If we can build a good relationship with kiwifruit, there might be opportunities to connect with Lü Ming in the future.

As a top-tier celebrity and artist in the industry, Lü Ming's endorsements and sponsorships are quite unique compared to his status; he doesn't have a single endorsement.

You know, after other artists and celebrities become famous, they all frantically accept endorsements and sponsorships.

Even Dilraba is no exception. After the hit drama "Wu Xin: The Monster Killer", she ran dozens of endorsements and sponsorships in just over half a year. This was after careful review by Sister Mi and her team at Jiaxing, who eliminated some small brands or brands and companies with bad reputations.

If Dilraba were to completely remove these restrictions, to put it bluntly, the number of endorsements she has could increase several times over.

Keep in mind that Dilraba is only a first-tier actress, and there are many competitors above her, some of whom have even higher popularity and online traffic.

Lu Ming is completely different. He is almost a rare breed among male celebrities. Not to mention those popular stars, even some veteran actors and artists are not as popular as Lu Ming. It can be said that if Lu Ming wanted to be his spokesperson, the brands would be lining up for several streets.

It's worth noting that even some top luxury brands that other celebrities and artists would kill for are now begging Lü Ming to endorse their products.

In recent years, as China's economy has developed better and better, it has become increasingly attractive to high-end luxury brands.

It's safe to say that whoever can acquire Lü Ming now will undoubtedly become the leader in the domestic luxury goods market, if not dominate it. That's the extent of Lü Ming's influence.

However, despite this situation, Lü Ming did not accept a single endorsement. Compared to the countless endorsements and sponsorships of other celebrities in the industry, Lü Ming's clean record was almost ridiculously clean.

Unable to persuade Lü Ming to endorse them, these brand sponsors could only try to ride on his popularity by sponsoring his works, programs, and even some of the events he attended.

Even so, not every brand has a chance; some smaller brand sponsors simply can't get in.

Especially after seeing how popular the brands that sponsored Lü Ming's previous appearances at events like the Harper's Bazaar Charity Gala were, these sponsors are now very envious, which is why the sponsorship of kiwifruit is so popular this time.

However, judging from the current booming situation, these brand sponsors have not only not lost money on the high sponsorship fees they paid, but have even made a huge profit.

While Gangzi was celebrating with his kiwifruit staff, the scene inside the headquarters of Tencent Video was completely different.

Although Gangzi and Hu Tao persuaded their respective bosses to cooperate with iQiyi and Tencent Video for a rare collaboration because of their investment in Lü Ming's "Candle in the Tomb: The Lost City," this does not mean that the two sides are now like brothers. On the contrary, the competition between them still exists and is no less than before.

Both sides now regard each other as their biggest competitors. Once they squeeze out those lower-ranked competitors with smaller shares from the game, then the players will be Penguin Video and Kiwi.

As things stand, Tencent Video still holds a leading position, far ahead of Kiwi in both influence and market share. So, although Tencent Video outwardly attaches great importance to Kiwi, it secretly underestimates it and doesn't believe Kiwi has any chance of winning against Tencent Video in this competition. Even Hu Tao thinks about the same thing.

However, after seeing the situation of this season of "Running Man," Hu Tao and the others immediately lost their composure.

Although "Running Man!" is a key project of the collaboration between Tencent Video and Zhejiang TV, and is one of the most popular variety shows at present, Hu Tao and his team do not think that such a variety show will have any impact on the relationship between Tencent Video and Tencent Video.

However, Hu Tao eventually realized that he had underestimated Lü Ming; this guy was someone who couldn't be measured by ordinary thinking!
Lü Ming alone has taken the already popular "Running Man" program to the next level. Just by live-streaming this episode's recording, Kiwi's popularity and influence have increased significantly, and most importantly, the number of members has grown by nearly a million.

When he heard the news, Hu Tao's face was full of shock.

For these video platforms, the number of paying members is their lifeline.

However, with the increasing awareness of copyright protection in recent years, and the fact that they have been operating for a period of time, the growth of membership numbers for both Tencent Video and iQiyi, as well as the video platforms behind them, has encountered a bottleneck, and it is almost impossible for them to experience explosive growth in the short term.

Even their Tencent platform only saw a few hundred thousand new members last month.

This was the result of Tencent Video's extensive purchase of various high-quality works and large-scale promotion and publicity. Hu Tao was originally quite satisfied with the growth figure last month.

But now, seeing how Kiwi Fruit gained nearly a million more members in just two days thanks to only one variety show, "Running Man," and Lu Ming alone, I feel a pang of sadness.

If they had known that Lü Ming was such a freak, why would they have spent so much money on promotion and advertising? They could have just given the money to Lü Ming directly. Perhaps a casual remark from Lü Ming would have been more effective than all their money spent on promotion and advertising.

When is the next episode of "Go Fighting!"?

Hu Tao closed the laptop in front of him and asked his subordinates.

To put it simply, Hu Tao was also envious of kiwifruit.

Since Kiwifruit was able to invite Lü Ming through "Running Man," then they certainly have a chance too.

They also have a wildly popular variety show on Tencent Video, namely "Go Fighting!" which they co-produced with Shanghai TV.

The reason Hu Tao was able to sit in his current position as head of Tencent Video is because the previous guy offended Lü Ming for a little money, which gave him this opportunity.

After he took the stage, he immediately won over Lü Ming with an exorbitant appearance fee, successfully getting Lü Ming to star in the newly created "Go Fighting!" program, which made the entire program an instant hit.

Moreover, in Hu Tao's view, compared to the somewhat conservative "Running Man!" program, their more free and open "Go Fighting!" program is more suitable for Lü Ming, allowing Lü Ming to showcase his program effects without reservation.

