Chapter 249: Ticket Swapping
Since March, the entire entertainment industry has been full of big moves.
First, Weibo launched an activity to select the new four little beauties and the new four little boys. It was very grand, and the topic became increasingly popular, with almost the entire network participating.
In the middle of the month, Tengda Culture announced a major news that the company's top executive Qiao Zhengyu had established a studio.
Following closely, the famous actress Zhang Ziyi made a high-profile announcement to cooperate with Light Media to establish a film and television company.
However, just a few days later, the entertainment industry once again welcomed shocking news. Zhou Xun and Chen Kun also established Dongshen Pictures together, and were involved in investments in TV dramas and film projects.
All of a sudden, the entertainment industry seemed to be on fire, and the big names in the industry who had been waiting and hesitating were also ready to move.
It has become a strong trend in the entertainment industry for first-line stars to set up studios or invest in film and television companies, as if it is an inevitable trend.
At Tangren Film and Television Company, Liu Shishi came to work early in the morning. She has not joined the crew recently, and it is rare for her to report to Tangren on time every day, experiencing the regular life of a white-collar worker from nine to five.
In the president's office, Cai Yinong glanced at the sister in front of him, who was in high spirits, radiant, and whose skin was so tender that it seemed to be dripping with water. He naturally understood what was going on and knew that she had been well moisturized last night.
"Is your man coming to the East China Sea again?"
Liu Shishi nodded slightly, with a hint of shyness between her eyebrows.
She walked to the sofa and sat down, then took out a bound manuscript from her bag. It was the first volume of Song Ci's new book "The Story of the Great Tang Dynasty", and she was going to have a sneak peek at it with Sister K.
"Boss Song has been coming to Donghai quite frequently recently? If I remember correctly, he has been on business trips to Donghai as many as five times in a month from mid-February to now."
"Tengda Group is going to build a second headquarters in Donghai. He has been coming here frequently to discuss matters with the government officials recently."
"You're staying here with me again instead of going back to your office!"
Liu Shishi said with a naughty smile: "Sister K, I will be joining the group in two days, so I came here to accompany you!"
When Cai Yinong heard this, he replied unhappily: "Thank you." After saying that, both of them couldn't help laughing.
After chatting for a while, Cai Yinong devoted himself to his work, while Yijie sat quietly beside him, flipping through "The History of the Great Tang Dynasty", and the two did not disturb each other.
Time passed quietly, and more than an hour went by unknowingly. Cai Yinong finished reviewing the backlog of documents, stretched his body, and prepared to browse the news online to relax and adjust his work rhythm.
As soon as I opened the webpage, the hot search was still about the hot topic that Chen Kun and Zhou Xun founded Dongshen Pictures yesterday.
Looking at this message, Cai Yinong subconsciously glanced at Yi Jie who was concentrating on reading a book on the sofa, and felt a little helpless. The entertainment industry has really changed a lot in the past few years.
If things continue to develop in this way, it won't be long before the top brother and sister will follow the trend and set up their own studios.
But on second thought, learning from Tengda Culture and directly investing in celebrity studios might be a good development path.
With such thoughts in mind, after scanning the hot searches, Cai Yinong habitually clicked on the ranking of the top four young actors.
The list has not changed much from yesterday, and the top star is still ranked second, second only to Wang Kai of Tenda Culture.
Wang Kai's acting career has been at its peak in the past two years, and his performances in "My Love from the Star" and "Struggle" were both huge hits.
Now that he has transformed into a serious drama, he has gained both resources and reputation. He has indeed surpassed Hu Ge in his career and deserves the first place.
As for Lin Yushen and Zhu Yucheng who were in third and fourth place, Cai Yinong secretly shook his head in his heart, thinking that these two were not good enough and to some extent lowered the quality of the four young actors.
She thought so not because she favored Hu Ge, but because the career development of other new generation male stars was indeed very average. Lin Yushen and Zhu Yucheng were able to rise to the top because they were taller than the short ones, which was somewhat like making up the numbers.
After looking at the list of new generation male stars, let’s go and look at the list of four little beauties.
Cai Yinong, who was originally in a relaxed mood, glanced at the screen and the smile on his face instantly disappeared. He immediately exclaimed: "Shishi, your ranking has dropped!"
Liu Shishi was immersed in the ups and downs of the plot of "The Story of the Prosperous Tang Dynasty", feeling the grandeur of the establishment of the Tang Empire, and was overwhelmed by Mr. Song's brilliant writing.
Suddenly, I heard Sister K's shout and was startled. I looked at Cai Yinong in confusion: "Sister K, what did you just say?"
