Early in the morning of February 14, Weibo was paralyzed.
This kind of thing has happened before, but it has never crashed so early in the morning at six in the morning. As soon as I opened Weibo, it started crashing like crazy, the search bar was blank, and nothing appeared on the homepage. This situation lasted for more than three hours before it was resolved.
Many netizens who have enabled push notifications from major portals will see various Berlin Film Festival award results displayed on their phone lock screens the moment they wake up.
In fact, there is a time difference of nearly seven hours between Berlin and Beijing. The film festival awards ceremony began at 7 pm local time on February 13, and it was already 8:30 when the Best Actor award was presented. Many fans who could not stay up to watch the live broadcast could only set alarms to wake up and see the results. Who would have thought that as soon as they opened their eyes, their mobile phones would push all the spoilers.
Seeing news headlines like [Zhou Ziheng captured the "Silver Bear" and became the dark horse, the century's confession shocked the global audience, the Zixi CP is real! ], many fans almost fainted from fright.
Those fans who stayed up all night to watch the live broadcast of the film festival were even more frightened. At the beginning, they waited for the award with great enthusiasm. They finally waited for the Best Director Award, but Kun Cheng missed it. The result was not satisfactory. Even Director Kun did not win the award. The confidence of Zhou Ziheng's fans and CP fans dropped a lot. Although they kept comforting themselves that the nomination was already great, they were still unwilling to accept it. It was like seeing the award finally landed with their own eyes.
When the host pronounced Zhou Ziheng's name in non-standard Chinese, the live broadcast barrage almost exploded, and the screen was filled with different colors of [Zhou Ziheng is awesome!!!], but when Zhou Ziheng said the last sentence, the barrage started to go in a strange direction.
[Wait, I feel like something is wrong...]
[“After meeting someone”, is Zhou Ziheng going to make this public? Fuck no!!]
[Oh my god, don’t tell me it’s Song Nian!!! Song Nian, why are you crying? Don’t cry!!!]
[The fans have given up struggling...]
[Hengheng, don't do that! Mom won't allow it!!!]
The moment Zhou Ziheng said Xia Xiqing's name, the live broadcast barrage completely exploded. There was all sorts of comments, as if it was crazy, and the most common one was "Fuck!" all over the screen.
[Fuck!!! He blew himself up!]
[Self-destruction is contagious!!!]
[Is this true?]
At the end, Xia Xiqing's face, holding back tears, appeared on the screen. The comments all turned pink, and the screen was filled with [自学rio! ], which lasted until Zhou Ziheng stepped down from the stage, watching Xia Xiqing walk back to his seat with a smile.
The study girl's mental journey is like a roller coaster ride, with repeated resurrection and death.
In general, one-third of the reason why Weibo was paralyzed early in the morning was due to the carnival of CP fans, one-third was due to the quarrels between CP fans and only fans, and the remaining one-third was due to bystanders who woke up early and were shown off.
Weibo started to have problems at 5:30 in the morning. The Weibo engineers and programmers who were still asleep had to pick up their computers early in the morning to work overtime, cursing Zhou Ziheng, the genius, while they worked overtime.
Of course, they are not the only ones working overtime. There are also countless media outlets, big and small. Even media workers couldn't help but complain on WeChat Moments, "Can you please choose a proper working time to announce your love, marriage, divorce, or anything else in the future? The Berlin Film Festival is really good at choosing a time, Valentine's Day, thank you so much!"
There was another reply below, "Zhou Ziheng winning the award is enough for us to work overtime, and it's not enough that he won the award, but he actually made it public. It's too showy."
By the time Weibo was finally repaired to a barely usable level, the hot search list was almost entirely occupied by Zhou Ziheng - [Zhou Ziheng Silver Bear Award Actor], [Self-study rio], [Zhou Ziheng Silver Bear Award confession of the century], [Zhou Ziheng stalking], [Zhou Ziheng confesses to Xia Xiqing], and even [Self-study girl] was on the hot search. There was also a very funny hot search entry from the public who did not know the truth, [Why is Weibo paralyzed].
In addition to these poor overtime workers, Jiang Yin was the one who suffered the most. She originally flew to Berlin on the day of the awards ceremony, but the plane was delayed. As soon as she got off the plane, her phone was bombarded with calls. Only then did she know that Zhou Ziheng had confessed to her during the awards ceremony.
"Are you crazy? You really piss me off! You..." Jiang Yin was so angry that she couldn't speak. Her professional instinct forced her to think about how to do public relations for this matter, how to maximize the popularity of this event, and how to deal with the rival teams who wanted to use this opportunity to blacken the company. Zhou Ziheng just kept apologizing on the other end of the phone, smiling, without any intention of apologizing.
