Abstract Art Award Winner

But while Luo Yonghao was upset, Zhou Le himself wasn't.

Not long after the broadcast ended, Zhou Le received a call from Su Yingxia.

"Hey, do you want to check Weibo? You're trending again."

Zhou Le: "???"

"I haven't done anything recently, so why am I trending on social media?"

"What do you mean you didn't do it? Didn't you just pull off another big stunt in the live stream, spending a mere penny to win a 5000 yuan phone, and also run some ads?"

"Does this count?"

"Of course it counts, anyway, Xiaomi has already bought you a trending topic."

Zhou Lexing rushed up to take a look.

[The most dedicated actor to endorse products]

"Sigh, never mind."

Zhou Le clicked in and took a look; it was full of marketing accounts talking about how they got freebies in the live stream.

But it contains not only Luo Yonghao's live stream, but also photos or videos of Zhou Le holding a mobile phone in various public occasions.

"Don't these people need to find any material? It's only been a few minutes, and they've already released it like this?"

Since it was Xiaomi that bought the trending topics, it was impossible for them to only report today's events. That would mean half the money was spent on Zhou Le and the other half on Luo Yonghao.

Even if the cost isn't high, it's still not a business model that aligns with its own interests.

But there's definitely going to be some buzz today, and we'll definitely bring it along.

Therefore, it's best to simply put them together.

But Zhou Le scrolled through the page a few times, and just as he exited the interface, he was about to take a look at other trending topics when he saw a new trending topic appear in the 5th position.

#Never able to have a real name#
When I clicked in, it was still me.

This trending topic is even more outrageous.

It's not that the popularity is that exaggerated, it's the content that's the problem.
Some marketing accounts have listed all the trending topics from when they first went on the trending list while filming "Sewing Machine Band" and everyone went to the Second Hand Rose concert, all the way to this time.

It was also marked with a serial number.

Scrolling to the back, all the entries appeared a total of 665 times.

Zhou Le's name did not appear once in any of these 665 trending topics.

It either refers to an event or a certain actor.

"Haha, family members, who would understand? This teacher is really about to break down! When will we finally get a trending topic with her name on it?!"

"Teacher So-and-so, Teacher So-and-so is always Teacher So-and-so. The second pitiful wretch comparable to Wang Feng has appeared. He has been on the trending topics 665 times, but his own name has never appeared. He is truly a tragic hero."

"What do you mean, 'okay, okay, let's finish this'? I can feel the teacher's despair even through the screen. This is so heartbreaking!" Netizens remained silent, just endlessly forwarding the post. Every time the teacher wakes up, it feels like the sky has fallen.

The popularity just skyrocketed for no apparent reason.

Just as Zhou Le finished reading and exited, he discovered that a new trending topic had appeared.

#A certain actor's 666th time trending on social media#
Zhou Le: "."

"Why not just add this money to my endorsement fee next time? Is this how you spend money? Even if it's just for a short time, it's still money! Spending tens or hundreds of thousands of yuan is almost enough to pay my employees' salaries."

Without a doubt, Xiaomi must have bought this for them.

Perhaps this is what is called returning a favor.

Although these trending topics don't necessarily bring any real works to the table, they can enhance one's public image, just like Wang Feng.

They usually keep a low profile, and their concerts might not even make it to the trending topics, but once they do make it to the trending topics, they're guaranteed to be number two.

Because that's Wang Feng's public persona, it's absolutely impossible for him to top the trending searches.

The same goes for Jam Hsiao; wherever he goes, it rains.

However, Zhou Le did not post anything on Weibo because of these three trending topics.

That's just how it is.

After sleeping through the night, Zhou Le got up the next day and went boating again. He rowed for more than 50 kilometers before stopping, took a shower, and then went to have breakfast.

Zhou Le needs to build muscle as soon as possible. He needs to eat and drink more so that he can grow to a normal size before filming "Cliff Walkers" and at least look like he fits the character.

Although losing weight is not easy, gaining muscle is quite fast. While indulging in large meals and drinks, Zhou Le also took protein powder and worked out. In just a few days, his complexion looked much better.

