Chapter 162 – Spreading
September 6. The second day of Lu Chen’s debut album “You Who Sat Next To Me” pre-promotion on QQ Music.
At 09:10 in the morning, there was a small V with an ID “Entertainment Gossip Man” in Inspur blog that @ Lu Chen FMX. The content was exactly a video clip of yesterday’s interview with Cui Zhengzhi by Inspur Entertainment Channel.
At the same time as Entertainment Gossip Man @ Lu Chen, a smiley symbol representing bad intentions was added.
“Entertainment Gossip Man” was a little-known ID on Inspur blog, with more than a million followers. He specializes in reposting all kinds of entertainment industry gossip news, and can read hundreds of blog posts a day.
The general public have a taste for gossip, especially the big and small things in the entertainment circle, which have always been the focus of public attention. This small V has settled on the market that exists in it. He has been persistently sorting out and handling entertainment news all the year round. His popularity on the blog was actually very good.
His favorite thing to do was to gossip about the parties involved in the news on his blog.
Although most star artists ignore Entertainment Gossip Man, there are always exceptions.
Five minutes later, Lu Chen replied: Come to fight! (来战痛！)
These three simple characters, plus an exclamation mark, have left Entertainment Gossip Man baffled.
He knows all three characters, but when put together, he couldn’t understand it – what is “Come to fight”? (TN: Me too.)
The small V felt it was very interesting, so he posted another blog post asking about the meaning of “Come to fight”.
He once again @ Lu Chen FMX.
But this time Lu Chen ignored him and didn’t reply.
However, Entertainment Gossip Man has many followers. When they saw this special blog post, they replied their guesses one after another.
There were all kinds of answers, some of which are simply just too imaginative that it made people laugh.
However, some people soon explained that according to the content of the previous and subsequent blog post, it should be short for “Come and let’s have a good fight”.
Entertainment Gossip Man was suddenly enlightened and he sent three laughing symbol [;] in succession, while he @ Lu Chen FMX and Cui Zhengzhi at the same time!
His intention was very obvious. He wanted to stir up a fight between the two.
Unfortunately, neither Lu Chen nor Cui Zhengzhi paid any attention to him.
However, the word “Come to fight” has gotten its own meaning. It was forwarded everywhere in Inspur blog.
Lu Chen has more than 5 million followers on Inspur blog and Cui Zhengzhi has more than 9 million. Both of them debuted at a competition. One is the runner-up of Xiangnan Satellite TV’s “Super Male Voice”. One is the champion of “Singing China”.
And both of them are very young and talented, and they will release their debut albums on the same website on the same day. This undoubtedly has the hot elements of entertainment gossip, so a lot of people, including the certified V account, have turned to Entertainment Gossip Man blog posts, spreading Cui Zhengzhi’s provocation and Lu Chen’s response to more places.
Fans who are familiar with Cui Zhengzhi all knew that this Chinese-Korean mix idol artist is very direct when speaking and never concedes defeat. He thinks he will easily defeat Lu Chen, which is entirely reasonable.
But Lu Chen’s response really surprising.
As an independent artist who has just debuted recently, Lu Chen has given everyone the impression that he is modest and courteous. Even if others provoke him, he would not oppose strongly, and he would use more facts to prove himself.
But today, his response to Cui Zhengzhi’s provocation was full of blood! (TN: Full of blood – shows that he has a strong and righteous personality.)
You want to fight. Then come and let’s have a good fight!
It was neither cautious nor reckless, and neither humble or haughty, but those three simple characters were so sonorous and powerful!
The groups who often write and read blogs are mainly young people, and most of them are at the age of rebellion and impulsiveness. Therefore, under the deliberate rendering and dissemination of some people, this new word has more and more influence in blogs. And quickly spread into forums, post bar, QQ group.
And it was Lu Chen’s fans who really stir up the word!
After many members of Lu Family Army understood the ins and outs of the matter, all of them were filled with righteous indignation, and there was no need for anyone to organize and instigate them. They log on to their own accounts and went to Cui Zhengzhi’s blog, post bar and related forums, leaving a domineering declaration “Come to fight!”.
With such a drop-in face-slapping, Cui Zhengzhi’s fans of course will not take it lying down. They immediately fought with Lu Chen’s fans!
September 6 happened to be Sunday, and there were many people who have nothing to do. As a result, the word became hotter and hotter.
That night, “Come to fight” was on the most popular keywords search list of Inspur blog.
As a result, thousands of bloggers came to know about Lu Chen, the showdown between him and Cui Zhengzhi, and the album “You Who Sat Next To Me”, which will be released on the 8th.
Just as this buzzword appeared on the front page of Inspur blog, in dormitory No. 307 of the graduate building of Beijing University of Technology, Wang Yu just clicked and opened a post.
As the moderator of the Beihai City Forum, Wang Yu likes this part-time job very much. When his roommates go out to have romantic time with their girlfriends, he would sit in front of the computer, like a dignified lord patrolling his own territory. Once any discord is found, he would decisively block it.
