How did this star become more popular after his scandal?

Chapter 317 The Lonely Warrior

Just after Jiang Yu and his team announced the official release date for "The Lost Tomb," Chu Shaoyang also saw the news.

After they announced the official release date of "The Legend of the Great Wilderness," Chu Shaoyang had been eagerly anticipating Jiang Yu's announcement of the release date of "The Lost Tomb," hoping to have a good competition with Jiang Yu in the field they excelled in.

When Chu Shaoyang saw Jiang Yu officially announce the release date of "The Lost Tomb," he was momentarily stunned, then became quite excited.

"It's also October 8th, huh? Interesting, very interesting."

A strange light flickered in Chu Shaoyang's eyes, a mixture of anticipation, surprise, and a hint of coldness.

He had predicted before, and even had a feeling, that his "The Great Wilderness Chronicles" and Jiang Yu's "Tomb Raider Chronicles" were at roughly the same pace and would likely be released at the same time. Now it seems that he was right.

Yesterday, after Jiang Yu officially announced the release date of their film "The Legend of the Great Wilderness," he also officially announced the release date of their film "The Grave Robbers' Chronicles" the very next day, both on October 8th. Chu Shaoyang didn't know if Jiang Yu did it on purpose or if it was just a coincidence, but he felt in his heart that Jiang Yu did it on purpose.

Could this guy also want to challenge me?

He knew Jiang Yu's personality very well, and he also knew that his grudge against Jiang Yu was irreconcilable.

They officially announced the release date yesterday, and Jiang Yu and his team arrived the very next day, launching their show at the same time. Chu Shaoyang hardly believed that this wasn't intentional on Jiang Yu's part.

Or perhaps it was just a coincidence. Jiang Yu and his team had indeed planned to launch on October 8th. But Chu Shaoyang, in his heart, was more inclined to believe that Jiang Yu had done it on purpose.

Chu Shaoyang looked at the news on the hot search that Jiang Yu and his team had officially announced the release date of "The Grave Robbers' Chronicles". The popularity was indeed high. In fact, because the original novel "The Grave Robbers' Chronicles" was also a hit across the internet, many fans of the original novel were looking forward to it.

Seeing this, Chu Shaoyang was also wondering: which of their two TV series adapted from popular online novel IPs would be stronger?

However, Chu Shaoyang was still very confident in his TV series, "The Legend of the Great Wilderness." With its production team and cast, Warner Bros. was a leader in the domestic TV drama industry; how could they possibly lose to Jiang Yu, a newcomer to the film and television circle?

Although Chu Shaoyang knew that Jiang Yu was very talented and popular. In fact, the main cast of this "Tomb Raider" series included him and Yang Xue, a top-tier actress.

However, he didn't believe that Jiang Yu, as a newcomer to the film and television industry, had the experience and ability to compare with Warner Entertainment. Moreover, the field of adapting IP novels is not as simple as the traditional television drama industry. Once an IP adaptation encounters problems, even if your production team and the IP are excellent, it will still flop.

This is also the experience WarnerMedia has gained after years of adapting IPs. After all, among so many companies in China that adapt IP novels, why is WarnerMedia the one that produces the most hit TV series every year?

"Jiang Yu, I'm really looking forward to this showdown."

However, when Shao Yang saw the photo of Jiang Yu and Yang Xue in the official announcement, a cold glint flashed in his eyes.

Since that incident, Yang Xue has completely blocked him. He had previously invested in film and television productions, wanting Yang Xue to play the female lead while he played the male lead, but she had always refused. Now, seeing Yang Xue with Jiang Yu and even starring in his drama as the female lead, he suddenly felt somewhat resentful.

When he saw the photos of Yang Xue and Jiang Yu together, and saw that Yang Xue was going to play the female lead in Jiang Yu's TV series "The Lost Tomb", Chu Shaoyang felt even more depressed and angry, and his eyes flashed with cold light.

"Hehe, Yang Xue, I'll show you what a mistake it was to choose Jiang Yu."

