The setting sun fades into its afterglow, foretelling that it will get late.
There is a constant flow of traffic on the avenues of Beijing, various subway lines come and go on the underground transportation tracks, and pedestrians on the roadside are also crowded.
People who had been busy all day walked on their way home.
Xiao An was also part of the trend of returning home. She walked out of school after class, hailed a taxi and reported the name of her community. The taxi driver started the car and drove away, but Xiao An looked angry.
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She just had a fight with her classmates at school, which made her very unhappy.
As for the content of the quarrel? This may sound funny. Just because a classmate said something about Zhang Nala's bad performance, Xiao An started to argue with him. When no one gave in, they finally broke up.
Zhang Nala is one of Xiao An’s idols, and her other idol is An Zaixu, who is known as the originator of Korean Wave in China.
It's just that Ahn Zai-hsu's current popularity in China seems to have passed. A new batch of Korean wave has caught up and gradually overshadowed the limelight of these Korean wave predecessors, making it difficult for many people to hear those once popular names again.
Xiao An is only 16 years old and is currently in the first grade of high school. Unlike many adult star-chasers, although she is also a star-chaser, she is chasing the Korean Wave.
"Like Chen Daoming? How do you think that you would like an old man? I can't understand it."
"Is Wang Zuxian that beautiful? Please~ I am an old aunt, can you not have such a heavy appetite!"
"Who is Stephen Chow? His movies are all messed up. What do you like about them? Hey, I can't understand your preferences."
"..."
Xiao An cannot understand the views of many adult friends and elders.
Every time she hears someone talking about celebrities, as long as it doesn't suit her own preferences, she will always criticize them to show how old they are and how new she is.
She also couldn't agree with the preferences of her classmates in celebrities.
"Zhou Jielun is very good? Can he dance very dazzlingly?"
"Lin Junjie? Ugh, so ugly."
"Chu Xuan? I admit that he is handsome, but can he not only act in TV series and movies like An Zaixu, but also sing and dance?"
"Liu Yifei is very good. She was supported by a big boss in the past and helped by her boyfriend in the back. What makes her so good? Zhang Nala relied on her own persistence and hard work from scratch. Only such a star is worth pursuing, right?"
"..."
No matter who the classmates like, as long as Xiao An expresses remarks that make it sound like a certain star is better than Zhang Nala, she will always mercilessly push her down to show how outstanding her idol is, and that no one in the world can
Comparable.
The reason why Xiao An has such a mentality is because of an offline fan meeting held by Zhang Nala more than a year ago.
Unlike most current Chinese artists, the teams of K-pop artists are very good at managing their fans.
For example, offline meetings can be held to gather a group of fans, and then be marketed to illustrate the artist's down-to-earth attitude and express the artist's affinity.
For example, for any offline commercial performance, local fans must be informed in advance, and then they gather together to turn the stage of a commercial performance, which is not a big one, into a scene of stars holding the moon, and finally market it to show the popularity of the artist.
, in order to seek higher endorsement fees and advertising fees.
For example, if you go out for a walk during a break from filming, you will tell a group of fans in advance, deliberately letting the artist and the fans meet by chance, and the fans will gather around to watch. This is also marketed as an illusion that the artist meets passers-by on the street and is very popular...
There are endless marketing and hype methods like this, but fans are kept in the dark and become a tool for the management team to market artists.
However, it is this kind of marketing method that gradually allows fans to be brainwashed by themselves.
You see, my idol is held up by me!
Look, I am a part of such a hot scene!
You see, it’s because of my support that the idol plays the leading role!…
Thoughts like this are slowly growing in the hearts of Hallyu fans, and they are getting deeper and deeper, turning their star-chasing mentality into blindness.
This is the case for Xiao An. After participating in seven or eight offline activities of Zhang Nala for more than a year, she completely fell into a trap woven for her by the team behind Zhang Nala and became Zhang Nala.
Raise an army of deep-seated patients.
"Nala is already very good. She works hard and doesn't feel tired. It's not easy to work hard. I don't like such high-quality idols. I have such a lack of taste." Xiao An got out of the car and walked into his community, shaking two sticks.
