Respawn Entertainment: Days of Glory

Chapter 821 Undercurrent
Until the vocals and the sounds of the instruments became slower and slower, until they finally stopped completely, the hedgehog lead singer Bian Lang never sang a word.

But in the last shot, Bian Lang looked at Xie Minzhi with a smile on his face, and then gave her a thumbs up!

At that time, Xie Minzhi didn't pay any attention to this detail. She was only concerned with accepting the cheers and applause from the new music fans at the scene, and was so excited that she forgot to pay attention to other things. Now watching this shot, she suddenly felt an inexplicable emotion surging in her heart...

At this time, the Internet has become a collective carnival of rock music fans and cheese fans:

"It seems that every popular singer is just missing a side wave on the road to becoming a real singer!"

"I can't believe it, Zhizhi actually... Did Le Xia fix her voice?"

"As someone who went to the scene, I can tell you that after I came back, I made a comparison and found that Xie Minzhi's previous songs should have all been refined."

"The truth is out. You obviously have the ability to be a professional singer, why do you want to be an idol?"

"Zhizhi, judging from your performance today, I think it's right for you to participate in Summer of the Band. Hold on tight to this thigh from now on!"

"That's right. I don't ask you to be like Xia Yuxi, but at least you can get a few representative songs from Bian Lang that can be recognized by everyone, so that all of us cheese fans can be proud!"

Looking at these comments flying by, Ma Yuan, who was still working overtime in the company, was now laughing so hard that he was numb.

The combination of Hedgehog and Xie Minzhi, which has both strength and traffic buffs, has a terrifying effect on sales. Even Zheng Danghong, who ranks first among the four top streamers, feels the pressure.

He is the only one among the four top stars who has never had any contact with Bian Lang. His attitude towards Bian Lang before was that he did not care about it. They were not in the same circle, and their audiences did not have any overlapping fan groups. He would not take the initiative to make friends with him, but he would not provoke him either.

But this time he couldn't sit still after all, because the song that Xie Minzhi and Hedgehog collaborated on was about to surpass him on the new song chart.

Although there is still a three-quarter gap according to the data, this song was released on the first day of September, and in the past five days it has accumulated a total sales of 9W. The total sales of the original 5nd to 885th place combined are not even a fraction of his.

However, once the song by Xie Minzhi and Hedgehog was released, it ranked second. In less than an hour after it was released, the sales volume was close to 1 million. He knew that the rapid growth was due to the broadcast of the "Summer of the Band" program, but Xie Minzhi was only one place behind him in the ranking of the four top streamers.

The strength of the capital behind him is no less than that behind him. Seeing this start that is like a god descending to earth, the subsequent promotion will definitely be stronger. If he is surpassed, his title as the top of the four top streamers will not be worthy of his reputation.

It doesn’t matter if I’m surpassed by others.

Because he and his fans know very well that under normal circumstances, the only people who can surpass him, Zheng Danghong, are superstars who release songs to sell the nostalgia of the past. Even if they do, the fans won't care too much, after all, they are superstars!
But if he was surpassed by Xie Minzhi, who is also one of the top four stars, then the statement would be different. Even if he himself can bear it, his fans can't.

Not to mention the fight between the fans of the four top stars, the fight between the fans of the three little shit-shovelers of the original Earth is also exciting. So Zheng Danghong and his team are in a very awkward situation now. If they ignore it and are really surpassed, it will be difficult to deal with the situation if the fans start to make trouble.

Losing fans is a small matter, but if it affects the price of business and endorsements, that would be a big problem.

But if they organize fans to compete with Xie Minzhi's fans, they may not be able to control the situation well, and eventually drag Bian Lang's fans in. And then drag Bian Lang out, the situation will be even more complicated.

Because if it was just Xie Minzhi, Zheng Danghong would be 100% sure of winning, but if Bian Lang were to join in, the situation would become more uncertain.

After all, among the four top stars, Liu Xiaokui has become a pendant of Bian Lang, Xie Minzhi was also beaten down and is now catching up, and Liu Xingwu has not dared to show off even now. So...

"Ah Hong, this is what I think. I'm going to call Liang Kuan first to feel out her reaction. The Rolling Stones are on tour in Europe this month, so they may not take this too seriously. But it's hard to say for Xie Minzhi..."

