Regarding the matter of whether Xue Xiao's group had been evil-edited or not, the Internet had been arguing about it from yesterday to today. The sunspots were sure that 'the evil editing is the evil editing in your imagination.' Some people had already made it a black entry and made up their minds to spread it across the Internet.
At this moment, some netizens found that some participants of 'Studio Superstar' had successively updated their daily vlogs of the show, including a cool brother…
This cool guy didn't perform on stage in the first episode, but he attracted countless fans as soon as he appeared. It was for no other reason than that he was handsome and cool.
The vlog uploaded by this cool guy was completely different from the other participants.
The vlog contents of the other participants were temporarily prepared on the same day. Meanwhile, this cool brother's vlog content started from the day he entered the camp. It was obvious that he had the habit of recording his life.
He recorded the studio on the first day of the camp, the starry sky that night, the camp's cafeteria, the rehearsal the next morning, and… the fact that Xue Xiao and the group didn't receive the notice from the show's staff and there was no cameraman brother to follow them.
"You are looking for the classroom? You haven't been notified yet? Is there no cameraman?"
"No." The young man in the shot ran breathlessly, his cheeks crimson and sweat on his forehead. "Aren't you rehearsing?"
"I have the same teacher as another student for a solo play. The teacher will pick the scene for him first, so I came out to shoot some vlogs." Gu Ling reminded them, "Fan Xue's group seems to be on the 4th floor. You can go up and ask."
"Thank you!"
"Go back and add each other on WeChat. I was sleeping when you came back yesterday and didn't add you."
"Okay. Goodbye."
The camera followed the trip away. The three of them ran up the stairs.
Then it wasn't known what came to his mind, but the cool brother said casually to the camera, "The rest of us received a notice of the rehearsal classroom and rehearsal time at breakfast. As soon as we entered Building 3, there was a cameraman following to film us. Did the show forget about the three of them?"
This talking to himself without any emotions… it made the sunspots instantly fall silent.
This cool brother was Gu Ling.
His comment area was instantly flooded with countless netizens.
"???? So Xue Xiao's group was late because of the show's own negligence?"
"These three people are in a hurry… After entering the classroom, they must've explained it to the teacher as soon as possible. The show's staff cut out this paragraph to put aside their own responsibilities in this matter?"
"F*k, this brother dared to post it like this. It must be intentional. Isn't he afraid of the show's staff acting against him?"
…Netizens must not be clear about it, but Xue Xiao was very clear.
All his vlog homework was handed over to Old Gao's assistant. After the assistant reviewed it, he sent it back to them so they could post it today when they were free.
In other words, since Gu Ling dared to make such a move, it must be Old Gao who agreed.
Jin Xiaochen quickly stretched out his neck. "What about Gu Ling? Where has he gone?"
This guy didn't eat with them today.
Dou Mingjian said in a stunned manner, "His rehearsal still didn't go well today, and said he wouldn't eat lunch with us. He wanted to go out for a walk."
Unexpectedly, this guy did such a large thing in a quiet manner.
Xue Xiao was also very surprised. He vaguely remembered the situation this morning.
Gu Ling really liked to shoot daily vlogs, and he shot a little bit every day. It was just that the show's staff hadn't given the vlog assignments to the participants before, and there was a confidentiality agreement. They always thought that Gu Ling could only keep these videos as a souvenir for himself. He hadn't expected that it would come in handy in this place!
Thinking about it now… When Gu Ling encouraged him on the balcony yesterday, had he already made up his mind to do this?
It was just that nothing was said to him.
Xue Xiao's mood became complicated.
He suddenly realized that Gu Ling was a bit different from what he imagined.
However, it wasn't just due to this incident that Jin Xiaochen said Old Gao was crazy.
At the time when Gu Ling's vlog was making waves, the official platform of 'Studio Superstar', which was scheduled to release the tidbits of the first episode at 8 o'clock tonight, unexpectedly released five tidbits in advance.
Two of the tidbits made netizens explode.
The brief title of one tidbit was 'Teacher Guan applauds like a seal.'
Guan Ruoying's seal-style applause had always been a laughing point that fans couldn't get tired of. This tidbit captured Guan Ruoying's five seal-style applause in the first episode. The fifth action was the most exaggerated and happened… when Xue Xiao's group finished performing and returned to the stage.
Guan Ruoying clapped her hands excitedly. The camera shifted and showed Zhao Dong, Xue Xiao, and Jin Xiaochen walking to the stage in a trance. The lights turned on, and all three of them raised their heads.
