Chapter 159
The next evening, the XS official Weibo account published two posts simultaneously. The first featured a TVC shot by the NINE STAR members, while the second listed the behind-the-scenes crew. This included the director, producer, assistants, and the photographer for the official photos.
For the vast majority of fans, the focus is naturally on the video. Many people count on their fingers how many seconds each advertisement will appear on TV while watching the video.
When a post by a big fan of another member of the family showed an ambiguous ellipsis, causing a flurry of indignation in the comment section, Ji Shao fans, who had been urged to read the second post, were now staring blankly at the account of the photographer of the official photo in the staff list.
When someone clicked on the account @周笑V, they saw that, despite having only posted a single blog post, it already had tens of thousands of followers. The photo in that post was none other than Di Jiangtong, who had recently gone viral.
——【Forum】——[October 25th evening]
【Topic】Have you read XS’s latest blog post?
[Main Post] If you haven't seen it, take a quick look. You will never imagine who the photographer was who took the official photos for NINE STAR. I was totally shocked.
1L
I took a look [laughing and crying] Isn't that director Cheng Peng? It seems he is the director and the photographer.
7L
Reply to 1L: No... I suggest you read it again.
27L
I have to admit, she took a really good photo. The black and white was perfectly executed. Knowing she took this photo of my son, I was inexplicably thrilled. It was like a complete wish come true!
59L
I've always felt that black and white is more polished and sophisticated than color. To be honest, I bought several bottles of XS's official photos when they went on sale at the flagship store, just to collect the NINE STAR posters.
93L
I'm surprised there are so many people like me. Although there are only 4 random posters for each bottle of perfume, I thought they were all great when I received them this morning! The posters are also very textured. This poster is super easy to sell at the seafood market!
134L
I saw a single poster of Ji Shao on Xianyu with a starting price of 621 yuan, and there were more than a dozen fans bidding for it. I don't understand why, for that price, you can buy a 30ml bottle of XS perfume.
201L
No wonder their fan club didn't collapse that night. It seems they were sitting at the boss's house, firmly stabilizing the morale of the fans.
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The news of Pian Ran Xin Dong shooting a poster for the XS perfume for NINE STAR quickly spread among the members' fan groups. For some fans of other groups who had been following the group since Star 101, their wish during the competition (that Pian Ran Xin Dong would shoot their own poster after climbing the ladder) was fulfilled in this way.
Many people couldn't help but follow the account @周笑V. Who knows, maybe they can cooperate with each other in the future. Did they see a solo blog posted by a person himself?
At this time, other fans who had contacted Zhou Xiao also received a package from the heart-warming fan club. The package not only contained a piece of Ji Shao merchandise, but also a poster of their favorite member.
The mention of Ji Shao's peripheral products was made during a chat in the fan club group. Seeing that many people were jokingly wanting to have one, Zhou Xiao saw that there was some left at home and packed it up and sent it over*.
Meanwhile, Qi Sisi, who had already obtained the poster, was sitting in the lobby of the Huashang Times Hotel, waiting for Zhou Xiao. She lowered her head to scroll through her phone, expertly accessing the forum and enjoying the highly-rated post.
Last night, the news of "Pian Ran Xin Dong" shooting for NINE STAR had most of the Xingtu 101 forum users buzzing with gossip. Some even speculated that XS Perfume and the fangirl behind "Pian Ran Xin Dong" had a special connection. Otherwise, why would they collaborate before and after the game?
Qi Sisi couldn't help but shake her head at this, thinking, "Sister Xiao's photography skills are so impressive, who would be the one to shoot for?" As for the relationship, it must be one of appreciation and being appreciated.
Zhou Xiao, rushing down from the elevator to the lobby, spotted Qi Sisi nodding and shaking her head in a chair. She glanced at the time on her phone. Qi Sisi had only been waiting for her for less than five minutes, so she shouldn't be feeling sleepy right away, right?
When Zhou Xiao quickly walked behind Qi Sisi, she heard the sound of typing on the keyboard. She couldn't help but gently tap Qi Sisi's head with a smile and said, "Let's go! The taxi is here!"
The two of them were heading to the filming site of Ji Shao's "One Meal." Zhu Jian had said that Ji Shao would only be filming four episodes this season. So Qi Sisi, who was comfortably lying at home, found Zhou Xiao and went to the filming site together.
The taxi had already arrived at the hotel entrance. Zhou Xiao and Qi Sisi had just sat in the back seat when Qi Sisi couldn't help but look at Zhou Xiao with starry eyes and asked, "Xiaoxiao, who are you going to photograph next?"
