Fanservice Paradox

(This is the second update, you may miss the previous chapter if you just watch the latest update)

There was an uproar in the conference room.

Fang Juexia frowned, took out her mobile phone and logged on to Weibo, searched for [kaleido new album] related entries, and in real time, all of them were discussing the release of the song.He just felt his scalp go numb and couldn't believe it.

Chen Zhengyun frowned, "When did you find out? On which platform, have you contacted the platform?"

The staff put the laptop in front of Chen Zhengyun, "We checked just now, and we can't trace the source, but what we know for sure is that at 9:47 in the morning, a big marketing account released the song in the form of a video. We found the company with this marketing account, spent money on public relations, and now he has deleted it, but his video has been downloaded by many people, and it is now spreading. Moreover, the other party claimed that he was not the first person, and he also reposted it. "

He Ziyan also found that video, "Station B already has it, and the popularity is still very high, maybe it will be on the homepage."

Fang Juexia clicked on it and listened to it. This is the second version of the early demo. The lyrics are still in English, which is the previous composer's version.

Cheng Qiang felt very strange, "We kept it strictly confidential from the beginning to the end, and the composers we collaborated with are also recognized by the industry as having very professional ethics. How could we leak the music?"

Fang Juexia said, "The leaked is the early demo, not the studio version. Fortunately, the sound engineer, composer and recording management department can also be excluded, and the scope can be narrowed down to the staff who handled the early selection and demo modification."

Jiang Miao also nodded, "That's right, think about it calmly, we just finished the recording of the last song yesterday, if the person who leaked the song is powerful enough, they should be able to directly release the full version of our title song, which will have an even greater impact on us. big."

Ling Yi was a little worried, "What should I do now? Although this demo is not a finished song, the early release completely disrupted the plan, and the number of people who will buy the album and listen to the official full song will decrease."

Chen Zhengyun thought for a while, and said to Cheng Qiang, "Call the various platforms and contact them to remove the infringing demo as soon as possible. Now I am going to make a double announcement and a lawyer's letter. One will be sent on the Caledo official blog, and the other The copy was posted on Xingtu Company’s Weibo, emphasizing the illegality of leaking the song. Inform the big fan support clubs and websites, and call on fans to report and boycott the leaking of the song, and not to be a secondary spreader.”

This is already the fastest reaction they can do.But now the Internet is changing rapidly, and the spread of information is unimaginable.Not to mention the release of the song this time, it was obviously prepared. More than a dozen marketing accounts released demos at the same time, all of which were entries that were still on the hot searches of kaleido. .

Chen Zhengyun pinched his Jingming acupoint, lowered his head and said in a deep voice, "It's because you guys are going to be popular, and you deliberately tried to prevent explosions in the early stage of comeback, and hit everyone's music performance."

Pei Tingsong was spinning the pen in his hand, and he looked very carefree amidst all the sad faces, "Let's vent it, they will do it deliberately, and they can't hide from it. Maybe it will be trending in a while. Can't get rid of all the cockroaches."

Cheng Qiang motioned for him to shut up, "Xiao Pei, stop talking sarcastic right now..."

"What he means is that we should not focus on customers." Fang Juexia looked at Chen Zhengyun, "Xiao Pei is right, since the other party's hands are reaching out to our company to steal songs, then they are determined to let this demo spread. It will definitely buy popular searches to create momentum, so why don't we take advantage of this wind and add fire to it, so that more people know that we are going to release a song."

He Ziyan shook his head, "But this approach is too risky. If the normal process is followed, it is best not to exceed five days between the release of the music source and the MV release, so as to continue the popularity. Like the current situation, wait until we release the trailer and MV in early April. By then, the peak of novelty and popularity has already passed, and no passer-by will watch it.”

"You're right." Fang Juexia's face was calm, but his words were startling, "So we must return early."

Chen Zhengyun looked at Fang Juexia silently.This kid has declared to everyone what he wanted to say but couldn't bear to say.In the Internet age, the success of a song is not only of its own excellent quality, but also of meticulous publicity and momentum, especially for idol music with a small number of passers-by.From the first day of the publicity period, it is counted as the beginning of the life of a song.Leaking the song means that the life cycle of the song will be shortened rapidly, or even die prematurely.

Many leaked songs eventually became abandoned songs.

