In the bustling of Magic City, inside a company's conference room...
A man sat at the head of the conference table, a slip of paper in his hand. "The 'Last Master' production team aims for the top spot today. Make sure you pull out all the stops later."
This company specialized in boosting data for celebrities and artists.
Their reputation in the industry was stellar, and their capabilities were top-notch.
No matter what ranking their clients requested, they could deliver.
Whether it was the number one trending topic or the second.
"Alright, let's get to work," the man announced, rising to conclude the meeting.
Everyone returned to their computers and began their operations.
Paid posters were hired to retweet and comment.
Multiple IDs were used to boost clicks and views.
These were their usual tactics, simple yet highly effective.
"Currently, the heat of the number one trending topic is 1.77 million."
"Last Master has reached 170,000 in heat and entered the top 50 trending list."
"Last Master now at 410,000 heat, trending at 28."
Every so often, these technical updates echoed through the office.
"Last Master is now at 1.11 million heat, trending at 4."
"Last Master has reached 1.5 million heat, trending at 2."
"Last Master has surpassed 2 million heat, trending at 1!"
"Done!"
The staff applauded, smiling, "2 million heat, enough to stay at the top for a few hours."
"There's really no competition."
"How can we compete? We can't."
Unless a phenomenal news story emerged, none could rival their efforts.
After all, they were professionals at boosting data.
"Holy shit!"
Suddenly, someone shouted, startling everyone else.
"Jerry, what are you yelling for?"
"Goddamn, you scared me!"
Others reprimanded him.
Jerry stared at the screen, eyes wide open, "Our trending topic has been knocked off the top."
"What? That's impossible!"
"Are you seeing double?"
They couldn't believe it; they had deliberately boosted the heat to 2 million as a precaution.
Still, they opened the trending list to check.
Upon seeing it, they were all stunned.
A few seconds later.
"Holy shit!"
"Holy shit!"
"We've been knocked off!"
"Who's this Lewis? Which studio did this? 2.4 million heat? They're even more ruthless than us."
"Forget it, whoever they are, let's take them down!"
"Quick, back to work! Push this trending topic down!"
Once again, the group resumed their work.
Half an hour later.
"Who is this studio? Are they insane?"
"4 million heat? What's wrong with them? Is it worth spending so much?"
"5 million now!"
"What's happening here?"
"Good grief, they're boosting it too aggressively!"
They couldn't help but pause, constantly refreshing the trending list.
With each refresh, the heat of the number one trending topic surged by the hundreds of thousands.
"First Challenger to Complete the 'Bucket List', Lewis."
"This data doesn't seem boosted."
"But how could it be?"
"Not boosted? And with such terrifying heat, what kind of monster is this?"
Curiosity piqued, they clicked on the tweet.
After reading it, they were left in awe, understanding what had happened.
"Shit, this is the 'Bucket List' challenger! That's why the heat is so high."
"He completed the 'Bucket List'? Wow, and he broke four world records!"
"We're screwed. This trending topic will definitely be dominated by him today. We can't even boost our way back up."
"Let's tell Mr. Smith to cancel the order."
They were humans, not gods.
Given the exploding heat of the current number one trending topic and the spread and influence of these news stories, they had become phenomenal news.
They approached Mr. Smith in his office. "Mr. Smith, we can't boost today. The top spot is occupied, and we can't push our way up."
"What do you mean, can't boost?"
A group of professional boosters were telling him they couldn't boost?
A few minutes later, Mr. Smith finished reading.
Indeed, they couldn't boost.
The heat gap between the first and second trending topics was millions, absurd!
What terrible luck, to encounter such a thing?
He felt like his heart was going to break.
Mr. Smith covered his heart and waved them away.
He couldn't listen anymore; another second might give him a heart attack.
...
On Twitter, Lewis dominated the number one trending spot.
Almost everything in sight was about Lewis.
This terrifying heat was unexpected even by Lewis himself.
After finishing his meal and returning to the hotel, he found his reputation soaring.
Initially, it surged by the thousands.
Then by threes and fours of thousands. And later, each change was six to seven thousand!
He was at a loss, clueless about what was happening.
He hadn't streamed today; where did this terrifying reputation come from?
Could the system be buggy?
After searching for a while, he finally discovered the reason for the surge.
He was trending, and he was number one!
Videos of him were everywhere.
Fancy pull-ups, push-ups with feet off the ground...
Almost every video had tens of thousands of likes, unprecedented in heat.
"Hey, Eliud congratulated me?"
He saw the tweet, indeed posted by Eliud himself.
After pondering, he left a message under Eliud's tweet: Thanks.
Meanwhile, he also saw the tweet posted by the program team.
Sky Group's audit results would be released tomorrow!
Suddenly, his phone vibrated slightly.
He picked it up and was surprised to see a friend request.
This friend request came from the challengers' social media group.
The person's name was Mia.
He accepted the friend request.
As soon as he did, Mia sent a message: Are you free? Can we meet?
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