Huayu: Starting from the top talent show

Chapter 272 Online Cultivation of Imported Fish Fry
After returning to Beijing from Arxan on the same flight with Cheng Xiao, a new round of work began.

Mainly new advertisements for some endorsement brands and cover shoots for fashion magazines.

Brands like Estee Lauder, Coca-Cola, and McDonald's all have plans to shoot New Year advertisements for 2019.

For example, one of the five major magazines, Jiaren, also successfully invited Shen Juan to be the cover character of their annual issue.

So even if Shen Juan didn't join the group, didn't release an album, didn't enter the work promotion period, and didn't have to record a regular variety show, it was really difficult for him to have complete free time during this period.

After all, his artist level is there.

Than nationality?

He is one of the most famous young artists, but it is difficult to get an accurate figure of how famous he is.

But at the very least, he will definitely not be lower than Lu Han and Li Yifeng, the first generation of top stars born in the early era of traffic.

Don't underestimate these remnants of the old era.

The traffic data of this batch of traffic may not be as high as those new traffic that will emerge later, but in terms of national popularity, it is definitely a height that the later generations will never be able to reach in their lifetime.

Compare traffic?
Shen Juan's current dehydration data is the most indisputable and real TOP in the domestic entertainment industry.

If the number of fans were made into a bar graph, and Shen Juan was placed in the center, it would definitely be a huge, towering middle finger!

Take the super topic check-in data on October 10 as an example.

排名前十的艺人从高到低分别是：沈倦95w一骑绝尘、朱艺龙40w、蔡徐鲲40w、易羊千禧40w、王原30w+、张艺星20w+，然后就是15w+的王俊恺、白宇、迪丽热芭、鹿寒。

Moreover, this group of people is not like Shen Juan. In order to create a false prosperity and deceive more fans and newcomers to the fan circle, they have more or less inflated the data. The real data may have to drop by at least 10%-20%.

Therefore, in this situation where all aspects are outstanding and there are no obvious shortcomings, even though Shen Juan never endorses fast-moving consumer goods that make the fastest money and exploit fans the most, he has still established in-depth and close cooperative relationships with more than 20 major brands.

The commercial value is fully reflected!

At the same time, many major and minor events that attracted outside attention occurred in the entertainment industry during this period.

For example, when the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show announced the list of performers for this year, Shen Juan was on the list, which successfully triggered a new round of fan carnival and slightly stimulated a wave of new fans to join.

For example, on Halloween, many celebrities posted cosplay photos of themselves dressed as ghosts on Weibo.

In fact, Shen Juan had originally planned to cosplay a random character to join in the fun, but he was playing a game with Xiao Xiao on Halloween night, so the plan had to be shelved temporarily.

For example, many celebrities in the entertainment industry have passed away recently, including the famous host Li Yong, the founder of Golden Harvest Zou Wenhuai, the famous writer Jin Yong, and the famous TVB actress Lan Jieying.
After Tang Yan's wedding, she posted a group of pictures on Weibo every now and then, trying to prolong the aftermath of the wedding as long as possible and earn a lot of traffic.

Huang Jingyu was exposed for being married and committing domestic violence and cheating, but as a masculine and tough young actor, which is very rare in the domestic entertainment industry, this scandal was suppressed by the capital behind the scenes.

TOP, a member of BigBang in South Korea, made another post on Instagram after a year and a half, but was angrily criticized by his ex-girlfriend, "South Korea's Poison King" Han Ruixi: You bastard, you bastard who has a hook smaller than your lipstick, don't even think about making a comeback in your life!

This sister is a ruthless person. Not only did she single-handedly ruin the reputation of many artists, she also helped the president of YG to receive a three-year package. She is a benchmark and role model in the star-chasing world.

In addition, even the mainstream media have begun to speak ill of this group of old traffic stars headed by Lu Han and Li Yifeng.

For example, this article titled [Shen Juan and Cai Xukun are rising strongly, while Lu Han, Li Yifeng and other top traffic stars are falling behind, and the entertainment market has officially entered the traffic 2.0 era] details the current status of the entertainment industry in recent years:

From the era when there were only two male stars in the annual commercial value rankings and there were more female stars than male stars, to the era of male beauty consumption when fan circles took shape in 2015, to the current era of developed fan circles and booming traffic in 2018.

