Chapter 338 This is definitely cheating!
"Xiao Ye Zi, what's up with that blog post just now?"

Du Sheng made a phone call to inquire.

His social media accounts are mainly managed by Ye Jingzhi, who is coordinated by the public opinion department to ensure that all major platforms publish updates at least once a week.

The content includes endorsements, advertising videos or sharing his daily photos, stills, etc.

Ye Jingzhi understood this clearly and smiled elegantly:
"This was planned by Director Dou of Yangshi 1. There will be an audience voting session on New Year's Eve to compete for the popularity of celebrities."

"We don't need to worry about it, just forward it normally."

This kind of activity is usually prepared for veteran artists or top singers and is just a means to add icing on the cake.

Although Du Sheng is quite popular, he still has a shallow foundation in the music industry.

The main reason is that you have been in the spotlight too much recently, which may easily attract unnecessary attention, so it is best to keep a low profile.

Because not long ago, there was a big fight between Yeongjin and Nayoung over an award, and the situation got out of control for a while.

Ye Jingzhi obviously does not intend to let Du Sheng get involved, so perhaps there will be some hope next year.

Du Sheng thought for a moment and said:
"Then the most important thing is to participate, no need to buy trending searches or compete in the charts."

There is really no need to provoke those old monsters backed by state institutions for such a small thing.

Ye Jingzhi, dressed in professional attire, sat in the office and said with a smile:

"According to your current rate of improvement, if we stay quiet for a year, by this time next year, we will have enough strength and resources to compete."

On the night of Yangshi’s New Year’s Eve, there were three or four veteran artists, seven or eight first-line stars, plus artists from the Hong Kong area, so the competition was extremely fierce.

Even if you win, you may still be criticized.

"Then let it be. How many tickets do we have?"

Du Sheng doesn't care much about these honors, as excessive pursuit can sometimes backfire.

"Five."

Ye Jingzhi guessed that Du Sheng was going to give it to the endorsement company:
"Let me help you arrange it."

"Thanks!"

After hanging up the phone, Du Sheng still had to attend the press conference of "The Mouse Loves the Cat" in mainland China.

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"Tonight the stars are shining brightly and the scenery is so beautiful!"

At 7:30 that evening, the Beijing Gymnasium was crowded with people.

The colorful lights were flashing and dazzling, and every seat was occupied by enthusiastic audiences.

Du Sheng, wearing a well-fitting suit, stood backstage waiting to enter.

Ahead of him were Liu Huan, Wang Fei and others, while Harbor’s Zhou Huajian and Chen Yixun followed closely behind.

When the host called out their names, Wang Fei walked forward calmly.

As soon as you step into the venue, you will be greeted by the densely packed audience seats and the cheers that come one after another.

Du Sheng took a deep breath and a confident smile appeared on his face.

The opening song "Unforgettable Tonight" is a grand song and dance performance.

It aims to create a festive atmosphere and kick off the whole evening party.

Although they had rehearsed beforehand, many singers were still a little nervous facing such a large crowd.

"Unforgettable tonight, unforgettable tonight
Regardless of the ends of the earth

The vast land of China embraces us all..."

Wang Fei was the first to start singing. Unlike some second-tier artists who had never seen such a big scene, he was calm and composed, without any sign of nervousness.

She had appeared on Spring Festival Galas that were several times larger than this one, so occasions like this were simply insignificant to her.

After the first two veteran artists finished singing, Du Sheng found the right rhythm and immediately took over as soon as the music started.

"Whether new friends or old friends
I'll invite you again next spring..."

……

“See how the vote went?”

After finishing the singing and returning to the backstage, the bored Du Sheng chatted with Sun Yanzi and Chen Yixun for a while and then returned to the lounge.

"what!"

Wang Yaoyang's eyes widened in disbelief:

"You're fourth!"

The party had been going on for more than twenty minutes, at least a few programs had passed, and seven or eight stars had appeared on stage.

Popular young actors like Huang Xiaoming didn't even make it into the top ten.

However, Du Sheng's votes have reached 300,000.

It is unbelievable that he was only tens of thousands of votes away from the third place Liu Huan!
Du Sheng was also a little surprised by this number.

After all, the party had only started half an hour ago, and he only made a brief appearance without even performing a solo.

Moreover, this New Year's Eve party will last until midnight. It is only eight o'clock now, so it is still early to vote.

Wang Yaoyang muttered in a low voice:
"Mr. Ye didn't spend money to buy the ticket, did he?

It shouldn’t be that serious! Even if you invest a lot, you won’t be able to buy many tickets.”

Each mobile phone number can only cast one vote, and in order to accumulate hundreds of thousands of votes, hundreds of thousands of people would need to participate.

At present, Yang Siwei’s public opinion department obviously does not have such ability.

Du Sheng smiled slightly:
"Couldn't it be that the fans are giving their support and the popularity has suddenly soared?"

"Is that right?"

Wang Yaoyang's face was full of confusion.

Backstage, a group of artists who are about to go on stage are adjusting their status.

Some murmured to themselves, some closed their eyes and relaxed their thoughts.

Chen Yixun was warming up his voice and it was soon his turn to go on stage.

It would be a real bummer if you made a fool of yourself in such an occasion.

Du Sheng naturally would not disturb others and took the phone from Wang Yaoyang.

Looking at the current voting situation, the number of votes has increased by tens of thousands, approaching 400,000.

The first place is Wang Fei, with 980,000 votes.

