"You made it to the CCTV news, go check it out!" Sun Yueqing hurriedly called.
Wu Mu was also a bit taken aback. He had only been casually following the developnts over the past few days and wasn’t keeping up with everything, so he didn’t know about the CCTV news.
Sun Yueqing was dumbfounded, "You’ve already worn out the top of Weibo’s trending searches and now you’re on CCTV’s trending news? How co you’re so popular in Japan? It doesn’t even make sense! You’ve only debuted there for a short while, how can the fans be so die-hard?"
She couldn’t quite understand.
To directly create a parade-level headline for an idol, this was beyond a fan circle, this was a super fan circle!
After Sun Yueqing hung up, Wu Mu’s phone continued to ring.
It was Lin Qingyue on the line, and there was a trace of amazent in her voice, "Amu, you’re on CCTV. I’m at my grandpa’s place and just showed it to him; he was astounded."
Then there was another call from Shu i, "Wow, brother, we’re on the CCTV news!"
Being featured on CCTV, especially on a serious news channel, carries a completely different weight, even for celebrities.
Well, unless you ca up in legal problems, it’s quite rare.
Then ca calls from Wang Xiaotian, Shi Wu, and even Yang Rongfa, Wu Feng, and the others.
One after another without a gap, it showed the impact of this situation. Normally, when Wu Mu had sothing trending, people would call to congratulate him and, noticing his line was busy, would call later. But this ti it was clear that they wanted to ensure the call went through.
By the afternoon, when Wu Mu went to the company, he was imdiately t with the spotlight from the employees.
Everyone stopped what they were doing to look at him.
Then...
"Wowowow~" Applause erupted.
Wu Mu looked at the applauding employees, a bit speechless, "It’s not that big of a deal, just made it to CCTV, it’s not like I won an award."
Shu i was beaming with joy, "Brother, this is perceived as way more prestigious than so minor award! Which other singer has made it to the CCTV news for a fan parade?"
"It’s not like it’s the nightly news," Wu Mu shook his head. He had already seen it was on CCTV’s channel 13 news broadcast.
"That’s still amazing!"
Indeed, it was amazing. How do celebrity circles define their status and popularity?
By such incidents that, when ntioned, people automatically recognize the level of popularity.
If you say this celebrity is popular, people who don’t know might not get it. But if you say this celebrity released an album abroad, then foreign fans organized a 60,000 to 70,000 strong march, and it was broadcast on CCTV news,
People imdiately understand what that ans.
"After this news, no one online or in the industry can doubt your popularity in Japan anymore!" Shu i exclaid happily.
Can people still question that Wu Mu’s heat in Japan was just hype?
One could instantly show the news to shut them up; can hype create a 60,000 to 70,000 person parade?
Without popularity, could that many fans accomplish such a feat?
Besides, their boss’s album sales were also skyrocketing.
"People on Weibo are now discussing how popular you really are overseas!" Shu i showed her phone to Wu Mu.
Wu Mu looked over and wasn’t surprised at all to find himself dominating the trending searches again.
#WuMu60kJapaneseFansHoldTokyoParade#
#WuMuOnCCTVNews#
#WuMuFansOrganizeParadeForAlbumPromotion#
#WuMuJapanAlbuxceeds2millionSalesIn6DaysWith110kDayOne#
#IsWuMuThatPopularInJapan#
Since his popularity began to rise, getting on the trending searches had beco increasingly easy, and compared to other celebrities who would enter with minor incidents like "posted a new photo" or "said sothing positive," Wu Mu’s entries were all major events.
All events where the title itself seed impressive, making people want to click in and see.
Wu Mu took Shu i’s phone and curiously clicked on the trending topic questioning his popularity to check it out.
The discussion underneath was very lively.
"Damn, seeing Wu Gou on CCTV’s trending news surprised , thought he might have been bashed by haters for being too outrageous. Turns out it was his fans’ parade?"
"Shocked, didn’t Wu Gou only begin developing in Japan not too long ago? How did he manage to stir up a 60,000 to 70,000 person parade in less than a month? Is he that popular in Japan?"
"This is ridiculous, gaining 60,000 to 70,000 fans in less than a month, hardcore ones willing to organize a parade. If he stays for a few years, wouldn’t all of Japan be his fans?"
"Yeah, I saw online talk about his new album and thought he was going to flop, but then it instantly sold over 2 million, and he had so many fans... Wu Gou is truly talented at attracting fans. Do you think his dostic fans who secretly pay are the sa? Drawn in, and then too embarrassed to admit it due to the local climate, having to secretly support?"
"Stop ntioning Wu Gou’s dostic fans, they are all incapable. I declare, Wu Gou’s loyal sakura fans are the true champions! For organizing a grand parade just to promote Wu Gou! Those dostic fans too shy to co out can’t hold a candle to the sakura fans!"
"I acknowledge the sakura fans’ value now. Used to think Wu Gou’s Korean fans were strong enough, but now I realize, the sakura fans are the true powerhouses! Wu Gou’s weak dostic fans shouldn’t even be in the sa league!"
Everyone was amazed at the extent of the spectacle and the power of Wu Mu’s Japanese fans.
An idol doesn’t promote their album?
Fans directly create their own grand exposure events!
Even though they’re from different countries, people were awed by sakura fans’ actions.
However, Wu Mu understood all too well, that behind these events, the system had undoubtedly pushed this marketing a bit.
He was also certain that not all those involved in the parade were his fans.
Most likely, many were ordinary people quietly influenced by the system’s Performance Card.
The Performance Card can’t directly brainwash or hypnotize people to join parades, but from Wu Mu’s observations, the system’s marketing strategy generally mimicked online platform thods, manipulating the content each person sees, and influencing and prompting action at the desired ti and place with the right content.
The parade was likely rooted in Japan’s existing culture for such parades, and his album just got swept in in the montum.
In reality, Wu Mu himself is not entirely supportive of such fan parade activities.
He’s not being ungrateful but rather concerned about one particular direction, "What if Tongzi later creates so negative publicity for ?"
Wu Mu mused.
What if he exploited fan excitent incidents to a breaking point, or fan groups causing trouble to create hot topics...
It’s money that feels too hot to hold.
But thinking about Tongzi’s marketing cases thus far, Wu Mu felt it shouldn’t happen.
All this ti, the system’s Performance Card generally worked on positive influence, not generating negative outcos.
After reading, Wu Mu returned the phone to Shu i.
No matter how, this ti the system provided him with a hotspot, firmly establishing his standing in Japan.
Even if he himself knew that the number of his fans in the parade wasn’t nearly as inflated, external audiences wouldn’t understand and would only assu he had instantly beco a celebrity star in Japan, more solidly than in South Korea.
Furthermore, this incident triggered an unusual area compared to the norm - official coverage.
Official recognition and communication were areas where Wu Mu was notably lacking, for reasons well known.
But this ti it was on the CCTV news, naturally shifting so attitudes.
For instance, the CCTV movie channel team was now like this.
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