Chapter 194
With the Lunar New Year approaching, makeup artist Shen Lin has been working incredibly hard lately, completing over a dozen commissions in just one week. She's currently lying on a massage bed, receiving a massage. This is a common occupational hazard for makeup artists; the constant bending over, lowering your head, and raising your hands for extended periods of time is physically demanding.
While the staff went to get the essential oils, Shen Lin finally took the time to pick up the phone on the small stool beside her and started looking at it. As a small boss who set up his own studio, he couldn't leave his phone without him. After all, he had to communicate with customers and adjust time all the time.
Like how she flew to Hubei Province today, originally booked a makeup session for a male artist this afternoon, only to be informed at the last minute that the event had been canceled. While this behavior is somewhat unethical in the industry, seeing the money deposited into her account as scheduled...
As expected, it's the end of the year; everyone's being generous! Chen Lin secretly praised him. She was glad to have the other party keep their promise. Taking advantage of her free time today, she strolled through the local folk street, bought some small items, packed them up and sent them back to the studio, then found a national chain health store to relax for a while.
As soon as she opened her communication, she noticed the message from Zhou Xiao. Shen Lin's eyes widened slightly. WP advertising shoot! The price of advertising is several times higher than regular events, not to mention it's for the luxury brand WP! Although she hadn't replied to Zhou Xiao yet, she subconsciously began to think about how to make time.
Fortunately, the other party sent a message indicating that the recording time was on the 5th of next month, which did not conflict with her other activities. After a quick reply, Shen Lin sent this new order to the studio group.
Watching the messages scrolling through the group chat, she felt a surge of emotion. Before meeting Zhou Xiao, she'd assumed he was a talented, eccentric, and low-key photographer. But after working with him, she hadn't expected Zhou Xiao to have such a kind personality.
Chen Lin's previous invitation to Zhou Xiao for a photoshoot also leveraged her fame to invite Yuan Yili. While they were old acquaintances, this was her first project back in China. If she hadn't also wanted to try a new style and mentioned Zhou Xiao, the collaboration might not have gone to a specific styling team.
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Zhou Xiao had already contacted WP staff member Xiao Cui and learned about the materials and photographers to be filmed this time. After syncing this information to Shen Lin, she turned her attention back to the computer.
The screen was currently playing a commercial clip Dai Linfei had shot for WP last year. It was as simple as the clip she'd taken from her magazine shoot for Cai Qi. Of course, perhaps this was the high-end style sought after by major brands. But for Zhou Xiao, this shoot was her first official attempt at a short film.
The next day at noon, Zhou Xiao deliberately set aside some time to turn on the TV and project the screen. The China News Weekly awards ceremony was live, and besides the nominees, the only media present was the official China News Agency, which seemed unusually aloof.
At the same time, the live broadcast also sparked a viewing craze online. Because of the value of the awards and the presence of popular artist Ji Shao, it had already made several trending searches on the entertainment industry before the show even began.
——【Entertainment Forum】——[January 30, noon]
[Topic] Entertainment Forum Administrator: "2023 Annual Person Who Influenced China" Live Streaming
[Main Building]rt
It is forbidden to open the building on your own. Violators will be blocked and warned once or twice. If they violate the rules three or more times, they will be punished according to the group rules.
1L
Talk to the administrator! When I first entered the forum, I thought I had stumbled into someone else's group. It's time to leave some peace and quiet!
53L
I feel like the live broadcast is so ugly, with a bunch of people I don’t know… so boring. They don’t open up the live seats. Are they worried that some reporters and audience members will fall asleep on the spot?
123L
[Laughing and crying] Actually, this live broadcast wasn't meant for us... The first entrepreneur to accept the award, I looked up his information and found out he's the chairman of a Chinese heavy industry company. He's been named the best CEO at a Chinese company for ten consecutive years! He's also won many private technology awards!
188L
This award is truly prestigious, honoring the top talent from all walks of life. For example, in the entertainment industry, Qu Yi, Tong Fuhui, and Ji Shao all achieved great success this year, but if we're really just looking at influence, I think Ji Shao is the clear winner.
256L
Every time a name comes up, I use my voice assistant to search for it! The guests are really awesome, and each of them has their own encyclopedia on the browser!
299L
Oh my god, I'm dizzy with handsomeness! When the camera panned to Ji Shao's face among the guests, I finally realized why entertainment awards exist. I felt the whole scene instantly brighten up!
365L
Ahhh! Here it comes!
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Zhou Xiao shifted his gaze from his phone to the large screen. Three people were smiling as they stared at a camera mounted on a motorized track. When Yi Chunhua, president of the China News Agency, opened the card in her hand, the camera panned to her steady, gentle eyes.
A long-lost sense of tension came over Zhou Xiao, and in this tension he heard the words "Ji Shao" from Yi Chunhua's words! Ji Shao, who was off the court, heard his name, looked very calm as he hugged the two seniors beside him, and then walked towards the podium.
During this time, he even hugged the two men sitting in front of him who had already stood up before going on stage. If Zhou Xiao hadn't been familiar with Ji Shao, he would have almost failed to notice how nervous he was after he stopped to interact with the two men and then almost stumbled as he walked towards the stage.
