Chapter 130: Noble
Wu Hongyuan: “…”
Wu Hongyuan: "Isn't that what recording is like?"
Lu Yao didn't look at Wu Hongyuan. Instead, he changed his posture and looked at the planner: "What game are you planning for tomorrow?"
"An identity-playing game like Werewolf."
"How long is a round? How many rounds do you play? Is this the only game you play?"
Lu Yao peppered the planner with questions, and she looked a bit flustered. She subconsciously glanced at Wu Hongyuan, but he ignored her. She retracted her gaze and began answering again, though this time with less conviction. "A round lasts about ten to twenty minutes, depending on how you play. We'll probably play three or four rounds. There are some built-in gaming facilities in the venue, so you can play those too."
Lu Yao didn't comment on this, but continued, "By ten or twenty minutes, is it ten minutes or twenty minutes? Playing three or four games in ten minutes takes less than an hour, and playing four games in twenty minutes takes less than an hour and a half. So, you're planning on using a full hour to record a maximum of an hour and a half of gameplay?"
After working hard all morning, I only see the results in an hour.
Planner: "...No, that's not what I meant. We must be recording something else."
Lu Yao: "Anything else? What's something else? We're going to record it tomorrow morning, and you don't know what it's going to be?"
“There are facilities to play on the grounds…”
"The venue has its own facilities, right? Have you used them? Have you verified their effectiveness? Are they confirmed to be open tomorrow? Will all or just some be available? How do you play, and how long will it take?"
“I’ve probably seen…”
"So they've never played it themselves, aren't clear on the specifics, and aren't sure about the results? Then why is it so necessary to go to a venue like this? Just to drive at least two hours to record a game there for, at most, an hour and a half?" Lu Yao peppered the questions. Towards the end, the planner's voice trailed off, a look of trepidation on his face. Finally, Lu Yao looked at Wu Hongyuan: "Knowing we're busy, and under the guise of wanting us to relax, they're making us drive at least two hours round trip to a completely unnecessary place?"
Lu Yao looked very calm and didn't say much about his thoughts, but it seemed like he had said everything.
Being stared at by Lu Yao, Wu Hongyuan suddenly felt a little guilty for some reason.
He changed his posture to ease the awkwardness in his heart, and was about to speak when Ding Ling's voice suddenly rang out.
"So it's still undecided, isn't it?" Ding Ling didn't even look at Wu Hongyuan. "Originally, when we record this kind of group variety show, we don't want a grand scene or a big production. This kind of group variety show is just to show the members' personalities. As long as the content is interesting, whether the venue is grand or the design is exquisite is not very important."
"Besides, everyone is very busy nowadays. Why spend two hours doing something that can be done in one? Wouldn't it be better to use the extra time to rest?"
"According to the original schedule, we'll be able to film three episodes of the group variety show tomorrow morning. Although it's a bit tiring, we can produce more content. We're not all people who just want to have fun, right?"
Ding Ling looked at Qiu Yuge and the others while they were talking, but it didn't sound like what she was saying was meant for Qiu Yuge and the others.
No one responded for a long time, and Lu Yao stood up in the silence.
"It seems like everyone has reached a consensus. Let's continue filming tomorrow as planned. Please post the new schedule in the group."
After saying that, Lu Yao left the meeting room first.
As soon as Lu Yao left, Qiu Yuge quickly stood up and pulled the others along and said hastily, "Then let's go practice first."
After saying that, without waiting for Ding Ling and Wu Hongyuan to respond, they quickly left the meeting room one by one.
In the blink of an eye, the conference room was empty again. Wu Hongyuan's smile faded, and after a long moment, he uttered, "Everyone really loves their work, hahahaha."
Ding Ling smiled sincerely this time: "We are all very hard-working children."
After a few forced pleasantries, Wu Hongyuan and his men hurriedly left the conference room. This time, the room was truly empty. Sun Yutong saw this and moved to sit next to Ding Ling. She blinked, still unable to believe it: "Is this the solution?"
