Chapter 15
He Tong and Ye Yuze finished their work on the 26th of the lunar year and started their vacation. They went straight back to Fang Chen's house to celebrate the New Year.
When greeting his fans on New Year's Eve, He Tong gave a preview of the live broadcast on the third night of the New Year, which caused his fans to scream.
After these two people's interactions, they have already amassed a small group of die-hard CP fans. Although He Tong doesn't care about the online data, he enjoys eating the food in his CP super topic and wanted to give back to his lovely fans.
At 8 o'clock in the evening on the third day of the Lunar New Year, He Tong and Ye Yuze started broadcasting on time.
When the CP fans rushed into the live broadcast room and saw the two appearing side by side on the screen, they howled first and all showed their customized small icons of "With You and Tongze" hung in front of the barrage, with only a few fans of the only couple in between.
He Tongxian greeted with a smile: "Happy New Year everyone, I'm glad that you can watch our live broadcast."
Ye Yuze next to him nodded towards the camera.
"Speaking of this live broadcast, I originally wanted to show how I cook, but unfortunately we haven't had the time to learn. I'm still at the beginner level, only able to make sweet soup."
The barrage of comments flashed with a row of "Hahahaha" and another row of "Ginger Sugar Water".
He Tong: "I'm now very good at making ginger syrup. The sweetness and spiciness are just right. It drives away the cold and tastes great. Right, Brother Ye?"
Ye Yuze: "Yeah."
The barrage of comments suddenly surged, with a bunch of "Yooooo", "So sweet", "So warm", and "I'm hooked" rolling by quickly.
He Tong continued, "Okay, let's get back to this live broadcast. After much thought, we decided to just broadcast some of my acting skills. We'll find some stories to recite... well, it feels a bit like a radio drama... Does anyone have any excerpts you'd like to hear? Our assistant has already opened up all the major novel websites. Look here, these are all novel websites that have partnered with Zhilei, so take your pick from here."
Ye Yuze put up a sign with a row of novel website logos printed on it.
A variety of literary titles immediately appeared on the barrage, including "Tian Yao".
He Tongxiao: "Don't just post the name of the article, it's better to include chapters. As for "Tian Yao", we need to ask Director Yan first to see if he can respond later."
Ye Yuze made a gesture beside him.
"Give everyone three more minutes. If you don't have any particular preferences, we'll just pick someone randomly from the gold list."
The comments were quiet for a while, and then began to scroll through chapter XX of "XXX".
"Haha, have you discussed this in the group? My assistant is looking for... Oh, let me make it clear, this has to be a storyline with dialogue. Segments with just sound effects won't work. You know what I mean."
Stimulated by He Tong's words, the barrage of comments surged again with countless "Hahahaha".
[No, no, no, we don’t understand! ]
[Pfft, you really understand, buddy.]
[I have laundry detergent. Let me scrub this live studio to remove the stains~] After a while, Xiao Zheng handed over two tablets, and He Tong and Ye Yuze officially started the live broadcast.
The fans watched their idols recite their lines while chatting with barrages, having a great time.
After reading four or five paragraphs, the two received a reply from Yan Dajiang, saying that they could choose some non-key plot segments from the script of "Tian Yao", so they picked out three small paragraphs from the script to read.
He Tong waved towards the camera: "It's almost two hours, so let's leave it at that for now. We'll do another live broadcast when we have the chance. ...Yes, we're flying to the location tomorrow. Sister Qing and Brother Yang have already gone there today. They have a scene to shoot tomorrow. Brother Ye, do you have anything else to say?"
Ye Yuze: "Thank you all for watching tonight's live broadcast. Tonight, viewers who stay in the live broadcast room for a cumulative half an hour will later receive a special pendant from Zhilei Video Network. This is a small gift from us to everyone. You can use it on your user profile picture and the customized small icon before the barrage. I wish you all a happy New Year and all the best."
