The battle for traffic in Chinese entertainment

Chapter 486 The decisive battle ended before it even began

After Xu Xing rejected Legend Capital and Interscope successively, Bang Si Hyuk probably thought that the two sides had already torn their relations apart, so he started to use unconventional methods.

It’s not like Xu Xing hasn’t been attacked by this kind of news before, but it’s still quite annoying.

"What's going on with the B list officials? Are they going to change the rules again?"

It felt like the B list was planning to change the rules again, and they took the opportunity to bring some rhythm to Xu Xing. To stimulate Mantianxing again, in order to secure the championship this week, they should have used up the remaining preparations in advance?

It is now September, and the B chart was just updated the day before yesterday. "Blinding Lights" has won the championship for the 10th week.

Now that such news has been released, it will affect this week's 11th week championship.

Originally, BTS's song "Dynamite" would be released next Friday, and that week would be the 12th week that "Blinding Lights" topped the charts, so when "Blinding Lights" was aiming for its 13th week at the top, it faced the challenge of "Dynamite".

Last year, "Old Town Road" "only" won the championship for 16 weeks. This time, Heo Xing's fan club has stopped operating, and "Exile" has divided the fighting force. If Heo Xing's team and fans are confused by this news again, it seems very likely that "Blinding Lights" will end in the 13th week.

"There have always been rumors that B-list would change its rules, but it has only happened a few times. After CNN's report came out, I contacted one of their reporters and a senior executive at Universal, and they both said the news was very abrupt. But B-list also has a history of first denying and then suddenly announcing a change in its rules.

"However, let's assume that this news was indeed fabricated by Bighit. Unless they have discovered a loophole that we don't know about, the change in rules will definitely have the greatest impact on BTS. Therefore, I think we don't need to worry too much about whether B Chart will change the rules. Instead, we should appease the fans first and be wary of any small moves that may happen later."

Sun Man remained calm.

Last week, BTS officially announced their comeback, and domestic stars just surrounded and attacked a wave of ARMYs. Now this news report is just adding fuel to the fire for all the stars.

Without any guidance, they would conclude that BTS was behind it.

When they were beating up Amy last week, they were still playing with a relaxed attitude of contempt, but now they are just exploding.

We have to wipe out that wave of vile Koreans again, and we also have to protect the "blinding lights".

“After the report came out, the download volume of “Blinding Lights” on iTunes, Apple Music and your official website has increased rapidly. Because the fan club has stopped operating, it is impossible to use the official account to call on fans not to be nervous. Several fan clubs jointly posted on Weibo to appease fans, but the effect was not good.

"On the contrary, there are still a few stations that took the opportunity to attract angry fans under the banner of resisting the US suppression, saying that they would do their best to protect the championship this week and slap CNN and B list in the face. The three major overseas voting stations also reacted that the fans' emotions were ignited and they were difficult to appease.

"In recent weeks, the percentage of invalid downloads of Blinding Lights has been decreasing. This is mainly due to overseas fans, especially those in the United States. Our domestic fans still have enough reserves, but overseas fans may be squeezed out this time.

"In this case, if B Chart suddenly changes the rules for official website downloads in the 13th week, it will be very disadvantageous to us. And if Scooter helps Bighit find a local chart-stuffing company in the United States and pushes Spotify to secretly limit the streaming and playback of "Blinding Lights"..."

At the end, Sun Man couldn't help but become worried.

Xu Xing shook his head.

"Spotify is not that stupid, and neither is Scooter. They are just small shareholders. If a company of this size were to resort to such petty tricks, American lawyers would be happy to have a good meal."

Scooter does take action.

Xu Xing's collaboration with Ms. Taylor is not only a slap in the face of Trump, but also a slap in the face of Scooter. The stars and swifties on overseas social media have been mocking Scooter for a long time.

But at most Scooter could provide Bighit with some public relations and marketing resources, such as this CNN report.

What Sun Man said is that the US local water army companies are a factor that can have an impact, but it also depends on whether the B list really no longer includes the sales of artists' official websites.

