Huayu: Starting from the top talent show

Chapter 384 2be+2gether=4ever
On the first day, there was a risk of losing balance and falling every few meters, so he could only move forward at a snail's pace with Shen Juan's help.

The second day was much better than the first day, but if you were more than ten meters away from Shen Juan, you would slip and fall on your backside in the snow.

On the third day, having successfully left the beginner village, I was able to frolic and play around freely on the beginner path.

As it turns out, perhaps due to his dance training from a young age, Wang Churan does have some talent in skiing.

I mastered this skill by flirting and chasing each other on the ski slopes.

But all good things must come to an end. After a short rest and adjustment, everyone's work and life must continue.

So after seeing Wang Churan off on her flight back to China, Shen Juan went to the BC Place Stadium in Vancouver, which is nicknamed "Pineapple Bun" by the local Chinese community and can hold 54000 people, to begin rehearsals for the concert.

Meanwhile, a Netflix documentary focusing on the behind-the-scenes of the concert and Shen Juan's life and thoughts is also being filmed.

This will be a long-term project.

During filming, Shen Juan needs to conduct numerous interviews and dialogues, either analyzing his inner thoughts or expressing his views on certain matters and the future, to allow fans to gain a deeper understanding of him, enhance fan cohesion, and make them more understanding and supportive of everything he does in the future.

"In the music industry, everyone has their own specialty that makes them stand out and be different."

“I talked to Taylor about this before, and she said that storytelling is her specialty, and she is very good at it.”

"But for me, this seemingly simple question is actually a bit difficult to answer. To be honest, I really don't know what my specialty is. Because my creative style is too flexible and ever-changing, it's not impossible that I might play pop this year and go to play rap and country next year. So it's really hard to define my style accurately. But I saw that some fans on the Internet gave me the nickname Styledominater."

"I think it's pretty cool, I like it."

"As for my lyrics, part of them come from my personal experiences, and the other part comes from reasonable fantasies based on my life or the experiences of others around me. I mean, it is both magic and fairy tale, and I am happy to bring spiritual comfort to everyone."

"For example, I recently received a submission from a fan who is writing lyrics based on her personal experience. She also added my own feelings at certain moments, so this song is actually a collaboration between me and my Alovers. Congratulations!"

After saying this, Shen Juan clapped for himself, which looked silly, but his fans loved it.

They love idols who are radiant on stage but approachable off stage, creating a striking contrast!
As lunchtime approached, having collected enough high-quality footage, the documentary team left once again, completely satisfied.

Shen Juan leaned back on the sofa in the lounge and took out his phone to send birthday wishes to Kwon Eunbi, who was in South Korea.

Although there are not many opportunities to meet in person:
Shen Juan rarely goes to South Korea, and Kwon Eunbi, who still follows IZ*ONE, also rarely goes to countries outside of Japan and South Korea.

But flirting online is perfectly fine.

Kwon Eun-bi enjoys having a high-profile celebrity act as her confidante, listening to her troubles.

Shen Juan, who has a bit of a gossip streak, also loves to eat gossip and learned a lot of K-pop secrets from Kwon Eunbi.

This greatly satisfied his love of gossip!

In addition, she is quite good-looking, especially in terms of figure, which gives her a great advantage compared to other female celebrities.

Therefore, Shen Juan was quite willing to build friendships and maintain contact with these foreign friends with whom he had no vested interests.

A little while later, Yangyang Jin, who was working, and her assistant, who was delivering takeout, walked into the break room together.

“After the Vancouver concert, the North American tour will be over. The 30th is your private date. You two just met last week to talk about it, so you shouldn’t have forgotten so quickly. Justin Bieber and his fiancée are planning to hold their wedding in South Carolina. The clothes have already been prepared for you, so you can just go directly there.” Yangyang Jin sat next to Shen Juan and chatted with him about work.

"Thank you for your hard work!" Shen Juan said, expressing his gratitude.