"Forget it, both of you stop running around and go to the hotel and wait for me."
The fan composition of Zhou Ziheng is different from that of many traffic stars. He was previously a talented child star with high national popularity, but he had few die-hard fans. His national popularity was transformed into real traffic after the broadcast of "Escape Plan".
This reality show and its two main guests are mutually beneficial, so most of the fans he attracts on the show are CP fans, while the rest of the traffic is basically the opposite, most of them are toxic fans. Even Xia Xiqing's fans are half and half, because he has experienced too much online blackening, and many Xipi fans have been abused into fans of him. Of course, there are also a small number of "boyfriend fans" from the gay community.
Zhou Ziheng's fans are very strange, with a large proportion of die-hard CP fans, a medium proportion of passers-by fans, and a small number of toxic fans. This fan composition also determines the overwhelming offensive of the self-study girl on the entire network.
It is very risky for celebrities to make their love affairs public, and it is easy for others to take advantage of them, especially for young male celebrities with many female fans. In order to avoid being used by the rival team, Jiang Yin had to take the initiative and vigorously promote the news that Zhou Ziheng won the Silver Bear Award for Best Actor. At the same time, she asked her gossip marketing accounts and marketing influencers to borrow the popularity from some funny and interesting aspects to create memes. The first step was to intercept the award ceremony video broadcast live in the early morning, and put it online together with the fan messages at night. The barrage itself was dramatic, and [Self-study girl is like riding a roller coaster] also became a big laugh point. Various emoticons also spread under the fan circle's carnival.
A marketing account with over a million followers posted a picture with a brilliant Buddhist background and the outline of a small person in the middle, with four words written on it - Study Girl.
[The gossip-loving fish eater: forward this self-study girl, and all your fantasies will come true! ]
Taking advantage of the meme of "the study girl got it real", the number of reposts of this Weibo post exceeded 30,000 within an hour, and was reposted by various Xipi fan circles. Now even the study girl has her own personality - the koi among Xipi fans.
In addition, Jiang Yin took advantage of the popularity to show Zhou Ziheng's past achievements. In addition, Zhou Ziheng's most attractive point is his personal charm, and Jiang Yin decided to make a fuss about this point. When doing public relations, you can't just divert attention. Once you can let the public know the advantages of this person through the popularity and be convinced, even if the opponent really blackens him later, it will be difficult for the public to buy it. This is the primacy effect in psychology.
Screenshots of Zhou Ziheng's past interview videos, his English speech contest at P University, and his team physics competition video recordings were posted online, quickly sparking public discussion.
[On the Field of Hope: I have to say that Zhou Ziheng is a real academic genius. Whether it is English pronunciation or logical reasoning ability, he is at the elite level. He will be successful even if he doesn’t act.]
[I don’t know: this physics competition is very difficult.]
[tever: I still remember Zhou Ziheng's discussion about the scope of the word "normal". I was shocked when I saw it. He is not an ordinary person. In fact, many people now say that he is in love. As an observer, I really find it funny. If the brain of Zhou Ziheng is called in love, most of us ordinary people should be brainless.]
[123 Holding Hands: No matter how you look at it, making your relationship public is pretty emmmm…]
[The nitpickers should go to the engine and reply 123 holding hands: I have nothing to say about other stars making their love affairs public, but why can't Zhou Ziheng do the same? He doesn't rely on fans and he's not an idol. He won the Silver Bear for Best Actor at the age of 21. What's wrong with him making his love affairs public?]
[Zhu Keai: Xia Xiqing came out before, and they both went public not long after. They were ready, right? I'm not being jealous, they're a good match.]
[Jilijili: Not a fan, wasn't Xia Xiqing forced to come out? How did it become ready? Netizens' memories are really fishy.]
[Dangdangdang: One is the youngest Silver Bear winner who is currently studying in the Department of Physics at Peking University and became famous at a young age. The other is a beautiful and artistic artist who is the descendant of a sculptor from the second generation of a wealthy family. They are truly a perfect couple. No one else is worthy of each other.]
…
Netizens are arguing constantly, and the self-study girls have not yet woken up from the carnival. The most interesting thing is that a major self-study CP website organized a special program, interviewed many self-study girls by phone, recorded the audio and edited it. Because this video is too silly, it quickly became a source of joy for netizens and was forwarded crazily.
The first person the webmaster called was his good gay friend. She had slept from midnight to ten in the morning because she was working on a CP novel. She was woken up by a call from the webmaster and answered the call in a daze.
