Chapter 095 Chapter 95
Zhou Xiao had originally planned to discuss the situation with everyone in the group, but once the group got together, things got chaotic before she could even discuss it. She checked the time and decided to take advantage of the initial chaos to wash up and then check back.
After Zhou Xiao finished washing up, she wrapped her head in a headscarf and opened her phone. As soon as she did so, the group message displayed 99+. Although such a long time had passed, everyone in the group still had different opinions and choices regarding offline large-screen support.
At this moment, Cheese, who had been communicating with the fans, connected the large screens that everyone had just prepared to choose in the group chat into a line, and sent it to the group together with the route on the map.
Zhou Xiao was still browsing the chat logs when she saw the overlay image Cheese had sent. It felt increasingly familiar. After a moment's thought, she switched to the record log and looked at the large screens she had submitted for redemption. Zhou Xiao was silent for a moment. It seemed like she had already snatched up all those popular large screens...
The group's big screen is still under discussion and negotiation, and the details will depend on the price quoted by the merchant tomorrow at noon. For ordinary fans, if the price is too high, they can also choose other offline support methods.
For example, offline self-service express lockers, bus stops, LED cars, etc. If you're short on money, you can also print out some pictures taken by your fan club and use them as small support items like banners and coasters to give to fans. As for the degree of support, it depends on the fan club's willingness to support you and the fans' attitude towards support.
Seeing that everyone in the group was still discussing the statistical chart sent by Cheese, Zhou Xiao thought for a moment and sent the large screen he had booked to Zhu Jian, who was also speaking in the group at the time.
Zhu Jian, still writing down the messages in the group, was stunned when she received a seemingly endless string of support screens from her friend Zhou Xiao. Soon, she saw the message from Zhou Xiao: "I've reserved all these screens in advance, for three days."
Zhu Jian: Petrochemical.JPG
Previously, Zhou Xiao had booked 21 large screens for Ji Shao's birthday, which Zhu Jian thought was the limit for her personal screen booking. Unexpectedly, Zhou Xiao directly booked 52 large screens this time... Zhu Jian was shocked. During this period, she had almost memorized all the more famous large screens in Shanghai. After connecting these large screens, she found that the large screens sent by Zhou Xiao had obviously contracted the popular outdoor large screens from the city center to Huashang Times.
Accepting the shock, digesting it, becoming part of it, when Zhu Jian chose to send this news to the fan club group, the previously lively chatroom fell visibly silent for a moment. It could be said that the quantity and quality of Zhou Xiao's large screens of support were top-tier in the domestic entertainment industry.
[Discussion Group‖No Tanking]
9645317: Is my Xindong teacher really not considering joining the fan club? I am willing to step down and follow the teacher's footsteps closely!
Teacher Muzi: [A strong woman wipes away tears.JPG]
Rejecting Ji Shao's pursuit: Family, let's call it quits! Cheese and Xiaorou can keep their hair! Ecstasy!
Flying Penguin: However, don't follow the same fate as the previous fan club (Former and current fan club members said so)
9645317: Xiaorou, let Xindong post her own support blog. We originally thought of collaborating to make the support look better, but if Xindong posts on her own, it'll be more impressive! Plus, she's already booked, so there's no need for them to be together.
Using softness to overcome hardness: OKOK
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Zhou Xiao received the message from Zhu Jian from the fan club, thought about it for a moment, and then typed a reply on the keyboard:
"Didn't you want to enter the big screen in the city center?"
Cheese and Zhu Jian had just revealed in the group that the fan club was planning to spend a fortune to acquire the large screen in the city center. The problem was, Zhou Xiao had already taken it. On a different note, it was a good thing; the money saved could be used more for voting.
It was fun to cheer with her fellow supporters. Zhou Xiao recalled how, when she first started doing offline support, she'd create maps to guide fans. Once the support venue became established, she no longer needed to do so. She took a look at the fan club's plans and was quite interested. She planned to incorporate the large screen into the fan club's support map, along with the large screens at other stations.
