Chapter 12 Chapter 12 Returning and Discharging
Zhenli sent a text message to Quan Xingai before leaving. The end of October was her busiest time and she couldn't see her off. The two agreed to meet again if Xingai went to Japan.
The work of the comeback is proceeding in an orderly manner. The concept short film trailer will be released on October 26, the audition clip will be released on November 10, the official MV trailer will be released on November 23, and the list of song producers will be released at the same time. Finally, the single will be officially launched at 18:00 on November 30.
The college entrance examination is on the third Thursday of November. The rest of the time is for the company's promotion. For Quan Xingai, it is the time for the final sprint in the cram school. In this last month, she has to be the "bottom-ranked hottie".
On October 26th, Jeon Seong-ae was still in cram school memorizing the annoying Korean history. At 10 a.m., the official account of RIOT DOLLS released a concept trailer on the homepages of various platforms.
The concept trailer's music is also a lyrical piano piece composed by Quan Xing Ai. This lyrical and beautiful piano music pairs beautifully with the campus-themed world and the dark, virus-ridden inner world. The mechanically malfunctioning transitions between scenes create a sweet, uncanny valley effect, reminiscent of infrared photography, for each beautiful campus moment.
It starts with snowing outside the window, and only the back of Sarah, a girl with long black hair, is seen. She hums a nursery rhyme as she walks under the cherry tree and opens a love letter. The next second, a close-up shows her blood-stained nails and the bloody cherry blossom petals that are falling even though it is winter.
Next is Venus applying lipstick in front of the mirror, and her reflection in the mirror slowly reaches out her hand.
Iris's red and white Bob was slowly tapping on the back of the bathroom door with her fingernails. On the other side of the partition was written in lipstick: The virus has spread.
Lumi's tiny figure stood in the heavy snow, tearing up the love letter and scattering it into the sky, turning into black butterflies.
Finally, the four of them sit around a desk, blow out the candles, and the space goes black. Then, four pairs of red eyes illuminate the darkness. The camera cuts to a blackboard illuminated only by a single beam of light, and a line of chalk words slowly emerges: "Will you join us?" The camera follows the words, and finally, in a counter-physical moment, a figure lies on the blackboard, licking the chalk with its tongue. It's hard to tell who it is, but it's definitely dangerous and beautiful.
The concept short film is only 30 seconds long, and the overall atmosphere is obviously horror-sweet. Although the official account on IG and Tui released the release time of the trailer, after the RD group's fans experienced a few years of lukewarm performance, the celebrity fans faded away, and the remaining ones were all lazy fans. Only a group of true fans worked tirelessly to collect data.
At lunch, she received a crazy @ message from her teammates on Kakao.
Iris: Ahhhh, the trailer is online! It's so good, I love the horror movie atmosphere!
Venus: Already 30,000 views and 2,896 likes!
Lumi: The more data I report, the more anxious I become!
Lumi: Is Xingai still in class? She didn't say anything at all, but she's still learning!
Iris: This is truly Star Love!
Venus: Jinwen, are you now a 'full star love automatic full affirmation'?
…
Lumi: It's been an hour and a half! Almost 100,000 views! It looks like it might hit a million views tomorrow!
Venus: Ahhhhhhhhhhh.jpg
Iris:@
Xingai, please come and check our results!
Venus:@
Xingai, please come and check our results!
I watched the video on Kakao and logged onto YouTube to check. It had already been viewed over 100,000 times in just two hours, with over 10,000 likes. There were also quite a few dislikes, so the play-to-like ratio was quite healthy. If this trend continues, the trailer will likely reach over a million views in 24 hours, which is quite good for a small company like Hu Bi Tuan.
However, in the eyes of Quanxingai, this data does not seem to have any special impact on her. But from another perspective, the more successful the comeback is, the more money she will make, and the more she makes, the sooner she will retire!
It’s worth being happy when you think about it!
Sarah: Ahh ...
Lumi: I've never been so grateful for your return to form.
Iris: Ah... But GD senior is being discharged from the army this afternoon, and there will be a live broadcast, so the popularity will be taken away.
Venus: …
Sarah: …
Jeon Seong-ae grabbed her phone and started searching for Kwon Ji-yong again. It turned out to be true. Did he officially discharge from the military this afternoon? How come there's already a live stream going on, and it's trending on Twitter? What enviable stats! The number of people watching GD's discharge live stream link has already reached hundreds of thousands, more than their own views...
It's heartbreaking and really enviable, these stats.
She sighed, looking at the comments below, all filled with "Oopa, I finally got you! The flowers are blooming! The road is full of flowers..." and a series of comments from die-hard fans. So how did her little golden retriever reach the top that year, and then see him again 10 years later, how did he go from sunny and cute to melancholic?
Although the last meeting in the beauty studio didn't seem too pleasant, Jeon Star Love still sensitively noticed the changes in Kwon Ji-yong. Ten years ago, he was full of vigor and energy, sweeping the K-pop world with his genius brain. Ten years later, he seemed to have been worn down by life, with fatigue in his low mood.
Although they broke up for many years and were strangers when they met again, Quan Xingai still hoped that Kwon Ji-yong could always be the flamboyant, unrestrained boy with white teeth grinning in her memory, a musician who could always be filled with a bracketed smile and embrace passion for the world.
