Chapter 98 Chapter 98 Trailer
After the release date of The Fifth Era was set, it was promoted and promoted by Lvyang Films and Minghui Entertainment.
The official accounts of various platforms have announced the release date and bought trending searches, determined to publicize the show’s launch time.
After releasing the official photos on the first day, Green Ocean Film and Television released the trailer of the program the next day.
It was only a one-minute video, but it was discovered by sharp-eyed fans immediately.
As soon as Song Rui checked Weibo, she saw this video on the homepage.
The video content has not started playing yet, but the words of the person who forwarded it have already caught my eye.
“Wow…”
Just two short words, obviously didn't say anything, but it was not flattery, nor was it praise, but a string of ellipsis, which was enough to explain the problem.
Song Rui immediately had a bad feeling.
She clicked on the video and the trailer started playing.
It begins with an empty space, accompanied by a male voice-over, saying some clichés such as "dream", "hard work", and "persistence". Then, after a sound of birds flapping their wings, a group of birds fly away in the picture, footsteps are heard, and teenagers in youthful uniforms run into the picture laughing and playing.
Qiu Yuge stopped, the camera froze on his smiling face, blinked in slow motion, and then the camera moved, passing over the faces of each trainee one by one, and finally stopped on Lu Yao.
"Are you confident that you can debut as a group?"
After the voice change, the staff's voice began to ask questions, followed by a series of answers, accompanied by the faces of the trainees flashing by.
"I have no idea."
“No confidence.”
"Have faith."
"I hope."
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"Who do you think is most likely to form a group?"
"Qiu Yuge, right?"
"Qiu Yuge."
"Qiu Yuge."
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"What about Lu Yao?"
"Hmm...he..."
"I have no idea."
"Maybe, maybe not."
“I hope he can form a group.”
"Does he want to form a group?"
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The picture paused, and the voices of the trainees' answers fell silent. After a few seconds of silence with the words "Fifth Epoch" on the screen, a person walked into the picture and sat on a chair.
It’s Lu Yao.
He was wearing a sports suit and looking at the camera quietly.
"I don't have any ideas."
“I want to form a group.”
"If I don't form a group, I will quit the circle."
"The relationship with everyone...the relationship is mutual. This question should be asked to them."
After editing a series of Lu Yao's answers, the video fell silent again, and then in the void, the interview with the staff's voice changed appeared again.
"Do you feel that there is a competitive relationship between you and the other people in the fifth generation?"
Lu Yao in the video was silent for a long time.
The staff's voice sounded again.
"Do you know that refusing to answer is also an answer?"
Lu Yao remained silent.
Then the staff asked: "Are you the strongest person in the fifth generation?"
Lu Yao replied: "I am."
The screen went black, and the sound of a heavy object falling and shattering was heard. The three words "Fifth Epoch" appeared on the screen in a rotating manner.
Trailer, end.
Song Rui was a little slow to react.
At this moment, the ellipsis in that Weibo post became Song Rui's first thought.
What does this trailer mean?
What do you want to express?
The first half was fine, it was a regular trailer format, but the interview in the second half was really eye-opening.
The youthful and energetic smiling face in front and Lu Yao's long silence in the back form a sharp contrast.
Friend? Rival?
The shattered sound effects are like a shattered mask of warmth, allowing people to see directly the turbulent situation hidden underneath.
No, is there anything hidden?
After all, after a period of silence, Lu Yao answered very readily that he was the strongest.
After watching Lu Yao’s interview, look at the trainees’ answers to their guesses about the members of the group.
Why did the program team single out Lu Yao for questioning?
Do we also need to cut out those who answered "I don't know", "I'm not sure", or "Maybe"?
Is it to create the opposition between Lu Yao and others?
Song Rui couldn't help but think about this.
Moreover, can the trailer of a training-based debut variety show really be edited like this?
No longer warmth, but straightforward competition?
After four years of being together, it ended up like this?
Not only Song Rui couldn't understand it, but fans also questioned the trailer.
Although for fans of only one person, it seems that such a trailer is more in line with their wishes, but in the fan circle of the cultivation system, in the four-year cultivation process, who can really love only one person for four years?
In name, they are fans of only one person, but in fact, there are many more people that they like.
Although Lu Yao is the only one talking about competition in the trailer, the atmosphere created makes fans worried, doesn't it?
The uproar broke out on Weibo, and the forums did not stop either, with posts appearing one after another.
【Li Tao丨What information does the trailer contain】
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Main Building
These are the questions asked in the trailer.
1. Do you have confidence in debuting as a group?
2.Who do you think is most likely to form a group?
3.What about Lu Yao?
