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It was already the middle of September.
The new talent period lasted for a year. After the new talent competition in June, Fang Zhao had disappeared from the new talent charts for close to a quarter. Now, the charts were filled with new songs. Songs from the previous season had long been replaced.
Of course, Xun Huai and Fei Lisi still dominated the chart, but their songs had been replaced by new ones.
Fang Zhao had almost been forgotten by people. Perhaps a small portion of people still remembered that song from last season and the dark horse that had suddenly soared to fame at the end of last season, but the internet was always forgetful. In this era of rapid development, the memories of the internet's masses seemed to have been shortened, and the endless stream of new things always attracted their attention.
Fang Zhao sat in the large lecture hall, listening to the lecturer talk about the history of virtual idols and analyze the charms of popular virtual idols.
"Virtual is a form of art. Moving the virtual into the real, and the virtual and the real coexist..."
Less than a tenth of the thousands of seats in the lecture hall were scattered.
Fang Zhao recorded some of the more important information in his notebook. He wrote it by hand without the aid of any electronic devices.
A few people in the lecture hall recognized Fang Zhao. As one of the top graduates, Fang Zhao had appeared on the school's forum a lot. Some people who didn't know the truth wondered why Fang Zhao was here in class. When told the reason, they felt it was a pity and looked at Fang Zhao sympathetically.
They thought about what the other top graduates were doing, then looked at Fang Zhao sitting alone in this unpopular lecture hall. How should they put it? No matter how strong he was, he couldn't withstand bad luck after bad luck. What a pity.
After class ended, the students left the lecture hall in twos and threes. Fang Zhao packed his things and planned to return to the office.
"Fang Zhao," Chu Hong, who had just walked over from the lectern, called out to Fang Zhao.
"Did you understand the lecture?" Chu Hong asked. It wasn't that he was looking down on Fang Zhao's IQ, but he knew the class was too unpopular at school. Fang Zhao had never taken virtual idol classes before, so he wasn't sure if Fang Zhao could handle the speed of his lectures. Chu Guang had told him about Fang Zhao. He had to show some appreciation.
"Yes," Fang Zhao said. Actually, he had already understood most of what Chu Hong had said from the online courses. This class was just to deepen his understanding.
"You can ask me if you don't understand. I heard from Chu Guang that you've been busy with the virtual project? How's the progress? "Chu Hong asked.
"Not bad, almost there."
"That's good."
Chu Hong didn't ask too many questions. He wouldn't get an answer if he did. This was a company secret and couldn't be divulged. So Chu Hong didn't ask about the progress of the project. Instead, as a lecturer, he asked Fang Zhao if he needed any guidance on virtual idols. Then he went on to talk about the characteristics and highlights of popular virtual idols.
"Virtual idols these days have to be good-looking. That's the most basic requirement. You know that, right?"
"Yes, I know." Fang Zhao nodded.
"What does the virtual idol look like?" Chu Hong was curious. What kind of virtual idol would an amateur from the composition department come up with?
"It can't be considered pretty," Fang Zhao replied.
He said it in such a roundabout way. Did he mean that it wasn't good-looking? Chu Hong was in a dilemma. She couldn't even pass the test of her appearance. What else could he say?
After Fang Zhao left, Chu Hong sent Chu Guang a text message. "Your classmate, Fang Zhao, how's the project going? Have you seen their virtual idols? "
Chu Guang happened to be free at the moment, so he contacted Chu Hong via video conference.
"I heard that the project is almost done. It might be launched soon, but I haven't seen what it looks like. Manager Du is keeping it a secret and won't let us ask," Chu Guang said.
"Then it probably won't end well." Recalling Fang Zhao's comment that the idols weren't good-looking and that the producer was a layman, Chu Hong wasn't optimistic.
"Nobody's optimistic about the company, but Manager Du's been acting a little weird lately. He's been in the office with the heads of two other departments, talking for two or three hours at a time.
"Whatever they're up to, you should have prepared the song for the final season by now, right? I heard from your mom that you've even hired her former teacher to guide you. You're confident you can take third place, right? I heard from your mom yesterday that if it weren't for those two virtual idols, you could have taken first place. "Chu Hong smiled.
Chu Guang's tone was relaxed. "Third place, I think, should be no problem."
It wasn't just Chu Guang and company. Everyone else in the industry was also eyeing the year-end finale.
The last season of the year was about to begin. Those who had achieved good results in the past three seasons were eager for a good ending. If they could achieve a good result on the leaderboard at the end of the year, they might even get a bigger year-end bonus.
After two seasons of accumulated popularity, the advantages and disadvantages were already obvious. The resources were no longer evenly distributed. The good ones were better, the bad ones were worse.
As for Neon Culture and Tongshan True Entertainment, they planned to boost the popularity of their virtual idols in the final season. The first films of the two virtual idols were about to be released as well. They started promoting early, keeping an eye on the finale.
Even the industry's most popular media outlet, Prairie Fire, declared that the final season would be a battle between Tongshan True Entertainment and Neon Culture. Between Xun Huai and Fei Lisi, which of the two new virtual idols would emerge victorious?
The article even used the words "Yanzhou Derby," meaning it would be a clash between the two strongest companies in Yanzhou.
Silver Wing Media's supporters chuckled when they saw the headline.
Yanzhou Derby?
Did they ask us?
Was the talk about Yanzhou's Big Three bullsh * t? You guys gobbled up Silver Wing?
Of course, under the attack of the protesters, the media's explanation was that they were referring to Yanzhou's two strongest virtual idol companies and nothing else.
However, those with a bit of intelligence would know that this was done on purpose! The general public, who didn't understand the industry, thought Neon Culture and Tongshan True Entertainment were the only two in Yanzhou.
But Silver Wing's people were helpless. Virtual idols were indeed Silver Wing's weakness. Their weakness was indescribable. Every word they uttered was painful.
Some media outlets even started a bet called "Yanzhou Derby," betting on who would take first place in the year-end newcomer competition.
Amidst the buzz, the popularity of the two new virtual idols, Xun Huai and Fei Lisi, rose once again, just as the companies behind them had predicted.
Amidst all sorts of speculations, September passed and October arrived. The final season of the year kicked off.
October 1st.
Without any warning or advance advertising campaign, Julian ordered all the advertising channels that had been arranged in advance to be fully opened as soon as it was past eight o 'clock!
There was an order to the allocation of resources for the newcomers. At the beginning of the new talent competition, everyone's resources were equal and randomly selected. Whoever prepared first would go first. But after the new talent competition, the rest of the rookie season would be allocated based on talent and the company's attitude toward the newcomer. The more optimistic the newcomer, the higher the ranking.
For the final season of the new talent competition, the order of resources was as follows:
First in line: "Divine Punishment," by Polar Light, composer Polar Light.
Second in line: "Gorgeous Dance," by Enoch, composer Chu Guang.
Chu Guang was dumbfounded when he saw the order of resources. This was different from what had been agreed upon. Why was he ranked second in the promotion order? Even his biggest competitor, Glorious Light, had been pushed to third place.
Where did the person in first place come from?
What right did he have to be ranked first?
Who was Polar Light? If not for the fact that the song was different, he would have thought his name had been typed incorrectly.
When he saw the "music video" behind "Divine Punishment," Chu Guang was even angrier. He had thought that only he and Rong Zheng would receive music video treatment because of their outstanding performances. How could this newcomer get it too?
But when he looked again, the singer and composer were all the same, and there was a music video...
This was the standard for a virtual idol's debut.
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