First Actor [Rebirth]

After going through the turmoil of snow storage and contract termination, the release of Zhou Yi's new album can be described as full of twists and turns.

Not only the MV of the title song of the album has been re-shot, but three songs in the album have been replaced due to copyright issues.

Fortunately, the new owner Boya is strong in album production and promotion, and Zhou Yi has some original songs in reserve, so one month after the contract with Zhuxing Entertainment was terminated, the new album was finally officially released.

Zhou Yi's fans were already prepared and would wait at least three months or even longer. Who knew that they would get good news so soon, and they immediately became excited.

"It finally appeared! Zhou Bao is awesome!"

"Zhou Bao has worked hard, I don't know when the signing will start~ Let's form a group!"

"The MV for the title song of the new album has changed the heroine, the picture is really refreshing!"

"Actually, it's okay to not have a heroine!"

"Actually, it's okay without a heroine! +[-]"

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Although the fans and fans are in high spirits, there are also black fans who are criticizing.

"Come out so soon? Can't you be rushing to work?"

"It seems that I changed three songs? The alternative song is definitely not as good as the previous song. In order to make money as soon as possible, there is no way."

"The new owner is not very kind to Zhou Yi, forcing him so tight~ It's only been a few months?"

"It will take a lot of hard work to earn back the liquidated damages as soon as possible, tsk tsk, how pitiful~"

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Although Zhou Yi's manager, Liao Xueting, is a woman, her work ability is no worse than that of a male manager. She soon realized that there were trolls among ordinary netizens, trying to influence the public's judgment.

Moreover, it is not difficult to guess who is fishing in troubled waters and even contributing to the flames.

In fact, Zhou Yi released a new album so quickly, not because of Boya's urging, but because he himself didn't want his fans who love and love him to wait too long.

Moreover, the three newly replaced songs are also works that Zhou Yi was very reluctant to give up when he was selecting and recording the album.

In the end, it was because the lyrics, songwriters or chorus partners of other songs were people who built stars, and they needed to be sold in bundles, so those three songs were not included in the album.

Now that Zhou Yi has changed to a new owner, these songs have been replaced to avoid disputes, and it is a happy thing for Zhou Yi to put up his completely original works.

Liao Xueting also has "active" singers or artists who were originally singers and later transformed into hosts and actors. They are very familiar with the production process of the album, and can make preliminary judgments about whether the effect is good or not.

——At least in her opinion, Zhou Yi's newly packaged album is not only not inferior to its predecessor, but even better!

This is what Zhou Yi and the whole team have gone through a very hard period of time before they are carefully crafted.

The reason why the time is short is because they have compressed the rest time to a minimum.

If you don't work hard and the quality of the album is compromised due to rush work, then it is not wrong to face such a statement.

But the thing is, they do a great job!

If some people with ulterior motives messed up like this, and the netizens were prejudiced, it would be more wronged than Dou E.

Liao Xueting immediately took measures. First, she arranged for Zhou Yi to appear on the talk show. On the surface, she talked about the "contract termination incident". In fact, she mainly explained her mental journey to the audience, and explained and corrected some false reports on the Internet.

Then Boya took the lead to organize Zhou Yi's fan support club to carry out various support activities to strengthen the connection with true fans.

Liao Xueting hopes to take this opportunity to have more interaction between Zhou Yi and her fans.

"I talked to you before, when you were in Zhuxing, you were only responsible for the creation, and you hardly participated in other things, especially the management of fans was all handed over to the team. In fact, such a model is risky."

Because if the main person in charge of the fans or the fan club is someone arranged by Zhuxing himself, then it is easy for a large number of fans to lose their fans and turn black when the contract is terminated.

Fortunately, Zhou Yi's former manager, Shi Li, completely regards Zhou Yi as his "cash cow" in the next ten years, so he attaches great importance to managing fans.

The main people in charge of Zhou Yi's various support clubs are Zhou Yi's "die-hard fans", so there was no trouble when the contract was terminated.

"Although we have experienced turmoil this time, it is also an opportunity. Fans who like you and love you will definitely hug and follow you more closely. At this time, no one can speak more sincerely than you. So recently, the company There are no activities here that require you to participate, and your main job is to carry out a nationwide signing event."

Zhou Yi was very surprised and moved when he heard the arrangement of the new manager.

Although the liquidated damages paid to Zhu Xing in the end were borne by Zhou Yi at his strong request, he would not use this as an excuse to avoid work.

In fact, just because Boya was able to "rescue" him from Zhuxing at a critical moment was enough for Zhou Yi to make up his mind to become a member of Boya and fight for it.

It turned out that he thought that after joining the company, at least he had to participate in some extra activities, so that he could be worthy of this friendship.