Was there anything special about this tidbit?
It seemed that it couldn't be seen for a while. Then with another tidbit called 'The reaction of the participants with Teacher Shen is commenting', everything was revealed.
This tidbit was shot from the perspective of the participant seats toward the stage.
On the stage, Xue Xiao and the others were just accepting Shen Tingyan's comments.
Shen Tingyan called Xue Xiao's name. The nervous discussion of the participants sounded in the background of the tidbit.
"Why did it stop?"
"I'm so nervous."
"Teacher Shen, say it quickly!"
The cameraman turned the camera. Everyone in the participant seats was sitting upright, looking very serious.
The camera shifted to the stage again. Shen Tingyan started to comment. Then when he said the word 'boring', there was the sound of inhalation in the background.
The camera turned again. Everyone in the participant seats was serious and expressionless, like stone statues.
Subtitle: I'll catch you next time!
It was ridiculous.
What was the problem?
In this tidbit, Xue Xiao on the stage had been watching Shen Tingyan straight on and seriously, listening to the latter speak!
In the video that was three minutes long, there wasn't even the slightest bit of evasion with his gaze!
After watching for three full minutes, how did the show's staff pick out the 0.3 seconds when Xue Xiao wasn't paying attention to put it in the main episode?
The netizens realized the mystery hidden in these five tidbits and re-examined the episode. Then they finally found the problem.
In the episode, in the shot where Xue Xiao lowered his eyes, the people on his left and right each had only one shoulder in the shot.
Judging from the clothing, Zhao Dong was on his right side, and Jin Xiaochen was on his left.
…However, before Shen Tingyan spoke, the staff had given them a large shot when Su Shijin commented on them.
The large shot covered the entire stage and clearly showed that the positions of these three people on the stage were Xue Xiao, Zhao Dong, and Jin Xiaochen.
This position wasn't the same as the positions in the 0.3 second shot!
So where exactly did this 0.3 second shot come from?
Everyone went to see these five tidbits again and found the source!
In the 'Teacher Guan applauds like a seal' video, when the three of them first returned to the stage, Xue Xiao stood between Zhao Dong and Jin Xiaochen. Then Xue Xiao took the initiative to switch positions with Zhao Dong and stood next to him.
At 3 minutes and 01 second of this video, before Xue Xiao switched positions with Zhao Dong, he was pierced by the light that came over and lowered his eyes.
The netizens took a screenshot of this moment.
This picture was exactly the same as when Xue Xiao lowered his eyes in the episode. The shoulder and arm movements of Zhao Dong and Jin Xiaochen on his left and right sides were exactly the same!
Netizens were stunned.
Was there such editing?
Was there a reason to try so hard to blacken a small, unknown actor?
Show staff, it must be very painful for them to try and look for Xue Xiao's flaws, right?
Did they originally want to casually find a random shot of Xue Xiao looking distracted to intercept it, but found that Xue Xiao only blinked during the whole process of receiving comments and instead listened carefully with wide eyes? They couldn't find anything at all and had to repeatedly watch it back and forth several times before finding such a scene where Xue Xiao was blinded.
It was also copy-pasted twice, 0.3 seconds each time?
They were poisonous!
Netizens laughed angrily. The sunspots were also dumbfounded. Huge waves were set off in public opinion.
After realizing that they had been taken in by the editing of the show, many netizens reviewed the whole episode, and everything seemed different.
Why was Jin Xiaochen dissatisfied when Xue Xiao's group was reprimanded when they came panting to the classroom on the first day of rehearsals? Of course, it was because it wasn't their fault at all!
In this case, Xue Xiao and Zhao Dong's temper was too stable!
The acting teacher had such a strange attitude when guiding Xue Xiao's group. Was Xue Xiao's rebuttal wrong?
It seemed to be right. Taking a close look at the main episode. Didn't Su Shijin say that if Xue Xiao's group hadn't changed the ending by themselves, she would actually have doubts about the changes in the characters?
Xue Xiao listened so seriously when accepting the comments. The other participants stiffened when they saw Shen Tingyan. In comparison, how intently did he look at Shen Tingyan?!
This editing was terrible. Cutting out a small part of the content and grafting a small part of the content could change a serious and honest person into an arrogant and hypocritical person.
Netizens angrily started to denounce the 'Studio Superstar' staff.
