They don't actually think I like them, do they?

"What happened?"

"What is your relationship with Yan Yuli? When did you two meet?"

"Uh, this is a complicated question—how did you know I know her?"

Lin Han scratched his head, and then he heard a lot of static coming from Hu Yan's end, like someone was opening champagne.

"Teacher Hu Yan, what's that sound coming from your end?"

"The entire artist department has gone mad," Hu Yan said. "Lin Han, tell me the truth, did you save Miss Yan Yuli's life?"

"what??"

"Her agent just called our company to express her willingness to appear as a special guest at your debut concert."

Hu Yan couldn't contain her excitement; her voice was trembling.

"Teacher Orange, your attendance is about to explode!"

049. Just ordinary friends.

Upon hearing this news, Lin Han was stunned for a full ten seconds.

In fact, it is not uncommon for another celebrity friend to "surprise" a star's concert halfway through, and this happens frequently in the Chinese music scene.

For example, at one of JJ Lin's concerts, his good friend Lang Lang suddenly appeared, causing the entire audience to scream and pushing the atmosphere to a new climax. After the concert, the footage generated a huge amount of buzz on Weibo and even trended on social media.

For example, at one of Jay Chou's concerts, Jacky Cheung pretended to be a fan and rushed onto the stage to surprise the audience. He then sang a song with Jay Chou, which was described by the media as "a duet between two Heavenly Kings"!

This kind of thing is not uncommon. What is rare is that someone as famous as Ju Zi Jiang could actually attract Yan Yuli.

The impact of Yan Yuli, a top child star who had been away from the entertainment industry for many years, suddenly appearing at her own concert is already quite evident.

This is absolutely bombshell news.

This guy unfollowed himself on Weibo this morning, and now he's given himself such a big gift.

That's fucking awesome!!

Lin Han was moved.

Although I don't know if Yan Yuli has ulterior motives for going this far, she has certainly been a great help for now!

He apologized for his deep contempt for Yan Yuli this morning.

I misunderstood you, goddess!

"How exactly did you get to know Yan Yuli? She's Yan Yuli!!" Hu Yan asked urgently, the voices on the other end of the phone growing increasingly noisy.

At this moment, the entire staff of the artist department was thrilled by this news.

On the one hand, everyone's performance targets were finally secured, and the company's gamble seemed to have a chance of winning.

On the other hand, this is the ultimate gossip! Who exactly is Yan Yuli?

It's no exaggeration to say that Yan Yuli's peak value was higher than the market capitalization of Pop Media! Selling the entire company wouldn't necessarily have been enough to sign the twelve-year-old Yan Yuli!

That's the allure of being a top influencer!

Now I'm going to tell you all that one of the artists signed with Pop Media actually has this kind of relationship with Yan Yuli?!

This is too outrageous!

Everyone in the department was distracted from work and was discussing the matter animatedly.

"Yan Yuli has probably been inactive in the entertainment industry for almost four years, right? She's actually willing to appear in front of the camera for Teacher Juzi!"

"I remember when Yan Yuli first entered high school, CCTV invited her to the Spring Festival Gala three times in a row, and she refused each time!"

"What kind of relationship is this?! I'd believe you if you told me Yan Yuli and Teacher Ju Zi were having an affair!!"

"The general manager has a keen eye for talent; he's struck gold!"

"No wonder we had to make such a big show of welcoming Teacher Orange when she first came to the company; it all seems too small now..."

At this point, in the company's eyes, Orange Jam had become a god-like figure.

The reason why God can be so oppressive is because you never know where His limits are!

The same goes for Orange Jam. The company initially thought it was already outrageous enough that he could get the entire AWM team to retweet his Weibo posts.

Now, he can even get Yan Yuli, who has been out of the spotlight for four years, to perform at his concert!

Publicity, operations, promotion, and hype are all tasks that talent agencies should handle. Artists should focus on their work, and the company can take care of the publicity.

As a result, Orange Jam kicked the company to the curb. The little bit of publicity the company did for him was worth less than a single hair on Jiu Niu's body! He could generate the most outrageous traffic on his own!

You can even report back to the company!

This really embarrassed Pop Media. Seriously, do you really need us?!

At this moment, Lin Han, who was listening to the various discussions coming from the company over the phone, also felt somewhat ashamed.

He said, "They're just ordinary friends, it's not that big of a deal."

I don't believe you!

Hu Yan and her agents screamed inwardly.

If ordinary friends are willing to attend your concert, what would happen if they were close friends—they could practically sleep together?!

However, since Ju Zi Shen had already said so, Hu Yan naturally wouldn't press the matter further.

After the frenzy subsided, she tried to calm down and then turned to Lin Han, saying...

"Teacher Orange, because Ms. Yan Yuli is making a surprise appearance at your concert as a 'special guest,' you cannot directly announce Ms. Yan Yuli's appearance on Weibo yet."

As mentioned earlier, this is called a "surprise attack." Since it's a surprise attack, the audience can't be informed beforehand.

Moreover, if the announcement is made widely beforehand, it could be suspected of trying to gain attention and sell tickets, which would also be bad for the artist's reputation.

However, Lin Han was determined to capitalize on the traffic; otherwise, he would be missing out big time. Moreover, since it was Yan Yuli who took the initiative to request it rather than being invited by Bubble Media, it meant that Yan Yuli was willing to share the traffic.

“You don’t have to say it directly; you can hint at it to everyone,” Hu Yan said. “For example, you could post a Weibo saying that a big-name mystery guest will be appearing, like an 18-year-old child star who hasn’t been on stage for a long time. With that kind of hint, netizens can guess what’s going on.”

"I see." Lin Han nodded.

As expected of top agent Hu Yan, she has mastered this kind of borderline tactic.

