["Lost Wings" has a total sales of 1.02 Million, but you actually want to donate all of it?!]
[Too powerful, I have previously seen singers collaborate and put on concerts and then donate all the proceeds. But, to donate the proceeds from a record...okay, silently give a like!]
[The eight day total sales of "Lost Wings" broke one million. In the end, it will definitely break 1.5 million. One CD is 28 (yuan). Even if the average cost of production is 10 yuan per disc, the profit per CD is 18… amazing! ]
With the winds of Black Cloud's popularity, more and more fans also came to know the name Zhao Chuyun. Zhao Chuyun was Ling Xiao's agent. She posted this Weibo, therefore it certainly wouldn't be fake.
This meant that the proceeds of "Lost Wings" was truly going to be donated to the Rongyun Foundation.
Rong Xu's fans did not expect that their family's Rong Rong would make such a decision. However, no matter what he decided to do, Rong Xu definitely surpassed most other stars in regards to charity.
Many celebrities today would also establish so-called charity organizations, but most of them only act as spokespersons and encourage fans to donate. Some celebrities would be more honest and act as a role model, also donating a significant amount of money. Conversely, some celebrities would simply let fans do all the work and benefit by obtaining a good reputation.
Of course, in any case, just thinking about doing good deeds could already present them as a kind individual. What the entertainment industry had much of were those who didn't do an ounce of philanthropy, only focusing on earning money to enjoy by themselves.There were even those who built a foundation on the surface, but privately funneled away all the funds in reality, making guilty money.
However, among so many celebrities, there was really none who would directly donate all the proceeds of one million sales worth of singles without even leaving a penny!
[Rong Rong has such a big heart QAQ didn't tell us anything about this, doing this kind of thing silently.]
[Aaaaahhhhhh, I really want to support Rong Rong. Yesterday our company coincidentally wanted to donate books to the Hope Project. I was originally going to just randomly donate just one thing, but now I decided to go though my bookshelf as soon as I get home. Will also look for clothes, I will also donate clothes! ]
[Wuli Rong really is a warm-hearted little angel. Actually, I can probably understand the reason for donating. The song "Lost Wings" is Ling Xiao's and Ling Xiao has already passed away. Now that Rong Rong is singing his song, the only thing he can do for Ling Xiao is to support the charity he left behind. I began liking RongRong because of Vie for Supremacy. YaoYao was a very kind person. Now, RongRong is also this kind. I really like him! I like him more and more! ]
In these past few days, discussions about the 'Suppression' incident were everywhere on the Internet. Although the majority of people all viewed the situation in condemnation, this sort of negative happening also made many passer-by netizens increasingly disappointed in the entertainment industry. They felt the industry was filled with murky waters.
But now, with the "Lost Wings" donation event, many passer-bys began to appreciate it again.
It was impossible for any industry to be pure white, without any black spots. Indeed, the entertainment industry's waters were deep, but, just as it had villains, it also had saints.
[Take a look at the current Weibo trending list. First place is the other's "Lost Wings", while second place is that something Deng Yiwen. Tsk,Tsk,Tsk, how does this Deng 'Suppression' have the nerve, being listed alongside the other's philanthropy of donating to a foundation. Too shameful, ba.]
[I went to see Black Clouds with my girlfriend. I personally have no interest in this inspirational biographical movie, and I only watched it once. But now, I have decided to buy a copy of "Lost Wings" to support charity. I hope Rong Xu becomes even greater!]
Every little thing you do will be observed by other people.
This event made passers-by netizens cultivate a certain amount of affection for Rong Xu, and Rong Xu's fans were extremely proud of him.
As for the fans of newcomers who have some degree of competition with Rong Xu, though they may also occasionally secretly blacken Rong Xu, even secretly messing around when Rong Xu made the trending list, this time, there was nothing they could do. Even in their own family's (celebrity's) forum, they couldn't help but sigh: [When will our family's young master Steam Cook [1] do charity, I would be the first to give support...]
