Ji Xiunian didn't have the habit of eavesdropping on other people's phone calls, but Lu Xu was standing by the window at the entrance of the stairs, so he couldn't help but hear a few words when he walked up.
"I'll assign this order to you, and then we can meet..."
"They have been snatching your orders a lot in the past few years..."
I vaguely remembered that Lu Xu had said before that he was working part-time in sales, but I didn't expect that he was still working after participating in the competition.
Speaking of which, Lu Xu is only 18 years old this year, and children of his age are basically studying in school. Ji Xiunian thought of the scene of Lu Xu calling the cat just now, and couldn't help but sigh.
Seeing Lu Xu standing at the window and talking, he said comforting words in a gentle tone. Lu Xu is rare to see like this, and he only makes people feel that the young man is warm and beautiful. Ji Xiunian can't help but wonder who is on the other end of the phone.
"Girlfriend?"
As soon as the words came out, even Ji Xiunian himself was a little stunned, not understanding why he asked about other people's private affairs.
Lu Xu hung up the phone and turned around. Seeing that it was him, a smile appeared in his eyes instantly: "My colleague...well, also a buddy."
Seeing that he explained himself seriously, Ji Xiunian's mood inexplicably improved a little: "I also watched the premiere today, you performed very well."
"Thank you, Brother Nian." Facing Ji Xiunian's praise, Lu Xu smiled brilliantly, and felt that seeing him was seeing achievements.
This smile fell into Ji Xiunian's eyes, but it had another meaning.
"It seems that he really likes me."
Fan Zeng told him at the beginning that Lu Xu was his fan. When Lu Xu appeared in the show, his eyes were bright as if they were filled with stars. Facing the inquiries of other trainees, Lu Xu also generously admitted that he liked him.
Ji Xiunian had seen too many artists who used the name of liking him to take advantage of his popularity, but Lu Xu, who was so simple and sincere, would not be like that.
As his idol, he should really say something.
Ji Xiunian thought so, and turned to Lu Xu and said: "Keep working hard in the days to come."
Lu Xu followed suit and happily responded: "Okay."
"Well, if there is nothing else, I will go back to my room first, and you should also go to bed early." Ji Xiunian nodded to Lu Xu and then turned to leave.
Lu Xu lowered his eyes to glance at his phone, then chased after Ji Xiunian and called out, "Brother Nian, can I add you on WeChat?"
"Huh?"
Lu Xu rubbed his hair and smiled embarrassedly, "Didn't we take a group photo before? I thought you would send it to me if it's convenient for you. Of course, if it's not convenient..."
"It's convenient." The other person's voice was getting lower and lower. Ji Xiunian didn't want to let Lu Xu down, so he opened the QR code and said, "Scan me."
"Okay!" Lu Xu's mouth curled up unconsciously, and then he sent a verification message.
Ji Xiunian clicked on the verification reminder and saw Lu Xu's WeChat name "SS-Lu Xu" and couldn't help asking: "What's the SS in front of your name?"
"Oh, this one," Lu Xu shrugged and smiled, and said casually, "It's the abbreviation of my work unit."
It seems that many companies require employees to put the company prefix in front of their names. Ji Xiunian didn't think much about it and clicked to pass.
He found a photo of himself and Lu Xu in the album, and then sent it to him: "Okay."
"Got it!" Lu Xu looked in a good mood, and waved his hand to watch Ji Xiunian return to the room.
He looked at the photo of the two of them in his phone and raised his eyebrows, his eyes fell on Ji Xiunian's face and smiled. Clicking on Ji Xiunian's circle of friends, he saw that this person didn't update very frequently. There are
all photos of flowers, birds and landscapes inside, but looking at the things he took, you can see that Ji Xiunian is very fond of life and beauty.
Occasionally there are also final photos and stills, which are basically work-related and nothing else can be seen.
In any case, adding WeChat is considered progress. Lu Xu was thinking about it when Bai Ze called him: "Lu Xu, the online voting will start soon. In order to cooperate with the publicity, the company will help you register a Weibo account. I will send you the account number and password and you can log in directly. Try not to send things that are not related to the competition. Of course, if you really don’t want to use it, the company can also help you manage it."
"Let me do it myself." Since his name is mentioned, it is naturally safer for him to manage it himself.
"OK, I've sent it to you, please check it."
"Yeah." Lu Xu glanced at his Weibo account, and suddenly asked him, "By the way, Mr. Bai, did you arrange for my hot search?"
Lu Xu had said before that he didn't want to be too high-profile, but the show was on the hot search as soon as it was broadcast. He didn't know much about the operating routines in the entertainment industry, so he couldn't help but ask.
