Chapter 082 Chapter 82
This sudden news made netizens eager to click on the trending search results. But they soon noticed something was amiss, especially those already in the fan circle, who noticed the rows of blue-V marketing accounts and low-review, likes, and comments on the trending search results.
A sense of déjà vu washed over them. Oh my goodness, isn't this a black trending search? Looking at the few hundred discussions on the trending search, these netizens silently gave Star 101 a thumbs-up in their hearts.
But that didn't stop them from watching the drama unfold, opening blog posts after blog posts and watching the sea of online trolls. They could only despairingly go to the forums to watch the drama unfold, waiting for someone to enter the trending search before joining in on the fun.
However, this was undoubtedly a bolt from the blue for the trainees' fans who were participating in the voting process. Soon, all fan clubs announced that they would temporarily suspend voting to calm everyone down.
For fans voting, any topic could spark resentment towards the production team. Especially this blatant topic: rumors of a secret deal between a certain agency and Star 101 were rife. Of course, there was no evidence to support this claim; it was all based on "self-perception."
Soon, the trending topic was filled with complaints from fans of the trainees against the production team. Some requested more footage, some asked for less censored editing, and many tagged the official Star 101 account for "friendly" conversations.
For those who simply watch the show, Star 101's attitude is overly arrogant. For example, China finally released a good variety show, and even though it was licensed from overseas, the quality is subtly superior to that of foreign shows. And that's even with everyone's "original filter."
Some netizens were even outraged, thinking that your show is so crappy that even many foreigners are following it, and you don't even seize the opportunity to get yourself killed.
The excitement on a certain blog and forum lasted all night. Just as netizens began to express their opinions, and as they were about to fall asleep, a new trending search data suddenly soared.
To everyone's surprise, the Star 101 production team actually responded to the vote count issue in the early hours of the morning, and even issued a statement that they would hold those who spread the rumors accountable!
This wave of confrontation and responses has also made many passers-by who have not yet slept have a higher degree of favorability towards the program "Star Path 101", and it has also given a shot in the arm to fans of various programs who are stuck in voting difficulties.
——【Forum】——[Early Morning of July 30th]
【Topic】Green Grass by the River: A 50-cent chat before bed
[Main Post] I asked my relative, and he has just finished his work. The Xingtu 101 incident was indeed messed up by someone, most likely due to commercial competition... But unfortunately, our production team seems to be really working on the talent show, and the opponent's tactics collapsed directly hahaha
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I crawled in smoothly after seeing the poster's ID. The person who reported it is really malicious, especially that he deliberately chose to report it the day before the third public performance! If there is a problem with this, the program will probably be suspended indefinitely, right?
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The main post is the same as my guess. Even if Xingtu 101 is not good, it is not someone else's turn to throw mud at it anyway, right? The production team is cautious and as a spiritual shareholder, I am very satisfied.
I carefully read the statement issued by the program team, which also stated that they fully cooperated with the Blueberry APP at the first time. This attitude is very good! Later, the flow and data of these times were submitted in a unified manner. The efficiency is quite good!
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No wonder people in the group have been mentioning other talent shows recently. I've been wanting to say this for a long time: please, it's really awkward for you to suddenly and abruptly promote a talent show that has no real basis at all...
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Interlude, the production team issued another statement~
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Oh my god! Inviting notaries from Shanghai's Huashang District to participate in the offline "Three Publics" ceremony? 666
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I'm dizzy. I just want to ask, which talent show nowadays dares to be so transparent, fair and open?
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Data usage was still acceptable in the early hours of Sunday morning, and many people stayed up late. As soon as the Star 101 production team released this statement, the post was quickly reposted by an influential entertainment blogger on Weibo.
@空谈空V: The production team is quite sincere // @星路101V: Thank you to all the netizens and viewers for your support. 星路101 expresses its sincere gratitude to everyone. Adhering to the principles of fairness, justice, and openness, the production team was aware of this and had already submitted a notarization application to the Shanghai Huashang District Notary Office!