——"Add me in!"
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The Star 101 production team clearly understood the fans' sentiments, releasing behind-the-scenes footage of the trainees filming a commercial in the full VIP version of the second day's episode. Fans, furious at yesterday's episode's excessive advertising content, were completely pacified after watching today's extended episode, and everyone was delighted to get a wealth of clips featuring their own trainees.
Speaking of editing, videos created by fans have also gained considerable popularity on various platforms, with many even receiving likes and reposts from official brands. Because this type of advertising material is all people have on hand, brand logos often appear.
Many of the inexperienced fans of the trainees who received official interactions were also proud of it, and contributed enough popularity and sales to these brands through the promotion of fan circles.
Brands already interested in collaborating with Star 101 were even more interested after seeing the fans' purchasing power and enthusiasm. The reason they chose to partner with the official group was, of course, that the package price was comparable to that of individual members. Furthermore, the production team was also consciously shifting resources toward all the trainees. After all, with no certainty about who would make it to debut, resources naturally favored the group.
Today, Star 101 also welcomed a magazine interview team from the domestic first-line women's magazine "Modern Fashion" to conduct special reports and interviews on the 22 trainees who entered the finals for a week.
Under the sky, as fans gathered together, chatting and waiting for the trainees, a car horn suddenly sounded in the distance. The security guard inside the iron gate seemed to have heard the sound and quickly opened the iron gate before the car was about to pass.
The offline fans had been at the iron gate of Huashang Times Square for a long time and had already learned to keep order. When they saw the iron gate being opened and heard the sound of car horns, everyone tacitly walked to the side to make way for the car that was about to enter.
The security guard holding the iron gate couldn't help but smile as he saw the well-behaved children at the entrance. Although security was tiring, the children who stood at the gate every day waiting for trainees were all very likable and sensible. Just then, he saw a pure black, extended-length commercial vehicle approaching from a distance.
The car passed the crowd and slowly drove through the iron gate into the building. The fans standing by showed no signs of excitement. They were fans, not the kind who would shout and scream at everyone they saw. Besides, the car was so tightly sealed that it was impossible to tell who was inside.
Just as the security guard was about to lock the iron gate, a business car that had already entered the Huashang Times building suddenly stopped. A man and a woman emerged from the back seat. The man, dressed casually, carried a camera, while the woman, wearing a pair of white sneakers, also looked stylish and sophisticated. Everyone noticed she was carrying a board.
After seeing the information on the sign, many people outside looked at each other in bewilderment. "Modern Fashion"? Oh my! Because the trainees had previously appeared in "Fashion" magazine, almost all fans in the fan circle had been educated on the first, second, and third-tier domestic magazines. As a top women's magazine, "Modern Fashion" was naturally well-known.
Before I could think about it, I saw the girl holding the "Modern Fashion" sign facing the fans at the gate. She looked at them with a mixture of excitement and curiosity and asked, "Excuse me, are you all here voluntarily to wait for the trainees? Or are you hired? Excuse me for my words, but I never expected to meet so many fans in person. It's truly astonishing!"
After briefly praising her offline fans and receiving a response from the fans at the entrance, the girl raised her head and continued cheerfully, "Hello, fans of the trainees! I'm the editor of Modern Style magazine, here to interview the top 22 trainees. Could you please take a picture of you? You all look so energetic and positive!"
After hearing her words, the crowd fell silent for a moment. Then a voice came from the fans standing outside, "Can we and the trainees be on Modern Style?"
Upon hearing the time, the girl holding the sign's eyes lit up. She stood on tiptoe, trying to find the speaker in the crowd, but the crowd was too crowded to find her. So, she smiled and said to everyone, "Not all trainees can make it, but you definitely can!"
The fans waiting at the entrance quickly started chatting, and the originally large crowd outside quickly split into two groups. One group of fans clearly stayed where they were and happily accepted the photo, while the other group moved closer to the wall, trying not to be in the photo.