She had braids, thinking about the argument with her classmates, she started complaining again.
"Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei are not as down-to-earth as they are. These two people give people the feeling of being aloof and keeping away from strangers. They are mysterious and don't know the specific situation. What's so good about it." Xiao An took the key and opened the door to the house.
, thinking that many classmates in the class liked Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei, she mumbled her thoughts to herself.
With a "bang" sound, Xiao An closed the door behind her back and scampered to the bedroom. She casually took her backpack off her back and threw it on the bed.
The room is full of Zhang Nala's posters, on the walls, on the bedside, on the desk... they are all Zhang Nala's.
"My Nala is still the best!" Xiao An laughed playfully.
She put her hands on her hips, admiring Zhang Nala's poster, and suddenly said in a daze: "It seems more beautiful than yesterday."
this……
Is the same photo more beautiful today than yesterday?
What nonsense is this?
Hallucination?
Xiao An came back to his senses and suddenly his eyes lit up: "Nala will have another offline performance next month, just over there in Chaoyang District. It's great! We can see Nala again!"
Thinking of Zhang Nala's offline activities next month, Xiao An felt extremely excited. How happy it was to be able to meet her idol again.
"Humph, it's not like Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei they like. They can't see anyone for a year and a half. They can only watch them in dramas, so what's the good thing? They also say that I'm crazy, and you are crazy." She added.
Can't help but complain.
Xiao An turned on the computer, sat down on the chair, and read news about her idol as soon as she got home from school. This behavior became an integral part of her daily life.
But the moment he opened Zhang Nala's personal page on Weibo, she felt a chill in her heart.
Just looking at Zhang Nala’s personal page, there are a few new messages——
[The audition failed, hey.]
This is the first message, accompanied by a selfie of Zhang Nara looking pitiful and slightly sad with her mouth bulging.
[@ Sun Li is great, but there is still a gap between me and Teacher Sun Li. I will continue to work hard.]
This is the second message, accompanied by a selfie of Zhang Nara waving her fist and trying hard.
[@chuxuan, oppa, I hope we can cooperate in the future, I will work hard!]
This is the third message, which is accompanied by a selfie with Zhang Nara with firm eyes and a positive look.
——The Brilliant Era.
In the marketing department office area, Manager Xiao looked at the news in front of him and frowned.
"Brother Xiao, why did she hook up with Sun Li?" a member of the marketing team asked sitting at the desk next to him.
Manager Xiao glanced at him: "Using Sun Li as a springboard as a disguise to better gain Mr. Chu's popularity. Many people won't be able to tell that this is hype."
The members of the marketing team raised their eyebrows: "You know how to play."
He immediately asked: "Brother Xiao, what should we do? Still not making any statement like last week?"
"This is obviously another attempt to take advantage of Mr. Chu's popularity. How should we respond? Give Zhang Nala a thumbs up? Add a sentence of "Come on?" After getting such a response from us, will Zhang Nala be even more aggressive?
"A man with glasses analyzed.
"First of all, we need to figure out the topics this news can trigger." A female staff member with short hair expressed her opinion.
"What kind of topic can this cause? At best, Zhang Nala's positive and hard-working persona is being marketed again, and then a group of fans said in the comment area: Come on." A man with a crew cut said.
"Like last time, we seem to have nothing to do with this kind of marketing. Responding is equivalent to sending heat to them. We can only not respond like last time and let Mr. Chu's wave of heat pass." There is one.
The female staff member in black dress said.
"Hiss--" A tall, thin, white-short-sleeved male employee reached out and pinched his chin, frowned and said "hiss": "Brother Xiao, is this the agent behind Zhang Nara, Jin Zai Xi, that you mentioned? There is really something."
"
"Look at these three messages she sent."
"Failed the audition? That's a fact."
"He pretends to be a vulnerable group, admits that he is not as good as Sun Li, and says he will continue to work hard. This can directly attract a wave of goodwill."