They didn't head to the studio until the afternoon to prepare for recording the program.

Upon arrival, they naturally put on makeup first while waiting for the audience to enter.

"Teachers, please get ready. We'll officially begin in a little over an hour."

But at this moment, Zhou Le called out to the director and Li Dan, who was next to the director.

"Are there any restrictions on the content I can share when I'm speaking on stage? Are there any extreme things I might want to talk about?"

Upon hearing this, the director was stunned: "The limit? How limit?"

"It's about some things within the industry, of course I won't go into too much detail, just..."

Before Zhou Le could finish speaking, the director said, "It's okay, Mr. Zhou, just say whatever you want. You can speak freely. We trust your boundaries, but even if you go too far, it doesn't matter. For us, the more outrageous the content, the more sensational it is."

"no problem."

The director gave Zhou Le and Luo Yonghao a great deal of authority. Given their current status and personas, whatever they say is bound to be a bombshell, and both of them are intelligent people.

The production team and the company are not afraid of trouble.

Even if they do say it and cause some trouble, that's the stand-up comedian's own business.

Then, while putting on makeup, Zhou Le roughly reviewed what she was going to say.

When the show started and everyone entered, Li Dan, as one of the initiators and hosts, went on stage to give the opening remarks while also performing his own stand-up comedy.

His skill level remains consistently high. Putting aside other aspects, even though Li Dan rarely talks about it now, he is still a top-tier performer in both creative and acting aspects.

Next up was Luo Yonghao, who mainly talked about his entrepreneurial journey, debts, and repayments over the years. He also mentioned Li Dan and Zhou Le in a lighthearted way.

Its attack power remains as high as ever, but no one would get angry in this situation.

Luo Yonghao was also very clever, referring to his repayment journey as "The Legend of Zhen Huan".

On the one hand, it shows that they are indeed repaying the money, and on the other hand, it is subtly mocking some of their peers who owe money and run away.

Finally, it was Zhou Le's turn.

Actually, whether it's Li Dan or Luo Yonghao, they are all people who have high expectations for stand-up comedians and audiences, but they have high expectations for Zhou Le.

Zhou Le is usually known for his bold and sharp remarks, and they wanted to see what kind of explosive points he would make on this stage.

"After all this time, I'm finally standing on this stage. But as everyone knows, I'm actually a very shy and introverted person. I get nervous and can't speak easily when I'm on stage. What Mr. Dan and Mr. Luo said earlier was already sharp enough, so let's talk about something a little gentler next."

After all, I'm also quite afraid of offending people.

So let's start by talking about this celebrity's scandal. People have a natural tendency to pry into other people's lives, especially public figures, who are more likely to want to know about their private lives and things they don't know.

"Actually, I've always felt that celebrities' personas should be trademarked, so that consumers can easily protect their rights when their personas collapse."

Then Zhou Le started talking about some gossip in the industry, which not only made the audience behind him speechless, but also shocked the stand-up comedians.

"No, you dare to say that?"

"You actually said that out loud?"

"As expected of Teacher Zhou."

After talking about about half of the gossip, and then making some sarcastic remarks about current affairs, Zhou Le changed the subject and talked about Li Dan and Luo Yonghao who were present.

They subtly implied that the two had similarities.

Everyone is aware of some of the earlier remarks made by Li Dan and Luo Yonghao, but these are generally said by netizens, and no one dares to say anything more in person.

Although Zhou Le didn't explicitly mention exactly where the similarities lay, everyone understood after he finished speaking.

Even at the very end, Zhou Le brought up the matter of trending on social media yesterday.

Since the sponsor and Xiaomi are not competitors.

Therefore, Zhou Le can say these things without any restrictions.

"I am very grateful to Teacher Luo. Yesterday, I even won a lucky bag in Teacher Luo's live broadcast room, which is why I made it onto several trending topics again."

Therefore, I'd like to thank Xiaomi for their generosity, but what I really want to say is that if there's another opportunity like this, I suggest you just transfer the money directly, and we can do it privately. There's no need for Weibo to profit from this; after all, I have plenty of ways to get on the trending topics list.”

Those mentioned at the scene could only laugh.