Right now, all Chu Shaoyang wanted was for their two TV dramas to premiere on October 8th. He wanted to utterly defeat Jiang Yu. He wanted to reclaim the face and dignity he had lost in his area of ​​expertise. He also wanted to show Yang Xue that choosing him was the right choice, and that following Jiang Yu would only lead to being trampled under his feet.

……

As for Jiang Yu, he didn't pay much attention to the official announcement of the release date for the TV series "The Lost Tomb" and the heated discussions it sparked online. Instead, he threw himself into filming the movie.

Currently, filming for the movie "Secret" is progressing smoothly. Jiang Yu believes that filming should wrap up around mid-to-late October. With quick post-production, it should be able to be submitted for review and released around New Year's Day or the Spring Festival this year.

And soon it was October.

In the past few days, the TV series "The Lost Tomb" and "The Legend of the Great Wilderness" have received a lot of promotional resources online. Both shows are generating a lot of buzz and have garnered exceptionally high attention, with online discussions remaining consistently high.

On October 1st, the National Day Gala slightly dampened the popularity of these two dramas.

The discussion and buzz shifted from the TV series "The Legend of the Great Wilderness" and "The Lost Tomb" to the National Day Gala on the evening of October 1st.

As an annual National Day holiday and an important special festival, the National Day Gala is always worth watching, whether for star-struck fans or the general public.

The guests invited to this year's National Day Gala are all celebrities that are popular with many netizens and the general public, such as Jiang Yu.

When the list of performers for the National Day Gala was released, everyone was pleasantly surprised. Especially when Jiang Yu's name appeared, there was a sense of relief and satisfaction.

Last year, Jiang Yu missed the opportunity to perform on the National Day Gala stage because of rumors. Only Su Muwan performed on the National Day Gala stage with her work "As You Wish," and the song "As You Wish" that Jiang Yu wrote for Su Muwan caused a sensation.

When everyone saw Jiang Yu's name on the list for this year's National Day Gala, they began to look forward to it. They were all eager to know what kind of song Jiang Yu, who wrote "As You Wish" last year, would bring to the stage of the National Day Gala this year, for everyone and for this special holiday.
Wow, Jiang Yu is in this year's National Day Gala!

"Last year, because of Jiang Yu's incident, he didn't perform on the National Day Gala stage, but he wrote a song for Su Muwan. But that song, 'As You Wish,' really shocked me. It was so well written, and it was so perfect for the National Day Gala stage last year."

"Yes, although Su Muwan didn't participate this year due to scheduling conflicts, Jiang Yu's participation makes me quite excited."

"Hey, I saw the program list for the National Day Gala this time. Besides Jiang Yu, there's also Yang Xue and Yu Qing! We'll get to see them together again." "Me. There really are Yang Xue and Yu Qing. During the Mid-Autumn Festival Gala, it was just Jiang Yu and Yu Qing. This time, Yang Xue is there too. Hehe, interesting, interesting."

"Isn't the 8th the day when the TV series 'The Lost Tomb' starring Jiang Yu and Yang Xue will be released? I've noticed that they've been attending events and appearing on shows together quite often lately. It seems like they're going to be promoting it together."

"What should I do? One minute I think Jiang Yu and Yuqing are a perfect match, the next I think she and Su Muwan would also be a good match. Now that I see him and Yang Xue, I think they have great chemistry."

"Isn't that obvious? Everyone knows about Jiang Yu's relationship with those three women. Besides, with Jiang Yu's face, he looks like he could be a perfect match with anyone."

“I feel the same way. When I saw the behind-the-scenes photos of Jiang Yu’s new movie, I noticed that he and Yang Zihan looked like a real campus couple in their school uniforms.”

……

At the National Day Gala event venue, Jiang Yu and his group of guests were already there preparing early. The hosts had taken to the stage, and the director was conducting final checks for the live broadcast. Everything was ready, and the live broadcast of this year's National Day Gala would begin around 8 o'clock.

Jiang Yu sat there, with Yang Xue and Song Yuqing sitting on either side of him. However, because of the upcoming release of Jiang Yu and Yang Xue's TV series "The Lost Tomb," the two have been attending events together and promoting their work quite frequently.