While the photographer was taking pictures, the fans huddled nearby quickly posted the details to the forum and shared the fun with other netizens.
——【Forum】——[August 13, noon]
[Topic] Shocked me for 100 years! The modern fashion editor is here at Star 101 offline!
[Main Building] I saw it in person offline, and it looked like they were well prepared. The magazine lady also told us that they would be interviewing all 22 trainees!!!
[picture]
The picture shows a woman holding a "Modern Style" sign and a photographer, with their faces slightly blurred.
1L
Holy crap! This is too good to be true! This is a top women's magazine? What? Could it be that for the Star 101 production team, this kind of resource is actually not a big deal?
7L
I'm really envious. The little actor I'm following right now doesn't even seem to have the chance to be featured in a second-tier magazine [stunned]. It feels like his agent has no connections, so he can't even reach the threshold... I'm going crazy just thinking about it. How can human beings be so different!
11L
Huh? So, are they going to be on the cover again? This batch of trainees is so awesome, they've already achieved so much before they even debuted.
19L
You're overthinking it, everyone. The magazine must be capitalizing on the hype surrounding the Star Path 101 finals, otherwise they wouldn't have interviewed all the remaining trainees. In that case, they'd definitely miss the August cover, and next month will be the golden months for magazines, with September and October being the cover season. Top women's magazines feature big-name artists with whom they've collaborated extensively, so the Star Path 101 trainees will undoubtedly be featured as part of a group interview.
26L
19L is pretty much right. I guess the inside cover will still be about Star Path 101, but it's a healthy collaboration. If you can convince people during the interview that you have something to say, you might have a good chance of being featured in this magazine later on when you become successful. From my impression, this women's magazine isn't very strict about who gets accepted, but that's only for established stars and veteran artists. But at the end of the day, it's good to have something to look forward to*!
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At this moment, Zhou Xiao also received a message from someone in the fan group saying that a magazine was planning to interview a trainee. She wondered if there was an interview, and wondered if she might leave work early. She checked the time and decided not to take the risk, so she rushed to the iron gate with her camera.
There were many people who had similar ideas as her. About half an hour after Zhou Xiao arrived at the offline meeting, she saw many fans carrying cameras and arriving one after another. There were some familiar faces among them, but because they arrived relatively late, the distance between them was obviously a bit far, so there was no need to greet them across so many people offline.
However, Zhou Xiao's guess today was unusually off. Everyone waited until sunset, but still no sign of the trainees. The iron gates of Huashang Times Square remained locked, with no sign of opening all afternoon. It looked like the magazine shoot hadn't finished yet.
Yu Du, who had been outside, saw someone leave and squeezed through the gap to get to Zhou Xiao's side. The two of them discussed when the trainees would get off work. When Yu Du showed Zhou Xiao the link to the offline forum post, she suddenly seemed to understand something.
If they're even filming the fans at the gate, wouldn't they also be capturing the trainees' behind-the-scenes scenes? From what she's heard, Fashion Magazine's shoot for the trainees seems to involve them practicing singing and dancing in the studio. It seems to be meant to simulate the trainees' training. While it might be a bit awkward, it's clear that the photographers want to capture their "practice" moments.
At this time, Zhou Xiao received a message from Zhang Hongyu——
SY-Zhang Hongyu: I'm dizzy, my studio is out of my control now
SY-Zhang Hongyu: The magazine brought six people directly here. Zhou Xiao, when will you come over to support me? But I can really dig up some gossip these days. In just one afternoon, I've caught up on quite a bit of gossip. Really, there's a lot of behind-the-scenes stories at big-name magazines!
Zhou Xiao: Wait a minute, how many days?
SY-Zhang Hongyu: Oh, this is confusing! It seems like there's some internal restructuring going on at Modern Fashion. I'll wait until I get to know them better and find out what's going on!
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After unexpectedly receiving inside information from Zhang Hongyu, Zhou Xiao felt that Xingtu 101 was truly on the rise (fog). It seems traditional print media is truly difficult, now struggling to maintain style while also occasionally interacting with audiences. The fact that a magazine could dedicate a filming team to a program for nearly a week is a testament to the meticulousness and solidity of a women's publication.
