Huayu: Traffic is king

Chapter 80 Let’s calm down for a while!

On March 3, "Gu Jingyi's room Carmen" directly set off Weibo.

The chat records were submitted by an anonymous fan. When the third episode of "Idol Producer" was broadcast, someone in Gu Jingyi's fan group noticed that Cheng Xiao handed something to Gu Jingyi by hiding his hands in his sleeves while correcting the gesture.

The edges are relatively smooth, but it is hard to tell what it is at first glance.

But he took a screenshot of Tian Xiwei's previous joke in the fan group, "Xs, this can't be a room card."

The whistleblower deliberately took the article out of context, saying, "Submit article, Gu Jingyi's big fan publicly covers his mouth."

The revelation was posted to multiple fan circle and star-chasing marketing accounts, and was soon reposted by a large marketing account for marketing indicators.

Chen Linong's fans swarmed over like sharks smelling blood, and directly copied the repo they had watched after watching the third public performance on Douban.

[Title: Repo | "Idol Producer" 3rd public performance and mentor collaboration stage repo building]

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【Main Building】Just chatting, passing by
[I just finished watching the collaboration between San Gong and my mentor, let me just talk about some repo.

We signed an agreement before the competition that said we couldn't reveal the contestants' on-site vote counts and wins and losses, so I will give a very subjective evaluation of the mentors' collaborative stages and the trainees' three public performances.

Cai Xukun was absolutely on full blast today… Chen Linong… Fan Chengcheng…]
These revelations that did not involve Gu Jingyi were directly folded up by the movers.

Fast forward to Gu Jingyi's mentor collaboration stage and Cheng Xiao's "24 Magic Remix Sentoria"

Gu Jingyi dyed his hair today. The specific color is under a confidentiality agreement and cannot be disclosed. All I can say is, he's incredibly handsome! With his hair styled and slicked back, he looks like a true Hong Kong hunk. It feels like a dream trip back to the golden age. He has a small face and deep features. And with his hair casually styled like this, he looks absolutely stunning!
Gu Jingyi and Cheng Xiao's performance was the finale, following Zhou Jieqiong's "Agent J." It was certainly quite good, but the blogger's focus was on how charming and captivating Jieqiong was. The trainees, on the other hand, didn't leave much of an impression.
On the contrary, the group of Gu Jingyi and Cheng Xiao generated a very good and harmonious response. Cheng Xiao started the performance by standing on the round stage, swaying her figure. After a solo performance, the trainees led by Gu Jingyi also took the stage. He led the trainees, each of whom used their own singing segments to tease the teacher.
[But when it was Gu Jingyi's turn, Cheng Xiao was noticeably shy. Their reactions were incredibly tense, and even when meeting other trainees, Cheng Xiao was incredibly commanding. Especially at the climax of the performance, when Gu Jingyi took to the stage and had an intimate duet with Cheng Xiao, the fans went wild, constantly saying, "No, no, no." I honestly think these two are a perfect match; they already know each other. They both have "green cards" and are the same age.]
[Seriously, I was feeling a bit sleepy at the time. Seeing them on stage, I suddenly perked up. That feeling of ambiguity and dangling danger was so intense!!! For a moment, I actually thought there was something going on between them, because Xiao Xiao couldn't hide her excitement when she looked at Gu Jingyi!!!]
Because this blogger is very famous in a certain Bangua group, he last revealed that Chen Linong's predictions for Gu Jingyi's second public performance were accurate. This includes a series of previous stage rankings, which were also accurate predictions. He is teased by countless "big factory girls" as "the only person with connections in the domestic entertainment industry." When he said that he felt that the look in Cheng Xiao's eyes when looking at Gu Jingyi was "secretly unconcealable."

This instantly gave other companies that had previously been unable to dig up any negative information about Gu Jingyi an incentive, and more than a dozen companies joined in the effort.

This was combined with what Tian Xiwei had said on Gu Jingyi's Donuts, "This is hilarious! It can't possibly be a room card."

A fan from another fan club who was undercover in the voting group took a screenshot and posted it. It was immediately verified that he was "guilty" and was the first to deny it. According to the inertia of the fan circle, Gu Jingyi must have had something going on with Cheng Xiao for the fan club sister to be the first to come out and "debunk" the rumor.

This "handing over the room card" action was also picked up by rivals and jointly purchased to trend. They also added many interactions between Cheng Xiao and Gu Jingyi, such as Cheng Xiao's various strange behaviors during Gu Jingyi's first performance, and the strange light in Cheng Xiao's eyes during his first performance.

They were all labeled as "Cheng Xiao is in love", and the two were secretly dating.

The hot search directly dropped to third place, and many companies were affected.

Tian Xiwei was almost exhausted, and a strong sense of guilt rose in her heart.

