Chapter 179 - Crowdfunding Goes Online
Startingfrom the arrest of w.a.n.g Bin on the 17th to the short three days until the 20th,the domestic entertainment industry experienced a storm of baptism. Severalstar artists, that partic.i.p.ated in the gathering of this senior, were picked outand some of them were even taken away by the police to a.s.sist in theinvestigation. Their reputation and future were completely ruined. (TN: Seniorhere is Wan Bin, in case anyone got confused)
For a time, peoplein the industry were in a state of panic, and even all kinds of publicity andhype stopped.
And on InspurBlog, it simply a place with bad people running wild. All the Big V's and SmallV's and speculators were stirring up troubles. Gossips and rumors were everywhere,resulting in many innocent artists to be attacked.
AlthoughBeijing Satellite TV is not an artist star, it was also attacked.
In fact, theattack on Beijing TV was not too unjust, because as early as half a month ago,the officials revealed that big stars such as w.a.n.g Bin and Chen Fei'er had beeninvited to the National Day Party, and even made an exclusive interview forw.a.n.g Bin in a program.
Who wouldhave thought that w.a.n.g Bin would take the wrong path!
And althoughthe Official V of Beijing Satellite TV soon announced that they had canceledall cooperation with w.a.n.g Bin and replace his performance, the impact hasalready been made.
This was becausethe media revealed that w.a.n.g Bin’s drug abuse didn't start in just a day or two.it started a long time ago.
As a localsnake in Beijing, did Beijing Satellite TV really knew nothing about this? (TN:Local snake - powerful ent.i.ty)
Knowing thesituation and inviting w.a.n.g Bin to attend such an important party, isn't thisencouraging the bad atmosphere in the circle?
Some peopleeven accused Beijing Satellite TV of kicking w.a.n.g Bin when he was down.
In fact,most of these questions and accusations were groundless, but this is the caseon the Internet. Unreasonable people stillneed some reason to stir up trouble, let alone people deliberately stirring uptrouble, and this made Beijing Satellite TV a little pa.s.sive.
However,Beijing Satellite TV wasn't a vegetarian either and soon launched acounterattack in terms of public opinion. (TN: Not a vegetarian – not to betrifled with)
First, theirofficials refuted those false rumors on their blog. Also, they advocated the self-disciplineof stars in the entertainment industry.
At 8 pm onthe 21st, when the storm caused by w.a.n.g Bin gradually began to calm down, theOfficial V of Beijing Satellite TV posted an official leak video on its InspurBlog.[1]
The contentof the video was very interesting. It was the rehearsal scene of the NationalDay Party in the T1 Studio on the afternoon of the 17th.
And theprotagonist of the video was precisely Lu Chen!
The OfficialV showed two scenes from the rehearsal. The two scenes were Lu Chen singing eachversion of “I Love You China”. They also launched a prize votingcampaign for all bloggers in the post.
The contentof the vote was very simple - which of the two theme works with the same t.i.tledo you prefer?
Finally, theOfficial V said that the audience's choice will determine which of the versionof the song Lu Chen will sing at the National Day party!
Anyone witha discerning eye knew that this blog post was definitely part of BeijingSatellite TV's crisis public relations. The aim was to divert people’sattention from w.a.n.g Bin, or at least showed that he is not involved withBeijing TV anymore. (TN: Crisis PR – Relevant strategies and managementactivities in response to the crisis)
And this wayof diverting attention is not offensive, and it is very interesting.
As a result,Lu Chen’s two works aroused the curiosity and attention of many people, and thenumber of clicks and comments rose rapidly.
At 8:24,Chen Fei'er forwarded the post and commented that she voted for the secondsong!
In additionto Chen Fei'er, there were a lot of people in the industry who forwarded the postand commented. With the help of the officials, the topic was quickly hyped. By10 pm, the number of votes actually exceeded 200000+!