Stationmaster: "Self-study is real."
My friend: “…” He repeated in a daze, “Studying on your own is real.”
The stationmaster emphasized: "Self-study is real!"
My friend thought he was not sincere enough, so he emphasized soullessly: "Self-study is real!"
The webmaster was furious: "No, I mean the self-study is real!!! It's really real!!"
Gay friend: "… What are you doing? I just woke up, don't bother me! It's true…"
The webmaster sighed and explained in one breath, "Zhou Ziheng confessed his love to Xia Xiqing at the Berlin Film Festival awards ceremony. Oh, and by the way, Zhou Ziheng won an award."
Gay friend: “… … … … Fuck… … I don’t believe it!! Fuck fuck fuck, where’s my phone? Fuck fuck Zhou Ziheng is awesome…”
Webmaster: "You have your phone in your hand." Smile.
For the second call, the webmaster dialed the voice phone of the deputy webmaster.
Stationmaster: "Self-study is real."
The deputy stationmaster burst into tears: "Wuwuwuwuwuwu, I know, my self-study is real, mom loves you wuwuwuwuwu..."
Webmaster: "Calm down and I'll record..."
The deputy stationmaster suddenly shouted, "I can't calm down!!! Ah!!! My study room! My Hengheng and my brother Xiqing, you guys are really so wuwuwuwu, I'm going to run laps downstairs, no, I'm going to Berlin to find my study room!"
Stationmaster: "You will be back from your self-study class tonight..."
Deputy Station Master: "Then why are you calling me! Let's go to the airport to pick me up! Woohoo! I need to prepare a wedding gift for my study session, don't bother me! Go away!"
Webmaster: “…”
The entire video was a black screen with rotating subtitles. When it was uploaded to Weibo, it was first forwarded crazily in the fan circle. Later, it accidentally went viral and suddenly became a source of joy for the entire network.
[The cat who loves to eat fish: What kind of stupid fans are these, hahaha//Xia Da Da is the cutest in the world: The first girl is so cute!! It’s so cute to shout slogans with her before waking up! //A lemon essence: After all, they are chasing after the academic master CP, how can they be so stupid, hahaha, the style of fans and idols is so inconsistent. //Are you jealous today: I laughed like crazy when the second girl shouted to pick me up at the airport, I am a fan of the stars, hahaha//ema: The webmaster is worthy of being the webmaster, so calm, hahaha//A little white dragon in the waves: High energy throughout! ]
Seeing that the video of Ziheng's speech at the awards ceremony last week has been forwarded over 250,000 times, netizens have finally focused on the confession of the century after making a series of jokes.
[Rainbow Popping Candy: If this acceptance speech was not written by the team, I would really be disappointed.]
[The No. 1 General Attack in the Entertainment Industry: If you are not a team member, you can’t write it. Zhou Ziheng’s usual speaking style is that of a science and engineering guy. If you don’t believe it, you can take a look at some of his previous public speeches.]
[Gryffindor Baby: Zhou Ziheng is telling the truth. He used to only shoot realistic films, and the subjects were more sensitive than the last. He has never shot a bad film or a romantic film. This alone is something that many young actors cannot catch up with.]
[Little Turtle: This acceptance speech is probably the most amazing confession I have ever heard. Maybe it’s because Zhou Ziheng himself is a legend. He studies physics and is also passionate about acting. Art and science seem to have no boundaries, but they are unified in him. It’s very romantic and reasonable.]
[Aquarius girl: I can understand Zhou Ziheng, and I can also understand Xia Xiqing. Of course, these two people will like each other when they meet. They are very suitable, no matter their family background or personal level. P.S., I heard that his mother is from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, I don’t know if it’s true or not.]
[The life of a self-study girl is perfect: Fans are not as good as passers-by at blowing, I just want to say that the description of the container is too wonderful, and vice versa, my God, I really can't say anything.]
This CP carnival continued to ferment, and Zhou Ziheng's final confession was also imitated by netizens, becoming a special style of Zhou Ziheng's confession, and [Science and Engineering Man's Confession] also became a hot search.
At 11 o'clock in the evening, the main creative crew of "Tracking" landed at the Capital Airport. Xia Xiqing was prepared to be watched, but he did not expect that there were more people than he imagined. Near midnight, the entire airport reception area was almost full of fans, all dressed in pink, pink jackets and pink coats, and there was a sea of girlish pink everywhere.
Xia Xiqing wore a blue down jacket and a grey knitted wool hat. She looked young and cute. When she saw the fans, she stretched out a hand from her pocket and smiled gently at them, "You are all dressed like girls!"
