Which top celebrity doesn't support a few female stars?

As early as after Li Zhou selected the new song to be created, Zhang Qiming fully utilized his initiative as the vice president.

Afterwards, a senior executive from Tencent Music led a team to Shengshi Entertainment and signed a special exclusive agreement with Li Zhou.

Although Tencent Music only acquired the exclusive broadcasting rights to "Rice Fragrance" and did not grant commercial authorization for other copyrights, it still paid a minimum purchase fee of 800 million yuan, as well as some terms that were more favorable to Li Zhou.

The reason for paying such a high minimum purchase fee is indeed due to the top influencer Li Zhou, but the main reason is that they are optimistic about the song "Rice Fragrance".

There is no doubt that Penguin Music does have some musical taste.

After a brief consultation between the two parties, according to Li Zhou's wishes, "Rice Fragrance" will only be included in the VIP music library and will not be released as a paid single.

You can listen to the full version simply by becoming a member of Penguin Music.

According to the signed agreement, if "Rice Fragrance" receives over 50 billion effective plays on the Tencent Music platform...

Optimistically, Li Zhou could still receive an eight-figure share of the viewership revenue.

Taking all factors into consideration, Penguin Music specially invited Li Zhou to visit buildings after the release of his new song.

Promoting the new song, and also giving out some perks...

...

As Li Zhou entered the lobby of the Tencent Music headquarters building, the Tencent Music staff greeted him with great enthusiasm...

"Li Zhou—"

"Wow, Li Zhou Zhenren is so handsome..."

"Li Zhou, I love you!"

"..."

The entire event was filled with high-pitched tenors, which almost made Li Zhou stop in his tracks... This was the largest number of male participants he had ever attended in any offline event.

Before entering the building, Li Zhou thought that the number of men and women outside was the limit, but little did he know that it was just the beginning.

Simple retractable barriers had been set up in the lobby. Li Zhou walked slowly in the middle and greeted the Penguin Music staff on both sides of the barriers.

The people standing along the isolation zone were mostly girls, but behind them were layers upon layers of boys.

They were all holding up their phones, taking pictures and shouting, their voices very loud.

Li Zhou took the stack of pre-prepared photocards from Yang Sisi and handed them out one by one: "Hello, hello, thank you everyone..."

"Brother is so handsome..."

Li Zhou flashed a peace sign at the other person's phone camera: "You're more handsome than me..."

"Brother, eat well..."

Li Zhou: "Okay, I wish you happiness."

"Brother, your new song is really good..."

Li Zhou: "Thanks for liking it, remember to recommend it to your friends..."

"..."

It took Li Zhou about ten minutes to walk through the lobby and into the elevator.

The rest of the process was basically a repetition of the previous steps, including giving out small cards and engaging in minor interactions.

Since the building has 30 floors, Penguin Music only selected 5 floors.

I mainly visited the work areas of the technology department and the operations and marketing department.

Even in departments and work areas that are predominantly female, there are more men than women.

What surprised Li Zhou the most was that the vast majority of the boys were like ili (a term of endearment for women), even when they were whispering to their colleagues, they were praising them...

"The rumors are actually true! He was already handsome in the video, but he's even more handsome in person?"

"His face is so exquisite, his game development colleagues should really take a good look at it and learn from it for modeling."

"..."

...

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Before the door-to-door campaign was even over, news of Li Zhou's appearance at the Penguin Music headquarters building in Shenzhen had already spread like wildfire.

The hashtag #LiZhouSweepingBuildings# even topped the Douyin hot list and Weibo trending topics.

Many videos from various angles at the scene quickly spread to Douyin, rapidly attracting the attention of netizens from all walks of life.

Since ordinary netizens make up the vast majority, they were the first to stumble upon the video unintentionally and found the content strange.

So they left their doubts and questions in the comments section...

"Isn't that Li Zhou? Where did he get so many male fans?"

"Why are all the voices shouting? What's going on?"

