Huayu: Starting from the top talent show

Chapter 220 The Ancient Greek God of Smiles

[Shen Juan landed at Narita International Airport in Tokyo and started his first neon trip: a sea of fans surrounded the airport and cheered enthusiastically, aerial photos were exposed, the scene was super shocking]

[Who made the Japanese airport boil over? It was our Chinese Shen Juan! Ying Fei was screaming with my voice! Shen Juan's icon is really popular overseas! ]

[One Asia, One Dream: Shen Juan was welcomed by a large number of fans at the airport upon his arrival in Japan. The enthusiastic interaction on the spot sparked heated discussions around the world, and fans from many countries expressed their envy]

[The power of idols: Shen Juan and fans rushed to the airport, and the orderly reception was praised by Japanese media]

[Famous scene from Conferred God: The top streamer with a huge gap, the chosen emperor of desire, Japanese fans: He is the walking moonlight. ]

The news that Shen Juan's powerful landing in Japan caused Narita Airport to be temporarily paralyzed soon grabbed the headlines of the entire network due to the joint marketing promotion of multiple capital forces.

Countless Chinese people have proudly expressed on major social platforms and video sites: Shen Juan really brings honor to us Chinese, Chinese culture is the best!

Countless overseas fans excitedly asked on global social platforms such as Twitter, Instagram and YouTube: When will Alex be able to come to their country and meet them?
Countless Japanese people who don’t know Shen Juan have raised questions on online forums: Who is this handsome guy who has been all over the screen recently and looks like he came out of a comic book?
Therefore, many Japanese-speaking Japanese girls and overseas student fans organized themselves and went online to help spread the word: Shen Juan is an all-round artist from China who has developed in film, television and music. He is also the spokesperson for many big luxury brands such as Tiffany Dior Saint Laurent Estee Lauder Coca-Cola McDonald's Canon Adidas Jaeger-LeCoultre, etc.

His first full-length album "Underrated" has sold over 310 million copies (including 200 million copies in the first month) within four months of its release, and is now competing with the soundtrack album of the movie "The Greatest Showman" for the top sales worldwide.

After winning the Billboard 200 title for the first time, it also defeated Cardi B and J.Cole to top the chart for three consecutive weeks. This was the first time it made history for the Chinese and it was a big deal.

In fact, in the extremely competitive North American music scene, being able to top the album chart for two consecutive weeks is already a remarkable achievement, not to mention dominating the chart for three consecutive weeks.

Anyway, last year, there were only four albums that could stay at the top for three weeks or more, namely:
Taylor Swift's "Reputation", Kendrick Lamar's "DAMN", Drake's "More Life" and Bonnie Laurel's "Starboy".

In addition, many personal singles and collaborative singles entered the B chart hot 10, and "Seven" and "Dancing With A Stranger" even entered the Top .

And this is just online support.

There is also a lot of offline physical support.

With the strong support of countless Sakura girls who paid real money, multiple large screens in many busy areas such as Shinjuku, which has 4 million passengers every day, Shibuya, which has 700,000 people every day, and Ikebukuro, which has a million people a day, simultaneously played Shen Juan's personal promotional video to cheer for him.

So when the news spread back to China, many people and even Shen Juan’s fans were shocked.

This guy usually keeps a low profile, and there are hardly any news related to Japanese entertainment on his Weibo.
It turns out that he (I am tired) is really so invincible? !

Therefore, discussions about Shen Juan's historical status reappeared on platforms such as Weibo, Douban, Tieba, and Bihu.

[Rational discussion: As a fellow emigrant in the United States, what is Shen Juan’s current international reputation and global influence? Can he be compared with his big brother Cheng Li Lianjie and others? ]

There was no one-sided situation in the comment section.

No one laughed at the questioner's fantasy.

This shows that they have indeed thought about this issue seriously, and they do believe that Shen Juan at this stage has the qualifications and ability to compete with these senior predecessors.

Anyway, this is the answer given in the most highly praised comment that was pushed to the top.

[I am a Chinese student studying in Canada, and I can tell you objectively and confidently that Shen Juan is really very popular in North America. His popularity is not limited to our Chinese and Asian international student circles, but he has long been popular among the general public, including whites and blacks.

Including the Billboard Music Award for Best Social Media Artist that he won some time ago, the American Teen Choice Award that he just won today, and the VMA nomination that has been officially announced, these mainstream awards are enough to show that Shen Juan has completely entered the mainstream world of North America.

Believe it or not, if you go to a random young man on the street in the United States and ask him if he knows Shen Juan, at least half of them will say they do. If you go to a random teenage girl and ask her if she likes Shen Juan, 60 to 70 percent of them will say they do.

As for his influence in other places, such as Europe, Latin America, and Asia? I don't think I need to say more. It is difficult for a singer who can become popular in North America not to gain the same popularity in other countries, and you can also see specific news on the Internet. Anyway, for now, in my heart, he is definitely the first person in the entertainment industry after Jackie Chan.

As for whether Shen Juan can be compared with Li Lianjie? Yes, he has surpassed him. 】

Although such remarks that challenge the cognition of the general public or the older generation of netizens will bring considerable controversy and even bad feelings to Shen Juan, what does it matter?

