Ji Yan has been so busy lately that he can only chat with Ning Wei in his spare time. He is either at an event or on his way to an event, and his schedule is packed.
During this period, Ji Yan did not miss any of the group activities of "Wing". In addition, although he did not have many solo activities, he would have two or three times a month. Before the filming of "Black Curtain" started, Ji Yan tried his best to complete some tasks in advance to leave enough time for the filming.
"Let's take a look at today's event schedule."
Ji Yan was resting with his eyes closed in the car when Fang Yu handed him a document: "There's going to be interaction with the guests and a live performance. I didn't sleep well last night, and I'm so sleepy today."
This is an interactive variety show that Ye Ying arranged for "Yi". The show's ratings are quite good. There are few platforms in the industry that provide singers with opportunities to promote their songs. After the release of the album "Mountains and Seas", "Yi" mainly focused on promoting several variety shows, including competitive variety shows and talk shows.
Several music variety shows want to sign contracts with "Yi". "Yi" has experience participating in music variety shows before, such as "The Voice of China" which Ji Yan participated in. This variety show did not have good ratings at first, but after it became popular, it was broadcast for four whole seasons before it was canceled.
Although music variety shows haven't been exactly wildly popular in recent years, they've been held every year and have accumulated a loyal audience. Several previously unknown singers have used these shows to expand their public recognition and gradually make a name for themselves in the music industry.
Unfortunately, "Wings" currently has no intention of participating in music variety shows, as they take too long. Unless they only participate as guests in one or two episodes, "Wings" plans to hold a larger-scale concert in the second half of the year when the members reunite.
Looking back, the members are all very busy. Even when they are not working, Xie Mingxuan, Fang Yu, and Lu Wei will get together to study creation or learn some new instruments and vocal techniques. In the album "Mountains and Seas", the songs written by Fang Yu and Lu Wei are more recognized than those written by Ji Yan. After all, they devoted themselves to this project wholeheartedly, while Ji Yan had a lot of energy to spare for filming.
Ji Yan was very envious of this.
"Teacher Ji, don't be so harsh. You're already a great singer and songwriter. You should acknowledge that your teammates are better than you in some ways."
"I don't."
Fang Yu & Lu Wei: "..."
Ji Yan is inhuman!!
Even while filming, Ji Yan never slacked off when it came to singing and songwriting. His teammates noticed this, and it could even be said that it was precisely because Ji Yan refused to admit defeat that they dared not relax at all. As teammates, they could not afford to lose to him.
This guy is already recognized as the most capable member in "Wings" in terms of overall ability, and he's still saying "no," it's just...
It's really not human.
There was absolutely no love for his teammates.
"I'm sorry, that kind of thing never existed."
Fang Yu & Lu Wei: "...Old Xie, you should keep an eye on him."
Xie Mingxuan finally broke his silence this time. He looked quietly at Fang Yu and Lu Wei and said, "Old Xie is not a brick. I hope you can realize that."
In short, after the release of the album "Mountains and Seas", the creative atmosphere and competitive atmosphere among the four became even stronger. Their manager, Ye Ying, was very satisfied with this, but Xie Mingxuan and the others were worried that they would follow in Ji Yan's footsteps and be given the nickname "Bald Master".
Firmly refuse.
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The variety show that "Yi" participated in was still produced by Snow Mountain TV. In recent years, "Yi" has been a regular guest on Snow Mountain TV, and the cooperative relationship is quite solid. There was no problem when "Yi" was not famous enough, but as the group's four albums became huge hits and the members' popularity continued to rise, other TV stations started to have ideas.
Several platforms are even wondering if their shows mocked "Yi" when they first debuted.
The answer is, of course, no; it's simply because the members are all lazy.
Even if "Wings" appears on Snow Mountain TV's programs, it's only a few times a year. The members don't appear on screen much throughout the year. In the words of marketing accounts, if you want to find out the latest news about "Wings", you might as well go to their apartment building and you'll see them taking out the trash more often than they appear on variety shows.
After taking so many photos, the paparazzi have even figured out a pattern—
First of all, Xie Mingxuan is definitely the one who goes out to throw away the trash on the weekend.
The "Wings" team strictly adheres to the standard of one person, one time, when disposing of trash, and they always sort the trash before throwing it away. They never bother their assistants with such small things that they can do themselves.
Ji Yan and Fang Yu would go out to throw out the trash together. Especially when Ji Yan was throwing out the trash, Fang Yu would usually be with him, because that way he could sneak downstairs to eat an ice cream.
There was even a marketing account that published a long article titled "The Story of Wings and Trash," which talked about these details.
Fans: "..."
The way Da Yu secretly ate ice cream made it seem like he was smoking a cigarette behind someone's back.
"[Crying][Crying][Crying], please give the child one! My God, why does he have to sneak around even when eating ice cream? Is this a moral decline or the extinction of humanity?"
In response, the agent stated that he had not lost his morals or lost his humanity; it was simply because he had recently eaten something that upset his stomach.
