Huayu: Starting from Fahrenheit

Chapter 346 One Wave After Another

As Wu Zhuo had predicted, things turned out exactly as he had envisioned.

The next day, news of his conflict with Wang Leehom's fans spread across the internet.

Fans of both sides started hurling insults at each other online.

Moreover, the media also reported on this matter.

"Yesterday, Abel and Wang Leehom held an autograph session in Beijing, where fans from both sides got into a fight, causing chaos at one point."

Seeing that the situation was escalating, Wu Zhuo and Wang Leehom's teams jointly held a press conference to appease their respective fans.

"The album posters and subtitles were carefully considered by both of us, and there was no implication that one of us was more famous or less famous."

Fans of both sides are urged to remain rational.

In addition, Leehom and I are actually very good friends in private, and it is because of this relationship that we chose to collaborate on a song.

Please, fans, do not attack Leehom.

Wu Zhuo's remarks were made in the morning and were fully disseminated online in the afternoon.

Wang Leehom also made similar remarks.

Because the two personally stepped in to appease the situation, the restless fans on both sides finally calmed down.

how to say!

There's a saying: "One wave subsides only for another to rise."

This statement is very apt for Wu Zhuo at this moment.

He had just reconciled with Wang Leehom's fans, and the two sides began to reduce their online verbal attacks.

Less than two days later, Fahrenheit's fans started fighting amongst themselves again.

The two sides split into two factions: one was Wu Zun and Jiro Wang, and the other was Wu Zhuo and Calvin Chen.

The reason why the war of words broke out was...

It's simply because of the recent opening ceremony of "Chinese Paladin".

At the time, in order to promote the show, Wu Zun also invited Jiro Wang and Calvin Chen to the event.

Of the four members of Fahrenheit, three were present, but Wu Zhuo did not.

What will people think of this?
Of course, some people might think that there is discord within Fahrenheit.

Considering that Fahrenheit previously split into two sub-units, this rumor becomes even more credible.

Initially, it was just media speculation that there might be discord within Fahrenheit.

As public opinion fermented, some fans of Wu Zhuo, including those of Zun and Dong, began to publicly point out his dissatisfaction online.

It's said that Wu Zhuo is now popular and looks down on his older brothers, and he was even labeled as arrogant.

How could Wu Zhuo's fans possibly tolerate their idol being spoken to like that?

Immediately, some people began to refute this.

"If it weren't for Abel's help, your Wu Zun might still be filming small productions in Taipei! He wouldn't have had the chance to land a big production with Tangren Media and work with Hu Ge."

Furthermore, according to reliable sources, the role of Wu Zun was originally offered to Abel, and it was Abel who gave it to Wu Zun. What right do you have to be dissatisfied now?

It must be said that these remarks were extremely offensive.

Wu Zun's fans immediately got angry and started fighting with Wu Zhuo's fans online.

Then, Jiro Wang and Calvin Chen's fans also joined in, turning this war of words into an internal conflict within Fahrenheit.

It's one thing for fans to engage in online arguments with outsiders, but when it comes to fighting amongst themselves...

This certainly provided quite a spectacle for others in the industry.

In an effort to quell the situation as quickly as possible, Chen Huiying, who was in Taipei, personally came over and arranged for Wu Zhuo to visit Wu Zun on set in Hengdian, in order to prove that there was no discord between the two parties and to allow the fans to calm down.

In fact, Wu Zhuo and Wu Zunzhen did not have any disagreements.

There was no one else in the group either.

Although they had disagreements and differences due to interests.

But all of this is still at the level of the two parties' management teams.

The group has a pretty good personal relationship. Wu Zun joined the cast of "Chinese Paladin," but he didn't go because he was too busy and couldn't find the time.

He even made a special phone call to Wu Zun about this.

But fans obviously don't believe these claims.

All they knew was that Wu Zhuo hadn't arrived, and Fahrenheit was missing one member.

On the way to Hengdian, Chen Huiying solemnly told Wu Zhuo:

“We need to manage our fans properly. As your popularity has increased over the past two years, many strangers are causing trouble under the guise of being your fans.”

Several artists' agents have contacted me, saying that your fans are too domineering.

Anyone who says a few unfavorable things about you online will immediately be attacked.

"Contact the fan club and send more staff to manage things; things have been a bit chaotic with the fans lately."

Wu Zhuo had also heard about the fans' heavy-handed attacks online.

Some celebrities have even complained to him about this.

There is nothing we can do about this.

Wu Zhuo has too many fans now.

After several albums sold very well, he also starred in "The Magic Sword and the Chess Game" and "Connected".

This further increased his exposure.

As the number of fans increases, chaos inevitably arises.

Some passersby who criticize Wu Zhuo online are attacked by him.

This has given rise to a feeling on the internet recently that the world has long suffered under the influence of Wu Zhuo's fans.

However, to be fair, managing fans effectively is not that simple.

Because many fans are not actually in the fan club.

The fans' questions weren't a big deal, and Chen Huiying didn't discuss them much.

She actually placed more emphasis on the music copyright revenue issues that Wu Zhuo was discussing with the music platform.

"Kugou Music contacted our company, hoping that we would not give the exclusive rights to QQ Music."

Therefore, whatever conditions QQ Music offers us, they and the other platforms will offer us corresponding conditions in return.

Chen Huiying spoke with a smile.

Upon hearing this, Wu Zhuo couldn't help but smile.

"Their information is too outdated; we've already signed a contract with QQ Music."

Because QQ Music is backed by the telecommunications industry and has the support of QQ's massive user base, other platforms are extremely wary of QQ Music and have been constantly trying to trip it up.

This includes, but is not limited to, poaching employees, maliciously raising prices, and so on.

This time, it's clear that Kugou and the other platforms didn't want Wu Zhuo to collaborate with QQ Music, so they specifically approached HIM International Music.

They probably thought that HIM International Music was Wu Zhuo's record company, and that Wu Zhuo would listen to HIM International Music.

But they overlooked one point.

That is, Wu Zhuo's current collaboration with HIM International Music has already undergone a subtle transformation.

In the past, Wu Zhuo naturally had to listen to HIM International Music.

However, as the expiration date of the contract between the two parties drew closer, Wu Zhuo generated more and more benefits for HIM International Music.

This has unknowingly put Wu Zhuo in a position of control in his collaboration with HIM International Music.

HIM International Music chooses to communicate with Wu Zhuo on many matters.

Although HIM International Music has many collaborations with platforms such as Kugou, many songs by artists under HIM International Music have been licensed to Kugou, NetEase Cloud Music, and Qianqian Music.

This collaboration means that HIM International Music often has to consider their ideas.

However, it is highly unlikely that HIM International Music would force Wu Zhuo to stop cooperating with QQ Music based solely on this.

(End of this chapter)