After offending capital, my songs became more and more popular.

Chapter 151 Ah Zu, you've finally stopped! Shen Ming'en: You guys made me take off the mask!

"#Tonight at 8 PM, Mr. Shen Jichou will be featured in an interview about the creation of the song 'Beijing Welcomes You'!"

"#Zheng Yun, Lu Anqing, Zhou Chujian... and many other top stars are joining the cast; tonight's show is going to be great!"

Perhaps it was the efforts of those eager capitalists behind the scenes that led to the corresponding trending topics appearing on the trending lists of major platforms such as Douyin, Weibo, Xiaohongshu, Zhihu, etc. that night.

The song "Beijing Welcomes You" has been incredibly popular since the music video was first recorded. Even without Shen Ming'en, the song would have been a huge hit because of the participation of a group of superstars.

As for this song, both the pronunciation of the "i" (love) at the end of each line and the musical scale of "Gong, Shang, Jiao, Zhi, Yu" were later talked about and widely disseminated by various marketing accounts.

This has led to increasing curiosity about the behind-the-scenes creator, Mr. Shen Jichou. What kind of person could write such a meticulous work?

Perhaps it was this curiosity that kept the discussion level high when the related search term appeared on the trending list:

This is worth checking out; it looks like there's going to be a good show tonight...

[Tsk, no way. I just glanced at the list of participants, and Shen Ming'en isn't on it. What's the point of going?]

[I'm not going either. What a bunch of mediocre people. Only the original creators are worth looking forward to; the rest are just living off their past glories.]

……

The discussion is high, but perhaps because Shen Mingen is too popular, viewers nowadays seem to have an innate aversion to anyone who doesn't include Shen Mingen in their activities...

You mentioned the song "Beijing Welcomes You," in which Shen Ming'en sang the chorus, and he was also the most popular singer. If you hold a themed interview and don't include him, it's no wonder his fans are upset.

Having said that…

Perhaps due to the paid traffic boosting, the event remained consistently popular, and during the nighttime live stream, the number of viewers online simultaneously was incredibly high...

Even before the broadcast started, data showed that more than one million people were watching the live stream at the same time!
What's this called?
Money power, you know!

"Tsk..."

Inside the event venue, Mr. Ma, who was staring at the backend data, couldn't help but click his tongue in amazement. He said to Mr. Qin beside him, "We've really gone all out with this. If we still can't take away Shen Ming'en's traffic, then we'll really be a bitter pill to swallow."

"Don't worry," President Qin patted his shoulder, giving a reassuring look, and said, "We've already overshadowed Shen Ming'en's popularity with our massive publicity campaign this time, which is enough."

Have you checked the trending topics list?

Have you seen how much money they've spent to generate buzz that has already surpassed Shen Ming'en's?
They should be satisfied with just this, not to mention the press conference hasn't even started yet.

Shen Mingen's fans were hurling insults in the comments section, but that didn't dampen the audience's enthusiasm at all!
"That Shen Jichou really asked for an exorbitant amount..." Mr. Ma couldn't help but complain when he mentioned this, saying, "Thirty million, I really don't know how a behind-the-scenes creator dares to ask for that."

Mr. Ma wanted to curse whenever this was mentioned. It was only because this part of the cost was shared by five companies on their side that it could be covered by any one company alone.

"Be content," President Qin said, showing a strong sense of morality. "By doing this, they've already betrayed Shen Ming'en and broken their promise. Compared to friendship, what is money?"

This kind of self-righteous, morally superior posturing really made Mr. Ma feel disgusted. He rolled his eyes and didn't respond, instead changing the subject:
"What's he up to by wearing a mask? Is he trying to create suspense?"

This is what Mr. Ma is most indignant about. You say they spent 30 million to invite this creator of "Beijing Welcomes You" to participate in the event, so why the hell did he have to wear a mask and not show his face?

What the heck is this...?

"Oh~" President Qin expressed his understanding, and he chuckled and said, "President Ma, you should understand this even more. It is said that this person's identity is somewhat special, and it is normal for him not to want to reveal his identity."

They've created such a huge buzz for this interview, generating so much buzz. What if revealing their identities later has some impact on the teacher's daily life?

"Tch~" Mr. Ma had a different opinion. He chuckled and said, "Maybe he's just ugly and doesn't want others to discuss his appearance."

Mr. Qin did not refute this point. He chuckled and said, "Anyway, whatever it is, it won't affect our interview."

"Yes." Mr. Ma nodded without objecting.

But deep down, there's always been a bit of unease...

You got 30 million, and you still don't want to show your face? You're just a behind-the-scenes creator, and you actually dare to show your face?
They got a good deal and are still acting innocent; they're shameless... They're all spoiled!
Just then, the walkie-talkie on the table not far away rang. On the other end of the walkie-talkie, a staff member said, "Director, Teacher Shen has arrived."

