Volume 3: Taking Roots 2016 Chapter 633 Materials Delivered to Your Door
When public opinion is one-sided, under the influence of herd mentality, the general public always habitually chooses to follow the trend in order to integrate into the mainstream.
This point is vividly reflected in the Internet popular culture. Once a buzzword becomes popular on the entire network, it will inevitably be sought after and learned by the general public.
Once you fail to keep up with the trend, it seems like you are lagging behind the times. This psychological gap is often difficult for young people who are Internet trendsetters to accept.
After all, it is often more difficult to admit that you are behind than to fall behind.
Therefore, when the homepage of Weibo platform was flooded with the news that Zhou Dongsheng had finished filming.
Even for viewers who don’t know Zhou Dongsheng, the first thing that comes to mind is often to find out who this person is and why he has such great ability and fame...
Especially with the reposts by Director Wu and Ni Ni, plus the secret promotion by the two major media outlets, and the support from Principal Wang and Papi Jiang, even if the fan groups of these people overlap to some extent, when added together they are a force that cannot be underestimated.
Even if it does not occupy half of the Weibo platform, it is enough to occupy one-third of the world, which shows how wide its coverage is.
With the support of this traffic base, the five words "Zhou Dongsheng finished filming" were easily pushed to the top of Weibo's hot searches, and further gained exposure on all platforms.
As a large number of users paid attention to this news, the question that naturally arose was "Who is Zhou Dongsheng?" For the majority of Internet users, if they want to answer their doubts, a sentence will naturally pop up in their minds...
"Just search it on Baidu and you will know!"
Although Baidu, as one of the best search engines in China, has done countless bad things, its dominant position in the domestic search engine field cannot be denied.
After all, the three giants BAT in the past are also the leading brothers who are at the top of the list, and it is still difficult to change their user habits.
When the news of "Zhou Dongsheng finished filming" rushed to the top of Weibo's hot searches, another search message "Who is Zhou Dongsheng" also quickly became a hot search term on Baidu.
In addition, in the comment section of the overwhelming news on the Weibo platform, there are also some fans of Zhou Dongsheng answering questions and solving problems in the comment section.
Although Zhou Dongsheng did not choose to open a Weibo account, but instead focused on attracting traffic to the short video platform Douyin, it did not prevent his fan base from spreading across other platforms.
Previously, through Zhou Dongsheng's continuous marketing, he had already accumulated a certain fan base for himself. After "Zhou Dongsheng's Boring Life" set off the entire network, the number of fans naturally increased exponentially.
As it turns out, Zhou Dongsheng is now one of the top internet celebrities on the Internet. As 2016 is already halfway through, maybe Zhou Dongsheng still has a chance to compete for the title of internet celebrity of the year...
However, although the principle that a tall tree attracts the wind and the bird that sticks out its head gets shot is simple, it is indeed an unchanging iron law that remains relevant over time.
Especially for someone like Zhou Dongsheng, who is a typical example of young success, not only is he easy to attract fans, but he is also easy to arouse envy.
After all, human nature naturally rejects the strong and is close to the weak, especially in the areas where one is good at, where it is particularly obvious and prominent.
This point is almost deeply engraved into the basic genes of human beings. This is also the characteristic that genes have evolved in order to continue to exist. This is the selfish gene...
Maybe someone thinks, no, I am not like that, maybe it is just because education has covered up your nature, this is the way of education...
To get back to the point , although Zhou Dongsheng had established himself as a typical grassroots figure in mainstream public opinion with his experience of starting from scratch, his impact was ultimately limited.
Perhaps there are some questioning voices, but because of their limited voice power, they are drowned out in the vast public opinion and cannot cause any waves.
However, this time was a little different. When Zhou Dongsheng got involved in the traditional film industry, the film industry, which had been developing for many years, was a muddy water with many talented people.
On the cultural level, movies are a battleground for strategists. Such a special status naturally creates the lofty status of the film industry.
For some practitioners who make a living from this, they are also proud of it, so naturally they will not allow this label that they are proud of to be tarnished.
Therefore, when the entire network began to promote Zhou Dongsheng one-sidedly, it naturally ran into the crosshairs of this group of people.
Zhou Dahai, a well-known film critic known for his venomous tongue and sharp comments on Weibo, which has accumulated a fan base of millions, was the first to launch his own attack.