Zhou Xiao pondered this question for a moment, thinking about how to respond to Qi Sisi. After Di Jiangtong, many artists and staff had contacted him, including some of Chen Si's caliber.
There were numerous evening events in November, and some New Town artists she had previously filmed, like Chen Si, offered her another shot. But after careful consideration, Zhou Xiao ultimately settled on two artists: actress Zhao Yitong, whom Zhang Hongyu had asked her to film, and Xiao Yi, a former vocal instructor on Star 101.
The activities the two would be participating in hadn't been officially announced yet. Zhou Xiao chuckled and offered a riddle. She held up two fingers and waved them in front of Qi Sisi, "They're all artists you know!"
Zhao Yitong is a popular young actress recently, and Qi Sisi is still following her new drama. As for Xiao Yi, everyone had seen her many times offline on Star 101.
As if he had thought of something, Zhou Xiao asked Qi Sisi, "What about you? What are your plans?"
When Qi Sisi heard Zhou Xiao mention this, her face fell. "I'm still trying to decide between the postgraduate entrance exam and the civil service exam. Sigh, my happy days are gone forever!"
…
There are two recording locations for "A Feast" this time. One is downstairs of Shanghai TV Station, and the other is a villa area at the foot of the mountain, which is the focus of their program recording and filming.
Zhou Xiao and Qi Sisi have now arrived downstairs of the Shanghai TV Station. At this moment, there are already quite a lot of people gathered downstairs of the building. It looks very lively and noisy offline.
"Heartbeat?" A girl wearing a hat standing in the front row greeted Zhou Xiao when she saw her. That person was none other than the fan club member who had exchanged contact information with Zhou Xiao offline last time - Tropic of Cancer.
Although there were many people offline, it wasn't actually crowded. Because there were no celebrities present, many onlookers left after staying for a few minutes. Zhou Xiao took advantage of this opportunity and easily led Qi Sisi to the front row.
She looked towards the TV station building. A number of staff members were standing in the open space in front, adjusting the cameras. Zhou Xiao asked Xiao Bei, who had been waiting offline for a while, "Ji Shao shouldn't be here yet, right?"
Xiaobei shook his head. "I've been waiting here since noon. I saw quite a few artists getting off work, but I didn't see Ji Shao—"
As soon as he said that, the devil appeared. A nanny car quickly stopped in front of everyone. Zhou Xiao took advantage of the car's pause to quickly retrieve his camera. The first person to get out was a tall, fat man. Those who had caught up with NINE STAR knew that this man was their assistant.
Fans privately call this assistant "Sunglasses Brother" because he loves to wear sunglasses and wears them even indoors. Seeing Sunglasses Brother, the fans on the sidelines got excited and shouted "Ji Shao" and "Ji Shao".
Ji Shao, who had just met everyone two days ago, seemed to have lost some weight, but fortunately, he still looked quite energetic. When faced with a letter handed to him by a fan in the audience, he stretched out his arms to reach it as his assistant pushed him forward.
Ji Shao felt the push from behind as he received the letter and couldn't help but laugh, "Brother, it's okay if you go slow. My fans are very orderly, don't you think?"
After hearing what Ji Shao said, some fans who were trying hard to squeeze forward also felt a little embarrassed. They stopped pushing and shoved, and with some blushes, they loudly replied "yes~" along with other fans offline.
Zhou Xiao stood in the distance, watching this scene, and couldn't help but secretly give Ji Shao a thumbs-up. With just this simple statement, the offline order immediately began to improve. After all, fans come for their favorite people, so they naturally consider the artist's feelings.
Not long after Ji Shao arrived downstairs, the other five artists arriving for the show gradually arrived. After the six guests finished their opening and divided into teams, the production team brought out a large turntable from the TV station's main entrance. The turntable was evenly divided into twelve sections, six of which were labeled with a "fan" logo.
As soon as the PD handed the tray of darts to Ji Shao who was standing at the edge, everyone on the stage knew what was going on. They knew at a glance that they were going to use darts to determine which community they would eventually go to for recording.
Zhou Xiao and Qi Sisi exchanged a look of confusion in the audience. Hadn't they already booked the filming location? Could this be a sleight of hand? The production team had gone to such lengths to put this together!
Tang Yuan, on stage, saw the darts and started to cue the process, bragging about how he was a sharpshooter when he practiced with his friends on a children's program. Before he could elaborate, Li Moying, who was standing beside him, urged him to try it out, even moving the target further away.
