I really don't want to be the top streamer anymore

Chapter 241: Another little trick to disgust people, Xu Kong's counterattack
There is almost no suspense about this year's Chinese Music Media Awards.

Su Zhi's "Su Xu" successfully won the Best Album of the Year and the Best Female Singer of the Year.

But it failed to win the Single of the Year award.

However, it is understandable that there are too many nominated awards and the organizers will have to weigh the pros and cons a little.

On the other hand, Xu Kong won more awards.

Best Lyricist, Best Composition, including Album Producer of the Year, and even the original MV of "Love Song" won a small award for Best MV of the Year.

Although all of them are production-related awards, because the winner is Xu Kong, the popularity and discussion of the awards are much higher than in previous years.

……

Feiniao was an invited audience member, but was unable to watch the live broadcast.

There was almost no presence at the scene.

But after the award ceremony, I happened to meet Xu Kong and Su Zhi, and asked for their autographs and took photos with them.

I immediately posted a Weibo update to show off.

It seems that Xu Chui can't get rid of the title of leader.

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"Mr. Fat Bird?"

Fat Bird, who had already packed his luggage and was ready to leave the hotel, suddenly met someone who came to say hello at the award ceremony.

However, after being a self-media internet celebrity for so many years, this is the first time that Feiniao has encountered someone who calls him Mr. Feiniao in a more formal way.

"May I ask you are?"

Fat Bird was not surprised that someone recognized him.

After all, he now has nearly 10 million fans on the Internet, so he can be considered a public figure to some extent.

But if you are recognized in a place like this, the other person is unlikely to be a so-called passerby, and is more likely to have come specifically for you.

"Jiying Media Marketing Manager, You Jie."

The other party did not hide anything and introduced himself right away.

"Jiying Media?"

The fat bird was stunned for a moment.

Of course he knew Jiying Media, a wealthy domestic company.

But the key to the problem is not this, but why did Jiying Media come to me?

……

"We would like to discuss cooperation with you..."

After You Jie spoke, Fat Bird also realized the other party's intention.

It is nothing more than the very common "recruitment".

Especially for some traditional music critics, whose working style is to take money to do things, it is common for many of them to be recruited.

Of course, being recruited also means that the music critic’s own influence and fame have reached a sufficient level.

Compared with traditional music critics, self-media in the music industry such as Feiniao are indeed the first to appear.

Moreover, he started out by hosting critical review programs and does not have very professional music knowledge.

Under such circumstances, it is indeed quite rare for Jiying Media to come to us personally.

"Manager You, maybe you don't know me very well."

"I personally don't accept music promotions, and I don't like being restricted."

But I do feel flattered.

If it were a year or two ago, Feiniao would probably have agreed without any hesitation.

But given his current size, he is indeed qualified to refuse.

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"We will certainly not interfere with your own ideas and creations..."

You Jie still wants to continue fighting.

There was no way. The fat bird before was indeed an insignificant little person to them.

But as the other party's influence grew, it even reached the point where it was able to control the direction of public opinion.

It's no longer possible to ignore it.

Especially a company like Jiying Media, whose employees are almost all singers.

There is an even greater need for a similar music self-media kol to control public relations, which can play a very important role even in matters such as promotion and marketing. On the whole, Feiniao is indeed the best choice at present.

But before he came, he thought that people like Feiniao would be willing to agree as long as he offered some conditions and prices.

But after really getting in touch with him, I found that Fat Bird is more difficult to deal with than some traditional music critics.

Some of the methods that had always worked in the past had lost their effectiveness at this moment.

……

The other party persisted for nearly half an hour before finally leaving.

It has to be said that it would be hard for Fei Niao not to be tempted by the signing fee of tens of millions.

But the other party had obviously guessed something wrong. Although Fat Bird had a foul mouth and a shameless look most of the time on the Internet, he was by no means a saint.

But he really wants to continue staying in this industry.

If he was really taken over by Jiying Media, he felt that he would be further and further away from the development of his plan.

And whether it will continue to have the same influence as it does today is still an unknown.

After all, it is not uncommon for some so-called well-known music critics to fall from grace after being recruited.

"It seems that even if it was just Xu Kong alone, he really put a lot of pressure on Ji Ying!"