Zheng Danghong nodded and said, "Let's not do any guidance from the fans for now, for fear that the fire will spread to Bian Lang's fans, and then it will be difficult to deal with." Although he said this, thinking about his current popularity, Zheng Danghong felt that even if a fight really broke out, he would have a greater chance of winning.

When Liang Kuan saw the phone number of Zheng Danghong's agent, it was already a missed call from two hours ago. The popularity of the "Summer of the Band" goddess cooperation competition has also increased the popularity of Tao Xiaoyu, Chen Xuan and Du Yujuan.

Tao Xiaoyu has her own independent agent and does not need Liang Kuan to worry about her.

But Chen Xuan's agent was fired, and Liu Wanting, who was temporarily in charge, was unable to cope with the situation. Liu Wanting directly gave some resources that Liang Kuan had a relationship with. Du Yujuan was just signed, and her relationship with Pan Jianhu was not good enough for others to take care of her, so Liang Kuan took care of her first.

So when Liang Kuan saw the missed call, he couldn't figure out what Zheng Danghong wanted to talk to him about.

After she replied, she basically guessed from the other party's various probing words: "Then why don't I ask if there are any co-hosts for the final performance of "Summer of the Band". I approve of Xiao Zheng's voice."

"Sister Kuan, distant water cannot quench immediate thirst. We respect Teacher Bian very much and hope to have opportunities to cooperate with him in the future, so we don't want any misunderstandings between the two sides about this matter."

Liang Kuan sneered in his heart after hearing this. Cooperation was out of the question. The main thing was that he faced Bian Lang head-on and lost.

For a top star like Zheng Danghong, losing the battle for status would be a huge blow to his fans. If it causes a large number of fans to leave and triggers a series of chain reactions, with no more leeks to reap, the life of the top star can be declared over.

But Liang Kuan thinks that there is really no good solution to the current situation. The competition between the two songs is an established fact, and no one can change it. In the past, when Zheng Danghong released songs, others would avoid him, especially the top stars, who tacitly avoided meeting each other, so as to avoid a life-and-death struggle and being taken advantage of by others in the end.

It can be said that no one thought much about this situation. Xie Minzhi did not expect the collaborative work to be so good, so she did not care that the release schedule would clash with Zheng Danghong. Now that the results have gone wild at the beginning, even if she does not want to spend money on publicity, her fans and the capital behind her are not happy.

and so……

"Let me think about this. Anyway, with Bian Lang's current mentality, he won't care about the results of the new song chart, but if he gets into a fight with the fans, he will definitely express his feelings." Liang Kuan was confident that he could handle all kinds of public opinions after winning or losing. "Then I'll trouble you, Sister Kuan!"

After hanging up the phone, Zheng Danghong's agent sneered: "Liang Kuan is still the old fox!"

"What did you say?" Zheng Danghong was quite curious about what Liang Kuan said.

After the agent repeated Liang Kuan's words, Zheng Danghong just said indifferently: "It's good to be like this. It can be regarded as a warning in advance. Even if a fight really breaks out, we can be regarded as giving them enough face by being polite before using force."

The agent nodded and said, "That's true, but it's better to be peaceful. They are touring Europe now. No matter what the final results are, they have been unique in the Chinese music scene in recent years. This alone is enough to overwhelm others in terms of public opinion."

There was one more thing that was not said because he was afraid of hurting Zheng Danghong's self-esteem, which was: "You and Liu Xingwu went abroad to hold one or two concerts, and you also cut the leeks of Chinese fans, but when the Rolling Stones went to Europe, they really went there to expand their territory!"

In the conference room of the small station, the staff had almost finished their work, and the statistics team was handing a document to Chen Bing.

Chen Bing only took a glance at it and handed it directly to General Wan: "General Wan, I'm afraid you will bleed heavily tonight."

Mr. Wan smiled and said before he even read the result document: "Then I am willing to do that too! The performance of "Summer of the Band" has given us the confidence to compete with long video websites. As I said, just tell me what you want to eat tonight, and you don't have to save money for me...hiss..."

