Huayu 2009: Who should we call the Heavenly King?

Yangcheng.

Baiyun Airport.

"Sorry, I was recognized by fans. There were too many people at the venue, so I went back to my car early."

Seeing Shen Yan get into the car, Zhou Bichang quickly explained and apologized, since she had offered to pick him up from the airport.

In 05, she advanced to the national competition as the champion of the Guangzhou division of the Super Girl competition, and she also studied at university in Guangzhou.

Therefore, she has a large fan base in the local area.

"You're too kind. I should be the one thanking you."

Shen Yan said with a smile.

"You're so busy, yet you still came all the way to pick me up."

"It's okay, I'm not busy."

Zhou Bichang shook his head and then asked.

"Going straight to the hotel now? Which one did you book?"

"Baoyunlou Hotel, I checked the map, it's not far from the stadium where the New Year's Eve party is being held."

"Over there?"

Zhou Bichang is an honest man, and he spoke frankly.

"Why don't you change hotels? The people staying there are a mixed bunch, and it'll probably be noisy at night."

"No need, I'm not that particular about where I live."

The entertainment industry is a very realistic place. The treatment of artists varies greatly depending on their status. For a newcomer like Shen Yan, the organizer would never arrange a four-star or five-star hotel for him.

"Oh well."

Zhou Bichang did not persist.

"Okay, let me take you back to your hotel to drop off your luggage first, and then I'll treat you to dinner."

soon.

When the group arrived at the hotel and checked in, Shen Yan couldn't help but roll his eyes.

Good guy.

He had assumed the organizers would cover the room fees, but it turned out that wasn't the case at all.

The organizer will only cover the room fees from the 29th to the 31st.

After booking two rooms, Shen Yan said to Zhang Dandan.

"Go to the front desk later to get an invoice, and then ask the company for reimbursement."

"Okay, Brother Yan."

Thinking about what had just happened, Zhang Dandan hesitated to speak.

"What do you want to say?" Shen Yan smiled. "Just say what you have to say."

"It's that guy from Jiangsu TV. I feel like he's deliberately targeting us."

Zhang Dandan looked completely puzzled.

"This is clearly the first time we've met him, how did we offend him?"

"It's highly likely that we unintentionally touched upon a conflict of interest?" Shen Yan casually came up with an explanation: "That's normal, after all, we squeezed in."

A large-scale gala requires at least several months of preparation, sometimes even up to half a year. The selection of artists and their introductions are all based on connections.

Shen Yan was able to cut in line at the last minute because of the strong winds from the gold medal.

Last year, Jiangsu Province held its first New Year's Eve concert, featuring heavyweight guests such as David Tao, The Flowers, and Xu Wei, all of whom are members of Gold Typhoon.

The key point is that the gala achieved explosive viewership, ranking first in the country during its time slot.

Besides Gold Typhoon, Huayi Brothers was also a key member of last year's New Year's Eve lineup.

Yes.

Huayi Brothers also owns a record company.

Yu Quan, Huang Zheng, Li Huizhen, Yang Kun, Xie Na, Shang Wenjie, BOBO (Jing Boran, Fu Xinbo) and others have all signed contracts with Huayi.

Even Chen Chusheng, who disappeared during Hunan TV's New Year's Eve gala last year, has signed with Huayi Brothers this year.

With last year's success as a precedent, this year's New Year's Eve gala will still feature artists from Gold Typhoon and Huayi Music as the main performers.

Beyond just collaborating on New Year's Eve galas, Jiangsu TV's summer talent show "Absolute Singing" also partnered with Gold Typhoon.

It is because of these relationships that Shen Yan, as a newcomer, was able to step onto the New Year's Eve stage.

then.

To promote him, Gold Typhoon brought in David Tao, who was not originally scheduled to attend.

With two more people suddenly added, the original guest lineup will inevitably have to be adjusted.

Huang Weijing had mentioned to Shen Yan before that he had taken Fan Weiqi's spot.

Therefore, Shen Yan offended Aya from Huayi.

