This must be fake! It has to be fake!

Countless competitors simply couldn’t believe their eyes.

Yes, at this moment, not only were the competitors in the animal and plant e-commerce sector stunned, but even professionals from other industries were staring blankly at their screens, unable to comprehend what was happening!

Perhaps ordinary users and buyers, upon seeing “Zhenpin Tian’s” explosive growth, would just be surprised and casually comment, “Zhenpin Tian is amazing,” or “The shopkeeper is a genius.”

But only those in the industry truly understood—

How utterly mind-blowing and unprecedented this moment was!

Because nothing like this had ever happened in Taobao’s history!

Tens of thousands of new followers in mere seconds.

Two million new followers in just ten minutes.

It even shattered and exceeded the previous active user base of the entire platform’s animal and plant industry!

They couldn’t even begin to believe that this was real.

And yet, they also felt that “Zhenpin Tian’s” shopkeeper wouldn’t be foolish enough to risk everything by blatantly faking these numbers under such public scrutiny!

But if it wasn’t fake, then even Taobao’s most prominent homepage banner ads and pop-up recommendations couldn’t match the sheer magnitude of the traffic that had just poured in!

Now, sitting in front of her computer, witnessing this shocking moment, Mi Xuan finally understood why Mu Hao had told her to hire more temporary customer service reps.

Yes, thank goodness she had followed Mu Hao’s instructions!

If not, with this level of customer traffic, she and her cousin alone wouldn’t have been able to handle it at all!

Even with the twenty additional temporary customer service reps she had hired, the backend was completely flooded with customer messages, and they were struggling to keep up.

Meanwhile, in a QQ group chat for professional Taobao animal and plant store owners, the chat had exploded with chaos.

This QQ group was the very same one that had kicked Mi Xuan out earlier in the day.

Just moments ago, the store owners in this group had still been discussing ways to continue suppressing “Zhenpin Tian”!

After all, if “Zhenpin Tian” fell, they wouldn’t just gain more exposure—they’d also receive the financial incentives promised by “Meiwei Tian.”

They were all in agreement that no matter who won the title of “Industry’s Most Popular Store” tomorrow, it absolutely couldn’t be “Zhenpin Tian.”

Maybe it was because “Zhenpin Tian” had always received a lot of promotional resources from Taobao since its launch, leading to resentment among them.

Maybe it was because, in the past, when “Zhenpin Tian” was selling saffron, these same store owners had tried to spread negative rumors about them but ended up being publicly humiliated instead—so they wanted to get revenge this time.

Or maybe it was just about the money “Meiwei Tian” had offered to take down the industry’s number-one store.

Whatever the reason, they had all convinced themselves that this was the right move.

And with their collective effort, they truly believed they could take down “Zhenpin Tian”!

But now—this moment—

All discussions about how to suppress “Zhenpin Tian” had been completely thrown out the window!

The mood in the group chat had shifted from determined teamwork to pure panic and frustration!

Silver Moon Store Owner: “Damn it, how is this even possible?! This is insane! Where the hell is this traffic coming from?!”

Blue Sky Store Owner: “Suppress ‘Zhenpin Tian’? If these numbers are real, what’s the point anymore?!”

Another Store Owner: “Exactly! I said from the beginning—why the hell are we trying to bring them down? We’re all just Taobao shop owners, why start drama for no reason?! Damn it! If ‘Zhenpin Tian’ really secures the industry’s top spot, we’re screwed! If they decide to retaliate and spread bad rumors about us, we’re finished!”

Another Store Owner: “Yeah, 3.6 million followers… that’s more than the total number of active users in the entire industry, right?!”

Another Store Owner: “Exactly! ‘Meiwei Tian’ wanted to start this fight—so where the hell are they now?!”