Popular artists have been replaced one after another.

It will continue to be updated in the future.

Moreover, as hot money pours into the market and the film and television industry becomes increasingly developed, the speed of traffic iteration will only be faster!

So now everyone is looking for ways to retain fans and maintain stability, and to ensure that their own status does not decline.

Li Yifeng went to make a movie, Yang Yang, who has been caught in the "greasy" whirlpool recently, took on a military drama in an attempt to transform himself, and Kris and Lay tried to replicate Shen Juan's rise in the United States.

As for Lu Han?

Lu Han is in a happy relationship and even turned down the Running Man program, the only option that could help him gain effective traffic exposure at this stage.

Even Shen Juan, a colleague of his, found this kind of operation strange, not to mention those fans who value their idols’ careers more than their own.

All I can say is that this guy is not much different from the girl Abin that Shen Juan met in Neon some time ago. Both of them are examples of people who have developed rebellious psychology and become emotional after being controlled by the company and their agents for a long time.

The only difference is that Hamabe Minami is still very young and can hold on for many more years.

Lu Han is almost 30 years old and won’t be popular for much longer.

11 month 3 number.

After finishing the shooting of Coca-Cola's New Year advertisement, Shen Juan headed straight to the Capital International Airport.

As the global spokesperson for League of Legends, he is preparing to travel to South Korea to watch the S8 World Finals live, and also to cheer for the domestic club IG.

In fact, as the domestic e-sports market gradually expands, fan culture has gradually spread to the e-sports circle. Many celebrity teams in the entertainment industry have noticed the growing popularity of e-sports and have stepped up to create e-sports personalities for their own artists in an attempt to reap the benefits of this cake.

For example, Tencent is recently planning to organize an e-sports variety show called "Surpass Heroes", and it is said that many popular anchors and entertainment stars have been invited to compete on the same stage.

As the global spokesperson for League of Legends, Shen Juan naturally also received an invitation from Tencent to be a regular on the show.

But it is absolutely impossible to go.
Shen Juan has no plans to attend the League of Legends All-Star Game scheduled to be held in Las Vegas next month.

On the one hand, it is because there is little money and a lot of work to do, with this and that, and it would be a waste of time to run back and forth between China and the United States.

On the other hand, Shen Juan no longer needs to ride on the popularity of e-sports like he did last year.

To put it bluntly, what he needs to become a national top star is just general popularity and fame, and he does not need to completely convert fans in the e-sports circle into his die-hard fans.

So it is enough to achieve a certain degree.

The more you do, the less you gain.

Just like now, e-sports fans who don’t pay much attention to the entertainment industry will think of Shen Juan as being very handsome (visible to the naked eye), having a good level in League of Legends (he has been slaughtering in the anniversary star show for two consecutive years), and being an awesome singer (on the opening ceremony stage of the S7 finals).

The same is true for fans from the football circle (Arsenal ambassador, World Cup Coca-Cola theme song, Portugal team song) and basketball circle (NBA All-Star Celebrity Game MVP), all of whom have more or less found a sense of identity and intimacy in Shen Juan.

That's enough.

After checking in, I boarded the plane and took my seat in the business class.

Out of privacy considerations, I originally wanted to buy a first-class ticket, but now many airlines no longer offer first-class seats in order to generate more revenue.

So Shen Juan could only put on his mask and fisherman's hat obediently and try his best not to be noticed by the passengers around him.

I connected to WiFi and saw this Weibo post.

Salt and Pepper Spareribs: [Blogger South Korea Liuzi found that the discussion on the Korean Internet about who is the most popular artist (group) in Asia, Shen Juan or BTS, has been increasing recently, so he simply came out to use Google big data to calm down this public opinion dispute. (The original post discussed more than 2,000 floors on the South Korean forum, and this Weibo post is just a copy)]

Below the text is a data picture, which includes South Korea, the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Japan and other places.

Such a rigorous and authoritative popular science post naturally quickly attracted many fans and passers-by to join in the discussion.