Xu Xing still doesn’t think that B list will be so determined now.

When "Old Town Road" was rampant last year, the hype about cutting official website sales intensified, and finally List B chose to pretend it didn't happen.

So, after being annoyed, Xu Xing was not too worried.

But Sun Man's expression remained solemn.

Xu Xing was about to speak again to comfort her when she saw Sun Man look at the new message on her phone, then raised her head with a frown.

"Our temporary fan club has been exposed by an insider. I will contact Weibo to suppress it and then find out who it is."

After saying that, she hurried back to the RV.

Xu Xing didn't have time to say anything else.

Sun Man told Xu Xing about the temporary fan club.

In order to promote the "blinding lights" campaign, she gathered a dozen of the most influential website managers into a group and asked them to follow her orders and act in unison.

Together with the original voting group of the fan club, this is the domestic star-studded army for this singles operation.

It is indeed a bit embarrassing to be exposed now.

Because on the surface, Xu Xing's fan club has ceased operations.

Xu Xing felt a little nauseous.

This kind of thing would not affect Xu Xing, and at most it would just cause some ridicule from the fan circle. But with the action efficiency of Sun Man when she organized the Anti-Traitor Group, Sun Man definitely had full control over all of these people in charge, and everyone, at least on the surface, seemed to be particularly loyal.

Now that an insider has been revealed, the only possibility is that he was bribed by Bighit's professional fans.

These two moves are played in coordination.

First, CNN reported on its homepage that Xu Xing had inflated the rankings, and then it was revealed that Xu Xing’s big fans had “conspired” to manipulate the rankings, which was a direct combination of punches.

Originally, Xu Xing just thought that BTS had no chance of winning, so he would wait until the 11th and then kill them head-on and defeat them at the speed of light.

But they really still come with everything.

Does Fatty Fang think he has no temper?
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Hou Minghao controlled his steps and was about to walk over. He kept a smile on his face and nodded and smiled at Xu Xing who had a bad look on his face.

But Xu Xing didn't seem to be looking at him.

But it was obvious that Xu Xing was not in a good mood.

Then it is better not to offend Emperor Zhengrong...

Hou Minghao smiled self-deprecatingly. After reporting to the crew, he greeted Xu Xing several times and chatted with him for a few words. He almost forgot what happened last year.

Also in September last year, Wang Churan was forced to become his nominal girlfriend.

A whole year goes by and people don't change.

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Xu Xing didn't notice Hou Minghao looking at him.

Hou Minghao's visit to the set this time was no different from before. The topics they talked about and the smiles on their faces were all the same.

But Hou Minghao still felt a little embarrassed.

But Xu Xing also asked about his recent developments and patted him on the shoulder to encourage him.

Now Xu Xing didn’t have time to talk to him anymore.

We need to focus on solving BTS.

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[Deletion is going crazy, Weibo is deleting like crazy!!!]

[A WeChat chat record is as long as the files of 20 people.

Is it true that Zhengrong is not as great as people say?

I am extremely nervous now, I am really afraid that the fan club will be shut down for pretending to obey but actually disobeying! ]
"Your group is also deleting like crazy. I now suspect that in addition to discussing ranking manipulation, there are also other shady things discussed in the chat records. [Laughing and crying]"

——"There are 13 in total. I looked at them several times and didn't find anything else. Are there more???"

——"There are 23 tickets for sale on Xiaohuangyu, but they are sold for 500 yuan. I feel like I've been ripped off if I buy them."

——"You're starting to make money from mushrooms again, right! [Laughing and crying]"

"I feel like Zhengrong is afraid that the chat records will be spread overseas, and once seen by the B list officials, they will prove that Xingsheng is cheating on the list, and then remove Manguang from the list. CNN just reported that B list is investigating Manguang, and now they are rushing to deliver evidence of his crime."

——"Also to prevent it from spreading too widely on the Internet, Zhengrong is too good at covering his mouth. Now many passers-by really think that every single from Xingsheng US is bought by Americans."

