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Chapter 424 Weibo Group Battle: Beijing Circle: The Entertainment Industry is Too Dark!

The so-called help Chi Ye gave to Shi Jinwei is actually not that Chi Ye can help Shi Jinwei much now, because firstly, this is a contract dispute issue, and there is very little Chi Ye can do.

In addition, he recently received news from an overseas distributor that "The Martian" had been successfully nominated.

Therefore, he should take a long vacation to travel overseas, attend the Oscars, and also discuss the overseas distribution rights of other films.

This is somewhat like a product that hasn't secured a certain spokesperson; before you get them, the price is one thing, but after you do, the price changes.

Of course, Ikeno himself didn't care as much about the small gains from this as outsiders might imagine.

This trip is also partly due to the need to continue the concert tour. The Oscar nomination will greatly enhance his global fame and status, and will also make the arrangements for the concert tour, which did not generate much buzz overseas, go more smoothly.

At Ikeno's current stage, concerts are no longer essential to him, but as the saying goes, everything must come to an end. As his first global tour in his career, he still needs to complete the necessary procedures.

It's not for any other reason than that it's something I should do for the fans who have liked him for so long.

"Tell me exactly what happened with the pliers."

The next day, Chi Ye specifically called Coco over to inquire about the conflict between Shi Jinwei and Tai Yang.

He wasn't fully aware of this matter beforehand; he knew a little, but certainly not as much as Coco. He had asked Coco to keep an eye on it, and this incident made him sense something else.

If I had to describe it, it might be because of the lure of profit... In short, he didn't have much affection for those hunters who were currently preparing to divide up Sister Pincers, because... it was all his money!!

As we all know, Pliers rose to fame with "Goblin". Before giving Pliers the role in "Goblin", Ikeno had some other thoughts. In addition to the fact that Pliers was a suitable candidate for the role and would be helpful to the project at the time, Ikeno also felt that the contract would be helpful to Coconut Culture, which was undergoing a transformation after it expired.

As it turns out, if everything proceeds as expected, with Shi Jinwei's contract expiring and Yeguo still undergoing transformation or in the early stages of transformation, her joining will undoubtedly achieve the same results as Shangjie's joining.

It's even possible to be stronger than the opponent.

Unfortunately and unexpectedly, Yeguo's development is much faster than Chi Ye himself expected, and Shang Jie... Shang Jie actually took the initiative to sign with Yeguo Culture first, which makes Yeguo less eager for Shi Jinwei now.

Of course, even if it's not that high, the benefits definitely outweigh the drawbacks. The main issue is, how can I let others pick the peaches I've painstakingly cultivated for so long? And even if they do pick them, how can I let those few idiot circles get them?

This made Ikeno very unhappy.

After his dissatisfaction, he stopped causing trouble outside as before. In fact, he did nothing. Although Jin Xia asked him to help Qianzi appropriately, Chi Ye himself took a plane overseas the next day after learning about the situation.

Most of the team went with them, only Coco stayed behind.

"Didn't Ikeno ask you to do anything?"

That day, Sister Shang, who had already vaguely received the news, ran into Coco and asked in a low voice, her voice sounding somewhat urgent.

Who said Ikeno was going to play a bit?

Isn't this pure fabrication? The people involved have flown overseas, and the team isn't here either. Who's going to play?
Weiwei, my Weiwei, you're completely finished this time. Rest in peace. Next year on this day, I'll burn paper money for you.

"Uh... what are you doing?"

Coco paused for a moment before saying, "Well... Brother Chi really didn't ask me to do anything... He just mentioned it to me briefly. He doesn't need to worry about this kind of thing too much now; I can handle it myself."

Shang Jie asked in surprise, "You?"

Her gaze was somewhat puzzled and confused. In her memory, Coco was still the little girl who followed Chi Ye.

"Ah."

Coco nodded and smiled, "I've been communicating with other teams all along."

"Communicate with other teams?"

Sister Shang paused, not understanding what she meant: "Does this kind of thing require communication with other teams? Who?"

"Hmm... Mango, and a few others... Hmm, I think this timeframe should be about right."

Coco took out her phone and glanced at today's date: "Tonight is the third episode of 'Sisters Who Make Waves' going to air, and the response has been very enthusiastic."