Sometimes he would enthusiastically help rookies who have just come to the forum, earnestly answering the daily questions, be praised for his conscientious work, and get great satisfaction from it.
In truth, Wang Yu felt disgusted in his heart opening this new post that has just been posted in the “Free World” section.
Because this post was a promotion post, and it was an official promotion post.
Beihai City Forum, also known as Beihai University City Forum, has a history of up to 20 years. It is a well-known university student BBS community in the country. It is famous for gathering a large number of Beijing university students.
For a BBS community to exist for such a long time, first of all, it needs a steady stream of capital investment, and it must inevitably use advertising and other methods to achieve profit or subsidize operating expenses.
Official promotion posts are also a way for the website to make money. The reason why the forum vigorously blocks those external advertising posts is that in addition to maintaining the normal order of the community, the most important reason is that rich water does not flow to outsider’s field. (TN: Rich water does not flow to outsider’s field – benefits can’t be given to outsiders.)
As the moderator, Wang Yu has the obligation to convoy such posts and keep it at the forefront of the page.
As a moderator of the Beihai City Forum, in addition to meeting the needs of his heart, he also has subsidies to take.
In spite of this, Wang Yu still dislikes official promotion posts.
He felt that every time he opened this kind of post, a sacred place in his heart had been tarnished.
Well, although Wang Yu is a techie guy, he has a literary heart.
[The most touching voice of this year’s graduation season. I cried when I heard it, how about you?]
Just looking at the title of the post, Wang Yu had goose bumps all over his body.
He opened it with his nose pinched, ready to handle it like usual and pinned it to the front.
However, the next moment, Wang Yu was shocked.
Because he discovered that he knew the person in the thumbnail of the video attached to the post.
And very familiar.
Lu Chen – The winner of “Singing China”!
Wang Yu first got to know Lu Chen, not in the popular reality show, but in a forum, several months ago, called [In Houhai bar in the evening, found a handsome guy, and a very good song!] Post.
At that time, this post caused a lot of controversy in the “Free World” section.
That was the first time that Wang Yu has heard Lu Chen sing and sing “You Who Sat Next To Me”.
He added the “Moderator’s recommendation” medal to the post.
If a post in the forum section was added with the “Moderator’s recommendation” medal, it will be automatically pinned to the front for 24 hours, visible to anyone browsing the post.
This kind of high-grade medal is limited. Wang Yu has 10 with his authority, which means that he can add a “Moderator’s recommendation” medal to a post only 10 times a month.
Most importantly, once a recommendation post is pinned to the front, it will be judged by countless people.
Therefore, moderators who cherish their reputation and attach importance to fame will never easily give out medal of recommendation.
Even if it is an official promotion post.
Because of “You Who Sat Next To Me”, Wang Yu got to know about Lu Chen, this bar singer. Later, he saw him again in “Singing China” competition. He paid close attention to it all the way to the end.
In the end, Lu Chen won the title of “Singing China” Champion. He was so excited that he drank two bottles of beer to celebrate!
Now seeing that this official promotion post was actually related to Lu Chen, Wang Yu immediately chose to broadcast it.
The picture quality of the video was very clear. It was obviously not taken with a cellphone. The background shown in the video let him know that this is a video clip of Jianghai University’s 2015 graduation party.
Lu Chen was standing on the big stage with his guitar in his arms, and the big screen behind him showed the words “Those Flowers”.
Those Flowers!
Wang Yu almost jumped. He heard Lu Chen sang this song in “Singing China”, and he liked it very much at that time. Later, he also downloaded the live audio file in QQ Music website and kept it on his cellphone.
This was the first time he has seen this video.
“That laughter reminds me of those flowers, quietly blooming in every corner of my life.”
“I once thought they would be by my side forever, but now we have already parted lost in the sea of people.”
A moving song quietly floated into Wang Yu’s ear.
Different from the “Singing China” competition, Lu Chen used a guitar as an accompaniment at the graduation party, and the sound quality was definitely not comparable to the live version recorded by the professional equipment at Beijing Satellite TV.
But listening to this familiar song, watching Lu Chen play and sing alone in the spotlight, and watching the changing picture on the screen behind him, those beautiful, lovely, innocent and enthusiastic girls appeared and disappeared.
His heart seemed to be gripped by an invisible hand, and his breathing stopped.
Lu Chen’s singing fluttered in the auditorium, and the camera turned to the audience. Many girls were crying. They either sobbed alone, or hugged and comforted each other, freely venting the emotions aroused in their hearts.
Wang Yu was able to feel the atmosphere at the scene through the video.
The sad atmosphere that was so strong that it made his nose sour and the corners of his eyes astringent.
When the picture came back, Lu Chen on the stage had tears in his eyes. He still had a faint smile on his face, singing so emotionally that there was a choking sound in his voice!
Wang Yu felt that he sang much better than in “Singing China”.
This moderator of Beihai City Forum didn’t hesitate to pinned this post to the front and send him a medal of recommendation!
It didn’t matter if it was an official promotion post!
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