Chapter 1040: A Bad Start

The New Year's Eve gala still didn't satisfy most of the audience, and they still didn't see any sketches that could make people laugh out loud.

But compared to the lack of highlights in the previous two years, this year at least had one or two programs that were more impressive.

For example, the song "The Most Dazzling Ethnic Style" sung by Miss Luo Quan and Leon.

As soon as the gala ended, this song became the first hit of the New Year, and the playback volume on various platforms rose in a straight line.

From the elderly in their seventies and eighties to children of seven or eight, everyone was attracted by the melody of this song and started playing it on loop.

It's just that everyone isn't going out during the Spring Festival; otherwise, this song would already be ringing in the squares.

Fortunately, the popularity of "The Most Dazzling Ethnic Style" was explosive enough to suppress the popularity of "the gala programs failing."

Speaking of which, if it weren't for this song suddenly bursting out, its current position would actually be "Good Morning, Dragon Return."

This song, suspected of plagiarism, was the most popular song at the end of the year. It had already swept the entire internet during the Mango TV New Year's Eve gala, and this time it even made it to the Spring Festival gala.

Although the song title and lyrics were changed, the melody didn't change much. It's not wrong to say it's catchy; middle-aged and elderly people like this type of song the most.

Unfortunately, this divine song that should have taken off had its spotlight stolen by "The Most Dazzling Ethnic Style," and the attention it received was minimal.

For young people who don't like Douyin divine songs, this is definitely a good thing.

Compared to a song suspected of plagiarism becoming popular all over the internet, they would rather the person who becomes popular be Miss Luo Quan.

Of course, there was no lack of keyboard warriors criticizing it online.

If a song wants to be suitable for all ages, the style definitely cannot be too elegant. The characteristic of the sinking market is "vulgarity."

Of course, there are differences between "sensual vulgarity," "secular vulgarity," and "mediocre vulgarity."

The vulgarity of "The Most Dazzling Ethnic Style" definitely doesn't carry a derogatory meaning.

But for keyboard warriors, Miss Luo Quan doing this kind of vulgar song is wasting her talent and compromising with the market.

In their eyes, Miss Luo Quan not writing a few more handed-down musical movements like "Bell" or "Second Waltz" is a failure.

Such nitpicking comments might have been refuted or debated by Miss Luo Quan in the past.

But now, she wouldn't even take a look; wasting any more breath on it would be a waste of life.

After the Spring Festival gala performance ended, she took a taxi directly back to the hotel.

Compared to these comments, she was more concerned about Bilibili's traffic data tonight.

After giving away so many real benefits, Bilibili users handed her a satisfactory answer on New Year's Eve.

From the time she acquired Bilibili until now, there were 6 million new users, and more than 1 million old users became active again.

This is already comparable to the growth volume during the peak period, but the data should fall after the start of the year, and after the carnival, it is the moment that truly tests operations.

Whether these users can be retained and made to pay will be the key to whether Bilibili can turn the tables.

Satisfiedly closing the data report, Miss Luo Quan looked at the livestream room of Channel 5 again.

The World Cup qualifier between the national football team and Vietnam was about to start in an hour. Tens of thousands of national football fans gathered in the stadium, turning the entire stand into a sea of red.

Perhaps to liven up the atmosphere, the host even played "Boundless Oceans, Vast Skies," and everyone sang in unison with dialects from all over the country: "Forgive me for being unrestrained and loving freedom in this life~~~"

The morale was quite high, but this was the morale of the audience.

"I hope the national football team can create a miracle tomorrow morning."

Miss Luo Quan sighed softly, then turned off her phone and prepared to rest.

At this moment, the door suddenly opened by itself. There was no need to guess; it was Ye Zhining's doing.

The top-tier anti-theft door of the Peace Hotel presidential suite was like a dry toilet to her; there wasn't much difference between having it and not having it. She could come in whenever she wanted.

"What are you doing?" Miss Luo Quan raised her head, "I'm already asleep, aren't you going to sleep yet?"

"I can't sleep alone; the sound of firecrackers outside is so loud, it's a bit scary." Ye Zhining giggled wickedly, and without waiting for Miss Luo Quan's response, she drilled into her quilt like a nimble snake.

"You, a dignified Empress of a nation, are afraid of the sound of firecrackers?" Miss Luo Quan was amused by Ye Zhining's excuse, "If you want to sleep with me, you can just say so; there's no need to be so roundabout."