At the same time, many people still had doubts. Was the show's official release of these two tidbits accidental or intentional?
This type of doubt appeared firstly due to the participants' vlog. Then the tidbits were released in advance, and they combined to instantly restore the innocence of Xue Xiao's group. It didn't seem like an accident.
Clever netizens looked through the staff information of 'Studio Superstar' and found clues.
The chief director was Zhang Luyang, and the deputy director was Gao Jianqi.
Zhang Luyang was a famous, garbage variety show director. His variety shows were full of gimmicks. The traffic was good, and the hot searches often reached the top. It was just that the content was always embarrassing, explosive, and vulgar. Malicious editing led the topic more than one or twice.
It was obvious that Xue Xiao's group disaster this time was all his handiwork.
Then there was Gao Jianqi. Wasn't Gao Jianqi the chief director of several conscientious variety shows? Why did he come here to be below Zhang Luyang?
Gao Jianqi's variety show always focused on the parts that were easily overlooked in people's daily life. They were intended to be full of positive energy, and their form was innovative. The style was warm and positive. The traffic flow wasn't as good as Zhang Luyang's shows, but some diehard audience members thought that he was the representative of conscience in the variety show.
After digging all of this out, netizens started to have a subtle feeling.
The show 'Studio Superstar' was obviously Gao Jianqi's style, but the episode was edited messily by Zhang Luyang.
Now that the episode and the tidbits were fighting each other… wasn't there a fight among the show's staff?
Could it be that Zhang Luyang and Gao Jianqi were fighting??
F*k, they would absolutely support Gao Jianqi.
The Weibo traffic exploded.
Out of last night's three entries, originally only Shen Tingyan's related one was still hanging at the top of the hot search. Now the three entries climbed to the top five again.
In addition to this, three new entries were skyrocketing at a rate visible to the naked eye.
Not long after, 'Studio Superstar's Evil Editing' directly reached the top and earned the 'explosive' word attached to it.
'Zhang Luyang Gao Jianqi' was ranked second, and 'Xue Xiao' was ranked third. This popularity was unique for the first episode of any variety show!
PART 2
Fortunately, Guan Ruoying didn't arrange a rehearsal for this afternoon. Xue Xiao and the others didn't have the heart to rehearse at this time, so they scrambled back to their dormitory after lunch.
Chang Yun was still incredulous. "Why did Old Gao release these tidbits? Did he release them secretly? I hope he is okay now…"
Zhao Dong hesitated, "Do you want to ask Old Gao?"
Xue Xiao held his phone and hesitated.
He felt that Old Gao might not have the time to reply to them now.
Jin Xiaochen suddenly said, "Hey, the popularity of the hot search has dropped. Has Guantian started to act?"
Everyone refreshed Weibo and found that the terms related to the show were visibly sinking…
Everyone's hearts also sank.
For Xue Xiao's group, the truth had been exposed, and the black spots on their bodies had been whitewashed.
However, Old Gao caused losses for Guantian. It was almost impossible for him to not be held accountable in the future.
They originally thought that not being viciously edited in the follow-up episodes would be the best result. They didn't expect that Old Gao would act to this level.
Xue Xiao's brow furrowed.
At this moment, Chang Yun cursed from where he was leaning on the head of the bed. Then he handed the phone to Xue Xiao to show him.
Xue Xiao thought something had happened and quickly leaned over.
Then his eyes instantly widened.
Chang Yun's phone screen showed Shen Tingyan's Weibo homepage.
This man usually didn't care about Weibo at all. Except for forwarding some of the crew's promotional information, he usually didn't necessarily appear for at least half a year.
Before today, the last time he posted on Weibo was five months ago.
He didn't react when 'Studio Superstar' officially announced his participation.
He didn't react when 'Studio Superstar' was warming up the publicity.
Now he reacted.
He sent a photo…
The photo was from a top-down perspective.
He shot the photo from a high place. The bright morning light spread to every corner of the camp. Downstairs, a group of trainees were passing by.
Each participant had a different posture.
Someone was holding a script and reading it while walking, someone had an arm around their friend's shoulder and seemed to be chatting about something interesting, someone was dancing, and someone was walking alone and looking to the side, probably watching the lush flowers and plants growing in summer.
Another person looked up.
He looked at the camera and smiled softly.
The sunlight fell into his eyes and shattered into golden light.
Xue Xiao was stunned.
It was from that morning.
