Chapter 108
NINE STAR, which broke through the siege in tonight's star-studded Qixi Festival Gala, is gaining momentum. It not only proves its popularity to the endorsement companies that are interested in cooperation and are waiting and watching, but also severely slaps the face of the pessimistic view that "the group will definitely fail" that has been circulating on the Internet in recent days.
In addition to the three high-ranking hot searches #NINE STAR's first show as a group#, #Lost the group name just after debut#, and #NINE STAR's group song is good#, there are also many medium and low-ranking hot searches with high discussion.
The trending searches for the Qixi Festival Gala, a benchmark for popularity within the industry, are themselves a kind of weather vane. Besides being more expensive and difficult to purchase, they also serve as a crucial platform for actors and artists to "show off their talents."
At this point, NINE STAR was invited to participate in the Shanghai Qixi Festival Gala. The public was already deeply impressed by Xingtu 101, given that it had dominated the trending search charts not long after the finals.
After the Shanghai Municipal Government announced the joining of NINE STAR, the online discussion about Shanghai TV Station soared compared to other local satellite TV stations, and its ratings also surpassed those of other local satellite TV stations, becoming the ratings champion on the night of Qixi Festival.
Of course, this is also inseparable from the big-name celebrities invited by Shanghai TV this time, but it is undeniable that NINE STAR played a crucial role in this.
Naturally, a significant number of people were dissatisfied with this level of popularity. This was especially true when they saw a newly debuted boy band constantly trending on the internet and dominating the news. Before the emergence of Star 101, fans of various groups, who had always prided themselves on their popularity, were even more dissatisfied and dismissive of the emergence of this new phenomenon.
It's an indisputable fact that the artists featured this time hold a higher status within the industry than NINE STAR. But for fans of the newly debuted members, competing against these popular figures is simply overwhelming.
At first, various marketing accounts were just doing their usual business, collecting official photos, raw photos, and fan photos of actors and singers on forums to compare and contrast them, with no intention of even considering NINE STAR. But once they realized that the lion's share of attention was coming from NINE STAR, they quickly created blog posts to capitalize on the popularity and frantically collected fan photos and video screenshots of the members from forums and various super chats to compare and contrast them.
However, NINE STAR's fans have a different approach to controlling the comments of these marketing accounts than the outside world. They are united externally but divided internally.
This is also due to the fact that center Ji Shao debuted with such a huge gap that when marketing accounts bring up intra-team competition, once Ji Shao's team takes control, the other teams' fans automatically give up, wasting no extra energy. If either Chu Cheng or Yan Shu seizes the advantage in controlling the comments first, they'll inevitably engage in a life-and-death struggle, with both sides suffering.
This is also one of the reasons why the marketing accounts that love to stir up trouble later on automatically excluded Ji Shao. Although some of Ji Shao's fans were surprised that they had to deal with fewer and fewer in-group provocations later on, they were naturally quite happy about this situation. This meant that their star-chasing environment was better than that of his teammates' fans, and they didn't realize that this was entirely due to the profit-making considerations of the marketing accounts that posted the posts.
Of course, Ji Shao's fan club was aware of this situation and subsequently organized interesting fans in their own fan circle to become big fans, in order to get some money from Weibo to supplement their "household expenses".
Zhou Xiao was sitting on a chair in the coffee shop at the moment, listening to Zhu Jian and Qi Sisi's expansion of the gossip on the hot search, while holding his mobile phone to do the final finishing touches on the photo.
Just as she was lost in thought, Qi Sisi, who was sitting across from her, suddenly slapped her leg. As if recalling the scene in Huashang Plaza where she had disturbed the coffee shop owner, Li Ruoshi, Qi Sisi suppressed the cry of pain that was about to escape her. The pain she swallowed down gave her a slightly odd expression.
Zhou Xiao raised her head as her fingers flew quickly across the screen, looking at Qi Sisi in confusion as she saw the noise in front of her. She knew that Qi Sisi must have seen something that surprised her.
Although she has a carefree personality, Qi Sisi will subconsciously suppress her behavior when she knows when it would be inappropriate to behave in a certain situation so as not to disturb others.
Qi Sisi covered her mouth and looked at the two people opposite her who were looking at her. She put her lit mobile phone screen on the table and pushed it towards them.
Qi Sisi opened a Weibo account, which displayed Ji Shao's personal profile. His nickname, profile picture, and verification were all completely new. Three days after the finals, the members of NINE STAR finally changed their name from "Star Path 101" to their group name.
Changing a member's account name is a significant event for fans of each group. In the early days of a group, everyone harbors fantastic fantasies about what the group will look like. After all, this prefix is earned through months of hard work for the trainees, and it also carries the fans' endless blessings and expectations for them.
Of course, the group will become an existence that is deeply hated by the fans of each member in the later period, but for NINE STAR, which has just been formed, it is far from the time to consider this issue.
Clicking on Ji Shao's blog from his homepage revealed two photos and a long post. What caught their eyes was the official solo photo of Ji Shao in a suit, which Zhou Xiao immediately recognized as the style of suit Ji Shao would wear on stage today. The rest of the photo was a group photo of the trainees and staff at the Star 101 finals, where they stood in a pyramid formation, their arms around each other's shoulders, looking towards the camera.
Zhou Xiao looked at Ji Shao's blog post which had just been published for a minute, and then at the number of reposts, likes and comments which had already exceeded 10,000. She couldn't help but think that maybe everyone was just like those who reposted her blog post, and couldn't help but "repost it as a sign of respect" without even reading the content.
