Battle of the Entertainment Circle

Originally, Shen Yaoxiang thought that the upsurge of attention on the matter should have passed, and they kept a low profile. They will no longer show their faces in public during this period of time. This matter will pass sooner or later, and no one will stare at it. For a new one, no one has the time to keep holding on to them, but he obviously underestimated their influence and everyone's curiosity about this matter. Gossip headlines do appear every day, but with such a high level of topic, it takes only a year. It is rare to come up with one, and how can the media and the public easily let it go.

Before evening, when the plane arrived at Beijing's airport, Shen Yaoxiang turned on his mobile phone. His manager sent a message saying that he had arrived at the pick-up gate, and there were many reporters and fans outside, telling them not to come out and use the VIP channel.

Wei Ning stood by the luggage conveyor belt, put on his sunglasses, and muttered softly, "Why are you so powerful, you know we're coming back by this flight."

"How hard can it be to check this, or how can there be so many fans who pick up and drop off the airport every time, last time we didn't get caught because we came to the airport temporarily to buy tickets and went back in the middle of the night, the result is not the second Early in the morning, the whole world knew that we ran back to our hometown, which only shows that there are many people who follow us.”

Shen Yaoxiang teased casually as if he was talking about other people's affairs, Wei Ning stretched out his hand and slapped him on the shoulder: "Don't say these things are gone, what's the matter? Go VIP?"

"Forget it, if we don't express our position for a long time, those people will not let us go. They had to make it clear at the press conference. Now it's just right, and the venue fee is saved."

Shen Yaoxiang sent a message back to his manager, asking him to wait outside the airport pick-up gate, took his luggage, and walked out together with his arms around Wei Ning's shoulders.

As soon as they got out of the gate, countless flashing lights lit up on them. The two of them were surrounded by groups almost as soon as they walked out. The microphone was raised in front of them and they asked questions again. Shen Yaoxiang made a gesture to let the reporters wait An Bumao, calmly said: "If you have any questions, you can ask them one by one now, and we will answer them. I just hope that after today, everyone will stop paying attention to our affairs and give us peace."

"So you guys are in a gay relationship? Since when?"

"Yes, not long ago, about half a year ago."

"Then why have you never admitted it so many times before, and there have been rumors of sex between men and women?"

"I didn't admit it because I felt that there was no need to disclose our private life to the public. This is our private matter and there is no need to explain it to outsiders. As for the scandal, at least it is not out of our subjective wishes. Many times it is because everyone thinks too much."

"Then what about Wei Ning? Since she and Xia Zilin are cousins, they have never denied the boyfriend-boyfriend relationship that has been rumored to the outside world for several years? Isn't it out of subjective desire?"

The reporter who asked the question was a bit aggressive, Wei Ning narrowed his eyes behind the sunglasses, and answered him patiently even though he was not happy: "I have never admitted it, have I? Some media have always reported irresponsibly and indiscriminately. Can this be my fault too?"

Shen Yaoxiang squeezed his hand lightly, signaling him not to offend these media reporters with nonsense.

"You guys are coming out so openly now, haven't you thought about the impact it will have on your future career? I heard that Wei Ning has just signed a contract for a sky-high priced watch endorsement advertisement. I'm not afraid that the image of the business and consumers will be damaged because of the coming out. Don't pay the bill?"

Wei Ning asked the reporter who asked the question: "Do you discriminate against homosexuals?"

On the contrary, the other party was taken aback by his question: "Of course not..."

"If it's not, why do you feel that coming out is a bad image? Does homosexuality mean a bad image?"

After being choked up by him, the reporter was a bit at a loss for words. He was afraid that if he continued to speak, he would brand him as anti-gay and be criticized by others on the Internet. The airport security had already cleared the way for them. Shen Yaoxiang finally said: "In short, our affairs are like this. There is not much difference between falling in love with ordinary people. Don't be curious, it's nothing interesting. Let us go." Then he took Wei Ning's shoulders and walked away gracefully.

After getting into the car, Shen Yaoxiang's manager, who had been waiting for them for almost two hours, wanted to strangle them to death. Shen Yaoxiang looked at him and smiled instead: "Why don't you trouble the big manager to pick me up in person in his busy schedule?"

