Chapter 029 Chapter 29
——Xincheng Publicity Department——
"Mr. Cheng, this is the content sent over by the Star 101 production team," Feng Ruogu said to Cheng Shaoyan who was still thinking, while adjusting the silver glasses frame on his nose.
Feng Ruogu is a senior employee selected by Wu Nian and Cheng Shaoyan from within the publicity and promotion department to replace Dong Wenna in taking over the Star 101 production team.
Her ability to handle affairs is also satisfactory. Feng Ruogu immediately sorted out Ji Shao's comments on the forum last night and sent them to her email.
Cheng Shaoyan's slender fingers were wrapped around a green leaf that had fallen from the plant in front of the floor-to-ceiling window on the table. She re-read the plan given by the Star 101 production team.
After consulting with Feng Ruogu, Xingtu came up with two plans. One was to have a staff member pretend to be a gossipmonger and post gossip on the forums, revealing the members of Ji Shao's group and clearing his image of selfishness. The other was to wait for the show's first public preview to release a major turnaround.
Although the Star Path program team gave these two options, both Feng Ruogu and Cheng Shaoyan understood that the program team preferred the second option.
The second option would have generated a lot of discussion and excitement for the production team, and the same would have been true for Ji Shao. Of course, Ji Shao would likely have been subjected to online bullying before the reveal, but this could have been a great way to abuse fans later on.
Cheng Shaoyan put down the leaf between her fingers and asked Feng Ruogu at the table, "What do you think about this?"
Seeing Cheng Shaoyan's sharp gaze, Feng Ruogu became a little nervous. "Of course, I'll choose the second one. Ji Shao may have a lot of casual fans now, but none of them have become true fans."
Yes, despite the presence of Zhou Xiao's "Pangran Xindong" (likely a nickname), Ji Shao's fan conversion rate is rather low. Those fans drawn in by his looks are essentially just stock photos, occasionally logging in to repost blog posts, unlike the mature fan circles of other trainees.
"We can use this opportunity to help. What's said on the forum is fake anyway. We can clarify it later. That way, we can also attract a lot of traffic for the program team and Ji Shao. Die-hard fans, they only come if they're tortured!"
Feng Ruogu's words are still quite applicable in today's entertainment industry, except that the artists will face greater controversy during this period.
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On the other hand, Zhou Xiaozheng and Qi Sisi visited all the dessert/cake shops near Huashang Times Square. They had previously thought of getting a food truck for support, but several other people in the group suggested it before her.
The five of them discussed the division of labor, and in the next few days, Qi Sisi and Zhou Xiao, who were near Huashang Times Square, would go to explore offline dessert/cake shops with good taste and order food for the food truck support on the day of the public performance.
The two of them visited many shops, walked a lot, and bought a lot of cakes. The weather in June was getting hot early, and now the sun had made their brains lazy.
"Otherwise, we can order the more expensive one," Qi Sisi said to Zhou Xiao, who was also using the fan beside her while holding Ji Shao's peripheral electric fan and blowing on herself.
Zhou Xiao pushed aside the strands of hair that had blown onto his face, shook his head at Qi Sisi, and said, "The animal cream used in that cake shop doesn't look like pure animal cream. It might look better, but it doesn't taste as good as the second one we visited."
Although the cake shop Zhou Xiao mentioned claimed to use animal cream, she tasted it and it tasted a bit like dairy cream. Dairy cream is a blend of animal and plant butters, priced somewhere in between the two, and also contains trans fatty acids, which are difficult for the human body to digest and metabolize.
"How about the coffee shop..." "That coffee shop..." In an instant, the two of them said to each other in unison as if they had telepathy. Indeed, the coffee shop they had been to before not only had high-quality coffee beans, but also the desserts that went with it tasted quite good.
This was a case of blindness. After all, when it comes to desserts, the first thing that comes to mind is cake shops or dessert shops. The two of them smiled at each other and walked towards the coffee shop with their spirits restored.
The coffee shop near Huashang Times Square doesn't have many customers, but most of them are repeat customers.
As soon as the two entered the store, they could smell the aroma of roasted coffee beans in the air. Seeing that there were no customers queuing the day before, they directly asked the cashier at the front desk about the dessert supply.
"Is it a large quantity?" The cashier at the front desk, who was wearing a mask and a store T-shirt, paused the inventory on hand when she heard Zhou Xiao and the others' request, and looked at them seriously.
"Please sit down for a moment. I'm on the phone with the boss."
After a while, the waiter brought two cups of coffee and two desserts. Since Zhou Xiao and Qi Sisi were regular customers of this store, they were served the coffee shop's new coffee.
"Please wait for a moment while you enjoy your coffee and dessert. Our boss is on his way back. I'd like to ask two of you old customers to review these two cups of coffee."
Zhou Xiao was a little surprised. He didn't expect the coffee shop owner to be so nice, so he nodded to the staff.
Not long after, a woman who was about 1.7 meters tall and dressed in casual sportswear took off her sunglasses and said "Hello" to the two of them. Then she sat down on the sofa opposite Zhou Xiao and Qi Sisi.
Her facial features were very bright, and she was obviously a little surprised when she saw Zhou Xiao looking up, but soon a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.
