There's a very important rule in Chinese entertainment talent shows.
If you want to become a top contestant, you must possess the qualities and beauty of both genders.
That is, you can be so cool that people's legs go weak and they shout "husband", but also so beautiful that people blurt out "wife".
After all, the biggest thing that most show fans like to do is choose wives from boy groups and husbands from girl groups.
Jiang Ye had understood this about her fans.
Her previous performances were indeed very good, the response was very good, and she attracted countless mom fans and older sister fans, but she was still missing a crucial part.
If mom fans are the perpetual motion machine of spending money, then girlfriend fans are the first production force of voting.
It just so happened that no one in the Chasing Light Girls show had tried this style yet.
Jiang Ye certainly wouldn't miss out on this potential fan base.
But relying on the performance was too unreliable, after all, she didn't know what kind of stages would come next.
So, she directly used the New Year's Eve gala to create this opportunity for herself.
Although the quality of the New Year's Eve gala stage couldn't compare to the performance, it looked like she was just casually dancing.
But sometimes, this kind of casual dancing can be even more captivating.
If she can dance like this casually, how handsome would she be when she's dancing seriously!
Sure enough, Jiang Ye's boy group dance clip was quickly reposted tens of thousands of times in the show fan circle.
And the publicity department of Shengrui Entertainment received instructions from the boss.
For Jiang Ye, they would help suppress all negative hot searches and help promote all positive hot searches, in short, wherever there was heat, they would add fuel to the fire, a series of marketing articles, hot searches, and a one-stop service were all arranged.
So, the topic #Jiang Ye Boy Group Dance# quickly rose to the top of the hot search list.
Once it was on the hot search, many curious onlookers clicked in, with the attitude of "What's so hot about a girl covering a boy group dance?", but they ended up being captivated by the video.
【Damn, damn, damn, this dance made me, a fan of only male idols, feel moved, the sister is so seductive.】
【This sister's expression is so cool throughout the whole dance, it's so charming it makes my scalp tingle, and she's so handsome it makes me die on the spot】
【I swear, it's hard not to shout "husband"!!】
【The camera work is also so good, can the sister give me the rose? Please, I really can, wuwuwu】
【I swear, this straight girl has a feeling of being turned by her, what's going on?】
【Pure onlooker, just want to ask, who is this Jiang Ye?】
【Upstairs, welcome to the pit of our human enchantress Jiang Ye! [Direct Camera Angle Compilation] Also, don't be fooled by her cool exterior, she's only eighteen years old, wuwuwu!】
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Jiang Ye was very satisfied after browsing the Weibo dynamics.
The feedback from this boy group dance was better than she expected.
She originally thought it would only cause a small whirlwind in the show fan circle, but she didn't know if it was the company or the program team, they actually bought her a hot search, directly doubling her expectations.
Jiang Ye thought, and then checked the number of check-ins in her super topic.
Sure enough, compared to a week ago, the number of check-ins in her super topic had increased significantly.
It seemed that she had been steadily gaining fans during this period.
After all, Zhen Jia's self-destruction had given her a chance to play the victim, and this boy group dance had also highlighted her skills, the classic "beautiful, strong, and miserable" persona was established, it was hard not to gain fans.
Jiang Ye, who was very aware of being a top player, decided to check the forum in the end.
Weibo was generally more peaceful, it didn't reveal any negative points.
But occasionally, she wanted to see some more intense comments, and whether fans or onlookers had any expectations of her, she could also adjust her future development path based on public opinion.
When she clicked into the special group forum, Jiang Ye immediately saw the top post of the day.
【Anyone else here, why are Jiang Ye's CPs so good to ship?】
Jiang Ye: "?"
She clicked in with curiosity.
The main post content: 【Originally, I thought Lin Shen Ye Mao was very exciting to ship, then someone told me that the roommate group was bursting with sweetness and I could eat sugar lying down, so I went to ship Qi Ye Zhen Zhen. But yesterday, during the New Year's Eve gala, Jiang Ye gave a rose, and I actually started shipping her with that little-known trainee from the circle! Help, I'm not even a Jiang Ye fan, but why are all her CPs so good to ship!】
The replies below were all comforting her.