Besides that, there's the relationship between Lü Ming and the guests on "Go Fighting!", which is really a hot topic.

Whether it's the teacher Huang whom Lü Ming offended when he first became famous, or Hong Lei with whom he later fell out, or even the movie star Huang with whom he has now eased some tensions, there are still many topics of discussion among them.

If Lü Ming could be invited back to participate in the "Go Fighting!" program, the sheer volume of buzz would likely ignite a media frenzy, and its impact would be no less than that of "Running Man!"

With Dilraba Dilmurat as a couple on "Running Man," they could also invite Gulnazar, or even other female celebrities in the industry, to "Go Fighting!"

To put it bluntly, if Lü Ming agrees, then the "Go Fighting!" production team probably won't have to put in much effort, as many female celebrities will proactively inquire about him.

The show "Running Man" only has Wu Qian as its "enemy," while "Go Fighting!" has multiple enemies, and in terms of generating buzz, they are no less than Wu Qian.

Therefore, for Hu Tao, the most important thing right now is to invite Lü Ming into their "Go Fighting!" program after Lü Ming leaves "Running Man!", so that he can naturally overshadow the popularity of kiwifruit during this period.

Hu Tao's subordinates naturally understood their boss's meaning and immediately brought over the schedule for the remaining episodes of "Go Fighting!". "Put it on the last episode at the end of this year!"

Hu Tao glanced at the schedule for "Go Fighting!" in his hand, quickly set a time, and decided to contact Lü Ming in a few days.

The reason for scheduling it for the last episode at the end of that year was mainly because Lü Ming had just finished filming the show "Running Man" with the kiwi team, and he still had to continue filming "Candle in the Tomb: The Lost City," which they were very interested in. At least Lü Ming needed some time to rest.

In addition, Hu Tao and his team also need to make some preparations to see if they can persuade Lü Ming.

After all, given Lü Ming's current status, he's not someone they can summon and dismiss at will. If they can't persuade Lü Ming, then their ideas are nothing but a mirage.

However, persuading Lü Ming is not an easy task.

According to what Hu Tao knew, Lü Ming originally did not intend to accept the invitation from Zhejiang TV's "Running Man!" program, but finally accepted it out of consideration for Gangzi and Reba's request.

It's important to know that Gangzi and Lü Ming have a long-standing friendship; their relationship is far superior to that of Hu Tao and Lü Ming.

For Hu Tao, the chances of getting Lü Ming to join their "Go Fighting!" show by relying on his personal connections are not just slim, they are practically nonexistent.

It seems we'll have to use other methods!

Since we can't rely on personal relationships or saving face, we can only exchange things for benefits.

As if he had thought of something, Hu Tao made up his mind and decided to use that thing to talk to Lü Ming.

If that thing can't attract Lü Ming, then Hu Tao has no other options.

"Young man, how much longer until we arrive?"

After walking for a while with his head covered by a black hood, Deng Chao, not knowing where he was, couldn't help but ask the staff member next to him out of curiosity.

"Almost there, we'll be there soon!"

After hearing Deng Chao's question, Lü Ming gave a brief explanation and then quietly placed his hand on Chao's back, pretending to push Chao forward. In reality, he placed his hand on the name tag on Chao's back and then gently tore it off.

Deng Chao, out!

As soon as Lü Ming tore the name tag off Deng Chao's back, a loud announcement instantly resounded throughout the entire mall.

[They've finally made their move!]

[After plotting for so long, this nobody has finally made his move against Brother Chao!]

[Do you think Brother Chao can guess who made the move?]

My poor Chao Ge, he was eliminated by some unknown talent, it's so heartbreaking!

[Hey upstairs, stop pretending and just laugh!]

【Ha ha ha ha! 】

[That guy Huka is really something else, he actually disguised himself as a staff member!]

[How does this guy's brain work? How can he be so creative!]

When it comes to variety show entertainment, I have to admire Huka; they really know how to have fun and have given the name tag ripping game a whole new twist!

The viewers in the live stream witnessed Lü Ming attacking Brother Chao and couldn't help but send comments in the chat.

Those viewers who saw Lü Ming change clothes from the very beginning laughed until their stomachs hurt.

When they first saw Lü Ming put on that suit, they didn't guess what he meant. They thought he simply wanted to wear new clothes. Little did they know that Lü Ming had planned this all along, all for this moment.

Most importantly, Brother Chao actually fell for it, and almost without any resistance, he directly displayed his name tag in front of Lü Ming.

In previous episodes of "Running Man," almost every host and guest participating in the name tag ripping game would carefully protect their name tags and try their best not to give others a chance. It's nothing like today, where they almost actively revealed their name tags to their opponents.

Upon hearing this announcement, Chen Chichi and He Baoqiang, who had just met in a shop on the fifth floor of the mall, exchanged a glance, their eyes filled with confusion.

This is too fast!

Keep in mind that the two of them had only just met, and hadn't even had a chance to speak, when Deng Chao had already been eliminated.

Who did this?

Could it be that Brother Chao was unlucky enough to encounter Big Black Bull right from the start?
In their hearts, there was only this one possibility.

If it weren't for what happened before, they might have suspected that it was Lü Ming who did it.

But now they have no doubt about Lü Ming at all, after all, with Lü Ming's oversized name tag, it's impossible for him to make a move.

Even if Lü Ming forced his way in, considering that oversized name tag, if Brother Chao couldn't beat him, couldn't he at least escape?

"How about we form an alliance?"

Seeing Bao Qiang's equally confused expression, Chen Chichi thought for a moment and then proactively proposed an alliance to him. (End of Chapter)

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