Ding Ling nodded: "What else?"
It wasn't a relationship that could be torn apart.
Sun Yutong was puzzled: "Then why did he do this?"
"He Zheng won't give up. He's definitely going to do something. Since he can't interfere too much, he's going to hire someone to disgust us. But unfortunately..." Ding Ling shook her head: "It's easy to disgust me, but it's impossible to actually do anything about it."
Sun Yutong felt like a robot, with only three words in her mind: "Why?"
"Do you think Lu Yao's decision can be easily changed?"
Sun Yutong remembered that the itinerary that Wu Hongyuan used as an excuse was the one that she and Lu Yao spent an entire afternoon revising. She was really exhausted at the time. Lu Yao calculated the duration of each task almost to the minute. The time spent on the road was just the most basic confirmation. The time within the schedule was even more accurate to every half hour of recording content. The arrangement of props, changing of clothes, debugging of equipment, etc. were also taken into consideration.
At that time, Sun Yutong just felt that Lu Yao should not be an artist, he should be a coordinator.
It's been considered so thoroughly and carefully.
Is this the difference between the artist's perspective and the coordinator's perspective?
Sun Yutong felt it was powerful.
Thinking about it this way, Wu Hongyuan's so-called plan would never pass no matter how Lu Yao thought about it compared to the plan in his mind.
Sun Yutong felt like she understood everything: "So, you did this on purpose! You deliberately delayed this meeting for so long?"
Wu Hongyuan had already intervened, but Ding Ling had been putting it off until tomorrow's shoot, when she finally posted the itinerary in the group chat. Others might not have noticed the problem, but surely Lu Yao wouldn't have? His schedule had been changed for no apparent reason, so he was bound to question it. And at nine o'clock in the evening, even if these workers hadn't actually finished their shift, being called into the company for a meeting would surely have filled them with resentment.
Under such circumstances, how could Wu Hongyuan's people come up with a plan that would satisfy Lu Yao?
They couldn't come up with a plan, and there were loopholes visibly everywhere. Even if Wu Hongyuan wanted to cause trouble, he couldn't force the artists to shoot according to this plan in front of so many people.
After all, there is already a mature plan in place, what can Wu Hongyuan compare with?
Ding Ling now just feels comfortable all over.
It's sad when a bomb explodes on yourself, but it feels so good when it explodes on others.
So when everyone returned to the practice room, they found that a new schedule had been posted in the group again.
As usual, we have to gather at the company before dawn.
Okay, that's great.
Everyone can only comfort themselves that they will be able to relax after these busy days.
You're giving yourself a carrot to hang yourself on.
At such a young age, he already understands the essence of being a worker.
The members were so busy that they had no time to rest. After being isolated for half a month, the fans finally felt a little bit of the reality of chasing their idol.
In the second week after the first episode of the group variety show was broadcast, Bai You’s 18th birthday photo was released and a live broadcast was held on his birthday.
Fans not only saw a fresh Bai You, but also saw a fresh look for everyone in the Fifth Regiment.
Okay, that's great.
That weekend, behind-the-scenes footage of the birthday photo shoot and live broadcast was released, and fans discussed a lot of topics surrounding these contents.
From the fact that Bai You is actually the big brother in the group, to the process of everyone's 18th birthday in the future, to the dance Bai You performed on the live broadcast, and the interaction with everyone when blowing out candles and eating cake, fans almost took screenshots frame by frame for analysis.
Fans of teammates take screenshots of ugly pictures, fans of only one person take screenshots of highlights to praise them, fans of the group take screenshots of everyone watching Bai You making a wish, fans of the couple take screenshots of the same frame, and if there are really no pictures of the same frame, they will remove the other people and then take screenshots... Combined with some "micro-expression" analysis and body language analysis, everyone has their own set of conclusions.
