Chapter 252 251. Everything is ready, just waiting for Wang Qian to fail! (Subscribe!)
Wang Qian set off for North America to participate in the Voice of China World Finals.
This news!
It caused a stir in China.
The discussion heat about Romance of the Three Kingdoms finally dropped significantly due to the impact of this news.
The news that the champion of The Voice of China was going to the world competition almost instantly topped the popularity charts of several major social platforms!
The promotion of many New Year films still failed to hit the top of the charts when the popularity of Romance of the Three Kingdoms declined, and could only grab the third or fourth place at best.
Because this year CCTV was under great pressure as the Voice of China finals broke the ratings of last year's Spring Festival Gala, and it once again increased its publicity for this year's Spring Festival Gala, but it still failed to top the popularity list and still had to come in second.
Although many people are still discussing Romance of the Three Kingdoms, once the popularity drops significantly, everyone's attention is easily drawn away, and it can only be ranked sixth or seventh on several major social platforms.
The Voice of China has stepped up its publicity efforts again, saying publicly on its official Weibo account: "This time, the program director Zhou Qinghua will personally lead the program team and the Chinese champion Wang Qian to Los Angeles to participate in the Voice of China World Championship. This time, they will face nine powerful champions from the other nine regions."
"This world competition is definitely a grand event in the field of world pop music. It may be considered to represent the highest level of pop music competition among the top ten regions."
“Congratulations to our region’s contestant Wang Qian for getting a good result and a great start!”
Very simple official terminology.
However, it shook the entire entertainment industry.
Almost all the well-known celebrities and artists reposted and liked the post, and sent their blessings to Wang Qian.
Li Qingyao immediately forwarded and liked it, saying: "I hope Professor Wang will have a great start!"
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Yu Jingruo: "May you return with honor."
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Liu Shengnan: "It's a pity that I can't go to the scene to cheer for Professor Wang in person. However, I believe that Professor Wang will bring us surprises. I look forward to Professor Wang using his music and his singing to amaze the world in the world competition!"
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Ru Ke: "The new Chinese rock band is going global. No matter who the opponent is, I believe in Professor Wang's ability. This time, Professor Wang may show all his strength and talent."
Ru Ke still believes that Wang Qian was holding back in the finals of The Voice of China. Although his performance was already amazing enough at the time, Ru Ke believes that Wang Qian can be even stronger.
Therefore, Ru Ke may be one of the people who most believes that Wang Qian can really win.
Several other members of the Baojia Street Band also followed suit and sent their blessings to Wang Qian.
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Chen Xiaowen: "Come on, Professor Wang, I will support you here!"
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Ma Rufei: "Come on, Professor Wang!"
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Liu Jifeng: "Brother, I support you."
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Zhao Lei: "Professor Wang's singing will spread around the world."
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Liu Yongde: "Wang Qian, come on!"
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Wu Han: "Professor Wang, come on! I wish you a successful start."
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Zhou Tao: "Professor Wang, I look forward to your performance in the World Championship."
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Wang Jingyu: "Professor Wang, keep going!"
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Liu Junhua: "Professor Wang, come on!"
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Qin Han: "Professor Wang, come on!"
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In addition to the entertainment industry, many internet celebrities from the internet celebrity circles also came out to take advantage of the popularity and followed everyone's lead to send their blessings to Wang Qian.
Naturally, many other self-media would not miss the opportunity to take advantage of the popularity and sent their blessings to Wang Qian.
At this time, almost everyone was wishing Wang Qian a successful start.
Basically, there is no opposition.
Even those who occasionally expressed concern were drowned out in the tide.
A certain self-media outlet said: "Is Professor Wang too arrogant? He spent five consecutive days intensively updating Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and barely prepared for the Voice of China World Championship. He only rested for two days. Can he really get good results in such a hurry to participate in the World Championship? This is a battle in a different place, and he is facing top talented singers from other countries. Whether it is Adam, Miyuki Nakamori, Sophie, Elizabeth, or Jonathan, the first contestant Professor Wang is about to face, none of them is weak. They are all top young talented singers selected from tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of people."