【Don't doubt yourself, because our little Ye Ye is just very captivating, the first sea king of Chasing Light Girls [Yes].】
【She's a world-class enchantress, both straight girls and lesbians fall for her, she's naturally good at flirting and has a mysterious CP constitution.】
【At this rate, I have no doubt that Jiang Ye will appear on the list of lesbian crushes next year, 23333.】
【Although, but the best CP for Jiang Ye is still Lin Shen Ye Mao, right? The first couple in Chasing Light Girls, Lin Shen Ye Mao, anyone disagree? I can flirt with all the beautiful girls in the world, but I only recognize one person as my only rival. If you don't believe that we, the two aces, are the best match, you can get out!!】
【I disagree! The best CP is clearly Ye You Su Meng! Has anyone not seen the early materials released by Shengrui Entertainment? The arrogant one and the only one who can subdue the arrogant one are a perfect match! They didn't get along well at first, who knew their relationship would become so close later, kswlkswl】
【But in terms of the most sugar, it's actually Qi Ye Zhen Zhen, right? It's worth it to fall into the roommate line, the gentle and elegant older sister and her little white rabbit are very good!】
【? Qi Ye Zhen Zhen has so much sugar, why is their CP ranking still in the 50s and 60s?】
【Don't we, the lying-down sugar eaters, know that the more useless we are, the luckier we are? We have mountains and seas of sugar just lying down, of course, we can't compare to the US older sister who's always picking up trash.】
【Stop arguing, stop arguing, we, the Arctic Circle Yi Ye Zhi Qiu, also need to be acknowledged. I fell into the pit during the clarification live stream and I'm shipping them to death, looking at the preview, it seems like this pair will really be "I achieved this because of her, with anyone else, I would have lost the ending" during the second performance!】
【Are we Zhu Li Ye not worthy of being acknowledged? Idol x her little fan girl, the "Light Chaser" persona is so amazing, it's both angsty and good to ship, wuwuwu.】
【Isn't anyone shipping Zhang Nan, the younger sister who was given the rose yesterday, x Jiang Ye? The younger sister's ears turned red! It's hard not to shout "I got the real deal!".】
【But this Zhang Nan pair really has a vibe of a heartless playboy x a naive little darling who falls in love after being flirted with, even though I'm a Jiang Ye mom fan, I can't help but scold our Jiang Ye for being such a heartbreaker!】
【Zhang Nan: She seems to have only loved me for a short time, qaq.】
【Jiang Ye, my fated Jiang Ye, quickly tell Mom who your true love is.】
【Actually, Jiang Ge x Jiang Mei is also very fragrant, our Double Jiang Narcissus is the best.】
【BG is also very fragrant, okay? The top idol mentor x his favorite trainee, Xing Ye Jian Cheng is so exciting, I'm shipping them to death.】
【Help, I have a feeling that Jiang Ye's flirting journey hasn't stopped yet.】
【Looking forward to Jiang Ye writing a memoir five years after she retires from the entertainment industry, titled "I Was a Sea King in Chasing Light Girls", let me see who her true love is!】
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Jiang Ye flipped through the entire building, she was completely dazed.
This was not her intention!
She just wanted to create a fixed CP for herself to cultivate, after all, it's impossible for a popular contestant to not have a CP, it's better to pull a fixed CP to benefit each other than to be exploited.
She did not expect her fans to be even more amazing, not only did they ship her with everyone on the show, but they also directly created all kinds of different personas for each CP, with every CP persona imaginable, there was nothing they couldn't ship.
Jiang Ye could not help but go to Bilibili to search for her name.
She thought she would find a lot of stage compilations and endorsements.
But when she clicked on the first video.
【All Jiang Ye丨Mom wants me to marry her】
In a short video of just over a minute, she was shipped with seven different CPs.
Jiang Ye: "..."
She exited and clicked on the second video.
【Jiang All Centered Lalang丨Flirting Everywhere】
This one was even more exaggerated, it was a fan-made cover with lyrics, and she was shipped with over twenty CPs in this song.
Jiang Ye: "..."
She was starting to question her life.
But CPs were CPs, Jiang Ye wasn't too worried about being exploited.
First, her interactions with all the girls were very balanced, she wouldn't be shipped with a one-sided, loyal dog-like love for someone, so the possibility of being exploited was relatively low.
Second, she knew that there were definitely a large number of fans secretly shipping her.
Some solo fans said that they didn't want Jiang Ye to be shipped with anyone, but they actually shipped her more than anyone else.
Plus, her charm in the CP personas could also enrich her original persona, giving her more points to attract fans, which was beneficial to her.
Jiang Ye silently prayed that the CP fans wouldn't all come together later and scold her for being a sea king and a heartbreaker.
As the second ranking announcement approached, the songs for the third performance were also released.
Unlike the previous performance, the songs for this performance were not chosen by the trainees, but by the fans through voting.
The program team released demos of five original performance songs three days in advance.
Fans needed to choose one that they thought was most suitable for their favorite idol, and then vote for her in that song within three days.
If the competition for the song was fierce, she might be switched to a different group.
When the demos were released, Jiang Ye listened to them immediately.
The five songs had different styles, but the quality was very good.