For this third offline performance, the production team is honored to have two notaries, Lin Ting and Wu Huilin, supervise the entire performance!
We would like to express our sincere gratitude to the two notaries and the Shanghai Huashang District Notary Office @沪市华商区不公公所V for their support!
[Yes, I didn’t expect it to look so reliable.]
Is the starting point for domestic talent shows so high? 666
[Damn! Fans of this show are really standing up. Does this mean that if Star Journey 101 dares to fabricate information, it will be immediately punished by the higher-ups?]
"I'm wondering if some fans are still surfing the internet? I'm worried for you! Hurry home and vote! This truly shows the trainee's fate resting in the hands of the fans. You're the only ones left with the idol now!"
[My mouth is wide open, I’m going back to vote now, hehe]
【……】
Zhou Xiao, looking at the statement released by the production team, couldn't help but look forward to the offline three-public performance the next day. This was her first time seeing a notary office notarize a program offline, and she didn't know what the next process would be like. Would it be the same as normal?
Recalling how the system had awarded Ji Shao an additional 200,000 yuan in system funds after the show aired, Zhou Xiao suddenly understood the system's anxiety. Could it even predict the fairness of the show? Zhou Xiao considered the system's advanced technology and thought it might be possible.
Obviously, the system hoped that Ji Shao could maintain this ranking and debut, and Zhou Xiao fully understood this. As the center of a group, barring any unexpected events, the attention and value inherently were the highest.
With about two weeks left until the finals, Zhou Xiao has already begun preparing for the finals' support. Currently, she's still struggling with the magazine's post-production process. Thinking back to how easy it was to shoot the trainees' official photos, she probably only had to take the photos...
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The next morning, Zhou Xiao received a call from Qi Sisi. As soon as she opened her mouth, Zhou Xiao knew what she was up to. Shaking his head in amusement, Zhou Xiao graciously asked Qi Sisi to come over. He packed the PB and signature he had prepared for her in advance in a bag and waited for Qi Sisi to come and pick it up.
"Xiaoxiao!" Qi Sisi sat on the blanket on the floor, carefully opened the bag, and then yelled at Zhou Xiao, "You did a great job with this pb!"
My God, you know, she had just calmed down her excitement and carefully put the signature written by Ji Shao back into the envelope, and the next second she was directly amazed by the PB she just took out.
The lavender, yet textured, hardcover featured a stunning watercolor painting. The lavender dots drooping beside the ear echoed the color of the cover. Qi Sisi immediately recognized it as the first image Zhou Xiao had posted since establishing the website!
Gently brushing the cover, one could feel the convex and concave texture. Qi Sisi shifted her hips, placing the PB cover in sunlight. She was saying, "No wonder I always felt this cover was so much more than that; it turned out there was such ingenuity." It was simply stunning, and paired with the light ink and color, the characters on the cover were incredibly vivid.
After carefully flipping through a few pages, Qi Sisi practically bowed down to Zhou Xiao. Not only were there some amazing pictures from the previous posts, but she also saw several unreleased pictures!
For example, the photo I'm currently browsing shows Ji Shao under a streetlight during the first public elimination round, with the other trainees around him blurred out. The light shines down from above his head, and Qi Sisi can't help but be struck by his gaze. The frustrated look, coupled with the hazy mood, suggests she's a diehard fan, and she'd have already kicked Ji Shao into the film crew to film for the rest of his life! If he's not filming, what a waste of talent!
But Qi Sisi was not like that. She carefully flipped through the pages, took a few photos that were not published in the PB, and then posted them to the small group to show off. After all, she was the first person to get the PB! Naturally, the group was in chaos because of this incident.
Zhou Xiao couldn't help but find it amusing to watch Qi Sisi, who cautiously carried the bag home. She had previously suggested on the phone that Qi Sisi wait until after the performance to collect it, but Qi Sisi had insisted it was fine. And now, the person who had just said it was fine was now rushing back home to keep it, worried that the photo album and autographed photo would be damaged.