At that time… the man was holding the phone in his hand and had a casual expression. It turned out that he… took a photo of them?
However, this wasn't an ordinary photo of the participants at all?
Xue Xiao, who raised his head, was completely the focus of this photo.
Xue Xiao's heart beat wildly.
Shen Tingyan's fans were stunned.
"F*k, the corpse is finally moving!"
"Teacher Shen, you posted this photo at this time… is it what I think it means?"
"Teacher Shen, don't get involved in this type of thing ahhhhhhh!"
"I feel… Teacher Shen actually likes Xue Xiao quite a lot."
"Shen Tingyan posted on Weibo. Hahahahaha, his meaning is obvious. Xue Xiao is innocent!"
"This is getting more and more exciting!"
The moment Shen Tingyan posted on Weibo, the popularity related to this incident skyrocketed again.
The six hot searches had been lowered due to Guantian spending money. Now they rose back up again. The whole process was mysterious, intense, and complicated. It was so that the majority of netizens had no intention of going back to work at all, and they were all excited.
By the way, did some people forget one thing?
Teacher Shen and Old Gao had been friends for many years!
Old Gao should play a role in Teacher Shen participating in the recording of the variety show for the first time, right?
In addition—
Shen Tingyan was a devilish man and liked to pour oil on things the most!
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In the evening, Gu Ling went to the dormitory. He was thrown down by Chang Yun and Zhao Dong and rubbed for a long time.
He fixed his messy hairstyle in an expressionless manner. Then Xue Xiao walked up to him and said solemnly, "Thank you."
Gu Ling looked at him, tone still very indifferent. "It is little effort."
Then there was the slamming on the bedroom door, and they wondered how it was.
Chang Yun opened the door. Jin Xiaochen and Dou Mingjian quickly entered together.
Zhao Dong asked, "Old Dou, how come you have become a melon eater like Xiao Jin now?"
Dou Mingjian said, "Keep up with current affairs, keep up with current affairs."
Chang Yun wondered, "So what is the news now?"
Jin Xiaochen frowned. "Go to the balcony and say it."
The moment the six people entered the balcony, they closed the balcony door, isolating the several fixed cameras in the bedroom.
Jin Xiaochen said excitedly, "I originally wanted to go to the building where Old Gao's office is to inquire about the news. As a result—guess what I heard in the coffee room?"
Five pairs of eyes widened in unison. "What?"
Jin Xiaochen described it vividly.
He heard two young ladies among the staff gossiping outside a certain coffee room.
They said that Old Gao went back to the office building at noon to do something big. At 2 o'clock in the afternoon, Zhang Luyang, who had been working outside today, rushed in and had a wild argument with Old Gao.
Guantian's habit of doing variety shows was to send more tidbits when submitting materials for review. It was impossible to release all the tidbits, but they would choose according to the reactions of the audience.
Zhang Luyang probably felt that he had won after finishing the episode editing. The tidbits were edited and selected by a small employee that he could trust, and he didn't pay too much attention to them.
As for that little employee… he was good at flattering, but he didn't do things very carefully.
Old Gao guessed that there would be some 'good things' among the tidbits that could be used. He went back to watch through them for a long time and really found it.
He sent these tidbits out in advance without saying a word. He also linked the participants' vlog and directly tore all pretenses of cordiality with Zhang Luyang.
The two people quarreled in the afternoon, and the amount of information revealed was large.
Zhang Luyang called Old Gao 'crazy,' and Old Gao scolded him with the words, 'You did this type of thing first.'
Zhang Luyang asked, "Do you want to ruin this show?" Then Old Gao replied, "I think you are going to ruin this show."
At 3 o'clock in the afternoon, Guantian couldn't suppress the popularity, and Shen Tingyan rebelled. The leader of Guantian couldn't sit still and personally ran to find Old Gao and Zhang Luyang.
At that time, the two of them had already fought. The clothes of the two middle-aged men were torn, and a handful of hair pulled out. Both of them were panting and glaring at each other while collapsing on the sofa.
The leader scolded Old Gao the moment he arrived.
As for Old Gao…
Hehe, Old Gao still had some combat effectiveness.
He picked up a cup of strong tea, raised his head, and finished it. He gathered enough strength and started to output wildly.
"Zhang Luyang sent out his privately edited video for review without the consent of the entire team. The tidbits I sent out were sent for review by Zhang Luyang himself. Am I any worse in terms of morals than him?"
