179: Why did Chen Fang enter the writer's lounge?!
At the same time, this news spread rapidly online and offline.
Related topics such as #OrientalRealIdentityGuess# and #OrientalRealIdentityVote# emerged on major social media platforms.
Some netizens listed possible candidate names and identity guesses to organize everyone to vote and guess.
Some speculated it was a pen name of a certain great author, while others guessed it was someone working in the archaeological industry, and some even guessed it was a tomb raider, but the tomb raider theory was quickly overturned by everyone; after all, what kind of tomb raider would go to a variety show to meet readers?
The most common guess was that it was a folk expert.
A famous netizen guessed: "Perhaps he made connections when the first episode, third group of 'the adventures' went to Xiangxi for corpse driving?"
As soon as this guess was made, it quickly received a large number of likes and support.
In addition to fans, marketing accounts, self-media, and even coser bloggers also started to move, as hot topics mean traffic and money in this day and age.
Not only online, but also offline, many businessmen smelled the scent of traffic and organized activities.
After some book cafe owners received this news, they immediately began to plan an “Author Identity Reveal Viewing Party,” inviting readers to watch the live broadcast collectively on Saturday during ‘the adventures’ live stream.
There were also some tourist bases that included ancient tombs, which planned how to take advantage of the popularity of the ghost blows out the light author's identity announcement to intensify the promotion of their own attractions and attract everyone to travel during the National Day holiday.
By the afternoon, some film and television companies also began to stir, and even top film and television companies quickly held meetings, preparing to seize this opportunity to contact the author.
Because after 'ghost blows out the light' became popular, they wanted to adapt it into a film and television series. Then they faced a problem—the copyright was in Oriental Teacher's hands, but Oriental Teacher had not disclosed his contact information, so they could only contact the publishing house and ask the publishing house to convey their cooperation intention through an agent lawyer.
The results received were all: "No intention of film and television adaptation for the time being."
And this time, the author directly showed his face, indicating that he is very likely to expand this IP.
Given his personality, he probably won't sell permanent adaptation rights.
Then, major film and television companies are likely to start a battle for film and television adaptation rights and derivative development rights.
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Amidst the rapid spread and discussion of the news, time quickly arrived at Saturday.
During the day, the production team continued to film the variety show in the amusement park as usual. Today, they collaborated with two well-known fairy tale IPs, with everyone playing roles such as princes, princesses, and guards, performing tasks and competing.
At four in the afternoon, filming concluded, and the production team returned to the villa area.
Staff quickly set up the environment in the living room of Villa No. 18, where the guests resided.
The guests successively removed their makeup, ate dinner, and prepared to attend the author's meeting for “ghost blows out the light” in the evening to interact with the author.
At five-thirty in the evening, there was still an hour and a half until the meeting began.
After Xie Yunxuan finished dinner, completed the task of cleaning the table assigned to him by the kind and beautiful Teacher Yue, and the dishwashing task assigned to him by that scoundrel Liang Yan, he returned to his bedroom, picked up his 6000-word masterpiece written over the past three days, quietly walked out of the bedroom, looked left and right, confirmed that the other six guests were not paying attention to him, and stealthily slipped out of Villa No. 18.
As soon as he exited, he quickly walked towards the adjacent Villa No. 17. Villa No. 17 was equivalent to the backstage of the production team, where styling rooms and guest lounges were located.
He was going to see Oriental Teacher!
If Oriental Teacher could praise him vigorously at the meeting tonight, then they could achieve a win-win situation with mutual fan growth!
His fans would go read Oriental Teacher's books, and Oriental Teacher's book fans would become his fans, a win-win!
Xie Yunxuan walked into Villa No. 17, nodded to the busy staff, and went straight to the guest lounge.
Just as he was about to knock on the door, the voice of the artist coordinator came from beside him.
“Teacher Xie, I apologize.”
Xie Yunxuan turned his head and saw the artist coordinator, a man in his thirties, walking towards him.
The artist coordinator stretched out his hand to block his path and said with a sheepish smile, “Teacher Xie, I know you are a fan of Oriental Teacher, but the director specifically instructed that we must maintain suspense to make the guests’ reactions more natural, so no one can contact him in advance, just like when Teacher Yue came to the production team. Please cooperate, otherwise, if it’s exposed, it will be troublesome.”
“My acting is fine, I promise to act super surprised and amazed then, okay?”
The artist coordinator pursed his lips, seemingly wanting to laugh.
Xie Yunxuan frowned slightly. What was that expression? Was he mocking his acting skills?!
No, isn't that too much?
In the idol industry, although he wasn't a top-tier star, he was at least a popular celebrity between first and second-tier, and he had taken on large endorsements and participated in hit TV dramas.
Although he was indeed knowingly breaking the rules today, rules are rules, but why mock him?!
Moreover, his maternal uncle was a minor shareholder of Shibei Sea, one of the three major comprehensive entertainment companies. He usually didn't want to use his connections to pressure people, so he didn't join Shibei Sea, but that didn't mean anyone could step all over him, right?
Just as Xie Yunxuan was about to show his displeasure, he saw the artist coordinator in front of him awkwardly smile and say, “Teacher Xie, I know you are a book fan, but the director’s team specifically emphasized this, and I dare not violate the rules. Please rest first. After the live broadcast, Oriental Teacher will not leave immediately, so you can communicate more with him then.”
Xie Yunxuan pondered for a moment, then a plan came to mind, and he said with a slight smile, “Alright, I won’t make things difficult for you, but please also help me send my regards to Oriental Teacher, and preferably ask him to chat with me for a while after the live broadcast ends.”
“No problem.”
Xie Yunxuan turned and walked out of the villa.
Ten minutes later, Xie Yunxuan slipped into the carved iron gate of Villa No. 17 again.
Wait for the end? No way.
His goal was to have Oriental Teacher praise him vigorously during tonight's live broadcast, and preferably praise his masterpiece as well, to allow mutual fan growth for both parties.
If they met and discussed cooperation after the broadcast, the effect would not be ideal.
Xie Yunxuan circled to the back door, slipped into the hall, and as soon as he entered, he saw a familiar figure emerging from the guest lounge. His pupils immediately constricted, and he gritted his teeth, clutching the novel in his hand.
Chen Fang?!
What a coordinator! He wouldn't let him in, but he let Chen Fang in!
Immediately after, he saw Chen Fang take a fruit from his assistant Song Yu and return to the guest lounge.
Xie Yunxuan pressed himself against the wall.
?! Damn it!
That scoundrel even lowered himself to serve Oriental Teacher tea, pour water, and offer fruit?
Mutual fan growth was clearly a plan he had long conceived, how could Chen Fang have gotten ahead of him again!
Xie Yunxuan was so angry that he felt a little dizzy.
But he couldn't just barge in now. If Oriental Teacher cooperated with Chen Fang, he probably wouldn't continue to cooperate with him.
Damn it, he could only wait until after the live broadcast to contact Oriental Teacher and show him that he liked 'ghost blows out the light' more than Chen Fang did.
Xie Yunxuan sighed in frustration and left Villa No. 17 in a huff.