Since its release, "Sisters Who Make Waves" has caused a huge sensation. Even Hunan TV itself did not expect that this kind of variety show, in which older female artists gather together and compete to debut in the form of a "talent show girl group", would become so popular.

This season featured a large number of female guests, but after three episodes, almost everyone's popularity increased several times over. For example, Lin Jingyi was almost forgotten in the entertainment industry before she appeared on the show.

She's already appeared on three episodes, and her popularity is even higher than at her peak.

Not to mention the few who are even more entertaining, one of whom, an older female singer, has already achieved phenomenal popularity.

Shang Jie didn't understand what Coco meant by suddenly mentioning this show. Perhaps because of Shi Jinwei's matter, she hadn't been in a good mood lately and hadn't been paying attention to variety shows. After listening to Coco's words today, she seemed to be deep in thought, and turned on Hunan TV at home that evening.

I waited for the third episode of "Sisters Who Make Waves" to air right on time. Before the final episode was even released, the barrage of comments was already overwhelming.

"These women are all so cool!"

"My weekly dose of spiritual nourishment has finally arrived. How can I live without you? *crying*"

"Mango TV is thriving in both variety shows and dramas; it seems they can't do without memberships."

"I paid the annual fee just for this."

"Jingyi, Jingyi, don't worry about it!"

"There probably won't be another girl as frank as Jingyi in the entertainment industry, right? (laughs)"

Sister Shang: "?"

She was a little confused about what these fans' slogans meant, and how there could never be such a frank girl again... What was this?
As the saying goes, if you don't understand, just ask. Sister Shang is also a seasoned entertainer with a strong ability to integrate information. She did a simple search on the spot and gradually understood.

It turns out that Lin Jingyi was asked about plastic surgery in the first episode of the show. This time, she didn't hesitate like before, but directly and frankly admitted: "Yes, I have indeed had a lot of work done."

They also thoughtfully gave advice to the other guests and audience members, such as which places are best not to be touched, otherwise there will be serious aftereffects, or that they must be very careful about such things.

In short, the key point is that she is willing to go all out. Unexpectedly, the audience now likes this kind of real, unpretentious artist. In fact, because of Teacher Lü's breakup incident, Lin Jingyi even gained a lot of sympathy points.

The line "Jingyi, Jingyi, don't worry about it" was meant to tell Lin Jingyi not to care about outside opinions, making her a perfect example of a variety show comeback.

Shang Jie realized that Lin Jingyi had made the right move if she didn't have a team. Then... she noticed something was off about the comments from the very beginning of the show.

Where's Zhang Xiaoxiao? Why wasn't she on screen in this episode?

"Su Yan isn't here either, what happened?"

"It seems like several of the older sisters didn't come this time."

"???"

"Mango TV's official Weibo account isn't making any moves, what's going on?"

Several of the "older sisters" did not appear in this episode, and some of them were even above average in popularity.

Similar to Lin Jingyi, these individuals are artists heavily promoted by several capital groups, including Beijing Circle and Taiyang.

Before appearing on the show, they were almost forgotten, and each of them was embroiled in scandals; otherwise, they wouldn't have faded into obscurity so completely. But after just two episodes, they've shown signs of clearing their names.

There are many guests on "Sisters Who Make Waves," and many viewers won't notice them unless they look closely. However, fans who have just become fans of these "sisters" have noticed.

At this moment, as the post went viral, more people noticed it, and it gradually began to gain traction.

Shang Jie's eyes widened, and she uttered two words: "Holy shit!"

So that's what Coco meant?!
No, is Coconut...Ikeno really that powerful now? Mango TV can "ban" a hit variety show just like that, and not just one or two, but at least four or five?
Goodness, this was the first time Sister Shang had felt that Chi Ye was different from before. It wasn't that he was a different person, but that the resources and power he had were different. It seemed that... he was no longer a person from the same world as the artist she remembered.

……

the other side.

The latest episode of the hit variety show "Sisters Who Make Waves" saw the disappearance of four or five popular artists. Naturally, the matter did not pass so easily, and soon some observant people noticed this, which then made it to the top of Weibo's trending topics list.

If Mango TV hadn't responded, given the size of these people, it probably wouldn't have caused much of a stir.

But perhaps knowing her chances were over, a once-popular but now-faded female celebrity, heavily promoted by the Beijing entertainment circle, saw the buzz and directly commented sarcastically on the show's Weibo: "[Heh, as expected of Hunan TV, they can just ban people arbitrarily.]"

