The battle for traffic in Chinese entertainment

Chapter 540 New Album Preview
At 10:00 AM on June 4th, Hsu Hsing officially released a teaser for her first English album.

The album title was printed on the poster, which was indistinguishable between dawn and dusk.

ONE DAY.

one day.

It will be officially released on July 2nd.

Originally, the fandom was gossiping about whether Yang Mi and Dilraba were involved in lesbian relationships, and what their relationship with Xu Xing was.

Xu Xing's new album instantly went viral across the internet.

Two and a half years after the release of her first Chinese album, Hsu Hsing is finally about to release her second album and her first English album!

When "stay" was officially released, there were rumors online that this song and "blinding lights" were promotional songs for the new album. However, when Cai Jini was asked about it on the show, she was vague and made Man Tian Xing worry that the album might be delayed.

But finally!
The album that Hsu Hsing mentioned in an interview last year is finally coming! Hsu Hsing worked against the clock to produce the album amidst her busy schedule!

“I’ve seen a movie called ‘One Day,’ starring Anne Hathaway. I really like that movie. Anne Hathaway is my idol, and I want to be a star as perfect as her.”

Liu Haocun twirled in her miniskirt, her long legs clad in white stockings swaying back and forth, her smile innocent.

"Next time I see her, I'll ask you for her autograph."

Xu Xing smiled.

Hearing her say such things is also like hearing Nanbang say it.

"Yay!" Liu Haocun jumped up and down with excitement, his face full of anticipation. "Are the rumors true? You guys really have a collaboration?"

"Yes, but we only invited her to film the music video."

After Hsu Hsing decided on the album title "One Day," the publicity team had the same idea as Liu Haocun, and someone suggested inviting Anne Hathaway to shoot the music video.

They also mentioned that this year marks the 7th anniversary of the film's release, and if Anne Hathaway agrees, the album's official release date can be set for the special day depicted in the film, July 15th.

There were immediate objections, because "One Day" wasn't a famous film in film history; its box office was mediocre, and it didn't have any special influence overseas. It was only popular among a group of literary and artistic youths in China. The person was told not to add their own bias to their work, because once Xu Xing's "One Day" was released, it would become the most famous "One Day" in the world, and Anne Hathaway would just be riding on Xu Xing's coattails.

The flattery was very satisfying.

However, Anne Hathaway is indeed a decent choice for a music video lead actress. Like Xu Xing's team members and Liu Haocun in front of us, she has many fans in China. Although she's faded from Hollywood's limelight, she still enjoys a certain level of stardom in the United States.

It's outdated, but its starlight still shines.

After winning the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in 12 for "Les Misérables," Anne Frank's career began a dramatic decline, with only "Interstellar" generating some buzz, but that was about it.

She has no shortage of film offers, but she can no longer return to the center of Hollywood fame and fortune. The actors she works with have all been downgraded, and she has to frequently attend fashion events to maintain her star status.

After giving birth to her second child, her appearance declined rapidly. The last time she had a decent image in a movie was in 2018's "Ocean's 8". Then she missed her last chance to revive her youth with "Barbie".

Ms. Annie has now been easily outshone by Xu Xing's status.

Therefore, after Xu Xing's team extended a cooperation invitation, Ms. Annie hesitated for a while, but with the help of some intermediaries, she finally accepted the invitation.

The most crucial factor in facilitating this collaboration was her current agent, who is more adept at managing online traffic than at securing film and television resources.

In addition, the song "Eastside" was also a collaboration between Hsu Hsing and Taylor Swift. It is a song that will be more popular globally than all of Anne Frank's movies over the years.

The collaboration was finalized just last week, and Ms. Annie started filming the music video in a Los Angeles studio the day before yesterday. After Hsu Hsing officially announced the album release teaser yesterday, rumors began to circulate.

However, Chinese netizens currently believe that this rumor is just a fabrication based on the album name, and many marketing accounts have indeed made up this rumor as a joke because of the name.

The vast majority of people's reaction to this rumor was: That's Anne Hathaway! How could she possibly be filming a music video?

However, there are also rumors that Hsu Hsing will collaborate with Taylor Swift again on her album, so it wouldn't be too surprising if Anne Hathaway appeared in the music video!

There are also rumors that Hsu Hsing and Justin Bieber have made peace and will collaborate on an album!
There are also rumors...