The comments immediately filled with comments like "Wow, there's a small gift", "So thoughtful", "Is this an advertisement for Zhilei? Hahaha", "Thank you, I love you".
"Surprised? Unexpected? Go collect the pendant! Bye."
He Tong finally made a heart shape with his hands and turned off the live broadcast.
Fang Chen, who had been on high alert nearby, finally felt completely relieved.
"Fortunately, fortunately, no sunspots appeared."
He Tong smiled and said, "I told you not to waste money on hiring internet trolls. We're not famous yet, so why would any trolls bother to criticize us?"
"It's always better to be prepared, and you guys don't need this little money." Fang Chen said as he took out his beeping phone to check it. "The producer asked if he could read the segment about 'Tian Yao' to you to buy a trending search. The crew has been using the male and female leads to hype lately, so I guess they want to change things up."
He Tong thought for a moment and said, "Don't buy too high, and don't buy for too long. Live streaming is just a benefit for fans. Excessive hype will easily attract criticism, which goes against our original intention."
"You're being cautious about this."
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The conditions for outdoor shooting were quite difficult, so Fang Chen temporarily dispatched two drivers to drive the two nanny cars from Yancheng first.
On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, everyone got off the plane and went straight to the nanny car and headed to the shooting location.
He Tong opened Weibo to see the trending searches.
In the morning, the crew took a screenshot of their live broadcast and posted a Weibo with the text "Yu Zi Tong Ze (@叶与泽V, @贺同V) pampers fans with a live broadcast, showing off their solid line delivery skills. Let's take a look at this segment of #天尧电视#".
Before they boarded the plane, "Reading lines with Zi Tongze" had already shot up to number 12 on the search list. Now, over an hour later, the term has dropped to outside the top 20, suggesting the production crew wasn't pushing it too hard.
He Tong nodded with satisfaction.
At this moment, Lingling in the back seat suddenly shouted, "What's wrong with this guy? He seems wrong no matter how I look at him!"
"What's wrong?" Fang Chen looked sideways.
Lingling raised her phone and clicked on the video. A computer-generated female voice rang out, "The crew of 'Tian Yao' has entered the location shooting phase. Director Yan's requirements remain strict. Today is another day for actors to be scolded."
Fang Chen narrowed his eyes and saw that Yan Dajiang was scolding the two leading actors in the video.
"I follow this account. He always posts videos of Director Yan scolding people every once in a while. He posts them simultaneously on Weibo, Kuaishou, and Douyin. It includes footage of almost everyone on the crew being scolded, and now he's even included footage of the two main actors. And every time, he deletes the video within three hours of posting it. It's completely inexplicable."
Fang Chen tapped the armrest with his fingers and murmured, "I feel like there's a conspiracy..."
Ye Yuze continued, "We are the only ones who haven't been scolded by Director Yan."
Fang Chen hissed, "Which sinister villain is this, accumulating material to mess with you? Now that the most important part has been filmed, combined with the previous ones, if they are combined and incited, the fans of the entire crew will come to attack you."
He Tong had been typing on his phone with his head down, but now he looked up and the WeChat chat interface appeared on his phone.
"If you're not envied, you're mediocre. Since someone is eager to give you attention, let's accept it."
As He Tong and the others expected, after they went to bed that night, a marketing account posted a Weibo at 1 a.m.
@Entertainment Circle Exploration V: Since filming began on #TianYaoTV#, the crew hasn't allowed any media access yet. Everyone must be curious about the filming situation, right? After all, Director Yan Dajiang is known for his strict production, and fans are undoubtedly worried about how their idols and idols are faring under his watch. We've compiled a series of recent leaked videos for everyone to see. Director Yan is truly demanding! With such a demanding approach, the quality of the show is exciting!
The accompanying video is a splicing of multiple videos, most of which are shots of Yan Dajiang scolding actors, interspersed with a small number of normal on-set situations.
The marketing account bought promotional materials and soon gathered a group of immortal cultivators who were laughing and counting how many people had been scolded by Yan Dajiang under the blog.