Who knew that the company not only provided excellent resources and a professional team, but also gave him a whole month to fully devote himself to the re-production of the album.

During this period, Liao Xueting hardly arranged any work for Zhou Yi except for contacting interviews and media activities to maintain exposure.

Now the manager's meaning is also very obvious, that is to let him continue to carry out activities with the new album as the core!

"It's better to let you give full play to your talents than to start anew and reinvest now." Liao Xueting has a longer-term vision than Shi Lilai: "Of course, it doesn't mean that you will not do other jobs at all in the future. After all, the accumulation of popularity There's more than one way."

In such a completely relaxed and free state, although Zhou Yi was physically exhausted, his spirit was extremely excited, and his inspiration was flowing like a spring.

There was even a song whose lyrics were completed after staying up all night, and the professional lyricists from Boya were invited to help polish it and use it directly.

The MV for the title song of the album has been replaced by an actress from Boya, and the leading actors are still Lu Yang and Zhou Yi himself. Because they are both "insiders", the filming went smoothly and the effect is better than the previous version.

In order to strengthen the publicity effect, Lu Yang, who is currently participating in the promotion of "Chasing", also helped out on the platform and attended Zhou Yi's signing sessions in Shanghai and Lin Province.

Zhou Yi's fans have frequently interacted with their idols recently, and it's a happy time, especially in the "Saturday" CP Party, when Zhou Yi and Lu Yang are present at the same time, they can't wait to go every time!

Because Lu Yang has to promote "Chasing" recently, running around, some of Lu Yang's fans also follow him around, although they may not be cute "Saturday" & "Six Weeks" CP, but they are also at the signing event on site.

"Did you see Yangyang pass the microphone to Zhou Bao?!! His eyes are so doting!"

"I wish there were only the two of them on stage!!!"

"Zhou Bao's signature is on the album and the poster, but I prepared a small book separately, and I want their two signatures together!"

"Fortunately, I also prepared a notebook, and I must sign both of them together later!"

"Hey~ Together! Together!"

It's not that Lu Yang didn't see the bright smiles and radiant eyes of the fans, but the protagonist of this promotion is Zhou Yi, he doesn't want to overwhelm the guests, and basically he will leave after participating in the opening.

However, if there is a warm-up performance, in the previous interactive session, Lu Yang will respond to the request of fans and sing a song from the new album with Zhou Yi, which will blow up the audience every time!

Although the fans who did not get the "co-signing" of the two have regrets, it is also a comfort to have a group photo and a chorus.

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Zhou Yi's album was re-launched, and the results gradually showed.

Not only has his ranking on the music charts climbed rapidly, but album sales and online clicks have also become more and more impressive.

Even the activities and endorsement invitations that had almost disappeared immediately increased.

In the face of various brand sponsors, Liao Xueting was more cautious, only selected a very few activities and endorsements, other than that, she kept her promise and let Zhou Yi focus on the album.

Compared with Zhou Yi's side, Lu Yang's recent exposure rate is also very large.

First of all, because the game "Xiantu Wendao" has been in public beta for a full month, the sales of the game are very gratifying.

Because the previous "rumors" were clarified, Lu Yang's popularity has risen by more than one level.Even "Fairy Journey" with him as the spokesperson also made a big splash.

Coincidentally, in the plot of "Fairy Way", the nine-tailed fox played by Lu Yang turned from a demon cultivator to a demon cultivator precisely because he was misunderstood and besieged by the so-called righteous monks.

It coincides with the "defamation" incident of Lu Yang.

This gives players a wonderful sense of substitution, and they are more interested in the game.

According to Fang Ke's official data, the number of players who entered "Immortal Path" and chose demon or magic cultivators surged, even exceeding [-]% of the total number of players, far exceeding the number of human cultivators and Buddhist cultivators.

Lu Yang's double-faced nine-tailed fox image immediately became a classic image endorsed by the game industry, and many offline cosplay players began to exhibit the appearance of the white fox or magic fox in major comics.

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In addition to participating in game endorsement activities from time to time and helping Zhou Yi's album promotion, Lu Yang's focus is still on the promotion of "Chasing".

In the middle and late December, the promotion of "Chasing" became more and more intensive.

Although it is impossible for Tan Jingchuan and Yang Si to be present at every game, Lu Yang, as the male second, showed a high degree of cooperation throughout the whole process.

The producer was very satisfied with Boya and Lu Yang's support, so naturally they used various banners to "praise" Lu Yang, and even marked the title of "the most anticipated newcomer actor of the year". praise.

The most famous variety show in China, they have almost gone full circle. Compared with the promotion of TV dramas in the same period, it can be described as a big deal!

Lu Yang's manager, Wang Youlan, was only worried about Lu Yang's hard work, but actually hoped that there would be more of these activities.