She really didn't expect that when she was bragging to her fans, an unintentional joke could become the target of attacks from multiple investors against Gu Jingyi.

Fortunately, she managed to calm herself down and figured out Cheng Xiao's schedule and Gu Jingyi's trip to the store before the first public performance to buy "warm baby patches" to give to fans. The edge of the "Ryukakusan" was exposed at the corner of the packaging bag.

Tian Xiwei specifically circled it and directly pointed out that Cheng Xiao was handing the "throat lozenges" to Gu Jingyi.

Before the first and second public performances and the theme song, Gu Jingyi always tilted his neck to push the high notes during training, and made it into a "motion picture"

He then shared Cheng Xiao's work schedule at the time (14:00-18:00, sorting out her clothes backstage at "Idol Producer"), and after explaining everything, he posted:

Some people check their watches before making up stories. Teacher Cheng was so busy she didn't even have time to go to the restroom, so how could she have had time to send a room card? And you're spreading rumors about my husband being ten times more cautious and targeting your brother. Do you want to see how diligently stage king Gu Jingyi trains behind the scenes?
As soon as the post was published, it was instantly highly praised.

Then another paparazzi started to expose the news, releasing a video of Cheng Xiao distributing throat lozenges to all the trainees outside before the performance (the part with Gu Jingyi was blurred), with the caption:
[Teacher Cheng is a kind and beautiful person, and she takes good care of the voices of all the trainees. Why does it become so offensive in the eyes of the haters?]
The ID is Cha Cha, and the composition of the photo easily allows people to understand the whole incident.

With her help, Tian Xiwei instantly found her backbone.

She posted another post comparing the packaging of her throat lozenges: [Have some common sense! Can a room card fit in a coat pocket without bulging? This thickness clearly indicates it's boxed.]
The accompanying picture shows the packaging of the same Longjingsan throat lozenges (rectangular box) and compares it with the room card (standard credit card size).

Coincidentally, Teacher Cheng did have a box of throat lozenges in her pocket. However, they were not for Gu Jingyi, but for herself in the middle of the night.

What Tian Xiwei captured was the bulge in her pocket before she handed it over. It was so hidden when she handed it over that there is no public photo of it on the Internet.

Tian Xiwei's explanation still fooled most passers-by.

Under her Weibo, fans have been commenting.

[A colleague offering throat lozenges to an artist with sore throats is being spun into rumors. The workplace environment in the Chinese entertainment industry is hopeless! #RejectMaliciousSpeculation#]
Whose path did this 19-year-old kid get in the way of? From having his first A-list track on Idol Producer stolen, to having his multi-million dollar performance video removed from the internet, to even his god-level performance on the second public performance being smeared with rumors. It's hard to imagine how turbulent Gu Jingyi's journey must have been.
To question Gu Jingyi is to question the "last conscience of Chinese entertainment." His love for the stage and his fans is obvious to all. Even if he's just a casual actor, he wouldn't do a 456 in public footage. Who doesn't know that trainees are everywhere in the camera? When will Gu Jingyi be able to stop being bomb-proofed? Got it? If the stage can't be bomb-proofed, just look away, right?
Rich fans also launched a lottery with no limit on the circle, and those who forwarded the clarification Weibo would have a chance to win a "Dior" armpit bag.

Passersby also forwarded the post to increase their chances of winning. Meanwhile, the comment control team also changed the concept and reworded the blacklisted terms to positive trending searches.

"Gu Jingyi's film 'What I Miss' grossed one million yuan in less than an hour. Congratulations to Gu Jingyi for another great achievement."

Huace also started working, letting a "staff member" "slip" to reveal the news:
She posted on her second account: [Cheng Xiao did bring three bags of throat lozenges that day. Gu Jingyi is truly a huge star. He was the contestant with the highest level of completion in the entire re-evaluation process. His throat was really dry and coughing so badly…]
Image: A large number of Ryukakusan packaging bags in a trash can (the red circle indicates the production date, which matches the incident date)

After a night of hard work by fans, "Gu Jingyi Throat Lozenges" and "Gu Jingyi Dedicated" re-topped the Weibo Top 10. The suffix has a capital "Explosion", which once again shocked countless fans, and even some passers-by think that Gu Jingyi is "beautiful, strong and miserable."

Gu Jingyi was not aware of all this. After he finished recording the behind-the-scenes footage of "Idol Producer", he took a nanny car to the airport.

After successfully passing security check, he put on an eye mask, covered himself with a blanket and fell asleep.

At 3 p.m. local time on March 22, Gu Jingyi arrived in Switzerland to attend the Basel International Watch and Jewelry Show.

He will attend the "Road to Sustainable Luxury" press conference with Julian Moore and Colin Firth, paving the way for his upcoming title of "Global Brand Ambassador."