After the director responded, he immediately turned the camera to a tall young man who had just stepped out of the van that had arrived at the scene.

The other person was dressed in a very casual outfit of loose-fitting gray-brown straight-leg pants, a plain white T-shirt, and a light blue outer shirt, looking fresh and natural, but just...

He was wearing a very strange mask.

It's that kind of red mask that only covers the upper half of the face up to the nose... like Ah Zu's mask!

That's right, that's right, it's the same style as Joe from Police Story, it looks kind of damn arrogant!

He finally managed to show the lower half of his face, but then he put on a mask, not even wanting anyone to see his mouth. He covered himself up so tightly!

"...What is this?!"

When Mr. Ma saw the outfit of "Teacher Shen Jichou" that had arrived at the scene backstage, he couldn't help but twitch his lips. He thought to himself, "Damn, if you didn't know him, you'd think he was here to attend an interview. If you didn't know him, you'd think he was here to rob us!"
You're a fucking thug!
Why the hell aren't you stopping, Azu?
How despicable!

That's incredibly despicable!

This person clearly doesn't want to show their face, but still wants to generate buzz. It's a bit too much to be a prostitute and then try to maintain a virtuous image.
Mr. Ma already looked down on him, and seeing his attire only made him angrier. Glancing at him out of the corner of his eye, he noticed that Mr. Qin seemed to have gone off to attend to something else. Mr. Ma then went over to the director, leaned close, and whispered in his ear, "I said, during the interview later, have the host..."

……

"Mask real kiss hot..."

In June, the temperature in Beijing was around 30 degrees Celsius. It was fine inside the car, but as soon as he got out of the car, the sun was blazing, and Shen Ming'en felt sweat pouring down his face behind his mask. Fortunately, the air conditioning in the venue was set low enough, otherwise he might have had to take off his mask before the interview even started.

To be honest, these guys are really willing to spend a lot of money. They chose a large convention center as the venue, which can accommodate several thousand people. Honestly, it's quite impressive that they were able to rent such a large venue for an interview event that doesn't sell tickets and doesn't expect to recoup its costs.

There were quite a few people in the venue...

Shen Ming'en arrived relatively late; by the time he arrived, almost all the celebrities who participated in the recording of "Beijing Welcomes You" had already arrived...

And Shen Ming'en... ha, it's Teacher Shen Jichou, who was undoubtedly the most eye-catching person at the scene.

"Teacher Shen Jichou is here!"

When he arrived, the group of superstars were chatting amongst themselves, but as soon as they heard he was there, they all gathered around him...

"Teacher Ji Chou, I've heard so much about you!"

"Oh, thank you so much for taking care of me during the recording..."

"We've spoken; I discussed the details with you back then!"

"I added your contact information, but it seems you didn't accept it..."

Ironically, those usually aloof and high-and-mighty superstars were now all rushing over to greet Shen Ming'en.

no way……

It is widely rumored in the industry that Shen Jichou, the creator of "Beijing Welcomes You," has connections in the government and is also talented. If he continues to create high-quality works, whoever gets the award will be incredibly wealthy. Who wouldn't want to curry favor with him and make a good impression?
It's worth mentioning that Shen Ming'en not only saw those familiar superstars, but also Zhou Chujian, Zheng Yun, Hua Zichen, Ji Cheng, and other familiar faces.

Zhou Chujian goes without saying. Zheng Yun and the others, the old green tea, participated in "Chinese Music Awards" with Shen Mingen. If I remember correctly, when they were there, they targeted Shen Mingen in various ways and treated him as an enemy.

Shen Mingen had known them for so long, and to be honest, he had never seen them smile at him. He thought they couldn't smile at all. But now, they were flattering him and all that. Anyone who didn't know better would think Shen Mingen was their father.

"Hello..."

To avoid giving himself away, Shen Ming'en deliberately lowered his voice and spoke to them in a voice very different from his usual one. At the same time, to avoid the consequences of saying too much, he would only nod for yes or shake his head for no, and never speak, putting on a very aloof appearance...

Even though he was aloof, these people kept trying to talk to him. Poor superstars, they really had no airs at all right now.

It's worth mentioning that Shen Ming'en spotted Yao Shuli in the crowd...

Today, my girlfriend wore a loose white shirt with beautifully designed sleeves that had a puffy sleeve effect without looking bulky. She paired it with skinny jeans that accentuated her slender, shapely legs, and wore white high heels barefoot. The whole look exuded a pure yet alluring slender beauty.

It's worth mentioning that when Shen Mingen came over, she not only didn't greet him, but instead turned her head away, secretly lowered her head, letting her smooth black hair cover her fair and delicate face, and lightly covered her red lips with her jade hand. She seemed to be...