But they can't give up casually. This song is the hard work of these children, and it is also the best chance for them to make a comeback.Their only solution is to change the itinerary and publicity period to save the life cycle as much as possible.

This also means that the originally ample half a month was compressed to only three or four days. Caledo had to rush to shoot the MV day and night, and the company worked hard to return before the heat passed.

"Notify the people in the public relations department to urgently deal with the leaked audio source, and the spread must be minimized. The people in the styling team don't have to come to the meeting. All the costume styling should be solved before [-] pm, and the MV shooting will start at [-] pm."

Chen Zhengyun glanced at the boys at the meeting table, "It's 35:[-] in the morning, and you will appear in the styling room at [-]:[-] in the afternoon. The few hours in between are your last breaks. I hope Get a good night's sleep, because what awaits you next is a tough battle. Although we are not a powerful company, no matter what happens, Star Map will always be your backing."

Coming out of the meeting room, everyone's mood was a little unstable.Cheng Qiang himself wanted to scold people, but in order not to affect them, he chose a nice way to say that comforting them in the car was a free announcement or something.He sent the six people back to the dormitory, and then hurried back to the company to deal with affairs.

When Fang Juexia was in the car, he remained silent and didn't speak. He turned on his phone and stared at yesterday's missed calls.

Of course, those who leaked the song knew that their only way to save themselves was to return early, but if they did, they would bump into Qiyao. There is no doubt that, at least for now, their number of fans is completely incomparable.If an egg hits a rock, the beneficiary can only be a rock.

Astar might have already written the press release.

Combined with Liang Ruo's abnormalities these days, Fang Juexia was even more convinced that his judgment was correct.As soon as Cheng Qiang left, he went to the balcony and called Liang Ruo.

The other party seemed to have guessed that he would call, and there was a bit of regret in his tone, "Juexia, you are finally willing to contact me."

"Long story short, tell me who did it."

The other party smiled, "You don't regret later? If you had found me earlier, things might have been different."

These words hit Fang Juexia hard.With a lump in his throat, he heard Liang Ruo reporting his address on the opposite side.

"I have evidence in my hand, and I can help you find that person. Although your company is not big, but it is in a state of desperation, the possibility of finding out is too small. If you still want to find the black sheep, come to me. By the way, Don't bring your phone, I don't want to hurt myself for helping you."

After these things happened, Pei Tingsong couldn't sleep at all.He recalled what he saw and heard in the company in the past few days, trying to find out if there was any suspicious person or thing.

But for some reason, he suddenly thought of the message from Liang Ruo on Fang Juexia's phone.

When he went to Fang Juexia's room, he saw Ling Yi who was about to rest, "Where is Juexia?"

"He just went out and said he would go downstairs to buy something."

"When did you leave?"

Ling Yi thought for a while, "It's been a while."

Pei Tingsong's heart sank, and he asked again, "Do you have Liang Ruo's contact information?"

"Liang Ruo?" Ling Yi frowned, "You're talking about Liang Ruo who's in a mess?"

"Why not?"

Ling Yi sat up, "I don't have one, but I can ask my friend what you want..." Before finishing speaking, Pei Tingsong left, leaving only one sentence, "Send it to me when you find it."

Pei Tingsong went downstairs, and sure enough, Fang Juexia's car was gone.He drove his own car, and as soon as he started it, he received a series of calls from the courtesan Lingyi.He put on the headset and was about to dial, but paused, and finally changed Fang Juexia's number.

No one answered the phone. After Pei Tingsong drove out, he called again. It was Ling Yi who answered the phone, "He didn't take the phone down."

Pei Tingsong didn't believe it at all if he went downstairs to buy something.He parked the car on the side of the road and wanted to call his sister, but after thinking about it, he gave up and called Liang Ruo.After calling three times, someone finally answered.

At this moment, Liang Ruo was waiting for Fang Juexia in the hotel suite he had reserved for two days.An unfamiliar number kept calling him, but he finally answered, "Hello? Who is it?"

"Pei Tingsong." The other party cut straight to the point, with a bad tone.Liang Ruo was startled for a moment, but after thinking about it, she didn't think it was surprising, "Are you looking for me?"

"Who the hell is looking for you, where is Fang Juexia? Did you call him away?"

