This celebrity is absolutely wicked.

Chapter 281: Punishing the Past and Preventing the Future, Treating the Disease and Saving the Life

This time, Ji Yongsheng poured out the tea and brewed new tea.

Instead of simply throwing tea leaves in and adding water, a complete tea ceremony performance was presented.

Even though no one is there to appreciate it, the necessary rituals must still be performed.

After finally brewing the tea, Ji Yongsheng took a small sip.

His mood is completely different now than when he first arrived this morning.

Ji Yongsheng carefully reviewed the data from "The Beginning" and then checked the feedback from netizens on Weibo.

After gaining a clear understanding of the overall situation, Ji Yongsheng leaned back leisurely in his chair.

Judging from the current situation, it seems certain that "The Beginning" will be a hit.

At worst, they'll be a dark horse of the year, making it into the top five.

With this data, he could give an account to the company leaders.

After a while, Ji Yongsheng made one phone call after another.

"We must intensify our initial publicity efforts!"

"Let's get all the membership recharge promotions going!"

"Concentrate all resources and give me a good start in promoting this!"

After arranging everything, Ji Yongsheng opened his contacts and found Zhang Tao's phone number on Tencent Video.

He and Zhang Tao are old acquaintances.

The fact that "The Beginning" was able to sign with Dongsun Video this time is largely thanks to Gu Yaohui of Tencent Video.

Thank you so much!
Ji Yongsheng dialed Zhang Tao's number.

Zhang Tao is currently having a small meeting in the conference room.

Upon seeing the phone number, Zhang Tao assumed it was something important and answered it immediately.

Ji Yongsheng's voice came through.

"Mr. Zhang, hahaha, I came here specifically to thank you. If it weren't for Tencent Video, we wouldn't have been able to sign the contract with Kaiduan."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Tao's face twitched.

He's having this meeting right now because of "The Beginning"!
This show is so popular, there are still twenty or thirty of it trending on social media.

This was originally a show that was supposed to be on Tencent Video!
Zhang Tao: "How many views did it get at the beginning?"

Ji Yongsheng modestly replied, "Not much, not much. It only amounted to 31 million in the twelve hours since it went online."

At that moment, veins bulged on Zhang Tao's forehead.

Ji Yongsheng continued, "I don't have your CEO Gu's phone number. If you see CEO Gu, please give him my regards. I'll definitely treat CEO Gu to a meal if I have the chance."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Tao immediately hung up the phone.

"That son of a bitch, Gu Yaohui!"

Zhang Tao immediately started cursing.

The group of people in the conference room looked at Zhang Tao in astonishment.

What a hatred!

Zhang Tao slammed his hand on the table and said angrily, "The meeting is adjourned for now!"

After saying that, he rushed out of the conference room.

He's going to complain to the higher-ups!

The fact that "The Beginning" was signed by Dongsun Video is a huge mistake that he shouldn't be blamed for alone!
Online discussions about "The Beginning" have not stopped, but have intensified.

The official Weibo account of Dongsun Video also released a congratulatory poster for "The Beginning".

This data-driven poster, brimming with no exaggeration, has once again attracted attention from industry insiders.

Guo Weicheng learned about this as soon as he arrived at Xingyao Media.

The feedback in the data is that the number of new views for "I Want to See You Tomorrow Too" has begun to decline.

Some negative news about this show surfaced online a few days ago, but it was all suppressed.

These negative news items mainly revolve around the two lead actors.

That is, the acting skills of the two main actors were too poor, even worse than their previous performances.

Fans said that the current idol drama was Jiang Yixuan's domain, but when the drama actually aired, Jiang Yixuan's acting was incredibly greasy.

An Lingling's performance also failed to capture the vividness of the female lead; her facial expressions were like those of a robot.

Now, with the sudden emergence of "The Beginning," it has directly captured the attention of a large number of viewers.

If there's nothing good to watch, I'll watch you; if there were good things to watch, why would I watch you?

Star Media must not fail!
Even if they have to vehemently praise it, they still have to exaggerate the quality of Jiang Yixuan's drama.

Otherwise, a collapse in reputation would really affect Jiang Yixuan's commercial value.

Guo Weicheng quickly gave instructions to Ren Xin.

After receiving the order, Ren Xin quickly called Xue Huimin, the person in charge of Liujin Times.

"Old Xue, you've seen the situation online. We can't let things continue like this, or both of us will suffer losses. I have an idea. Since Kaiduan is so popular now, let's say he's over-marketed. You have An Lingling's fans post about it, and I'll have Jiang Yixuan's fans post about it too. With the help of marketing accounts, we can make the audience dislike this show."

Xue Huimin laughed and said, "You and I are thinking the same thing. Let's do it this way."

After the two had discussed the matter, they quickly arranged things through various connections.

Online, some negative comments about "The Beginning" have begun to appear.

"It is rumored that the initial marketing budget was 50 million yuan, creating a trending topic across the entire internet and frequently dominating the trending search list!"

"Behind the initial explosive popularity lies exaggerated marketing!"

"Lu Ran is spending a fortune to officially enter the film and television industry!"

In today's entertainment industry, acting in movies is considered more prestigious than acting in TV dramas or web series.

But it's important to know that actors who star in web dramas earn the most, and it's also where top stars emerge.