After looking at all the pictures, an enthusiastic netizen helped to summarize: [90% of white European and American countries are Shen Juan, most Latin American countries like BTS, and Japan is about 50-50, South Korea BTS is far ahead, Southeast Asia is 50-50, Africa does not participate in the discussion, and China does not participate in the discussion because it does not use Google. ]

[If we add the number of fans in China, I really can’t even think about it. I’m afraid it will kill the competition directly. ]

[I still remember seeing a similar comparison at the beginning of the year. At that time, I was only ahead in popularity in North America and China, but now it has surpassed all of them, hahaha! ]

[Neighborhood will soon become my favorite! I heard from my friends who are studying abroad in Neighborhood that now they can listen to my favorite songs dozens of times every time they go out! In a few months, after the residual heat of "You Are All I See" is over, I guess I can completely stabilize in the first-tier or even super-first-tier echelon. 】

[BTS is popular in Latin America because of the K-pop base. I still remember when Henry was recording Sisters Over Flowers, there were so many fans waiting for him at the airport that I was shocked.]

[Latin America is actually not that important. Latin America is to Europe and America what Southeast Asia is to East Asia. They are both secondary markets with low per capita consumption capacity but a large population that can support the scene. Many singers go to Latin America to hold concerts for tens of thousands of people and then use the information gap to brag about their international reputation. In fact, no one in the mainstream foreign market cares about them at all.]

[If you don't mention anything else, you can see that the popularity awards originally given to BTS were all given to Shen Juan this year. Isn't that the result? Shen Juan is the undisputed number one male singer in Asia in Europe and America. Even at this stage, there are only a handful of male singers in Europe and America who can surpass him. I am already looking forward to my second album next year to become a god. 】

[Hahahaha, it's like this, the BTS fans next door are cursing, saying that Shen Juan's popularity and sales are all inflated by the female data workers in China, and they don't agree with it. ]

[Fire is fire. Do you need the approval of these dream girls who live in their own world? Just don't fall into the trap of self-proof. There is nothing to talk about with these Shabi. ]

[You know what, in fact, the K-pop scene next door is not monolithic either. I see EXO fans are very supportive of Shen Juan.]

[It's normal. The enemy of my enemy is my friend. Aili Army has been fighting each other every year. Now that EXO can't win, they will definitely seek overseas reinforcements for help, hahaha! ]

Some of the comments are quite accurate.

Shen Juan’s current development momentum in Japan is indeed very good, and there is a sense of breaking out of the circle. It is estimated that it won’t take long before he will widen the gap with BTS.

Then, there is a high probability that South Korea will not be able to defeat us.

After all, this is their home court. How could it be tolerated if a foreigner, especially a Chinese, were allowed to be the king?
However, Southeast Asia, which is currently in a balance, and Latin America, which is temporarily at a disadvantage, can indeed strive for it.

Although these two places are a bit poor, they have a large population and enthusiastic fans, and in the future, the proportion of revenue from streaming music will only increase.

Therefore, as long as it is used properly, it can also generate considerable income and popularity data in the streaming media field.

Shen Juan exited the forum contentedly, then turned off his phone and looked out the window.

The sea of clouds rolls, and the rays of light are endless.

Lu Han started a nationwide tour, Lay's new album is expected to become the best-selling Chinese album of the year, Kris' new album is about to be released, and I have also become the Asian male number one.

We all have a bright future.

At 3:30 p.m. Seoul time, the Incheon Munhak Stadium was bustling with people as spectators checked their tickets and entered the stadium one by one.

This year's League of Legends S8 Global Finals will be held here.

The two teams were China's IG and Europe's FNC. In fact, for both the ordinary audience who watched the game and Shen Juan, the extraterritorial demon with memories of his past life, there was not much suspense in this game, after all, IG's competitiveness in the previous games was too strong.

Therefore, many spectators said that this is the truly most promising year in the history of LPL.

Shen Juan even gave a 3-0 predicted score for the final on Weibo early on, which attracted a large number of e-sports fans to the comment section to beg him not to make such a toxic prediction.

Then Shen Juan directly replied with an emoticon of the factory manager, a little bear, spreading his hands, so that the factory manager, who was in a semi-retired state, could also benefit from the traffic dividend of the top stars in the entertainment industry.

Get off the bus and follow the group to check in.

Shen Juan bought a seat in the middle this time and did not sit in a place that was too conspicuous and easy to be photographed, because he brought a fan friend who was not convenient to be photographed.

I had met this girl, Dasha Taran, born in 99, outside the Tiffany Brand Gala in New York.

