Chapter 163: Nominating Marketing Accounts to Delete Weibo Posts...
Chapter 163
On the homepage of a certain marketing account, two articles, "A Brief Analysis of Whether Lin Yuan's Acting Skills Are Overestimated" and "A Comparison of Lin Yuan's Acting Skills with Other Male Actors," are still prominently displayed. This marketing account only has two articles pinned to the top, and both of them are dedicated to Lin Yuan.
This marketing account wasn't just criticizing for the sake of criticizing; in the eyes of fans, its descriptions of the actors' performances were quite objective.
Take Lin Yuan as an example. Lin Yuan has won the Golden Wing Award for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor. When Lin Yuan won Best Supporting Actor for "Thousand Mountains", the hot search focused on his age and emphasized that among young actors, Lin Yuan's acting skills were among the best.
This marketing account, however, believes that Lin Yuan's acting skills have been overrated.
The reason he has been nominated for the Golden Wing Award repeatedly is because the current actor market is disordered, and many talented actors have no room to perform.
"If 'The Powerful Minister' had flopped, the audience wouldn't have had such a deep impression of Lin Yuan."
"The other actors were not as lucky as Lin Yuan."
In other words, Lin Yuan was the tallest among the short.
This marketing account then used objective data to review the achievements of Lin Yuan and his generation of new actors—surprisingly, when it came to Lin Yuan, it emphasized that compared to the older generation of actors, Lin Yuan was not particularly outstanding.
At Lin Yuan's age, a certain actor has already achieved a grand slam.
Or perhaps an actor's career focus has shifted away from China and towards building a career overseas.
"These actors are low-key and don't focus on boasting about their achievements..."
In other words, Lin Yuan is a braggart all the time.
However, when it comes to the achievements of actors of similar age to Lin Yuan, there's no need to compare them with the older generation of actors.
"The most important thing is to break through your own limitations."
“When He Mian was filming his first movie, he was a newcomer. Judging from his performance, it was obvious that he had nothing that could be called acting skills.”
"But in his latest work, 'The Lonely Grave of the Locust Tree,' I was pleasantly surprised to find that his acting skills have made a qualitative leap."
"If all actors could work this hard, as an audience member, I would feel that I have gained immense respect."
In short, He Mian can compare himself to his past self, and other actors can compare themselves to those who are not as good as them. But Lin Yuan must be compared to the older generation of actors, and even better than the one with the most outstanding achievements among the older generation of actors.
Fans like Sang Zi, who had witnessed the other party's remarks, couldn't help but sigh: "Does he hate geniuses?"
Based on the other person's description, Lin Yuan seemed like a super genius who was born invincible and easily obtained everything that others did not have, which aroused jealousy.
He felt that Lin Yuan's progress was insufficient, which, from a fan's perspective, was deliberate harassment.
How can Lin Yuan break through to the next level?
From "Thousand Mountains" to "The Powerful Minister," who could tell that this was Lin Yuan's first film and first TV series?
According to the other party, Lin Yuan should act terribly in these films so that he can show a breakthrough.
...What kind of mental disability?
What's the difference between this and being brain-dead?
In short, the reason the other party disliked Lin Yuan was that Lin Yuan was too perfect.
In Sangzi's view, the other party's words contained more jealousy than those voices that tried every means to criticize and belittle Lin Yuan.
Moreover, it was a very intense form of jealousy.
Because jealousy is an emotion that is usually not openly expressed, the other party used objectivity as a cover and even presented a lot of charts in a seemingly professional manner.
Indeed, some netizens who were unaware of the facts believed it.
Sang Zi was browsing a discussion about actors' achievements on Xiaohongshu when someone actually copied the data from this marketing account and emphasized that Lin Yuan wasn't as amazing as people imagined.
Why is the other party only citing data from film awards?
Even when quoting these award data, the other party did not include the number of films Lin Yuan has starred in.
Whether it's He Mian, who "made a major breakthrough compared to himself," or those actors of Lin Yuan's generation with promising futures, which one of them hasn't participated in several times more films than Lin Yuan?