[I declare that from now on, BTS fans are the only Tao fans in the world! ]

[Taomei, please step back!]

Tao Mei is a complete waste after dancing for so long and shouting so loudly!
As soon as the powder was applied, it exploded directly to the top layer of the King Oyster Mushroom!

They are truly a group that is set to create history for Korean boy bands!

This is still a limited Korean order. If not, fans can really beat the king oyster mushrooms in the country!
Protect our best team in the world!

Go ahead and collect manure!
Fight to the end with no regrets!

Up up! ! ! ]
"wulitaotao?"

"@Empire, someone even took your nickname of "shit-shoveler", that's too much. [pout]"

"Are TES and UP playing in the playoffs???"

"BTS fans are really amazing. This group, which I have never heard of before, has made King Oyster Mushroom so embarrassed this time."

"In the dream, I was beaten by pressing the king oyster mushroom. Before the ban on Korean culture was introduced, Korean fans were also condemned by everyone in China, okay?"

——"Didn't Bigbang get beaten for stuttering in those years? Goose Sister was also the most followed female artist on Baidu Tieba for a few years, okay? [Hehe]"

"Um, you mean those ugly rats in the hot search square? You protect them, I won't fight with you. [Sweating]"

[Can anyone tell me, is BTS really that popular in Korea? ? ? ]

[I took a look at the trending searches, these seven ugly people are so ugly that it’s an eyesore!

Although these are all ugly pictures carefully selected by King Oyster Mushroom, unlike other stars who only have one or two, they have countless ugly pictures...

Xiao Han's plastic surgery industry is so advanced, yet she can still be so ugly.

After the ban on Korean culture, can Xiao Han only eat this kind of rotten pig food? ? ? ]
"He's really popular. Last year, he was unbeatable against all the Korean players. He's not popular in China, not only because of the ban on Korean culture, but also because he's ugly. [Laughing and crying]"

"In Korea, they can't even beat EXO, they just rely on overseas charts to brag. [rolling eyes]"

——"First of all, EXO was beaten badly. Secondly, EXO is more popular in Korea after losing the Chinese green card."

——"He took advantage of EXO's military enlistment bonus and blew it up."

——"Isn't BTS's approach very similar to that of Xingsheng???"

"Do you understand? I heard that there was a group that made King Oyster Mushroom lose face, so I went to Weibo to have some fun. But after seeing their massive amount of ugly pictures, I suddenly had a crush on Xingchu. I'm a die-hard fan of the group... This group is so evil! [Crying]"

——"Hahahaha! I understand!!! Xingchu's crime is indeed unforgivable and he deserves to be cut into pieces, but I will definitely cut his face last. [Laughing and crying]"

"Besides attacking my appearance, King Oyster Mushroom has run out of tricks. [Cute]"

——"It's mainly because of the current epidemic. It's hard to fly King Oyster Mushroom. Xiao Han killed the whole family with feces. You guys should be happy secretly. [Laughing and crying]"

[I found that as long as your group uses the name of black king oyster mushroom, anyone can come and promote it. ]

[The ugly shit is already in your group.]
"As long as it's black king oyster mushroom, who hasn't been treated kindly? [Cute]"

[The ugly dung and the king oyster mushroom are fighting. Is this the happiest time for the Jimei people? 】

[The purest dog-eat-dog fight, the best enjoyment!]
"There's no flesh on the palms and backs of my hands, please make it hurt a little more! [Kiss]"

[It's too shameful that King Oyster Mushroom can't even beat Xiao Han Taofen! ]

[If Xingsheng is really dethroned by BTS next week, we can take away Xingsheng and King Oyster Mushroom’s gold medals of immunity from death!

You praise your country every day, only to let them come and embarrass themselves like this???]
"Ah??? Apart from your group winning, wasn't the entire network beaten by King Oyster Mushroom? Several groups of the Fan Club of Taofen were exploded and disbanded. King Oyster Mushroom even had the leisure to post ugly pictures of Taofen on all the hot search topics."

