Generation Z Artists

Chapter 2 The Road to Star God Begins!
After eating a bowl of noodles for RMB 1 on the roadside, Fang Xinghe went home and sat down at his desk. He rubbed his hands and opened the interactive interface of his biological father.

Open the rebirth gift package for me!

5 special effects flash by, and the gift that pops up is one of two choices.

[You can choose to increase one attribute to 99 points, or increase both attributes to 90 points]

OK, OK, nice!

The rule for adding points given by Tongzi is as follows:

[Below 50 points, unified to 100 star points to increase 1 attribute or ability point]

[50-59 points, 1 star points increase by 1 point]

[60-69 points, 10 point increase for every 1]

[70-79 points, 100 point increase for every 1]

[80-89 points, 1000 point increase for every 1]

[90-99 points, 1 point of Star Glory value increases 1 attribute point]

Star Glory is a high-level energy extracted from extremely positive emotions under special circumstances. Therefore, it has the power to break through the upper limit of talent and enter the sacred realm.

90 points of talent for a monster, 95 points for a super god, it gets harder and harder as time goes by, and every point is a transcendence of the limit of the human species.

"If you raise both attributes to 90 points, you can save 1 million star points."

"If you choose a single attribute, you can save 9 Star Glory points."

"Star Glory Points are obviously harder to obtain, but the problem is that my overall demand for Star Glory Points is also less..."

"We are short of critical information now, so we might as well put it on hold for now."

Fang Xinghe couldn't tell whether it was more difficult to obtain a large base of starlight value, or a mere few hundred points of star glory value.

After taking a quick look at all his attributes, he didn't rush to make a decision. He lowered his head and began to write and draw.

It is a generous habit to think as carefully as possible before doing anything, not to indulge emotions when making decisions, and to trust logic and data.

Xiao Fang is different, he is purely reckless.

As a result, the new Fang Xinghe became relatively complete in character, being both meticulous and courageous.

skr~
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The current ecology of domestic entertainment is completely different from the one he is familiar with in the future.

Deconstructing the 30-year history of Chinese entertainment vertically, it is generally a spiral upward process of continuous development, expansion, evolution, then collapse, and then rising again.

To be fair and without any filter, domestic entertainment in later generations is more than an order of magnitude ahead of 98 in terms of technology, special effects, costumes and props, breadth of content, audience aesthetic level, average quality of all practitioners, etc.

Of course, domestic entertainment also faced obvious difficulties at that time.

The problem on the surface is that capital tries to control the right to create traffic, and then traffic forces creation, but the quality of the new traffic itself is getting worse and worse.

The real dead end is that the demand side is out of control.

The comprehensive development of entertainment methods has led to the continuous refinement of public demand, and overly segmented demands have caused the world to lose the soil for giving birth to popular idols.

In the future, there will be walls between each small circle.

Nowadays, a youth idol film can make Li Erpeng instantly famous all over the country.

Twenty years later, only very few people watch Qingpi.

Even as a hit as "Kuang Bi", the number of people who actually watched the entire series was only tens of millions, which is not even on the same level as the coverage of "Wild Princess Looking for Her Father".

It is precisely because each track has different requirements that it becomes increasingly difficult to "break out of the circle".

All the new top stars at that time were essentially the product of small circle carnivals. As a result, when the old stars gradually fell into decline, there was no one to take over.

So the old people continue to cling to it, and the new generation continues to be trapped in a small circle. The scene is intense yet not intense, and the fan circle and the general public are drifting further and further apart.

The rampant presence of water armies is precisely because the circle is too closed, and external forces are needed to break the information cocoon.

But now it’s different, now is such a good era.

It’s bad, so it’s good.

There is nothing more beautiful than the balance of yin and yang.

Fang Xinghe smiled meaningfully and continued to do career market analysis.

At present, it can be called the 1.0 version of domestic entertainment. Its notable features are that the main market is barren, the rules are incomplete, and the situation is reversed.

The T0 profession in this version is obviously the singer.

Any popular song can be circulated all over the country, and the salary for a performance can range from 5000 to tens of thousands, with a guaranteed annual salary of more than 100 million.

98 years!

If an unknown nobody can earn so much, the king and queen at the top must be even more powerful.

According to the news, the princess's endorsement fee is now in the tens of millions, but actors will have to eat dirt if they don't sing, and no one will want to hire them even if they want to perform.

It's really miserable.

There were quite a few pirated tapes on Fang Xinghe's desk. With a quick glance, he discovered that kids of this generation were enjoying a really good life in music.

The princess is in her prime, Yehenala has just been crowned queen, Zhang Yu and Richie Jen are exploding with output...

Fang Xinghe clearly had no memory of this era, but when he looked at the playlist that came with the tape, every song seemed familiar to him.

But he still passed up the career of singer.

These gods have developed the Chinese music scene very well, there is no need for me to save it.

In addition, relying on singing to attract fans is a particularly idealistic option with low returns. Peeling off the appearance of singers making money, what is inside?
Listening to music is a short-term, weakly empathetic, and low-projection form of entertainment.

