mchenry-crisis.org Chapter 148 Building Momentum
Chapter 148 Building Momentum
Chapter 149 Building Momentum
The TV station sent another group of people yesterday, after failing to reach any effective communication with them yesterday. This morning around 10 a.m.
This time, the people who came were not just ordinary staff or directors behind the scenes, but assistants to the famous host Webber.
The host who was supposed to clash with Yu Zhen during the live broadcast festival still did not appear.
Furthermore, the host's assistant was quite arrogant when they came to the door.
Upon meeting, they immediately pulled the same old stunt: the so-called host would be tricky, specifically targeting the guest's weaknesses and vulnerabilities. The writer, Mr. Yu, had better be mentally prepared, lest he find himself blaming the host for being heartless, cruel, and making things difficult for him during the actual program.
This kind of bluffing rhetoric is really annoying.
Moreover, when the other party's assistant came to the door, he even brought a cameraman. During the meeting, the two parties started recording, saying that they were going to do some behind-the-scenes footage to build up the show before it aired, and deliberately create a certain atmosphere for the TV audience.
To put it bluntly, they just wanted to use evidence to expose Yu Zhen, this great science fiction writer from the ancient East, who also couldn't withstand the interrogation of North America's most acerbic host.
They just wanted to seize every opportunity to show North American audiences an image of a timid, intimidated Eastern writer.
Faced with these underhanded tactics, Yu Zhen had no chance to avoid them.
He wanted to directly refuse to meet with his assistant to discuss the details of the discussions before appearing on the show.
Hey, I guarantee the North American media will be full of juicy gossip the next day, saying that this yellow-skinned monkey from the ancient East was already too scared to face reality even before appearing on the show.
Anyway, being in North America, many things are already set in stone, and I have no choice but to accept them.
Yu Zhen, who was familiar with the ridiculous tactics of online live streaming and mudslinging in another time and space, was well aware of the other party's little tricks.
Therefore, he met with the other party's assistant quite frankly and had a so-called closed-door discussion that lasted for an hour and a half. Under the cameraman's lens, he calmly and composedly had a deep conversation with him until the assistant ran out of things to say and had no more ideas. He then slunk away and returned home.
This second wave of publicity stunts has finally come to a temporary end.
Unfortunately, in the media-driven world of North America, this kind of manipulative and tedious trick has become a well-established and sophisticated business practice.
Without a bit of shrewdness and patience, a guest who isn't careful enough will inevitably become a tool in someone else's game, manipulated and arranged however they want. They can create a certain persona for you and arrange for you to become an inseparable friend, with no way to refuse.
The host, Webber, is best known for his persona as the world's most acerbic critic, who is widely loved by television viewers for his daring and insightful questioning of his guests.
To put it bluntly, the kind of entertainment they seek inherently includes the pre-show moments of guests trembling with fear and anxiety. Viewers at home crave this kind of blatant exposure, tearing away the masks of celebrities, cultural figures, and so-called "high society" elites, revealing their true selves to the world, and thus experiencing the psychological satisfaction of "ruthlessly trampling on the upper class."
It was all just a show!
Aside from Yu Zhen, a stranger from a mysterious and ancient Eastern country, how many of the so-called "high society figures" who appeared on the show before were actually North American officials? How could the powerful and influential families who truly controlled Western circles be so easily shaken by a television program?
It's nothing more than a deliberate fabrication, a mental manipulation tactic, a game used to soothe, numb, and even brainwash the minds of North American cowards—a method of psychological control.
That's all.
Everything was a game deliberately laid out in the open.
But now, the only difference is that no one knows that Yu Zhen, the great science fiction writer from the East who was specially invited from the far East, is actually a physical time traveler who is extremely familiar with the future timeline, a modern person who truly knows the cruel Western truths such as the North American kill line, the North American Gundam assembly industry, etc. decades later.
The TV station's little tricks have backfired again.
The host Webber's assistant left empty-handed.
Those in the industry who were well-informed quickly learned the truth and realized that Yu Zhen was not someone to be trifled with, which greatly excited the North American media circle.
After all, if the reputation of the world's most outspoken host were ruined, his peers would undoubtedly be the happiest to see it!
Better to die for your fellow Daoist than for me.
The so-called "most venomous tongue" only becomes apparent after he falls from grace.
Other successors can then take over and replace the original leader, right?
Since the TV festival failed to deliver the embarrassing story of the talented writer from the mysterious Eastern world as expected, coupled with the fact that many colleagues were stirring up trouble and taking the opportunity to oppose the event, and Tang Jinmao was also spending a lot of money on media promotion for his album of the century.
In an instant, the sensational news that the great writer Yu had a record of the century to present to North American audiences overshadowed the original headline of the world's most scathing critic inviting the great Eastern science fiction writer to a live broadcast to make a fool of himself.
Furthermore, the spy video of Yu Zhen singing "My Heart Will Go On" at the Lake and Sea Manor that night was actually broadcast on another television news program.
Goodness, the song is already super catchy, and with the powerful filter of Yu Zhen being a mysterious and ancient visitor from the East, plus the fact that Yu Zhen's science fiction works have gained a considerable following in North America after half a year of widespread dissemination.
Good guy.
This spy video news was broadcast immediately.
Its spread and the resulting chain reaction of attention became an unstoppable force within a single day, becoming the top headline news story on American radio and television.
Tang Jinmao is undoubtedly a businessman who knows how to promote himself and create hype.
Riding this wave of opportunity, Century Records secured a record deal worth a staggering one hundred million US dollars, and the renowned writer Yu wrote ten classic pop English songs in quick succession. All of this caused a sensation.
Thus, on the third day after the delegation arrived in North America, before Yu Zhen had even appeared on a live interview program with hundreds of millions of television viewers, he had already become an overnight sensation, a cultural celebrity known to everyone, and an Eastern celebrity who was crowned with the title of God's favorite son.
Indeed, in the world of capitalism, it is surprisingly easy for someone to become a god and be sanctified. As long as the circumstances are right, even if someone is from the East, the title of God's favorite son can be bestowed upon them at will.
Tang Jinmao boasted to everyone that this divine dragon from the East was now a favored son of God, and that he had the ability to summon wind and rain and wreak havoc in North America.
The credit was all thanks to his timely discovery.
Therefore, that upcoming record of the century, those ten tracks and "My Heart Will Go On"
These classic hits are sure to sell at least ten million CDs. Anyone who doesn't buy Century Records is a sinner who blasphemes against God's favored Son.