A teaser poster with only the album title, and countless rumors circulating on social media both domestically and internationally—that's the influence Hsu Hsing has now.

Besides rumors, there are also various eager pre-launch hype and lamentations.

Will the sales of "One Day" surpass those of Taylor Swift's two albums from last year, "Folklore" and "Evermore"?
Isn't it about whether it's possible to have more than two cards combined?

Shouldn't it be compared to "21," the highest-selling physical album of the 21st century?

The believer is willing to die a month earlier in exchange for the release of "One Day" a month earlier!

Hsu Hsing is a big liar! She said all the albums would be released without any prior announcement!
It turns out that domestic albums are indeed more prestigious than overseas albums; the Chinese albums are released directly, while the English albums have to wait a month!

Isn't it more noble to wait a month?
@TaylorSwift, hurry up and let Hsu Hsing release the full album!
……

Netizens are making a fuss, and celebrities are joining in the commotion.

The one leading the group was Liu Haocun.

Why do we have to wait another month?! [crying]

After she reposted and commented, a large number of others immediately followed suit.

【I've been waiting for too long! [Frustrated]】——Zhao Jinmai

【The most difficult month of my life! [Poor thing]】—Tian Xiwei.

[You might not believe it, but I've heard the song from "One Day". [doge emoji]] — Meng Ziyi

【I want to cover the entire album!!!】—Yang Chaoyue

[July 2nd, a day to listen to. [Cute]] — Chen Dulin

【When will the tour start? When will the tour start? When will the tour start? When will the tour start?! [Frustrated]】——Zhang Ruonan.

[I want an autographed vinyl record. [Sad]] — Cheng Xiao

[Liar! They said they wouldn't release the album until next year!] — Zhao Liying

【The album I've been most looking forward to!!!】—Liu Yifei

……

I won't give examples of male celebrities.

Even the jinx sourly questioned, saying that Hsu Hsing was afraid that the album would flop, so she hired so many people to promote it all over the internet when the album's teaser was first released.

The king oyster mushroom was so embarrassed by their mockery that she couldn't even be bothered to respond.

—This is what Liu Haocun told Xu Xing after he came over.

She also increasingly enjoyed chatting with Hsu Hsing about her fans. Things like "They have no idea what we're doing," and "They're all so envious of me"... she would casually make jokes and compete with her fans.

"They've attacked me so badly," "Why won't they leave me alone?" "They've ripped a piece out of my heart, only my dad can fill it back up"... They're getting better and better at playing the victim by using haters.

The younger girls don't really act like that. Only Teacher Yang occasionally does this for fun, but she doesn't have this innocent and naive demeanor.

Because her skills are still lacking, she sometimes makes awkward mistakes, but overall it's fun.

Therefore, even though she wanted to come see Xu Xing every few days, Xu Xing never dampened her enthusiasm. Her terrible fighting ability was just a side dish, like adding a snack to a meal.

She can also bring about some changes.

For example, Zhao Jinmai, who is still picking out dresses inside.

After Liu Haocun finished competing with Zhou Ye in Gangcheng last time, she kept pestering Xu Xing to let her meet Mai Mai. Xu Xing didn't want to let her mess around, so no matter how pitifully she said, "Baba's favorite is indeed Mai Mai," she didn't agree.

Unexpectedly, Liu Haocun took the initiative to add Zhao Jinmai on WeChat and persuaded Zhao Jinmai to compete with her, which is why Xu Xing stopped stopping her.

Of course, it was also because Xu Xing checked their chat history and didn't see that Liu Hao had made any overly provocative remarks. She had only said a few sarcastic things, such as "I go to see Baba every day and have played with many sisters, but I have never seen the younger sister," and "Baba said that my face is the smallest, but I think the younger sister is the smallest." Zhao Jinmai couldn't stand it and volunteered to fight.

However, Xu Xing also gave Liu Haocun a stern lecture, telling her not to act so recklessly again, and that if she went around blaming others instead of Xu Xing, he would never see her again. Only then did Liu Haocun nod and promise with tears in her eyes.

But she argued that she just wanted to get along well with her sisters, and that she would hit whoever her dad told her to hit in the future.

She squeezed out tears, looking pitiful, sad, and wronged, while deliberately saying those things in a cheeky way.

Because she knew Xu Xing would laugh when she heard this, and Xu Xing would laugh because Liu Haocun would meticulously carry out the demands she had made sternly, and then she would find another way to express her liveliness, cuteness, and jealousy.

