Chapter 73
——【Forum】——[July 16]
[Subject] Ji Shao fans, please tell me, is the blog post posted by your fan club true or false?
[Main post] I feel really jealous after seeing this. Do you have benefits as a black laborer? Is the fan club really so generous to give you membership?
1L
Hey, here I come! First, it's not the fan club that's giving out benefits, it's the fan club itself. And I think everyone in the fandom knows how generous this fangirl is! Second, they're really giving out memberships, and for five years! I saw someone already got one on Weibo.
3L
Reply to 1L: Is it true that only the top 100 people can win? If so, I mean, if a friend joins their voting group now and ranks in the top 100, will they really win? They're not trying to trick people into voting, are they?
9L
This doesn't seem very plausible. It's like giving money away in disguise. Who's so generous? And the price of a Blueberry Video membership is so high. If you can sell it, you can make a fortune!
14L
[Scratching my head] It's true. Last night, the administrator in our group asked for our phone numbers and said that Sister Xindong was giving us memberships. Everyone was a little bit incredulous when they said that. By noon today, my membership was credited to my account. Here's a screenshot I took for you to see [Picture]
Another point everyone is concerned about is that last night someone in the group jokingly asked the management if they could sell it. Unexpectedly, the management actually asked Xindong sister... My sister said that it was okay, but hoped that after selling the membership, you would remember to vote for Ji Shao every day orz
And this is a weekly benefit, and the published list of 100 people has been received.
36L
Damn, wouldn’t this first batch be so cool! The next one will definitely be a Shura field (my heart aches with jealousy
48L
Reply to 36L: But this is a benefit that I give to my fellow supporters. If you want, you can actually vote.
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Zhou Xiao agreed to Zhu Jian's question. He'd always felt the hard work of the illegal workers was immense. Furthermore, as the saying goes, "it's better to open up than to block." When he asked Zhu Jian for the list, Zhou Xiao had already anticipated that someone would resell the video membership cards. But what did it matter?
However, the follow-up of this incident was quite surprising. Some passers-by or fans of other groups who joined the voting group with a purpose would quickly integrate into the Ji Shao fan group after participating in this incident and become part of the fan group.
In the full VIP version aired at noon, the production crew filmed Zhou Xiao lighting the fireworks for Ji Shao. Over a minute of empty footage of the fireworks was shown, much to the delight of the fans watching. As upbeat music played, the camera also showed the trainees' reactions to the fireworks.
The trainees emerged from their rooms, gathered together, and stared blankly at the fireworks exploding in the sky. The vibrant colors of the fireworks illuminated their faces until the fireworks ended. This beautiful scene was chosen by the Star Path 101 group portrait editors as the best atmospheric group shot of the year. Almost every group video editing session is indispensible to this shot.
As for the protagonist of this fireworks display, although he did not appear in the camera, the phrase "JS-SRKL" has become a phrase that later generations have been explaining to new fans who have just joined the game.
Many passersby were almost shocked after being informed that this was Ji Shao's birthday support made by Ji Shao's family. Seeing the excitement in Ji Shao's fan circle, and knowing that the first 100 people who voted would receive membership benefits, they did not need Zhu Jian, the person in charge of the voting group, to call them and directly arranged to join the group chat.
Meanwhile, Zhou Xiao, looking at the rising recognition value in the system background and the large number of requests for peripheral products in the private messages in the backend of a certain blog, began to think about what peripheral products to make.
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The next afternoon, the sun was high in the sky. Suddenly, the sky turned overcast. However, many fans still gathered at the iron gate of Huashang Times Square, undeterred by the change in weather.
Zhou Xiao was leaning against the iron gate and listening to everyone's conversation. The outer sides of the two iron gates were almost rubbed with patina by the fans who came to Huashang every day. Because they were "maintained" every day, they were very clean.
Beside her were Qi Sisi and Cheese. This was the first time Zhou Xiao had seen Cheese offline since the disbanding of the former fan club. Although the disintegration of the former fan club had not caused much impact, it was still a bit ugly.
However, I had heard from Zhu Jian before that Cheese and the others had been persuaded to return. This was conveyed directly through close friends in the circle, and the few of them didn't have much aversion to the new fan club, so after being persuaded once or twice, they agreed to return.
Cheese and Qi Sisi were chattering about the third performance which was coming up soon. At this point, Cheese turned around and asked Zhou Xiao if he had any tickets.
Zhou Xiao, suddenly called out, nodded, indicating that he already had one. Speaking of the ticket issue, both New Town and the Star 101 production team seemed even more anxious than he was. With overtures from both sides, Zhou Xiao opted to contact New Town.
Yesterday, Xincheng sent four tickets by express delivery. Of the five people, except for Dong Xiaoyu, who couldn't take leave during this period, the rest of them were free. Everyone had agreed on what to eat for the next gathering, and of course, we definitely wouldn't be having hot pot then!
Upon learning that Zhou Xiao had tickets, Cheese nodded without further comment. While Star 101's popularity continues to grow, tickets are becoming increasingly scarce. However, both fan clubs and fans receive complimentary tickets from the program through various channels. For example, Ji Shao's fan club received five tickets, and they're currently negotiating how to distribute them.