"Professor Wang didn't prepare for such young talents, but instead spent a lot of time and energy writing an excellent novel! It's because Romance of the Three Kingdoms is too good, so I am even more worried that Professor Wang will waste a lot of energy and inspiration, which will lead to poor performance in the world competition!"
"You know, as far as I know, the nine champions from other countries entered into a closed-door training mode after finishing their local finals, working with many of the world's top musicians to improve themselves. Only Professor Wang did something that had nothing to do with music. With this kind of growth and decline, what are Professor Wang's chances of winning?"
"I hope my worries are unnecessary..."
The blogger's speech received some support, but was quickly drowned out by the many congratulations.
Because no one spent money, no popular bloggers came to interact with him and support him, and no popular bloggers made similar remarks, so the pace did not pick up, and no one paid attention!
With Wang Qian's own extremely high popularity, the official operation of The Voice of China, and the promotion of several major groups in the entertainment industry, negative voices are almost gone and have all been washed away.
and……
The Voice of China has created miracles in terms of influence and ratings this year.
So, in a sense, the current Wang Qian does carry some special significance belonging to the nation and the country!
In this way, naturally not many people would say bad things, otherwise some people would use national justice to kidnap them and almost no one would be able to bear it.
Even several major official media outlets reposted and liked the statement from the official Weibo account of The Voice of China, expressing their support for Wang Qian to participate in the world competition and hoping that Wang Qian could achieve good results.
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Wang Qian is gone!
Who was relieved? Mr. Teng Wenwu! When Wang Qian publicly suspended the update of Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Wu Jun was completely relieved.
Wang Qian’s five consecutive days of high-intensity and high-quality updates have had a huge impact on the entire field of online literature!
This was something Wu Jun didn't expect at first.
He and Chen Yang initially believed that the readers attracted by the traditional literature written by Wang Qian and the readers of their online literature were different groups and had little influence on each other.
but……
They were wrong.
It started from the second day when Wang Qian updated the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
They learned from the data department that the activity data of the entire Tengwen platform began to decline slightly.
Starting from the third day, the active data of the Tengwen platform began to decline sharply, almost dropping by about 30%, which was a huge blow to the Tengwen platform.
On the fourth and fifth days, the impact of Romance of the Three Kingdoms on the Tengwen platform almost reached a fatal level!
In the past two days, the number of subscribers on the Tengwen platform has dropped by more than 50%!
This made the entire Tengwen management team sleepless.
Wu Jun, Chen Yang and several other senior executives stayed in the company for two days and two nights, trying to find a way to save it.
Recall a few of the top Internet celebrities who are on break to release new works at the same time, give discounts on top-up and subscription, and use the giants behind them to divert traffic...
And so on methods were used together.
Finally stabilized the subscription user data.
However, it has only stabilized and prevented a decline. It is still impossible to increase it back.
The good thing is.
This situation lasted for five days and then ended.
The update of Romance of the Three Kingdoms has been suspended.
As soon as this news came out.
The entire Tengwen community was filled with jubilation, and many online authors were cheering as they had all felt so badly suppressed by The Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
After two days of uninterrupted activity, subscription user data finally began to pick up.
Then I watched Wang Qian leave Shanghai and go to Los Angeles to participate in the Voice of China World Competition.
Wu Jun finally had a good sleep and came to work in the company early in the morning feeling refreshed, with a smile finally appearing on his face.
but.
As soon as Wu Jun walked into the office, he saw Chen Yang waiting there. The ease and smile on his face disappeared immediately, and he asked seriously, "Old Chen, what's wrong?"
Chen Yang handed a statistical table to Wu Jun and said in a slightly serious tone: "Mr. Wu, take a look!"
Wu Jun took it.
The data statistics show the changes in users' subscriptions in recent days!
The number of subscribers has slowly recovered, but is still down about 20 percent from the peak figure a week ago.
and……
Users' willingness to subscribe also began to decline.
Subscription data for previously popular online works began to decline sharply, with the highest drop being around 70%.
Subscription data for works that tend to be traditional literature began to increase.
This is……
Wu Jun asked in surprise: "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms has changed users' preferences?"
this……
Wu Jun was a little unconvinced.