This Swiss jewelry exhibition is the brand's advance publicity.

Although Chopard is somewhat inferior to Cartier as a high-end luxury brand, the title it gives is very generous.

A month after Gu Jingyi's super-chat dominated the domestic entertainment industry in terms of number of sign-ins, a Chinese artist was given the unprecedented title of "Global Brand Ambassador." This title was significantly higher than the "Asia-Pacific Brand Friend" title Cartier had claimed on QQ. This sincerity also led Huace to directly transfer Gu Jingyi to Chopard during his probationary period. This left Yuan Ge, one of the "Three Little Ones," somewhat embarrassed after he had long lauded Chopard for the title of "Asia-Pacific Brand Ambassador."

Although they were of similar age and had even debuted earlier than Gu Jingyi, he was the front wave and was left on the beach by Gu Jingyi, the back wave.

At the meeting, Gu Jingyi spoke in fluent English about his views on improving the quality of education and social welfare, once again making a name for himself around the world.

After the meeting, Gu Jingyi just got into the nanny car.

Lin Ze frowned and said unhappily, "Jingyi, during the re-evaluation recording of Idol Producer, Cheng Xiao handed you the room card and was influenced by it."

"what?"

This time Gu Jingyi really didn't know, he quickly guessed the culprit.

"Is it from Wanwan, or one of the others?" Gu Jingyi quickly guessed.

"Both," Lin Ze sighed. He turned his head, raised an eyebrow, and said unhappily, "So you should just keep quiet lately. You can't always be this lucky. It's all fine now. Your fans have come out and combined a lot of materials to help you clarify."

"Okay," he nodded.

He took out his tablet and clicked on the clarification post sent by Lin Ze.

"Jingyi, are you sure you didn't secretly give this throat lozenge to Cheng Xiao?"

Lin Ze raised his eyebrows teasingly, "Not bad, young man. You have good physical fitness. This is the best compliment a woman can give you."

Gu Jingyi was a little speechless. He had become accustomed to Lin Ze's occasional teasing. This brother was really gossipy and loved asking about these random things.

The two chatted and laughed for a while, and suddenly Gu Jingyi's phone rang.

[Xiao Xiao]: Gu Jingyi, let’s calm down for a while.

The sending time is "just now".

This made Gu Jingyi's smile suddenly turn cold.

"Are you sure you want to be cool with me? What do you mean."

"Is there anyone with you? Answer me!"

Cheng Xiao, who was outside the screen, had already had tears in her eyes.

Her vision was blurry, but she nodded anyway.

[Xiao Xiao]: Let’s calm down for a while.

"Xiao Xiao, have you thought it through? You and Gu Jingyi getting involved will only benefit you more than harm you. Being black and red is still red, and Gu Jingyi has a huge fan base. Even if only a small number of fans come to criticize you, you've already successfully entered their field of vision."

A middle-aged woman with short hair and neat makeup sat in the general manager's seat and started to persuade.

"It would be a shame not to hype up the buzz that's already been given to us. Do you remember the scandals that broke out between Jessicia, Lee Donghae, and Kim Jaejoong before Girls' Generation debuted? It contributed so much to the then-unknown Girls' Generation, putting them squarely in the eyes of young people."

Du Hua smiled and put on a friendly look.

"You and Gu Jingyi are rumored to be in a relationship, but they are the first couple he has created since entering the industry. And you also have a unique advantage: you and Gu Jingyi are old acquaintances. It would be difficult for him to reject you, no matter who he rejects. As long as you open your mouth, everything will be easy to talk about."

Du Hua was trying to persuade Cheng Xiao to make a plan quickly.

"I don't want to say..."

Cheng Xiao lowered his voice and spoke with some disappointment.

"what?"

Du Hua's voice suddenly increased. She looked at Cheng Xiao in disbelief and said, "Don't you know the Lu Di couple? We can definitely emulate them. Let the fans come out and take a deep breath. When the connection is untied, you can double your followers."

"Lu Di Couple" was a popular variety show before Running Man, and Dilraba Dilmurat also became a "top female star" with the blessing and purification of the variety show.

This case has also become a typical marketing example in the circle, and many brokerage companies are studying it.

Du Hua has put aside her remaining conscience and is ready to tie up Gu Jingyi.

"no need"

Cheng Xiao raised his head and resisted again.

Her eyes were full of tears.

"Why?" Du Hua couldn't understand at all.

"I don't want to exploit Gu Jingyi, that's all."

Cheng Xiao raised his head and said seriously, "Perhaps this decision may seem childish to others, but I don't want to give up my bottom line just to become famous."

"Mother Du, I can't send him to a point of no return just for my own selfish desires. He's clearly finally coming out of this low point."

　It's just a transition designed for my sex partner to become a regular, and it also frees up my hands to write about tea and fields.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)