The discussion was very pleasant, and finally the three of them decided:
The support desserts include fruit cupcakes made with pure animal cream, rainbow mousse, cake rolls, puffs, semi-cooked cheese, and 100 cups of each of the five best-selling coffees in the store.
The owner of the coffee shop is Li Ruoshi. She has also reached a cooperation with Zhou Xiao and Qi Sisi to supply desserts and coffee at cost price. Zhou Xiao provided the sample design of the material for the support food truck, and she paid for the rental of the food truck.
The coffee shop will be closed for half a day, and several staff members will help distribute desserts and coffee.
Of course, the premise of all this is that the materials designed by Zhou Xiao must bear the name of the coffee shop. It is mutually beneficial, one is to support and the other to promote the coffee shop.
After Li Ruoshi sent Zhou Xiao and the others out, it was already dark. Before they knew it, they had been talking in the coffee shop for quite a while.
After politely declining Li Ruoshi's invitation to dinner, Zhou Xiao couldn't help but ask her as he turned to leave: "Have we met before?"
Li Ruoshi, who was about to turn around, froze. She blinked, smiled, and waved at the two of them: "Little Qi Sisi's voice is quite loud."
On the way back, Qi Sisi was still struggling, but Zhou Xiao already knew.
Li Ruoshi should be the customer who was scared by Qi Sisi's loud voice that day. Before leaving, she ordered a dessert for that person. Unexpectedly, it turned out to be the owner of the coffee shop himself. It was a bit of fate.
"If you can't think of it, forget it." Zhou Xiao couldn't help but laugh at Qi Sisi's expression as if the sky was falling. It was obvious that her loud voice had become popular without her realizing it.
"Oh, I'm so embarrassed and ashamed!" Qi Sisi blushed. "It's all your fault for hitting me like that before you left! Ahhhhh! I won't be able to sleep tonight, thinking about this embarrassing scene all the time!"
Under a chinaberry tree covered with chinaberry flowers, two girls were playing on the road under the streetlights. The wind blew the scattered leaves on the ground, taking away the summer heat. Huashang Times Square was quietly nurturing a strong vitality and prosperity this summer.
——Forum——(June 12)
【Topic】Green Grass by the River: Ji Shao's Teammate Melon
[Main Post] The fact that Ji Shao chose Xu Zhou as his teammate has caused a lot of controversy these days. The author of this post specifically asked a relative who works in the production team of Star 101 to ask if Ji Shao really chose Xu Zhou.
My relative told me that they had made a choice, but it was not the same choice.
1L
Huh? Is there a twist? Honestly, I don't quite believe it. And what evidence do you have to prove you really have a relative who works at Starway 101?
4L Green River Grass
Reply to 1L: I mean~ I'm just sharing my own gossip. If you don't believe me, forget it~
7L
What does this choice mean? It's just a word game. Just say whether you are a teammate or not. There are a lot of melons in the group these two days.
13L
@一只小瓜瓜主head-on battle hahahaha
17L
Why did you tag Xiaogua above? Xiaogua didn't post the grouped melons, so you didn't mistake him for someone else. So @yizhixiaogua, can you tell me if what you said is true? I want to eat some melons!
21L
I don’t understand… So what if Xu Zhou was really chosen?
29L Green River Grass
Reply to 7L: Not a teammate~
38L
My pupils are shaking. If it wasn't Xu Zhou, would those who scolded him before apologize to him?
42L
I think too much, others don't know, some foul-mouthed people in this group will definitely not [Amitabha]
49L a small melon
no.
54L
woc little melon is out!
63L
Oh my god, it really isn't true?! Then how did this rumor spread?
79L
I was saying, I don’t think Ji Shao is that kind of person…
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The appearance of @一只小瓜, who is always famous for his true feelings in the forum, made Ji Shao, who had a very bad reputation in the Star 101 special group, rebound immediately.
【Topic】Not an afterthought
[Main post] From the beginning I felt that this wave of public opinion against Ji Shao was weird, but there were too many people involved, so I could only choose to remain silent. Who understands?
1L
I understand you, especially someone who originally had no sense of existence, who stepped on Ji Shao to eat at the table.
5L
It's obvious that this is a water army style. You know, a day earlier, no one would care about this person at all...
11L
You can't say that, Xu Zhou himself is very capable. If you want to talk about dragging down others, have you forgotten the dragging down posts by Ji Shao and Xiang Rui? Not only on the forum, but also on other platforms!
13L
Um... the OP may not know that the OP who posted this is a fan of another big brother, Wang Quan... he's a picky person...
19L
I still remember that post, the heart-warming fangirl became a god at the beginning
24L
19L is right
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Back in the morning, Xincheng Publicity Department:
Cheng Shaoyan looked at Feng Ruogu in front of him and shook his head, "In the short term, it is true that Ji Shao can torture some of his diehard fans, but it's too early."
"Too early?"
"Even actors know they have to wait until the show is finished to be promoted, let alone a talent show?"
"At this stage, the most important thing is popularity among passers-by." Cheng Shaoyan watched Feng Ruogu pick up the capped pen beside him and gently draw a circle on the table.
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