If the new elites in the streaming media era want to rise up and break away from the traffic framework, they are destined to challenge the status and power of the old aristocracy, and a group of people are also destined to decline.

So just keep a calm mind and keep working hard. If you are always looking ahead and behind, afraid of this and that, and dare not make those groundbreaking and bold moves, then you are destined to be lost in the crowd in this extremely fast-changing entertainment industry, and be assimilated by the environment of comfort and stability.

(You don’t know until you check, and you’ll be shocked. The music market in Japan is really scary. No wonder Jay Chou wanted to get a piece of the pie in the Japanese market after he became famous.

For example, in 2018, the singer Namie Amuro, who ranked first in sales of CDs, music DVDs, and Blu-ray discs in Japan, sold 11.6 billion Chinese yuan, while the singer Lay, who ranked first in sales of albums in China in the same year, sold more than million yuan.
It can only be said that the island nation’s position in the music record industry is like our position in the movie box office industry, leading all other countries by a large margin, firmly in second place and looking to be number one.)
After landing in Tokyo on the afternoon of the 12th and having a simple bowl of udon noodles for dinner, Shen Juan met with the staff of Universal Neon Branch and King Gnu, the accompaniment band hired for the production of ANA's commercial song, in a cafe near the restaurant. They briefly talked about the subsequent work arrangements and related matters of producing the Japanese EP.

In fact, Shen Juan originally planned to make a small EP consisting of only three singles, and then prepare MVs for each song in it to stimulate the growth of streaming data.

But later on I thought about it and felt that this was not very cost-effective, not worthwhile, and the benefits would not be enough.

Because for him, writing lyrics and composing music does not cost anything, he can do it by himself. What really costs money is the subsequent arrangement, mixing and MV shooting.

So after the online discussion, Shen Juan simply took this opportunity to make a few more songs to cater to the Sakura girls.

After all, the island country's record market is too tempting. Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande and the K-pop next door are all eating into it. It's really hard for him to give up this piece of fat meat that is so close to him.

In his most ideal future career plan, Neon, the world's second largest music record market, is absolutely a crucial and indispensable component.

As for the accompaniment band I just mentioned?
King Gnu, a future Japanese first-tier band, is only slightly famous at the moment, so when they received the invitation to collaborate from Shen Juan, a world-renowned top singer, they quickly and happily accepted it.

They all believed that this would most likely be their chance to become famous, so they were all very motivated.

Shen Juan also cosplayed as Huang Xiaoming, and generously gave each of them a six-figure watch, as a way to build connections in advance for future investment.

The next afternoon, Shen Juan came to the TBS TV headquarters building in Akasaka, Tokyo, and met with the program members of the variety show "Human Observation" on which he would appear that afternoon, as well as the guests at the same time, and the popular Japanese actress Satomi Ishihara who came to promote the TV series "Kamen Ryokan".

This was the first time that Shen Juan met Ishihara Satomi in real life, the popular actress whose fame in China has rapidly risen through the Japanese drama "Unnatural".

Her face is round with smooth lines, her bright eyes are big and energetic, her eye bags are full, and although her nose is not three-dimensional and high, it looks very harmonious on her face. Although her lips are a bit thick, they look more attractive after applying lipstick and lip gloss. Coupled with the sweet smile that she has practiced countless times in private, she is so cute and contagious that it is no wonder that she has won the love of so many fans.

"Shen Juansang~ It's our first meeting, please give me your guidance!"

"Ishihara-san, nice to meet you."

Shen Juan answered in fluent Japanese, and followed local customs by adding the word "桑" (mulberry) at the end of his answer to show respect.

But to be honest.
It is really tiring to communicate with Japanese people. It is really difficult to tell which country has more complicated etiquette and which country has more things to pay attention to, Japan or South Korea.

"Shen Juansang, how come your Japanese is so good?" Ishihara Satomi said to Shen Juan with her hands covering her mouth in surprise.

"I took some time to learn when I was a trainee." Just like no one knows how much Conan learned in Hawaii, no one knows how many skills Shen Juan mastered during his trainee period.

"If I remember correctly, Shen Juan-sang's English and Korean are also very good!" Ishihara Satomi knew that the guest at the same time was Shen Juan, so she did her homework before coming.

"Ah."

"Si Guoyi! What an amazing talent for languages!" Ishihara Satomi narrowed her eyes slightly and raised the corners of her mouth to reveal a bright, healing smile, which was very contagious.

After a simple mutual acquaintance and business exaggeration, which helped to shorten the distance between the two parties, they started to talk about business.

The content of the first amateur observation project that the two of them need to record this afternoon is simply:
The partner of the fan who appeared in the video secretly signed up with the program team without telling him/her. After layers of screening and examination by the program team, he was very lucky to get the opportunity to participate.

Then, the unsuspecting fan will be taken by his/her partner to a hypnosis experience classroom filled with countless hidden cameras, and have the fake hypnotist hypnotize the husband into thinking that his/her "wife (husband) looks like Ishihara Satomi (Shen Juan)".

Then the partner cautiously leaves.

At this time, let the celebrity guests appear.

As for what will happen next, it depends on the program team's outline and the specific actions of the guest himself.

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