Bai You’s birthday was analyzed enthusiastically for a week, and then Cangzi’s eighteenth birthday really came.
The same process happens again.
Fans said frankly that life has gotten better, the star-chasing experience has improved, and the Fifth Group is thriving and moving forward in great strides.
But just two days after they were happy, someone discovered something was wrong.
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[Can anyone tell me if this Lu Yao is another Lu Yao?]
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Main Building
[screenshot]
The Lu Yao on this list should be someone else, right?
[1st floor]
What's your list?
【2nd floor】
Reply [1st floor]
This is the list of players released by the chess academy who will be going abroad for training in the next two days.
【3rd floor】
The chess player from the chess academy... and a third-dan player at that... isn't that Lu Yao?
【4th floor】
What do you mean, Lu Yao is going abroad for training? Aren’t they very busy now?
[5th floor]
Is it really Lu Yao?
6th Floor
Reply [5th floor]
Can the chess academy find another 3rd dan chess player named Lu Yao? If it can, it may not be Lu Yao. If it can't, it must be Lu Yao.
7th Floor
What are they doing now? No new songs, no variety shows, no stage performances, and now they are going abroad.
I went to the account of this training camp and took a look. It takes a month to train.
Haha, the Fifth Regiment, you guys are really free, you still have a month to train.
8th Floor
But since they debuted at this time, they can't do much. Bai You and Cang Zizhen are both going to take the college entrance examination, so they must be in seclusion.
9th Floor
Reply [8th floor]
I thought so too. Maybe it was because Bai You and Cang Zi really wanted to go into seclusion that Lu Yao went to participate in the training camp.
After all, it is a rare opportunity to train with so many chess players. If conditions permit, Lu Yao will definitely not miss it.
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39th Floor
So it’s really Lu Yao?
40th Floor
Reply [39th floor]
A fan asked, let's see what the company says
[41st floor]
I don't quite understand what the Fifth Regiment is like now.
42nd Floor
Reply [41st floor]
A magical state
【43rd Floor】
Ahhhh, I'm so impressed! Minghui Entertainment really messes up everything! It's been a month, a whole month! Has the Fifth Regiment ever done any effective work?
As a new boy group with such a huge buzz on the formation night and such a good start, you actually didn't seize this golden period. Apart from the group variety show you filmed yourself, you haven't had any exposure. Now you are even sending the members abroad for training?
A month-long training camp?!
Are you guys really taking the group seriously?
The excitement from the group's debut night is gone! Those people just ran away!
When Lu Yao comes back from training, and Bai You and Cang Zizhen come back from seclusion, who will still remember your group!
In three months, all the talent shows have debuted! Who will come back to see you?
【44th Floor】
Reply [43rd floor]
Baby, you are so excited
[45th Floor]
Reply [44th floor]
I really hate it. The popularity of the fifth group's debut was really good, but Minghui Entertainment just let it get worse and worse. I really don't understand what they are doing.
Thinking back to the post I posted a month ago, I was so excited that I wanted to die.
This month, they only released a group variety show. Yes, it's not bad and has a decent number of views, but who would watch it besides fans? And they only released one episode! What? Can they only film one group variety show in a month?
There are four weeks in a month. I posted a two-minute video about selecting captains in the first week, a group variety show in the second week, Bai You’s birthday in the third week, and I posted some behind-the-scenes footage on the weekend to get by. The fourth week was Cang Zizhen’s birthday, and I posted some behind-the-scenes footage again to get by... There is no other work, and I can’t even post group variety shows regularly!
Look at those talent shows, which one doesn't go on variety shows on major platforms, shoot commercials, shoot magazines, release new songs, and perform on various evening shows as soon as the group is formed?
I don't ask how well Minghui Entertainment, this makeshift team, can do. Can you appear in two external variety shows instead of just filming with your internal materials?
Also, can you please share some schedule information so that fans can know what you are doing?
If it really doesn't work out, can you please publicize the subsequent work?