Because in addition to the opening chorus, she also sang a solo.

Now she is smiling and whispering with Xie Tingfeng in the lounge.

Ranked second is Mao Amin, with 870,000 votes, a veteran singer.

I just sang a solo song, which turned out to be the ending song of "The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber".

Du Sheng heard that she had won numerous awards and was the first Oriental singer to win an award in an international pop song competition.

Invited by Yangshi's New Year's Eve Gala, she will sing two songs tonight.

The appearance fee is as high as 30 yuan. In comparison, Huang Xiaoming, one of the four young actors, only gets 6 yuan for singing a song.

As we all know, although artists are given appearance fees when they appear on Yangshi evening parties or gala programs, they are generally mostly symbolic.

After all, Yangshi has no problem finding people for this kind of opportunity to boost its popularity and image.

Even if many artists come to us for help, we may not accept their proposals.

"Woo! Chen Yixun! Chen Yixun!"

After Zhou Huajian finished his performance, Chen Yixun slowly rose from the lift platform.

As soon as he showed his back, a large number of female fans in the audience started screaming.

Du Sheng noticed that Chen Yixun's votes were rising sharply.

From the original 200,000 votes, it is now increasing at a rate of thousands per second.

In just three minutes, before the song was even finished, the votes had already reached half a million.

By the time he finished singing, the number had soared to nearly 800,000.

The influence of this future music giant has already begun to show.

In this day and age, don't think that 800,000 people voting online is a small number.

The East does have a population of more than 1.3 billion, but if we remove the elderly and children, there are only 300 million young people active in front of the TV screen.

Due to limited network conditions, many of these 300 million people do not watch TV.

The rest may not be paid attention to due to work or other reasons.

How many people can watch TV at this moment?

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Night, Beijing.

Zhao Ying, who seldom watches TV, sat in front of the TV after finishing her homework.

"Xiaoying, why did you change the channel?
Quickly call them back to me, the emperor has sent troops to surround the Eighteen Arhats, the situation is critical!"

Zhao Zhonglin was watching the TV series "Eighteen Arhats" when suddenly the channel was switched. He felt itchy inside.

"Don't worry, Dad. The impoverished prince Li Rubi eventually defeated the separatist forces and regained the imperial power with the help of the Eighteen Arhats.

Moreover, this battle did not exist in history and is most likely fictional..."

"Stop, stop, stop! I don't want to know, and don't tell me!"

Zhao Zhonglin felt like a cat's claw in his heart:

"I know you are good at history, but you don't have to contradict me as soon as you get home!"

Seeing that his daughter was indifferent, he had no choice but to use his magic weapon:
"Have you finished your homework? Didn't you say you were going to memorize some words?"

"I've already finished reciting it. I'll watch some TV and go to bed."

Zhao Ying made a face at him and switched the TV to Yangshi Channel 1:
"Dad, go grab some chess first. I'll give you the TV after you play two games."

Zhao Zhonglin was speechless, but didn't want to leave.

After looking for a while, he pointed at Sun Yanzi and asked:
"Who is this, an unpopular singer?

Why would Yangshi invite such a young person to sing on stage? It's outrageous."

"Hahaha!!"

Zhao Ying seemed to have heard a ridiculous joke and laughed so hard that she couldn't straighten her back:

"She is an unpopular singer? Dad, you are such a living treasure."

"I haven't seen it anyway, so quickly return my "Eighteen Arhats" to me."

"Wait a minute, it will be done soon. I will return the remote to you after the next singer finishes singing."

"Okay then, call me when you're done."

"Know it!"

.........

"Hey guys, did you see that? Brother Sheng is about to appear on stage, and he's so cool!"

In the game room, Cao Deyu gestured at the screen, looking inexplicably excited.

"Ayu, didn't we agree to play games together?"

Xu Liang, a close friend sitting next to him, was speechless:
"Why did you drag me to watch TV? The wizard on the other side is cheating, come and help!"

"boom!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Xu Liang's screen went black and he was killed by an axe from the enemy warrior.

"Damn! This must be a cheat!"

Xu Liang threw away the mouse angrily and drank half a bottle of iced black tea in one breath.

As we all know, the most common thing in "Legend" is plug-ins.

In his opinion, whenever he loses, it must be because of this!

"Be quiet, Du Sheng is about to sing!"

"What is that? Let me take a look."

Shao Zhaoyang, who was standing behind, pushed Xu Liang away and almost put his face against the screen.

His glasses were squeezed off while trying to squeeze into the bus when he came here just now.

But after finally waiting for his classmates to treat him, he was reluctant to leave.

Look, with my myopia of up to 700 degrees, I can only see clearly like this.

"Oh my god, Ayang, what are we looking at when you're like this? Are we looking at the back of your head?

Could you move aside a little so I can take a look?"

"Hey, the song they sang was actually "Xiao Yao Tan"!"

“The theme song of The Legend of Sword and Fairy 1, which was released for free not long ago, made its debut on the big stage!”

"It's rare for the years to be silent

The autumn wind is tired of wandering

The sunset is lingering..."

"Can you please stop mumbling? I can't even hear you!"

The big brother next door poked his head out and gave Cao Deyu a dissatisfied look.

"Turn up the volume a little. I want to hear what he's singing. It sounds pretty brainwash!"

"What is he saying?"

Cao Deyu turned around and looked at Xu Liang with a confused look.

"He told you to drive louder, and then he called you ugly and said you were blocking the view!"

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(End of this chapter)