Ni Bingyan was joining her film crew in just two days. After she repeatedly promised to stay holed up at home until then, Wei Shuojie finally relaxed. She planned to take her son for a swim at the pool over the weekend.
But she had only been relaxing for half a day when she got a message from the PR department: "Your Bingbing is trending again!"
Wei Shuojie felt her world go dark. She immediately jumped on Weibo to see what was happening.
She saw that three topics—#NiBingyanIsSoDownToEarth, #NiBingyanLookingForDog, and #WangcaiIsLost—had already climbed to the sixth, seventh, and eighth spots.
She clicked the topic, which led her to the official Weibo account. She saw the lost dog notice was posted at 10:45 AM. A glance at the clock showed it was now just 11:30 AM.
'This traffic, this popularity, it's insane!'
'She's a natural trending topic magnet. It's more mystical than metaphysics.'