Did fans wait for a whole month just to see you, Lu Yao, go abroad for training?
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The fans who had been keeping their emotions on hold through two live broadcasts suddenly collapsed after seeing the training camp roster.
During the days leading up to the group's formation night, the fifth-generation fans were in very high spirits. Even though they considered themselves not to be fans of the top group, they were still filled with anticipation and excitement besides being sad.
This excitement started when the Fifth Era's data got better and better, accumulated as I saw the number of fans for each trainee continue to grow, and continued until the night of the group's formation. It reached its peak and began to explode when the group was finally announced, with the trending searches dominating the charts on various platforms, the number of online users in the live broadcast room constantly refreshing, and even the seemingly endless advertisements that appeared one after another during the live broadcast.
There is no fan who doesn't want to see the trainees succeed, and the fans who have accompanied the trainees for several years hope that the children they have watched grow up can succeed, become famous in the entertainment industry, and have many fans.
The popularity of the group formation night undoubtedly made them see this possibility.
I see the possibility of the fifth group growing into a top boy group like the third generation.
In their eyes, the configuration of the fifth group is no worse than that of the third generation, and now the fifth group has an unprecedentedly popular group formation night. How could the fifth group fail?
The Fifth Group will have the brightest future, the best treatment, the most outstanding resources, and the most professional team. It will be the Ziwei star of the entertainment industry, emerging out of nowhere and attracting millions of fans.
With such great expectations, fans are waiting for the emergence of the fifth group, waiting for their appearance, and waiting for a job that can match the popularity.
But reality gave them a hard slap in the face.
There was no influx of resources as they had imagined, no cakes offered one after another, and no professional future plans. All they had was Minghui Entertainment's still makeshift team and materials recorded internally.
Endorsements, variety shows, magazines?
None of these things.
If The Fifth Era and the group formation night were not so popular, if the fans had not had such expectations, they would still be able to accept the weekly group variety show or live broadcast, and would not be so upset when they saw that Lu Yao had to spend a month training abroad.
The imagined future is too beautiful, and the goals they expect are too likely to be achieved, so when everything is broken, the gap becomes particularly unacceptable.
Now it seems that nothing has gotten worse, but the entertainment industry is like riding a bungee jumping machine every day. New traffic may burst out at any time, and new top traffic may collapse at any time. Three months is too long. By that time, how many viewers who once watched the live broadcast on the night of the group formation will be left?
Fans were worried about the future of the Fifth Group, and Ding Ling had conflicts with He Zheng in the company for the umpteenth time.
"You don't even want to take this cooperation?" He Zheng slapped the documents in his hands, and he was so angry that he laughed.
Ding Ling repeated for the umpteenth time: "No."
He Zheng sneered repeatedly: "Okay, very good."
After saying that, he left the office without looking back.
Sun Yutong almost shrank into a quail. After He Zheng left, she carefully walked up to Ding Ling and handed her new plan.
She glanced at Ding Ling's face, confirming that she didn't show any displeasure, before speaking boldly: "That brand I mentioned earlier seems okay. Although it's a short-term subscription, it's not that bad. Why not take it?"
Although the Fifth Group is still a new group, it is quite popular. Before its debut, many brands have approached them requesting cooperation. He Zheng has always been in charge of this part of the matter. Sun Yutong didn't know much about it before, until He Zheng sent Wu Hongyuan, Sun Yutong learned a little more.
There were indeed many brands that came to her, but Ding Ling turned them all down.
Although this behavior of not making money seems a bit strange, once Sun Yutong learned about the brands that came to her, she immediately understood.
They are all second-rate brands. Occasionally, there are some big brands, but they only give short-term endorsements, which clearly shows that they want to make money from fans.
You can accept it, but for a boy group that wants to operate for a long time, the disadvantages outweigh the advantages.