Some of these programs have very full schedules and high platform value. If they want to invite Lu Yang alone, it may not be possible at this stage.

But it's different with the crew, at least with the appeal of director Lu and the male and female protagonists, it's not a problem to be on these shows.

And as long as one of Tan Jingchuan and Yang Si is absent, Lu Yang will be promoted to the second most important position, and the "acting role" is very important!

This is like a ride for Lu Yang. With the help of the film crew and seniors, he gained attention along the way.

However, when everything is going well, it is not that shocking things happen.

At this time, the troll army of online malicious marketing has not completely disappeared.

It's just that Boya won the lawsuit, and "Entertainment Star Secret Detective" finally paid [-] million yuan in compensation for the "rumor and defamation" evidence that they had to find another way.

So, the news that Lu Yang snatched Wei Hexi's role in "The Legend of Xiuying" spread widely

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Although there will be a major adaptation, "Biography of Xiuying" has the original work after all, and naturally there are a group of fans of the original work.

They were already dissatisfied when they learned that the plot had been greatly adapted.

But the original author sold the copyright, and the producer and screenwriter have full rights to adapt it. Even if they want to complain about this, they have nothing to do, so they can only discuss about "casting".

Among them, regarding the actor who plays the leading actor Gao Jingcheng, in fact, the opinions on the Internet are not very unanimous.

Wei He Xi, who is popular, and Gan Rong, who has won the best supporting actor, are very popular, accounting for almost half and half of the approval rate.

But when the actors were officially announced, Gan Rong became the fourth prince Gao Jinghong, and Wei Hexi became the fifth prince Gao Jingkun who had a weaker sense of existence, which excited the fans of the two.

Gan Rong's fans are fine with that.

Although he is not the leading actor, he is indeed the little boss with the most appearance rate, and the importance of the role is almost equal to that of the second male lead and Emperor Liang.

Moreover, Gan Rong himself said on Weibo that "I got what I wanted", fans knew that their "Prince Rong" wanted to change his taste this time, and planned to challenge the villain directly.

So the initial dissatisfaction immediately turned into expectations for Gan Rong's first villain role.

But Wei Hexi's fans might not be able to be so calm.

Regardless of whether the fifth prince is still the elder brother of the male protagonist, the sixth prince, in the original work it is just a pawn in the hands of the concubine, uncle and brother. Not to mention arrogant and domineering, he has no advantages other than good looks, and the ending is even more miserable!

This made Wei Hexi's true fans almost explode.

Why should their Wei Hexi not play the male lead, but play this kind of role? !

Seeing that Lu Yang is the leading actor, Wei Hexi's fans are even more uneasy.

From their point of view, although Lu Yang has been fired quite recently, where is Wei Hexi who has good acting skills, rich experience, and high popularity? !

"There is definitely something shady about this. How could our He Xi not be the leading actor?"

"That's right, apart from Gan Rong, only our family He Xi can play Gao Jingcheng!"

"So Boya wants to touch Lu Yang now, and then use our He Xi as a stepping stone for him?! It's disgusting!"

"It's not Gao Jingcheng played by He Xi, I definitely don't watch "The Legend of Xiuying"!"

"It's not Gao Jingcheng played by He Xi, I definitely don't watch "The Legend of Xiuying"! +[-]"

"What the hell is Lu Yang? I think the previous nurturing incident might be true! This guy is so tough behind the scenes!"

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"The situation is not right now. Wei Hexi's fans just complained about Wei Hexi's character, but now they are targeting you."

Wang Youlan observed the news on the Internet and the reactions of netizens, and felt the pressure of the storm.

Wei Hexi's fan group even came to protest at the gate of Boya's headquarters, and online fan activities calling for "Xiu Ying Zhuan" to change the heroine have also intensified.

Seeing that the rumors that had just subsided came out again, Wang Youlan learned the lesson from last time and planned to solve this problem as soon as possible.

In fact, on this issue, the best solution is for Wei Hexi to appease his fans.

As long as Wei Hexi proves that Lu Yang went through a formal audition and got the role, and has a "friendly interaction" with Lu Yang, the problem about fans can be easily resolved.

But when it comes to auditioning is a very sensitive matter, it is impossible for Wei Hexi to admit that he lost to Lu Yang.

So Wang Youlan only hoped that He Ping would help out for the sake of the company, and at least make a noise to appease her fans. This is not difficult for Wei Hexi.

However, when Wang Youlan contacted He Ping, the other party refused to "speak out" for Lu Yang on the grounds that Wei Hexi would soon start promoting her spy war drama "The Wind Rises".

"Xiao Wang, I know more or less about your current situation, but you also need to know about our difficulties."