One book has changed the reading habits and preferences of so many people? Impossible? Chen Yang's eyes were bloodshot, and he had obviously worked overtime last night and had hardly slept. He said in a serious tone: "Mr. Wu, this is true. The data cannot be wrong. We, Tengwen, have encountered the most serious crisis since our establishment. The taste of users seems to have changed."
"If we don't keep up with this change, we may be eliminated."
Wu Jun frowned: "But we have the most high-quality online writers here. They only know how to write online articles, right? How can we change our style? Traditional literature is usually not long, and it only takes a few hundred thousand words. How can we get subscriptions? How can we accumulate higher popularity?"
Chen Yang said seriously: "We can do two things at the same time. We can start to explore authors of traditional literature, but we can't give up our areas of strength. After all, this is the era of mobile information, and the pace is very fast. People's appetite for reading Romance of the Three Kingdoms has changed these days. However, everyone will eventually return to the fast-paced era, so online articles that are simple, easy and quick to read will not be eliminated."
"We can only wait and see. When everyone returns to a fast-paced appetite, we can provide appropriate guidance. Otherwise, if this time is too long, we will be in danger. Moreover, we cannot ignore the current changes and must adapt to market changes as much as possible."
Wu Jun fell silent and looked at the data carefully.
He really didn't expect it, and he still can't accept it.
Can Wang Qian's novel change the reading tastes of tens of millions of people across the country? Why? Chen Yang continued, "I and several editors have read many comments posted by readers in recent days. Many of them complained that after reading Romance of the Three Kingdoms, they couldn't read the current online novels written by great writers anymore. They felt that online novels were all stupid and were just like elementary school students' essays. Such comments can be seen in the book review section of each work."
Wu Jun sighed, his good mood completely gone, frowned and said: "As far as I know, the Romance of the Three Kingdoms is almost finished, right?"
Chen Yang nodded: "Well, according to popular science by some history bloggers, the progress of Romance of the Three Kingdoms is about to connect with the history of the Jin Dynasty, which means it will be completed soon."
Wu Jun: "It will take at least a month for him to update next time. Let's use this month to adapt and guide. I will discuss with the group's head office to get more resources to promote our works, attract more readers, and try to restore everyone's interest in online literature."
Chen Yang: "That would be the best. However, I think, Mr. Wu, you should contact the headquarters as soon as possible. Because we may not be the ones who need resources most urgently right now."
Wu Jun was stunned for a moment, then he understood and immediately picked up the phone to call the group president.
Beep, beep, beep…
On the phone! Wu Jun frowned, looking unhappy.
Chen Yang smiled bitterly and said, "It might be Mr. Wang from Tengfei. They are under more pressure than us now. Wang Qian is not writing books anymore, but he is going to sing in the World Championships. If he becomes popular in the World Championships, the benefits it will bring to Qianqian Jingting will be unimaginable. If Tengfei is not careful, there may be no chance of recovery."
Wu Jun: "Yes, Wang Qian has pushed our two platforms, which were almost monopolized, to the brink of bankruptcy. This man is too scary."
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Chen Yang also sighed: "Indeed. What is important in the end is that he did not rely on external forces. He relied entirely on his own works and appeal. He made his moves openly and squarely. We couldn't resist. We have no excuse for our defeat!"
Both of them fell silent.
I don’t want to say any more about this.
Otherwise, they will feel more pressure.
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Wang Jianqiang was indeed on the phone with the group headquarters at the moment: "We have spent hundreds of millions of yuan in recent days and invited more than a dozen first- and second-tier singers to release songs together, which stabilized the traffic of the Tengfei platform. Now the number of daily active users has begun to steadily increase, and we may be able to return to our peak in a few days."
"However, now that Wang Qian is participating in the World Championship, his exposure is even more terrifying than before. His published works will definitely become popular again, and the bonus to Qian Qian Jingting will be even more terrifying. I need the group to give me more resources to divert traffic, so as to counteract Wang Qian's exposure in international competitions during this period."
"As long as we hold on for this period of time and wait for Wang Qian to be eliminated, that will be the time for us to close our plan. By then, Qian Qian Jing Ting will disappear along with Wang Qian."
Wang Jianqiang said this with great confidence.
The plan of praising Wang Qian went smoothly, and the popularity of Wang Qian and the World Championship continued to rise. Everyone was supporting Wang Qian and believed in his promise to win the championship.