When public opinion is one-sided, some counter-voices that have no say will always be easily covered up by mainstream public opinion.
However, when someone stands up and sings a different tune, he or she will naturally and quickly attract the support of this group of people. Finally, someone has spoken out their voices!
And they broke out in unprecedented enthusiasm, waving flags and cheering for it, and gathered in the comment section to voice their support.
In just a short while, this post criticizing Zhou Dongsheng quickly spread across the Weibo platform. The number of comments below exceeded tens of thousands in the blink of an eye, and the number of likes and reposts was also close to ten thousand, and the number of readings was heading towards the one million mark.
The influx of traffic and attention immediately overwhelmed Zhou Dahai's mind. Before this, although he had made many sharp comments and criticisms of movie stars, he had never received so much traffic and attention.
In the blink of an eye, the number of his fans skyrocketed by tens of thousands!
The speed at which his fans increased made Zhou Dahai extremely excited. While he felt a sense of accomplishment, he also inexplicably felt a sense of mission, as if he had become a warrior of justice, defending the bottom line of Chinese films.
With the blessing of this sense of mission, Zhou Dahai felt that his brain was more active than ever before. His thoughts flowed like a spring, and countless inspirations gushed out, making him eager to continue outputting.
So, following the mood, he posted two or three Weibo posts in succession, blasting Zhou Dongsheng and bluntly speaking about the deformed and morbid development of the Chinese film industry.
In his compassionate writing, Chinese films seemed to be a dying tree, beyond salvation, and Zhou Dongsheng was naturally a "clown" and "sensationalist", and was even upgraded to "the culprit who destroyed Chinese films".
Exaggeration may be exaggerated, but this kind of extreme alarmist rhetoric is always easier to attract followers, especially catering to user groups who are not good at speaking but want to show that they are different.
What Zhou Dahai said was so great, it really expressed my thoughts. He is definitely my internet mouthpiece!
Zhou Dahai was like the first person to try something new. By making decisions that went against mainstream public opinion, he immediately tasted the sweetness of traffic and felt the extreme pleasure of being surrounded by traffic.
The general public, who were originally influenced by the herd mentality, except for a small number who joined the group paying attention to Zhou Dongsheng, the vast majority of the audience still played the role of the silent majority and did not comment on this.
When they saw someone starting to sing a different tune, the rebellious psychology hidden deep in the hearts of some groups was immediately ignited, and they turned around and joined Zhou Dahai's camp.
As for the silent majority, they just wanted to watch the fun and not mind getting involved. They happily carried their stools to act as spectators. Some of them even became the ones who fanned the flames, leading the rhythm back and forth between the two sides...
Although Zhou Dongsheng does not have a personal Weibo account, it does not prevent them from coming to the Douyin platform to send private messages and comment on Zhou Dongsheng.
Zhou Dahai might not have caused much waves at the beginning, but under the influence of public opinion, he was suddenly pushed to the forefront and became the leader of the army that attacked Zhou Dongsheng.
In just one night, the number of fans alone soared by six figures. As for those few posts condemning the incident, they became the most eye-catching data among Zhou Dahai's many Weibo posts.
Perhaps seeing that Zhou Dahai had tasted the sweetness of traffic, some film critics who were eager and unwilling to be outdone also joined the battlefield and began to rack their brains to approach the topic from various angles in order to attract attention.
The world is bustling with people seeking profit, and the world is bustling with people seeking profit.
In the Internet world where traffic is king, traffic and profit are almost equal. Only with traffic can there be opportunities for monetization.
Therefore, such a wave of public opinion gradually evolved into a traffic feast, causing people from all walks of life to turn into gluttons and feast on it.
As for Zhou Dongsheng, he was naturally unaware of this and was still enjoying himself at the wrap-up party, immersed in the joy of having completed the achievement of making a movie.
As a result, after a night of fermentation, this huge wave of public opinion did not subside at all, but instead increased instead, and even became more intense.
After all, Zhou Dongsheng did not make any response. As for a busy man like Principal Wang, after forwarding the message, he turned around and immersed himself in the life of debauchery and revelry every night. How could he have the time to care about this matter?
As for public figures like Director Wu and Ni Ni, they just congratulated Zhou Dongsheng on the completion of the filming and would not pay much attention to the affairs of the film critics.
