After handing out the posters, Meng Xu casually put his phone in his pocket and walked out of the film set humming a song.
He had only taken a few steps when his phone started vibrating.
He took it out and glanced at it; the number of unread messages on Weibo jumped to ninety-nine in an instant.
He didn't open it, turned his phone over and put it in his pocket, then continued walking.
Oh dear, this is nothing, nothing at all. It would be wrong if it weren't this style.
The topic trended on social media the moment Meng Xu posted it. Seven out of the top ten search terms were related to " Travel to Those Little-Known Places ".
#The Yue Lao's Origins #
Qiguan Yuan Full Recording#
Travel to Those Little-Known Places Episode 4#
# Qiguan Yuan #
The other three were gibberish messages posted by excited fans who were rambling incoherently; you couldn't understand their meaning at all without clicking on them.
The Xiao Yuan Grains were as happy as if it were Chinese New Year.
Someone posted a screenshot in the supertopic, which was a close-up of the details of Qiguan Yuan's poster, circling the direction of each red string and the expression on each person's face.
It has been two months since Yuanyuan, who has not been online, last appeared in a live stream.
They already had a general idea that Yuanyuan never looked at her phone.
According to Shen Yuzhou, even Pei Yubai couldn't contact Qiguan Yuan by phone, as Qiguan Yuan doesn't use a phone at all.
However, Xiao Yuan Grains, who already has Qiguan Yuan's Weibo, is quite open-minded and doesn't care. You can't expect an elderly person like Yuanyuan to be glued to their phone all day.
When the Xiao Yuan Grains think of that scheming Pei and Yuanyuan's capricious nature, they can only say that Director Meng is the best for making such an episode!
This episode is clearly themed around Qiguan Yuan, which means that Qiguan Yuan isn't like the previous three episodes, where he only appeared for a few days and then left.
This episode looks like Qiguan Yuan is going to film the whole thing!
Xiao Yuan Grains is practically celebrating the New Year.
After two months, the popularity of " Travel to That Unknown Place " has actually declined significantly.
After all, no variety show is as capricious as Meng Xu, stopping whenever he wants, just to wait for the guests to finish filming.
If this were any other variety show, they would have immediately replaced the guests.
However, judging from the poster released by Director Meng this time, it's still the same guests, and no new guests have been added. This was unexpected by everyone.
The Xiao Yuan Grains were happy, but they also knew that the show's success today was not solely due to Qiguan Yuan.
Shen Yuzhou, Cheng Yanqiu, Lin Yanru, Ji Shiyu, Jiang Wantang —each of these guests has their own fan base.
The audience structure of " Travel to Those Little-Known Places " is pyramid-shaped, with Qiguan Yuan and Pei Yubai at the very top.
In the middle are Shen Yuzhou and Cheng Yanqiu, and below them are Lin Yanru, Ji Shiyu, Jiang Wantang.
When Qiguan Yuan was absent, the other guests held up the show's core audience.
Moreover, in the previous episode, Pei Yubai spent most of his time filming on set, only occasionally appearing in the live stream, and each time he did, he boosted the number of viewers online.
Meng Xu hasn't been in a rush to start filming these past two months because Pei Yubai and Ji Shiyu filming and their schedules are too tight.
He simply gave the guests a long vacation, letting them each do their own thing.
Shen Yuzhou accepted a guest role on a variety show.
Cheng Yanqiu shot a magazine cover, accepted endorsements, and did business deals.
Lin Yanru returned to the station to host a gala.
Su He'an returned to Village Above the Clouds to help the village elders with their work, Ji Shiyu and Jiang Wantang were busy with their own things, one in a film crew and the other in a dance troupe.
The production team has been slow to announce the start of filming, and people online are starting to get restless.
The popularity of the variety show " Travel to That Unknown Place " was evident to everyone not long ago.
Furthermore, some celebrities have expressed, to varying degrees, when asked by fans, that they are communicating with Director Meng and are very keen to join this variety show.