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By the third performance, each support venue had basically been fixed. Whether passersby or fans, everyone who came to Huashang Times Square was immediately attracted by the two giant roses ostentatiously displayed in the square.
Zhou Xiao and the system had ordered these two giant roses, which took a bit longer to arrive than a normal gift. But upon seeing the actual roses, the shock was indescribable. Even Zhou Xiao couldn't help but sigh, even if it meant waiting a few extra days, it was worth it!
As the gaze lowered, a vibrant rose painting unfolded before everyone's eyes. "This rose painting is so lifelike!" a small, unauthorized worker at the fan club's venue crouched on the ground, dismantling the support items. From her angle, facing the rose painting, she couldn't help but exclaim as she gazed at the rose support items.
A fan who was packing up her light bulbs nearby heard this, looked up at her strangely, and then said, "This painting is a real flower."
The fan who had spoken in a human voice heard a voice behind her, turned around, and chuckled at her offline support manager. Then, she turned to the black worker and said, "Hey, I said that the rose painting that people created is made of roses. Do you understand?"
"Hiss—" The young black worker put down his helping hand in a daze, turned around and asked his supervisor seriously, "Can I go take a look?"
The man waved his hand nonchalantly, "Go quickly and come back soon!"
By the time the black worker arrived at the flower wall, he was completely immersed in the fragrance of roses. Of course, this was not an illusion, because the XS perfume on the left was being sampled by fans in line.
The black worker was a little moved by this scene, because this was the formal suit mentioned on the website! She moved her feet and wanted to queue up to get the perfume, because she saw that the girls in the queue were getting perfume samples, and only some of them got formal suits.
But her manager told her to go back quickly, and even though she had secretly signed in to Ji Shao's chat room and reached the threshold for receiving perfume, her feet felt like they were glued to the spot, unable to move. But the black worker tried his luck and turned his attention to a "painting" of roses.
However, a scene that made her change her mind appeared. She saw the surrounding teams queuing up! The people who were originally queuing up to get the perfume gave up the perfume they were about to get and lined up in the surrounding teams when they saw the surrounding teams.
I can’t stand it any longer! This is a heart-pounding peripheral! The black worker gritted his teeth and ran to the back of the peripheral collection line to line up!
Unexpectedly, the peripherals were distributed very quickly. There were three people responsible for distributing the peripherals, and three people were responsible for monitoring the accounts. Soon it was the black worker's turn. She opened her phone to switch accounts with a trembling hand, worried that she would be discovered as a fan of someone else's account and refused to give her peripherals.
Unexpectedly, everything went smoothly. When she stiffly received the peripherals packed in a canvas bag from the little sister, she felt the blood in her body boiling with excitement.
Sneaking behind the wooden boards of a flower wall, the young black worker sat down on the lawn, carefully placed the canvas bag on his legs, then opened it and looked at it carefully.
Inside were exquisitely crafted peripherals. She recalled that the peripherals she had bought at great expense were not even half as good as this one, and suddenly tears welled up in her eyes.
She carefully pulled out a banner and examined it carefully. Ji Shao truly was a truly stunning beauty! And of course, there was also her beloved teacher, Heartbeat, whose aesthetics were truly top-notch! The black worker secretly opened the group chat. Yes, she had not only signed up for Ji Shao's super topic, but also joined his fan group. She posted the support package she had queued up for in the group to show off, feeling quite excited.
【Ji Shao Loose Powder Organization Group】
Ji Shao's dimples: Good fellow, you betrayed the organization! @hotpot scalding fish
Xiaobao is me: Huh? How come someone sent my PB and support package to the group? [Picture]
It’s me, Xiaobao: @hotpothotfish, come and play with me online!
Hotpot Tang Xiaoyu: pb? It’s not in the support package!