"Didn't I come up with the idea for this show? Then after I invited Shen Tingyan, didn't Zhang Luyang insist on grabbing the position of chief director? Oh, he kept saying he would make this show well. Then look at what the audience is saying?!"
It wasn't known if Old Gao had long been ready for this battle, but he printed countless screenshots of what netizens said on Weibo in advance and threw them into the air.
Countless papers fell one after another, hitting the leader and Zhang Luyang on the head.
"Netizens said they came here for this show. Do you know what they want to see, do you know?" Old Gao frantically pointed at the leader.
"Don't look for rotten traffic, and don't play the old tricks that were used 800 years ago. Respect them, respect them, understand?" Old Gao pointed at Zhang Luyang again.
The leader was dumbfounded as he was scolded by Old Gao.
Old Gao had always been a soft bun who could be easily controlled by anyone. No one expected that he could be so crazy.
The leader's mind returned, and he became angry. "Then can you save this show? Don't you see how things are going now?"
"What? It has reached the top of Weibo. Six terms have occupied the top six on the hot search list, and there are ten terms climbing up from the bottom. Which variety show has this treatment? Didn't the first episode's views break the history of the Internet? Didn't it explode? Isn't it a hit? The views of the five tidbits are higher than Zhang Luyang's most popular variety show. Don't you want traffic? Isn't this enough? Why aren't you laughing?"
The leader and Zhang Luyang: "..."
The leader fell into confusion. He moved his lips and wanted to say something, but he was directly interrupted by Old Gao.
"Do you want to fire me? Haha, Shen Tingyan was invited by me. Su Shijin, Guan Ruoying, and Feng Wei were invited by Zhang Luyang using the barrier of Shen Tingyan. Do you want to guess that if I resign, will I take Shen Tingyan with me?"
"Yes, there is the breach of contract penalty fees, but does Shen Tingyan lack this money? I can afford to sell some cars and houses. If Shen Tingyan leaves and you continue to evil edit the participants, do you think Su Shijin won't leave? What about Guan Ruoying?"
"Guess if anyone will come to watch this garbage show at that time?"
At this point, the leader and Zhang Luyang were completely shocked by the crazy Old Gao.
Old Gao finally took a breath and sat back on the sofa.
He brushed back his sweaty hair and asked, "Leader, do you still want to fire me?"
...
At this moment, Xue Xiao and the others were all dumbfounded.
Jin Xiaochen's face was red with excitement. "Old Gao is so domineering. It is said that the leader of Guantian was in a trance when he stepped out of the office. Then just now, the secretary of the leader directly parachuted into the work group? He said that everyone shouldn't start an internal dispute. The chief director was also doing it for the airing effect. Since this show was first thought of by Old Gao, his conception of the show must be the most far-reaching. Everyone can listen to his opinion more…"
Chang Yun couldn't wait to ask, "What does this mean?"
"It means that the leader of Guantian has compromised!" Jin Xiaochen said. "In fact, think about it. The current reputation of this show isn't good, but it is bad due to 'Zhang Luyang.' Leaving aside Zhang Luyang, the show itself is innocent."
"Now the popularity is here. Netizens are so wary of evil editing. The sisters also said that this matter is too big and seems to have attracted the attention of the XX General Bureau. The show won't be stopped, but it might be asked to be rectified. How to rectify it? It is to re-edit it!"
"Fortunately, it is just the beginning, and it isn't too troublesome to change the released version. It won't affect the recording and airing later."
"In any case, they can't do anything in the future. What else can Zhang Luyang do besides bad things? If you really want to talk about the serious recording of variety shows, it must be Old Gao who is good at this. Old Gao is there, and the lineup of mentors can't change. No matter how you look at it, the best solution is to put aside Zhang Luyang and hand over the show to Old Gao."
As for how to settle accounts after the filming of the show was over, this was a matter for later.
In the final analysis, there was Shen Tingyan as a resource, and Old Gao wouldn't have any worries about where to go.
If 'Studio Superstar' could end perfectly, perhaps the leader of Guantian would act as if nothing happened.
Xue Xiao and the others were all shocked. They were speechless for a while after listening to it.
They were okay, Old Gao was okay, this show could continue to be recorded, and… it seemed that things were getting better and better.
Thinking about it this way, they couldn't help sighing with relief.
However, this incident involved so many people that they forgot there was another person who played a subtle role in it.
It was Fan Xue.
They woke up the next day and heard that Fan Xue was going to quit the recording of the show.