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Chapter 333 Watanabe Mayu

As one of only two undisputed top-tier celebrities in China, that man's popularity on Weibo and among his fans has ballooned to an exaggerated level thanks to Tencent's relentless resource investment and marketing over the years.

What best reflects his commercial value and market recognition is his fashion resources.

The posters featuring that man are everywhere on the giant LED screens in major high-end shopping malls and prime locations.

He has endorsements from a total of 15 high-end luxury brands!

In terms of fashion resources, even Haofeng's current most popular star, Lu Han, can only temporarily avoid the limelight!

Although Lu Han holds endorsements from three top luxury brands—Audemars Piguet, Gucci, and Boucheron—he is the first and only male celebrity in the Chinese entertainment industry to hold endorsements from all three.

But what that man held in his hand was the title of the first Chinese global ambassador for the blue-blooded giants Burberry and Louis Vuitton!

These two global titles, representing unparalleled influence in the international fashion world, demonstrate that in the eyes of those arrogant Western luxury giants, the man's level of recognition has reached an incredible height.

Many media outlets in the industry have already made predictions privately: when the Weibo Night comes in December this year, that man is very likely to defeat his old teammate Lu Han and be crowned the new Weibo King!

To pave the way for this new king, Tencent Video's budget for this online variety show reached a staggering 250 million RMB.

This is more than five times the production cost of a typical online variety show!

Not only did the entire production team consist of over a thousand people, but they also used as many as 107 high-definition cameras for on-site recording alone, and collected over 600TB of raw footage in the background.

What's most revolutionary is their narrative-driven reality show editing style.

Sun Zhonghuai spent a lot of money to poach master storyboard artists from Hollywood and American TV series production teams, abandoning the traditional chronological recording style of variety shows and instead adopting the narrative techniques of American TV series.

With an editing ratio as high as 2000:1, each episode's showdown and backstage conflicts were edited into a dramatic film full of suspense and plot twists.

A top-notch behind-the-scenes team, no expense spared, and the support of top celebrities.

When that man was on stage, facing the camera with a blank expression, he asked, "Do you have freestyle?"

This question quickly became the hottest buzzword on the internet within minutes.

And this variety show extravaganza, destined to be recorded in the history of Dongda University's entertainment industry, also opened its curtain amidst this inquiry.

......

Jinling, Xianlin Science and Technology City, top floor of Haofeng Group headquarters building.

"Click".

The mahogany door was gently pushed open, and Zhang Yuxi, the president's chief secretary, walked in quietly.

She handed an urgent document, which had just been compiled from the Public Opinion Monitoring Department and the Film and Television Department, to Li Feng's desk with both hands.

"Boss, this is the latest update from Tencent Video."

Zhang Yuxi's voice was clear and cool as she reported in an orderly manner:

"Their self-produced online variety show, 'Dongda Hip Hop,' has been making quite a splash online recently."

Furthermore, according to feedback from the film and television department, Tencent has offered several times the usual salary and stock options, poaching several producers from "The Voice of China" and "Running Man" from their film and television division.

"They've just poached a few producers, let them go." Li Feng scoffed dismissively.

His career focus is no longer on these noisy entertainment fields.

"How's the infiltration plan in Tokyo going?"

Upon hearing her boss ask about Tokyo, Zhang Yuxi quickly reported on the progress: "Boss, in Tokyo, the investment department has supported an agent named Hayata Susumu in the local area."

"This Hayata Susumu is of mixed Chinese and Japanese descent. He has extensive connections in Tokyo's political, business, and financial circles, and is currently holding the position of shareholder representative for the Central Investment Co., Ltd. that we set up as a shell company..."

"Tell me the progress," Li Feng interrupted her lengthy background investigation report with some impatience.

Zhang Yuxi's heart skipped a beat. She quickly skipped the first few pages of detailed resume and turned to the page reporting on data monitoring:

"Yes, boss."

"According to the message that General Manager Zhao sent back from Tokyo this morning."

"Currently, thanks to Hayata's mediation, we have already made contact with the targets we have approached and established contact with—" Zhang Yuxi pointed to the categorized data on the list.

Synthesis Engineers, 2 people.

Purification Engineers, 2 people.

"Lithography performance testers, 2 people."

"Polymer polymerization experts, 2 people."

Equipment Maintenance Engineer, 1 person.

"Data Administrator, 1 person."

"These twelve individuals are all currently key technical personnel and main R&D contributors at Shin-Etsu Chemical!"

"However, boss... there's been a minor but significant change in this situation."

Zhang Yuxi hesitated for a moment before opening the supplementary report. "Among those two polymer polymerization experts, one is a senior engineer named Jiro Miyamura."

He possesses cutting-edge resin modification and polymerization technology from Shin-Etsu Chemicals, making him arguably the most influential person on our infiltration list!

"But this person has a strange temper and is very picky."

Zhang Yuxi explained with a somewhat strange expression, "Gongcun's family recently experienced some changes, and we learned that his wife was having an affair with another man."

He was so devastated that he fell into severe depression, which is why Hayata found an opportunity to take him to several AKS handshake events and the general election briefing.

"The original plan was to arrange for several young and beautiful second- or third-tier idols to appease him, but Hayata saw so many and still wasn't moved at all."

"But he just happened to... end up falling for AKS's top star, Watanabe Mayu."

"This is a bit troublesome..."

At this point, Zhang Yuxi secretly raised her head and glanced at Li Feng's reaction.

really.

Looking into the boss's deep eyes, which held a hint of confusion and inquiry, Zhang Yuxi knew that the boss had no idea who Watanabe Mayu was.

Upon seeing this, she quickly and considerately explained to her boss the name that was practically a totem in the world of anime and idols.

"Boss, this Watanabe Mayu is no ordinary idol."

Zhang Yuxi explained, "She is currently the second most popular member of AKB48 under AKS."

"Furthermore, she is the only core member of the group to be nominated for the God Seven for eight consecutive years!"

"Among the casual, stay-at-home guys and middle-class circles, she's widely recognized as the next-generation ACE and face of the entire team!"

"However, precisely because she is so popular, AKS has limited control over her."

Zhang Yuxi opened Watanabe Mayu's personal research report:

"Furthermore, starting this year, Watanabe Mayu has expressed her disgust for the general election mechanism to the media on multiple public occasions, saying that she feels like vomiting just thinking about the general election now."

When asked if she would run for office again next year, her response was "absolutely not".

It seems she has already considered retiring and is ready to retire and go solo at any time.

"So, AKS's president, Natsuko Yoshinari, is also scratching her head over this matter."

"They simply have no confidence that they can get such a top idol to cooperate with emotional public relations without causing a backlash from the public."