The next morning, amid the voices condemning Ji Zehui on Weibo, Xie Yang accepted a live interview with a media outlet.
The questions asked by the reporter hit the nail on the head.
"Jie Yang, Ji Zehui repeatedly left you alone in the practice room during the preparations. Was he deliberately making things difficult for you?"
Xie Yang lied without any pressure: "No, Senior did that just because he has a habit of running away when he's excited. Didn't you notice that every time Senior ran away, it was because he was shocked by my performance? Senior's agent also reminded me to tie Senior's feet with a rope in advance the next time I work with him, so that he won't run around."
Fans of Xie Yang who rushed in with anger and wanted to seek justice for Xie Yang:? ? ?
Ji Zehui’s fans who tried to come over and whitewash him: …?
Various bystanders and internet trolls: …? ? ?
The reporter seemed confused for a moment, and then asked, "What do you think of Ji Zehui's frequent changes of songs?"
"That's because Senior Ji admired my voice so much, and he wanted to explore the potential of my voice to a greater extent. In fact, we would continue to discuss song selection and arrangement on WeChat after each recording session, and Senior Ji gave me a lot of help and suggestions during this period. It's just a pity that Senior Ji is not good at arranging music, and many of the suggestions he gave were rather strange."
Everyone: ...What do you mean the suggestion is strange? ? ?
The reporter continued to ask firmly: "So what do you want to say about this cooperation with Ji Zehui?"
Xie Yang emphasized: "The senior is really good, he takes good care of me and accommodates me. During the performance, after the senior found that he might not be able to sing "Raging Waves" well with his vocal condition at that time, he immediately decided to accompany me. And the senior also took the initiative to express his willingness to promote my team's mini album "iud". I am really grateful to the senior. But the senior also has some minor flaws, that is, he always has a gloomy face and doesn't talk much. At first, I thought the senior hated me."
After the interview, those who had angrily insulted Ji Zehui all day were all stunned.
Ji Zehui sent a WeChat message to Jie Yang in seconds.
Ji Zehui: When did I agree to promote your album for free?
Xie Yang: Do you want to agree or not?
Ji Zehui didn't reply to the message again.
After Xie Yang's clarification, the internet trolls hired by Xiao Jin quickly left the scene and began to create an image for Ji Zehui as a good senior who was black-hearted and soft-hearted.
Not long after, a clip of Ji Zehui leaving the practice room several times became popular.
In the video, the scenes of Ji Zehui leaving the practice room each time were slowed down and spliced together, and the Scissors Hands pieced together a lot of hints, and interpreted Ji Zehui's expression before leaving each time as "This newcomer is so handsome but I have to stay calm", "This a cappella is great but I have to stay steady", "No, although the adaptation is great but I have to calm down and not lose the steady image of a senior", "Oh my God, "A Sword to Peace the Spring and Autumn" can actually be adapted like this, I want to go out and calm down" and so on.
Scissorhands also edited some footage of Ji Zehui running when he participated in other programs in the past to emphasize Ji Zehui's habit of running when he was excited, and gave Ji Zehui a nickname, Ji Paopao.
The god-level scissor hand gesture, funny subtitles and cute background music created a perfect entertainment effect, and the netizens' hostility instantly weakened.
Later, another media published a news report that Ji Zehui and Jie Yang met privately and went to a recording studio together. Then the internet media quickly followed the news by saying, "If Ji Zehui was not good to Jie Yang, then with Jie Yang's personality of confronting Mo Bin and black fans, how could Jie Yang continue to contact Ji Zehui privately and even speak for Ji Zehui?"
At this point in public opinion, the situation of one-sided criticism of Ji Zehui has been reversed.
Ji Zehui struck while the iron was hot and quickly issued an apology and thank-you statement, explaining that the reason why "Raging Waves" received a low score was because he and Jie Yang sang "Raging Waves" twice, and the score given by the scorer was the average of the two performances.
The reason why they sang it twice was because his voice was too weak the first time and he ruined the song. So with the understanding of other guests and the program crew, they sang it again, and Jie Yang had to sing the main part.
After the explanation, he reflected on his performance in the program in a very sincere manner, apologized to other guests, the program team, Jie Yang, and all the audience, and said that after the end of this season, he would donate all the proceeds from participating in this program to punish himself for this mistake and thank the public for their supervision of him.
Finally, he solemnly thanked the other guests, the program team, and Jie Yang for their tolerance and understanding, and promised to treat all performances with a more serious and pure attitude in the future, and to use better works to make up for the bad experience this time.
At the end of the statement, Ji Zehui released "better works", which were his solo version of "Raging Waves" and an adapted version of "One Sword Peaces the Spring and Autumn Period". The images accompanying the two songs were clips of Jie Yang helping him record the songs. In the clip, the two of them communicate normally, and occasionally they would get angry because of the recording problems, but this makes it seem real and easier for people to believe.
Xie Yang forwarded the statement.
Afterwards, other guests also forwarded Ji Zehui’s statement to express their understanding and support. Not long after, the official Weibo account of the program team also came out to praise Ji Zehui’s professional attitude.
Afterwards, the musician who had previously scolded Ji Zehui suddenly posted a Weibo.
Lao Wen, who has sharp ears: Okay, Ji Zehui, I apologize for the words I used to insult you. There is nothing wrong with your ears because you chose Li Yang. I appreciate your initiative to promote newcomers. There is nothing wrong with your singing skills. From your song I heard the sincerity of your apology and your renewed passion for singing. I hope that after "Breaking Out of the Cocoon" you can really become a butterfly instead of being trapped in the cocoon. Today we sing the classic again, may you shine again in the future.