As he spoke, he had already glanced at a few numbers on the document: "The cumulative number of viewers is 7400 million, the maximum number of people online at the same time is 907 million, and the completion rate is 81%..."

It should be noted that this data is the data during the broadcast of the program, not the 24-hour data previously calculated. If there are no accidents with this data, the king of the ratings of this year's variety show should be stable.

"Okay, okay, Chen Bing, you pick a place, and we'll go together!"

At the same time, in a booth in Laobanshan, You Xuefeng, the station’s top leaders and several middle-level managers had just received feedback on the station’s ratings.

"The highest value is 4.54...Xuefeng, you really did a great job for the station this time. If the transformation is completely successful, you will be promoted to a higher level even if you move."

Facing the praise from the big boss, You Xuefeng did not dare to accept it casually: "It was your decision and the content of Rolling Stone that played a big role. I was just a matchmaker. If the station can successfully transform, it will be a good thing for everyone!"

Although You Xuefeng said it easily, the senior leader knew how difficult this matter was and how important it was to the station.

With the rapid development of the Internet era, television stations are no longer as popular as they were a few years ago. Before the Rolling Stones gave them a new lease of life, many hosts could hardly support themselves with their job salaries.

The situation of taking on various private jobs has become blatant, but the station can only turn a blind eye and not bother with them as long as it does not interfere with their main work.

However, no matter how poor the benefits are, TV stations at all levels must exist. Except for the top five in terms of ratings, the survival environment of the others is very worrying. Without money to invest in recording new programs or buying popular dramas, the ratings will naturally not rise.

Without ratings, advertising revenue will naturally not increase, thus falling into an infinite vicious circle.

In the past few years, the Yunnan Provincial TV station was still able to survive by relying on advertisements for medical beauty and reproductive hospitals. However, due to an inadvertent complaint by local netizens, the cultural department lost face in front of the people across the country. Subsequent rectification directly cut off this golden nugget.

Therefore, the Rock's rescue this time is a timely help to the provincial TV station, and it is a great help to the provincial TV station! With this ratings, except for the rare Biqi that is given a friendship price because of the relationship with Bian Lang, other advertisements are mainly before, during and after "Summer of the Band", and the price is already on par with several prime-time advertisements on the fruit channel.

Combined with the share of program production, Blueberry TV’s year-end bonus is basically secured.

"Xuefeng, I heard that the Rolling Stones are going on tour in Europe. When they come back, you should build a solid relationship with Bian Lang. Just the show "Summer of the Band" is still a bit thin for our station.

I heard that the new season of "Taohuayuan" has already begun preparations, and we have also participated in the investment. Do we hope to get the broadcasting rights of the satellite TV station at an internal price?"

Hearing this, You Xuefeng almost sneered out loud.

"Last year, because the program was new, everyone was concerned and that's why our station got a bargain. Now the effect and quality of the program are already in front of us, and it's a pipe dream to think of getting a bargain at a low price."

After organizing his words in his mind, You Xuefeng said, "Leader, we have the smallest shareholding ratio in this matter, and we have the least say. It involves everyone's interests. If the gap is not big, I can try to communicate.

But I think it’s unlikely…”

This is indeed the case. Although some details have not been finalized, Lao Jiang has already pestered Niu Boyi about this matter.

Tonight, I took advantage of the popularity of "Summer of the Band" to call Niu Boyi to congratulate him, and at the same time, we talked about "Peach Blossom Spring".

"Teacher Niu, congratulations on the success of Summer of the Band. It's a pity that we can't participate. I heard that preparations for Peach Blossom Spring have begun. Can you consider us for this project?

Our artist resources on Fruit Channel are guaranteed. I know you don’t have to worry about recruiting artists now, but who wouldn’t want to save a little money? "

Niu Bo responded with a smile, but he was complaining in his heart: "I have never dealt with your fruit station in business. If Bian Lang couldn't handle it, would you, Old Jiang, call me specifically?"

But after changing his mind, Niu Bo smiled and replied: "Thank you for your kindness, Mr. Jiang. Nothing has been decided yet. But I think with your station's strength, artist cooperation is probably not your real purpose. Satellite TV broadcasting rights are not out of the question!"

(End of this chapter)