Just as Zhou Xiao was lost in thought, a sudden commotion erupted nearby. Looking up, he saw two trainees emerging from the alley. Who else could it be but Ji Shao and Xu Zhou? They were walking, one in front of the other, behind their bodyguards, toward the dormitory building.
The sight of the two of them caused a lively outburst of cheers and discussion from the crowd. Ji Shao and Xu Zhou were essentially indispensable names when the public was compiling the roster for the group, and their online and offline fan base was substantial.
Zhou Xiao saw that Ji Shao had originally wanted to stop and talk to everyone at the door, but he was quickly stopped by the bodyguard next to him. The bodyguard even whispered something in their ears. So everyone saw them quickly pass the iron gate and walk towards the dormitory building.
Just when everyone was still wondering why the trainees were so fast today, a man carrying a camera appeared behind them. When he passed the iron gate, he deliberately pointed the camera at the bustling crowd at the door.
After he left with the trainees, the audience started to discuss whether there was a magazine shoot going on inside! This was the first time they had seen a photographer with a camera following the trainees.
When he saw Ji Shao disappear, Zhou Xiao was about to put away his camera and leave. But the atmosphere offline was really lively. Everyone was not only discussing Ji Shao and Xu Zhou, who had taken the lead, but also the background of the photographer. Could there really be some kind of interview later?
While tidying up, Zhou Xiao pricked up his ears to listen to the gossips spread by the person next to him, such as "My friend said", "A classmate of mine is a staff member of Xingtu 101", etc., and he stopped tidying up immediately. Yu Du and the others around him listened to what seemed like nonsense.
Zhou Xiao was stifling laughter when he heard an excited voice saying, "Ji Shao, dissatisfied with the camera, had rushed to the director's office on Star Path 101. He had originally planned to bang the table with a trainee he was close to and demand the camera. In the end, the trainee backed out, and Ji Shao, who didn't back down, succeeded." Suddenly, a voice behind him, also obviously stifling laughter, said, "Fake!"
The fan who was talking about the bed material seemed a little unhappy about being interrupted. You have to know that this bed material, which is both awkward and exciting, was the result of her painstaking research and offline investigation. She casually replied, "Who told you it was fake?"
But Zhou Xiao clearly felt that the atmosphere around her was a little strange, because everyone around her had become quiet, and the girl in front of her who was originally talking excitedly was looking behind her in a daze.
Zhou Xiao had her back to the iron gate, and she quickly realized the sound had come from behind her. When she turned around, she saw Xu Zhou, who was trying to stifle laughter with one hand covering his mouth, and Ji Shao, who was laughing out loud while eating his own melon next to him.
Seeing that Ji Shao had already laughed out loud, Xu Zhou on the side no longer concealed his smile and responded to what the girl had just said, "Although it was not me, but what I heard from Ji Shao was fake." After that, he pointed at Ji Shao beside him.
Ji Shao obviously recognized his two fans. His beautiful peach blossom eyes narrowed slightly. He looked at the two of them with a smile and said, "If you want to know anything, you can ask me. Don't listen to everything next time." The two were waiting for the photographer to finish taking pictures of them before returning to the iron gate.
Seeing Ji Shao's smile, Zhou Xiao followed Yu Du's lead and gave Ji Shao three consecutive denials. Watching the two trainees greet everyone outside the iron gate and return to the dormitory, the other fans were a bit envious. Wow, they even turned around to say hello! This is the first time they've seen them in all these offline meetings!
The fan who collected the bedside information blushed. Although she was caught spreading gossip behind her back, Ji Shao and Xu Zhou had responded to her! Looking at the two fans with cameras beside her, she was extremely envious. It seemed that this was the reason for the response. In the next few days, whenever someone talked to her, her first question was - "How did you know that Ji Shao and Xu Zhou had each responded to me once offline?"
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