Nowadays, there are a large number of voting links in WeChat Moments, such as "XX Star Selection", "Best XX", etc., some of which involve voting by minors.

In order to canvass votes for their children, some families mobilized all their connections and forwarded voting links to N groups for clicks.

Some families take shortcuts and use operations such as swiping ticket companies and buying tickets to keep their children's votes high.

A reporter from the Beijing News found that some voting links, in addition to simple "voting", also have a "gift" function. Each gift corresponds to a different number of votes. Anyone can spend money to buy gifts for contestants.

The more you buy, the better the gift you buy and the faster your vote count goes up.

The trend of comparison has also arisen, and some parents even spent thousands of dollars to buy tickets.

In the end, the so-called voting turned into a "money-burning game."

The money parents spend to buy votes is generally collected by voting web developers and event organizers.

Voting in Moments has begun to turn into a "business" - there are vote-brushing companies that specialize in "canvassing votes", and many voting-brushing APPs have also emerged.

You can send gifts and buy votes on the voting page. On September 11, Zhang Xian from Hubei forwarded a voting link for the children's art "Popular Star" to his family group.

This is a voting initiated by a children's art education institution. The top four will receive gifts such as tablet computers, electric hot pots, children's phone watches, and yogurt machines.

More than 40 children signed up for the selection with their paintings, including Zhang Xian's 9-year-old daughter.

"Please all your relatives vote for ×× number ×××." Zhang Xian finished his speech in the group and sent several "please" emoticons one after another.

Zhang Xian said that her daughter is good at drawing. This is the first time she has participated in a similar voting. As parents, she hopes that her children will have a good ranking, which can be regarded as an encouragement to their children.

The voting lasts for 7 days, and everyone can vote every day, but they can only vote once for the same contestant.

In order to canvass votes for his daughter, Zhang Xian not only mobilized the whole family, but also forwarded the voting link to more than 10 groups.

"Those days were like a shot of chicken blood." Zhang Xian said that the first thing he did when he picked up his phone every morning was to vote, and he would also remind others that "it's a new day to vote again."

In the view of Xu Wei, who is in his 60s, voting for his grandniece has become "a major event involving the whole family."

After the family members vote every day, they will report "voted" and the latest vote count to the group. Some people will also send screenshots of people asking other groups to vote to the group.

Xu Wei, who has been retired for many years, usually contacts more than 10 groups, including classmates, colleagues, sisters, retirees, etc., without exception, these groups have become Xu Wei's "support group" to canvass votes for his grandniece.

In those days, her speech in the family crowd was inseparable from voting.

“I just came back at noon, so I will vote without eating first.” “My classmates woke up at 4 o’clock in the morning and remembered to vote. I was very touched.” “I have been overwhelmed these days. I can’t relax until the voting is over.” “The ones behind me are catching up.

Then think of ways to send more groups."

To thank her classmates and friends for their help, she also sent out multiple red envelopes in various groups. "The amount is not big, but it's just a small amount."

Driven by the enthusiasm of the family, Zhang Xian's daughter's votes once entered the top three.

After that, the gap between the number of votes and the previous ones, especially the first place, became wider and wider.

On the 4th day of voting, a family member discovered that the voting page has a gift-sending function. Anyone can spend money to buy a gift and give it to the designated person. The gift can be exchanged for the corresponding number of votes according to the value.

Zhang Xian said that spending 3 yuan to give "lollipops" can increase the number of votes by 15, and there are also gifts of 10 yuan, 50 yuan, 100 yuan and 300 yuan, of which 100 yuan and 300 yuan can buy "super sports cars" and "

"Luxury Cruise", the corresponding number of votes are 500 votes and 1500 votes.

Family members also began to send "lollipops" to increase the number of votes, but the increase was far less than that of the previous few.

After the voting closed, the first place had more than 15,000 votes and the second place had more than 6,000 votes.

Click on the voting page of the first contestant. Under the "Gift List" are a "supercar" worth 100 yuan and a "luxury cruise ship" worth 300 yuan.

"My family has tried their best. This is a waste of money," Zhang Xian said.

A kindergarten voting page has a "gift" function. The gifts include lollipops, balloons, teddy bears, super cars and luxury cruise ships.

A free "Luxury Cruise" can be used to redeem 300 tickets, and you need to pay 100 yuan to purchase it.

The "burning money to buy votes" function that Zhang Xian encountered was reflected in many votes.

On the "Looking for Good Taste of Ruzhou" voting page launched by a certain public account on October 6, after voting for the candidate gourmet store, the page will also prompt "Dear, give me another diamond."

"Gift diamonds" means spending money to buy diamonds. One yuan is rewarded with 1 diamond. 1 diamond is equal to 3 tickets. The recharge amount of the system is 1 diamond, 5 diamonds, 10 diamonds, 50 diamonds, 100 diamonds and "custom".

Spend 100 yuan and get 100 diamonds, which is equivalent to 300 votes.

The Beijing News reporter also discovered that some selection and voting involving minors initiated by kindergartens, primary and secondary schools, or education and training institutions also have a vote-buying function.