Yangyang Jin continued calmly, "After the wedding, we'll fly to Paris. I've already turned down all the fashion shows and brand events LV has held for you, but it wouldn't be right to keep skipping them. So you'd better attend the 2020 Spring/Summer Women's Fashion Show."

"Then, considering that you will be holding a concert in Paris from the 4th to the 6th, and that LV, YSL, L'Oréal, Guerlain, Estée Lauder and Rupert Homme have a bunch of global advertisements waiting for you to shoot, after scheduling all of these, you may be very busy in early October."

Shen Juan shrugged, sighed, and replied, "I'll be busy then. Who told these luxury brands to be so generous with their money?"

Other luxury brand ambassadors might not even get one global advertising campaign in a year, but the luxury brands that Shen Juan endorses want him to shoot their global advertising campaigns every season.

The reason is simple: it's just too good!
Whether it's the most direct fashion expression, or personal influence and sales ability, it's all top-notch!

These are all symbols of status and position.

So Shen Juan didn't feel too bad, but he felt that he would have less time to spend with his girlfriend next month.

The good thing is that these three LV brand ambassadors, whose consecutive announcements have sparked heated discussions in the Chinese entertainment industry, will all be attending the show in Paris.

Hmm, thinking about it this way, it's not so bad.

At least when I'm working, someone can be by my side.

"Then there's the matter of iQiyi's 'Wandering the World'. As per your request, the recording locations have all been decided. After the Munich concert, we'll first go to Austria to spend three days recording the first half, and then after the Madrid concert, we'll go to Hungary to finish recording the second half."

"I have no problem with that. The only thing I need to figure out now is when the music video shoot is scheduled?"

During the two months between tour performances, Shen Juan not only made several remix versions of Blind Light to boost its rating, but also completed more than half of the EP that is expected to be released next year.

Excluding music video shooting, five songs have been completed, and two more are in production, or rather, still in the songwriting stage.

One of them is the song I just mentioned, which was created based on fans' personal experiences and Shen Juan's own feelings.

The other song is a collaboration with Ariana Grande:
"Rain On Me" (originally sung by Lady Gaga, although the original key is high, Wajuan can still easily handle it).

As for the remix of "Save Your Tears"?
That's a killer weapon on Billboard. Shen Juan plans to collaborate with Ariana Grande again when he's ready to compete for the top spot. At that time, he estimates he can also leverage the power of Alexa (known as Cabbage in China, Ariana Grande's nickname is Aili Xingcai, and Shen Juan uses the character "Juan") to achieve even better results than in the original timeline.

In addition, a song called "Goodbyes," which was taken from their good homie Marlon, has also been completed.

(Wa Juan sings Ma Long's part, and Ma Long sings the rap part of Young Thug)

Due to path dependence, Ma Long was clearly happy to continue working with Shen Juan before the collaboration failed.

"November, I think. You should be in the US for the American Music Awards then. Do you have any ideas about the filming location? The music videos for 'Rain On Me' and 'Goodbyes' will definitely have to be filmed in the US, since we have collaborating artists. As for the others, it doesn't matter, we can skip them if we don't want to film them."

Yangyang Jin's idea coincided with Shen Juan's.

After all, this EP was just a transitional work to carry on the family bond. At best, it was like a "second son" who was neither here nor there and the least favored at home. So Shen Juan would not treat it like he would treat the "eldest son with special significance" who was underestimated and the "most favored youngest son" Leviathan.

After thinking for a moment, he decided to give this resource, or rather this achievement, to the cultural and tourism department in his hometown: "Let's shoot the music videos for the remaining songs in China. The Shanghai version of the 'Blind Light' music video has a pretty good number of views. Those leaders are very satisfied and said they want to cooperate with me more and have more contact with me."

"Then let's schedule it for December?" Yangyang Jin asked.

“Okay.” Shen Juan nodded in agreement.

