The video went viral very quickly because it had all the elements necessary to catch fire: relevance and emotion.
Just the influx of people from that TikTok video alone was significant, and with the college entrance exam scores just released, plenty of real Straight-A Students abound. At this time, the appearance of a fake Straight-A Student getting a metaphorical slap in the face naturally drew attention.
So, the popularity of Chen Yuan's video soared, and suddenly he gained over a hundred thousand followers—and they were all real people.
All to see the moment on July 5th when he would announce his results.
Beneath this video, there was a fiercely heated discussion.
Lingluo Sanqian: Out of the four characters in the video, he's the only one who has come forward to post a video. I won't say who's crumbling [eating melon]
The top comment was a unilateral trial of Chen Yuan.