After a while, the entire Web was discussing the "Lost Wings" donation situation.
Zhao Chuyun seized this opportunity and contacted several media sources to publicize the announcement again. As a result, the online sales of "Lost Wings" suddenly multiplied by 20% that day, while the offline sales also increased slightly.
When Rong Xu learned of the circumstances, he immediately reposted Zhao Chuyun's Weibo and simultaneously sent the other a thank-you message.
Zhao Chuyun very quickly replied: [There's no need to thank me. Rather, I should thank you. After Ling Xiao passed, Rongyun's investors decreased year after year. This time, not only did RongYun obtain funding, but also attention.]
Looking at this polite text message, Rong Xu could almost picture Zhao Chuyun on the other end of the phone sporting the same expression as a public official. With the corners of his lips curved upwards, Rong Xu still replied: [Regardless, thank you, Sis Zhao.]
If Zhao Chuyun hadn't wanted to make this matter public, Rong Xu also wouldn't have been able to do anything about it. Of course, he could have also found an opportunity to make it known to the public, but it would've seemed deliberately done and not as well executed as Zhao Chuyun's method.
Zhao Chuyun helped shape him into a warm-hearted, benevolent persona, and increased his favorability amongst passer-bys. She also allocated funds to help promote this matter to the public. To Rong Xu, who was still in the development period, this was definitely a huge assistance.
Although Zhao Chuyun doing this was also to benefit the RongYun Foundation, the benefits Rong Xu gained from this was much greater than he would have obtained from the lost monetary profits.
That evening, Rong Xu's fans wrote a post in his fan forum calling on all fans to begin donating.
Some charity events didn't require celebrities to organize them themselves. Instead, their fans would autonomously organize such events in the name of the celebrity in order to help promote their favorite idols.
[Rong Rong donated all of the proceeds for "Lost Wings", I also wanna donate!]
[Liking RongRong truly is a wonderful thing. Today, when I was eating, I told my dad that my idol donated at least 10 Million to charity organizations. My dad even praised me, and for the first time, he didn't object to me chasing a celebrity. Count me in for the charity event. I won't buy clothing this month. I will donate to charity!]
[I will also donate!]
[Me, too! I am a student, so I may not have much money, but I can donate books to rural mountain schools!]
In just two short hours, the number of replies to this post exceeded 10,000. Countless number of fans stated that they will join the event and learn from Rong Xu, giving to charity. Wealthy fans decided to donate money, fans who lacked money donated their own clothing and books. There were also many fans who proactively expressed: [I am an accountant/lawyer/HR... I can help contribute to the planning of this event!]
Luo Qian got in touch with this event's moderator as soon as she could in order to plan out the charity event with them. She reported the situation to Rong Xu, and Rong Xu wrote a post on Weibo the next morning.
[Rong Xu: Thank you everyone for spreading love, heart hands~ [Image]]
The picture showed the youth sporting a bright and gentle smile and wearing simple, beige pajamas. He was casually sitting cross-legged on the tatami on his balcony, making a heart gesture towards the camera. The golden sunlight shone on his soft hair, which reflected a soft light. Those beautiful eyes curved up with his smile, and under the sunlight, it appeared as clear and clean as a lake.
[Aaaaaaahhhhhhh, gives Rong Rong heart hands, heart hands, heart hands, heart hands!!!]
The fans became even more excited to participate in the charity event. The name #RongXu# was raised to third place on the trending search list. Second place was #LostWings1.02MIllion# and first place was a hot political issue.
As for Deng Yiwen, his suppression issue had long been forgotten by the netizens. It had only been two days since his unreliable announcement had been published, but his name had already disappeared directly from the trending search list.
But, did the netizens truly forget all about him? Not at all.
As soon as someone mentioned this person, netizens immediately expressed: [Deng 'Suppression'! Disgusting!]