Cai Yinong waved his hand anxiously, "Shishi, come and see! Your ranking has dropped to fourth place, and Lu Yi, who jumped to fifth place, has a very close number of votes to you."
"What? My ranking has dropped again!" Sister Yi was horrified. She quickly dropped the novel in her hand, walked quickly behind Cai Yinong, and leaned over to look at the computer monitor.
On the screen, the latest voting rankings of the four young actresses clearly showed that she had indeed fallen to fourth place.
Moreover, in the netizens' voting part, Lu Yi, who was in fifth place, was very close to her in terms of votes, with only a difference of tens of thousands of votes, and there was a possibility that he could overtake her at any time.
According to the current vote growth momentum, with three days of voting left, it is entirely possible that Lu Yi will squeeze her out of the top four.
After carefully looking at everyone's votes and comparing them in her mind with yesterday's votes, Liu Shishi raised her eyebrows, gritted her teeth, and squeezed out a few words: "Okay, okay, you're playing dirty with me, right?"
After dinner yesterday, she took a special look at the rankings, and her votes clearly surpassed those of Wang Luodan, who was in fourth place.
However, after one night, Wang Luodan's votes actually surpassed his own, which was a big surprise.
Not only that, the votes for the top two, Liu Yifei and Yang Mi, also increased significantly. This abnormal change obviously has something fishy going on.
Originally, her votes were second only to Liu Yifei, and she was firmly in second place. Three days ago, Yang Mi came from behind and surpassed her in the box office, but she didn't care much about it. After all, she was not in first place, and the difference between second and third place was not a big deal.
But the people at the top of the meeting list were all playing tricks, especially Yang Mi's abnormally high number of votes, which made him feel very irritated. Liu Shishi was filled with anger. My sisters and I are close friends, but my sisters are playing tricks on me. We are really good girlfriends.
Pointing at the screen, Liu Shishi's eyes widened: "They are going too far, they must be cheating, otherwise how could they increase so many votes in one night.
I won’t mention Yang Mi and Wang Luodan, but Liu Yifei is really too much. She’s already ranked first, but she’s still swiping! What’s going on? Is she trying to show that she’s leading by a huge margin and crush me!”
Seeing that Yijie was so angry that her face flushed and her breathing was rapid, Cai Yinong hurriedly stood up and gently stroked her back, comforting her in a gentle voice:
"Okay, okay, it's not worth it to make your boss Song upset. We still have three days left, so we can catch up with the vote count.
But this time I am also teaching you a lesson. When Yang Mi's votes surpassed yours a few days ago, I advised you to be more careful. How did someone respond to me at that time?
Oh, Mimi and I are good sisters, and it doesn't matter if we're second or third. You, you take my kindness for granted, why are you so anxious now?"
"At that time, Mimi...she..." Liu Shishi's face suddenly turned red, and she stammered, feeling angry and embarrassed.
Cai Yinong spoke earnestly and took the opportunity to remind him, "Okay, I don't mean to blame you. Every failure is a learning experience. The higher you are in the entertainment industry, the more intense the conflict of interests will be. There will be more backstabbing incidents like this in the future."
Sister Yi felt that her sincerity was misplaced, and she was completely dejected: "I know, Sister K. What should I do now? I hope I won't fall out of the top four."
Cai Yinong seemed calm and composed, not panicking at all: "We are using their own methods to fight back. It's just canvassing and vote manipulation. It's not some sophisticated trick. If they can manipulate votes, we can do the same."
After hearing this, Liu Shishi looked conflicted. She bit her lip and asked hesitantly, "Is this method appropriate?"
Cai Yinong shook his head helplessly and sighed in his heart that Yijie was usually too well protected by Boss Song and himself, so she was still a little naive.
There is no such thing as absolute fairness and uprightness in the entertainment industry. Let alone voting for a small event, even the highly anticipated three golden awards for movies and the Flying Magnolia Awards for TV series are subject to human relationships and worldly wisdom.
Cai Yinong thought about it and decided that the person who tied the bell must untie it. Yijie probably felt that cheating on Weibo had a bad influence. She trusted her fiancé Song Ci the most and regarded him as her backbone.
Then an idea came to mind: "How about this, Shishi, you ask Mr. Song and see what he thinks about this matter."
"Okay, I'll call him right away." Liu Shishi did as she was told. After taking out her cell phone and answering the call, she explained the whole story clearly and then asked for Song Ci's opinion.
Song Ci replied crisply from the other end of the phone: "In business competition, each one relies on his own means."
Liu Shishi was extremely surprised by her fiancé's concise answer. She held the phone tightly and was stunned for a long time, unable to speak.
Cai Yinong, on the other hand, had an expression of surprise on his face, thinking to himself that Song Ci was able to build such a big business and become the richest man in mainland China, so he was definitely not a pedantic person.