"You really have the guts to say that in the past half a month, my blood vessel almost exploded and I was sent to the hospital because of your affairs. You'd better go back to your hometown and run away happily."

Shen Yaoxiang glanced at Wei Ning, who was a little uncomfortable, restrained his joking mood, and asked seriously: "It's not that exaggerated, right? Isn't it just coming out of the closet..."

"Isn't it just coming out of the closet?" The agent almost rolled his eyes: "You don't even think about renewing the contracts of several of your endorsements. They are now worried that you will drag you down and affect the brand image. Also, the two movies we were talking about There's no more drama, people would rather invite someone who is not as famous as you to film than dare to mess with you again."

"That's just right, I don't want to film anytime soon anyway."

It doesn't matter to Shen Yaoxiang, if he really can't get a job, he can focus on being a newcomer behind the scenes, anyway, his connections are still there, so he won't starve to death.

Sending the two back, the manager told Shen Yaoxiang to go back to the company tomorrow and then leave, Wei Ning asked him with some concern: "Is there any problem?"

"I don't have a big problem here." Shen Yaoxiang began to tidy up the room that was about to turn gray as soon as he entered the door, comforting Wei Ning: "I opened my own studio anyway, and it has nothing to do with the company. The pros and cons are all my own. Yes, it doesn't matter."

"It's you..." Shen Yaoxiang asked him: "You wrote those things on Weibo, you have completely torn skin with your manager, what are you going to do?"

"He did these things arbitrarily regardless of my wishes several times, and I can't continue to cooperate with him, so let's just do it. Anyway, my contract with the company will expire in half a year, so it just ends this time."

"What about the watch endorsement? Doesn't it mean that there are some additional terms?"

"That..." It's really troublesome to argue, because of that clause, if the merchant really insists on changing people, it can't be regarded as a breach of contract, and in turn, he has to pay for it, even though Wei Ning said he was out of the closet. It's not a bad image, but in fact, it's just that he is stubborn. The massive scolding on the Internet, and even the joint boycott, are not fake.

"Let's talk about it, if it doesn't work, just pull it down." At this point, he can only give up on himself.

Then again, the clothing advertisement he took before originally chose Shen Yaoxiang because the other company was dissatisfied with Shen Yaoxiang's sexuality. If you want to trouble him, it's really not good enough.

Shen Yaoxiang didn't ask any more questions. After thinking for a while, he took out his mobile phone and sent a message.

******

In the evening of the next day, Wei Ning, who was idling at home waiting for Shen Yaoxiang to come back with a package of food, received a call. It was Shen Yaoxiang calling, asking him to go downstairs to eat outside. Wei Ning was a little surprised, but he still followed what he said , changed clothes and went downstairs, to his surprise, there was another person in the car, who turned out to be Ji Ran, whom he hadn't seen for a long time.

The other party greeted him with a smile, Wei Ning got into the car, and Shen Yaoxiang explained to him: "Mr. Perrin is on vacation in Beijing now, and Grandpa Xiao Ran knows him very well, so he helped us make an appointment with him."

Wei Ning was very surprised, and then he thought of Ji Ran's family background, so he didn't find it surprising. The Mr.Perrin that Shen Yaoxiang said was one of the major shareholders of the men's clothing brand he endorsed before and the watch brand he was taking over now. He met him once when he went to Paris to shoot commercials, but he didn't expect Ji Ran to have such a friendship with him.

"Originally, foreign devils like them don't talk about business when they go on vacation. This time, they made an exception to agree to meet us because of Xiao Ran's face. Although he is not responsible for the advertising endorsement, he still has the right to speak. As long as we have a good relationship with him Hello, they should not suddenly propose to terminate the endorsement contract at this time."

Wei Ning nodded, and Ji Ran patted him on the shoulder with a smile: "Brother Wei Ning, don't worry, he actually has a pretty good impression of you, saying that your temperament is in line with the image positioning of their two brands for the spokesperson, It’s just these recent incidents that make them worry, we’ll have a meal with him later, and I’ll help you with a few words, it shouldn’t be a big problem.”