This beautiful sister, who was nominated as the Most Beautiful Face of 2018 this year, was discovered by the agency Rainmakers while traveling in South Korea to relax some time ago, and the agency tried to sign a five-year agency contract with her.

The treatment offered is quite generous.

So she is very confused now, not knowing whether she should stay in South Korea for the most important five years of her life.

And she and Shen Juan just happened to follow each other on Instagram, so she mustered up the courage to send a private message on Instagram to ask her idol's opinion on the matter.

Of course Shen Juan said no.

In his opinion, instead of letting this little fan with amazing looks stay in South Korea to work for KR, it would be better for him to come to Shanghai and join the glorious evolution like Angelina.

Anyway, it’s the same whether you collect one or two.

The salary and benefits you can get by developing in China are incomparable to the meager amounts you get in South Korea.

Of course, even if you wear a mask and sit in an inconspicuous corner, you still cannot rule out the possibility of being recognized by passers-by and being caught by the on-site director and put on the big screen.

So to be on the safe side, there were several seats between Shen Juan and Dashatalan, and they communicated on Kakao on their mobile phones whenever they wanted to talk.

This year's opening performance is "POP/STARS" brought by Riot's latest KDA virtual girl group.

Four girls of different races and skin colors played different heroes and sang on stage. Among them was Madison Beer, the "beer girl" who was called the low-profile Megan Fox, and Zhao Meiyan, who Shen Juan had met at the Produce 48 finals.

The stage performance was pretty good.

Anyway, it was much better than the performance of the theme song "RISE" that was howled on the stage later.

So when the game entered the BP stage, Shen Juan also took the time to send a message to Zhao Meiyan.

AlexS: [Very good performance, I will become your fan. ]

Then it was accompanied by a photo of the actual scene.

Miyeon: [If everyone knew that even the famous Shen Juanxi has milky blue, then our GIDLE will probably become popular outside of South Korea kkkk! ]

AlexS: [You can say it anyway.]

Miyeon: [Forget it, I'm afraid of being scolded by your fans. Do you know how fierce the South Korean Alovers are now? They often say on the Internet that my Alex is the world's best-selling album, so what is your oppa the champion of? ]

AlexS: [.]

Shen Juan had heard something about it and even felt like laughing.

After a while, seeing that Shen Juan had not responded, Zhao Meiyan sent another selfie and asked: [Do you know which role I am playing today? ]

AlexS: [Ahri?]

Miyeon: [Why are you so accurate? ]

After all, I am a global spokesperson for League of Legends who has played the game. Besides, among the four people on the stage today, you are the only one wearing fan clothes. Who else could it be but you?

But Shen Juan would definitely not respond like that.

He thought about it and decided to respond in a way that would please her: [It’s simple, because Ahri is the prettiest~]

When dealing with a vain person, you should praise her for her beauty.

And he really thought Sister Mian was good-looking.

As expected, Zhao Meiyan sent an emoticon of shyly covering her face, obviously very pleased with Shen Juan's compliment. Then the conversation between the two of them smoothly passed the initial awkwardness and politeness and entered the next stage.

Miyeon: [Can I ask you a question that might be a little offensive? If you don’t feel comfortable answering it, forget it.]

AlexS：【Of course.】

Miyeon: [How many times have you been in love? ]

Shen Juan didn't want to answer truthfully, so he could only take back the initiative and type back: [Do you want to know about my past? ]

Zhao Meiyan hummed a lighthearted tune and tapped the screen of her mobile phone happily: [I'm just a little curious]

Shen Juan first rejected the Wang Sicong brand hot dog handed to her by the assistant next to her, indicating that she should finish it herself, and then typed a reply: [Don’t you usually only care about this kind of question if you are interested in or like a person? Which one are you? ]

Zhao Meiyan was instantly hooked and curled her lips. She was secretly glad that she was not face to face with Shen Juan at this moment, otherwise even if she had practiced facial expression management for many years, she would not be able to withstand such teasing.

In order to regain the initiative, Sister Mian typed this sentence: [I'm just a little curious, so are you dating someone now? ]

The best answer is not to give a direct answer.

I can't say I like him, but at least I'm interested in him.

So Juanzi became dishonest.