“You just posted on Weibo, and ‘Juzi Jam’s Debut Concert’ is already trending. Now is the time when the traffic is at its peak. Don’t rush to promote Ms. Yan Yuli’s matter. Even if you do promote it, the traffic won’t be much higher.”

"Once the hype dies down and nobody talks about it anymore, with about a week left before the concert, you can announce the mystery guest. Your debut concert will then trend on social media again, maximizing the viewership," Hu Yan instructed.

"Can't we announce it yet?" Lin Han said with some regret.

"This is to maximize traffic. Ms. Yan Yuli's help has greatly improved your seating capacity, but it may not be enough to fill all the seats. You'll need to keep working hard for the rest of the month!" Hu Yan said.

"it is good."

After hanging up the phone, Lin Han took another deep breath.

Yan Yuli really helped a lot this time!

The difficulty of Lin Han's concert instance was directly changed from hell level to medium level.

Lin Han's requirements weren't high; he would be satisfied if 20,000 people could sit at the 50,000-person venue!

Now that Lin Han has Yan Yuli as his trump card, he is instantly full of confidence.

He finally mustered up the courage to open Weibo.

Just as Hu Yan said, Orange Jam's debut concert has already soared to ninth place on the trending searches.

The number of comments on Weibo has already exceeded 8000, and netizens have gone completely crazy!

All the conversations pointed to the same thing—we were finally going to see the real Orange Jam!

All the groundwork Lin Han had laid for her public appearance had an extremely exaggerated effect after the concert announcement on Weibo.

Even Xu Hui's Weibo post, which had already lost its popularity, was pushed back up again!

050. I absolutely have to disgust the orange jam to death!

That night, "Orange Jam's Debut Concert" exploded across the entire internet like a bomb!

Even Lin Han himself did not expect that it would generate such a terrifying amount of buzz.

When fans of Orange Sauce learned that they would be able to see the real Orange Sauce in just one month, they were all thrilled!

"Holy crap! Holy crap! Holy crap! Holy crap! Finally, we get to see Orange Marmalade's face!"

"We absolutely have to go! If we don't, we're not true fans!"

"I'm afraid I'll faint from excitement at the event!!"

"Oh my god, I can hear a live version of Marmalade! I never even dreamed of this!!"

Juzi Jiang's music is already captivating enough, and when she added the announcement on Weibo that she could meet everyone, the double joy was simply irresistible!

Just thinking about the video that circulated online before, showing the trainee from the same company as Ju Zi Jiang grinning like an idiot when reminiscing about Ju Zi Jiang... it's really making my heart itch!

Countless people with "orange craziness" have gone to extreme lengths to find out what orange marmalade looks like, so you can imagine how much they're looking forward to this concert.

Of course, while everyone is excited, not everyone has the opportunity to attend a concert.

After all, the concert venue is in Jinchuan, which is quite far from the Central Plains. The round-trip travel expenses and accommodation costs are simply outrageous.

Moreover, the price of concert tickets, ranging from 500 to 1300, also puts them out of reach for many students.

It's important to know that the majority of people who like marmalade are young people, many of whom are still students who are not yet fully financially independent.

Despite their burning desire to see marmalade, many people still have to reluctantly give up this opportunity.

"Waaaaah, the plane ticket to Jinchuan costs over a thousand yuan, I really can't go."

"Sisters, please take lots of videos of the event!"

"Students are devastated!"

The only good news is that, based on combined data from Juzijiang's Weibo and Bilibili followers, the ratio of male to female fans is 1:3.

This means that three out of every four of Orange Jam's fans are female.

Female fans are generally more willing to spend money on their idols.

Even though many female students have no income of their own, they save up their money to go to a Marmalade concert!

More than three hours had passed since Lin Han announced the concert on Weibo, and more than two thousand tickets had already been sold.

This is just the beginning, and Lin Han is already very satisfied with this data; it's much more than he imagined!

This is not only due to his personal charisma, but also to a very crucial factor—

At this point, many more comments appeared under Xu Hui's previous Weibo post.

"Orange Jam is about to show his face. If he's not ugly, you're dead!"

"You think you're such a hater? If Orange Jam isn't like what you say in real life, you're just waiting to be exposed by netizens!"

"You said Orange Jam was too shy to show his face, but he's about to have a concert soon, you clown!"

"Waiting to see them get their comeuppance."

Because of this troll's Weibo post, there were many comments online saying that "Juzi Jam doesn't show her face because she's ugly."

The fans of the orange brand were furious, but they couldn't do anything about this guy, so they could only retaliate with verbal attacks.

Now, Orange Jam is about to make an appearance at the concert, and many people are buying tickets with the intention of "finding out the truth" and are determined to give these haters a good slap in the face!

Even many of the local Sichuanese fans who disliked Ju Zi Jiang bought tickets because they saw that Ju Zi Jiang's concert was so close by.

Their purpose, of course, was to see Marmalade make a fool of itself!

Everyone firmly believes that although Orange Jam made an appearance, it must have been something she had to do in order to debut.

In reality, he's an ugly bastard!

To this end, the anti-fans of Sichuan even created a small group of dozens of people to organize the concert.

In the group, everyone poured out their grievances, recounting their painful experiences of being tested by Orange Jam fans and their mental state severely persecuted by Orange Jam's vulgar love songs.

"Damn it, this time we're going to give these guys a good thrashing!" the group owner, known as "Black Orange," cursed.

All group members responded enthusiastically, and everyone prepared props: banners, suonas, loudspeakers, and anything else that could inflict psychological damage.

"Once that ugly thing called Orange Jam shows its face and scares the whole audience into silence, we'll unfurl the banner that says 'Orange Jam is the Ugly Thing,' and then, with drums and champagne in the audience, we'll disgust them!" Black Orange said.

These words immediately received unanimous approval from the group members.