"Finally, Mr. Chu expressed his intention for follow-up cooperation. He lowered his profile both inside and outside of his words. By letting things go naturally, she would gain Mr. Chu's popularity, and at the same time, passers-by would have a deeper impression of her."
He looked at Director Xiao: "There is no one we can refute. If we respond, we can only respond positively. But if we respond, we will send her heat. If we don't respond..."
He paused, but another staff member added what he said: ""Struggle" is being replayed, "Zhu Xian" has just ended, Mr. Chu's popularity is currently at its peak, and will last for some time, maybe a few weeks, maybe a month
.”
"If we don't respond, Zhang Nala will lose President Chu's popularity in vain. Although it is impossible to say that we can take away President Chu's momentum, it is not difficult to take a big piece of the pie and make Zhang Nala gain a lot of fans."
Everyone nodded, this was to be expected.
Responding is equivalent to taking the initiative to send fans to Zhang Nala.
Not responding is tantamount to allowing Zhang Nala to take advantage of the situation.
This is neither a response nor a lack of response. Faced with the fresh news about Zhang Nala, everyone was at a loss for words.
"What you are talking about is just a normal situation." Manager Xiao suddenly said.
Everyone looked at him. What is normal?
Could it be that Zhang Nala’s message is abnormal?
Faced with the doubts of his colleagues, Manager Xiao worriedly made a guess: "If it is an artist from our country, there is nothing wrong with the situation you just analyzed, but Zhang Nara is from South Korea and is a member of the Korean Wave."
At this point, he glanced at everyone: "What's different about Korean fans? Has everyone forgotten about it?"
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone was shocked and immediately looked at each other.
They...seem to have overlooked this key point!
——Community bedroom.
In front of the computer, Xiao An was stunned, with a look of disbelief on his face.
Jang Nara failed the audition?
My Nala audition failed?
Will an idol fail an audition?!
Xiao An's mind was filled with three questions, and he couldn't believe the scene in front of him.
Just as Director Xiao guessed, it is common for artists to fail in auditions. After all, there are so many people competing for a role, and if someone succeeds, it means that a large number of people fail.
In the entertainment industry, this is normal and there is no need to worry about it.
But for die-hard Korean fans like Xiao An, this is abnormal because...
Why did my idol fail the audition!!
My idol is the best, how could he fail!!
Dissatisfaction welled up in his heart, and Xiao An looked at the message on the screen angrily.
"Who is Sun Li? It seems like she stole Nala's role? Why?"
Full of dissatisfaction, she hurriedly typed on the keyboard to search for Sun Li. When she saw his photo on Sun Li's homepage, she said disdainfully: "It's so ugly, why should you argue with me? Are the crew blind?"
Since the Korean Wave entered the country, certain public opinion trends have gradually become weird.
In the past, if an actor couldn't do it, he just couldn't do it, and most fans would encourage him and say "Come on."
But now, with the "help" of a large number of Korean fans, the style of painting in this aspect has begun to change.
For example, in TV dramas, sometimes the performance of the actors is not good, and Korean fans will say: The person who edited the post is so rubbish! They lowered the appearance of my idol! Is this a deliberate attack?
For example, during the filming process, it is normal for actors to be scolded by the director for poor performance, but some K-pop artists will complain online. In the end, a bunch of fans said: The crew is abusive! I hope the relevant departments will investigate!
Such various idolizing behaviors have caused many crew members to be verbally attacked by fans for no apparent reason. The crew complained repeatedly, but most of them could only keep silent.
For K-pop fans, they have an extremely firm belief.
Not my idol?
nonexistent!
There must be something wrong with the crew!
Xiao An was very angry and had a hostile attitude towards the crew who auditioned Zhang Nara.
Thinking of Zhang Nala's slightly sad expression in the first message he sent, she felt extremely sad.
However, she had no choice.
"How could this happen? It's so annoying!" Xiao An's eyes were wet with tears, crying because she failed in her idol's audition.
At this moment, there was a "click" and someone opened the door. It must be Xiao An's parents who came home.
