Tokyo: The evil god doesn't want to be the top star

Chapter 233: Popularity Support Strategy for Eating
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"Brushing votes? How can such a low-level thing be worthy of the glory of Master Xia Fan?"

"Our "Midsummer Shrine" is all about reality!"

"Isn't it just the old tricks used by boy and girl groups to make money by supporting products and attracting users? Look how easily this genius can do it!"

In the small cubicle of the Information Group Office of Lesson 9, Aiba Yui typed quickly on the keyboard with a peaceful smile on her face, muttering in a voice that only she could hear...

In the eyes of the surrounding information team agents, she is just an outsourced, invisible hacker who works quietly...

Little did they know that the homepage of the "Midsummer Shrine" website had quickly updated with a "Popularity Support Guide for Eating Food"...

Things like "Cheering Guide" have long been played by fans in the "Idol Warring States Era" where selling goods in exchange for popularity votes...

The core essence is to guide fans to use the most cost-effective way to convert money into the "popularity" of their idols among a variety of support methods.

But the "Support Guide" released by "Midsummer Shrine" is a little different.

First of all, this "Support Strategy" emphasizes the "Sustainable Support Theory" at the very beginning...

That is, without increasing the consumption level, affecting the quality of life, or increasing extra expenses, according to normal life needs, cost-effective support products will be included in the consumption list, while ensuring "good meals", while taking into account the support and support for Xia Fan.

Secondly, the strategy makes full use of AI and big data to analyze all the support products in detail, compare the sales prices and practical effects of the activities horizontally and vertically, and then match the corresponding "recommended support products" for different income, age, and gender groups...

Then, targeting the student group who have no purchasing power, the guide also provides some activities that only require time to "recruit people" to obtain "popularity votes". It also thoughtfully comes with a "one-click automatic support software" that allows fans to "recruit people" through their real-name authenticated accounts to complete these activities. It also comes with thoughtful little features such as "automatically recommending Xia Fan through social accounts".

Finally, the official of "Midsummer Shrine" promised that as long as Xia Fan can get the C position in the theme song MV, they will unlock the first-hand "unreleased footage of Xia Fan's theme song practice".

As soon as this strategy was released, the "summer disease" fans in the "Midsummer Shrine", which is becoming increasingly popular, naturally responded positively, and by the way, there was another collective outbreak of Xia Fan's straight-shot video in the comment section.

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Three days later.

In the large meeting room of the "Idol Festival Production Committee", the doors and windows were closed, the lights were dim, and there were only Manjiro Akimoto and Assistant Director Souta.

Obviously, these two were having some kind of "secret meeting".

"There are still 24 hours left before the popular straight shot voting ends..."

"Real-time vote count, what's the situation?"

Akimoto Manjiro asked in a low voice.

"The total popularity of all trainees is approaching 700 million..."

"Director, this data has exceeded the data of previous programs in the same period by 50%!"

Assistant Director Souta stared at the computer in front of him with uncontrollable excitement on his face.

At a time when there are several talent shows online every year and audiences are becoming increasingly tired of them, this popularity can be regarded as an important milestone in his career.

"What about the individual ranking?"

Akimoto Manjiro, however, did not seem very happy.

"Personal ranking..."

"The first one is Xia Fan...his popularity is 1.13 million..."

"The second one is Hirano Yuta...his popularity is 550,000..."

"The third one is An Ziyao...his popularity is 510,000..."

"The fourth is Takahashi Yuu... The fifth is Nagase Kaito..."

Souta quickly tapped on the keyboard, reporting the popularity data of the trainee theme song. "That's enough... Stop..."

"I asked you to check with the support channel about the source of Xia Fan's popularity. Have you received a response?"

Manjiro Akimoto interrupted his broadcast in a low voice, with his hands on his cheeks and a frown on his face.

"The operations department just responded..."

"Of Xia Fan's 60 million popularity points, about 40% were generated by the consumption of support products, and about % were generated through new customer acquisition activities. The data is normal and there is no problem..."

Before Assistant Director Souta could finish his words, Manjiro Akimoto suddenly stood up.

"Everything is fine, no problem?!"

"Souta, you also followed me and organized two AKSB general elections..."

"You tell me this kind of popularity ranking is normal, huh?"

"It's normal for the second and third place to be so close and competitive..."

"How can it be normal for Xia Fan to be the first in the double fault? What's wrong with him?!"

He turned his back to Souta, raised his hands to the sky, and looked indignant.

"But, Director, the popularity vote data is true and accurate, and the performance has exceeded expectations. Isn't that a good thing?"

"The results of the 'popularity vote' test were so good this time, Xia Fan alone contributed more than one-seventh of it..."

“Although the support tickets for new customer acquisition activities did not generate sales, they also saved the sponsors a lot of real money in publicity and promotion expenses…”

"Besides, even if we remove these event support tickets, Xia Fan is still ranked first..."

Akimoto Manjiro's "tearful questioning of heaven" attitude made assistant director Souta look puzzled.

You know, one popularity ticket is equivalent to about 1000 yen in product sales, or the same value of new customer acquisition, forwarding, and recommendation activities...

This means that Xia Fan alone drove more than 600 million yen in merchandise sales and more than 400 million yen in new customer acquisition activities.

You know, this is just the first test of the popularity votes for the "Idol Birth Festival". What kind of gratifying results and consumption potential does this represent?

"Good popularity vote data is of course a good thing."

"I have been involved in the idol war for many years and have met countless people. I am not blind, so I can naturally see the potential in Xia Fan."

"It's a pity that he is a burning type..."

Looking up at the dark roof, tears flashed in Akimoto Manjiro's eyes...

"Moreover, just this morning, Company B rejected our Company J's tentative proposal to acquire Xia Fan's agency contract..."

"This is a lot of money for a trainee. Even Bethesda rejected this offer. They are simply crazy!"

Then, he held up five fingers and let out a roar that made Souta look dumbfounded.

"According to the current situation, the result we have to face is that the trainees of the Burning Department will stand at the center of the theme song of the idol talent show jointly organized by J, A, and S..."

Then, Akimoto Manjiro suddenly leaned down, his face twitching like a devil, approaching Souta infinitely...

"Where are you going to put the faces of those company bosses?"

"Tell me, now, do you still think that just having good data is a good thing?"

He reached out and patted Souta's cheek, and asked in his ear in a sinister tone...

(End of this chapter)