Zhou Xiao, who had been concentrating on watching Ji Shao accept the award, felt that one of the people who had just stood up looked very familiar, but it was difficult to recall who they were. After listening to Ji Shao's acceptance speech on stage, a sudden light bulb went off in his head and he remembered something.
He lowered his head and silently searched for the head of the Huashang District. Sure enough, it was the man who had just hugged Ji Shao. No wonder he felt familiar. Wasn't this the man who often appeared on the small TV in the security booth when Ji Shao was waiting for him to go to and from work at Huashang Times Square?
The awards ceremony continued. If the livestream had kept a headcount, it would have been obvious that the number of viewers plummeted after Ji Shao accepted the award and left the stage. Zhou Xiao, however, was still staring at the screen. She was eager to see if the Huashang District could win the award.
On the podium, a serious-looking middle-aged man announced, "The winner of the Local Government Innovation Award is the Shanghai Huashang District! Congratulations! Please come up to the stage and receive your award!"
The camera faithfully recorded the audience's reactions, and Zhou Xiao saw the Huashang District Mayor's face beaming with joy. As he stood and thanked everyone around him, Ji Shao, standing behind him, quickly came over to congratulate him. It was at this moment that the audience, still lingering on the live stream, suddenly realized that Ji Shao was, in fact, the spokesperson for the Huashang District. Indeed, this was a truly wonderful coincidence.
When Zhou Xiao arrived at a blog from the forum, he discovered that there were already quite a few lucky draw blogs in the super topic. The fans were quite knowledgeable, and while excited about Ji Shao's win, they also congratulated the Shanghai Huashang District Government, which had also won an award tonight.
That evening, a photo of the district mayor and Ji Shao, taken at the awards ceremony, appeared on various official social media accounts of the Huashang District. The official NINE STAR Weibo account also specifically mentioned the spokesperson for their boy band.
@NINE STAR Official Weibo V: #NINE STAR Super Topic# As a rising idol with unlimited potential, Ji Shao will continue to spread more positive, warm and uplifting energy to society!
As the spokesperson for Shanghai Huashang District, NINE STAR also extends its warmest congratulations to the Shanghai Municipal Government for the award! #@Shanghai Huashang District Government V @NINE STAR-Ji Shao V
【Come on! Let’s work together!】
Congratulations to Xiao Shao for winning the "2023 Entertainment Influential Person of the Year" award and continuing to achieve great success in the new year!
[From the trending searches, I can tell your agency is really happy [laughing and crying]]
[The level of betting on both sides seems very impressive]
【……】
Because of the trending topic, NINE STAR's official Weibo account was named as the person involved, and the comment section was quickly flooded with onlookers. Many joked that the two sides were betting on each other for Ji Shao to win. While this wasn't necessarily the case, the connection between the two awards was immediately exploited by several marketing accounts on Douyin.
Shanghai's Huashang District is also showing signs of a second surge in popularity, having first gained popularity when Nine Star was officially announced as the local spokesperson. This news was a welcome relief for the government's official bloggers, who were desperately posting viral videos and struggling to meet their year-end KPIs.
After finding the source of the buzz, photos and videos of the district chief and Ji Shao began to pour in. After all, there weren't many opportunities to use Ji Shao so openly as a traffic generator, and there were internal regulations.
This little farce lasted for two or three days. Zhou Xiao was there from beginning to end, watching everyone in the group go from excitement at the beginning to a drained silence at the end.
Dong Xiaoyu, who occasionally went online and was ordered by Zhu Jian to like posts, finally couldn't help but speak in the group after clicking hundreds of likes. "[Raises hand] Can I report the other party for using the public account for personal purposes?"
Zhou Xiao, who had been saving the outfits sent by WP to a folder, couldn't help but burst out laughing when she saw Dong Xiaoyu's words. Well, she had actually calculated the other party's footage, and the photos and videos of the district chief and Ji Shao combined weren't very many. But the official Douyin operation was truly brilliant, editing the video frame by frame into footage for the cover, and swindling a lot of data.
The operation of this side was soon restricted, and no more releases were made at noon. However, this good news was not discovered until the evening, because at 2 pm that day, #NINE STAR Endorses Particle Phone# suddenly became a hot search.
Shanghai Television followed suit, officially announcing NINE STAR's participation in the Shanghai TV Spring Festival Gala. These two pieces of good news not only relieved the pain of the two days of data-intensive work, but even more surprising was the endorsement of the Particle phone. After all, there were leaks of the Spring Festival Gala rehearsals, but there had been no news about this phone.
But when Zhou Xiao saw the news, his first thought was of the awards ceremony two days prior. At the gala, the recipient of the "Economic Person of the Year" award was Dai Qihua, founder, chairman, and CEO of Particle Mobile.
When she looked through the edited clips from Ji Shao's resource site, they matched the pictures on the encyclopedia. The two people who stood up and hugged Ji Shao in the video were the mayor of Huashang District and Dai Qihua.
Zhou Xiao slapped his thigh. Sure enough, this outfit was not Bai Qi's!
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