4. Do you feel that there is a competitive relationship between you and other people in the fifth generation?
5. Do you know that refusing to answer is also an answer?
6. Are you the strongest person in the fifth generation?
The first three questions may be asked to all the trainees, or they may be asked to all the trainees except Lu Yao, and the last three questions are only asked to Lu Yao.
I think these questions are very interesting. I don’t know what the program crew was thinking behind asking them, but I feel like they must have known something to ask them this way.
The evidence is the third question.
After asking, "Who is likely to form a group?", everyone's answer was basically Qiu Yuge. Then the program team asked the third question, "Can Lu Yao form a group?" This question was very interesting.
When no one mentioned Lu Yao, the program team took the initiative to ask Lu Yao whether this was instructed by Minghui Entertainment?
Of course, the production team could have asked Lu Yao individually because of his recent popularity, but I personally don't favor this possibility. Minghui Entertainment has always been known for not allowing a single trainee to have too much publicity. If the production team were to do something like this on their own, the company would definitely not approve.
So, I tend to think it was the company's instruction.
Then why did the company ask Lu Yao separately?
And everyone’s answers seemed to be not very optimistic about Lu Yao’s ability to form a group.
That's strange.
With Lu Yao’s current popularity, I can’t understand why the company doesn’t let him form a group.
But other people must also know Lu Yao’s current popularity, so why are they still not sure whether Lu Yao can form a group?
I think there are many things worth analyzing here, but I can’t analyze too much, so it’s up to everyone.
Next, let’s look at the three questions asked to Lu Yao.
It is said to be three questions, but there are actually only two, and one of them is a call back to the previous question.
From Lu Yao’s question, we can also see that the program crew must have known about the fifth generation and each trainee in advance.
Because the first question asked was about the interview in Lu Yao’s public materials.
The company asked similar questions at that time.
Lu Yao’s answer was: “I am competing for their debut position, and I am their direct competitor.”
It can be seen that under the circumstances at that time, Lu Yao had a completely competitive attitude towards other people from the Fifth Generation.
Asking this question now is definitely to see if his thoughts have changed.
So how did Lu Yao answer?
He chose to remain silent.
After he fell silent, the staff member specifically mentioned that "silence is also a kind of answer."
Lu Yao remained silent.
This is very obvious, Lu Yao is completely tacitly agreeing!
He still feels that way!
Everyone else in the fifth generation is his competitor!
At this time, the program team edited out the last question "Are you the strongest person in the fifth generation?", just to show everyone Lu Yao's attitude.
Lu Yao himself said that he has the strongest ability, and he also regards others as competitors, so he must think that he can form a group.
But others don’t think Lu Yao can form a group.
It's obvious. The others have completely joined forces and are excluding Lu Yao.
Who says the Five Generations only have the same interests? Isn't this quite the unity?
[1st floor]
There are a lot of words, push it up first and then read it
【2nd floor】
dd
【3rd floor】
OP, I think you can go out and discuss with the other OP who posted that Lu Yao excluded others.
【4th floor】Owner
Reply [3rd floor]
How could Lu Yao possibly exclude others! He was just one person, and he excluded the remaining fifteen people. Don’t you think it’s ridiculous to say this?
[5th floor]
The original poster’s analysis is very good and completely points out the parts that made me feel uncomfortable when watching the trailer. So I asked whether Lu Yao could form a group. Was it the company’s idea?
So the company is hinting that they want to promote Lu Yao into a group and see what everyone thinks?
6th Floor
Reply [5th floor]
The way this trailer is edited, it's impossible for Lu Yao to form a group. Look at the last part, it makes Lu Yao completely controversial. Originally, the competition theory in Lu Yao's first material was the point that everyone had been arguing about. In the past few months, it was washed away by the "child is still young and ignorant" argument. Now the competition theory is brought up again, isn't it telling everyone clearly that Lu Yao came to the fifth generation to compete, not to integrate at all?
Everyone has worked hard to raise a child for four years, and you, who have only been here for four months, want to beat up everyone else. Isn't this a slap in the face of the fans?
If his photos are edited like this, fans of other artists will hate Lu Yao to death. If the company wants to promote Lu Yao to form a group, they will definitely not edit his photos like this.
7th Floor
Reply [6th floor]
Huh? Is that really the case? By editing it like this, is he trying to get everyone to criticize Lu Yao? This is too cruel.
8th Floor
...What was this bastard company trying to do? Focusing all its efforts on Lu Yao alone? They were treating a fourteen-year-old like this?
9th Floor
The original poster, I don't quite agree with your analysis that the company instructed the program team to ask "Will Lu Yao make his debut?" I think this question was asked by the program team.
Although this program is the debut variety show of the fifth generation, we should not forget that this variety show is a co-production of Minghui Entertainment and Lvyang Film and Television, and the chief director of this variety show is Du Tang.