As they were counting, someone realized: Hey, it seems that almost all the actors who have been announced are on it. Is there anyone who can escape the clutches of Director Yan?
Immediately afterwards, fans who had not slept yet rushed over after hearing the news, and humbly expressed that "Director Yan is strictly responsible for the drama, and I thank him for his high standards for my goddess/male god."
Later, someone discovered: No, there are two newcomers who have not been scolded by Director Yan. Is it because they were not photographed, or is it that their performance is really better than others?
Gradually, public opinion shifted towards "traffic stars are just no good, their acting skills are not as good as those of two newcomers who just debuted."
The drama "Tian Yao" is aimed at young audiences and has used many popular stars. The leading actors Liu Qing and Yang Hedong are both top-tier. The fans of these popular stars are very strong.
After the water army fanned the flames all night, the main fan bases of each group woke up the next morning and joined the battlefield angrily, starting to scold the newcomers for being shameless, cutting out the parts that were scolded, and stepping on others to gain attention.
Later, someone found out that the newcomer's agent was the vice president of Xingchen, and revealed that as the agent of the main investment company, he controlled the voice of the crew, so the newcomers under him received various preferential treatments in the crew, and even the director had to give him face. He also took the Weibo post published by the official Weibo of the TV series yesterday, which praised the newcomers' line skills, as evidence of flattery.
As a result, fans of various popular shows were furious and flocked to the official Weibo of the crew, the official Weibo of Xingchen, and the Weibo of He Tong and Ye Yuze to curse, and at the same time demanded that the crew treat all actors fairly and justly, and there were even voices demanding that He and Ye be replaced.
At two o'clock in the afternoon, "Tian Yao crew is unfair" was pushed to the top of the hot search by fans of various casts.
Tongze fans were completely shocked.
Currently, this group of Tongze fans are fans of the book "Tian Yao" and fans of the previous "Blue Kids Together" super topic. They are all girls who are Buddhist and support CP. They gathered together because of the two people's high looks and sweet interactions. They have never seen the ferocious appearance of fans of traffic stars.
A group of people on Weibo were no match for the organized comment control, so they could only gather in the group and worry.
However, the group manager "Xin You Ling Xi" soon came out to comfort them, "Don't worry, don't be afraid. I've contacted Xingchen, and Xingchen said it will be handled this afternoon. Everyone just wait quietly. It's okay."
Someone asked, “Is the agent thing true?”
"The agent is indeed the vice president of Xingchen, but there is no such thing as him controlling the crew. Everyone saw the acting skills of Tongzi and Zezi with their own eyes on the day of the live broadcast. I hope everyone can trust them."
So the fans of Tongze could only suppress their anxiety and wait anxiously.
Inside the crew, Yan Dajiang was also asking Fang Chen, "Is it really not necessary for me and the crew to post a blog?"
Fang Chen said calmly, "You know that in this situation, if you intervene, it will only backfire. Wait until later, after the situation has reversed, and then you can speak again. Then everything will fall into place."
Yan Dajiang looked at him suspiciously: "What cards do you have in your hands?"
Fang Chen chuckled, and finally couldn't help but took out his phone: "Then I'll show you a sneak peek."
After seeing the phone screen that he was hiding, Yan Dajiang was speechless for a while before saying, "Okay, then this wave of traffic will be considered as free money earned by our crew."
The internet was noisy all day, attracting many passers-by to come in and watch the fun.
At 5:05 pm, the official Weibo account of Xingchen, which had been besieged by fans from all walks of life, finally made some movement.
Xingchen posted a congratulatory Weibo post with a screenshot of a foreign website as the accompanying picture.
@Xingchen Entertainment V: Warmly congratulate our film "The Painter," starring actors @叶与泽V and @贺同V, for being shortlisted for the main competition section of the 76th Lake City Film Festival! The "Painter" crew is expediting the Weibo registration process, so please be patient.
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