Most people think that Meng Xu should add more guests this time. To be honest, there are too few guests on this variety show, and adding some guests is indeed the general trend that everyone thinks is inevitable.
But Meng Xu remained obstinate and didn't bring a single bird with him.
He doesn't make money from variety shows. Although this show did earn him some pocket money, Meng Xu didn't really care about it.
Chun Chun is here purely out of love.
Therefore, he doesn't need those so-called popular guests; he has always given the cold shoulder to those who come to him.
Because Meng Xu ignored everyone, some extreme fans of other celebrities even went so far as to attack Meng Xu's Weibo.
Who knew that Meng Xu would start cursing without any restraint?
Meng Xu, whose temper was far from mild, concluded with. "If you keep babbling, I'll change my surname to yours if your idol ever appears in the entertainment industry tomorrow."
Knowing Meng Xu's true identity, many in the entertainment industry were so frightened that they hastily posted messages to regulate their fans.
This period has led to the entertainment industry referring to it as a "military training period."
Pei Yubai is the type who won't pay any attention to you unless you do something he disapproves of; he'll only take action if you actually do something he disapproves of.
But Meng Xu is different; Meng Xu does whatever comes to mind.
He posted this Weibo, which means he really intends to prank someone.
One of the celebrities, defying superstition, openly posted a message challenging Meng Xu.
The celebrity himself posted a Weibo, the tone of which was ambiguous, but the meaning was clear: he was using his Meng Xu to coerce others.
His fans rallied in support of him in the comments section.
Meng Xu was eating breakfast when he saw the Weibo. He put down his phone, finished the last sip of his soy milk, washed the bowl, dried his hands, opened Weibo, and posted two words: "Wait."
Ten minutes later, Meng Xu Weibo.
The official Weibo accounts of those brands all responded within two minutes, with remarkably consistent messages. "This artist has been blacklisted for collaborations."
Pei Yubai was waiting on set when Meng Xu called him and told him to check Weibo.
Pei Yubai saw Meng Xu's tag and retweeted the Weibo, which only had one tag: Huateng Group.
Huateng Group's official Weibo within one minute, tagging 42 brands.
The brands all replied within five minutes, and the content was exactly the same as the replies under Meng Xu's Weibo.
That's not all.
Shen Yuzhou then reposted it, tagging the official Weibo account of Shen Group.
Shen Group does not usually get involved in the entertainment industry, but after Shen Yuzhou posted the tag, Shen Group's official Weibo account reposted Huateng Group's Weibo without adding any text.
Those in the industry know what the Shen Group means.
It's definitely about taking sides.
Everyone in the industry knows that the Pei, Meng, and Shen families have a close relationship.
Many brands have issued statements.
Once these top-tier brands expressed their stance, other brands trembled with fear.
The celebrity's endorsements were short-lived; all the brands paid the penalty for breach of contract and withdrew from the deal.
Within just ten minutes, all the brands blacklisted the artist, and all of the artist's endorsements were terminated.
The time was wasted was due to the contract termination process by those brands; otherwise, it would have been faster.
Meng Xu then posted on Weibo: This is true capital suppression, do you see it clearly?
I tagged that celebrity.
No need to expose any dirt, no need to create any vague or ambiguous negative articles, they'll just openly blacklist you.
Those fans who were jumping up and down had no idea that in just a few minutes, their popular idol would be finished.
I was completely dumbfounded.
Since then, everyone has gained some understanding of the entertainment industry businesses of the Meng Family, Shen Family, and Pei Family.
Although the Meng Family doesn't have many resources in this area, the Pei Family has basically infiltrated it. If Meng Xu wants to get someone, it's just a matter of casually saying a few words to Pei Yubai.
After the initial buzz died down, that top-tier celebrity completely disappeared from the public eye.
Meng Xu did not post anything about him again.
A top-tier celebrity has simply vanished, as if he had never existed.
Meng Xu went back to studying his variety show, happily fantasizing about his show ratings skyrocketing once again.