Chapter 220: Preheating (Part 2)

Albums have to be sold one by one. Now that sales are continuing to rise and promotion is overwhelming, with Universal Music operating it, she doesn't need to worry too much at all.

Soon, the recording of the fourth episode of "Creating Girls' Generation" began. Jiang Yuner, who had just experienced the contract termination incident, didn't receive much impact, and because she finally got rid of the entanglement of her former company, she was much more cheerful.

As soon as the program started, the vote counts for all trainees from the third episode to the present were announced.

The first place was unsurprisingly taken by Jiang Yuner, with a total of 10.98 million votes, of which "pay-to-win" votes accounted for more than 50% of the total.

It seems that after several episodes, her performance finally captured the hearts of passerby fans, making them all willing to spend money for her.

The second place was taken by Lin Yuxiao. Although the status of Yuehua Company in the entertainment industry is much higher than that of Senhe, with more big names and more fans.

But Senhe takes the approachable route. Those who can stick with it are all die-hard fans, and they are relatively willing to spend money. Moreover, they are very experienced in fan operations. The fan club Weibo and super-topic management are tight and orderly, and fundraising for voting is also orderly.

Finally, with data of over 9 million votes and pay-to-win votes accounting for 70%, she became the pay-to-win king of the third episode, showing the high enthusiasm of Senhe fans for paying.

Interestingly, Yue Wei, who was originally highly anticipated and performed exceptionally well in the third episode, did not get the third place, but was defeated by Luo Luo Chu Yi, who performed normally but had exceptionally high popularity.

The latter firmly occupied the third place with 8.59 million votes. Although pay-to-win votes accounted for less than 40%, it also showed that there were really many passerby fans who liked Luo Luo Chu Yi.

There was a clear gap between Xu Yuelin and Luo Luo Chu Yi, with only a little over 6 million, and not much more than the fifth-place Chunzi.

Yue Wei and Xu Yuelin are from the same company, and even the same group. There is actually a considerable overlap in the number of fans, and in the situation where they both have to compete for debut spots, it is impossible for the two fan bases to take their votes to support the other.

If the two fan bases were willing to work together to vote for one person, it wouldn't be difficult for Yue Wei or Xu Yuelin to take first place. However, this situation is almost impossible before the debut spots are completely clear.

As for Chunzi, she was completely unfamiliar with the place, had insufficient fans, and not many die-hard fans, so she could only rank fifth. If it were really ranked by strength, she would be at least in the top three.

The last three are An Xin, Shi Qing, and Xu Xuan.

As the newly promoted A-class trainees, the first two absorbed fans crazily after the second and third episodes were broadcast, suddenly surpassing the two who had been squeezed down by them before.

And Xu Xuan, as one of the most hardworking trainees in the second episode, with a superior image and steadily improving strength, also caught the last train for the debut spot.

And Zheng Tao was probably the most miserable one. As an A-class trainee, her votes this time actually ranked outside the top fifteen, and she was blown to pieces by many B-class trainees.

As a professional dancer, her appearance can only be said to be above average, and she is older. Compared with dance masters like Seeing Wen Xia and Jiang Yuner, her hand and foot muscle groups are perhaps more developed, and she was directly crowned with the title of "Iron T" by a group of passersby. It is harder to wash fans than to ascend to heaven.

Plus, the program team didn't have much hope for her from the beginning, so the third episode didn't give her many shots. This directly stripped away her outstanding parts.

Therefore, when everyone's vote counts came out, although Zheng Tao entered the top twenty and seemed to be able to stay in the program for several more episodes, she was already pale, and she knew in her heart that she had no hope of debuting.

Compared with those trainees who had already been determined to be eliminated, Zheng Tao was actually more desperate in her heart.

Previously, as an A-class trainee, she had also fantasized countless times that she could debut and become an idol like Seeing Wen Xia who was popular all over the country.

However, now the dream is awake, but the program team cruelly forced her to continue dreaming, dreaming this tragic dream that already knew the result.

Looking at those trainees who were at the bottom of the votes and had already cried, Zheng Tao also felt a bit of sadness. Fortunately, she was relatively strong, and only her eye sockets were slightly moist, and she didn't let tears flow out of her eye sockets.