Liang Ruo smiled, "I'll tell you the truth so quickly, he wasn't such a person before."

Pei Tingsong hated hearing Liang Ruo say that he had never participated in Fang Juexia's past.

"Where are you, tell me honestly, don't force me to find someone to check you."

"Okay, I'm afraid of you, who told you to be a young master, you can kill me with a finger." Liang Ruo generously reported the address, "I also have to thank you for coming to me, and not directly using your great capital background Squeeze my ant to death."

While talking, there was a knock on the door, Liang Ruo said with a smile, "Oh, Jue Xia is here."

"you!"

Liang Ruo did not hang up the phone, but put the phone in the pocket of the bathrobe, went outside and opened the door.

The one standing outside the door was indeed Fang Juexia, with a cold expression on his face, as if he didn't even want to step in the door, "Give me the things, and I won't tell anyone about you."

"You come in." Liang Ruo pulled him, Fang Juexia raised his hand to break away, and walked in by himself.

"I know you won't tell anyone about me, and I also know that you definitely don't have your mobile phone with you now." Liang Ruo closed the door, "I know you too well."

Fang Juexia didn't want to hear him say this, his patience was almost exhausted, "Don't waste time on useless things."

"What are useless things?" Liang Ruo sat on the sofa, "Juexia, your time is not the only one that is precious. Mine is also precious. Do you know how many paparazzi are staring at me? Tell me something, I booked this place many days in advance and kept contacting you, but you are not even willing to answer a word."

Fang Juexia looked away and stood there without saying a word.

Liang Ruo also stood up, "I don't ask much. You just need to stand here and listen to what I want to say, and I will give you something."

"You said."

Liang Ruo seemed to have drunk some wine, his whole face was flushed, he took a breath, "I like you, I have liked you since a long time ago, when we were trainees." Seeing Fang Juexia wrinkled Eyebrow, Liang Ruo smiled, "You don't know. There are too many things you don't know. How much I wanted to debut with you at the beginning. Every day I dreamed of standing on the stage with you. Yes, my qualifications Not good, let alone comparing with you, there is no way to compare with many other trainees, even if you comfort me and encourage me, I know that I will not be able to make my debut."

"I was so anxious that I couldn't stand it. Guess what happened?" He shrugged, "Mr. Jin said he could help me and asked me to go to him. I don't know what he means by helping. I thought about debuting with you, so I went."

While talking, Liang Ruo began to smile wryly, "I didn't know how he helped me until I woke up and lay on his bed."

Fang Juexia was a little surprised. He didn't ask too many reasons at the beginning.

"I was very scared. But Boss Jin told me that I would definitely be able to debut. For this sentence, I sold myself. But I don't know why other people know it, and you know it too." Liang Ruo suddenly fell He wiped away the tears hastily, "As soon as you found out, I felt that I was finished. I dare not face you, and I never thought that you would report to the higher-ups because of me and stand up for me."

At that time, the top leader of Astar was not surnamed Jin. Fang Juexia just couldn't bear the high-level executives attacking the trainees.But Fang Juexia can't, he knows that rigidity is easy to break, but he can't give up himself for the so-called future.

"I know when you were in your early days, I went to Mr. Kim and I kept begging for mercy. You don't know what he did to me, but I endured it because he told me that as long as I obeyed, he would let you go smoothly It's just that I don't praise you so much when you debut." Liang Ruo's eyes became more and more red, "But I didn't expect you to leave by yourself."

He smiled, his voice was a little trembling, "I came to you many times later, trying to explain to you. But you, you don't seem to care."

Fang Juexia is a person who can quickly withdraw from any relationship and emotion. This is a skill he has cultivated in the dark since he was a child, but in the eyes of others, he is too indifferent like this.

"I found out later that it's really boring to debut without you around. Everyone knows that I rely on selling my status. Even if I sign a non-disclosure agreement, they still mock me off-camera. I can't live in the dormitory. Since everyone If you feel that I am in such a high position, I will just be a monster, and no one should want to feel comfortable."

Liang Ruo breathed a sigh of relief, "It's a bit much to talk about. It was only a few days ago that Boss Jin was drunk, so I knew he was going to explode you. I knew that if I told you about this in advance, I might be finished. I hesitated for a few days. I still want to tell you."