This time, the result was "death." Although he hit two of them, they happened to be on the squares without "rice." Tang Yuan glanced at the single seedling on the plate held by Ji Shao, coughed, and said calmly, "This dart is not good!"
Qi Sisi, who was standing next to Zhou Xiao, burst out laughing, burying her head in her shoulder, her whole body trembling as she continued to suppress her laughter. Many people in the audience laughed out loud, and the guests on stage who had been suppressing their laughter shifted their gazes and saw the smiles on the faces of the onlookers outside, and they all grinned.
"Hey hey!" Li Moying laughed and patted Ji Shao beside him, as if to give Tang Yuan a way out. "There's still one, otherwise you can teach Ji Shao!"
Zhou Xiao, who was in the audience, saw Tang Yuan on the stage shaking his head and sighing, but he was giving serious instructions to Ji Shao. Seeing Ji Shao's attentive look, he also looked a little "satisfied".
Having learned from his predecessors, Ji Shao stood before the turntable, his left hand supporting the tray while his right hand picked up the last remaining token. He narrowed his eyes and gazed at the large turntable in the distance. His wrist moved slightly. The turntable in the distance trembled slightly, and then cheers erupted from the crowd.
The whole process took only a few seconds, but it was so handsome that the fans watching were stunned. Ji Shao on the stage heard the sound and turned his head slightly, lightly touching the tip of his nose with his index finger, which calmed the scene down a little.
After he walked over and put the darts that had fallen on the ground and stuck in the turntable into the tray, he walked back to Tang Yuan. Li Moying chuckled, "Xiao Shao, this is good, what a sharpshooter!"
Ji Shao's opening words, "Teacher Tang is still the best teacher!", immediately made Li Moying swallow her words that were about to mock Tang Yuan, and also made Tang Yuan's expression regain some composure. In fact, the two have been friends for many years, and during the recording of the show, they would deliberately show some confrontational scenes to spice up the show.
When Shi Jin stepped forward to uncover it, the location displayed on the turntable was exactly the recording location that Zhou Xiao and the others had known in advance - Cuihong Villa.
I don’t know if it was the luck given by Ji Shao, but in the following shots, Tang Yuan and Miao Yujie only used two and four darts respectively.
When Xue Chaoliang uncovered the piece that Tang Yuan shot at, the location behind the turntable was Cuihong Villa, along with Ji Shao and the others. The four of them were still happy, and when Tang Yuan was mocking Li Moying and the others for going to another community alone, Miao Yujie, who had uncovered the panel, was stunned.
It turned out that the panel he had just unveiled also displayed the words "Cuihong Villa." As the others on the stage marveled at the coincidence, Ji Shao and Li Moying exchanged glances. Soon, everyone saw Li Moying approach the turntable alone and unveil the remaining three panels.
Everything happened so quickly. As Li Moying chased PD and beat him up, the fans in the audience were amused. Although everyone had a vague idea that the address was the same when the second Cuihong Villa came out, watching two MCs "beat" PD was still a rare sight. And yes, Tang Yuan joined in later, beating him even harder.
When the preliminary session was over and everyone was about to move to Cuihong Villa, they suddenly saw six people standing in a row on the stage. After Ji Shao shouted the final "one" -
"'A Troublesome Meal' will be broadcast on Shanghai Satellite TV at 8:30 PM on October 27th! Please join us and watch it!"
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In the taxi, Xiaobei, who was sitting in the front seat, turned his head to the back seat and looked at the two people and said, "This variety show is too vulgar!"
Zhou Xiao and Qi Sisi both nodded. Not long ago, the group was still discussing whether "A Meal" could be broadcast next month. They had never expected the broadcast schedule to be so fast!
When fans at the scene spread the news, a blogger from a Shanghai TV station also shared the inside story he had learned.
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@内一尾呼噜鱼V: A fan asked me why Ji Shao’s variety show will be unannounced tomorrow. First of all, let me correct me that it is not unannounced but moved up to help fill the gap in his schedule. Of course, I heard that people inside are still optimistic about this variety show.
[Who knows! Hulu actually mentioned Ji Shao!]
[I felt like the dimensional wall was broken. I thought there was news about Ji Shao’s drama.]
[Damn it, all this excitement for nothing]
[It should be an internal investment. This variety show has a low budget and has attracted so many sponsors. In fact, it should be polished more.]
[Let's see if Ji Shao can pull back the chassis that has been smashed through~]
【……】
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