Xiaobao is me: Hehehe, Sister Xindong gave us the benefits of working as black workers [shy] Actually, today is very relaxing and not busy! I just helped move something, but my teacher Xindong still forced it on me. I tried to stop her in every way, but finally accepted it reluctantly [snickering]
Ji Shao is very OK: Cold and shaking! It's really abominable! Come on, get these two people out!
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With a feeling that was difficult to explain, Xiaoyu returned to her own offline shop, clutching the support bag. Seeing her iconic canvas bag, another unlicensed worker who had just returned widened her eyes and quickly asked Xiaoyu to show it to her.
"Oh, we don't have this big gift package," the fan who was cleaning up the light bulbs suddenly said sarcastically when he passed by the two of them.
"What's going on?" another black worker whispered to Xiaoyu. Actually, going offline to collect the support items distributed by various fan sites is a very normal thing. Because offline is known to be harmonious. No matter how fierce the online fights are, the offline ones will be 120% more restrained, not to mention the act of collecting support items.
Xiaoyu shook her head and looked at the other fans nearby. Offline illicit workers are common. Unlike the offline fans who run fan clubs and gain publicity and event funding, illicit workers often receive nothing. But they don't care; they become illicit workers purely out of a desire to help their favorite artists.
But Xiaoyu had a vague feeling that if the attitudes towards the illegal workers continued to polarize (specifically referring to the Ji Shao family and other families), something unfavorable would happen to the fan clubs that exploited the illegal workers. In fact, her guess wasn't just a guess; of course, this was what happened later.
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"Boss," the young waitress, resting nearby, suddenly called out crisply to the right. Zhou Xiao and the others, finishing off their remaining cupcakes, looked toward the newcomer. They saw the coffee shop owner, Li Ruoshi, walking toward them, dressed in a striking dress.
Zhou Xiao unexpectedly greeted Li Ruoshi. This was the first time that Li Ruoshi came offline to meet the boss who sponsored Zhou Xiao with desserts and coffee three times.
Li Ruoshi blinked, seemingly distracted by the flower wall behind them, and then greeted Zhou Xiao and the others. Seeing how quickly they were devouring the cakes, she signaled them to leave her alone and eat something to fill their stomachs.
"Actually, it's because the time is almost up." Zhou Xiao and Li Ruoshi exchanged a few simple pleasantries.
Suddenly, Qi Sisi beside her cautiously poked her and pointed at her phone. Zhou Xiao quickly understood what she meant, said goodbye to Li Ruoshi, and went to the ticket gate for the performance with everyone else.
"Let me make this clear first," Zhou Xiao said solemnly as he walked, "'Rose Says' is a standing vocal piece, so there's no need to push me from the back row to the front!"
"Hehe." Qi Sisi and Zhu Jian looked at each other and laughed out loud. Qi Sisi continued, "Xiaoxiao! Don't worry! I will never push you!"
A few of them chatted and joked as they made their way to the ticket gate. This time, they only had to wait in line for over ten minutes before entering the studio. Once they reached the studio door, they slowly made their way forward through the still-open crowd. Suddenly, someone squeezed in from behind and gently tapped Zhou Xiao on the shoulder.
"Wenger?" Zhou Xiao looked at Wenger behind her. Seeing that she was trying to squeeze forward, she wanted to move aside to let her pass. Unexpectedly, this made Wenger mistakenly think that Zhou Xiao wanted to squeeze forward with her...
Li Mo looked at Zhou Xiao, who was being pushed forward by the hostess, with distress. Then she looked at her two friends who were laughing so hard that their stomachs almost hurt. She couldn't help but shake her head. What a decadent society! Although she didn't offer a helping hand when Zhou Xiao was being pulled forward, what a moral decline!
As Wenger kept saying "I'm a fangirl" and "Please be kind" on the left and right, the two of them rushed into the center circle. Zhou Xiao, who was about to start a fight, was about to join in the shouting when Xiaoyu, who was standing further ahead, scrambled from the front to the back and shouted into the crowd, "Teacher Xindong, come this way!"