"No." Bai Ze answered decisively, "You got the hot search based on your own strength, and it has nothing to do with the company."
"Okay." Lu Xu didn't care about these, and turned around and put the matter behind him.
Bai Ze chatted with him about Weibo, and then asked tentatively: "By the way, how is your work progress?"
The Death God Department said at the time that they sent Lu Xu here to perform a mission, but they didn't say what the specific mission was, and Bai Ze didn't want to ask.
Seeing how popular Lu Xu is, if nothing unexpected happens, his future development should be very good. But Bai Ze must be prepared for both scenarios, lest Lu Xu withdraws early after completing his mission.
Lu Xu naturally knew what he was concerned about, and after thinking about it, he said to him: "It should be soon, about two weeks?" "
Understood." Two weeks can probably record two more episodes, and it is estimated that Lu Xu's popularity will be higher than it is now. Bai Ze hung up the phone, not forgetting to think about how to deal with the aftermath. Lu
Xu had nothing to do, so he logged into Weibo while walking to the dormitory.
Because it was during the talent show period, all contestants' Weibo IDs were prefixed with "Idol Freshman".
Lu Xu looked at his empty following and three-digit fans, and after a little thought, he searched for Ji Xiunian's Weibo and followed him.
When he returned to the dormitory and washed up, his three roommates suddenly surrounded him.
Han Tianyu smacked his lips: "Brother Xu, you are so lucky. It's only been a short time since the show started and you're on the hot search again."
Xu Haoming jumped up and held Lu Xu's shoulders: "Brother Xu, I'm really jealous. Are you guys in Yaoguai Entertainment still short of artists? I also want to be in the same school with goddess Manman."
Song Zhe cleared his throat and said with some envy: "You have a good relationship with Brother Mu Bai and Sister Manman, right?"
Lu Xu was a little confused by this: "Why are you asking this all of a sudden?"
What else is trending on the search list again? He has no idea what it is.
Seeing that he didn't want to play dumb, Xu Haoming showed him his phone: "Brother Mu Bai and Goddess Man Man followed you on Weibo, and then you became a trending topic again."
"Huh?"
It had only been a few days since Lu Xu signed the contract, and he had never even met Su Mu Bai and Yu Man Man. How could they have such a close relationship?
He thought about it and knew that it was probably arranged by Bai Ze.
Although they were only artists under temporary contract, it was obviously very kind of them to take care of him to this extent.
Lu Xu remembered the favor in his heart, and then followed Su Mu Bai and Yu Man Man back.
When he returned to his homepage, he found that the number of fans he had originally had suddenly increased to five digits and was still growing rapidly.
"Ahem..." Xu Haoming cleared his throat to try to attract Lu Xu's attention, and then hinted wildly, "Brother Xu, I'm following you too!"
When this man spoke, his eyes were full of expectation, and he was just about to wag his tail and yell at Lu Xu to follow him.
Seeing this, Lu Xu couldn't help but smile, and then followed Xu Haoming back.
"Brother Xu, there are still us!" Han Tianyu immediately raised his hand, pointed at himself and Song Zhe, and waited for Lu Xu to respond.
"Okay, okay." Lu Xu immediately followed his roommate and searched for Xu Lele's name. Clicking into his homepage, he saw his name in his follow list.
Lu Xu smiled and moved his finger to click to follow.
The next second, Xu Lele came out of the corridor and screamed: "Ahhhhh, Brother Xu, I love you!!!"
Someone next to him said: "Are you here to audition or to chase stars?"
Xu Lele said with a smile: "I came here to audition, but I didn't expect to be a fan of Brother Xu. Hehe, you can vote now, if you can, please cast your precious vote for my brother!"
After the first episode of "The Birth of an Idol" was broadcast, the TV station released the online voting channel.
The online popularity ranking will be combined with the live performance score, which is also an important reference.
It is also because of this that the trainees' companies and their respective fan clubs have made preparations early, in order to occupy a place in the online popularity.
For popular groups like BTT, there are hundreds of thousands or even millions of fans in the fan club alone.
As soon as the voting started, BTT's votes soared, leaving other trainees far behind. Among them, Song Zhe, as the captain, was the most popular, and the number of votes also ranked first.
As for Lu Xu, he had just signed the contract not long ago, and there were fans who could contribute to the ranking data, but they were not formed. The initial votes were not bad, but they were only outside the top 20.
"The captain is indeed the captain, this is amazing." Seeing that Song Zhe ranked first in the votes, Han Tianyu couldn't help but say.
Song Zhe glanced at Lu Xu unconsciously, and at this moment he felt a little complicated: "It's just the lead for the time being."
He always felt that Lu Xu's ranking would not stop there, and he might be able to rush up at any time.