Lin Yuan has only starred in one movie so far, "Ghost Art". He has released a total of three movies, each of which was nominated for three major awards. Isn't that enough?
But the other party didn't mention that at all.
Even those actors who were compared to Lin Yuan by the other party, whose acting experience wasn't ten thousand times richer than Lin Yuan's?
If we remove the objectivity of quantity, is it truly objective?
The other party didn't even have the courage to bring up the dramas starring Lin Yuan, which is well known to be Lin Yuan's stronger area.
They just don't dare to move it.
Because once they move out, it won't matter to Lin Yuan, but it will be even more embarrassing for some people.
However, the other party's so-called "discussion of actual achievements" does indeed meet the expectations of certain groups.
Especially with the various unexpected situations that have arisen in "The Storm," according to these people, "The Storm" is about to suffer a major failure.
After all, sci-fi blockbusters are expensive to make, and the chances of them flopping are terrifying. Moreover, there are one failure after another, each of which leaves a significant mark on film history.
Sang Zi and other Lin Yuan fans couldn't help but try to explain in the comments section, but unfortunately, not many people were willing to listen.
In addition, Lin Yuan only has one film in stock, "Bloody Past". Although it is a film by Ren Maoxing, it is well known that Ren Maoxing's films have generally performed poorly at the box office.
"Lin Yuan probably only made his film to win awards. What if he doesn't win any awards and the box office flops?"
"I think he overestimates himself. He's a perfectly good actor, but he insists on releasing albums and becoming a singer. To put it bluntly, isn't he just treating his fans like韭菜 (leeks, a metaphor for exploiting them)? When others are exploiting their fans, he's giving love to his fans. Don't you think that's ridiculous?"
"+1+1, there's no need to say more about how the album is doing now. I only know that it's ridiculous for an actor to have no projects in the pipeline. Everyone else is working hard and doesn't dare to have any downtime, but your guy just does whatever he wants. The things that happened to the 'Storm' crew are what he deserves!"
Sang Zi was so angry that her chest hurt.
To be honest, she really admired Lin Yuan. Lin Yuan must see such comments every now and then, but the other party was not angry at all and could even personally join in the argument.
If it were her... she'd be furious by now.
Aa ...
They're all nasty jerks!
Unfortunately, this marketing account sided with those people. When Lin Yuan's fans refuted them with reason and evidence, the other party would quietly delete the posts without them even noticing, as if no one had ever posted them. As for those comments that criticized Lin Yuan, he would pretend not to see them and would not delete them at all.
If Lin Yuan's fans get so angry that they start swearing or saying something really offensive, this person will deliberately respond by playing the victim, acting as if "Lin Yuan's fans are just as low-class as their idol."
How could the tea turn out like this?
Sangzi is extremely angry.
This marketing account even offered an objective analysis of the film "Bloody Memories," expressing its pessimism about its prospects.
Ren Maoxing's box office performance has always been mediocre, and as an "objective" blogger, he naturally wouldn't dwell on Ren Maoxing's weaknesses; he would only provide objective analysis.
For example, among the most prestigious A-list film festivals overseas, Ren Maoxing has already won the Grace Award and the Golden Beach Award, but he has yet to surpass the Wall Award.
Clearly, when filming "Bloody Past," Ren Maoxing was trying to conquer the Wall Award.
Xu Lijia tried every means to cooperate with Ren Maoxing, naturally with the Wolverhampton Prize in mind.
However, winning the Wall Prize is very difficult.
“Even director Ren Maoxing may not be able to make a breakthrough unless ‘Bloody Past’ is truly a film that surpasses himself and his previous works, which will not be able to impress the judges.”
"Judging from the performance of director Ren Maoxing's previous films, this idea may not be realized."
"I don't have any issues with director Ren Maoxing or Lin Yuan. You can take a look at the winning films of the last five Wolverine Awards. Last year's winner was also an Asian film, a war film, a small country, and a woman. It can be said that it has all the advantages. Compared with the other film, what advantages does Ren Maoxing's film have? I'm sorry, I can't see it at the moment."