Lin Zui was playing a boring block-pulling game next to her, and when she finished listening to each one, she asked, "Which one do you want to go for?"
"I'm open to anything."
Jiang Ye tilted her head and thought for a moment, "If I had to choose, I'd go for "If I Can", I'm most confident with this style."
But the song selection for the third performance represented the fans' hopes.
So, it didn't really matter what Jiang Ye thought.
"Leave it to the fans."
Jiang Ye said without any burden, "They'll decide for me."
Although there were often trainees who would personally intervene and subtly hint to their fans about their preferred song choices.
But Jiang Ye was the kind of person who didn't really care.
The stage was a bit like a way for her to collect stamps.
She enjoyed challenging different looks, different styles, different stage performances to collect different versions of herself on stage.
And since it was the fans who voted for her, she would have a feeling of receiving a gift from her fans.
"Oh, there are still some things to avoid."
Jiang Ye seemed to suddenly remember something, clasped her hands together, and prayed devoutly, "Just don't let me be in the same group as Xue Zhihan."
There were many people she wanted to work with, but Xue Zhihan was always at the top of the list of people she didn't want to work with.
"It's not going to happen."
Lin Zui focused on pulling her blocks, "I think her fans wouldn't want to put her in the same group as you."
Jiang Ye was puzzled, "Why?"
Lin Zui: "Their fans had a huge fight a while ago."
Actually, during the talent show, everyone generally didn't fight unless there was a big problem.
After all, they were still in the competition, and many times, they had to face the choice of exchanging votes, they saw each other all the time, it wasn't good to tear each other apart.
There were definitely some people who cursed about exploitation and being tied together, but Jiang Ye was very careful about this, after the first performance, she had almost never interacted with Xue Zhihan.
Those who shipped them thought that if they wanted to ship the enemy rivalry vibe, it was better to ship Lin Shen Ye Mao, and if they wanted to ship the innocent flower x big devil persona, it was better to ship Yi Ye Zhi Qiu, so it gradually cooled down.
The fight that broke out a while ago was very unexpected.
A certain wicked onlooker made a comparison, saying that they remembered when Xue Zhihan first entered the program team, she wanted to create a persona of a saintly angel who everyone loved, but this persona ended up going to Jiang Ye, which was quite funny.
Xue Zhihan's fans were naturally unhappy, they couldn't help but take a dig at Jiang Ye for stealing her persona.
And Jiang Ye's fans were already in a bad mood because of Zhen Jia's incident, they were easily angered.
Stealing what persona, do they want this kind of good fortune where everyone on the show clarifies for her because she was slandered by her group?
Both sides wanted to solidify their fan base by fighting, so they simply started fighting.
Jiang Ye nodded after listening, "Her fans might not want to put her in the same group as me."
"But her company might."
After all, it wasn't unheard of for companies to personally intervene and help trainees switch groups.
And Xue Zhihan's company, she was really a little afraid of.
"And if I were Xue Zhihan, I would be very worried right now."
She couldn't compete with Jiang Ye and Lin Zui, the two big demons, in terms of strength.
The persona she wanted to create for herself, the well-liked group darling script was taken by Jiang Ye, and the innocent flower soft girl script was taken by Shen Zhiyi from the same company.
Plus, when the second performance aired, it was very likely that Tan Meng, Cheng Zhen, and the others would also make a strong push.
If Xue Zhihan didn't find something to quickly solidify her fan base, she might go from fighting for the C-position to fighting for a debut position.
Jiang Ye thought for a moment and said, "If I were her, I would take two paths now."
"Either, before the second performance airs, quickly try to create a CP with a mentor."
After all, her second performance song was Mu Xingchi's song, at this time, it wouldn't be impossible to plant some fans in different groups, and if necessary, have her company like some CP videos, maybe she could suck some blood from the mentor.
Of course, this also has drawbacks, it's easy to be caught by Mu Xingchi's girlfriend fans and torn apart.
"Or, during the third performance, ship a CP with a top-ranking trainee and steal some blood."
After all, Xue Zhihan didn't seem to have any big hot CPs so far.
So, for her, Jiang Ye, who has a natural CP constitution where every stage collaboration creates a new CP, is undoubtedly her best choice.
This was Jiang Ye's biggest worry.
She frowned anxiously and pulled one of Lin Zui's blocks.
Unexpectedly, as soon as she pulled, the entire block tower collapsed with a bang.
Lin Zui: "..."
Jiang Ye was silent for a moment, she felt a bad omen in her heart, "I've consulted the stars, this is a sign of great misfortune."
Lin Zui comforted her, "Think about it this way, it could also be a sign that her house is going to collapse."
Jiang Ye: "..."