Wang Qian has gone to Los Angeles to participate in the competition.
The platform itself also spent money to stabilize the declining number of active traffic users.
Now, the plan has reached the most critical moment.
Just wait for Wang Qian to be eliminated in the world competition.
Once Wang Qian is eliminated.
Then their praise will turn into killing.
The higher Wang Qian stands now, the more miserable he will be when he falls.
The most popular person on the entire Internet?
60 million fans? When most of these 60 million fans become trolls and keyboard warriors.
No one in the world can withstand that terrifying fighting power.
Coupled with the public pressure led by many other self-media.
Wang Jianqiang didn't believe that anyone could withstand it. At that time, Wang Qian's only choice would be to retire from the entertainment industry, stop singing, and leave the public eye to calm everyone's anger.
Qian Qianjing heard that she would also be implicated and boycotted by everyone, and her only choice would be to sell it and cash out to stop the loss.
Wang Jianqiang has already made preparations to take over Qian Qian Jingting.
However, during the period when Wang Qian participated in the World Championship and had not yet been eliminated.
It is the most difficult time for take-off.
During this period of time, Wang Qian's exposure rate will be extremely terrifying, even more terrifying than his exposure rate in the previous China Voice finals.
The pressure to take off will also be greater.
Therefore, Wang Jianqiang needs the support of the group headquarters to guide the flow of customers and get through this most difficult period.
One month at most!
Everything will be different! Wang Jianqiang's face was filled with anticipation and longing.
As long as he defeats Wang Qian and acquires Qianqian Jingting.
Tengfei will unify the market and almost monopolize China's online music payment market. When it seeks to go public at that time, it will definitely be a great success. Wang Jianqiang, who has many options, will also become a new rich man in the Internet field.
Hang up the phone!
Wang Jianqiang became excited and called Jiang Rong over, instructing her, "Contact some more big-name singers recently and try to release songs as soon as possible to boost Wang Qian's popularity. Also, the group headquarters has agreed to our traffic requirements, so you should also cooperate with the promotion and don't waste resources."
Jiang Rong nodded: "Okay, Mr. Wang, I know what to do."
Wang Jianqiang smiled and said, "Let's hold on for a month at most. After Wang Qian is eliminated, it will be time for us to reap the rewards."
Jiang Rong vaguely hoped that Wang Qian would succeed.
Because she really likes Wang Qian's music, and likes this singer with almost no flaws and amazing talent.
However, Jiang Rong, who was in working mode, still agreed meticulously and said, "I have already contacted them. I have invited all the singers who are well-known. Some have already responded, but some big names have not yet responded. I will continue to follow up and offer better conditions."
Wang Jianqiang smiled: "Don't be stingy now. No matter the price, the contract must be signed once and for all. Once Wang Qian and Qian Qian Jingting disappear, they won't be of much value. Whatever we give them now, we can slowly take it back later, and double it!"
No more competitors!
These singers have no choice.
They naturally have no higher value.
Because they can only choose Tengfei to continue cooperation, and Tengfei has the final say on how much to give them at that time.
Jiang Rong smiled and said, "Okay, I'll get busy now."
Wang Jianqiang waved his hand: "Go!"
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northwest.
In a villa in a provincial capital.
Jia Fuqing was lying on a chair, drinking tea, squinting his eyes slightly, and enjoying Zhao Jie's vivid storytelling of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
The number of people in the room has exceeded that in the previous one. In addition to Zhang Yue and his companions at the beginning, there are seven or eight more people, all of whom are middle-aged men and women. Each of them has a strong scent of books. Almost all of them are Jia Fuqing's students, or descendants of his good friends. In any case, they are all people in the Northwest literary circle.
They all came to listen to Zhao Jie telling the Romance of the Three Kingdoms in the form of storytelling.
Zhang Yue sat next to Jia Fuqing and exclaimed: "Zhao Jie's storytelling of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms is a level higher than reading the novel. This novel was almost born for storytelling, and Zhao Jie has finally found a work that can bring out his talent and ability. I have a feeling that Zhao Jie may be successful because of this novel."