The sound of sobbing was heard in the bedroom, followed by the sound of approaching footsteps outside.
"An Bao?" Xiao An's mother poked her head in.
"What's wrong with you?" Xiao An's mother saw her daughter crying. She hurriedly walked to her daughter, caressed her daughter's head and asked, "Why are you crying?"
"It's nothing." Xiao An covered his face and shook his head.
I felt movement in my mother's hand on my head, as if she wanted to continue asking and comforting me.
Xiao An reached out and pushed, and said impatiently: "I told you it's nothing! Just go away!!"
Xiao An's mother was suddenly pushed back several steps, pushed to the edge of the bed, and then collapsed on the bed.
Xiao An's mother was in a daze, feeling a slight pain in her abdomen, and her heart ached too.
Because Xiaoan and her father were too busy with their careers, they had little time to discipline their daughter after she entered high school.
I don’t know when my daughter became obsessed with chasing celebrities. Since then, her temperament has changed, and her attitude towards them has sometimes become even worse.
Xiao An's mother felt like she was suffering from a heart attack. She covered her chest with her hands and looked at her daughter who was addicted to chasing stars on the Internet. Her eyes showed the guilt of not having time to spend with her daughter, the entanglement of not being able to change her daughter's current situation, and the pain of her daughter's attitude towards her just now.
But Xiao An's mother just sighed. She didn't know how to communicate with her daughter. She stood up, turned back every step of the way, and left silently with a worried look.
Xiao An didn't care about her mother's feelings at all because she discovered a secret in Sun Li's photo album.
There is a photo of Chu Xuan, Liu Yifei, Deng Chao, Sun Li, and Chen He playing in Xiamen.
This photo is enough to show that Chu Xuan and Sun Li are good friends.
"I just said, there is indeed a problem!" Xiao An angrily wiped her tears and finally found the evidence she thought she had.
Returning to Zhang Nala's personal page, she came to the comment area and published her so-called inference in one go, regardless of whether it was right or wrong, true or false.
[Sun Li is a good friend of Chu Xuan, and Chu Xuan is the boss of Brilliant Era. Everyone, I don’t need to say more, right?]
There are many fans like Xiao An, and there was already a lot of commotion in the comment area because of the failed idol audition. As soon as this statement came out, it can be said that it caused a thousand waves with one stone.
[Sun Li is Chu Xuan’s good friend?!]
Xiaoan uploaded a photo: [There are pictures to prove it.]
Seeing this picture and the photo of Chu Xuan and Sun Li, the authenticity of this news was completely confirmed.
However, after it was confirmed, these die-hard Korean fans were furious.
[Trouble! There are unspoken rules! No wonder Nala failed, it must be Chu Xuan’s fault! 】
【unfair!!】
【So unfair!!】
【I need an explanation!!】
[@璀璨ERA, I still follow your dramas because I thought you were the conscience of the industry. Haha, I was wrong. The entertainment industry is all the same, and they play by the unspoken rules.]
[@chuxuan, I didn’t expect you to be such a person! You don’t care about fairness for the sake of your friends, right? 】
【@ brilliant era, rubbish!】
[@chuxuan, rubbish!]
[@Dengchao, your girlfriend has been unspoken, so happy!]
【……】
All kinds of bottomless remarks, whether true or false, filled the comment area for a while.
This shocked the news on the spot, as well as some small media and self-media who came here before the news became popular, as well as melon-eating netizens who came in to watch the excitement out of boredom.
Playing with hidden rules in the Brilliant Era?
Are Deng Chao and Sun Li boyfriend and girlfriend?
Then Chu Xuan’s unspoken rules for Sun Li?
Which ultimately led to Zhang Nala’s failure in her audition?
No, is it so bloody?
To say that Liu Yifei is much prettier than Sun Li, with such a girlfriend, Chu Xuan unspoken rules for Sun Li? And she still has a boyfriend!
Are you so good at playing?
Also, can so many things be said about Jang Nala’s failed audition?
No wonder some people say that K-pop fans are a strange circle, and it is these fans who have to set the pace to get the big results!