——"Your group can be renamed the Winning Group."

"We are just having fun watching the King Oyster Mushroom. You are not taking it seriously! [Sweating]"

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Sun Man acted quickly. When the crew finished work in the evening, she had already found the traitor in the group.

"It was a fan page called 星不失路, but she was actually a professional fan. I asked someone to watch the video of the online connection to verify her identity, and they recognized her. She was too blatant, and she had rarely been exposed in other places before. If I hadn't happened to meet someone who had seen her, I might have really believed her excuse.

"Now she has admitted that she took 5000 yuan from Bighit's fans and exposed the chat records in the group. It really makes me angry. She couldn't hold back for such a small amount of money. And when she admitted it, she complained about it, saying that she had worked for you for 5 years and it was all for nothing. 5000 yuan is a huge sum of money for her. I asked her to find a class, but she asked me to find her a job and treat her to a meal, otherwise she would starve to death. I am convinced."

Sun Man was speechless.

Xu Xing also laughed when he heard it.

"Isn't this just shameless?"

"Well, she started to panic when I told her I would ask the accountant to check the accounts of the past few years. If she can find anything substantial, let her in and have a good meal." Sun Man shrugged and changed the subject.

"As for BTS, let their fans in the country condemn them first."

"How to say?"

Xu Xing asked.

"They received a fake Van Vliet Award last month and made controversial remarks about the Korean Peninsula war. EXO's fans in China are really all trash. They fought to the death with BTS, but in the end, your fans still dug up such critical remarks. Now your fans have started to post them online.

"I was originally compiling a collection of negative information about BTS made by EXO fans, and was still thinking about how to release it, but then I saw this on the Internet. So there's no need to bother anymore, just throw it all out. EXO fans always say that negative information about BTS is everywhere, but no one is spreading it, so we'll help them."

"What happened last month?"

Xu Xing was very surprised.

But it seems... it is true.

Xu Xing originally only remembered that the previous life was exposed in October, and subconsciously thought that they were very proud after winning the B chart championship.

After Sun Man said this, Xu Xing remembered that in the previous life, BTS fans seemed to have used their opponents to dig up their previous remarks to whitewash themselves.

"Yeah," Sun Man nodded, "I just found the video online. This wild award is held by an American company called the Korean Social Association. In their acceptance speech, they also said it was because of the 70th anniversary. They are indeed trying to make a deal. Since they don't want domestic fans anymore, let's fulfill their wish."

"Ok."

Xu Xing flipped through the bound volume handed to him by Sun Man and checked for any missing parts.

"There is also the car accident scene of "Fake Love" sung by them and Charlie Puth at MGA in 18. It will be more exciting if the sound is muted, breaking the prejudice that ugly people are strong. In addition, Park Jimin and Song Da Eun, Jeon Jungkook and Lee Yu Fei should all be in love, let's see if there is any way to get some key information.

"The last one is that there is a judgment on Bighit in 17 on the official website of the Seoul Court, which mentioned that BTS had engaged in music hoarding marketing in 15. You can contact the person involved, the boss of the water army company, he should be happy to stand up and help beat Bighit. There was controversy at the time, and Bighit bought a press release to clean up the situation, but now the judgment has come out, and the judge has confirmed that they have hoarded music sources.

"There is a heated debate in Korea about music hoarding right now. It started with a real-name report late last year. Earlier this year, SBS made a program to expose music hoarding, which made this topic a hot topic, but the targets were all small singers. BTS also talked about this topic many times in a high-sounding manner during the award ceremony during that period when they gave their acceptance speeches.

"They said on CNN that I manipulated the charts, so we should also expose them for manipulating the charts. They hope that other people's efforts will not be in vain, and they really hope that they will not be in vain! The Korean music industry is so rotten, so we should also help them to clear the source. What's wrong? Why are you so big-mouthed?"

Xu Xing said this and kissed her directly.

Sun Man finally came to his senses and quickly dodged.

"You, you didn't concentrate on filming today, and you were surfing the Internet and found these things?"