At least for now, Xu Xing felt that she was well-behaved and wouldn't cause any major problems.

While chatting about the rumored Anne Hathaway, Liu Haocun wiggled around with a grin, occasionally doing a split and bending over to warm up, demonstrating her dance skills that completely outclassed Zhao Jinmai. Zhao Jinmai finally stepped forward.

Mai Meimei chose a black chiffon camisole, black stockings, and long black lace gloves.

It has to be said that it doesn't quite suit her image. Actually, she's like Liu Haocun at this stage—always playing the innocent, naive girl next door. Maybe she felt that was too ordinary and lacked aggression?
Judging solely from the appearance, Cunmei wins.

However, Xu Xing was bound to take sides to protect Mai Mei and suppress Cun Mei's arrogance. Both of them were weaklings, but when Cun Mei, who was four years older, went crazy, Mai Mei could only passively "take the beating." Only by taking sides could they become evenly matched opponents.

These were the two modes of interaction I used to have with them at the beginning: the younger sister who received a lot of care and the innocent girl who was subjected to a sad love affair.

It's actually quite fun to beat up a complete weakling.

Mai Meimei's head is indeed larger than Cun Meimei's, and Cun Meimei's proportions are also better, as is her flexibility.

But Mai Meimei has a much stronger student-like quality, and her perseverance is also better than Cun Meimei's.

Overall, they're about evenly matched!

Sister Ye lost slightly at the time, but Sister Mai managed to redeem herself for their little group.

Mai Meimei sneaked in and only stayed for one day.

The next day, Xu Xing summoned Hu Lianxin, the little sister, to show Cun, who felt she had defeated Ye and Mai, that there were always people better than her.

Nongyan is inherently more aggressive, and Hu Meimei's fighting ability is also stronger than theirs... Unfortunately, she is a disappointment.

After a period of silence, Hu Meimei became an even more pathetic and incompetent person.

Hu Meimei, feeling ashamed for disappointing Xu Xing, burst into tears, apologizing repeatedly and pitifully explaining that she hadn't seen Xu Xing in so long.

Xu Xing couldn't be harsh on Hu Meimei, so he could only comfort and pity her.

Cun's arrogance grew even more overbearing, and Xu Xing finally got serious. Chaoyue first beat her up, and then Qiong followed suit.

After being tortured by Xu Xing, Cunmei confessed that she was born in 98 and that neither of the two people her age had bullied her.

Even Wang Churanran's younger sister, born in 99, could easily defeat her.

Finally, Xiao Meimei's Noble Phantasm, unleashed by Xu Xing, completely annihilated her.

The joyful cricket-fighting fun lasted until the Magnolia Awards ceremony on June 10th. It was only interrupted for one day on the 7th, the day of the "Time Capsule Ceremony," when Miba, who was also present at the event with Xu Xing, was eagerly waiting to be fed, and Teacher Yang's black deep-V cricket and blue velvet dress were also stunning.

"You might not believe it, but Sister Rong visibly breathed a sigh of relief after hearing my report."

Sun Man said with a strange expression.

"Did you start worrying again after that?"

Xu Xing complains.

Teacher Tong has arrived in Haishi, and her best friend Dong Xuan has come with her.

Xu Xing also told Sister Tangtang and Sister Shishi that before leaving Haishi, he would give them one more pointers.

"Maybe," Sun Man also felt there was no point in discussing this topic with Xu Xing anymore. "By the way, do you really have no thoughts on winning the Best Actor award today?"

"Of course not. Surely Mr. Qu didn't actually pull some strings for me!"

Xu Xing asked in surprise.

"No, not at all. We agreed to wait for 'Blossoms'."

Sun Man smiled.

Xu Xing finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Xu Xing was nominated along with Yu Hewei for "The Age of Awakening", Zhang Jiayi for "Stage", Huang Xuan for "Love Between Mountains and Seas", and Wang Kai for "Like a Flowing River 2".

Compared to Wang Kai, Xu Xing's win for Best Actor is less controversial.

The subject matter of "Signal" is good, but the male lead is only barely qualified for a nomination.

When the nominations were first announced, because the production team had Duan Yihong apply for Best Supporting Actor, the jinx took the opportunity to stir up trouble, saying that such a move was to pre-select Xu Xing as the Best Actor.