In addition, Fat Bird also keenly perceived the key to the matter.

He had guessed before that the fact that Su Zhi and Xu Kong won so many awards at the Chinese Music Media Awards would definitely have an impact on the current Chinese music scene.

I didn't expect it to be verified so quickly.

In the past, with the size of Jiying Media and its reserve of singers that almost account for half of the Chinese music scene, how could they care about these things?

However, the appearance of Xu Kong directly tore a fairly large hole.

If Xu Kong was just a singer, he probably wouldn't have aroused such high vigilance from the other party.

The key is that Xu Kong himself is a lyricist and composer with quite strong creative ability.

This can be seen from Su Zhi's best album of the year, "Su Xu".

Xu Kong was able to help Su Zhi produce such an album.

Does that mean that he still has the ability to replicate or even make a new singer famous from scratch?

This is the terrible impact brought about by songwriters with too strong creative abilities.

Feiniao felt that if he really agreed, Jiying Media would not interfere as it said on the surface.

But I guess the first thing to do is to ask him to stop making sharp comments and similar videos related to Xu Kong in the future.

It is even possible that he, the so-called leader of Xu Chui, would deliberately belittle Xu Kong.

If that was really the case, Feiniao felt that his original intention had changed.

It is definitely unacceptable.

……

As expected, the news of Su Zhi winning the award became the number one trending search on Weibo.

However, there is not much suspense about it. What netizens are really talking about is how many awards Su Zhi's album will win in the end.

Including some behind-the-scenes awards won by Xu Kong, the album "Su Xu" has won seven awards at the Chinese Music Media Awards alone.

If the subsequent two major awards can still maintain such a winning rate, it is entirely possible that new records will be set in the end.

However, Xu Kong himself did not pay too much attention to this matter.

After receiving the award, he went directly to Star City to participate in the recording of a new episode of "Singer".

Xu Kong had just received the award, and taking advantage of the high popularity, the program team of "Singer" also randomly started new publicity and promotion.

At present, "Singer" has almost entered the final white-hot stage.

In the next few issues, it will probably be a competition for the championship.

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"Xu Kong only came for one session, and he wasn't counted as having withdrawn from the competition. How could he still be able to participate?"

"Although there are rules for challenge singers, and it has always been like this, but for someone like Xu Kong who can take a leave in the middle, isn't that a bit too much of a privilege?"

"The competition system of Mango TV is a bit too unfair to the singers who have been competing until now. If a singer directly participates in the finals, does that mean he or she will have a chance to win after just one round?"

Although he had expected it, Xu Kong still realized something was wrong when he saw the sudden rise in popularity online.

However, Wu Youxue from Mango TV was obviously not a pushover, and the relevant public opinion rhythm was soon calmed down. Moreover, the competition system is such that the votes for each game are calculated separately, and there is no rule of adding or subtracting points based on the number of games. It still depends on the performance and live performance of the singers in the current issue.

It's obvious that someone is deliberately trying to lead the trend.

……

From the original award ceremony to this incident, Xu Kong has realized that no matter whether it was Fengge's vice president Zhu Changyun or anyone else, he was definitely being targeted.

This situation is too common in the entertainment industry.

The biggest reason is that he has been too popular in the past two years.

In addition, he almost rejected most notices and collaborations, so he probably offended quite a few people.

Some people may not be the leaders, but they are definitely playing tricks.

For a company like Jiying Media, Xu Kong was quite sure that the other party definitely had decisions and plans targeting him.

……

But this little trick is nothing more than disgusting him.

The opponent probably doesn't have much to do with Xu Kong, whose career is at its peak.

However, Xu Kong will definitely not always be so passive.

After calculating the shooting schedule for the sequel to "Sweet Honey", Xu Kong called Zhu Yu.

"show?"

"Are you sure?"

Zhu Yu was obviously caught off guard by Xu Kong's sudden decision.

But he soon realized Xu Kong's intention.

"I see."

Although Zhu Yu is Xu Kong's agent, most of the time Xu Kong's business activities are decided by the other party.

But when it came to this crucial decision, Zhu Yu still followed Xu Kong's opinion.

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"Manager You, I need an explanation."

At this time, Xu Yaqin, the head of the artist department of Jiying Media, asked with a frosty face.