Mango TV's official Weibo account: "..."

Her Weibo post was quickly deleted.

However, many more people had already successfully taken screenshots, and at this time, the capital behind the Beijing circle also poured money in. Soon, keywords such as #ZhangXiaoxiaoWithdrawsFromSistersWhoMakeWaves# and #ZhangXiaoxiaoSaysMangoIsToiletTV# soared to the top of the trending search list.

After discovering she had been blacklisted by Hunan TV, Zhang Xiaoxiao went directly to Chi Ye's Weibo account and left a message: "[President Chi, if you're a grown man, just do what you want to do openly. Why do you have to sneak around and mess with me?]"

【We can't afford to offend a big shot like you, but you can't just get Hunan TV to blacklist me for no reason, can you? You can't target me just because I'm close to other people, can you? Or are you trying to sexually harass your sister? Have you gone completely lawless?】

Ikeno is still on the plane and is currently sleeping and resting. He did not respond immediately; only his team members saw it and deleted his Weibo post.

But after these two incidents, Zhang Xiaoxiao's popularity has been completely boosted, and she herself was a little excited after seeing this explosive surge of traffic, which was many times greater than what she saw on the show.

Mango's official account can block him, Chi Ye's account can delete her, but what about her own?

So she simply continued posting on her own account, and her language gradually spiraled out of control from the "playing the victim" approach taught to her by Director Lu from the Beijing entertainment circle to "accusations": "[I can only say that the entertainment industry is truly dark. Some big shots really have absolute power, and it's incredibly difficult for us small artists to survive.]"

[Just because of someone else's affair, they actually took their anger out on me, a nobody artist. I don't understand how someone like that has gotten this far. The Chinese entertainment industry is truly full of scum.]

[Also, fans of that top-tier idol, please stop attacking me. Based on debut and age, I'm the senior. Shouldn't your idol call me "sister"? Why are you treating your "sister" like this?]

[Pah! You want to blacklist me? You have the ability, the talent, and the resources, but I don't care about participating in your lousy show. You're doomed!]

exploded.

It's completely exploded.

If Chi Ye was good at riding the coattails of trending topics and making a fuss in the past, but it was far from being a "groundbreaking" move, then this post by Zhang, a senior who was famous for more than ten years but is now completely forgotten, can be described as a moon landing-level attempt to gain attention.

Her move not only instantly ignited the controversy, causing it to explode in popularity, but also subjected Ikeno himself to a severe dressing-down. Over the years, she has become the only person who has dared to do this in the media.

For a moment, not only outsiders, but even the Beijing elites behind her were dumbfounded.

"Damn, what kind of temper does this woman have? Did she name names directly?"

"No, but it's close enough."

"...This time, the facade has been completely torn off."

"The way you're saying this, haven't we already torn off all pretense of civility? If you ask me, all of you are afraid of this and that every time, but in the end, you're not even as good as Zhang Xiaoxiao."

Upon hearing this, everyone fell silent.

The barefoot are not afraid of those wearing shoes. Zhang Xiaoxiao's move was clearly a result of her going completely crazy after seeing the traffic. However, she was not completely unprepared, because she found a version of the T0 public opinion code when she posted the article.

—How dare you, Chi Ye, bully a woman!
You're a real jerk!

The power of version T0 is self-evident; even a punch from Stevie Wonder wouldn't be as powerful. However, despite her strong words, Zhang Xiaoxiao still made a mistake and underestimated one thing.

That is, on the surface, it is difficult to have any connection with Chi Ye. Although many people in the industry know that "Sisters Who Make Waves" is a variety show co-produced by Coconut and Mango, not many people outside the industry know about it.

Even knowing that Mango TV would still be the main platform for variety shows, another point is that Chi Ye's public image and reputation are much better than Zhang Xiaoxiao imagined.

To be honest, she's been out of the spotlight for too long, and her impression of the Chinese entertainment industry is still somewhat stuck in the past few years. A few years ago, Chi Ye was known for his incredible ability to get criticized and trend on social media every day.

but now…

Who are you?

"You can't even ride the wave of a trend like this?"

"This is a bit unlucky. It feels like I failed to get any traffic and then went crazy."

"Don't worry about feelings, that's just what she thinks."

(End of this chapter)