After Zhou Le finished speaking, the contestants officially went on stage to record, and Zhou Le voted for the contestants according to his own preferences.

This continued until the recording of the program ended.

Zhou Le didn't have any particular feelings, only that some of the stand-up comedians in the show were indeed quite good.

Although Wang Jianguo is not as good as before, he is still above average.

Among them, Hulan and Li Xueqin were the most interesting to Zhou Le.

Among the others, there was an older engineer named Lao Tian, ​​and another engineer named Zhao Xiaohui. Zhou Le felt an immediate liking for these two, since he himself had been an engineer.

He's just a civil engineer.

Looking at the remaining Zhou Les, none of them were particularly amazing.

Of all these people, Zhou Le was most interested in seeing Wang Mian, who was playing guitar, singing, and talking, as well as He Guangzhi.

This guy looks really interesting.

Moreover, Zhou Le had used the other party's computer when he was at the company, so he had also talked to the other party about the topic when he was writing.

He used his own poverty as a theme.

It tells the story of poor guys.

It's a pity that both of them are in the next episode.

Afterwards, Zhou Le went out to have a meal with them. During the meal, Li Dan suggested that they could have some drinks, but Zhou Le declined, saying that he was not available at the moment.

After all, with so many people, if they drink alcohol, they definitely won't be able to get up tomorrow.

It interferes with my fitness routine.

While social connections are important, my career is still more important.

During this period, there was a man named Yang Li.

Li Dan spoke with great enthusiasm: "This is someone we plan to promote this year. She will say some really explosive content, but her content will definitely cause some controversy, so she will definitely not be the final stand-up comedy king."

Zhou Le immediately became interested.

Those who are promoted by the company must have something special about them. Although there were some signs before, Zhou Le was not sure if it was really her turn to speak.

However, after Zhou Le listened to their discussion of the topic,

On the surface, he smiled and acted as if nothing was wrong.

But in reality, I sighed inwardly.

As I guessed, I was right.

In fact, what Zhou Le talked about today was to prevent this.

They're talking about inside stories and two other people.

After dinner, Zhou Le returned to the hotel. Since the next recording was the following week, Zhou Le could leave now.

Actually, it's about coming to participate in the stand-up comedy show.

Zhou Le also communicated with Zhang Yi.

Zhang Yi thought about it and decided that recording a variety show once a week wouldn't be a problem, since it wasn't too far away.

As long as Zhou Le can keep it completely a secret, that's fine.

So the next day, Zhou Le went directly to Zhang Yi's place.

I was thinking of waiting another day to talk about it.

But on that very day, Su Yingxia called Zhou Le again.

"Brother Le, what did you say on your stand-up comedy show?"

"What's wrong?" Zhou Le asked.

“I received a call from them this morning saying that they are going to replace you in the 'Rock & Roast' competition. Since the contract is paid episode by episode, it doesn’t count as a breach of contract.”

"Sure, that's perfect. I was just thinking they couldn't record there anymore. To be honest, what they were saying scared me. I was wondering how to get you to say something, and now it's perfect, so we don't give them any reason to criticize us."

But Su Yingxia was still a little curious.

"So what did you say? Do you need me to prepare a public relations response?"

"No need to prepare for public relations recently. The topic in a few days won't have a big negative impact on me. However, you can prepare some public relations for a week or two later. The pace will definitely be bigger then. Also, you should confirm with Shuxin which episode she will be in. The most important thing is that she can't be in the same episode as Yang Li. There's nothing else to pay attention to."

After finishing speaking, Zhou Le told Su Yingxia what he had said earlier and what they would talk about later.

Su Yingxia gasped in shock: "This..."

"No wonder they told you to run away. Even if you didn't want to leave, I would have advised you to run away if they really said those things. But I understand. I'll check with them again later. But Brother Le, do you need me to prepare anything for you with Director Zhang?"

"No need for preparation."

"Really? But Ono hasn't had much to do lately, so I'd like to be your assistant for a while."

"Assistant, I think she wants to watch how Director Zhang films movies here, right?"

"almost."

"Alright, come on, I'll just talk to Director Zhang again." (End of Chapter)