Suppressing laughter.

Que Shi was indeed suppressing a laugh. Perhaps others didn't know that this Teacher Shen Jichou was Shen Ming'en, but Yao Shuli knew it all too well. Therefore, she found it particularly funny to see those superstars who usually looked down on Shen Ming'en praising him so much.

Sometimes, it's really unacceptable for someone to break character first. Seeing her trembling body as she laughed, Shen Ming'en wanted to yell, "Damn it, why is this like the two of you acting out a play?"
Shen Ming'en quickly sat down and secretly kicked Yao Shuli's foot under the stool, as if to remind her.

Feeling inexplicably dumped, Yao Shuli immediately frowned and glared angrily at Shen Ming'en.

Shen Mingen pretended not to see it, which infuriated Yao Shuli. If it weren't for helping him conceal his identity, Yao Shuli would have already strangled him...

Ironically, neither of them expected that their first meeting after confirming their relationship would be such a hilarious scene.

Amidst laughter, the interview quickly began, and everyone who was to go on stage soon began to wait backstage. Staff members also came over to inform Shen Ming'en.

It's worth mentioning that, perhaps it was just bad luck, Shen Ming'en happened to be on stage with Zhou Chujian at that time...

"Teacher Jichou." Zhou Chujian bowed and scraped before Shen Ming'en, extending his hand in greeting.

As a result, Teacher Shen Jichou didn't even take his hand, nor did he even bother to look at him, and simply walked past him.

"Pfft..." My friend next to me almost couldn't hold back!
As everyone knows, when Zhou Chujian was recording "Beijing Welcomes You" in the studio, he was disliked by this songwriter and was constantly being lectured by him. Now that they meet, the songwriter shows him no respect whatsoever. It has to be said that this songwriter is truly a man of character!
Zhou Chujian's lips twitched, but he didn't dare to get angry. He awkwardly withdrew his hand and followed him onto the stage.

The interview was actually quite pointless, mostly consisting of questions about the creative process, the source of inspiration, and so on. The host also discussed some small details of how Mr. Shen Jichou guided the singers during the recording process.

But in general, they are all somewhat cumbersome...

What's going on...?

What the hell is so interesting about this?

[Tsk, I really don't understand why they're making such a big fuss about this interview...]

[Is it just a group of celebrities coming to make a show of it?]

[Wasting time for the reverse butterfly, gotta go!]

Audiences now have absolutely no liking for these "hosting" type of events. It's like when the hyperthyroidism patient went to Changsha. You should just focus on creating a good show, but instead you force people to go on variety shows to ride your coattails, and then you come up with this "drinking culture" thing, making people toast you, and to make matters worse, the lighting doesn't even reach their faces...

Damn it!
The term "red tape" is becoming increasingly prevalent in Chinese entertainment variety shows these days. It feels like celebrities are so afraid of being provoked by those idiots in the fandom that they speak too timidly and dare not say anything, only spouting polite platitudes...

very disgusting!
For example, this interview revolved entirely around that teacher Shen Jichou, making it seem like it was entirely for praising him. The audience couldn't stand it anymore, and the number of people watching the live stream at the same time began to skyrocket.

Before the show started airing, there were over a million people streaming online at the same time, but now there are only about 900,000.

Garbage! Utter garbage!
Today's audiences are very realistic; if the content is garbage, no one can save it.

Mr. Ma and the others witnessed this scene. In fact, Mr. Ma and Mr. Qin were both present today, sitting in the audience. They knew the questions on stage were uninteresting, and they knew that it was time to introduce a juicy element; otherwise, the audience would probably all leave…

then!

Mr. Ma nodded to the on-site director from a distance.

After receiving the signal, the on-site director immediately picked up the walkie-talkie and spoke something into the host's earpiece on stage...

Upon receiving the signal, the host on stage quickly ended the previous topic with a few words, then pretended to pick up his phone to check the live comments. A moment later, he stared directly at Shen Ming'en and said:
"Teacher Jichou, I think many of our viewers are curious about why you are wearing a mask today?"

You know what, this topic really piqued the curiosity of some viewers. In fact, from the beginning of the live broadcast, many people were curious about why this creator was still wearing a mask. You've come out to participate in the event, but you don't want to show your face. Isn't that a bit too pretentious?

The discussion and buzz quickly went viral. However, Mr. Qin, who was sitting in the audience, frowned upon hearing this and turned to look at Mr. Ma with a strange expression.

As clever as he is, how could he not know that without instructions from someone above, the host would never dare to mention such a segment?

As expected, Mr. Ma smiled smugly. He waved to Mr. Qin with a "don't worry" expression, as if to say that there was no need to have so many concerns, and that he was just a behind-the-scenes creator.