Not far away in the meeting room of Yaoguai Entertainment Company, Xiao Ai was looking at the real-time statistics of the voting rankings and was anxious: "Our Xuxu is actually ranked 21st, how can this be!"
As the only human brother in the company, how could he be ranked lower than others after finally going out to participate in this competition.
"Don't worry, I'm still here, right?"
Secretary Zhang said as he moved his eight legs and turned his neck as a preparation before the sprint. A moment later, Secretary Zhang's long claws flew, and he quickly tapped the keyboard to vote for Lu Xu.
A real-name account can only cast eleven votes a day. Secretary Zhang's movements are fast enough, but the number of votes he can add is also limited.
Just when they were collectively worried, Su Mubai in the group suddenly spoke——
[Su Mubai: Don't worry, everyone, I will forward the message to canvass votes for my junior brother. ]
[Front Desk Xiao Ai: Ahhhhh you are worthy of being my favorite male god, my brother is counting on you! ]
[Su Mubai: @front desk Xiao Ai, did I not see you yelling on the Internet that you love your brother the most now? ]
[Secretary Zhang: @front desk Xiao Ai hahahaha, climbing the wall to catch someone in the act]
[Su Mubai: @Yu Manman our company only has this one human brother, Manman, why don’t you say something? 】
Yu Manman, who hadn’t posted for a long time, finally replied——
【Yu Manman: I’ve already forwarded it, one step ahead of you】
【Cleaning Master: @Yu Manman Goddess you are my favorite】
【Front Desk Xiao Ai: @Cleaning Master, please don’t, Shit Shell Lang loves that thing the most, take my Manman away, no appointment no appointment】
【Cleaning Master: @Front Desk Xiao Ai, hey, I haven’t played with poop for many years, don’t slander me! 】
…
On Weibo, the super popular singing queen Yu Manman and TV A Su Mubai successively forwarded the voting link of “The Birth of an Idol” and worked very hard to canvass votes for their junior brother Lu Xu.
【@弱水三千只爱曼曼: Manman is really kindhearted. We will definitely go back to vote for her since she takes such good care of her junior brother】
【@慕白小月亮: I have already voted. Baibai, your junior brother is really handsome. I am now riding on both sides of the wall, hahaha】
…
"Fuck, brother Xu, your votes are soaring!" Han Tianyu just swiped the voting page and saw that Lu Xu's votes were rising straight up like a rocket.
On second thought, he had the title of Queen of Singing and the title of King of Television, so it was normal for him to rise.
Lu Xu really didn't expect that two strangers could do this to help him.
After thinking about it, he still sent a message to Bai Ze, thinking of finding a chance to say thank you to them.
Thirty seconds later, Bai Ze sent a WeChat request. As soon as Lu Xu got through, he was pulled into the company group.
He took a look at the group name called #相亲相爱一家人# and couldn't help but smile.
#白澤邀SS-陸旭入群聊天#
[Frontstage Xiao Ai: !!! Oh my god, what did I see? Is it really you, Lu Xu? ]
[SS-Lu Xu: It's me. I joined the group to say thank you to everyone, thank you for voting for me (heart)]
[Su Mubai: Don't be polite, little brother, feel free to find me if you have any problems, I'll protect you]
[Yu Manman: Come on, little brother, compete, I'll always pay attention to you]
The people in the group were extremely enthusiastic. Lu Xu thanked them one by one and had a very good impression of this group.
At night, Lu Xu lay on the bed and stared at the ceiling, as if waiting for something.
Just when the others were about to fall asleep, there was a "tap, tap, tap" knocking sound in the room.
The rhythmic sound was clacking, and if you listened carefully, you could find that it seemed like someone was knocking on the glass.
Xu Haoming, who was closest to the window, sat up suddenly, and thought of the previous horrible experience, and felt a little cold on his back. If it was on the first floor, maybe he could think it was someone's prank, but they were on the second floor, and there would be no one who would get up and knock on the glass.
"What's that noise?" Others also heard the noise and sat up, all looking at the curtains.
Han Tianyu pondered for a moment, and suddenly blurted out: "It can't be a ghost..."
"Don't scare me!" Xu Haoming immediately jumped up from the bed, as if he was going to rush out the door at any time.
"It's not a ghost." Lu Xu turned over and got out of bed, walked briskly to the window, and raised his hand to pull the curtains.
"Don't..." Xu Haoming was afraid that there was something scary behind the curtains, so he couldn't help but stop him.
However, Lu Xu didn't care, and just pulled the curtains open.
Xu Haoming covered his eyes and didn't dare to look, but he was curious. Finally, he looked out the window from the gap between his fingers, and saw a round, furry creature squatting on the windowsill, raising its paws to hit the glass.