Jia Fuqing listened and said softly, "Among the people who came to listen yesterday, there was one who works at a TV station. He proposed to start a storytelling program on TV and invited Zhao Jie to tell the story of the Three Kingdoms! However, he said he wanted to find Wang Qian to buy the copyright, and he hasn't been in touch with him yet."
Zhang Yue: "Of course I can't get in touch with him. He went to North America to participate in a competition."
Jia Fuqing nodded and said in a dissatisfied tone, "I know. He stopped writing Romance of the Three Kingdoms just because he was going to sing. This is really putting the cart before the horse. When he comes back from singing, will he still have the same creative state and passion as in the past few days? I don't think it will happen. By then, the quality of the last part of Romance of the Three Kingdoms will decline and become a poor imitation. It's a pity for this masterpiece."
Qin Hua nodded and agreed, "Yes, I have the same worry. In fact, given his condition at the time, if he continued to update for another day, he might be able to finish it. Only the final stage was left, but he just paused. Young people are too willful."
Another person said: "That's right, he can earn hundreds of millions of yuan by writing for a day, but he said he doesn't want to write anymore and goes to sing. Can singing be compared with writing a book?"
Jia Fuqing said with some contempt: "After all, he is just an actor, and he only cares about fame and fortune!"
Zhang Yue said: "He also promised that he would definitely win the world championship. Now the public opinion on the Internet is overwhelmingly saying that he will win the championship. However, in North America, how can you, a Chinese, win the championship? The local players in North America are not vegetarians either, they are locals!"
"I think once he fails in North America, he will realize the importance of writing a book. However, with the current state of public opinion, if he fails, he will probably not be able to continue in the entertainment industry."
Jia Fuqing smiled and said, "It may be a good thing for him that he can't make it. He can concentrate on developing in the field of literature. This boy is indeed the most talented young man of our time. It's a pity that he has taken the wrong path. If he can turn back, he will have a chance to achieve something in the future! Then I can take the time to meet him and give him some advice so that he can know what he should do."
Zhang Yue smiled and said, "It is his luck to get the teacher's guidance."
After hearing what Zhang Yue and Jia Fuqing said, several people in the room nodded in agreement.
At the table in front, a gavel was struck.
Zhao Jie's face was full of extremely rich expressions, and he began to enter the plot of Cao Cao leading 800,000 troops to the south of the Yangtze River...
Everyone stopped talking and listened attentively to this most exciting part.
However, this passage almost deified Zhuge Liang.
However, everyone still likes to listen to it the most! …
Wang Qian and Qin Xuerong got off the plane with the program crew.
The weather in Los Angeles has also begun to enter winter.
Fortunately, everyone was prepared in advance, so we didn’t catch a cold and put on thick clothes as soon as we got off the plane.
The program crew also arranged vehicle pick-up in advance and was waiting at the airport exit early.
only.
This is North America.
Wang Qian’s popularity here is at most similar to that of a new comer. Some people know him and have heard two of his English songs on the Voice of China International official website.
However, most people like his two songs, but not many people know him well.
This is the arrogance of the North American natives! Who are you? I have no interest in knowing.
Not to mention the fans.
Almost none!
Therefore, Wang Qian, Qin Xuerong, Zhou Qinghua, He Dongming and other members of the program team arrived at the arranged five-star luxury hotel smoothly and quietly.
The program crew generously booked the top two most luxurious floors of the hotel for the top ten champions and their entourage.
Enter the hotel and find your room.
Wang Qian and Qin Xuerong both lay on the bed exhausted and didn't want to move much.
but.
Wang Qian still picked up his phone and wanted to report his safety to everyone on Weibo, and also to tell his parents and other relatives and friends.
but……
Knock, knock, knock! There was a knock on the door.
Wang Qian saw Qin Xuerong squinting her eyes and fell asleep. He did not disturb her and got up to open the door. He thought it was He Dongming.
I didn't expect that they were two women who looked stunning at first glance! And.
They are all people Wang Qian knows.
No, to be precise, I got to know him after seeing his performance video on the Internet.
They are also contestants from Asia, the champion of the island country's Voice of China, Miyuki Nakamori, and the runner-up, Mao Chiba, who was eliminated by Miyuki Nakamori.
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