"The Wall Film Awards are undoubtedly the most rigorous, and they also have high requirements for actors in terms of acting skills. In my opinion, Lin Yuan's acting skills are barely passable among the new generation of actors in China, and he may not be competitive compared with the foreign actors who are competing for the Wall Awards this year."
The author wrote several thousand words, providing a detailed explanation of the Wall Award's history and current status to netizens. This allowed many to approach this prestigious award for the first time, understanding its preferences and awarding mechanisms, and thus gaining a clearer understanding of its significance.
"Lin Yuan is said to have suffered a lot; is it all for nothing now?"
"Actually, if director Ren Maoxing hadn't fought so hard for the Wales Awards, with his talent, he would definitely have been a guest of honor at other A-list film festivals. But he just wouldn't have done that and insisted on breaking through the Wales Awards."
"They already awarded it to Asian films last year, so it'll be difficult this year, right?"
"Poor Lin Yuan, after the funding problems of 'Storm', it feels like his fans are about to cry."
"Who told his fans to be so arrogant before? It's ridiculous, acting like they're the number one new generation star, do they really think they can compete for the Wall Award?"
"Weren't his fans bragging about 'from idol to movie star' before? They thought it was some kind of online novel. Lin Yuan himself acted like he looked down on the Golden Wing Awards. It's hilarious. He's an actor now, what's with the high and mighty act?"
"+1+1+10086, hahaha, I can't stand his attitude of being the only one sober when everyone else is drunk. If you're going to work in the entertainment industry, then don't bother coming here."
Sang Zi: "!!"
She was so angry she couldn't sleep!
Unfortunately, she knew nothing about the Wall Award, which was an award hosted by a non-English speaking country. Sangzi tried to search for it on the official website, but could only return confused.
She guessed that although this marketing account didn't like Lin Yuan, its analysis of the Wall Award... should be somewhat objective.
In other words, the situation for "Bloody Past" is indeed not good.
Sangzi could only tell herself, what if?
As a fan, she doesn't expect Lin Yuan to win an international award; that's just too far off.
When Lin Yuan acted in "Tomorrow's Tomorrow", Sang Zi thought it was good enough that she could have a proper acting job. Who knew that Lin Yuan would accidentally film "Thousand Mountains".
He has far exceeded his hometown's expectations.
Sang Zi didn't sleep well that night, glancing at the comments section of the marketing accounts every now and then. Even with her phone off, her mind was still rehearsing how to respond to them the next day.
She now only hopes that she can possess Lin Yuan's spirit and master his speaking skills—so that she can then thoroughly criticize this group of people from top to bottom.
Although Sangzi knew very well that she couldn't do it.
angry! ! ! !
When Sangzi woke up in the morning, she wasn't as angry as she was the night before. There was nothing she could do; she always had the most energy before bed. However, she still wanted to say something. As soon as she opened her phone and checked the message bar, she found that all her replies from yesterday had been deleted.
Sang Zi: "..."
The most disgusting thing about that marketing account is that it deletes comments.
As expected, she deleted her comment again today.
However, Sang Zi quickly realized something was wrong. It seemed that not only her comment had been deleted, but to be precise, the marketing account seemed to have deleted her entire post.
What's going on?
Sang Zi clicked into the other party's homepage and discovered more and more things were wrong. In addition to the article analyzing the Wall Prize last night being deleted, the two articles that were originally pinned to the top also seemed to have been unpinned.
If you search for Lin Yuan's name in Sangzi, the content he posted is still there, but he no longer cares about a better position.
Sang Zi didn't believe that the other party would have a change of heart and delete all of Lin Yuan's negative posts overnight.
Something must have happened.
In fact, it didn't take long for Sangzi to find the answer—the top trending topic, marked with the word "explosive," clearly stated—
"Bloody Memories" is nominated for Best Actor at the Woolf Awards!
Sangzi's eyes widened as she clicked into the trending topic details.