Under this logic, it is perfectly reasonable for Lu Ran to spend money on marketing "The Beginning" in order to enter the film and television industry.

"My screen is filled with trending topics about the beginning of the pandemic. Are there really that many people watching? It's so annoying."

"The female lead falsely accuses the male lead of being a pervert right at the beginning of this drama. The plot is just unbelievable. The data is all fabricated." "It's so easy to make money from celebrities. Lu Ran has only been in the industry for a short time and he already has so much money for marketing."

"He doesn't have it, but the investors do. Besides, Lu Ran has such a strong background, this little bit of money is easy for him."

"I almost forgot, Lu Ran has powerful backers."

Amidst the actions of a group of netizens, some who hadn't even watched the show yet, some viewers were influenced.

This is a common practice in the entertainment industry.

the next morning.

After running on the playground of Qincheng University, Lu Ran went to the flagpole.

He realized he hadn't participated in a lottery in a long time, so he decided to try his luck today to replenish his items.

After completing the last assault mission, he unlocked the ability to purchase song redemption cards in the system shop.

He could redeem a song redemption card for 100 points, which solved his problem of not having enough songs.

Lu Ran gazed at the flag fluttering atop the flagpole and opened the system's lottery page.

After drawing twenty times in a row, a bunch of consumables appeared in the system's inventory.

Efficiency Enhancement Card, Memory Retrospection Card, and Character Testing Card.

Besides these three items, there were a few other things that Lu Ran had never seen before.

[Perfect Pitch Talent Card: Upon use, the host will gain the perfect pitch talent, further enhancing their musical abilities. Note: The host is free to fully utilize this talent.]

Absolute pitch, also known as perfect pitch, is the ability to identify pitch without needing any reference tone.

In the music world, people with this talent include Beethoven and Mozart.

In modern times, there's Jay Chou.

With this talent, he will be able to perform more skillfully in both singing and songwriting in the future.

In addition to this, Lu Ran also drew the [Sound Range Expansion Card (Advanced)].

"With this card, the vocal range will be raised to a high level, and the vocal requirements for singing the most peak version of 'A Man Should Be Self-reliant' will be met."

Lu Ran's current voice is good enough to sing "A Man Should Be Self-reliant", but there is still a gap between her and the version by George Lam.

This is a hardware gap that cannot be changed by hard work.

Now everything's fine, Lu Ran has cheated.

[Super Lung Capacity Talent Card: Upon use, the host will gain the Super Lung Capacity talent, enhancing their lung capacity. Note: Try saying "ah" and see if you get dizzy.]

"This talent is quite good; it can be used when singing."

Lu Ran looked at the remaining card.

This is a guzheng skill card. Using it will grant you guzheng skills.

With the idea that having more skills is never a bad thing, Lu Ran learned all of these talent cards and skill cards.

His mind also gained more knowledge about guzheng skills.

As this knowledge flooded his mind, an academic question that had troubled him for a long time was answered.

These past few days, besides attending classes and studying, he has been researching fully automatic suona (a traditional Chinese wind instrument).

But in the process, he encountered problems that he couldn't solve with his current abilities.

Playing the suona is somewhat complicated.

If he really wants to complete it, he'll need several years. If that's not enough time, he won't be able to graduate.

But the guzheng is different.

The guzheng is a stringed instrument.

It also looks more beautiful when played.

"You can graduate with a fully automatic guzheng first, and then study a fully automatic suona later."

After thinking things through, Lu Ran returned to Wutong Garden and first called Li Quan.

"Brother Quan, buy me a guzheng."

"I know. Let me tell you something. The studio is running into some problems right now. It was too popular at the beginning, and it attracted a lot of fans for you. Even Jiang Yixuan and An Lingling's fans have turned from haters to fans."

"Isn't this a good thing?"

Li Quan sighed: "It's good, but these fans used to be involved in fan circles, so it's going to be troublesome to have this group of fans."

When Burning Studio was making plans, Li Quan had talked to Lu Ran about it.

Burning Studio doesn't engage in fan culture; the company's artists let their work speak for itself.

Many celebrities on Earth don't have fan clubs or similar organizations, and even if they did, they've disbanded.

Most of the artists who have representative works, acting skills, and a body of work haven't done it.

Lu Ran only has the founding group for the initial fan representative conference, which has only a few hundred people in the group chat, not many at all.

If someone really tries to create fan groups, something bad is bound to happen.

Li Quan continued, "There are many scammers online who are using our name to create fan groups, and some people have already fallen for it. My idea is for the studio to issue a statement saying that we will not create fan groups, so that everyone will not be fooled."

Lu Ran thought for a while.

Most fans in the fandom are minors who lack their own ability to discern right from wrong, making them easily deceived and influenced.

The best way to deal with this kind of person is to avoid getting involved.

People who make a living from their work don't need these fans to generate data.

But Lu Ran remembered one of his teachers' words: "Learn from past mistakes to avoid future ones, and cure the disease to save the patient."

He can't eradicate fan culture; that's a national issue.

But now that things have come to this, he has to save these fans.

Online celebrities and idols are all virtual; real life is what's real.

At your age, you should focus your energy on studying, not on celebrities.

"Brother Quan, we create fan groups, but our approach is different from other celebrities."

(End of this chapter)