He Ping's attitude towards Wang Youlan was very kind, but his attitude was very firm: "How do you ask us to clarify? Could it be that because He Xi's audition was not as good as Lu Yang's and her acting skills were not as good as Lu Yang's, that's why he was rejected as the leading actor? Isn't this nonsense?"

He continued: "Although the screenwriters and directors may have their own preferences, and the producers and investors also have their own considerations, we, He Xi, only regard it as a matter of luck, and we didn't intend to complain at all. But what you are doing now is completely out of control ah."

"I don't mean to ask Wei Hexi to talk about the audition. I just hope that you can come forward to appease the fans. They are all artists from the same company. It's not good to make too much noise."

"What do you mean? Are we going to make trouble? Are we asking fans to make trouble?"

He Ping said very angrily: "It's because they like He Xi, and they are complaining about He Xi! Do we still want to hold their heads down, saying that you are not allowed to like He Xi, and you are not allowed to stand out for He Xi?"

Although Wang Youlan was already mentally prepared, she never expected that He Ping's attitude would be like this!

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When Wang Youlan left He Ping's office, Yu Di asked, "If you go back to Wang Youlan like this, what if he goes to the company's senior management, or even directly to the boss?"

He Ping sneered: "I'm not afraid that he will look for it, but I'm afraid that he won't look for it."

"what do you mean?"

"He approached Wei Bo, and we can use other media to make news about Lu Yang relying on his background, so the company's senior management put pressure on Wei Hexi, so we have to speak up for Lu Yang."

Yu Di immediately understood what He Ping meant.

In this way, not only did Lu Yang not be clarified, but he could also show a "victim" attitude and gain sympathy and support from fans and other netizens.

"But will the boss be angry?" Yu Di worried.

"Of course he will be angry, but if he handles it properly, he can't be angry with us."

Based on He Ping's understanding of Wei Bo, if Wei Bo wants to praise Lu Yang, he can definitely do it vigorously, but he still disdains to do it by stepping on Wei He Xi, not to mention that Wei Hexi is also Wei Bo's artist .

Wang Youlan was also aware of this, so she didn't dare to mention Wei Hexi's failure in the audition.

He Ping instructed Yu Di: "Start talking more in He Xi's group from today, and now reveal a little bit about the possible pressure from the top management, and let his fans guess and make trouble by themselves."

At that time, it will be good if the trouble is good, and if the trouble is not good, the fans of "troubleshooting" and "rumour-mongering" will be blamed.

Then Wei Hexi stood up and apologized to the fans, which not only established a good image, but also captured the hearts of the fans, killing two birds with one stone!

——It’s the truth to raise powder for a thousand days and use it for a while!

Therefore, when Wei Hexi's fans discussed how to protest against Boya and the crew of "Xiuying Biography" in their respective groups, and launched activities to boycott Lu Yang, some "fans" weakly mentioned their " worry".

"We have such a big fight, will Boya take He Xi's anger?"

"Why did Boya get angry at He Xi?! They've already been so sorry to He Xi!"

"Even if you are angry, we are the ones who are angry. Why should Boya be angry!"

"But I feel that Lu Yang's backstage is quite tough, what if Boya wants to be unfavorable to He Xi?"

"Hey, I've long hoped that He Xi would come out and do it alone. Uncle He has so many resources, why stay in Boya, let us He Xi look at others!"

"That's right, otherwise I wouldn't be robbed of the role by someone from the same company!"

"No matter what, we must protect He Xi well and not let him be bullied, especially by that Lu X!"

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The "fans" who raised concerns at the beginning saw that the discussion had been "in place", so they participated in a few more sentences, then withdrew from the discussion, just watched the screen silently, and continued to pay close attention to the conversations of fans.

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Seeing that the road on He Ping's side was blocked, Wang Youlan would not be so stupid as to "complain" to the higher-ups and even Wei Bo.

Not to mention the matter of "the palms and backs of the hands are all flesh", it is not easy for the top management to deal with it. Even if they really stand up and deal with it, especially if they deal with it on Lu Yang's side, it will be worse.

At that time, any crime of "putting pressure on Wei Hexi through high-level officials" can cause Lu Yang huge troubles.

Wang Youlan could only cooperate with the company's public relations team to continue arranging the "Chasing" promotional activities for Lu Yang.

On the other side, through their own navy, try not to confront Wei Hexi's fans. They just express their expectation for "Chasing" and "Biography of Xiuying" to attract the attention of other netizens and avoid greater conflicts.

As long as "Chasing" starts broadcasting at the end of the year, I believe they will see Lu Yang's performance in it, and they will know that he deserves to be the leading actor in "Biography of Xiuying"!

However, just a few days later, Wei Hexi suddenly posted a Weibo.

"Some things can't just be seen on the surface, and so are some people... Now I just want to act well, so when the wind blows, please be quiet..."