[No~]

Although Zhao Meiyan knew that Shen Juan was probably bluffing, she was still inexplicably happy: [What a surprise! A guy as good-looking as you should be very popular with girls. There must be a lot of girls chasing you! You just have too high standards and don't like them. ]

AlexS: [Do you really think so? ]

Zhao Meiyan was very sure: [Really! ]

Shen Juan curled the corners of his mouth. He could clearly feel what the girl on the other side of the screen was feeling at the moment, so he felt it was time for him to take action.

[Then I have something to say to you now, which may be a little offensive and cross the line, can I say it, Pabo? ]

The smile on Zhao Meiyan's face became brighter and brighter, even attracting a confused, curious and concerned look from the team leader Tian Xiaojuan who was resting in the same lounge.

What is this guy doing, grinning at his phone screen? Is he reading online comments praising him?
Miyeon: [Of course, but you can’t call me Pabo, I’m not a fool! ]

Her mood was particularly good and her tone became softer, even with a hint of coquettishness.

After holding the phone and waiting for about half a minute, Zhao Meiyan saw this message from Shen Juan.

AlexS: [It’s not surprising that you’re popular but don’t have a date, because you look like you’d date me, but you’re not dating, right?]

"!!!" Zhao Meiyan's blood boiled instantly and her face turned red. She now finally understood why Song Yuqi and Minnie always quarreled over Shen Juan.

Because this man really has the ability to easily hook people into being blackbait. After spending a long time with this blue-faced troublemaker, it is really hard not to be seduced by him and make the wrong decision.

The following games continued to develop in an orderly manner according to the original time and space trajectory. As expected, even if it happened again, FNC still couldn't touch this year's IG.

When the golden rain fell, the audience cheered wildly. Shen Juan also took photos of himself being there in person, then stood up contentedly and left in the chaos.

On the way back to Seoul, Shen Juan was editing the text for Weibo. Now the entire Weibo was focusing on discussing IG's victory. Although he did not need to take advantage of the popularity, as the global spokesperson for League of Legends, he finally saw his own people win the championship. If he did not say a few words, he would be questioned by his brainless fans as KRD, who was in Cao's camp but his heart was with Han.

On the other side, Dashatalan was swinging his legs idly, pretending to look down at his phone, but in fact he was secretly looking at his idol whom he had been thinking about for a long time, and who was as far away as the moon in the sky.

His facial features and idol aura are too outstanding. No wonder so many young girls regard him as their dream lover. The girl couldn't help but grumble in her heart.

Shen Juan stretched and suddenly found that Dashatalan had been stealing glances at her. He raised his eyebrows at her in confusion.

"Um, have you ever thought that this game would end in 3-0?" The girl panicked and subconsciously changed the subject.

"Of course, I have already predicted a score of 3-0 on Weibo." Shen Juan smiled, "Weibo is equivalent to Instagram, Twitter and Facebook in China. After you go to China, you will gradually become familiar with these things."

Dasha Taran nodded obediently, remained silent for a moment, and then couldn't help asking, "Who is the senior you just told me about? Is he also Russian?"

"She is also Russian. She was born in 96, three years older than you. After you move to Shanghai, you can live together and take care of each other. Of course, if you want to live alone, that's fine too. I'll ask someone to make arrangements for you then." Shen Juan felt more and more that his behavior of introducing overseas talents had a sense of déjà vu of hiding a beautiful woman in a golden house.

This is no longer a simple cross-border remote fish farming, this is purely online cultivation of imported fish fry!
Dasha thought of the future plans that Shen Juan had just discussed with her on Kakao. "Why can you make money in China by simply praising China? Is it really that easy to make money?"

So now it was Shen Juan's turn to be silent.

After all, this question is not easy to answer. If you say too much, it will give people the feeling that you are belittling your own country.

Seeing this, Dashatalan, who had maxed out the skill of Observe Motives, suddenly realized that there are some things that one cannot ask too many questions about!

So I quickly changed the subject: "How did you know her? The senior who is three years older than me."

"We met in a bar." Shen Juan was very frank.

"Bar?" Dashatalan immediately associated many scenes into his mind and understood many things at the same time.

She felt that perhaps she should follow the example of that senior who she had never met and whose name she didn't even know, and be more proactive and enthusiastic in front of Shen Juan.

After all, she was already lagging behind others, and if she wanted to fill the gap during this period, she had to take some special measures.

And with Shen Juan.
It's obvious that I made a lot of money, okay!
Why are you still pretending to be so reserved?

(End of this chapter)