At the same time, He Xuantai of Jia Kang Entertainment's Artist Management Department was also staring at her computer screen.
The screen showed the official homepage of “the adventures” on a short video platform.
The production team announced three cultural topics at 9 PM last night and released 15-minute selection clips for each group on Kiwi Video.
For promotion, they also released discussion videos for all three groups on the short video platform.
The first group, led by Li Yitang, chose the Sugar painting theme, and its video currently has 31,000 likes, 5,021 comments, and 11,000 shares on the short video platform.
The second group, led by Bai Wenbin, chose Sichuan Opera Face Changing, and its video data showed 52,000 likes, 8,000 comments, and 19,000 shares.
The third group, including Chen Fang, had the lowest likes, only 28,000, but its comments soared to 110,000, which was 7 times the total of the first two groups.
Shares also surged to 170,000.
He Xuantai tucked her hair behind her ears.
As expected, Chen Fang was very effective at attracting attention.
She used to think he was a bit dull, but now it seemed he at least knew how to utilize his remaining value.
He Xuantai moved the mouse and clicked on the trending searches.
There were many Chen Fang-related news items on the entertainment trending list, some bought by the production team, others pushed up by netizens.
【Entertainment Ranking No. 3: “the adventures” Chen Fang】
【Entertainment Ranking No. 7: Yao Ting Posts Again, Asking Everyone to Boycott Unethical Artists】
【Entertainment Ranking No. 17: Chen Fang Proposes Going to Corpse Driver】
He Xuantai narrowed her eyes, her gaze cold as she looked at the text of the seventh item.
Yao Ting was the intern who, half a month ago, posted a short essay claiming she was sexually harassed by Chen Fang in November of last year.
She claimed that another actor, Zhong Lei, entered, allowing her to escape.
Zhong Lei immediately posted that day, stating he was not on site.
However, under the onslaught of multiple negative reports, this piece of evidence seemed to sink into the ocean, making no waves.
Those who paid attention even thought Zhong Lei was giving false testimony.
Perhaps many people don't need evidence; they just need an outlet to vent their emotions.
Yao Ting's online lawsuit struck down the idol, who was at the peak of his career, while she herself started live streaming, branding herself as brave for resisting, and her career flourished.
He Xuantai snorted coldly.
Yao Ting… Don't let her find an opportunity, or she will definitely settle this score!
He Xuantai pulled her thoughts back, moved the mouse, and clicked on the most neutral third item, ““the adventures” Chen Fang.”
Netizen comments popped up on the screen:
【Corpse Driver requires walking into inconvenient, remote mountains with rugged paths.
Can his stamina handle it?】
【Definitely not.
His suggestion to go to Corpse Driver is clearly to play the victim, to create a sense of brokenness, a fallen image.】
【Maybe he even wants to establish a hardworking persona.】
【He'll collapse halfway up the mountain, unable to walk, but insist on crawling up.
He'll hear the Corpse Driver stories, tear up, and tremble.】
【It's over, I really love that kind of brokenness, the abused beast trope.
If they really stage a scene of him being tormented, I might actually love to watch it!】
【If you're going to say that, I won't pretend anymore, hehe (p≧w≦q)】
【Brainless fans, don't be led astray!
He's clearly trying to make a comeback!
Don't sensationalize pain.】
【Multiple brands announcing contract terminations is solid evidence!
Harassing interns is perverted!
There must be many small animals in the mountains, right?
I hope a wolf bites this beast to death!】
He Xuantai rubbed her forehead and shook her head slightly.
Where did these “experts” come from?
Contracts come in many types.
Brands terminate contracts because one type of contract states that if an artist has a specific type of negative news that causes widespread negative impact, the brand has the right to terminate the contract.
Some netizens don't verify any information and just infer legal matters based on their own understanding, then spread it as truth.
I'm truly speechless!
He Xuantai was about to close the webpage when her hand accidentally touched the mouse, and the page scrolled down, revealing a highly liked comment:
【Jia Kang Entertainment is still helping him find shows, letting this pervert jump around in public view.
Are they trying to protect this pervert?】
He Xuantai was about to move the mouse to click close.
Knock knock, a knock sounded at the door.
“Come in.”
The office door opened, and a slightly overweight man in his early 40s entered.
He Xuantai immediately stood up, “Hello, Director.”
The man looked displeased and said impatiently, “Xuantai, terminate the contract with Chen Fang today.
He can't make a comeback.
The audience for the loyal dog persona will no longer accept him.
The idol industry changes quickly; he was popular for a year and a half and wasn't going to be popular for much longer anyway.
Coupled with this negative news, his commercial value has greatly depreciated.
It's not worth saving him; it's better to cultivate new talent.
The contract must be terminated today, and the news must be made public.”
“Understood, I'll contact him shortly.”
The man nodded, turned to walk two steps, then turned back again, “Oh, and the company wants us to discover the potential of young idols, to help them break out of variety shows and achieve success in music and performance.
When you select new talents, also pay attention to choosing those with actual ability.”
“Alright.”
After the director left, He Xuantai closed the webpage, picked up her phone, and looked at Chen Fang's profile picture with complex emotions.
He must be feeling very upset right now, right?
His future is hopeless, like waiting to die.
…
I love this feeling of waiting for money!
In the villa, Chen Fang grabbed a bottle of beer, humming a tune as he leisurely went upstairs, opening the system as he walked.
On the translucent screen, strings of text and numbers popped up frantically, endlessly.
【Liu Miaomiao's Negative Emotion Value + 0.1】
【Qin Can's Negative Emotion Value + 3.1】
【Zhao Zihan's Negative Emotion Value + 0.01】…
It was like an endless stream of gold coins, clinking into his account.
From last night until now, the negative emotion value had soared to 21,000.
These were all songs from afar!
Scold him, scold him to your heart's content, just don't blacklist him, okay?
The harsher you scold, the more excited he gets.
Chen Fang grinned as he walked up to the second floor, and his phone in his pocket suddenly rang.
He tapped the answer button, and He Xuantai's voice came through the speaker.
After listening, Chen Fang calmly said, “Okay, I'll be there this afternoon.”
He hadn't planned to stay at Jia Kang Entertainment anyway.
The entertainment industry's interests are complex and intertwined; to thrive here requires connections, resources, and platforms.
To try to get a piece of the pie in the entertainment industry based solely on talent, perhaps there was a slight chance in the early days of domestic entertainment, thirty years ago, when it was emerging.
But in today's entertainment industry, where the capital structure is fixed, wanting a piece of the pie without a backer is nothing short of naive wishful thinking.
But Jia Kang had already made a move against him, and there would definitely be animosity in the future.
If he were a high-ranking official, he wouldn't reuse himself; who knows if this person holds grudges and might stab the company in the back?
If the high-ranking officials also thought the worst of him like that, then… the high-ranking officials weren't wrong; he was indeed petty.
Furthermore, Jia Kang's main business was idol artist packaging and music creation, but he wanted to become an all-around superstar, and staying here would also be restrictive.
Let it be broken then.
After clearing his name, he would find a comprehensive, all-around entertainment company.
Five hours later, at 3 PM, Chen Fang walked out of the Jia Kang Entertainment building with the termination agreement, not even looking back, and left directly.
…
A week later, on May 1st, at 9:30 AM.
In Changsha, Hunan, at Huanghua Airport.
Chen Fang dragged his suitcase and followed the production team staff to the VIP lounge in the pick-up area.