He took out a USB flash drive from his pocket, "There are some recordings in it. I recorded his WeChat voice while he was asleep. There should have been screenshots, but if I send it to you, I might really die. .There are some people mentioned in the voice, so we should be able to find out."

Fang Juexia held the USB flash drive he gave him, feeling complicated.He didn't know what to say, what happened that year, he almost forgot those details, but he never regretted leaving that company.Although no one helped him after he stood up, even though Liang Ruo seemed to accept the unspoken rules silently, and all the dirty water was poured on him, Fang Juexia also gritted his teeth and did not explain, because he knew that once he explained, Liang Ruo If it will be pulled out.

This is his last tolerance.

"Okay." Liang Ruo smiled, "I've finally said these things. I haven't dared to say these things for the past two years, and I don't know how to tell you. Don't worry, I confessed to you because I held back too much. It hurts, but I don't need any response from you. You are too good, I don't deserve you at all."

He took a step closer, "I'm not a good person, but I'm not as bad as everyone imagined. Juexia, thank you."

Fang Juexia finally said, "I didn't do anything."

"You have, you have helped me a lot, you are the best and kindest person in the world. We should have no intersection in the future," Liang Ruo stretched out his hand, "Can you give me a hug for the last time? It's the same as before."

Looking at Liang Ruo's red eyes.In the end, Fang Juexia couldn't bear it anymore, and reached out to give him a hug, a short hug.

"Thank you."

A satisfied smile appeared on Liang Ruo's face.He glanced at the time, walked to the door, and opened it.Fang Juexia felt strange, but when he looked over, he realized that Pei Tingsong was standing outside the door, wearing a hat and mask, with indifferent eyes.

He was a little surprised, "Pei Tingsong..."

"I told him the address." Liang Ruo looked at Pei Tingsong, took out the mobile phone that hadn't been hung up from the pocket of the bathrobe, and hung up the call, "It's over, I'll give you one sixth of it back .”

Only then did Fang Juexia know that Pei Tingsong had heard their conversation.His heart suddenly picked up, obviously he didn't do anything, but he felt flustered.

Pei Tingsong didn't lose his temper, and appeared very calm uncharacteristically. He walked to Fang Juexia's side, grabbed his wrist and led him out of the hotel.He didn't speak along the way, which made Fang Juexia even more uncomfortable.

When they arrived at the underground parking lot, Fang Juexia tried to break away from him, "My car is over there."

"Take my car back, your car asked Xiaowen to come and drive away later." After speaking, he came to open the passenger door and let Fang Juexia in.I went around and got into the car, and said with a cold face, "Fasten your seat belt."

"What's wrong with you?" Fang Juexia didn't move, just looked at him sideways.

Seeing that he was not moving, Pei Tingsong leaned over to help him fasten his seat belt, and then prepared to start the car.But Fang Juexia pulled out the key, "You're not in the right mood now, it's not safe to drive." He didn't understand what happened to Pei Tingsong, and what happened to what Liang Ruo said just now offended him, "Why are you angry?"

Pei Tingsong leaned on the back of the driver's seat, feeling very upset, and pulled off his mask, "I'm not angry."

"You're angry." Fang Juexia's tone was firm.He couldn't figure out what was going on, "If you have any dissatisfaction, just say it, even if you satirized me and scolded me like you did before."

Pei Tingsong smiled wryly, and looked at him, "Fang Juexia, do you really think I can go back to the past?"

Fang Juexia was stunned, seeing Pei Tingsong's eyes, his heart throbbed inexplicably.

Pei Tingsong drooped his eyelids, and looked up at him again, "I'm not quite right now, I don't even know what's wrong with me, I'm just very angry, especially..." He couldn't continue, and paused After a pause, he let out a breath, "You came to him alone, without even bringing your mobile phone, so you don't worry about what will happen to you? You trust him so much?"

Fang Juexia was speechless, he tried to explain, "No, I was..."

"Why didn't you tell me in advance? Do you know how hard it took me to find this place? You know how afraid I was of having an accident along the way. I almost bowed my head to my sister. My hands were shaking when I was driving. Why, why you..." Pei Tingsong laughed while talking, with a bleak smile, "Am I so unworthy of your trust?"