But there's no point in saying this now. After all, they are just strangers who have had scandals and holidays together.
Quan Xingai tsunderedly turned off the livestream and returned her attention to her textbook. Under this high-pressure study situation, she suddenly felt fortunate to have East Asian genes in both lives. She was even more grateful that she wasn't in the "flowering" college entrance exam next door, where the single-plank bridge hell mode existed. Unlike South Korea, where everyone competed, sometimes many people's attempts were ineffective.
After class at 10 o'clock in the evening, Chi Mingzhen came to pick her up with a cheerful face, and it was obvious that she had done well today.
"Thank you for your hard work. You will be free next month."
"Ouni, did you see a good result for today's preview?" Jeon Seong-ae asked as she took the sandwich that was meant to replenish her energy. She stuffed the sandwich, which was half the size of her palm, into her mouth and finished it. If Jeon Seong-ae hadn't lost so much weight recently, the company wouldn't have let her have a midnight snack before her comeback.
"Yes, today's preview was surprisingly good. I thought the performance of the comeback in the first half of the year would affect this one, but it turned out to be quite good."
"Maybe it's because the gossip about my purple sand was all over the forum a while ago, and everyone wants to see how I'm doing."
"...Don't tease yourself like that."
"Ouni, don't think too much. I'm just making a purely objective analysis. It's actually okay. If this can attract attention, it's fine. How about the company hire some internet trolls to play up the sympathy?" Quan Xingai sat up and suggested on a whim.
"The company you are thinking of has already done it. We have used this tactic a lot in the forums in recent years to influence public opinion. It's just that they are not a big company, and their water army cannot compare with those of other companies." Chi Mingzhen said helplessly.
"Then don't think about it. Welcome netizens to judge and see me after my rebirth." Quan Xingai spread his hands with an expression of a dead pig that is not afraid of boiling water.
I can only say that it’s a good thing that she is pretty, otherwise she would be easily beaten.
I had to go to the company after class today. The concept video had already been airing for 12 hours, and I had a data analysis meeting tonight. The next warm-up post would be a trial listening session. The company was nearby, so the drive wasn't long. Quan Xingai sighed and lamented that this hellish life of his had no idea when it would end.
"Ahhh, Captain, you're finally here!" Park Jinwen rushed over and hugged Quan Xingai.
"Jin Wen, have you noticed that Xing Ai has become a producer, so you have become a lackey?" Jin Enmei is also a person who speaks her mind. The reason why she has not been beaten yet is probably because she is beautiful.
"Go away, I've always been partial to Xing'ai." Park Jinwen pouted.
"In 12 hours, our data has reached 600,000, far exceeding expectations." Yin Yanzhen was still looking at her mobile phone.
The four of them walked towards the meeting room while discussing.
"Sarah Noona, congratulations! The trailer music video is super catchy!"
"Thank you for your hard work, everyone!"
"I heard the new song was arranged and produced by Sarah Noona. That's amazing. It's totally great!"
A few trainee boys met the four of them and bowed to them, praising them profusely. Quan Xingai looked puzzled, bowed slightly, and then turned to whisper to his teammates, "Who are they?"
"A new group preparing to debut, the legendary boy group."
"Sou Ga..." Quan Xingai nodded in understanding, and after walking away, he turned around to look at the legendary group of junior brothers.
When I pushed open the door of the conference room, Wu Xianhao, Mike and boss Wen Enzhu were all there. Every time a small company makes a comeback, all the members are present. Fortunately, the effect was really good this time.
"Everyone is here, congratulations. The data for this comeback is the best among all the comebacks in the past few years. It has increased by 30% year-on-year compared to the trailer released when we came back in the first half of the year. We predict that there is a 99% chance that our first concept trailer will exceed one million in 24 hours, and there is even a chance that it will reach 1.5 million or even 2 million." Wu Xianhao was smiling even while reporting the data.
Everyone had a relaxed and happy expression on their face.
The pleasant data analysis meeting lasted for more than an hour. After it ended, the assistant sent the girls back to the dormitory to rest, especially Quan Xingai. She was the busiest one recently. The others had already gone to college this year, but it was also approaching the end of the semester, and the dormitory was full of the sounds of doing homework and flipping through books.
It wasn't until 2 a.m. that Park Jin-moon suddenly yelled, "Oh my god! Oh my god! Big news! Why did the trailer suddenly skyrocket in views? 1.2 million! Oh my god! What happened?"
"What? 1.2 million! Wasn't it only 600,000 during the evening meeting? How come the whole day's volume increased in just a few hours?" Quan Xingai immediately threw away the tutorial book and moved closer to Jin Wentao.
"Mo, seriously, it's 1.2 million, but why is the dislike ratio 1 to 1..."
"Did they post something on the forum again? Attracting haters and passersby?"
"Ah—I saw the comments. You guessed right, but not completely—" Yin Yanzhen's expression was a little hard to describe. She looked up at Quan Xingai and said, "GD senior liked the trailer video of RIOT DOLLS tonight."
Quan Xingai is full of question marks, huh?
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