The storm had almost completely subsided, and Xiao Jin hurriedly spent money to buy topics such as #解杨阳行# and #解阳座车# to become hot searches, giving Jie Yang a wave of company publicity for free and diverting public attention.
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The so-called perfect public relations is not only able to calm the crisis, but also allow the public relations target to profit.
With the popularity of his solo version of "Raging Waves" and the adapted version of "One Sword to Peace the Spring and Autumn Period", Ji Zehui's new album "Breaking the Cocoon" has once again seen a surge in physical sales. The outside world's recognition of Ji Zehui's singing skills and expectations for his new album to win an award have also increased a lot.
On the other hand, Xie Yang successfully caught the eyes of most music fans with his stunning appearance on "Who is the King of Singers". His popularity reached a new level, his strength was recognized, and he officially became the representative of the new generation of powerful singers. His excellent composing ability was also greatly affirmed.
At the same time, thanks to the popularity of the show and the joint public relations with Ji Zehui, the sales of IUD's mini album "IUD" soared, pushing the digital sales of "Breaking the Cocoon" down again.
But sometimes public relations that are too perfect can easily cause problems.
Xie Yang looked at the topic #Did the gray sheep produce wool today# on Weibo and asked Hu Biao: "What is this?"
Hu Biao had a strange expression on his face. "It's you and Ji Zehui's CP that's been a hot topic. You are the 'sheep', Ji Zehui is the 'gray', and producing wool means producing grain."
Xie Yang: “…”
"You know what, the video they edited is quite touching." Hu Biao took out his phone, played a video for Jie Yang to watch, and explained as he played it, "They are really good at finding sweet things. They actually thought the scene where you scolded Ji Zehui while helping him record a song was so sweet, saying that you are a younger wolfdog, and Ji Zehui looks fierce but is actually very easy to bully and has a soft heart..."
Xie Yang directly pushed Hu Biao's phone away and asked, "What's big?"
"Big wild boar."
“…”
The office was mysteriously quiet.
"Alright." Jie Yang waved his hand to shoo Hu Biao away, "Hurry up and end the pre-orders for 'IUD', ship the finished digital albums in batches, and then contact all the music platforms on the Internet to negotiate with them about the rights to play 'IUD'."
At 8 o'clock that evening, pre-orders for "iud" and Tong Jian's new album "Tong Yu" ended at the same time. "iud" began to be shipped one after another, and "Tong Yu" announced the estimated delivery time of the album.
Three days later, "iud" was released on multiple music streaming platforms. It only took one day for several songs from "iud" to climb into the top ten of the hit charts of major music players, overshadowing the popularity that Ji Zehui had just gained.
All the fans who have been waiting for "IUD" for a long time have finally heard all the songs in the album. Countless passers-by who only knew Jie Yang through the blurry recording of that live performance finally clearly heard Jie Yang's singing recorded in the recording studio. Those who had just been attracted by Jie Yang's singing in "Who is the King of Singers" were immediately dragged into a deep pit called "Jie Yang" by "IUD".
Xie Yang's fan base has further grown, and the grand discussion of "IUD" has reappeared on the entire network. The name Xie Yang has almost become synonymous with popularity.
All major music critics have given extremely high praise to "IUD", and countless cooperation invitations have flown to Yangxing like pieces of paper. Yangxing's resources now can no longer be blocked by God's will.
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On weekends, Xie Yang followed Qiu Xing to the nursing home to visit Qiu's mother. On the way to the small building, Xie Yang was stopped by a fan who suddenly appeared.
The fan looked young, a male caregiver with a handsome appearance. When he handed over the autograph book, his face and ears turned red, and his voice even trembled.
"Jie, Jie Yang, I didn't expect to run into you at work, sorry to bother you. I, I like you very much. I listen to your song "Raging Waves" every night. I also bought "IUD"! I listen to it every day! Your song "Reincarnation" is really, really great!"
Xie Yang suppressed his surprise, took the book and signed his name with a smile, saying, "Thank you for your support. Do you need a signature?"
The fans' eyes lit up: "Is it okay? I want it, I want it, this is my name." Then they pointed to their name tags embarrassedly.
Xie Yang took a look at his name tag, signed his name, then returned the notebook to him and thanked him again for his support.
The fan was so excited that after taking the notebook, he suddenly shook Jie Yang's hand hard, then took a step back and said incoherently: "Jie Yang, I, I will always support you! You look so beautiful when you sing, I dream about you every night... Grey Sheep CP is not okay, you should not be with Ji Zehui! I, I really like you!" After that, he turned around and ran away.
Xie Yang didn't expect to be suddenly attacked by a fan. The warmth and touch of others remaining on his hands made him frown uncomfortably.
A large hand with dark-colored nails suddenly came up to hold onto his.
Xie Yang instinctively pulled his hand away, but it was held even tighter. He looked up at the owner of the hand.
Qiu Xing's face was filled with a storm: "Being with Ji Zehui? Xie Yang, are the kind of so-called fans you attract in the entertainment industry the kind who will molest you in your dreams and take advantage of you in real life?"
Xie Yang paused for a moment and said, "So you are taking advantage of me now?"
Qiu Xing's face was filled with anger and he frowned.
Xie Yang broke away from Qiu Xing's hand, patted him soothingly, and said, "Don't be angry. You can't go to see your mother with such a face."
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