Aya is the host of the well-known Taiwanese variety show "Guess Guess Guess" and was part of the Jiangsu Province New Year's Eve hosting team last year.

This year, she entered the mainland market, first signing with Huayi Brothers and then reaching cooperation agreements with several satellite TV stations.

Not long ago, she signed a contract with Jiangsu Satellite TV for the variety show "Famous Teachers and High-Achieving Students".

Fan Weiqi was the person she strongly recommended.

She's lost face now that she's been pushed out.

There's another story behind this: Aya originally wanted to squeeze out Angela Chang and give the vacant spot to her sister, Christine Fan.

However, the executive producer did not agree.

Angela Chang was embroiled in a "falling out with her mother" scandal this summer, generating a lot of buzz.

Although it's considered "black traffic," Jiangsu TV is learning from its big brother Hunan TV: regardless of whether it's a white cat or a black cat, as long as it can generate buzz and boost ratings, it's a good cat.

Fortunately, Shen Yan also has a "backer".

The subsequent rehearsals and communications went smoothly without any major problems. The executive director, Zhang Lingyan, was very polite and made all the necessary arrangements.

During training and rehearsals, Shen Yan would chat with Zhang Junning and Nazha when he was bored.

Everything went smoothly.

The "secretly filmed" video successfully surpassed one million views on Youku, but subsequent growth faltered.

It's extremely difficult to become as popular as Rising Sun Gang, who went viral across the internet and became a social hot topic.

Even though it garnered decent viewership on websites like Youku, Tudou, Sohu, and Ku6, with over 500 million views across the entire network, it still couldn't break into the mainstream.

Yes, four or five million views is a lot, but how many people are there in the whole country?

Over a billion people.

After deducting some duplicate plays, a volume of two or three million is really nothing.

Moreover, most netizens just thought the song was good, catchy, and energetic, and that was it.

I'll forget about it after a while.

That's why they say the internet has no memory.

There are too many trending topics.

As the year draws to a close, the film market is particularly lively, with the annual Lunar New Year film season featuring a plethora of blockbusters. Today, "2012" broke 400 million yuan at the box office; tomorrow, Zhang Weiping will launch his critique; and the day after, James Cameron will visit China to promote the upcoming release of "Avatar."

Social hot topics outside the film industry are emerging one after another.

Two days ago, Han Geng's slave contract with SM Entertainment was exposed—the contract was for a period of 13 years, with 91% of the income going to the artist and 9% to the company.

This genuine slave contract has brought a small shock to the Chinese entertainment industry.

Before the drama of Han Geng's contract termination was over, the sensational "Ink Splashing Gate" erupted.

The sheer volume of attention generated by any one of these events far surpasses that of Shen Yan's video; there's simply no comparison.

How do we compare them?

Even though he sings well and the songs are of top quality, and Gold Typhoon has put in a lot of effort, the album hasn't been released yet, and the promotion hasn't been fully rolled out.

It's already quite impressive that they've achieved their current momentum.

At least he's no longer an unknown nobody; thanks to this viral video, many people have finally remembered the name "Shen Yan".

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12 month 28 number.

The ink-splashing incident continues to escalate.

Zhang Ziyi, who enjoys immense popularity and has been famous for many years, instantly attracted the attention of national media with this bombshell gossip, and online discussions exploded.

On this very day, Shen Yan met Tao Jiji, who would later become the King of Abstract Art.

"Hello, Teacher Tao."

Shen Yan took the initiative to shake hands.

"It's a pleasure to work with you."

"It's nice to meet you too, just call me David."

Tao Jiji grinned and praised without reservation.

"I've heard the demo of your album, it's fantastic, especially the rock tracks on the B-side, I really love them."

"Thanks."

The vast majority of singers have a preference for rock music.

After all, rock and roll has been popular all over the world since the 6s and 70s.

To paraphrase a cliché, rock and roll has left an indelible mark on music history, and many singers draw inspiration from it.

Even someone like David Tao, who sings R&B, has a heart that longs to rock and roll.

"Actually, I have an idea."

Tao Jiji stroked his chin and said.

"What do you think about making 'Black Orange' a bit more rock and roll?"