America's Top Player

Chapter 69 Black Traffic

Out of curiosity, Phil took the magazine and took a few glances at it, and quickly came to his own conclusion.

"You're right, it's really no big deal. When MJ's scandal broke out, the media all over the world were smearing him."

"Compared to that kind of offensive, a smear campaign in an entertainment magazine is nothing."

Bonnie shook her head like a rattle, "It's more than that."

"Le Ang, open any social networking site right now, enter your name and you will understand everything."

After hearing these words, Li Ang did feel a little more uneasy.

Open Bluebird and enter the keyword Leon Smith.

The thousands of insults and slanders left him speechless and shocked.

These rumor-mongering accounts basically have blank avatars and randomly spelled nicknames.

There is no doubt that these people are all water armies.

The revelations on social networks are more explicit and outrageous than those in entertainment magazines.

Some of them attributed JAY-Z's experience to him, saying that he recorded his first album with the money he earned from selling flour.

Someone broke the news that Li Ang is gay, and posted a photo of a gay black man taking off his pants to get his autograph at the first book signing for "Take Me to Church."
There are countless other even more outrageous ones.

An anonymous woman who claimed to be his fan revealed that she and Li Ang had three children;

Someone revealed that his mother was a fan of Li Ang and that they had a sexual relationship.
Although Li Ang tried his best to scroll the mouse wheel, he seemed unable to reach the bottom of the page.

Phil laughed out loud: "It seems that you are more hateful than Judas who sold coconut crisps and Nero who burned down Rome..."

"As long as the people are not fools, I don't think anyone will believe this." Li Ang crossed his hands and rested them on his chin, his face full of helplessness.

Whether it’s the four pages of indictments in Entertainment Weekly or the tens of thousands of messages from water armies on social media,
Judging from the current public opinion offensive, no matter who wants to discredit him, the other party must have spent a lot of money.

Leon scratched his head, "Shxt! Who the hell is this bastard!"

"Hmph." Phil sneered and said, "It's because you've done too many bad things, you bastard. I also want to expose how you used PUA to deceive an honest middle-aged agent."

The interests of the agent are tied to the artist, so these words are just talk.

After calming down, Phil analyzed, "I don't think Chris is likely. For a simple-minded guy like Nico, there's no more effective means of revenge than violence."

"You offended Kanye West at Diddy's party a few days ago. That guy is a bitch. Sometimes he's as difficult to deal with as a bitch."

This analysis sounds reasonable, but it seems to make no difference.

Chris and Kanye were both Puff Daddy's younger brothers, so it didn't matter which of them did it.

Phil came up to Leon and whispered, "Did you really sleep with that Kardashian bitch? Stay away from her. She's a complete vampire who will suck every last drop of a man's blood."

Li Ang rolled his eyes at the other person.

Does this matter have anything to do with whether or not I am on the Kardashian bandwagon?

Ever since he got together with West Coast, he has had a feud with Diddy's side.

Phil patted Leon on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, buddy. I've been in this business for over 20 years and I've seen a lot of this kind of thing."

"In order to acquire Epic Records, Sony bought out almost all the entertainment media."

"It became public knowledge almost overnight that Avril Lavigne was having mental problems."

"Leave this matter to me. I will contact my friends in the media as quickly as possible and ask them to publish a perfect whitewashing article for you." Phil temporarily played the role of "public relations manager", walking around the room and talking.

But Li Ang seemed to have not heard a word.

After watching Lao Deng's five-minute stand-up comedy, he knocked on the table and said, "Let's just leave it at that. Not dealing with it is the best outcome."

"What kind of idiotic shit are you talking about?! Are you crazy?"

"I'm not crazy. Didn't you notice that none of the executives from the ROC Kingdom called me when something like this happened?"

Hearing this, Phil showed a shocked expression, but still couldn't digest it for a moment.

Li Ang continued, "This kind of negative news is undoubtedly a disaster for those idol singers. But maybe it's good for my image?"

Phil thought about it carefully for a while before he finally understood it.

This guy wants to play with black traffic!
In America, where entertainment is everything, audiences usually don't pay attention to the moral impact of scandals. They only care about whether the revelations are exciting and dramatic enough!

For Britney, a singer who has an idol persona, some negative news in recent years has caused her a lot of torture and her popularity has plummeted.

Kesha, who is also constantly making waves, has used her negative news to further consolidate her image as a "bad girl" and gain more fans.

Her PR firm even paid to write negative stories about her.

Phil, who had figured it all out, gnashed his teeth and said, "You're a fucking genius."

Phil had no choice but to accept it. The entertainment industry's traffic code had already been figured out by this young man in front of him.

ROC Kingdom has always been committed to creating a negative image of "Satan of the music world" for Leon. Such a rebellious image has a fatal appeal to American audiences with negative moral baggage.

John Lennon, the lead singer of the Beatles, took drugs with his wife. He officially announced his relationship with Yoko Ono while still married.

The immortal poet Bob Dylan revealed that he had slept with more than 4000 women;
Almost all members of the legendary rock band Guns N' Roses took drugs, and the only one who didn't was lead singer Ross, who had a sex addiction.

His biggest scandal was when he had sex with a 19-year-old female fan in the recording studio. The girl was the girlfriend of the band's drummer.
Ross later even included the girl's moans when he was connected with her as background sound in his work "Rocket Queen".

However, it was these three despicable "scumbags" who profoundly influenced the landscape of the world music scene at that time.

As long as they can win the favor of fans, the American people never care about a person's character.

"Let them be dark, and it would be best if it could continue forever."

"If nothing goes wrong, my first album will be released before Christmas."

This clever use of "black traffic" to promote his new album even made old man Phil admire it.

At the same time, Li Ang seemed to have figured out the direction of his investment.

Media!

A public figure without a place to promote himself is as ridiculous as a king without territory.

Li Ang asked tentatively, "What do you think about investing in some media organizations?"

"Like radio stations, magazines, and things like that."

"It's obvious that there will be more and more attacks against Apocalypse Music and its artists in the future."

“We want to have our own ground.”

"If we don't seize the public opinion battlefield ourselves, it will be completely occupied by our opponents, just like today."

(End of this chapter)