Next up was Zheng Zhao's agency, where all the previously agreed-upon performances fell through.
Hearing his agent's sharp questioning, Zheng Zhao panicked.
Before he could figure out what to do, the door to his house was suddenly flung open, and his mother ran in crying.
Zheng Zhao had a bad feeling and quickly hung up the phone, asking his mother, "Mom, what's wrong?"
Mrs. Zheng covered her face: "I've been fired from the TV station!"
Because of Wu Jianguo's connections, Zheng's mother got a temporary job at Zhongjing TV Station. She used to be arrogant and domineering because of her brother. Now that Wu Jianguo is in trouble, she has lost her backer and was naturally fired.
Zheng Zhao let go of her hand in a daze, then slumped onto the sofa in despair.
It's over, everything is over...
He deeply regretted his past actions. If only he hadn't gone against Ye Cang back then, if only he had behaved himself, none of this would have happened...
Unfortunately, it was all too late.
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After finishing the call, Shen Huai put Wu Jianguo out of his mind and focused on dealing with Ye Cang's matter.
Ye Cang is like a trending topic generator, which makes Shen Huai feel quite helpless.
The trending topic of Ye Cang and Jiang Junyan's banter hasn't even died down yet, and now the hashtag #YeCangMeows# has surged to the top, with everyone eagerly anticipating how he will interpret the song.
Both of these trending topics were part of Shen Huai's plan, and he had already prepared for them.
But that evening, the software on his computer suddenly issued a warning, and several messages highlighted in red popped up.
The well-known music blogger "Uncle Squid" posted a long Weibo post criticizing Ye Cang, which quickly became a trending topic.
Chapter 20
Uncle Squid is a well-known music blogger on Weibo, famous for his critiques of popular music variety shows. His sharp and witty remarks, and his merciless criticism of artists, resonate with netizens' tastes, making him an instant internet celebrity.
After "The Rising Star" premiered, he naturally wouldn't let such a popular show go to waste. Almost all the contestants were criticized, and even Li Zihang was no exception. Ye Cang was the one who was criticized the most.
Originally, when the top ten competition started, he rolled up his sleeves, ready to take good care of Ye Cang. But after these two matches, he couldn't find a place to vomit.
The first performance was supported by the original singer Fan Jing, and the second performance was supported by Lu Yang's brainless fan Xia Fei. If he vomits, he will be ridiculed to death by netizens in the blink of an eye.
We finally got to the third game.
Originally, Uncle Squid was somewhat wary of the composers Yan Xiangming and Fang Jiqing, but Ye Cang's performance on the show was incomprehensible. After the show aired, a large number of viewers said they couldn't understand it. Not to mention, Ye Cang's arrogant attitude after the competition led to a dispute with Jiang Junyan, which aroused a lot of resentment.
This is absolutely a rare hot topic!!
Uncle Squid hastily produced an article analyzing "Mulholland Drive" from a musical perspective, criticizing the song as utterly worthless. He claimed that Ye Cang had no musical taste whatsoever and even subtly implied that Fang Jiqing and his companion had abandoned their professional ethics for money, accepting such a song, which was even worse than a viral internet hit.
Later, the conversation even extended from Ye Cang to the current music scene, adopting a patriotic and concerned attitude, as if Ye Cang's singing of this song would set back the Chinese music scene by decades.
In today's world where traffic reigns supreme and the fan economy is booming, many netizens have suffered as a result and empathize with his article. In addition, Uncle Squid is good at evoking emotions, so the article gained a large number of supporters as soon as it was published.
[The older man is right, I really dislike these pretty boys who have no talent and only a pretty face.]
[Support the uncle! He's genuinely concerned about the future of music.]
The thought of having to listen to this kind of idiotic music from now on makes me want to vomit.
Meanwhile, Bai Weijia, a senior colleague of Ye Cang from the same company, actually liked this Weibo post.
Bai Weijia has made remarkable achievements in just one year since her debut, and recently won the Golden Melody Award for Best New Artist. She has always been regarded as a rare talent among the new generation.
This is a bit delicate.
Then, someone revealed that Ye Cang had argued with Bai Weijia at the company, which almost confirmed Ye Cang's "arrogant and domineering" reputation.
Netizens were outraged, and the comments under Ye Cang's Weibo post were simply appalling.
Shen Huai frowned deeply, feeling extremely annoyed, and was about to turn around to comfort Ye Cang.
Ye Cang snorted coldly, "It's all bullshit!"
Shen Huai: "..."
He forgot that his artists were no pushovers either.
Shen Huai pressed his throbbing forehead: "Don't argue with him, your actions will only excite him more."
Ye Cang: "I know."
Seeing that he looked like he was about to roll up his sleeves and get on stage, Shen Huai showed a distrustful expression.
In the end, Shen Huai had no choice but to temporarily take back Ye Cang's large account before letting him go back to rest.
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Ye Cang returned to his room; of course, he wasn't going to listen to Shen Huai and tell him to rest.
He was furious and had no way to vent his anger!
Of course, he wasn't angry because others insulted him; such verbal abuse was nothing to him.
But this "Uncle Squid" is twisting the facts. He keeps saying he's acting out of respect for the music, but in reality, he's just doing it for personal gain, or to grab attention. He's using criticism of the song to attack "Ye Cang".
This made Ye Cang very unhappy.