HuaYu: Starting with Photography to Navigate the Entertainment Industry

从海选，到50进20,20进10,10进7，以及7进5，张靓颖唱的都是英文歌。

From country to jazz to R&B to rock, every song Zhang Liangying sings is a representative work of an undisputed diva in its respective genre.

Coupled with her title of "Oriental Cool Diva", everyone thought that Jane Zhang could only sing English songs, and that her goal and dream was to go to the international stage.

While English songs may showcase talent and appear sophisticated, they are clearly at a disadvantage in terms of audience reach.

This is why, despite outshining Zhang Liangying in terms of appearance, singing ability, and buzz, Li Yuchun still failed to surpass her in terms of fan base.

Furthermore, with the emergence of Zhang Liangying's fabricated news, Li Yuchun has overtaken her in terms of fan popularity.

But now, Zhang Liangying's seal has been broken.

At the same time, Xu Lang's seal was also broken.

"It's time for me to show my skills!"

June 30th, the Chengdu division finals of "Super Girl".

While waiting for the match, Xu Lang was still studying the competition and the rules of the game:

1. Off-site brief: The candidate with the lowest number of votes will directly enter the PK candidate stage;

2. Three professional judges: They have the right to select one of the remaining contestants to compete against the contestant who ranked last in the short message section;

3. 31 audience judges: After the a cappella performance in the PK round, each judge will cast one vote, and the person with the lowest number of votes will be eliminated.

4. The final ranking of champion, runner-up and third place will be determined entirely by the total number of votes received from off-site newsletters throughout the entire event. The judges have no right to change the ranking.

(The real rules!)

Looking at this rule, Xu Lang admired Hunan TV's boldness; the rankings of champion, runner-up, and third place were directly determined by the number of votes received after the performance.

"That's really impressive!"

In fact, it was precisely this seemingly fairest and most engaging method that made "Super Girl" a real hit.

However, this current rule is also the reason why Xu Lang is able to stand up to Tianyu Entertainment.

In the end, it's not just about the contestants' skills, but also the influence they have.

For example, in the actual competition of "Super Girl" in 2005, Li Yuchun's personal exposure was more than eight times that of all other contestants.

More exposure and more publicity naturally mean more visibility and more popularity.

But this time, Xu Lang, an unstable factor, was brought out. He not only created a Weibo account, but also managed to bring Zhang Liangying's exposure to a level comparable to Li Yuchun's.

This forced Tianyu Media to take action against Zhang Liangying.

When the first round of the competition began, Zhang Liangying appeared on the live broadcast stage with a blank expression as usual.

The judges in the audience were now Shunzi, Chang Kuan, and He Ling.

As soon as Zhang Liangying stepped onto the stage, the audience immediately booed.

She knew this was mockery directed at her by viewers who accused her of faking it.

But after the boos, enthusiastic applause and cheers soon followed.

Clearly, the audience at the scene was divided into two camps.

Looking at the audience behind her, He Ling spoke first, asking:

"Zhang Liangying, there have been a lot of rumors about you lately. Is there anything you'd like to say to your fans?"

Zhang Liangying scanned the audience seats and then said:

"All my registration and participation processes were confirmed and reviewed by our program team. As for my identity and whether I cheated in the competition, I think this question should not be asked to me, but rather explained by our program team."

As for why the production team hasn't come out to explain yet, that's beyond my ability to guess.

Perhaps they have other reasons.

"Whoosh!"

Zhang Liangying's answer directly shifted all the blame onto the production team.

That's true. You set all the rules. Who can participate and who can't participate is none of my business.

Besides, are you saying there were songs before?

Li Yuchun, He Jie, and Zhou Bichang from other regions, which one of them doesn't have a song?

It's just a matter of whether the song becomes famous or not!

"Well..."

Even the usually eloquent He Ling was rendered speechless for a long time by Zhang Liangying's highly aggressive response.

After a moment's hesitation, he said:

"I believe the production team will give a statement on this matter soon."

Changing the subject, he asked again:

"What song did you perform for us in the first round of the Chengdu regional finals?"

Speaking of songs, Jane Zhang felt a surge of excitement. Now that the seal has been broken, why bother singing English songs?

"Although many people say that my identity is fake, I believe that they don't know what songs I sang before."

Today, I'll be sharing one of my old songs with you.

At this point, she looked at Xu Lang in the audience below and said:

"I'm bringing you 'Always Quiet'!"

The moment the song title "Always Quiet" was announced, and the melody began, everyone, whether in the audience at the venue or watching on television, was astonished.

Holy crap!

"Is this a song by Jane Zhang?"

"I knew that voice sounded familiar!"

After all, the song "Always Quiet" is so beautiful and so famous.

Especially now that "Chinese Paladin" is airing, this theme song has become a classic.

However, due to Xu Lang's deliberate manipulation, many songs that Zhang Liangying had sung before were not shown or credited.

Even in the special episode of "Happy Camp", the song "Peerless Under Heaven" highlighted Liu Yifei as the only one to perform the song, with Zhang Liangying providing the behind-the-scenes vocals.

Therefore, Zhang Liangying in the past could be described as "her songs are popular, but she herself is not."

Now, as she spoke and sang on the spot, all the audience members finally recognized her and exclaimed in admiration:

"Wow, he really is a master!"

Besides being surprised by the song, many more viewers began to marvel.

Wow, Jane Zhang has finally stopped singing English songs!

"I thought she couldn't sing Chinese songs."

"So it turns out you were too disdainful to sing before."

"Of course, otherwise the competition would just end right now."

In the audience, in the first row of VIP seats, Wang Bingwen, Wang Peng, and Xu Lang were sitting together, chatting idly.

Upon hearing Jane Zhang's "Always Quiet," Wang Peng couldn't help but smile wryly, pointed at Xu Lang, and said helplessly:

"Xu Lang, you're just bullying me!"

Wang Peng was so frustrated that he started swearing.

Adhering to the principle of "happiness through compromise," Xu Lang didn't argue with him and instead said:

"These are just appetizers!"

"you..."

Wang Peng was completely speechless.

Seeing this, Wang Bingwen, who was in the middle, couldn't help but smile and acted as a peacemaker:

"Alright, you two, from now on, just show what you're capable of. I don't care anymore, whoever is the best can take the championship!"

No sooner had he finished speaking than Wang Peng protested with a wronged expression.

"Old station director, this is favoritism!"

"eccentric?!"

Wang Bingwen was also helpless. A couple of days ago, Xu Lang called him, and his words were almost full of threats.

Others may not know Xu Lang's background, but Wang Bingwen does.

He had learned from other sources that Weibo's valuation alone had exceeded one billion, at least double what it was when companies like Tencent invested in it.

It's only been a month.

How terrifying!

Even Wang Bingwen wouldn't want to provoke someone like Xu Lang; he would have to give him face.

After all, he already had the skill to play at the poker table.