The two major media outlets also realized this public opinion crisis after a night of fermentation. They then reported it to Xu Kaidao and Xu Ruoan, who then passed it on to Li Jiana, the assistant...
It was early in the morning and they were not sure whether the boss had woken up. In their opinion, this public opinion crisis was not worth mentioning and was not necessary to disturb the boss's sleep.
After all, the boss is not an internet celebrity, let alone a star. He does not need to be burdened by the public, nor does he need to make any explanations, because he does not make a living from this...
Zhou Dongsheng did not commit any crime or do anything unethical, and he would not become the target of public criticism and be condemned by thousands of people.
This doesn’t even reach the level of a PR crisis.
Therefore, Zhou Dongsheng had a good sleep until noon the next day. After waking up full of energy, he stared at the ceiling for a while.
Although he was very busy in the crew these days, his life was extremely fulfilling. Zhou Dongsheng was a little uncomfortable with the sudden end of such days for a while.
People are always fickle. When they are busy, they have to find something to do when they have some free time.
After washing up, Zhou Dongsheng still had no idea what to do. Even for the filming of "Zhou Dongsheng's Boring Life", Zhou Dongsheng couldn't think of any good material for a while.
After all, from the very beginning, Zhou Dongsheng had no intention of taking the path of quantitative change leading to qualitative change. He was more interested in quality than quantity, so if there were no ideas or materials that moved him...
Then he wouldn't force himself to take the photo. After all, this is not a job, but just a hobby.
By the time he walked out of the room, Li Jiana, the dedicated life assistant, had already prepared a sumptuous breakfast.
Oh no, to be precise, during Zhou Dongsheng's time on the set, Li Jiana had developed another sideline job of her own - agent. As for why it was...
"Boss, wake up. Have breakfast first. I have something to report to you after that..." Li Jiana said very considerately.
"Oh? Let's talk while eating. We have nothing to do anyway..." Zhou Dongsheng said indifferently.
"It's like this..." Following Zhou Dongsheng's words, Li Jiana told the whole story.
"Oh? There is such a good thing?" Zhou Dongsheng smiled with interest. His excitement was obviously not affected at all. Instead, he seemed a little complacent.
"Isn't this a taste of the treatment that a traffic star gets? I never thought that I would end up like this!" Zhou Dongsheng couldn't help but sigh.
After living my life over again, I ended up becoming the person I hate!
"I wonder how the boss plans to solve this problem?" Li Jiana felt a little relieved when she saw that Zhou Dongsheng didn't care.
You have to know that being successful at a young age and being hot-tempered are almost always linked together. If Zhou Dongsheng were to act on impulse, with his current resources and connections, he would have too many options to choose from.
However, if something unexpected happens, it will not be a good thing for Zhou Dongsheng, and it will certainly not be a good thing for Li Jiana, who will suffer together...
"What do you think?" Zhou Dongsheng wiped his mouth slowly and asked back.
"I think this kind of clown is just trying to attract attention. If we ignore it, no . As for the quality of the movie, the audience will naturally judge it..."
"I believe that with the boss's vision and performance, the performance of this movie will definitely not be the worst!" Li Jiana's tone was gentle, but extremely firm. This confidence naturally came from Zhou Dongsheng.
"It's a good idea, but since they are willing to be the clown, it would be a shame if I missed this opportunity. It just so happens that I didn't get enough of the show, so I plan to shoot another short video to satisfy my craving..."
"By the way, let's just consider this as a response to these people." Zhou Dongsheng clapped his hands and said happily.
I was worried about the lack of materials, but now the materials are delivered to my door. If I don’t cherish such a good opportunity, wouldn’t it be a waste?
Zhou Dongsheng picked up his phone, opened a group chat named "Editorial Team of "Zhou Dongsheng's Boring Life", and typed a few words.
"I believe everyone has paid attention to what's happening on Weibo. The materials have been delivered to my door. It's time for you to play a role. I hope you can give me a qualified script before tomorrow..."
As Party A, it is enough to just put forward the demand. As for how to solve it, it is naturally up to the people below to worry about it.
"Let's pack up and go home." Zhou Dongsheng said casually.
At the same time, I thought to myself that it was indeed a bit inconvenient not having a Weibo account. Taking this opportunity, it seems that I can create a Weibo account for fun.
After all, Weibo is the undisputed forum for public opinion on the Internet.
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