Some media outlets used the poster for "Bloody Memories" as their reporting image, while others used the latest content from the Wall Awards website, but the focus was the same—
"Bloody Past" received high praise at the Wall Awards, and Lin Yuan became one of the final five people to compete for the Best Actor award!
The last time a Chinese actor was nominated for the Best Actor award at the Woolf Awards was before.
Before Lin Yuan, two male actors were nominated for the Wall Award for Best Actor, one of whom won, but that was in the 1990s, more than 30 years ago.
Lin Yuan is only the third person in history to achieve this!!
Sangzi jumped up and down on the bed several times in excitement. When she got off the bed, she slowed down her movements, afraid that she would fall.
She really found it hard to describe the excitement she felt at that moment.
Sangzi argued with those haters until late last night yesterday, but now she feels there was no need to argue at all.
Why bother?
Lin Yuan, with his proven track record, watched the mad dogs with a smile.
If she had known Lin Yuan would be shortlisted today, she would never have been angry yesterday.
So what if those people are corrupt? Can they stop Lin Yuan from being shortlisted for the Wall Award?
That marketing account wrote a long, rambling post. If possible, he probably wanted to replace the judges of the Wall Award and put a big X on Lin Yuan.
Unfortunately, he was not a judge.
So he could only secretly delete that Weibo post and pretend nothing had happened.
This feeling... is pretty great.
Normally, the other party is so objective and pays so much attention to all the developments in the entertainment industry. At the slightest hint of trouble, the other party will report it back and forth like a eunuch.
The investment in "Storm" ran into problems, and it didn't even make it to the trending topics, but the other party publicized it as if they wanted everyone to know.
What about today? The news of Lin Yuan's nomination for the Wall Award is trending high on social media, but the other party seems to be blind and hasn't seen it at all. They've posted less, and even when discussing entertainment gossip, they deliberately avoid mentioning Lin Yuan's name.
Sang Zi left a comment: "What are your thoughts on Lin Yuan's nomination for Best Actor at the Walt Disney Awards?"
Three minutes later, Sangzi saw with perfect accuracy that her comment had been deleted.
Sangzi is starting to open up.
"I was just asking for your opinion, why did you get so defensive, blogger?"
"Actually, Lin Yuan was only shortlisted and hasn't won yet, so there's no need for the blogger to be so angry."
"I suggest the blogger do a popular science article about the Walter Reich. Wasn't yesterday's article quite good? Why was it deleted?"
Sang Zi not only left comments in the comment section, but also posted a lot of articles on her homepage.
"He's supposedly the most objective gossip blogger on the internet, but I don't think he's objective at all?"
"Does Lin Yuan's inclusion in the shortlist really make him this angry? I didn't say anything."
Her comment section immediately attracted a large number of people, who posted evidence of the blogger's breakdown.
Sang Zi felt only one sense of satisfaction.
In fact, given the prestige, reputation and popularity of the Wall Awards, it is rare for a male actor to be nominated for Best Actor. There is no need for that marketing account to do anything. Gossip bloggers all over the internet are already popularizing the Wall Awards.
Sangzi did nothing all day but devoted herself to searching for the Wall Prize.
"If Lin Yuan wins this time, he will become the best actor in an A-list overseas film festival. There are not many A-list film festivals at present, and the Wall Award is definitely one of the top two. You could even say that it is number one now."
"Lin Yuan's achievements have been further enhanced. In my opinion, he is currently the number one young actor. With a Wolverine Award nomination for Best Actor, no one of his generation can compete with him."
"The prestige of the Wall Award goes without saying. Congratulations to Lin Yuan."
"I couldn't help but review Lin Yuan's past achievements, mainly to analyze the boost this nomination could bring to him. But I quickly realized that it seemed unnecessary, because even without this nomination, Lin Yuan's achievements were already far ahead of others. Among his generation of actors, he already had access to the most top-tier resources."
"Lin Yuan has never been lacking in fashion resources."