Around the end of the year, the Leviathan Era tour will return to its original starting point and continue its tour in China.

So we can use that time to finish the last part of the EP's production.

On September 29th, Shen Juan, together with fellow Gen Z idol Billie Eilish, completed his final performance in North America at the BC Place Stadium in Vancouver, which can hold more than 9 people, giving all North American fans a fairly satisfactory and perfect ending.

In addition, the underrated second single "In My Blood" and the underrated third single "Seven," which were released almost a year and a half ago, successfully broke the 1 billion stream mark on Soundwave in late September, becoming two more streaming hit songs with solid achievements to back them up.

Therefore, Shen Juan has become the undisputed number one male singer at this stage, thanks to his explosive tour box office performance, the streaming success of his songs, and the support of his fans' social media data.

Bruno Mars is lazy, has low output, and his streaming performance is mediocre.

The bonsai had almost no star power or touring success.

Mr. Huang has shortcomings in terms of popularity and star power.

Male ducks don't perform very well outside of the United States.

Bieber is like a starved camel; he can only bully horses smaller than himself, but he can't control other living camels.

Only Shen Juan has mastered all aspects, making him the only well-rounded male singer of this era without any weaknesses.

CCTV's evening news program featured a special report on the incident, giving this "son of Shanghai" a lot of attention.

"Breaking news from our station: Chinese young artist Shen Juan has shocked the global music market as a cultural icebreaker. His Leviathan Era World Tour is not even halfway through, but it has already surpassed last year's tour box office champion, British singer Ed Sheeran, to become the first Asian artist this century to top the global tour box office charts! He is also the first Chinese singer in history to receive this honor!"

"This is a milestone achievement in the leapfrog development of my country's cultural soft power. More and more foreigners have gained a deeper understanding of China in the new era through Shen Juan. He marks and represents the voice and power of China's people as they move further into the world."

Our Vancouver correspondent reports live: "Right now, outside BC Coliseum, over 4.3 fans of different ethnicities are singing 'Blinding Lights' in unison. This is the 36th show of Shen Juan's Leviathan Era World Tour. According to authoritative data agency Pollstar, this tour has already grossed $00 million, averaging an astonishing $1194 million per show, successfully surpassing the annual record set by British singer Ed Sheeran last year." "With Shen Juan's meteoric rise, we are witnessing a concrete manifestation of the rise of national self-confidence," emphasized the Vice Dean of the Institute for Cultural Creativity at Tsinghua University in an interview. "When Gen Z young people are humming Shen Juan's songs on the streets of North America and Europe, and when the AR dragon designed by a Chinese team has garnered over a billion views on video platforms, this has already transcended the traditional realm of performing arts, constructing a new paradigm for cultural dialogue in the digital age."

"It is reported that as the tour continues, global performance industry analysts predict that Shen Juan's Leviathan Era tour is expected to gross nearly $10 billion, setting a new historical record. We look forward to Shen Juan, an outstanding young artist from our country, bringing us more excellent performances and works in the future."

CCTV-4's international channel also joined in the fun.

"Chinese singer Shen Juan has used the music genres that the West excels at to defeat and dominate the Western pop music scene this year. Today's press conference specifically mentioned: The Shen Juan phenomenon proves that China is rising and is moving towards the world with an absolutely open attitude."

CCTV-2's financial channel analyzed the economic effects of the Leviathan tour, also known as "burnout economics."

"If you only see Shen Juan as a singer, then you are obviously out of touch with the times. His influence goes far beyond the music field, just as Moutai liquor transcends the boundaries of a simple liquor and contains financial attributes."

"Statistics show that each of Shen Juan's performances brings between $4000 million and $1.1 million in economic benefits to the city where it is held. For example, his concert in Las Vegas, USA, brought about $1 million in economic benefits to the local area."