A song only lasts a few minutes. No matter how touching you are at the time, it is over. Most people will forget it completely in less than half a day.

It is difficult for fans to transfer their love for songs to singers, which requires singers to spend more time and produce more high-quality works to retain fans by repeatedly deepening their favor.

This is completely different from an actor. A classic role is something that you can really think about for a lifetime.

Like that guy, right?
So there is really no need to copy a bunch of songs just to make money and steal other people's jobs. It is better to be focused in life and work.

When you have too many star points in the future, and then you can max out your singing skills, and occasionally sing a few songs that stun the entire entertainment industry, that’s another matter.

The second career path Fang Xinghe passed up was actor.

It's great to be an actor, but it's a pity that I'm not of the right age.

At the age of 13, there is no point in playing any role. If she plays too many roles, she will lose her mystery and plasticity.

The advantage of being a child star is that you are popular with passers-by, but the disadvantage is that you don't attract fans because the sense of disconnection between the childhood role and the adult role is equivalent to changing the person and the fans.

Liu Yifei is no exception. Although she was young when she debuted, all the roles she played were adult roles.

The three little TF members are no exception, they belong to another big category - idols who are trained as a team.

Cultivating idols first appeared in Xiaorizi, and it is almost the easiest way to gain die-hard fans.

Of the three little ones that came later, the two that didn’t have many works really relied on their die-hard fans to hold on for many years.

Because nurturing is the strongest mode of emotional projection, no doubt about it.

If the current Fang Xinghe were thrown into the TF group in 13 and given three years, he would become an unprecedented super-top star in history.

Unfortunately, there is no if, the current domestic entertainment industry really does not have such conditions.

Without a developed network, the problem of fans' sense of participation cannot be solved.

So it’s not that the TF group cannot be replicated, but it must be replicated in the right time window.

Each era has different iconic characteristics, and the power of the era is always worthy of awe.

"Becoming a good actor? Of course. But not now..."

Muttering to himself, Fang Xinghe picked up the pen and wrote two big words.

He doesn’t want to be a singer, can’t be an actor, and has no idol appeal, so he knows exactly what he should do now - study.

Learn all the knowledge that will be useful in the future.

In his previous life, Fang Xinghe could not understand those people who had to rush for success even though they had ample space. Aren’t planning, patience, preparation and waiting for the really good opportunities necessary qualities for doing great things?

Some people's impetuousness is really inexplicable.

Anyway, Fang Xinghe can be patient and keep his composure.

Start preparing for adulthood now!

The accumulation of experience has made a great impact, bringing a little high-dimensional shock to this era...

Fang Xinghe tore off the paper covered with words, threw it into the ashtray and lit it, neither hurried nor slow.

While the house was burning, the door was suddenly kicked open.

"Fuck, boss, what are you doing? What did you light on fire while smoking?"

The door opened and three people came in. They were Xiao Fang's best friends, Liu Fu, Dang Tao, and Yu Xiaoduo.

Boss, this is another title that has a strong sense of age.

Dafang was not quite used to it, but Xiaofang was used to it.

They had the key to the courtyard and would come over to gather every once in a while, so Fang Xinghe was not surprised. He just lazily asked, "Why are you here in the middle of the night?"

"Drink!"

Liu Fu raised his beer bottle and skewers carelessly: "It's the weekend, and I just managed to scrape 200 yuan from my dad. I have to celebrate!"

Dang Tao jumped into Fang Xinghe's room like a big monkey: "Boss, are you...Fuck!"

Fang Xinghe ignored him, but when Dang Tao saw the notebook and pen on the table, he suddenly started to panic: "Boss, what are you writing? Are you writing an essay?"

Yu Xiaoduo also came over, his clear eyes revealing clear stupidity: "Brother, are you finally going to take action against Fang Yuting?"

"What is all this?"

Fang Xinghe's head was full of question marks.

Dang Tao looked like he couldn't hide anything from me, and he answered the case confidently: "You must have seen Fang Yuting was going to participate in the new concept competition, and you sneaked in to join in the fun, otherwise why did you destroy the body as soon as we arrived?"

"Hmm?" Something flashed through Fang Xinghe's mind, "Wait, what game?"

"The first New Concept Essay Contest! The one that Teacher Fang talked about!"

Yu Xiaoduo poked Dang Tao: "Dang Tao, when Mr. Fang notified me, my brother happened to be in trouble and not at school..."

"Oh! Yes..." Dang Tao scratched his head, "Then what are you writing? A love letter? Not that serious, right?"

Liu Fu packed up his stall outside and shouted, "Stop wasting time and get started! Cuyu, put on the newly rented disc!"

He didn't urge Fang Xinghe, but Fang Xinghe rushed over, grabbed the bottle and took a big gulp.

New concept essay contest!
It turns out the first session was this year?

Dude finally knows how to start the path to becoming a Star God!

(End of this chapter)