"To be honest, I admire Lin Yuan's ability to select films and his ability to hit the mark immediately. It is said that he was recommended to director Ren Maoxing by director Ge Peng. Being selected by director Ren Maoxing at first glance is also a kind of ability."
"Director Ren Maoxing's first two films both failed to win the Wales Awards, but this time he has become a strong contender for the grand prize. It has to be said that Lin Yuan is also quite lucky."
The haters all disappeared at this moment, and all that was left was praise for Lin Yuan, making Sang Zi extremely happy.
The main reason was that Lin Yuan was so impressive; she had only been angry for a day when the good news he brought soothed her emotions.
And it's the Wall Award.
Sang Zi never imagined that Lin Yuan would one day be associated with this award.
That's amazing!
...
Lin Yuan is once again in the spotlight.
The crew of "The Storm" was initially met with a chorus of pessimistic voices, but now they are no longer heard.
The hashtag "Lin Yuan's eye for choosing films" even trended on social media, with the discussion forum filled with praise for Lin Yuan. In short, since Lin Yuan had chosen "The Storm," it must be something special.
Moreover, Lin Yuan is usually quite stingy. Although he's not exactly miserly, his spending is definitely not much compared to other celebrities. Yet, Lin Yuan, despite all this, invested tens of millions of yuan in "Storm" several times.
Unless he was bewitched, Lin Yuan would never do such a thing.
That only proves that "The Storm" is a pretty good movie.
Fang Qi was also singled out and thoroughly analyzed by the marketing accounts.
The reputation of "Storm" has been reversed - although the movie has not been released yet, it has already transformed from a hopeless sci-fi film into a symbol of the film industry.
The ease with which it flipped was breathtaking, leaving Lin Yuan in awe.
That's outrageous.
However, the production team was quite happy. After the marketing accounts heavily promoted the production, an investor approached the director, willing to cover the shortfall in funding for "The Storm".
The other side was very decisive, using the rhetoric that if Lin Yuan dared to vote, they would too.
During the time Lin Yuan was on his way to Country F, dozens of fashion magazines contacted him, asking him to shoot the cover of their new issues.
The brands that Lin Yuan collaborates with are also gearing up to prepare red carpet looks for him.
As Lin Yuan's career has soared and he has not terminated his contracts with the brands he collaborates with, the public and industry insiders believe that the brands have made a fortune from Lin Yuan.
Lin Yuan's every move is associated with the word "explosive." Not only does he star in a series of hit dramas, but he also attends some of the most prestigious events in the industry. Now, he has even brought his brand to the Wall Street Awards red carpet.
Film festival red carpets have always been a battleground, especially the red carpets of globally renowned A-list film festivals.
Brands are willing to invest heavily in this area, but the judges have different tastes, and in the end, only one in ten can walk the red carpet as a Best Actor/Actress nominee.
When GVM signed with Lin Yuan, he hadn't even shaken off the label of "Tomorrow's Star," and this collaboration encountered a lot of skepticism.
After "The Powerful Minister" became a huge hit, no one had anything to say anymore.
Thanks to Lin Yuan's rise to fame, GVM has become one of the most recognized menswear brands on the red carpet.
Lin Yuan basically walks the red carpet as a nominee for every new work he releases.
The official Weibo account of GVM reacted faster than any other domestic media outlet when the Wall Award nominations were announced.
Not only on Weibo, but GVM also updated this news simultaneously on overseas platforms.
When GVM initially bet on Lin Yuan, it was in a desperate situation, lacking brand competitiveness, as other brands had already snapped up promising talents.
At that time, GVM was still collaborating with Xie Yu.
Later, the brand decisively abandoned Xie Yu and chose Lin Yuan, which was considered the most correct decision made by GVM China. The senior executives of China were soon promoted to headquarters because of this, but the brand still maintained a good cooperative relationship with Lin Yuan.
GVM remains highly vigilant against competitors who attempt to extend olive branches to Lin Yuan.
There's no way around it, Lin Yuan's cost-effectiveness is just too high.