To be honest, President Qin's expression wasn't very good, because President Ma hadn't consulted him beforehand about doing this...

But since things had already come to this point, he couldn't very well speak up and stop it on the spot, so he could only wait and see what happened.

"I hope this Teacher Shen isn't the type to hold grudges..." President Qin thought.

But as he thought about it, he silently rubbed his forehead and said with a wry smile, "If my name is 'Ji Chou' (meaning 'to hold grudges'), how could I not hold grudges?"

Perhaps it was because he thought of the name "vengeful," but President Qin suddenly paused...

For a fleeting moment, he suddenly remembered something he had thought about before: the name of this teacher, "Shen Jichou," sounded strangely familiar.

And perhaps it was the word "holding a grudge" that came to mind, but he suddenly frowned, feeling that those two words...

Even stranger!

"Holding a grudge..."

Stroking his chin with his bare hand, gazing at Teacher Shen Jichou on the stage, President Qin repeated the name several times, then...

His eyes widened suddenly!
"hiss……"

I gasped!
Looking at Professor Shen Jichou on the interview stage, a look of disbelief appeared on his face!
"No...no way..." He swallowed hard, shook his head blankly, and felt a chill creep down his spine.

Damn you...

Holding grudges... Remembering kindness...

Isn't that antonym?!

Some people have said that Teacher Shen Jichou's name is a pen name, but if it really is a pen name, the homonym is too coincidental with the name Shen Ming'en, they are antonyms!

Is there really such a coincidence in the world?!

Looking up, President Qin was somewhat bewildered to discover that this "Teacher Shen Jichou's" figure actually resembled that of Shen Ming'en...

They look somewhat similar!

In mid-air, Shen Ming'en's figure seemed to overlap with that of Teacher Shen Jichou, who was sitting on the interview stage!
Flawless, fucking perfect!

"This……"

President Qin was momentarily stunned.

Although he already had some guesses in his mind, President Qin did not show it. On the one hand, they were currently in an interview, and on the other hand...

He also harbored a bit of wishful thinking.

He knew very well that if the creator of "Beijing Welcomes You," Shen Jichou, whom they had spent a lot of money to hire, was actually Shen Ming'en...

So!

How severe will the consequences be!

Spending a fortune to hire enemies to do propaganda...

At that time, it's estimated that these self-proclaimed giants of the Chinese entertainment industry will become a complete joke!
"No, no...it can't be...maybe I'm just overthinking it...I'm just being paranoid..." President Qin thought to himself.

He would rather stubbornly believe that he was being paranoid than admit that the person could be Shen Ming'en.

He is Shen Jichou, the creator of "Beijing Welcomes You," he can't possibly be Shen Ming'en!!!

But but…

But it seems...

damn it……

Shen Ming'en, that guy, seems to have publicly stated that he wrote all three Olympic theme songs...

It seems the other two predictions came true...

Is it going to come true now?!

Aaaaaah, you motherfucker! Aaaaah!!!
……

The red tape at the interview continued, and to be honest, when Shen Ming'en realized the host was going to remove his mask, his mouth was practically stretched to his ears from under the mask...

Well, he was already a bit worried about how to find an opportunity to take off his mask, but he didn't expect these shameless people to come up to him and let him take a swipe!

Okay, okay, that's great!
Since you've asked for trouble, don't blame me for going easy on you!
Shen Mingen initially "refused," saying that he was of average appearance and had some social anxiety...

Later, he simply put on a "helplessly persuaded" expression, subtly indicating that it wasn't impossible to take off his mask!
When the host heard Shen Mingen's "overwhelmingly welcoming" tone, he thought to himself, "This is going to be interesting!"
So they started using even more varied methods to demand that Shen Ming'en take off his mask, and even led the audience to cheer him on!
"Remove the mask! Remove the mask! Remove the mask!"

Not only the host and the audience started jeering, but even Zhou Chujian, Zheng Yun, and those other idiots joined in...

Zhou Chujian, in particular, seemed to regard "removing the mask" as a way to "get back at" his teacher Shen Jichou, who had always made things difficult for him and looked down on him. He shouted so loudly that he was the loudest person around!

Mr. Ma, sitting in the audience, didn't seem to realize the seriousness of the situation and was actually quite smug...

Under these circumstances, Shen Ming'en shook his head helplessly, chuckled, and said, "Alright then."

then……

In the hall with thousands of people, in front of everyone, he slowly removed the "Azu" mask from his face and chose to "stop"!
And when his highly recognizable handsome face appeared on camera...

"..."

The people on the scene were completely stunned.

【? ? ? 】

【! ! ! 】

The live chat exploded!

……

(End of this chapter)