However, the majority of people were just too lazy to care about him anymore. Their attention was mainly on the "Lost Wings" donation matter and the charity events carried out by Rong Xu's fans that resulted. No one expected that Rong Xu's fans actually accomplished what they said, directly raising 100,000 in cash via an online fundraising platform. Within ten minutes! All 100,000 completely raised!
Many of the fans who didn't donate quickly enough posted comments on Weibo one by one, urging the event organizers to quickly raise the upper limit to 500,000.
Half an hour later! Met the goal again!
Following this, there was 1 million, then 2 million...
Within four hours, these fans actually raised more than 4.12 million in donations, and this value was still increasing!
In addition to the monetary donations, the organizer also provided an address, asking fans who wanted to donate items to directly send it to that location. She (the organizer) will work with other fans to personally deliver the items to rural mountain regions.
[This kind of positive-energy event is so much better than that whatever 'Suppression'. That 'Suppression' is such a pollutant. Look at others, doing charity. So wonderful!]
The reactions of passer-bys are the most honest reactions. The actions of Rong Xu's fans made them feel admiration. Saying something 10 thousand times is not as good as doing something 10 thousand times. The other is honestly and truly doing charity work and must be praised!
When Rong Xu's fans saw that their family's male god extoling them on Weibo, they immediately became even more energized. However, they didn't realize that both of Rong Xu's hands were freed up, posing with heart hands in front of his chest. So, ... who was taking pictures for him?
Wearing pajamas, he seemed to be at home, perhaps it's his agent? !
After taking pictures and sending the Weibo post, the youth leaned back on the tatami mat and continued to scroll through his phone. Sunlight passed through the floor-to-ceiling windows and gently sprayed across his body. His semi-long hair covered half of his face and cheeks, and actually made him appear a few degrees gentler.
In the huge apartment, Rong Xu sat on the balcony and basked in the sun. After hanging up his coat, Qin Cheng also walked to the side of the balcony and sat down on the tatami mat, leaning against the back of the soft chair. His gaze was on the youth across from him..
"You donated all of the proceeds for "Lost Wings"?"
A low and elegant sounding male voice made Rong Xu raise his head. When he saw that this man was sitting directly in front of him, he froze briefly before following up with a smile and saying: "En, all donated out. This was the condition Sis Zhao requested of me. If I wanted to sing this song, then I must donate all the proceeds."
Qin Cheng's sharp and handsome brows furrowed together. His gaze lowered as he said lightly: "She's a bit too much. There has been no such precedent within the circle."
Hearing that, Rong Xu put the phone aside and replied to his side: "There must have been a first person to eat crabs in the past[2]. This is quite good."
Qin Cheng's lips twitched. He watched the lightly smiling and calm youth in front of him. After a while, he let out a deep sigh and didn't say anymore about it.
To anyone else, Rong Xu only experienced suffering in this event. However, Rong Xu himself didn't have much concern in regards to this situation. Instead, he felt like he'd taken advantage of it.
Looking at Qin Cheng's expression, Rong Xu subconsciously felt that Qin Cheng also thought he (Rong Xu) had suffered a loss and was feeling wronged for himself (RX). He smiled slightly and diverted the topic: "I thought you weren't coming back till tomorrow, why did you come back so early?"
Qin Cheng said: "The award ceremony for the Golden Phoenix Awards is the day after tomorrow. Came back one day in advance to be prepared."
Rong Xu nodded.
The Golden Phoenix Award is one of the world's most prestigious film awards. Since Rong Xu's debut, he had only acted in Black Clouds, this one single film, and it was a film that was newly released in April of this year. The films nominated for the Golden Phoenix Award are all films from the year prior. Thus, the cast for Black Clouds was not nominated, so Rong Xu naturally did not receive an invitation letter.
As if having seen through the youth's thoughts, Qin Cheng's thin lips hooked upwards and he said with a hidden smile: "Wanna go?"
Rong Xu was surprised: "How?"
The curve of his lips deepened a few degrees. The man's eyes were deep and his appearance exuded a coldness that seemed to repel others and keep them from getting close[3]. However, the smile that played on the corner of his lips could not be concealed.