In short, GVM's reaction to Lin Yuan's journey to the Wallbury Prize was extremely exaggerated—
First, they revealed Lin Yuan's airport photo.
In order to keep Lin Yuan in top condition, ever since his agent kidnapped Lin Yuan from the set of "The Storm", Lin Yuan's face no longer belonged to him.
GVM is a large luxury goods group with many beauty brands under its umbrella, some of which have a very good reputation in the skincare field. GVM contacted them and arranged for Lin Yuan to receive the highest level of skincare treatment.
Lin Yuan was also wearing GVM's latest outfit.
They wore one set of clothes when boarding the plane, but if Lin Yuan hadn't seriously protested, they might have worn a different set when disembarking.
But GVM was involved in every single one of Lin Yuan's looks—at the hotel, on the red carpet, during press interviews, and in magazine interviews.
Lin Yuan: "Is this really necessary?"
“You’re a walking advertisement right now,” Feng Zeng patted Lin Yuan on the shoulder. “Just bear with it.”
The brand was so enthusiastic that the agent didn't even realize what was happening.
After Lin Yuan became famous, all the brands that collaborated with him treated him with great courtesy and gave him the treatment he deserved. However, GVM's enthusiasm still overwhelmed the two of them.
"Are you worried that you'll switch to another brand later?" Feng asked curiously.
Generally speaking, luxury brands give people the impression of being aloof and unreliable, but Lin Yuan, a star who is always on the rise, is an exception.
The fashion industry doesn't collaborate with male celebrities that closely. For brands, it's even more difficult to find a celebrity who is both popular and has a good reputation, and who can also interpret the brand well.
When GVM signed Lin Yuan, they never expected him to walk the Wall Street Journal red carpet wearing their own clothes.
GVM's expectations for Lin Yuan are probably on par with the massive success of "The Powerful Minister".
Who knew that Lin Yuan would achieve his goal in just one year, and then continue to rise rapidly.
Feng was right; GVM did indeed have such concerns.
Putting ourselves in their shoes, if our competitors had such a spokesperson, we would also love to poach them.
Lin Yuan is still very young and can continue to work with the brand for at least another ten years. GVM has a clear understanding of how much revenue he can generate during those ten years.
They can calculate things themselves, and so can their competitors.
In short, GVM's main objective during this period was to make Lin Yuan fully feel their enthusiasm, give Lin Yuan the highest treatment, and help Lin Yuan's popularity expand globally.
Lin Yuan's nomination for the Wall Award has sparked heated discussions among netizens.
Although some people are still pessimistic, saying how fierce the competition for this year's Wall Award is, these comments are gradually being drowned out.
Everyone knows the competition is fierce, but Lin Yuan is still very young, so being nominated is already quite impressive.
So what if I don't win? Nobody says that being nominated means you have to win.
"Why does everyone have such high expectations of Lin Yuan? Can't he just have one flop? Can't he just be nominated but not win?"
"Lin Yuan is already very capable, okay?"
The awards ceremony for the Wall Awards takes place late at night. If Lin Yuan hadn't been nominated, many marketing accounts and netizens would have gone to bed early.
Normally, not many netizens pay attention to a certain A-list film award overseas.
But because Lin Yuan was nominated this time, netizens have become interested in the Wall Awards for the first time.
The wait for nomination was particularly agonizing.
Lin Yuan has a disadvantage this time – there is not a single Chinese judge among the judges.
However, netizens were quite optimistic: "If the judges are like Xu Lijia, then it's better if there are no judges at all."
This statement won over everyone.
In short, netizens who were waiting for the results remained calm, only getting slightly excited for a moment when the list was announced.
Since being nominated is a victory in itself, no one expected Lin Yuan to win.
Or rather, even if someone has such expectations, they won't say it out loud.
The words became exceptionally heavy at that moment, as if speaking them would make Lin Yuan's chances of winning the award extremely slim.
But Lin Yuan rarely disappoints.
The moment he smiled and stepped onto the awards stage, thousands of miles away, countless people silently applauded for him.
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Author's note: I'm here! [kissing emojis]
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