It was Du Tang who filmed the talent show "Starry Night".
I don't need to say much about how popular "Starlight Glimmer" has been in recent years, right? Therefore, Du Tang's team definitely has a say in Green Ocean Films. Even if Green Ocean Films wants Du Tang to shoot something, it's not like they can just say it and he'll do it.
Would such a big director listen to Minghui Entertainment when he comes to shoot the fifth-generation debut variety show?
Don't you know what kind of person Minghui Entertainment is? They've done a lot of shady things, and they're just a makeshift team.
Therefore, Du Tang will definitely not let Minghui Entertainment interfere with the filming of the variety show.
As for why the production team asked this question, I tend to think that something happened during the recording of the show that made the production team feel the need to ask this question.
10th Floor
Reply [9th floor]
Du Tang actually filmed this show? Minghui Entertainment was actually willing to spend money on it?
11th Floor
It was filmed by a talent show director... No wonder this trailer feels so weird to me. Isn't it the same as last year's "Starlight Glitter"? So this debut variety show is trying to be as dramatic as the talent show?
12th Floor
Why did you ask Du Tang to film this? This isn't a talent show.
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28th Floor
I think the author's analysis in the last paragraph is very correct, and it is the same as my idea. The others are excluding Lu Yao, or it can't be said to be excluding him, but they did form a group, and Lu Yao was the outsider among them.
29th Floor
Reply [28th floor]
Why? I looked at the old materials and I didn't see that they excluded Lu Yao.
30th Floor
Reply [29th floor]
In fact, it is very obvious, just like the catfish effect. The original atmosphere of the fifth generation was very peaceful. We could hardly see any conflicts between them in front of the camera. Everyone seemed to have a good relationship. Only when XX left, a few people looked a little lost and something was wrong. But after Lu Yao came, the atmosphere changed.
I divide everyone's attitude towards Lu Yao into three stages.
First of all, when the Quadrant Project started, a new person suddenly came to the fifth generation. In this situation, no matter who he was or how strong he was, they would be more or less curious about this newcomer, so during that time we can see in the materials that many people took the initiative to talk to Lu Yao.
Then the concert began, and everyone began to concentrate on practicing. Lu Yao's strength began to show, so the originally peaceful fifth-generation environment was "stimulated", breaking the unchanging pattern and creating a sense of crisis. So we can also see that in the middle and late materials, everyone's attitude towards Lu Yao became much colder, and fewer people took the initiative to talk to him. This is because they subconsciously regarded Lu Yao as a competitor. However, this is not without benefits. It increases everyone's sense of competition and crisis, and makes them spend more time practicing and improving their own strength. From the good performances of everyone in these concerts, we can see that such competition is beneficial.
However, problems arose after the concert.
Everyone's attitude towards Lu Yao has also reached the third stage.
Lu Yao began to become popular.
Originally, the catfish effect is an effect in which the introduction of strong people inspires the weak to become stronger. Although Lu Yao joined the company as an amateur and had no previous practice, he has the talent. After joining the fifth generation, relying on his talent, he will not fall too far behind others. At the same time, he can also make others work harder, which is beneficial to both parties (although I suspect that the company did not think so much).
But what no one expected was that Lu Yao was too smart, really smart. His growth was beyond everyone's imagination. So at this time, Lu Yao brought more than just a little stimulation to others, but a very strong stimulation, to the point of threatening others' "living environment" (debut position).
So at this time everyone's attitude changed again, and they began to feel fear, jealousy, and resistance. This is what we saw in the trailer. Others were not sure whether Lu Yao could form a group. This was a subtle clique and exclusion of Lu Yao.
Although this grouping and exclusion may not be their active behavior, when faced with Lu Yao's threat, they will subconsciously defend themselves by increasing their sense of security, and this is what they are showing now.
【31st Floor】
So complicated...
32nd Floor
Do these people think that much?
【33rd Floor】
Reply [32F]
Two years ago, they might not have thought about it so much, but now the oldest one is almost 19 and the youngest one is 16, and they are about to debut. How can they not think about it more?
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There is a lot of discussion on the Internet about the analysis of the trailer. Everyone has their own opinions, but most of them focus on Lu Yao.
The competition theory has been brought up again, and not only Lu Yao's reputation, which has improved in recent months, has been affected, but also other fans who are already nervous.
Competition, competition, who is competing and who is fighting?
The competition hasn't started yet, but some people seem to have lost their qualifications to compete.
No matter how sad the fans are, it will not help. They can only vent their anger on Lu Yao who is competing openly in front of the camera.
The other fans who are still competing are even more nervous, fearing that their fans will fall at any time.
Just a short trailer has put the fifth-generation fan circle into a state of combat readiness.
