Chapter 9: Heat and Controversy

At noon on the second day after Sony released the short video, Wang Xuan's studio finally responded to the speculation and discussion of the vast number of netizens:

"Thanks to the fans and netizens for their support. Sony Music is one of the largest record companies in the world. We and Xuanxuan have always looked forward to cooperating with them, but so far we have not had any relevant business with Sony, and the Sony mysterious heroine who has been rampant recently is not Wang Xuan."

This statement made the truth that was about to come out become confusing again. The most embarrassed were probably those who thought the mysterious heroine was Wang Xuan.

These people proved that the heroine in the short video was Wang Xuan through various long-winded articles and listing so-called details, and they didn't spare any words to praise Wang Xuan as the first person in the younger generation to lead Chinese music to the world, which was nauseating to the extreme.

As a result, as soon as this statement came out, these people were all slapped in the face. Those who deleted their posts deleted them, and those who pretended to be dead pretended to be dead.

For Wang Xuan, this maneuver earned her plenty of buzz and a free ride on the trending list, but the speculation and debate regarding Sony's mysterious female lead did not end there. More and more female stars were being added to the discussion by their own fans.

Undoubtedly, everyone realized that this topic was a great opportunity to rub heat for free. If you are lucky, gaining tens of thousands or even more than 100,000 real fans is not a problem.

Especially now that Wang Xuan took the initiative to withdraw from the "battlefield," everyone's opportunities became balanced. Every female star could be added to the discussion, and fans were also arguing for their own idols. For a time, the number of discussions about this topic exceeded 40,000 in less than a day, and the reading volume approached the 100 million mark.

And the discussion about who the mysterious heroine was on Twitter gradually subsided. After all, the heroine of this video was Chinese. Perhaps they would be a bit curious at first, but just such a short video could not keep them excited all the time.

However, the short video released by Sony Music in the early hours of the 18th made everyone excited again, because the heroine in the video showed her face.

The second short video was not edited at all. Miss Luo Quan appeared in the full frame, her pure and beautiful face and good figure were all revealed. At the same time, the BGM of the video also changed to Miss Luo Quan's new song "Lemon" that was about to be released.

Although two minutes were only enough to sing half, the catchy melody and these heart-touching lyrics made every player fall in love with this song in an instant.

The preview at the end of the video also changed to: Izumi's first personal mini-album, including "Lemon," "Uchiage Hanabi," and "I Once Thought About Ending It All," exclusively distributed by Sony Music!

Quite a lot of Japanese netizens finally realized at this moment that it turned out this mysterious heroine was her!

Two days ago, there were also quite a lot of posts related to Miss Luo Quan's songs on Twitter, and the heat was also very high. As a result, they disappeared for no reason now. It turned out that she was going to release an album.

Of course, the netizens who knew about this were only a small part compared to the netizens who participated in the discussion of the mysterious heroine. Most people left messages in the comment section, wanting to know the identity of this beautiful girl as much as possible.

The netizens who knew the truth also began to enthusiastically explain to everyone in the comment section and strongly recommended Miss Luo Quan's three new songs, calling them the best Japanese songs since 2016.

Pale praise certainly didn't have too much persuasiveness, but the half song in the short video was strong proof. Everyone who listened to it praised it for being good!

And those netizens who had already listened to the full version two days ago now had a brand new experience, because this was re-recorded by Miss Luo Quan in the recording studio. The sound quality was completely different from recording with a mobile phone. Her gentle and healing tone was reflected to the greatest extent!

While Japanese netizens were full of praise for Miss Luo Quan, the Chinese netizens who knew the truth were caught in a strange style.

First of all, the fans of those female stars argued with others until their faces were red and their necks were thick, but all the possible candidates were guessed wrong. The real heroine was actually an unknown girl.

Secondly, all netizens questioned Miss Luo Quan's Chinese identity. Their first impression of Miss Luo Quan was that this was clearly a white person!

The comment section of this trending search exploded rapidly:

"With this high nose and blonde hair, you tell me this is Chinese? Do Japanese people have any misunderstanding about the cognition of yellow people?"

"Normal, Japan and South Korea both think their nation is white. It's really rare that they can bring us along."

"What about me? My skin isn't that white."

"To be fair, this girl's appearance in the video is quite top-tier."

"It's obvious she went under the knife. The video filter effect is so obvious that you can't see it. What I hate most is this kind of artificial beauty. It's not Real at all."

"If I give it to you, won't you fuck it?"

"I don't agree with this kind of behavior, but I still want to fuck it purely."

Without suspense, the comment section was crooked to the extreme. Most were attracted by Miss Luo Quan's looks and figure, discussing whether this was a real beauty or an artificial beauty. Few people paid attention to Miss Luo Quan's works. Occasionally, a few netizens posted: "This song is quite good," but they were quickly drowned out by others.

This is the end of having no fans to control the comments. Although fan control is not popular in most cases, it is sometimes very important.

Fortunately, although the style of domestic comments was a bit strange, Miss Luo Quan hadn't done anything to attract hatred, so there were not many malicious comments. However, as the truth came out, the heat of the discussion about her gradually dropped.

But the heat of the discussion on Twitter remained high, especially after Miss Luo Quan registered a Twitter account, a large group of fans who started with looks and were loyal to talent flocked to follow, forward, and comment in one go.

Because she had just applied for the account, Miss Luo Quan's personal homepage only had a selfie of herself at home. The background was the blinds facing the bed in the bedroom. In the photo, Miss Luo Quan was wearing a white T-shirt with Hello Kitty printed on it, making a "Yes" gesture, which was very simple.

Fans left messages:

"Is Izumi-chan really Chinese? Should be mixed-race, right?"

"Izumi is really beautiful, and her singing voice is also very good!"

"Followed you on YouTube two days ago. Didn't expect you to release a record so soon."

"First time seeing a female star appearing without makeup, and she's so beautiful. It's really rare."

The style of this comment section was much more normal. Fans were praising her looks and talent. Because there were too many, it was really troublesome to reply to all of them, so she just liked them one by one.

However, Miss Luo Quan specifically replied to the message asking about her identity: "My mother and I are both native Chinese from Yuzhou. My father is of English-Japanese descent."

This kind of question must state a position. It must never be ambiguous. If the answer is a little inappropriate, it will be easy for people to make an article about it in the future.

The night gradually deepened. After refreshing the comment section for the last time, Miss Luo Quan finally turned off her phone and prepared to turn off the lights and sleep.

This time Sony's marketing for her could almost be said to be perfect, occupying the Twitter trending list for two days, and the discussion about her reached a screen-swiping level of heat.

However, Miss Luo Quan knew that these were actually small battles. After the record was released tomorrow, her heat would definitely rise at an unimaginable rate.

"Lemon" arrangement, lyrics, and melody were invincible. "Uchiage Hanabi" was perfect for the occasion, and "Ending It All" had extraordinary significance. With all three songs taken out at the same time, it would be hard not to explode.

However, Miss Luo Quan clearly still underestimated the influence of these three songs. ===== CHAPTER 10 =====