This sad scene, if placed in other talent shows, was originally a great opportunity to earn the audience's tears. First, the mentor took the lead in crying, said a few words of encouragement that they couldn't bear to part with, and then when editing the program, the program team added a few sad background music, which could easily be sensationalized and reach the hot search.

However, the camera moved to the five mentors, and everyone was expressionless.

This is the keynote of "Creating Girls' Generation." Here, you can only speak with strength. If you have strength, you have popularity, and you can stay on the stage.

There is no sensationalism, no luck, no softheartedness, only the most cruel survival of the fittest.

Of course, after getting along for nearly a month, the mentors were not iron-hearted people, and farewell words still had to be said.

When the nearly fifteen trainees who were eliminated stood out in a row, Jin Zihao held the microphone and hesitated again and again.

The camera gave it to him, and his expression was still very solemn.

Finally, he said: "Originally, I wanted to say something to comfort you, but after thinking for a long time, I feel that any comforting words now are nonsense."

Although the trainees were still crying, they all puffed out their chests and didn't use their hands to wipe the tears from the corners of their eyes again.

"Yes, this is the trainee of our 'Creating Girls' Generation'!" Jin Zihao's tone suddenly became impassioned. "Although you were eliminated, there is one thing you must not forget: you were once a member of 'Creating Girls' Generation,' one of the top 100 girl group candidates in all of China!"

"Just this point, you have already walked in front of countless people."

"Although the journey of 'Creating Girls' Generation' is over, your life has just begun. Don't forget what you learned in 'Creating Girls' Generation.' I believe this will not be our last meeting!"

Finally, what made the trainees let go was a bowl of chicken soup for the soul.

After being the bad guy so many times, Jin Zihao suddenly became a good guy, and the effect was unexpectedly good.

After crying, the trainees finally revealed smiles. After hugging the mentors and familiar trainees one by one, they left the recording site.

Many trainees looked back three times with every step they took when they left. Although they believed that Teacher Jin Zihao said there would be opportunities to meet again in the future.

But whether they will meet again on the stage, that will have to be a big question mark.

After a batch of trainees were eliminated, the atmosphere at the recording site was also slightly heavy.

The remaining trainees finally felt the pressure from this moment, and finally understood that the words the mentors said to them before were not to scare them.

The spirit of all trainees changed at this moment, especially those trainees whose grades were only slightly better than those who were eliminated. Now they are probably the most nervous.

At the same time, many trainees with keen observation also found the few people the program team wanted to promote. The mentors were always willing to interact with them, and there were many cameras nearby.

This is the benefit brought by popularity. Everything is so realistic.

The fourth episode didn't have many explosive points, but it made more people understand what this program was going to do.

What it wants to do is the best talent show in China. Rather than saying this is an online variety show, it is better to say it is like a competition.

While ensuring fun, the program team tried its best to maintain the absolute fairness of this competition, reducing almost all off-field factors.

Whether the trainees can debut in the end depends on only two conditions: popularity and strength, and the latter is far more important than the former.

It can be said that after the fourth episode was broadcast, the reputation of "Creating Girls' Generation" was thoroughly established.

It is different from any previous talent show. It fundamentally eliminates the possibility of official capital intervention, making the debut of the contestants thoroughly become a popular election.

The eight people who can debut in the end will definitely be the eight people who are the most capable and the most liked by the audience.

Miss Luo Quan basically played soy sauce throughout the fourth episode, and because Seeing Wen Xia had to prepare for the exam, her lines were not many.

However, this episode was originally a transitional episode, without any particularly important scenes, and starting from this episode, the program team will also focus the camera on the trainees.

With the development of the program, the influence of the mentors will become smaller and smaller.

After the filming, Miss Luo Quan and Seeing Wen Xia took a plane back to Beijing overnight.

This time they left home for a full half month. When they came out last time, there were six people, and this time there were only two left when they came back, which seemed much colder.

Speaking of which, the cake Miss Luo Quan bought for her birthday, everyone didn't even eat a quarter of it. Originally, she wanted to put it in the refrigerator and wait until the program was recorded before coming back to eat it.

Who knows that this recording lasted for half a month. When she opened the refrigerator again, a stench came to her face.