"He has created a sensation in various places. Hotels are fully booked, surrounding markets are booming, nightlife venues are packed with people, and all walks of life have experienced explosive growth because of his arrival. He has even promoted local economic development, created many jobs, and injected vitality and fresh blood into the city."

CCTV-9 Documentary Channel worked overtime to produce a documentary called "Son of the Times" for Shen Juan.

To deliver the best possible performance for his fans, he made extensive preparations beforehand. He admitted that this tour was a huge challenge, saying in a magazine interview, "This tour is more difficult than any of my previous shows. This is by far the most important show of my career."

"But I can now say with confidence that I have done my physical training for this tour."

Despite the immense pressure from the outside world, he says he is ready to face it all.

He told reporters, "At the Soul Power concert that year, I saw David Tao standing on the stage looking so spirited and inspiring. At that moment, I thought that if I could become a singer in the future, I would definitely bring the best works and the best performances to the audience."

"Now the opportunity to let the world know my name is right in front of me. I have to consider whether this is the only opportunity I will ever have in my life, so I must give it my all. This is the best time to show my strength as a singer and my charm as an artist. I am ready."

CCTV-15 Music Channel would naturally not miss any opportunity to boost ratings.

"With 'Seven' and 'In My Blood' surpassing the 1 billion stream mark on The Voice, Shen Juan has once again made platform history, becoming the first singer to have seven and eight singles with over 1 billion streams, further widening the gap with other singers in terms of streaming performance."

In addition, he had previously appeared on CCTV-5 news for sports events such as winning the NBA All-Star Celebrity Game MVP twice.
How should I put it in this situation?

While other artists in the Chinese entertainment industry are still striving to achieve a grand slam of ten fashion magazine issues and fighting tooth and nail for those low-end fast-moving consumer goods that rake in fans' wallets, Shen Juan has already begun to gradually unlock a grand slam of CCTV News, moving towards becoming the leading figure in the Chinese entertainment industry.

General, Finance, Variety, International Chinese, Sports, Film, National Defense and Military, Science and Education... well, let's skip those two.

After all, the "empty transport" that Wajuan is so proud of is not really empty transport, and singing and acting have nothing to do with science and education.

Then unlock almost all the channels that can be unlocked, including TV series, documentaries, legal affairs (×), news, and music.

Although appearing on CCTV is mostly just bragging for the vast majority of artists, it doesn't bring any real benefits.

But just because they can't benefit from the rules and regulations doesn't mean that Shen Juan, who is outside the Three Realms, can't either.

And isn't there a saying that goes like this?

Playing chess with a terrible player will only make you worse.

In the era of internet traffic, there is ultimately a limit to how much one can achieve by simply focusing on the small world of entertainment.

That's why it's necessary to step out of your comfort zone, explore new paths, and try entirely new promotion routes that no one has attempted before.

Without a doubt, this is a difficult road.

But that's precisely why it's difficult.

After all, his goal from beginning to end has been to do his job or career as a celebrity to the best of his ability.

He is very greedy.

He wanted to be a ray of light in other people's lives.

He wanted to be world-famous and admired by everyone.

On a flight from Vancouver to South Carolina.

Shen Juan leaned back in his reclined seat, closed his eyes to rest, and his head swayed gently with the slight turbulence of the plane. Zhou Ye, who had arrived in Vancouver yesterday, was sitting next to him. She took out an eyebrow pencil from her bag, carefully took her boyfriend's hand, and drew crooked lines on his outstretched palm.

"I've drawn your life, career, and love lines to be thick, long, and big." The girl, who called herself a master of palmistry, lowered her voice and went about her work, which she believed to be correct. "May Shen Juan's Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, QQ Music, and NetEase Cloud Music data be off the charts forever, and may he always be the number one male in the world."

Shen Juan opened his eyes and smiled, "Thank you."

"You're welcome. By the way, Juanjuan, are you going to perform at the wedding?" Zhou Ye looked up and asked curiously.