After carefully reading Ji Shao's long blog post, Zhu Jian, Qi Sisi, and Qi Sisi, who had moved behind them, all felt a sense of emotion. Four months had been an unforgettable memory for them, let alone Ji Shao, who had devoted himself to this.
"Oh, let me see what NINE STAR's management company is called," Zhu Jian suddenly thought, swiping through his phone to search. Actually, the search didn't take long. The top trending search term for the word "explosive" was #华耀星娱+NINE STAR#.
Zhu Jian clicked on the trending search and saw a pinned post by @华耀星娱+V. Clicking on it, he saw not only comments from fans urging the agency to treat their members better, but also numerous official brand accounts interacting, many of which were previously rumored to be signing NINE STAR as their spokespersons.
After a while, @华耀星娱+V published a second blog post, tagging NINE STAR's official account and stating that tomorrow night will be NINE STAR's first live broadcast on Weibo and the Blueberry Video APP.
--【forum】--
【Topic】Changed! Finally changed the group name!
[Main building] I have been waiting for a long time just to know when this group will change its name. When I saw that the Shanghai TV station still mentioned the prefix of "Star Path 101" today, I thought it would definitely not be changed today [crying] I didn't expect a big surprise at this time! It's worth setting off firecrackers to celebrate hehe
1L
Why are everyone so excited about the group name change? They're not saying that all NINE STAR fans are on our forum, are they? [laughing and crying] That would be hilarious.
6L
Everyone has also posted photos~ Ji Shao’s long Weibo post made me feel soft-hearted. Please let him be the captain. I feel that Xiao Shao can lead the entire group very well!
13L
Reply to 6L: It’s better not to do that. The kid has always been the captain. Let him take a break now that the group is formed kkkkk
28L a small melon
The account nickname and certification were submitted to a certain blog by the staff immediately after the group was formed. However, due to technical reasons, the display time of each member's certification is different. For the sake of uniformity, the certification is displayed together at this time.
42L
Reply to 28L: Catch the little melon! Did you watch the members’ performance today?
59L
Ah...it's not what I imagined, is it? Go check out @华耀星娱+V's blog post!
73L
Wow, the brand in the reply below overlaps with the endorsement melon posted by the melon owner in the group! The melon owner in my group is really awesome! But why are there so many endorsements? There are simply too many to choose from (Versailles tone)
102L
Report! Huayao said that NINE STAR will be broadcasting live at 7pm tomorrow night! Roar!
124L
Oh my, I'm so excited! I wonder where they'll be livestreaming. Now that I think about it, they won't be livestreaming from their dorms, will they? One of the highlights of forming a boy/girl group abroad is the dorm assignments!!! Ahhhh, please, Huayao, satisfy my curiosity and my CP fantasies! Show me some of their daily training camp routine!
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Whether on Weibo or forums, fans have already started discussing tonight's performance and the upcoming live broadcast. Actually, there is a serious distance between the NINE STAR members and the national producers who support them.
The Star 101 production team kept a close watch on the trainees during the final stages of the show, and only the eliminated trainees had the opportunity to interact and connect with their fans. However, for the members of the group, they now hold a lot of mystery for their fans.
Li Mo, who missed the live broadcast, was happily catching up on her videos at home, feeling regretful. Just as she was enjoying her friend Zhou Xiaofa's candid video, a message popped up in the app's status bar: "The blogger you follow has posted a post by @Flipped…"
Li Mo, who had watched the live video several times, clicked on the message without hesitation, and then he was stunned.
——A certain blog——
@FlippedBang Ran Xin Dong·Ji Shao: #Ji Shao Chao Hua# From the past to the present, a new beginning @NINE STAR-Ji Shao V
[Picture][Picture][Picture][Picture]
Picture 1 is a combination of two photos of Ji Shao with black hair facing each other. However, this photo shows two different Ji Shaos. The Ji Shao on the left is wearing the Star 101 uniform but is obviously a bit more childish. The Ji Shao on the right is wearing colorful clothes and is bold and enthusiastic. The angular jawline also makes him look more handsome.
The second picture shows Ji Shao with his back to the camera. The key point is that he is secretly waving a greeting gesture to the camera, which makes the fans in front of the screen subconsciously feel that Ji Shao in the photo is really interacting with them.
Picture 3 is Ji Shao in a suit. Under the bright lights, he has a handsome figure, yet calm and steady.
Picture 4 is the moment when Ji Shao was captured by the camera when he received the certificate from the mayor. His lowered eyes made him look gentle as jade. When he received the certificate, the black stains on his fingertips were particularly eye-catching.
The first picture really made me cry. I'm so moved by it, I want you to pay for my tears [Crazy Acting Coquettish.jpg]
[He is truly a boy who is growing up in a storm.]
[Covering my mouth, why is everyone so busy being sad? What can someone like me do? [Spinning in circles anxiously]]
[Saliva] @NINE STAR-Ji Shao V Good boy, tell mom how you got the black stain on your fingertips!]
[Suit! Suit! Suit! YYDSD!!!]
[Reporting to the teacher, the suit is not good enough! Not good enough! Please send a few more pictures! Otherwise, I will send a private message to the teacher and go crazy with literature!]
[I saw my sister's picture and quickly changed it to the lock screen, and fell asleep beautifully hahahahahahahahahaha]
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