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

Chapter 236 Breaking the Circle and Attracting Traffic
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three days later.

"Chief Director, the theme music videos for the 'International Version' and 'Local Version' have been recorded and are now officially online on the program website and being released on various promotional channels."

Inside the recording room, Assistant Director Souta humbly and respectfully reported to Manjiro Akimoto.

A few days ago, Manjiro Akimoto divided the original theme song MVs and rankings into two groups according to nationality.

Doing so not only preserves the "seed trainee's" stage position, naturally eliminates the influence of Xia Fan's popularity, but also does not require additional "data falsification."

In his opinion, this move could be described as "S-level otherworldly spiritualism: Impure World Reincarnation", and his respect for the chief director reached a new level.

"understood."

Akimoto Manjiro calmly clicked on the homepage of the "Idol Birth Festival" website and played two versions of the "You Are My God" MV...

"Well, it's worthy of the result after recording it dozens of times. It's barely above the standard."

After watching the "local version" of the MV, he nodded in approval.

In the "local version" of the MV, Yuta Hirano, who is good at singing and dancing, is the center of the main stage. Nine "seed trainees" take turns to compete with each other on the main stage. The dance of dozens of people in the distance also looks magnificent. It can be said to be well-made and excellently performed, and the effect presented is in no way inferior to the MVs of those boy groups that have already debuted.

Then, the "international version" of the MV played on the screen again...

"Wait, this... this effect... what's going on?"

Watching the performances of the international trainees, Akimoto Manjiro's face gradually darkened...

"Director, the production quality of the 'international version' is indeed not comparable to that of the 'local version', but this is according to your arrangement."

Seeing that the chief director had a strange expression on his face, assistant director Cao Tai hurried to explain.

According to the director's arrangement, there is a huge gap in production level between the international and local versions of the MV in terms of makeup, styling, camera editing, and sound editing...

Even the later promotion and distribution channels used the reason that "the local version is for domestic use, and the international version is for foreign use" to further differentiate treatment.

In other words, only the "local version" is the "real theme song MV", and the "international version" can only be regarded as a "trash can" for Xia Fan and other international trainees.

"No, that doesn't matter. What I want to ask is... why is Xia Fan so eye-catching in there?!"

Akimoto Manjiro poked the screen with his shaking fingers...

In the "International Version" MV, a group of trainees with different skin colors and three-dimensional facial features, with full and greasy smiles on their faces, sang and danced in unison to "I Am Your God"...

Although the dance is neat and the rhythm is powerful, the exotic appearance and the foreign flavor in the singing make people feel like they are watching a Bollywood musical...

But among this group of trainees with too much exotic style, Xia Fan, who stood in the center position, seemed even more cool and unworldly, and extremely bright...

In particular, whenever a close-up shot was focused on Xia Fan, his eyes, as bright as stars in the sky, seemed to be able to penetrate the soul, giving the person looking into the eyes the illusion of having their heart struck hard.

Even standing aside, Jack, the handsome European and American guy with fair skin and blue eyes, could hardly conceal his brilliance.

This feeling is like a group of demons and ghosts dancing around the Jade-faced Young Master...

It can be said that wherever Xia Fan goes, he becomes a background board.

"Well, maybe it's because Xia Fan is the only one who meets the racial characteristics and aesthetic standards of District 11. His skin color is also relatively white, and his appearance is several levels higher, right?"

"Moreover, from a performance perspective, he does have the most standard dance moves, the most accurate expressions, and the most emotional singing..."

Reviewing the content of the MV, Assistant Director Souta analyzed it seriously, and he himself was somewhat confused.

Obviously the overall production effect has been "downgraded", so why is Xia Fan's personal painting style still so "textured"? Not only is it not affected at all, but it is made to stand out even more?
“Forget it, both MVs are already online, there’s no point worrying about it now…” “Related topic popularity, program secondary editing, trainee personal highlights, etc., all of these should be released simultaneously, and we should always pay attention to the effect of the MV breaking the circle and attracting traffic!”

Akimoto Kanjiro sighed.

This time, he had explained the matter of the MV main stage to the bigwigs in the company, avoiding the crisis of "resigning" and had no intention of worrying about these details.

"receive."

The staff responsible for publicity and promotion were busy creating topics and increasing traffic, while keeping a close eye on the background data fed back by major media and video platforms...

……

Five hours later.

"Director, the topic 'Idol Festival Theme Song MV Release' has successfully topped the trending search list!"

Assistant Director Souta brought a box of high-quality Wagyu beef bento to Manjiro Akimoto and reported at the same time.

"Yes. What about the backend feedback data? How is the reputation?"

Akimoto Manjiro, who was carefully reviewing the script for the next episode, asked calmly.

Because before the release of the theme song MV, various companies were notified in advance to let topics such as album sales, scandals and movies "give way", so it was expected that the theme song would top the hot search list.

On the contrary, the recording content of the next episode is the "first performance stage", and it is expected that about half of the trainees will be eliminated, so he can't help but take it seriously.

“The theme song has been very popular. Although the reviews have been mixed, the effect of breaking through the circle and attracting traffic has far exceeded our expectations. Even the keyword search data volume on social platforms has far exceeded that of other programs in the same period!”

“Oh, the effect is so good? Which keywords are the most discussed?”

Manjiro Akimoto took off his glasses slowly, opened his lunch box, took out his chopsticks, and prepared to eat...

Being black or red is also being red, and having good or bad reputation doesn’t matter. The most terrifying thing is that the show has not received any discussion at all.

"The key word... that is..."

Cao Tai looked through the background data and his tone suddenly became nervous.

"Speak tremblingly, show it to me..."

The next second, his cell phone was taken away by Manjiro Akimoto.

"Search rankings for the word "idol birth festival"..."

"Xia Fan... the international version of the MV "Demon Dance"... Mr. Fengjian's singing and dancing are so handsome... Xia Fan is really delicious..."

"What kind of messed up words are at the top..."

Looking at the most frequently discussed and searched keywords, Akimoto Manjiro's expression gradually became petrified...

"Wait, why are all the audience discussing Xia Fan and the international version of the MV?"

"What about the discussion topics for local trainees? Why are there so few and they are ranked so far back?!"

"In other words, it is mainly the international version of the MV that is now driving the program out of the circle and attracting traffic?"

"What kind of audience is attracted by this kind of filth?"

Looking at the real-time discussion content of netizens, he couldn't help but rant and curse.

(End of this chapter)