"Hehe, since my beloved concubine knows it, why ask so much?" Ye Zhining said while squeezing towards Miss Luo Quan.

"Move over a bit, the space is too small and I'm not comfortable sleeping." Miss Luo Quan never liked having another person lying next to her.

Stealing pillows, stealing quilts, and occasionally kicking her butt.

That's what Wen Xia used to do.

Although Ye Zhining wasn't as rowdy as Wen Xia, sometimes she could be even worse.

"Don't worry, I definitely won't steal your quilt."

Ye Zhining said, moving her butt to the side, immediately closed her eyes, and made a look of a well-behaved baby sleeping.

Seeing this look, Miss Luo Quan sighed and closed her eyes.

When she woke up again, it was already nine o'clock in the morning.

It was the familiar meditation turning into deep sleep; every time Ye Zhining slept next to her, this situation would occur.

After opening her eyes, she found herself and Ye Zhining firmly entangled together, like two octopuses fighting for their lives.

"Beloved concubine, you took liberties with me again last night." Ye Zhining looked at Miss Luo Quan with teary eyes, "How do you plan to compensate this time?"

"Then go call the police." Miss Luo Quan got off Ye Zhining speechlessly, "Let the police arrest me, let the judge sentence me, I'll admit it."

Miss Luo Quan directly started acting shamelessly, which actually left Ye Zhining speechless.

"Every time you come over, I lose consciousness, and when I wake up, I'm hugging you. Even if I have 99% of the fault, don't you have 1% of the responsibility?"

In this situation, Miss Luo Quan didn't want to reason and directly continued to act shamelessly.

"Beloved concubine, what you're saying is really too unreasonable." Ye Zhining was very unhappy, staring at Miss Luo Quan, wanting to fiercely spank her butt as a punishment.

"If you think I'm being unreasonable, don't come to my room in the future."

One sentence from Miss Luo Quan made Ye Zhining choose to compromise. She giggled and replied: "Then forget it, it must be that my beloved concubine was too tired during the day, you must rest early today."

"Heh." Miss Luo Quan easily handled the Empress, revealing a triumphant smile.

Taking out her phone, she couldn't wait to open Weibo.

As a Chinese person, she naturally hoped the national football team could win the game.

But from the perspective of watching the fun without fearing the chaos, she hoped the national football team would lose fiercely this time.

This way, it could not only provide laughter for all the trolls on the internet but also let everyone know where the problem lies.

Seeing the trending search at number one with the "Explosive" prefix on Weibo, Miss Luo Quan knew the national football team hadn't disappointed everyone.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, a day for the whole country to celebrate.

The national football team was miserably defeated by Vietnam 1:5, giving the whole country a loud "bad start."

This shameful defeat of the national football team quickly became a hot topic on the entire internet. Reporters conducted interviews outside the stadium after the game, and angry fans replicated one classic quote after another.

And among them, the most famous one is probably: "Geneva, refund the money."

And on the internet, because this kind of vulgar language couldn't be typed out, they chose a slightly gentler way of criticism, which is "don't even want your face anymore."

Actually, it's not that no one thought the national football team would lose before the game. After all, although Vietnam is a weak team, the national football team hasn't been strong in recent years, and it's possible to lose to anyone.

It's just that no one expected it to lose so miserably.

5:1, it's not an exaggeration to call it a massacre, and the goal scored at the end was sent by the other side with high emotional intelligence.

But for national football fans, such a 5:1 is more insulting than 5:0; they would rather not have such a favor.

Looking at the Vietnamese fans, they were naturally celebrating all over the country after achieving such a big victory.

And they also celebrate the Spring Festival, which can be called a double happiness. All the players received bonuses worth tens of thousands of RMB.

After calculation, this money isn't enough for the national football team's previous dinner expenses.

After knowing this news, the national football fans became even more angry.

Getting such a high salary, enjoying such good treatment, but finally playing like this, it's not just "don't want face," it's simply "don't want face!"

Consequently, the criticism from the entire internet began:

"I often say one thing, that is, if you arrest all these people in the national football team, there will definitely be unjust cases, but if you shoot one for every one, there will definitely be fish that slipped through the net."

"Is sea cucumber delicious?"

"We said 'play casually' and you really played casually?"

"It's rotten from top to bottom, destroy it quickly!"

"Don't pick this kind of day for games in the future; isn't this adding blockage to the whole country?"

"My suggestion is to cancel all bonuses and salaries. When you win the game, then pay them. You can't see any enthusiasm in the whole game."