“The bride specifically requested to hear ‘10000 Hours’.” Shen Juan sat up slightly and adjusted his chair to a higher position.

"How wonderful!" Zhou Ye tilted her head slightly, her face full of longing, and the romantic scene of the wedding appeared in her mind.

Speaking of Justin Bieber and Shen Juan, one was a national idol in the early 10s and the other was a national idol in the late 10s. Countless girls in this world fell into their fandom for various reasons when they were young and confused, allowing them to occupy a place in their world.

So if we put aside Bieber's messy affairs and look at it from a fan's perspective, Hailey's marriage to Bieber is indeed a blessing earned through good deeds in her past life. I wonder how many Jelena's fans will post emo comments on social media reminiscing about the past after the wedding news comes out.

Of course, me too!
Zhou Ye's lips curled up uncontrollably.

I wonder how many fans will get upset and go to Weibo to criticize me when Juanjuan and I secretly show our affection.

They are all witnesses to my love with Juanjuan!
I can't help but feel happy whenever I think about this!
"You can listen too!" Shen Juan looked at Zhou Ye, who was inexplicably grinning like an idiot, and couldn't help but laugh along.

"Me?" Zhou Ye pointed to himself, his face full of confusion.

Shen Juan nodded, "She can listen, and so can you."

"How should I hear that? It's not our wedding day." Zhou also unintentionally revealed his wish.

Shen Juan chuckled inwardly, but outwardly acted as if nothing had happened, taking out a Bluetooth earphone and handing one to Zhou Ye.

"Want to listen to the new song that hasn't been released yet?"

"Great! Great!" Zhou Ye immediately beamed with joy and eagerly took the headphones and put them on.

Then close your eyes, listen quietly to the songs playing in your headphones, and immerse yourself in the passionate and exciting melodies and vocals.

The servant's view is the scenery of the scenery.

Jun's entry into the world
Halfway through the song, Zhou Ye suddenly opened her eyes and asked softly, "Is it a new song? I don't think I've heard it before."

"Yes, it's a new song called 'I LOVE,' which I plan to release at the end of the year along with my Japanese EP."

"Oh," Zhou paused, secretly glancing at Shen Juan's reaction, and said hesitantly, "It sounds nice, but if I don't understand the lyrics, it feels like something's missing."

"Do you need me to translate it for you?" Shen Juan raised an eyebrow, a smile flashing in his eyes. "For example, the first two lines of the lyrics mean that since you joined the scenery I've been watching, this world has begun to change dramatically."

Zhou Ye's lips curled up slightly, with a hint of coquettishness, and she said softly, "Too formulaic! Not Zhou Ye enough!"

"What do you mean by 'not enough'? You've become an adjective?" Shen Juan couldn't help but laugh, his eyes full of doting affection.

“It’s just not unique enough!” Zhou Ye’s eyes curved into crescent moons as she explained with a smile, “I hope the lyrics can reflect our story, rather than these formulaic lyrics that any girl could relate to.”

"That's it"

Shen Juan seemed lost in thought, her gaze unconsciously falling on the back of Zhou Ye's hand. After a moment's consideration, she took the eyebrow pencil from Zhou Ye, gently pulled her hand, and, under her curious yet expectant gaze, carefully wrote on the back of her hand:
2be + 2gether = 4ever

Zhou Ye stared at the characters on the back of her hand, her limited knowledge leaving her bewildered: "A chemical formula?"

“Actually, Xiao Ye, you can probably understand what it means if you just read this sentence once: 'to be together' means 'forever.'” Shen Juan patiently explained, gently tapping Zhou Ye’s hand with his finger. “Being together means forever.”

"Does that mean you can write a song using this sentence?" Zhou Ye's eyes sparkled with surprise, his lips curled up, and dimples appeared on his face. He was so happy that it was almost tangible.

Shen Juan looked at her with a firm gaze and said earnestly, "If you'd like, I can give it a try."

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