"……Thanks."

As Ji Ran said, this old man with a gray beard and hair has a very good impression of Wei Ning, and he is also very enthusiastic and talkative. The old man talked a lot while eating and kept talking about his first time. Interesting things about vacationing in China, I seem to have a good impression of the customs here.

It took a few hours to eat a meal and drank a lot of wine. The old man was very interested in Chinese baijiu and kept saying hello. Ji Ran poured him several glasses and didn't talk until he had enjoyed himself. got to the point.

The old man thought about it for a moment, and said truthfully: "What you said, to be honest, I'm not very clear about the details of the contract, because I didn't ask about it. The team responsible for brand promotion should have their own considerations. We have no position on the spokesperson's private life. Interference, but if it really affects the reputation and image of the spokesperson because of personal issues, and thus affects the image of our brand, it is normal for us to request termination of the contract..."

"I know, but I don't think their matter will have any impact on your company's brand image," Ji Ran opened his hand and logged on to Weibo, and posted the pair Wei Ning posted earlier that the two of them wore on their wrists together. Show the old man a close-up photo of the watch: "You can ask your company's publicity team about this microblog, they must have an impression, because of this photo, many young couples buy this pair of watches specially, even if they buy I can’t afford the one with diamonds like them. I will also buy the same series of cheap ordinary models. The price is acceptable to most people and the style is almost as popular with young couples as this one. Many friends around me buy it. , you can take a look at the sales comparison data of this watch in mainland China after that, it should be more intuitive.”

Seeing that the old man seemed to be moved by his persuasion, Ji Ran took a sip of water and continued his efforts: "I think it's more effective for the two of them to endorse this watch together than alone. In fact, I have a suggestion. Since they are all out of the closet, it's better to borrow this The matter was hyped up a lot, you signed the two of them together, and endorsed together, the same-sex couples endorsed by couples are also full of gimmicks, and both of them are very famous, and their affairs are getting so much attention now, The popularity will definitely not fade in the short term, so strike while the iron is hot, no matter what, your brand awareness will increase rapidly.”

Ji Ran spoke to him in French, Shen Yaoxiang and Wei Ning couldn't understand, and they didn't know what he said. They only knew that they discussed for a long time, and finally the old man did have a smile on his face, and Ji Ran also smiled. Quietly gave them an ok gesture.

This matter is almost done.

On the way back, Ji Ran explained to them what he had just said to the old gentleman in detail: "You two endorse together, and the endorsement fee is definitely not as high as acting alone. There is no way, but you have to be mentally prepared. The topic of endorsement and coming out is endless, and it will definitely be brought up and fired over and over again."

Shen Yaoxiang asked Wei Ning: "What do you think?"

"Whatever." In fact, it doesn't matter if he can continue to speak for him, I just don't want to cause trouble, now that such a proposal is made, it's quite interesting to let him and Shen Yaoxiang speak together, at least it can be regarded as being aboveboard: "Very good of."

After sending Ji Ran back home, when there were only the two of them left in the car, Wei Ning asked Shen Yaoxiang: "Ji Ran is so familiar with this Mr. Perrin, why didn't you look for him when the clothing endorsement was dirty?" help?"

Shen Yaoxiang smiled helplessly: "I knew you would say this, because I really didn't care before, and it's not up to him to choose the spokesperson, why don't Ji Ran just do it by himself? This time, he just agreed It’s just us helping to communicate in the middle.”

Wei Ning squinted at him: "Why aren't you so concerned about your endorsements?"

"Because you are an endorser of a bigger brand, and the endorsement fee is high. It's a pity to lose it," Shen Yaoxiang stretched out his hand and rubbed his head: "And the idea of ​​co-endorsement is actually my idea. If it really works, I won't be considered a share A cup of soup?"

Wei Ning finally smiled: "You want to play an intimate scene with me in public? Don't you forget that it is impossible for domestic TV stations to broadcast it? At most, it can only play side-by-side."

"That doesn't matter. You can shoot several versions of the advertisement, and it will be fine if it can be displayed in other places."

"..." Sure enough, it was planned early in the morning.