For a time, Ye Ya's reputation soared. Although it wasn't a good one, it was still much better than her previous state where everyone could bully her. The most obvious manifestation of this was that the two major anti-fan groups, Sugar Fans and Ivy, learned not to use Ye Chu's real name to insult her after this incident, but instead quietly changed to various homophones and nicknames.
The shift from openly criticizing to secretly criticizing, while not fundamentally different, reflects a significant change in the status of fan groups.
Coincidentally, Chu Zixin's fans are named "Little Bamboo," which is also a type of plant. Therefore, some curious passersby dubbed this incident the "First Plant War."
Will there be a second Plants vs. Zombies? The leaf buds are also wondering about this.
If so, with whom?
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Amidst the turmoil and fierce battle within the fandom, Shang Yechu also began recording "Starry Summer".
"Summer's Stars" is a celebrity reality show, essentially created to promote new dramas or movies in Ruguan. Each episode of "Summer's Stars" has a different theme and name.
The episode of "Starry Summer" that Shang Yechu participated in was recorded to promote "Tianban". Therefore, the theme of this episode was spy war, and the name was also interesting, called "Hidden Line".
Because the variety show was part of the promotion for the TV series "Tianban," the guests were naturally all familiar faces from the show's cast and crew. Although these names are now household names, Ruguan TV still diligently provided each person with an identification tag:
Shang Yechu plays Li Yiming in the drama;
Shi Shan plays Li Ruhui, Li Yiming's assistant, codenamed "Table Lamp" in the drama;
Xue Haodong plays Lu Huaizhang, the director of the Ninth Bureau, in the drama;
Chu Zixin plays Cui Jingya, the leader of the listening team, codenamed Diting;
Ou Yang plays Cheng Daiqing, the deputy director of the Ninth Bureau, in the drama.
Wang Jin plays He Xi, the deputy leader of the monitoring team, in the drama.
Shen Tai plays Shen Yanzhi, the captain of the action team in the drama;
as well as……
Zheng Bohan plays the role of Inspector Lao Zheng in the drama.
Zheng Bohan's guest spot was originally intended for Qi Ming. Unfortunately, Qi Ming's mother is quite old and really doesn't like this kind of outdoor variety show. However, this episode needed to have at least eight guests, otherwise the activities couldn't be divided into groups. After much searching, Ruguan TV finally turned to Zheng Bohan.
Zheng Bohan possesses the aloofness typical of intellectuals and was originally unwilling to participate in this kind of variety show. But as I said before—Ru Guan TV is offering too much.
Regardless, with enough people gathered, "The Summer of Stars Special: The Hidden Story" was launched with great fanfare.
Although each variety show is lively and bustling when it airs, with a hint of comedy from the very beginning, there isn't actually that much laughter and joy during the actual filming.
Shang Yechu is always more cautious about recording variety shows than about filming dramas.
Countless celebrities with decent public images have had their true colors exposed on variety shows, leaving them with countless talking points and ultimately damaging or even destroying their reputations.
To be honest, for Shang Yechu, filming variety shows is more tiring than filming dramas.
Filming a movie involves acting out a role; there's a script, lines, and a director. No matter what, your understanding of the character won't stray too far off track. Filming a variety show, however, involves portraying an artist as the audience imagines them to be. A thousand readers will have a thousand Hamlets in their minds. Who knows which of those thousand Hamlets will be wildly popular, and which will be fiercely criticized?
Moreover, variety shows are filmed for at least a whole day, which is equivalent to shooting an extremely long scene without a director, script, or coherent plot. Variety shows with a script are a little better, but without one, the chances of a disaster are extremely high.
Some viewers are tired of scripted variety shows and want to see celebrities show their true selves. However, in reality, celebrities are just ordinary people. Stripped of their acting skills and celebrity aura, they are just like any other normal human being, eating, drinking, and experiencing joy, anger, sorrow, and everyday troubles. If they were to show their true selves to the audience, they would probably lose all their fans the day after the show airs.
In reality TV, very few people actually dare to show their true selves on screen.
Fortunately, "Super Idol" has a script. Ru Guan TV is always cautious and doesn't give artists too much freedom to improvise.
Unfortunately, the script for "Summer's Delight" is only a rough framework; it hasn't been implemented down to every detail. How the variety show will actually be conducted will depend on the actors' individual performances.
This is because Ru Tai's "scripted variety shows" have already caused considerable viewer fatigue; the performances are too contrived and the entertainment value of reality shows has been lost. Ru Guan, fearing damage to the reputation of "Tianban," dared not go too far. Therefore, he wrote a five-part script, leaving the actors five parts room for improvisation.
Given Ru Guan's domineering style, this is unprecedented. In the past, actors were considered top-tier celebrities if they had even a little space in variety shows.
The success of "Half of the Sky" exceeded everyone's expectations, which made the old dictator Ru Tai relax his grip a little.
Shang Yechu kept thinking about how she should perform in this variety show.
Shang Yechu has extensive experience participating in variety shows. For a comedian, not participating in variety shows is like eating dumplings without vinegar.
But back then, she was a comedian, a supporting character, a source of laughter, a punchline. She didn't need to care about her image; she just needed to be funny enough.
Now, she is a serious drama actress, a leading lady, the eye of the show, and... the main character.
The old approach is no longer working.
Shang Yechu didn't want to be a comedian. She was tired of all humor in the world.
How can we retain the entertainment value without falling into the same old trap?
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