Qin Cheng looked upwards slightly and said with a very serene tone: "You can walk the red carpet with me. Every invited celebrity can bring along a companion to walk down the red carpet with. There is no requirement for the companion to also have an invitation letter."
Speaking up to here, seemingly afraid that the youth would misunderstand, Qin Cheng deliberately added another method: "Huaxia Entertainment has several admission spots, you can also grab one."
Clear pupils slowly dilated and Rong Xu, wearing the simplest set of home clothes, stared widely at the man in front of him. His gaze stayed on Qin Cheng for a long time. It wasn't until after a while that he retracted his sight, hiding his smile and saying: "No need. After two days, I'll be heading to the crew of Maze City to film. It's better for me to stay home and study the script."
His smile suddenly froze and Qin Cheng sounded a soft "En." On the surface, it still seemed normal, but when he spoke again, his tone sounded a little down.
The two chatted for a while longer, and the youth's line of sight stayed steadily on the other party. Qin Cheng kept looking out the window, but his eyes secretly remained on Rong Xu. Whenever Rong Xu looked towards him, he would quickly shift his gaze. The fingers of his left hand lightly tapped the tatami, and his expression was indifferent, as if nothing had happened.
It wasn't until Rong Xu got up to prepare lunch that Qin Cheng turned his sight around to face him: "What do you plan on making? Do you need help..." His voice came to an abrupt halt and Qin Cheng's eyes slowly widened ——
He watched as the youth leaned forwards and reached his hands towards the side of his face!
Qin Cheng: "!!!"
Beautiful, white fingers skimmed across his cheeks and gently stroked the man's hair a few times. Qin Cheng watched Rong Xu without making a peep as Rong Xu actually grinned and said: "I've actually been bothered by this really early on. For a while now, your hair had been sticking up like... a little horn. You also don't need to help. You just came back from the U.S. Have a good rest."
Qin Cheng: "...oh."
Rong Xu smiled and got up to leave the balcony, walking towards the kitchen.
The man still sat on the tatami. Only after a few minutes, did he gradually close his eyes. Simultaneously, the speed at which his fingers were tapping the table quickened and the tips of his ears turned a bit red. However, his face was still a mask of indifference, not showing any signs of mood fluctuations.
In the kitchen, Rong Xu did not start cooking immediately. Instead, he looked at his fingers and smiled imperceptibly.
The heated lunch hour had just begun.
Inside the apartment, one person was cooking quietly in the kitchen, while the other person sat on the tatami. Only after a long time did he unhurriedly stand up.
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[Lotus Seed Paste and Orange Stuffing: Has both heart and love! Rong Rong is the best! He is the best! Baby wants to donate, too! [shy]]
After last time's sleeping picture incident, this meng female fan[4], though gaining a few thousand more fans, was only left with around two thousand fans after the passage of time. Subtracting the 2000 water armys, there was really only less than 800 fans following her[4].
After posting this Weibo, that fan clicked open the fundraising page for the charity event organized by Rong Xu's fans. He entered a number and confirmed payment. Afterwards, said fan immediately left the page, completely ignoring the sensation that his action had just caused, and opened another webpage——.
Taking advantage of the heat of the charity event, Huaxia's biggest music video website finally announced the officially published MV for "Lost Wings"!
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The author has something to say:
Orange Qin: RongRong did you tease Baby again today, did you?!
RongRong [Spreads hands]: I never said it like that, Orange Baby ^_^ ~
Orange Qin: ?(? ??? w??? ?)?
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[1]Zheng Zhu: a nickname for Dong Zheng. Zheng means "steam" and Zhu means "Cook."
[2]"There must have been a first person to eat crabs in the past": there must be a person to set a precedent for it to become the norm.
[3] Repel others: pushed others away for a thousand miles out
[4] (~^n^)~ Lotus Seed Paste and Orange Stuffing became a female (/ ^ o^)/. All them misled netizens don't know what's coming to smack them in the face later.