Of course, fans and those who enjoy the fun have also seen the trailer, but they don’t know the story behind the fifth generation, so they can only smell a hint of the impending crisis from this trailer.
Someone excitedly started a thread.
"Isn't it said that the development team has a good relationship? Now it seems that it is just so-so."
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Main Building
The relationships among the draftees seem to be better than theirs. Is that something you can say?
[1st floor]
Yes, of course I can.
【2nd floor】
The Five Dynasties are a completely different story.
【3rd floor】
Comparing the relationship between the talent show and the training system? Then the talent show still wins, hahahahaha
【4th floor】
Reply [3rd floor]
??? Seriously?
[5th floor]
Reply [4th floor]
At least the drawbridge effect of the draft is real
[5th floor]
For the fifth generation fans, the kids do have feelings for each other, but it’s hard to say how much those feelings are… In the past few years, I always thought that Minghui Entertainment was an after-school cram school they attended, and the relationship between them was that of classmates in the cram school. I’m not sure if they have any private contact information.
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17th Floor
If these people really have a bad relationship, they wouldn't say such things in front of the camera.
18th Floor
Reply [17th floor]
Yes, it is precisely because of the good relationship and knowing that no matter what they say, it will not affect each other's feelings that they dare to say this. If this is said in a talent show, that person may not even be able to record the show.
19th Floor
I said, yes, of course the relationship is good in the talent show, who can't say some nice things? Only when the relationship is really bad will they tell you the truth from the heart.
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25th Floor
Some people in the building should wear some clothes, it's too obvious
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38th Floor
In this day and age, can talent shows even criticize the training system based on whether the trainees have feelings for each other?
39th Floor
Anyway, the competition is not a talent show.
40th Floor
There's nothing wrong with competition, that's how it is. It's annoying to watch them acting like a family in front of the camera.
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53rd Floor
I feel like their relationship is really average... Just saying that the others can't form a group... If this is put in the talent show, it will cause a huge uproar.
[54th Floor]
The program team's attitude of making trouble is very obvious.
55th Floor
I heard that this show was produced by Du Tang? That's not surprising, he likes to do this kind of thing.
56th Floor
If I remember correctly, Lu Yao is quite popular recently. I've seen a lot of his performances and his singing is pretty good. But in other people's eyes, is he still not eligible to join a group? What are their criteria for joining a group?
57th Floor
Reply [56th floor]
I don't know. There is no standard. It may depend on the company's mood.
58th Floor
Reply [57th floor]
For such a big thing, are they just going to pick people randomly? How did they decide who would form a group in the past?
59th Floor
Reply [58th floor]
The third and fourth generations are ranked by fans, and the first few debuted. The first and second generations were directly selected by the company to debut. As for the current fifth generation, there is no voting or ranking, but some time ago the company secretly held a popularity vote. I wonder if they will select from that.
60th Floor
Reply [59th floor]
What if the fans don't like the members of the group?
61st Floor
Reply [60th floor]
That's the company's own fault.
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Fans, passers-by, and onlookers... The show hasn't even started yet, but the popularity of the Fifth Epoch has already risen. Du Tang had anticipated this, and as he watched the video's number of views continue to rise, he slowly released the second wave of trailers.
In the small voting room, the trainees cast Lu Yao's nameplate in front of the camera.
"I choose Lu Yao."
"Vote for Lu Yao."
"I'd still vote for... Lu Yao"
In the interview room, Luo Wenbo asked, "Why didn't you vote for Lu Yao?" A bitter smile appeared on his face. "It's because he was afraid I would be in the same group with him."
Jiang Mu hesitated: "Hmm... I don't think he will choose me."
Wu Hai laughed exaggeratedly: "There must be a lot of people who chose him. I'm just avoiding the spotlight for now."
The scene changed and the staff raised new questions.
"If it were you, would you vote for Lu Yao?"
Bai You immediately gave an affirmative answer: "Of course I can."
Qiu Yuge hesitated for a moment: "It depends on the situation."
Yin Hongxue shook her head: "I can't."
The scene switches again, and Sheng Yushu announces the final result on the stage: "The performer of the killing part of the theme song is—Lu Yao!"
The camera switches and the picture advances, passing over two rows of trainees who are looking back, and points directly to Lu Yao who is sitting on the podium, leaning on his arm in the chair.
After hearing the final result, he slowly raised his eyes and looked forward.
The boy had black hair like ink, skin as white as snow, and his dark pupils swept across the camera, leaving a nonchalant smile at the corner of his mouth.
The picture freezes, accompanied by the sound of shattering glass and the shattering special effects breaking the picture. Then a clip of the theme song sung by Lu Yao sounds. A short sentence, accompanied by the icon of the Fifth Epoch, ends the entire video.
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