Song Yuqing understood that her brother needed to work more with Yang Xue to promote their new drama. So this time, seeing her brother interacting much more with Yang Xue on set, Yuqing felt a little uncomfortable, but she held back.

Although the three women are currently on good terms and address each other as sisters, they each have their own thoughts and ideas.

The surrounding guests and audience members would occasionally glance at Jiang Yu and his group. Although Su Muwan was missing, the gossip in their eyes when they saw Jiang Yu sitting with Yang Xue and Song Yuqing was palpable.

Even the director and some media reporters on site were filming Jiang Yu and his group from time to time.

The two most frequently photographed this time were Jiang Yu and Yang Xue. The media and reporters know that their new drama is about to premiere. Given their special relationship, viewers are eager to see scenes and photos of them together, making it a hot topic recently, and taking such photos easily gets you trending.

At 8 p.m., the live broadcast of the National Day Gala began as the hosts took to the stage.

This time, Song Yuqing was the opening guest, performing a positive-energy chorus with several other artists.

On special occasions like the National Day Gala, which is even more special than the Mid-Autumn Festival Gala, the selection process for programs and performers is much more rigorous.

Meanwhile, Lin Qianqian also clicked into CCTV's live broadcast room, watching tonight's National Day Gala with a hint of anticipation in her eyes. Seeing that Jiang Yu's scheduled appearance time was already quite late, she knew she'd probably have to wait a while tonight.

But it doesn't matter. Knowing that Jiang Yu will bring a surprise, Lin Qianqian and her many fans can wait no matter how long it takes.

During the National Day Gala, Yang Xue took the stage during the intermission to sing a revolutionary song with some senior artists.

Many viewers, especially young people, found some of the programs on the National Day Gala rather boring. While many of the stars were their favorites, the songs performed were mostly positive and uplifting, with very little of the pop music they preferred. This made the show somewhat soporific. If it weren't for seeing their idols, probably not so many young people would have tuned in to watch the National Day Gala live.

"Hey, why isn't Jiang Yu on stage yet? I'm getting sleepy watching these shows. Although they're very positive, I still prefer listening to pop music."

"Yeah, me too. I'm feeling a bit sleepy. If it weren't for waiting for Jiang Yu, I would have left."

"Don't worry, Jiang Yu will be here soon. And Jiang Yu will probably bring a positive or even mainstream song, similar to the one he wrote for Su Muwan last year."

"It doesn't matter. I like listening to songs like 'As You Wish' too. Positive energy and mainstream themes are not bad, but they need to be combined with some pop music elements, like Jiang Yu does, to better appeal to the mainstream audience."

"Indeed, I also think that if so many mainstream and positive songs were like those written by Jiang Yu, I would still enjoy listening to them."

……

At this moment, viewers were flooding the live stream with discussions about Jiang Yu. The National Day Gala live stream was gradually drawing to a close, and although Jiang Yu wasn't the final performer, he appeared quite late in the broadcast. Now, after the performance by the senior artist preceding Jiang Yu, the host announced Jiang Yu's name, and instantly, viewers both in the audience and online became excited. Those who had been drowsy before became wide awake.

Jiang Yu had been waiting backstage for a long time. When he heard the host call his name, he slowly picked up the microphone and walked onto stage five.
The moment Jiang Yu appeared, thunderous applause and cheers erupted from the audience. Viewers in the live stream were also frantically spamming the screen with the name Jiang Yu, demonstrating his immense popularity.

Lin Qianqian was watching the live stream when she saw Jiang Yu appear. Her eyes were filled with curiosity as she wanted to see what kind of song Jiang Yu would bring next.

Yang Xue and Song Yuqing sat there, facing the camera that had turned to them, their pretty faces bearing smiles as they stared at Jiang Yu on the stage, their eyes filled with anticipation.

Not only the leaders present, but also the audience and guests were looking forward to Jiang Yu's next performance.

As the music started, information about the song performed by Jiang Yu gradually appeared on the big screen.

Song title: Lone Warrior

Singer: Jiang Yu

Lyricist: Jiang Yu

Composer: Jiang Yu..."

(End of this chapter)