All the fans screamed, "Happy Valentine's Day, bro!!!"
"Happy wedding, brother!!!"
New, newly married...
"Happy wedding to Zixue! May you live happily ever after!"
“Following the box office hits!!”
Director Kun was standing next to Xia Xiqing, and both of them were surrounded by bodyguards. Xia Xiqing walked forward and said to the fans, "Have you bought the tickets? Let's go to the movies tomorrow."
Several fans nearby were recording videos and screaming, "Ah, Brother Xiqing!" Another fan joked, "I can't buy tickets anymore!"
Xia Xiqing immediately bumped into Director Kun's shoulder, "Director, they said there are no tickets." He smiled with curved eyebrows, and the ball on the tail of his woolen hat swung back and forth, "Then brother will treat you to a private screening. It's a holiday."
"Really??"
Xia Xiqing said seriously, "Of course it's true."
"Ahh, chasing after a rich second generation is great!!"
"So happy!!"
"Hey, where's Ziheng?" Everyone was chatting so happily that a fan finally realized something was wrong.
Director Kun smiled and said, "It's in the back."
The fans were all attracted by Xia Xiqing and thought that the two were walking together. Only then did they realize that Zhou Ziheng was left behind by them and was surrounded by bodyguards along with Song Nian. Zhou Ziheng was wearing a red down jacket, which was very similar to Xia Xiqing's style. The funniest thing was that he was wearing a black mask on his face, which almost covered his entire face. There was a big white cross on the mask, and a slogan was printed on the hat on his head: shut up!
Fans thought his board-beating was cool and funny, so they grabbed Xia Xiqing and asked, "Brother Xiqing, what happened to Hengheng?"
Xia Xiqing suppressed a smile, "He talks too much, so his agent banned him from speaking."
“Hahahaha, the star was banned from speaking by his agent.”
“Mask-style mute, hahaha.”
Zhou Ziheng, with an unhappy look on his face, used his extraordinary height advantage to squeeze behind Xia Xiqing with great difficulty. He accidentally squeezed past Xia Xiqing's head and stepped on Xia Xiqing's shoes.
"Oh my god, Zhou Ziheng, you stepped on my shoes!"
"Ah? I didn't mean to do that." Zhou Ziheng immediately lowered his head to look for it, but the scene was too chaotic and everyone was being pushed around. Not to mention finding his shoes, he couldn't even move his waist.
"It's not easy to find. You step on my feet first." Zhou Ziheng didn't care about the number of people. He pulled Xia Xiqing's legs and asked him to step on his feet. Xia Xiqing looked at him with disgust, but he had no other choice but to put his feet on Zhou Ziheng's sneakers and help Zhou Ziheng walk out.
All the fans in the audience were screaming, and Kuncheng’s eardrums were about to be pierced. He felt like an innocent person who accidentally fell into a groundhog’s den.
"Ahh, step on my foot! I'm going to die!"
"Oh my god, Brother Xiqing's feet are so beautiful!"
"A circle smaller than Zhou Ziheng's!"
Xia Xiqing was completely depressed. He had just laughed at Zhou Ziheng, but how could he suffer so soon? He secretly pinched Zhou Ziheng's arm, gritted his teeth and whispered, "I regret it now, I want to resume the probation period..."
"It's too late." Zhou Ziheng smiled proudly. Taking advantage of the fact that Xia Xiqing had lost a shoe, he put his arm around Xia Xiqing's shoulders without any scruples. It was simply a blatant display of affection.
I originally thought that this ridiculous public relationship incident had come to an end, but the next day, a Weibo post was reposted by netizens and became a hot headline, with everyone tagging Xia Xiqing.
[A lucky self-study girl: This is a serious lost and found: ng_summer Brother Xiqing, do you still want your shoes? ! ! If you don’t want them, can you give them to me? ! ! ! ! ! ! ]
The accompanying picture is the limited edition sneakers that were stepped on by Zhou Ziheng.
An inexplicable sense of Cinderella...
After seeing this Weibo post, Xia Xiqing showed a soulless smile on his face.
Now that you've said that, should I come back
[ng_summer: PM me the address and I’ll give you the other one, so we can round it up for the big festival.]
The author has something to say:
If nothing unexpected happens, tomorrow will be the Werewolf extra chapter. I may have to write one or two chapters for this, and maybe it will be linked with A Way Out, or a special live show of A Way Out. Those who don’t know the Werewolf game can learn about the basic rules. I will choose the most basic game.
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