"Is Brother Zhou bribing the boys with cigarettes? Why isn't anyone calling me? I can call them too..."

"..."

Fortunately, the surge in popularity attracted entertainment netizens and groups such as izhou and ili.

The first to break down were izhou. They felt numb watching the enthusiastic, cheerful boys in the video.

Is that correct?

Separated by the internet, all they could do in the comments section was either fly into a rage, take a rational view, or try to save face...

"What's going on? Is there a traitor in iZhou? Online iZhou and offline iZhou?!"

"Don't get agitated. It's just a door-to-door outreach event; it was definitely planned in advance. We're all working people, we understand."

"It's impossible for everyone to be like iZhou. It's normal for ordinary people to get excited when they suddenly see a top celebrity."

"..."

The critics quickly made a "righteous severance" and rallied together to form a group of rational and objective people...

"Stop trying to save face. Everyone knows to 'eat well.' It's either izhou or ili. This guy is definitely a male fan of Li Zhou."

"To put it bluntly, people only criticize Brother Zhou harshly online. But if you actually meet Brother Zhou in person, who could resist going crazy?"

"Psychology committee member, get lost! I'm having so much fun! Male fans offline are going crazy for Zhou Ge, he's totally crushing iZhou! Hahahaha..."

"..."

As for Ili, most of them were quietly disappointed because they completely missed the event...

"Ahhhh... My Lili's door-to-door campaign started only 15 minutes early, and the scene was still so crazy."

"At this moment, an iLi account gently shattered. I'm a Tencent Music employee, and I'm taking the day off..."

"But why is my Lili in such a hurry to go door-to-door? Is she worried that her new song won't be popular enough...?"

"..."

...

However, regardless of how various online groups view Li Zhou's door-to-door sales, the popularity of Li Zhou's new song "Rice Fragrance" has continued to soar as a result.

#RiceFragrance# has appeared on the trending lists of various social media platforms.

Countless music bloggers, online music critics, and professional musicians have stepped in to analyze, comment on, or sharply critique "Rice Fragrance."

Various opinions and suggestions were offered.

However, even the most demanding music critics gave it a relatively positive review...

"Both the lyrics and the music are excellent. The lyrics are very encouraging, and the music gives you a feeling of truly returning home..."

"However, unlike some online musicians, I completely dislike Li Zhou's singing style. What kind of rubbish is that?!"

"..."

These harsh and critical reviews, in a sense, are actually an affirmation of the quality of the song "Rice Fragrance".

Interestingly, at 5 p.m., just when the related buzz seemed to have hit its ceiling, Tencent Music's official Weibo account suddenly updated its status.

The first battle report for "Rice Fragrance" has been posted, and the two most noteworthy points in the battle report image are:

1、在上午10点才发布上线的《稻香》仅用6小时42分钟播放量破3000万。¹

2. Among the listeners of "Rice Fragrance," male fans account for over 69%.

This battle report, officially released by Tencent Music on Weibo, ignited the gossip-loving enthusiasm of Weibo users in just a few minutes...

Countless Weibo users started with zero frames, relentlessly mocking izhou and his haters...

"More than 69% of the fans are male... This is hilarious! You haters are always criticizing Li Zhou, but you're all incredibly enthusiastic about listening to his songs."

"From this moment on, it's clear that iZhou is the true fan of my brother Zhou! You guys are the real fans!"

"Hahahaha... izhou pretended to be a hater for two and a half years, but his true identity was exposed by Tencent Music without his knowledge."

"..."

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¹: I checked some data, and the song with the highest number of plays in recent years should be "The Greatest Work". The music video had more than 3000 million plays on QQ Music in 9 hours after it was released.

In addition, according to an AI-generated, unbiased estimate based on QQ Music's official sales report, "The Greatest Work" garnered 2.7 million views on QQ Music within 24 hours.

This is the list of play counts in the article (play count data is accurate).