Not only the cake, but the other leftovers also deteriorated. Plus, they were covered with plastic wrap at the time, and the whole refrigerator was a sour smell.

Miss Luo Quan endured the nausea, took out all the food in the refrigerator except for the freezer, and then cleaned it well, which cleared the smell.

Without cleaning for half a month, dust naturally appeared on the floor.

This time, Miss Luo Quan didn't have the leisure to have a big cleanup, so she directly contacted a housekeeping company, spending money to save worry.

Originally, Miss Luo Quan thought that the next week would be another week of nothing to do, but a phone call from Director Wu Jin, who hadn't been in touch for a long time, made her energetic.

The promotion of "Wolf Warrior 2" is about to begin!

This movie was basically finished editing at the beginning of April, but Director Wu's ambition this time is very big, because he feels that "Wolf Warrior 2" will be a work that will leave a name in the history of Chinese cinema, so he doesn't intend to be perfunctory in the publicity work.

In short, after the editing was completed, he talked about many cooperative companies, and only after it was finalized did he start the promotion.

Movie publicity must invite a group of main creators to participate in various programs and interviews, and those with resources even have to go on some popular programs.

Although Director Wu Jin didn't have any connections in this regard, fortunately, the other financiers of the movie were relatively energetic, and basically arranged everything.

And as the only heroine of the movie, and also one of the few actresses, Miss Luo Quan naturally has to participate in the publicity work. After all, this is also her first work.

After receiving the invitation from Director Wu Jin, Miss Luo Quan was of course very attentive. In addition to the normal publicity channels, she also took on a variety show for publicity. I heard it was on Mango TV, and she would go on with Wu Jin, Qin Yi, and Wu Hang.

Soon, the movie poster for "Wolf Warrior 2" came out. As the protagonist, Wu Jin occupied one-third of the poster, and the other characters were all in strong outfits, about the same size, and basically didn't divide any status.

However, judging from the current actual situation, Miss Luo Quan is actually the one with the highest status in the crew.

Speaking of which, it is also magical. When she first joined the crew, Miss Luo Quan's reputation in China was not very good, and the sales of her Chinese album during that period also flopped.

As a result, a few months after the filming, she directly transformed into the most popular pop singer at home and abroad, and the announcements and endorsement invitations for various big heroine film and television dramas almost burst her mailbox.

Now if Miss Luo Quan is asked to film again, the price is probably not the cabbage price at the beginning. It was 100,000 US dollars before, and now it probably has to be ten times that!

Wu Jin has also been rejoicing these days, rejoicing that he started quickly at the beginning, and didn't deliberately suppress Miss Luo Quan's salary.

Now Miss Luo Quan's popularity has skyrocketed, and the promotional effect brought to "Wolf Warrior 2" is undoubtedly extremely positive. Moreover, although she is popular, she has no airs at all. She agreed to come for publicity with one phone call, and she helped to the end, and she is also willing to go to the subsequent variety shows.

The key is that from the beginning of filming to now, she didn't say a word about wanting to increase the price, which is a world of difference from the heroine she found before.

To be honest, Wu Jin himself is also an actor who has filmed for more than ten years, and he has never seen such a worry-free and conscientious actress.

Considering that "Wolf Warrior 2" will definitely have a good harvest at the box office this time, he has secretly decided to make up the salary for a group of actors, especially Miss Luo Quan.

Although she probably doesn't lack money now, this intention must be given. Maybe there will be opportunities for cooperation in the future?

After the movie poster for "Wolf Warrior 2" came out, the publicity team found by Wu Jin was also very powerful, directly arranging a high-level hot search, hot search name: "Wolf Warrior 2"!

Short and direct, click in to see, the introduction is also eye-catching: "'Wolf Warrior 1' sequel, starring Wu Jin, Miss Luo Quan, Qin Yi, explosive fighting ignites this summer!"

Then there are some clips cut from the movie.

Since it is a gunfight action movie, it is naturally indispensable for hot-blooded close-quarters combat. Wu Jin, who was born as an action star, filming these things is like Zhang Fei eating bean sprouts—a piece of cake.

As for Miss Luo Quan, although there are some wonderful performances in the play, it cannot be shown by clips, but as a vase, her appearance is the best performance.

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