Some fans got carried away and started singing and dancing along, leading many netizens to question Xu Xing's abilities in advance.

The current online environment is really not friendly to Xu Xing.

There's already a well-established practice of pre-selecting winners in the industry. If it were Xu Xing who won the Best Actor award, at least three of the other four nominees wouldn't have been nominated.

"Xu Xing".

"Ok?"

"nothing."

"Ok."

It seemed that because they were seeing each other less and less and were both quite busy, Manman was making small talk.

Things might get better once these two busy years are over and the pace slows down.

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

On June 10th, the 27th Magnolia Awards ceremony was held, and a major upset occurred. Despite being the most popular candidate online, Xu Xing failed to win the Best Actor award.

Yuan Quan from the "Signal" cast won Best Actress, and Duan Yihong won Best Supporting Actor. Of the three actors featured on the TV series poster, only Xu Xing went home empty-handed.

When the Best Actor award was announced, his face went from feigned relaxation to suppressing his anticipation and tension, to a moment of blankness, and then to feigned magnanimity and applause... His heart was breaking! His liver and intestines were being torn apart!
Holy crap, that's a magnolia flower!!!

Countless stars broke through the great defense.

"...You almost died just now, and you were clearly very concerned. Didn't you, Huanhuan?"

"Hmm, it seems so—"

Not really.

And just like on the day of the Grammys, when Ms. Taylor felt that Hsu Hsing was full of resentment, Hsu Hsing is even more unrestrained at times like this, playing a cold-blooded and ruthless evil villain who doesn't know what respect is, which is also very fun.

In reality, Tong Liya didn't win the Best Actress award, but she pretended not to care. Even after the nominations were announced, no one thought she could win.

Xu Xing's reckless behavior actually comforted her more.

So it wasn't until the opening of the Shanghai Film Festival the next day that Xu Xing finally had time to celebrate Yuan Quan winning the Best Actress award in the hotel's emergency exit.

Xu Xing appeared at the opening ceremony with a smile as usual, forcibly suppressing all his sadness. He came to increase the attention of this shoddy film festival. He was extremely concerned about the development of the domestic entertainment industry, television dramas, and films. However, his gentleness became the tool used by dark capital to bully and exploit him...

Holy crap, the entertainment industry!

Damn this world!
The baby's breath was heartbroken, and Xu Xing... couldn't comfort them.

Xu Xing only had time to comfort Zhang Tianai, who was also present at the opening ceremony and whose resentment was growing stronger.

Aibao had been waiting for too long, and she was incredibly sincere. She had acted as a lookout for Xu Xing at the hotel, and at the opening ceremony, she had completed the task that Xu Xing had given her.

Aibao also listens to Xu Xing. Compared to her sickly thinness a year ago, she is much more normal now. After many years, she revisited her old memories and still remembered Xu Xing's preferences.

Unfortunately, she was all alone, and Xu Xing had already promised Tangtang and Shishi a reunion before they returned to the capital, so she could only squeeze in time whenever she had a spare moment.

Back in Beijing, I comforted President Qu, Fanfan, Honghong, and Sister Xiaoran, who went viral for wearing a low-cut white dress that showed off her incredibly domineering figure at an event.

I originally wanted to wait until the second season of "Joy of Life" started filming before making any decisions, but the princess's makeup and costumes were still lacking compared to this military display.

Xu Xing was discussing the script for "Detective Chinatown 4" at Director Chen's company when Xiao Ran sent her photos. Xu Xing expressed her approval, and half an hour later she was waiting in her car downstairs.

It's a bit of a shame that Xiao Ran wasn't entirely sincere; she took the opportunity to complain that she had too few scenes in the script for the second season of "Joy of Life".

But Xu Xing took a firm stance and reprimanded her more severely for not being pure.

However, in the end, Xiao Ran proved that she was still pure, and she accepted Xu Xing's strength, which was two levels higher than before, very well.

Of course, Xu Xing wasn't really unhappy; she was just taking the opportunity to increase the intensity, because Xiao Ran's outfit was really better than before.

Unprecedented intensity and disrespect are actually a form of respect, and Sister Xiaoran understands that.

On the 14th, Xu Xing boarded a plane and headed to Singapore again for a 15-day transit through a third country.

When Xu Xing came last time, she was busy with the important task of producing an album every day.

This time, Xu Xing simply relaxed and enjoyed herself.

(End of this chapter)