She had figured out that what Tengda Group wanted was the influence and popularity of the event, and it didn't matter who would come out on top in the end.
I think actresses like Liu Yifei, Yang Mi, and Wang Luodan have probably tried the Weibo platform since the beginning of the voting.
Seeing that Tengda did not intervene too much in the vote-rigging and did not care too much about it, they have become more bold recently and have gradually tampered with the votes unscrupulously.
After a long while, Liu Shishi slowly came back to her senses and said angrily, "Everyone can find someone to canvass for votes. I'm going to give them a hard time now! Sister K, let me use your computer."
After saying that, he sat down in the boss chair, controlled the keyboard and mouse, quickly logged out of Sister K's Weibo account, and logged into another account.
Cai Yinong, who was standing behind him, saw something and asked uncertainly, "Shishi, you are not logging into Mr. Song's Weibo, are you? Do you know his account password?"
The first sister was very proud: "It's his account. All his passwords are my birthday. I want to use his account to canvass votes for me. To get people to vote, right? I, Liu Shishi, can do that too!"
"Shishi, calm down! It's not appropriate for you to do this. Even if you use Mr. Song's Weibo account to canvass for votes for you, you should tell him first and not do it behind his back.
You are like a kid who lost a fight and is rushing to complain to his parents. This is a simple matter that I can handle, why did you make such a fuss and drag Mr. Song into it? "
After listening to Cai Yinong's explanation of the interests involved, Liu Shishi calmed down a little. Her actions just now were indignation at the vote-rigging of a group of female stars, and also anger at her fiancé who turned a blind eye to the vote-rigging behavior.
Thinking back to what I had just done, I couldn't help but feel a little regretful, secretly annoyed at myself for being so impatient.
"I'm so annoyed!" Sister Yi pushed the keyboard away in frustration and slumped down in her chair in anger. "It's so boring. This is a good selection activity. Why don't we just rely on our real abilities? Why do we have to resort to these little tricks!"
"Okay, don't worry about this matter, leave the rest to me."
Cai Yinong patted Liu Shishi on the shoulder and thought that it would be better for her not to get involved in these complicated matters and to do the dirty and tiring work herself.
Liu Shishi hung her head, like an eggplant hit by frost. Although she struggled internally not to go along with the crowd, she was unwilling to give up her position as one of the four little beauties.
After much hesitation, I had no choice but to follow Cai Yinong's advice: "Sister K, I'll leave it to you."
Cai Yinong nodded and agreed: "Don't worry, I will satisfy you. You don't have to worry, it's just a common practice in the entertainment industry. When you experience it more in the future, you will get used to it."
After comforting Sister Yi a few more words and sending her out of the office, Cai Yinong immediately took action.
Time waits for no one. There are only three days left before the voting for the Four Little Flowers ends. While you are swiping, others are also swiping. If you don’t want to fall behind or overtake, you can only swipe more.
The head of the public relations team and the assistant to the first sister, Jiang Yuanyuan, were called over and asked to split up into two groups.
The first is to connect with professional vote-boosting agencies, and the second is to mobilize fan groups, fan clubs, etc. Some big fans with good financial strength are willing to help their idols to rank and boost their data, which is also a force that cannot be ignored.
Tangren is also an established film and television company with rich experience in various fields. After Cai Yinong assigned the work, all departments progressed in an orderly manner.
By the afternoon of the 17th, the number of netizens' votes for Liu Shishi on the Weibo rankings had increased rapidly, visibly.
By ten o'clock in the evening, her votes had surpassed Yang Mi again, ranking second on the list.
The number of votes for Lu Yi, who was in fifth place, also increased rapidly. By noon on the 18th, he had successfully squeezed into the top four, pushing Wang Luodan to fifth place.
As the voting deadline approaches, the top actresses on the list have shown off their skills. It is obvious that everyone is well aware of the means of vote manipulation, and as long as there is no obvious abnormality detected by the Weibo backend, they can continue.
Several female stars competed with each other, and the votes of No. 19 Liu Shishi and Yang Mi were close to Liu Yifei. The Fairy Sister, who was originally sitting on the Diaoyutai, was scared and had to use some more tricks to maintain her lead.
As the tug of war continued, the voting ended at 8 o'clock in the evening on March 20th.
As expected, after a fierce competition, Liu Yifei, Liu Shishi, Yang Mi and Wang Luodan were selected as the new four little beauties.
Wang Kai, Hu Ge, Zhu Yucheng and Lin Yushen are the new four young stars. The grand "Post-80s New Generation Entertainment Star Event" has finally come to an end.
(End of this chapter)
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