When You Jie heard the news from the other party, he was obviously confused.

"It has nothing to do with our public relations department!"

You Jie couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"Do you dare to say that you guys haven't done anything tricky with Xu Kong's recent moves?"

Xu Yaqin didn't give the other party any face and asked again.

"I……"

You Jie subconsciously wanted to explain himself, but knowing what he had done, he was speechless at this moment.

"We were not the ones in control. At most, I just contributed to the situation."

You Jie admitted it reluctantly.

The main reason was that he didn't expect Xu Kong's reaction to be so strong.

It can be said to be a naked warning.

Xu Kong, who rarely accepted any performances before, suddenly accepted so many commercial performances this time.

And almost all of them are focused on the organizers of their cooperation with Jiying Media.

It was almost a targeted statement that he did not want to perform on the same stage with some of the singers from Jiying Media.

In addition, Xu Kong completely disregarded the rules and directly snatched away several large-scale endorsements from their first-line singers.

All things added up, this not only disrupted some of Jiying Media's original plans.

It also directly caused losses of nearly 100 million yuan.

Xu Kong had directly snatched away three or four endorsements worth tens of millions of dollars.

The key is that there is no pressure at all for brands and organizers of various performances to give up on them.

After all, with Xu Kong's current commercial value and popularity, let alone these first-line singers and traffic idols, even some singing kings and queens cannot compete with him.

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"The other side is killing the chicken to scare the monkey..."

You Jie quickly realized Xu Kong's purpose.

Before, Xu Kong’s popularity and traffic had reached an exaggerated level.

But it can be said that it did not steal much from its peers.

Especially for Jiying Media, there has not been much change in resources compared to before.

After all, as Xu Kong is a singer, he rarely accepts commercial performances and has few endorsements.

This time they suddenly snatched resources from Jiying so blatantly and even unethically. The warning was self-evident.

Xu Yaqin looked very impatient.

"Didn't I tell you earlier?"

"Even if we really can't sign Xu Kong, there's no need to offend him."

As the head of the artist department, Xu Yaqin has always stood on the friendly side when facing Xu Kong, who has risen too fast and posed a considerable threat to the company.

After all, she knew very well how much help it would be to the company if Xu Kong could really join Jiying.

But even if you don't participate, there is no need to offend anyone and create an enemy for the company for no reason.

And as Xu Kong is a lyricist and composer, there is still a chance for him to work with them in the future.

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"I……"

You Jie really had no way to refute at this point.

The reason why he wanted to get involved this time was to secretly let Jiying's marketing accounts and water army lead Xu Kong's rhythm.

It was simply because I was a little angry about being rejected by Fat Bird.

Who would have thought that Xu Kong, who had always chosen to take the cold approach before, would react so violently this time.

Moreover, they ignored the other people or capital involved and targeted Jiying's family specifically.

"Now what?"

Although You Jie and Xu Yaqin were at the same level of management, the other party's age and qualifications were there, so You Jie could only take the initiative to ask for advice.

"What else can I do? Since we've become enemies, I have to do it."

Xu Yaqin's expression became solemn.

If Xu Kong is really just a simple singer, then with Jiying Media's influence and network resources in the Chinese music scene, even if they don't ban him, it will be enough to prevent him from having many opportunities to appear in the public eye in the future.

But now Xu Kong is not only very popular, but also a genius in lyrics and music, and his creative talent is a little too superb.

In addition, Xu Kong also wrote his own scripts, directed and acted in his own films.

With big capital like Fengge supporting them...

"Manager Xu, what do you mean?"

You Jie asked somewhat uncertainly.

He originally thought that after Xu Yaqin finished speaking, she would ask him to bow his head.

But unexpectedly, the other party was determined to fight Xu Kong to the end.

……

"Just wait for now."

"Big things will happen in the circle this year."

"We will naturally have the right opportunity when the time comes."

Xu Yaqin finally calmed down at this time.

She had originally planned to see if she could get Xu Kong to sign her over when the time came.

But now it is obviously impossible for the other party to have any good impression of Jiying.

If that’s the case, we might as well stick to it.

Yujie just nodded.

As for the important matter the other party mentioned, he did not dare to ask more.

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(End of this chapter)