Actually, fans really enjoy seeing these little daily moments of "Tsubasa," whether they're posted by the official DW Weibo account or by the members themselves. Fans can't wait to see them update in real time.
Fang Yu has a public alternate account. He didn't hide it from anyone, and it was discovered by fans not long after he opened it. This was mainly because as the popularity of "Yi" increased, the things they posted on their Weibo account became more and more serious. Occasionally, when they wanted to post something a little less serious, they would feel ashamed at the thought of being watched by tens of millions of fans.
Fang Yu's alternate account would post about the daily lives of the group, such as Xie Mingxuan, who was in a good mood to sing and played "Little Frog" on the piano, Ji, the newly crowned Chang Kong Award Best Actor, who secretly hid to eat chicken feet and was devastated when he found that the chicken feet had been confiscated the next day, and Lu Wei, the Great Immortal, who found that she was losing too much hair while sweeping and tried to find out who had lost the most hair from a pile of hair.
Lu Wei is called a great immortal because normal people simply cannot do this kind of thing.
Ji Yan was quite satisfied with his title, because Lu Wei had successfully evolved above him; he was just a mere master, while the other was a great immortal.
On the day Ji Yan won the Best Actor award at the Changkong Awards, Fang Yu boasted about it to the extreme on his alternate account. Fans summarized it in five words:
"My teammate, isn't he awesome?"
Given how much joy Fang Yu's alternate account brought, fans repeatedly asked Lu Wei, Xie Mingxuan, and Ji Yan to also create an alternate account. Unfortunately, the three of them were not as interested as Fang Yu, and there was no point in them creating alternate accounts—Fang Yu had already posted everything he could.
They are a group of people who have absolutely no secrets.
However, Fang Yu's alternate account wasn't updated very frequently, especially during the promotional period for his fourth album, "Mountains and Seas." He only posted two or three Weibo posts a week. But fans were happy to wait for his alternate account to update because "Yi's" daily life was always very interesting. Every time fans clicked into Fang Yu's alternate account, their reaction was, "I want to see what new tricks you can come up with this time."
This variety show, "Come Play," is a combination of competitive and game shows. Just like its name suggests, the show aims to make the celebrities have fun and entertain the fans. Although there are rewards and punishments, the punishments are often the part that fans prefer to see.
When "Yi" participated in the show with two other idols, the "Come Play" production team considered changing the guest lineup because some celebrities have requirements for the guest lineup, especially some well-known A-list celebrities who like to act like divas. They are unwilling to participate in events with third-tier celebrities.
The production team usually tries to meet the requests of celebrities as much as possible. It was thought that "Yi" would make some requests, but before the show started, "Yi" not only arrived several hours early to confirm the process with the staff, but also played all the games. He only asked two questions about the game settings from beginning to end, and didn't say anything else.
"That's why they became famous!"
This is the feeling of the entire "Come Play" production team during the recording of this episode of "Wings".
"Come Play" is one of the most influential variety shows on Snow Mountain TV in recent years. Although the games are simple, most of the guests who participate in the show are very enthusiastic, and the show is full of laughs, so the ratings have always been high.
But this is just the audience's feeling. For the production team, many of the "hard-working" guests are the result of their painstaking editing. Many guests did not act as cooperatively as they did on camera. Even so, for the sake of the show's reputation, the production team will try their best to meet the guests' needs.
This is often the case with variety shows: celebrities with lower status tend to put in a lot of effort but get less screen time, while celebrities with higher status get complaints from fans if they appear less. Fans also complain if celebrities don't perform well on the show, saying that the production team is deliberately not giving their older brothers/sisters screen time.
However, the recording of "Wings" went very smoothly. There were almost no problems from the beginning to the end. What made the "Come Play" production team very curious was that they were a group that stayed together every day, so why did they treat each other with the attitude of having to defeat evil opponents when playing games?
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The episode featuring Wings on "Come Play" was broadcast shortly after filming. Considering that Wings were still in the promotion period for their new album, and given the long-standing cooperative relationship between the group and Snow Mountain TV, Snow Mountain TV moved the previously filmed episode to the next episode and scheduled their episode for broadcast earlier.
Before the show aired, the "Come Play" production team conducted extensive promotion on its official Weibo account and satellite TV platforms.
Fans, suddenly realizing the surprise, exclaimed: "??? What did I just see???"
"Grandma! It's been ten years! The group you followed is finally on a variety show!!"
"Wings Group on 'Come Play'? I'm pushing it! I'm pushing it! Both fans are ecstatic!!"
"I don't know why, even though Wings is not a comedy group, I can already foresee the laughs they will create on the show 'Come Play'. I confess, I was excited and moved when I listened to the album 'Mountains and Seas'."
With the release of the album "Mountains and Seas", fans are listening to the new album while feeling that their "Wings" energy is seriously insufficient, and they can't help but look forward to the episode of "Come Play" in which "Wings" will participate.
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