But the brand just mentioned is already a very good brand, definitely more famous than the Fifth Group, and although it is called a short-term agent, the other party actually does not need this little sales volume from fans. This short-term agent is called a short-term agent, and it looks more like an investigation before long-term cooperation.
Sun Yutong feels that there are more benefits in cooperating with the other party.
Ding Ling saw Sun Yutong's doubts, but she just shook her head without explaining.
There were so many people who wanted her to explain, but she couldn't say anything until the dust settled.
She knew she was taking a huge gamble, a gamble that risked her entire future.
Use all your past achievements and all your future possibilities, and put them on the present to fight for the resources that Lu Yao mentioned.
Popularity, solid fan base, endorsements? Ding Ling no longer cared about so much.
Traffic stars are destined to be short-lived, and even if a boy group reaches its peak, it will only be the next three generations, but she wants much more than that.
She was walking on a dangerous road. If she succeeded, she would be able to reach another peak. If she failed, she would fall off the cliff and there would be no recovery.
But where is the smooth road in the entertainment industry?
It may seem safe to follow a step-by-step approach, but the possibility of success is very slim.
She had gambled so many times before, and bet on Lu Yao's successful debut. Now, Lu Yao has given a new possibility, so why don't they do it to the extreme?
There is no way out of mediocrity.
Just all in.
So on the second day after fans discovered the training list, the account of the Fifth Quadrant group forwarded the list and encouraged Lu Yao to go on the training trip.
To the fans' astonishment, they watched Lu Yao board a plane to go abroad, and then the others who had disappeared for a month appeared at school and began their daily routine of going to school.
No, we really need training!
No, are you starting your retreat now?
No work to do?
No variety shows? No endorsements? No new songs?
There aren't even any magazines about cutting leeks?!
The fans were confused, speechless, and angry, with all kinds of emotions surging in their hearts. They felt that they were complete clowns for being so proud of the unprecedented popularity on the night of the group's formation.
Minghui Entertainment is so noble that they don't feel any pain at all when they watch the popularity and money slip away from their hands.
They have been getting anxious and angry here for a long time, who cares?
No one cares.
Fans of various groups argued for a long time, and in addition to the company, teammates also bore a lot of anger.
Among them, Lu Yao who went to training camp, Bai You and Cang Zizhen who were in seclusion for the college entrance examination, undoubtedly bore the most anger.
The group fans are all against the company, while the sole fans are against both the company and teammates.
The fans who were scolded were naturally unhappy and immediately launched a counterattack.
So even though the company has become idle, the fan circle is still lively.
However, in this noisy atmosphere, there is one house that is particularly quiet.
Song Rui opened her Weibo Moments and couldn't believe that there was so much silence under the account of Shen Sisi, a member of the data team.
Lu Yao's fans remained unmoved during this war of words, as if they didn't hear anything.
This made Song Rui, who was determined to stay away from the disputes in the fan circle, curious.
I’m tired of seeing fans fighting each other, but it’s very novel when fans don’t fight.
Song Rui sent a message to Shen Sisi.
I am also fighting today: I see that other families are scolding you, don’t you fight against the blacks?
Tired of being beaten: Haven’t we been scolded enough? This is just the beginning.
Song Rui was shocked.
So all Lu Yao’s fans have this kind of mentality now?
It is normal to be scolded, it would be strange not to be scolded.
If the scolding is too soft, don't take it seriously.
If the scolding is too loud, then you can’t beat them, and there’s no point caring about it.
It achieves self-consistency in such a harmonious way.
Tired of beating: And it’s useless for them to scold him [laughing and crying] They scolded him so much before, but now Lu Yao is the most popular. They keep saying that Lu Yao is unpopular, but there is a premise they never dare to say
——It takes hundreds of millions of people pushing it to make tens of thousands of people happy [covering their mouth and laughing]
Song Rui: ...
Well... well, ironic!
Even through the screen, Song Rui could seem to see Shen Sisi's disdainful look towards those comments.
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