This sentence pierced Fang Juexia's heart somehow.He is very sad, obviously he is a person who doesn't like to explain, but now because of Pei Tingsong's emotions, he desperately searched for words of explanation in his mind, "No, Pei Tingsong, listen to me, I just finished the meeting , the emotions are very tense. When I confirmed that this matter has something to do with Astar, my first reaction was to deal with it, and you know, I have such a character, I..."

He found that every word he said was pale, so he couldn't go on.He just didn't want to make Pei Tingsong feel sad. As he spoke, Fang Juexia's own voice trembled, "Can you...don't think that way?"

Hearing him like this, Pei Tingsong suddenly lost his temper.He buried his head on the steering wheel, feeling like a shameless lunatic who just heard a confession that had nothing to do with him and suddenly broke down without warning.He just didn't expect that Liang Ruo really liked Fang Juexia, and it was that kind of liking.

How could he like Fang Juexia?

Why even he can.

He just silently listened to the other party's sincere confession, their past, and the hug at the end. He couldn't do anything, like a bystander who stayed out of the matter.He carefully piled up so many beautiful fragments related to Fang Juexia, more and more, as if he could maintain it forever, holding the "friendship" between them high and never falling down.

But after hearing Liang Ruo's words, he suddenly realized that he was simply the stupidest idiot in the world, directing and acting the so-called pure friendship, enduring the small torture brought by being close, and not even knowing what he wanted.

The beautiful fragments are accumulated in the heart, and the wounds of the knife are saved.For so many days, his inconsistency, his emotional pull, his heartbeat affected by Fang Juexia's words and deeds, his torment controlled by desire, insomnia, shame, anger, anxiety, everything has been deepening and backlogging, and at this moment he finally found the source.

Seeing that he has been silent, Fang Juexia's heart hangs in the air.He wondered if Pei Tingsong still misunderstood his relationship with Liang Ruo, "I didn't expect to hear that when I came here. As I said before, I don't care about the past, even if I listen to it again today, I don't know." The details will not change anything."

Having said that, Fang Juexia felt that she was really crazy.He didn't even want to explain to anyone the rumors that he was buried, but he talked so much nonsense with Pei Tingsong here, and did so many things that did not conform to his logic.Suddenly he didn't want to struggle anymore, he just wanted to get out of the car and take a breath, so he lowered his head and unbuttoned his seat belt.

With a click, the strap came loose.But his hand was held by Pei Tingsong.

"Don't go." Pei Tingsong frowned, "I'm sorry, you didn't do anything wrong, so there's no need to explain this to me. It's my fault, I got angry with you just now."

This was the second time he had heard Pei Tingsong formally apologize to him. This rebellious child always seemed to be apologizing to him.

"You're not angry." Fang Juexia corrected his words, and held his hand instead, "You're just sulking."

"I'm very angry in my heart, you just don't know it." Pei Tingsong said in a muffled voice, "So I still have to say I'm sorry."

After finishing speaking, Pei Tingsong raised his head and looked at him, "One more thing, if I say it now, you may think I'm crazy, or I was stimulated by something. It's okay, because I also figured it out in the past 3 minutes Yes. I don’t want to hide it and pretend I don’t see it.”

All this is too absurd.It's good to wake up anytime, but it's this time.Their combination is suffering the biggest impact, a tough battle is imminent, everyone is tense, this is the moment when a straw can cause collapse.

However, Pei Tingsong moved away the rock in his heart.

Looking at Fang Juexia's transparent eyes, Pei Tingsong cursed a fuck, wiped his face and raised his head, looked at him and said, "Fang Juexia, everything I'm going to say next is serious, you have to believe it, I didn't Just kidding and no pranks. OK?"

Fang Juexia didn't know what he was going to say, but nodded anyway.

Pei Tingsong sincerely said, "I, Pei Tingsong, chose a point on the number axis today. It was not arbitrarily chosen, but a very serious decision. I don't know whether it is a rational number or an irrational number, and to be honest, I don't care. But I have an obligation to tell you."

He raised the hand held by Fang Juexia, "That's the point."

The author has something to say: Under Liang Ruo's proofreading, Xiao Pei finally got the hang of it.

But he still has to chase his wife, and it's a super chasing method with no (bu) bottom (hai) line (sao). This may be the only attack I have written so far about chasing his wife crazily and teasing his wife.