This celebrity is absolutely wicked.

Chapter 430 We can always trust Director Lu
The Hip Hop Club has been stirring things up for over a month, employing various tactics to boost the show's popularity.

One of the most basic promotional methods was to contact some celebrities in the industry to promote "Hip Hop Club".

Some celebrities in the industry like the contestants' appearance and even spontaneously promote the show.

Then a popular male contestant on the show got together with a female celebrity.

This female celebrity is already married.

The two were photographed by paparazzi on their way home together that night.

In no time, the entertainment trending topics list was flooded with this news, and netizens thoroughly enjoyed the gossip.

The fan war between the two sides, coupled with the involvement of these hip-hop artists themselves, has created a chaotic and unpleasant atmosphere in the public discourse.

That male contestant was still a favorite to win the championship, essentially a singer that the hip-hop club wanted to heavily promote.

After this incident, the entire program is practically doomed.

What defines a disgraced artist? This is what defines a disgraced artist!

There are far too many problematic contestants on the show "Hip Hop Club".

This incident immediately put the show in the spotlight.

The situation is even more serious on the other side of "Shining Trainees".

Ultimately, the problem with "The Rap of China" lies with the contestants, while the problem with "Shining Trainees" extends to the production team, the contestants, the entertainment companies behind them, and the fans.

The variety show has entered a heated phase, and several popular contestants have already emerged after these few episodes.

Major companies and sponsors have also entered the harvesting phase.

The popularity ranking voting has officially begun.

Besides free tickets and video platform membership tickets, the remaining tickets are for purchasing sponsor merchandise.

The sponsor is a domestic milk brand.

In order to get more votes, a large number of fans bought a lot of milk and scanned the QR code in the bottle cap to vote. After voting, they could not finish drinking the milk and could not resell it, so they simply threw it away.

These fans were spotted and photographed by passersby while they were pouring milk.

"Shining Trainees" has also reached the peak of public opinion.

Netizens who were watching the drama were starting to lose their composure.

"These two shows are amazing, one is about accompanying your sister-in-law, and the other is about pouring milk."

"Wasting food is shameful! The fandom is just too crazy."

"I think it's not just a problem with the fandom, it's a problem with the entire chain."

"These people will stop at nothing to make money."

"Report it! We must report it!"

Netizens couldn't sit still this time.

As time went on, more and more things were uncovered by netizens, and some special media outlets also got involved.

On Thursday, the production teams of "Hip Hop Club" and "Shining Trainees" officially released their announcements.

Both programs announced their cancellation.

Netizens immediately cheered.

"This lousy show is finally off the air. Anyone want to watch Lu Ran's fan meeting finale with me on Saturday night?"

"Looking at it this way, it seems there are no other talent shows on the market right now, only Lu Ran's fan meeting is left."

"Lu Ran's fan club doesn't require a membership; you can watch it for free by shaking your phone. I just don't know if we'll still be able to vote during the live broadcast of the finals."

"Yes, you can vote. The fan club has already issued an announcement. As long as you watch the live stream, you are eligible to vote."

"Does this voting qualification require buying milk?"

"Holy crap? Do you guys think Director Lu is cursed? I have a feeling that if you run into him, whether it's a person or a program, you're bound to be unlucky."

"That's right, Director Lu's skills have improved this time, eliminating two programs in one go."

"Is this the power of justice?"

Netizens shifted their focus to Lu Ran.

There's no way around it, this isn't just people's imagination, it's something that actually happened.

Since his debut, Lu Ran has been surrounded by bloodshed and turmoil, and many people have fallen victim to him.

No one would believe there's nothing wrong with this.

The entertainment industry was doing just fine before, so why did something go wrong as soon as you arrived?

Then you're the one who's ruining the entertainment industry.

A group of silly netizens flooded Lu Ran's Weibo with jokes.

Lu Ran was speechless.

If there was anything in the past that had anything to do with him, then this time, "Hip Hop Show" and "Shining Trainees" really had nothing to do with him. He didn't do anything, yet his enemies stabbed him in the stomach twice.

Previously, Lu Ran was thinking about how to steal viewership from "The Rap of China" and "Shining Trainees," but now he doesn't need any tricks at all.

"Sure enough, as long as you stay on your own path, your rivals will gradually fall behind you."

Lu Ran posted a single line on Weibo.

"Let him be strong, the breeze still caresses the mountain; let him be arrogant, the bright moon still shines over the great river."

He felt that these two sentences were perfect for this context.

Netizens quickly found Lu Ran's Weibo account.

"Director Lu's two sentences are quite insightful."

"A person without a certain level of education could never write this."

"No matter how great his abilities are, I am not envious. It's just like a gust of wind blowing across the mountaintop, and the mountain still stands there. No matter how arrogant and domineering he is, he has no ability to stop the bright moon in the sky from illuminating the north and south of the country. This is my interpretation based on the sentence. Please bear with it."

"I understand. This is Director Lu's disclaimer. He didn't do this."

"So Director Lu is admitting that he did what happened before."

Lu Ran's somewhat philosophical statement also became a trending topic on social media.

It's not that he can trend on social media just by posting a single sentence; it's related to what he's been doing these past few days.

Lu Ran led a group of celebrities on a study tour in Yan'an, and they even worked in the fields.

You're saying this is just a show?

But these people were genuinely working there.

No unnecessary chatter, and no dawdling when it comes to work.

When visiting and learning, it's not the kind of thing where you just glance at something and leave.

Instead, someone explained things to them, and in the end, Lu Ran even led everyone to sit together and discuss their experiences.

Some things can't be understood after just one reading.

If you could understand something after just one look, communication between people wouldn't be so difficult, and ideological work wouldn't be so hard to do.

Sitting down together and having a discussion, combining theory with practical work, is the only way to truly understand the key points.

That's exactly what Lu Ran did.

In addition to the discussions, the necessary labor was also indispensable.

These actions have been observed by netizens.

"It's fortunate that the entertainment industry has Lu Ran, but unfortunately there's only one Lu Ran in the entertainment industry."

"I see the light emanating from Hall Lu now beginning to illuminate those around him."

"Those contestants didn't take it seriously at first, but look how serious they are now."

"Do you remember the signed article that Director Lu published when he established the Burning Studio? Director Lu said that he would never let Burning become a false fire, but rather make it a long-lasting lamp to illuminate the path for more people. A year has passed, and he is doing just that!"

"We can always trust Director Lu!"

"Lu Ran's fan club must be supported!"

"Looking forward to the broadcast of Lu Ran's fan meeting finale!"

While netizens enjoyed the gossip, the fans in the fandom were seething with anger.

Just as "Shining Trainees" was entering its most intense phase, and the male trainees were about to debut thanks to their votes, the show was canceled.

It was reported by these netizens who were just watching the drama unfold.

"If my brother can't debut, then we'll all die together! Report Lu Ran's fan club!"

"Why is he allowed to continue operating? We're reporting him too."

"They use public service advertisements to cover up their commercial nature, incite online violence against their peers, and illegally organize talent shows!"

"Yes, Lu Ran's fan meeting was illegal. They held it online before without formal registration."

"There's something fishy going on here, there's definitely something fishy going on!"

After discussing it in their group chat, the fans went to the relevant department's website to report "Lu Ran's Fan Club".

Meanwhile, Lu Ran was already preparing for his performance in the finals.

He received a call from Sun Kai, the operations manager of Douyin.

“Our fan club has been reported by several thousand people, and even the higher-ups have called me.”

"Who reported it?"

Lu Ran was somewhat curious.

He figured he hadn't offended anyone at his fan meeting, and he'd been very restrained this time.

(End of this chapter)