Just as everyone was chatting, there was suddenly a huge thunder in the sky, and soon raindrops the size of soybeans fell from the sky and hit the ground heavily.
Zhou Xiao pulled Cheese and Qi Sisi, one in each hand, and quickly pressed them against the left wall. Luckily, the wall above was protected from rain. Although they didn't know how long the rain would last, at least they had a place to hide.
Zhou Xiao, still in a daze, watched the rain gather into lines and slide down before his eyes. Qi Sisi beside him interrupted his thoughts and said, "Xiaoxiao, how about I go home and get an umbrella? You guys hold on here for a while?"
Zhou Xiao looked at the rain and shook his head at Qi Sisi. The rain was heavy and swift, and he could even smell the earthy odor of the wet ground. But there was really no need to run back in the rain to get it.
Cheese on the left turned to look at Qi Sisi and said with a smile, "No need! The rain is still quite heavy! I'll wait until it stops before leaving~"
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At this moment, heavy rain was pouring down in the Huashang Times Square. The people who had originally gathered at the door were now standing in a row along the wall to avoid the rain.
Not long after, amidst the pounding downpour, Zhou Xiao's keen ears caught the sound of footsteps not far away. Many people shared this sentiment. On the other side of the iron gate, someone curiously tried to peek over, but the raindrops from above sobered them up, and they retreated obediently.
Footsteps grew closer, and the trainees' voices chattered. Though the trainees they missed were right behind them, everyone, sheltering from the rain, tacitly kept silent. There was really no need to meet in such a dismal state, right?
Zhou Xiao thought the trainee had already left after passing the iron gate when he suddenly heard a voice behind him, "It really is you..."
Hearing the familiar voice, Zhou Xiao turned around and looked at the iron gate. Holding an umbrella, with his face close to the iron gate railing, and looking at Zhou Xiao with his head tilted, who else could it be but Ji Shao?
"Is that Ji Shao?" "Damn, who is it?" "I don't know, who is back?" "It sounds like it's him" "..." Because of the sound of Ji Shao's voice, some people who were taking shelter from the rain outside thought it was an illusion and started discussing in a low voice.
Zhou Xiao saw Ji Shao's eyebrows raise slightly when he heard the voice, and then he looked to the right, obviously realizing that there was someone nearby. Looking at the heavy rain in front of him, he immediately closed his umbrella and handed it to Zhou Xiao on his left through the gap in the iron gate railings. "Is there a lot of people outside?"
Zhou Xiao looked at the umbrella that was handed to him, then looked at Ji Shao, who was quickly getting wet by the rain, and hesitated, "There are quite a lot of people here, umbrella..."
After hearing the first half of Zhou Xiao's words, Ji Shao casually wiped the water stains from his face and muttered to himself, "There are so many people..." Then he handed the umbrella to Zhou Xiao without saying anything, with a dimple appearing at the corner of his mouth, "You use it first, let everyone wait for me."
After saying this, he quickly disappeared from Zhou Xiao's sight. Qi Sisi, who was beside Zhou Xiao, blushed crimson and held Zhou Xiao's arm tightly. "It's Ji Shao!" She had just tried to stick her head out to see Ji Shao, but was beaten back by the rain. Qi Sisi's bangs were now wet.
Zhou Xiao looked at her with amusement and opened the umbrella that Ji Shao handed over. It was a double umbrella, but since all three of them were girls, they could share one.
As they watched Zhou Xiao and the others hold up their umbrellas and leave the wall, the other fans who were taking shelter from the rain couldn't help but ask Zhou Xiao, "Was that really Ji Shao just now?"
"Yes, it's him." Zhou Xiao looked at her, "Ji Shao also asked me to tell everyone to wait for him!"
As soon as she finished speaking, everyone who was taking shelter from the rain heard the sound of running towards them. Zhou Xiao looked through the iron gate and saw that it was Ji Shao, who came to the door in the rain, holding a large cardboard box.
"Can you help me pass the umbrella to the person outside who doesn't have an umbrella?" Ji Shao said to the three people holding umbrellas in front of him as he opened the cardboard box. The three people at the door watched his quick movements and replied in unison, "Okay."
"Ji Shao, why don't you hold an umbrella for yourself first?" Qi Sisi looked at Ji Shao and couldn't help but ask with concern. Ji Shao raised his head, and the rain dripped down his face onto the ground. He was amused by the three people's unanimous words before, and said with a smile, "It's okay, I'm close to the dormitory, don't catch a cold."
When Ji Shao was squatting at the door and handing out umbrellas, a middle-aged security guard ran out with an umbrella. He looked at Ji Shao's behavior without saying anything, but quietly opened the iron gate to facilitate the passing of the umbrellas.
The nimble Cheese slipped in the moment the security guard opened the iron gate. She quickly took out an umbrella from the cardboard box, opened it, and used it to shield Ji Shao, who was squatting on the ground, from the rain.
The security guard on the side originally wanted to stop her, but when he saw her action, he stopped and started to help, handing the umbrella to Zhou Xiao and Qi Sisi.
It was raining all the time, but luckily everyone had an umbrella.
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