"Miss Luo Quan isn't working either; five blessings were scored five times."

"Haha, if it weren't for Miss Luo Quan's five blessings, do you believe the national football team could have been scored ten times?"

"Haha, it's really possible; what can't the national football team do?"

"That's still possible; if you let it win the game, it really can't win."

"I won't stay up late to watch it in the future; it's purely increasing the challenge to my physical health!"

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It's just that there are restrictions on speech on the internet, and many words can't be typed out; otherwise, what the national football team would have received would be scolding from all over the country.

However, even in such a headwind situation, there were still people who came out to wash for the national football team.

For example, a former national football player posted a Weibo, calling on fans not to have so much blame.

China has many people, but the football population really can't compare to Vietnam now. Their registered football players are several times that of China, so it's normal to lose.

Then he said, how many of these people who follow the trend and scold are truly concerned about the national football team? Isn't it just seeing everyone scolding, so they come over to vent their dissatisfaction, but in fact, they don't really hope for the national football team to be good.

Finally, it's the classic "you go up if you can." The national football team members are already not easy. High salary is determined by the market, and it's also the market value they kicked out themselves. If you are not convinced, you can try it.

Such remarks received likes and reposts from many football practitioners, including some players who had just lost the game.

The statement looks very reasonable, but if you analyze it carefully, it's actually nonsense.

First of all, the so-called football population theory is a complete substitution of concepts.

A large part of Vietnam's registered players are amateur enthusiasts. Anyone can go to register, so the number is large.

And the domestic registered players are basically serious professional players.

Excluding amateur enthusiasts, there are actually more domestic professional players.

Secondly, netizens following the trend to scold and not hoping for the national football team to be good.

That is also an irresponsible act of shifting blame.

You have the ability to play like this and still don't allow fans to scold?

If you play a tragedy and don't get scolded, do you still want to use love to influence you?

Finally, the treatment of national football players is among the best in the world. In the same level of league and the same competitive environment, there should be no better treatment than national football players.

Being able to say such nonsense as "players are not easy," it's probably because they have heard too much brain-dead fan washing, and they actually believe it themselves.

The most crucial thing is that after this error-filled statement was issued, it received the approval of many people.

This is probably the point where netizens are most angry.

If it were just a few acquaintances liking and reposting, it would be fine, but the key is that many industry insiders really recognize this point.

Doesn't that mean they are saying they are not wrong, and the fans are wrong?

The netizens who were already angry immediately went crazy and began to attack everyone who dared to repost this Weibo.

And the culprit who edited this Weibo was scolded even more bloody.

Finally, he couldn't withstand the pressure and canceled his account.

But the netizens didn't stop there; they still wantonly carried out cyberbullying against relevant people.

Losing the game and getting scolded, as long as you are in this line of work, you have experienced it more or less.

But like today's big battle, it's probably the first time.

But there is no way, who let this loss gather all kinds of factors?

Military order before the game, losing the game on the first day of the Lunar New Year, tragedy, shifting blame after the game, basically all the mistakes that could be made were made.

If this is still not blood-washed by fans, then it's really sorry for the efforts they made on the field.

For players and fans, this first day of the Lunar New Year is undoubtedly very painful.

But for a "fun-seeker" like Miss Luo Quan, this national football team loss is really interesting, and she is full of melons.

Actually, the former national football player who was scolded into canceling his account had one sentence that was actually right, that is, most netizens now don't care about the national football team.

Even many people now just want the national football team to lose, or say they will be satisfied only when they see the national football team die.

And the reason for such hatred is also because they loved it so much before.

Except for these former fans, other people are indeed following the trend to spray.

However, who let the national football team really give the opportunity.

Watching the netizens' fancy torture of the national football team with a smile, Miss Luo Quan focused her attention on the movie box office list.

Because the popularity was stolen by the national football team's miserable defeat, several movies released today have no popularity.

"Empty River Blue," which had spent a lot of effort on promotion, did not get the box office pre-sale championship.

And the "Buddhist-style" marketing "The Wandering Earth 2," relying on the reputation of the previous work, won the pre-sale championship.

And looking at the current momentum, the box office championship on the first day of release should also be stable. ===== CHAPTER 1041 =====

Meanwhile, the "low-key marketing" film *The Wandering Earth 2*, relying on the word-of-mouth of its predecessor, secured the top spot in pre-sales.

And looking at the current momentum, it should be a sure thing for it to be the box office champion on its opening day as well.