Tokyo: The evil god doesn't want to be the top star

Chapter 427 My hand-washing skills are good
Immediately after the show aired, Meng Yuan Wushuang's official account circled the keyword "The Secret of the Immortal", not only praising Xia Fan as a "natural sword jade holy body", but also publicly invited him to be the spokesperson, and even specially attached his "Kendama Tenth Stage Certification Certificate"...

Publishing marketing articles after the show aired was originally part of the "commercial promotion plan". Although the show's direction was completely different from expectations due to Xia Fan's "accident", Meng Yuan Wushuang turned around flexibly and seized this once-in-a-lifetime promotion opportunity...

Using Xia Fan as an example, they called for slogans such as "Everyone can become a kendama master", "It's never too late to practice kendama", and "Newbies can easily win". At the same time, they launched a "Newbie kendama" bone fracture event on the e-commerce platform, taking advantage of the traffic to frantically promote this "extreme hand sport" to passers-by.

Under Meng Yuan Wushuang's desperate promotion, a large number of Kendama fans flocked to the comment area. After watching the highlight version of the video, they were amazed and took the initiative to popularize the seventh, eighth, and ninth stage verification moves that Xia Fan did in the program and the difficulty coefficient of "Secret Skill: Blazing Sky Shoes Twenty-Seven Blades" to passers-by in the discussion area...

As the discussion became more and more heated, passers-by of all ages who never watched idols were attracted to watch the video. They witnessed Xia Fan's heroic performance as "Kendama Wushuang" through the "Highlights Video" and got to know this "strongest new idol".

Although some netizens questioned whether there was a "script", believing that Xia Fan had actually practiced in advance, or actually tried many times, and edited it into a "successful one" for the sake of the show effect...

But he was soon slapped in the face by the "one-shot version" video released by the official account of the program team.

"It's over... This is a mistake... Xia Fan shouldn't even be allowed to take this variety show..."

Seeing the topic heat up, thinking of President Matsudaira's "gentle" look after seeing this trending search, Iijima Yozo's face turned pale, and his body, which was already wet after exercise, was covered with more fine beads of sweat...

After all, TBS is a national TV channel. Although "The Secret of the Immortal" is a boring, long, unoriginal "soap variety show" with many commercials, it is well-known to everyone in the country...

The heated public opinion generated by this episode will only make Xia Fan's personal national recognition more and more widespread.

"Oh, by the way, next, the extra episode..."

Just as she was about to call her staff, a call from the other party popped up on her phone.

"If you mean Xia Fan's variety show became a hot topic, I already know that..."

When he answered the phone, Iijima Yozo's tone was cold.

"I'm sorry, big sister...what should we do in this situation?"

The person on the other end of the phone choked and asked weakly.

"Now there is no way to suppress public opinion, we can only go with the flow..."

"Immediately find a marketing account and post more information about the AFO group, other members, and the theme song trailer in the hot searches related to Xia Fan. Try to 'suck' away this wave of popularity."

"Also, when will Xia Fangjia's episode of 'The Secret of the Immortal' be recorded? Can you contact me to see if it can be postponed?"

Using the "sage mode", Iijima Yozo made arrangements calmly.

If we try to suppress the heat of public opinion this time by creating other hot searches or releasing negative information, it will not only be costly and laborious, but will also offend TBS TV station and those kendama enthusiasts, which is not worth the cost.

Apart from "traffic sucking", the best remedy is to limit Xia Fan's exposure to the minimum.

"I asked before reporting to you, but 'The Secret of the Immortal' is three episodes a week, and TBS said the contract has been signed, and the next episode will be recorded tomorrow morning. Moreover, this episode of 'The Secret of the Immortal' is a special edition with additional funding, and if we turn it down, we will have to pay a large penalty..."

But the staff gave a negative answer helplessly.

"What, tomorrow, so soon? In this case, they must increase Xia Fan's strength and definitely not use such childish tricks to show off to him..." "Okay, I'll contact them right away."

After weighing a series of consequences such as offending TBS and paying liquidated damages, Iijima Yozo had no choice but to give up the idea.

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The next day, TBS TV station.

"Is this really the location for this recording?"

Walking out of the elevator, what appeared in front of Xia Fan was a very grand studio the size of two basketball courts.

The staff busy preparing in the studio and the equipment grand enough for a concert made him look back at the floor to make sure he was not in the wrong place.

"Ah, Mr. Xia, you're here so early! Please come this way, please go to the artist's dressing room and take a rest first. The other guests have already arrived and are getting their makeup done..."

"Have you had breakfast? I asked someone to buy breakfast from a famous store nearby..."

"Have you eaten yet? How about coffee? I'm pretty good at hand-brewing..."

Director Ozu, still wearing his Hawaiian casual clothes, trotted over and greeted him with a warm greeting...

Thanks to Xia Fan's "extraordinary performance", the ratings of the program "The Secret of Immortals" exceeded 10, turning him from a "marginal person" into a "variety show magician" on TV.

Originally, he applied for an increase in the budget for this "special episode", which attracted a lot of criticism. However, as soon as the ratings data came out yesterday, the station immediately increased his budget fivefold and opened the largest studio that can only be used for New Year programs.

"Mr. Xia, please wait here for the photoshoot. The staff will come to pick you up before the recording starts."

"By the way, today's recording is a 'special project', so just give it your best and don't hold back..."

After accompanying Xia Fan to a rather luxurious dressing room, Director Ozu left in a hurry.

"Oh, Xia Jun is here..."

"Sakamoto, Tetsuda, and Kobayashi? Are you also recording this episode?"

What surprised Xia Fan was that the three people who visited the Meng Yuan Wushuang Ryu Dojo with him in the previous episode were sitting in front of the mirror and letting the stylist "dispose" of them...

"Ah? Don't you know that the guests this time are the same cast as last episode?"

"Speaking of which, you... I put so much effort into shaping my singer persona on the show, but not only did you take it all away, my acting range has become increasingly narrow!"

Sakamoto Hide stared at him with some resentment and began to mutter.

Because of the hot searches for his and Xia Fan's "secret offline fencing" and the renewed craze of the "Tufeng Sword School" on the Internet, the exposure rate of the look of Hijikata Toshizo, played by him, increased greatly, causing the label of "excellent young (fighting) (sword) actor" to be like a dog-skin plaster that cannot be torn off.

(End of this chapter)