"Well, I guess so," Xu Xing nodded, "but I'm actually pretty serious about filming."

Sun Man frowned and couldn't help but punch Xu Xing lightly.

"That's a disgusting answer!"

"Um, yes, is that okay?"

Xu Xing asked.

"..." Sun Man rolled her eyes speechlessly, "I'll go check it out as soon as possible. I'm leaving first."

"Go to bed early."

Xu Xing reminded.

"I know."

Sun Man responded impatiently.

Before going to bed, Xu Xing sent a WeChat message to Sun Man. She didn't reply, but it was hard to say whether she had already fallen asleep.

Xu Xing also went to Weibo to take a look.

BTS's controversial remarks have topped the trending search list, with a large number of marketing accounts taking the lead in the square, and netizens are also very excited.

Only a few jinxes like clowns are mocking her, but fortunately, the patriotic cannon is fired again. The righteous netizens have confiscated her nationality.

Many people may not be able to sleep well tonight.

But Xu Xing slept soundly.

When Xu Xing woke up the next day, he received a call from Mr. Qu.

On the phone, President Qu happily praised Xu Xing and Sun Man's counterattack, angrily denounced Bighit for being so audacious, and mentioned that someone from Legend Capital called her again, but in the end they turned to apologize to President Qu.

Bighit had to be so shameless and completely stirred up the emotions of Xu Xing's fans. Who in the world can control the fans who are charging forward for their justice?
"Manman has already reported to me, and you still have some preparations to make later. Just do it boldly, and the more profound the lesson we teach them, the better!"

Mr. Qu encouraged.

After hanging up the phone, Xu Xing briefly read Sun Man’s summary report on WeChat, and then went to Weibo to take a look.

The final battle that Bighit had envisioned should have ended early.

BTS’s domestic fan circle has completely collapsed.

Originally because of Xu Xing's appearance, joining Mantianxing was the best choice for domestic fan girls to start a star-chasing career.

Other domestic traffic stars are picking up leftovers under Xu Xing's pressure, and niche circles can get even less. For those who like to become famous in America, Xu Xing is the best choice.

Although the appearance of Korean groups has been declining year by year, there are still many handsome ones now.

BTS can only sell a passionate counterattack, and this character setting is the most common among celebrities. It all depends on who tells the story better.

If the story is not so good, people will choose the better one.

Now he has made such meaningless remarks again. What kind of love can continue to support his fans? ? ?
In their previous life, when BTS broke out in controversy in October, they had already won the B chart championship, and a large number of celebrity fans finally kissed them. Their fan circle in China also suffered a heavy blow. The only ones left were celebrity fans and fans who stubbornly said, "No substitute, if you can get a B chart championship single, I will immediately become your fan", and then added a layer of support for the "Light of Asia" cloak.

But now, BTS has no number one single, and the light of Asia has been Heo Xing since three years ago.

The red-hot fans who invested in BTS can already see that they are finished, and only the last few will be left.

Not only is there such controversy, but there are also stars who are shouting at the top of their lungs:
Don’t think that this is the only negative information they have!

Ugly people, insulting women, false marketing, love, hiding condoms in dormitories...

Especially when looking at those faces that are hard to describe, the more I look, the more I doubt myself.

The fan-free square has been completely flooded by BTS fans.

In the past two months, in order to prepare for this comeback, BTS's professional fans have used all kinds of unscrupulous means to urge fundraising, and all of them have been exposed.

Most of them were chat records leaked by BTS fans who had come to their senses and stopped following the group and turned against the group.

There are also fans who stopped being fans and demanded a refund for the money they had handed in in preparation for the comeback, and news broke that BTS’s biggest fans had started to run away with the money.

The more the onlookers watched, the more shocked they became. It was simply beyond words!
There are even big Vs calling for a thorough investigation of BTS’s top fan club members in China to see if they are causing evil shouting in China!

There are also big Vs shouting to drive the Korean vampires out of China!
Weibo is extremely chaotic and lively.

Now Xu Xing feels that Bighit might officially announce the postponement of the single.