As Ji Shao's fame grew, the number of offline Ji Shao fans in the fan base also increased significantly. I don't know if it happened that there were more Ji Shao fans in this area, but when they heard someone shouting "Xingdong", everyone immediately looked for their own fans in the crowd, trying to make room.
Of course, Zhou Xiao wasn't the only one to receive this treatment. Ever since the performances attracted more fans, they've all realized how important good straight-shot videos and finished films are. Some fans with a lot of ideas might pretend not to understand or try to stop other fans, but when they meet their own fans, they're completely unconcerned and just give them a free pass.
Wenger and Zhou Xiao, each relying on their fan status, were escorted to the front row by their respective fans. There was a small platform and two chairs not far from where Zhou Xiao sat. Zhou Xiao guessed these were the seats for the two notaries.
As people gradually entered the stage, time slowly passed. Suddenly, the lights on the stage dimmed, and Zhou Xiao realized that the performance was about to begin.
At this moment, a staff member walked past Zhou Xiao with two people and placed them on the two chairs. Could this be the notary?
The lights on the stage came on, and Zhou Quanli looked down at the audience with a smile on her face. Her voice was clear and melodious, and as soon as she opened her mouth, the noisy atmosphere in the audience gradually died down, and everyone listened quietly to Zhou Quanli's words.
"Teacher Zhou is really good at controlling the situation." There were rustling sounds behind Zhou Xiao, but they were basically praising Zhou Quanli's ability and dedication. Just a few simple words ignited the enthusiasm of the audience.
"Today's stage is the final test before the group is formed," Zhou Quanli said firmly, "Now we will reveal the songs that the national producers have chosen for the trainees they support—"
The large screen behind Zhou Quanli played the animated cutscene of the voting process for the third performance. After the screen stopped, she continued, "This time, all the producers will need to vote twice. The first time is to choose the group you think performed the best among the six groups of songs today. The second time is to choose the trainee from those six groups who you think performed the song better."
She smiled brightly. "Of course, before that, let me introduce to the national producers here two notaries from our Shanghai Huashang District Notary Office—Lin Ting and Wu Huilin."
"Tonight's voting will be conducted under the full supervision of two notaries. Please welcome them!" Zhou Quanli was the first to applaud the two notaries, and soon the audience below also followed suit.
Then looking at the camera, Zhou Quanli smiled and said, "Then let's start the performance of the first song tonight - "Melody of Youth"
Amid the cheers of fans, the trainees stepped onto the stage and unleashed their youth and vigor in the first-class stage design.
Zhou Xiao was watching the trainees' hard work from the audience. He could clearly see a change in their expressions, a shift in their dedication and determination. This performance was truly precious to everyone involved.
But as an opening track, this song actually suffers a bit. While the melody has a fresh, atmospheric feel and features both singing and dancing, it's a bit bland. Furthermore, the only trainee in this group with a high ranking and a large fan base is Duan Jiamu, who was only ranked 17th in the previous episode. Without a large fan base, this song is likely to be overshadowed by the five songs that follow.
The trainees quickly concluded their performance amidst the enthusiastic crowd. During their campaign, Zhou Xiao heard fans around him chattering, "Isn't even campaigning new?"
The trainees on stage seemed to understand what was happening below, and they all quietly returned to the backstage. Zhou Xiao sighed softly. It turns out they weren't very passionate to begin with. No wonder...
While the stage was being simply built, Zhou Quanli introduced the second song, "Rose Says", to the national producers present.
When Zhou Quanli announced the song's title, the crowd erupted in excitement. Many Ji Shao fans raised their banners and showed them to the cameras that were turning to film them. One person, who was originally cheering with his water cup, was reminded by someone nearby and was then given a heart-pounding banner!
Zhou Xiao looked at the person on the screen who was holding his own banner and shouting wildly, and couldn't help but sigh that chasing stars makes people's adrenaline soar.
At this moment, the prelude to "Rose Says" sounded -
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