The collapse of the BTS fan circle in China is definitely a severe blow to them.

Bighit should be targeted by China for heavily marketing BTS in Korea.

Some BTS fans who have not yet stopped following the show are still waiting for Bighit’s clarification, denial, or even an apology, but they won’t be able to wait that long.

After that, it will depend on whether the Korean national sentiment aroused by Bighit, when offset by the fact of audio hoarding, will be a blessing in disguise and the Korean people will let it go, or whether even public opinion in Korea will collapse.

Sun Man gave them one day to prepare, and the second wave of audio source stockpiling would only be followed up tomorrow.

When they arrived at the set, many people looked at Xu Xing with different eyes than before.

Most people believe that the most popular Korean group BTS incident on the Internet was pushed by Xu Xing behind the scenes.

Xu Xing is always laughing and joking while filming on the set every day. Except for not letting the crew members get close to his RV, he is so easy to talk to that everyone feels that he has no airs of a world superstar at all.

As a result, the action now is thunderous!

Thinking back to Hou Minghao who had just reported to the crew...

Hou Minghao seems to be familiar with Xu Xing, but he can't stand in front of Xu Xing like a monkey with itchy body. Maybe there is more hidden secrets behind last year's incident.

Now Hou Minghao had to force a smile.

Therefore, although Heo Haeng was doing justice for BTS, some people began to feel that Heo Haeng's smile seemed to be just a piece of skin hanging on her face.

Xu Xing felt it was okay. As a celebrity, she was already used to all kinds of looks.

During the filming, it was Hou Minghao who couldn't get into the mood and kept cutting.

After so many times, Director Li Muge even asked Xu Xing whether he should just pass it first?

After all, it's just a TV series, there's no need to cut corners.

Xu Xing did not agree and asked Director Li to insist on pursuing quality. Since Hou Minghao was not in good condition, he should take a rest and adjust his condition. If he could not adjust, he could continue shooting tomorrow.

"I have to fly to Yue City tomorrow."

The young assistant beside Hou Minghao couldn't help but speak out.

Hou Minghao, who had just nodded, felt extremely embarrassed.

“It’s okay to postpone the event first.”

"No need to push it. I'm not in good shape this time. I'll just have to find time to come and finish the shoot before wrapping up."

Xu Xing smiled warmly.

He did regret agreeing to let Hou Minghao play Wen Hua. Xu Xing also didn't expect that after his fight with BTS, his condition would be affected so obviously.

The play yesterday was pretty good, but today I won’t be able to act anything.

Forget it. If I still can’t act well next time, I’ll let someone else play the role.

At noon, Xu Xing was somewhat unexpectedly sent a video invitation from Ms. Bae Joo-hyun of Little Airplane.

She first expressed how much she missed Xu Xing, and then expressed her emotion about the BTS incident spreading to South Korea.

"Many people think that you are attacking BTS. Your reputation in Korea has become very bad now."

"Was it better before?"

“It was very good before.”

"so what?"

"...Don't worry, I won't change my opinion of you."

Ms. Bae Joo-hyun said softly.

Xu Xing saw it and laughed.

"Is that what you're talking about?"

"Yes."

"OK, thanks."

Maybe it was because Xu Xing was particularly gentle to Ms. Pei last time, which left a deep impression on her.

But the bullying incident involving Ms. Pei seemed to have happened this year. When was it exactly? Has it already happened?

Just a reminder.

“Be nice to the people around you.”

"what?"

"Because you are more beautiful when you are gentle."

"Hey~haha~you finally praised me for being pretty!"

Xu Xing tried his best.

He concentrated on filming in the afternoon, and only after finishing work in the evening did Xu Xing start to pay attention to the subsequent progress again.

As expected, Bighit did not make any response. A large number of posts insulting domestic people and Xu Xing on the Korean Internet were carried in by marketing accounts, and all Korean entertainment fan circles became the target of public criticism.

"How about we not issue the audio source hoarding judgment for the time being?"

(End of this chapter)