Fan Forum Frenzy: Copyright Disputes and the ‘God’ Phenomenon

In a Douyou’er group (related to the Star Group show):

“Has everyone watched the latest episode? The song choices for this first round of performances are actually pretty interesting.”

“Absolutely! I really want to know how much copyright fee VV Video actually paid. They even got VENIX’s debut title track!”

“Actually, some things seem expensive but are really cheap. Who would have thought? The debut song of an international top boy band and hot ‘Rookie Award’ winner was a ‘zero-cost purchase’!”

“Aaaaa! This group fan is crying! The dog company should die!!!”

“No way? Not even a single cent? How did VV Video manage that?”

“It’s all because of that damn company. They’re really both dog and scum. Rumor has it they did some resource swap with VV Video, bundling a huge pile of song copyrights in exchange for film/TV resources. Not only VENIX’s, but also Blaze, Bloomies…”

“Oh my ‘Ji Yan’s Call of Doom’! The dog company really doesn’t want to live anymore, do they?”

“Help! Why are we ‘Bloomies’ involved? We Bloomies are just a bunch of weaklings! Dog company, retreat, retreat, retreat!!!”

“Don’t even mention it. Fans on other platforms are collectively protesting. Instagram is being flooded. The big trucks have driven to the company building again and again. Seven fandoms are united in a boycott, maybe the most united they’ve ever been.”

“Come on, if truck protests were effective, the dog company wouldn’t be repeatedly stepping on fans’ landmines.”

“Which protest hasn’t been loudly raised and then quietly dropped? Don’t be fooled by the current uproar. As soon as the company goes silent and ignores it, then releases a new album or project teaser in a few days, the fans will come crawling back.”

“The dog company: I don’t give a damn about you.”

“I’m so done. When will everyone stand up and be dignified fans?”

“Can’t help it when your bias is in someone else’s hands. Those who can’t stand it have already left.”

“But I have to say, Ji Yan has guts. The fans outside are about to fight into a bloody mist, and he still dares to pick ‘No Man’s Land’. Isn’t he afraid of being chopped into pieces?”

“Not that big a piece.”

“Not that neat.”

“Not that tasty.”

“SOS! I’m begging! Dear fans, please stop! Ji Yan’s moms are already quickly kneeling and surrendering! (waving white flag)”

“The production team put these songs out for selection, right? If they have the guts, let the company not offer them. Support Ji Yan’s freedom to choose songs!”

“Come on, is it about riding on coattails or genuinely wanting to choose? ‘Winnies’ aren’t fools. Your Ji Yan was already exposed by the fan forum. He trained at the dog company and was in the debut group, almost a lock for the fifth member of VENIX. But for some reason, he was dropped right before debut. The next news of him was that he signed with Tianhua back in his home country and formed ‘Dawn Era MAX’.”

“What else could it be? The dog company isn’t stupid. They wouldn’t want someone with a scandalous past, would they?”

“Geez, their standards are already low enough. What kind of huge scandal could have gotten him kicked out?”

“I’m serious, that’s enough. Spreading rumors with no evidence again. Calling Ji Yan a ‘scandal figure’ – has anyone found any concrete scandal about him after scouring the whole internet? They can’t even produce a single screenshot. At least fabricate some ‘mosquito-level rumors’.”

“Let him pick! Let him sing! If you don’t like it, suck it up!”

As the argument intensified, this post was about to become another battlefield between Ji Yan’s fans and VENIX’s fans. The OP quickly muted several IDs and bumped a few other comments, trying to steer the atmosphere back.

“Everyone, don’t fight… This post was originally a fun thread the OP started after watching the latest episode. How did it get so twisted? Is anyone even talking about the show anymore?”

“Pats to OP. Fire girls and Winnie sisters, let it go. If you want to fight, go elsewhere. The other side is almost at offline actual combat. Don’t make trouble in our small community.”

“Hugging our ‘SuperStar’s First Beautiful and Handsome’ to support OP, give OP some eye bleach. (pics) (pics) (pics)…”

“Holy!!! Shit!!!!!!”

“This ‘Ling Jiao’ easily gives me another big surprise.”

“So ‘First Beautiful and Handsome’ refers to two people? (laugh-cry)”

“Jiao Wangshu first beautiful, Ling Tinglan first handsome. No problem!”

“Still need to ask the question said countless times: Did the production team really not give them separate special effects?”

“If VV Video has such special effects technology, quickly use it on your newly aired drama, okay? Look at that over-bright white thunder filter in your new drama. It smooths out all the clothes’ wrinkles but can’t remove the big crease on your male lead’s face… Audience lives matter too.”

“I declare that the Imperial CP sisters are the gods of saving the scene!”

“Hey, they’re not called Imperial CP sisters anymore. The CP fanbase has settled on an official CP name and fan name. From now on, they are uniformly called ‘Ding Ding Mao’er’.”

“What is ‘Ding Ding Mao’er’? Did they get a cat?”

“Alas, ‘Ding Ding Mao’er’ is not a cat. It means ‘dragonfly’ in Sichuan dialect. Their CP name is ‘Ling Jiao’, and they are both from the Shu capital. It’s reasonable for CP fans to call themselves ‘Ding Ding Mao’er’.”

“Picking up our ‘SuperStar’ ‘Door God line’ and sprinting ten thousand meters.”

“Wait, something strange slipped in. Isn’t it ‘visual line’? What the heck is ‘Door God’?”

“It means one level higher than ‘visual’ – ‘Door God’.”

“LMAO, how are you all so talented?”

“The above seems possessed by You Youyou (god descends).”

“I knew it would happen! That part where You Youyou chose people in the main episode almost made me laugh to death.”

“So simply! When he was asked to pick team members, he raised his little hand and precisely picked the two most beautiful faces in the crowd. Stretching out both hands at the same time, raising them together, like directing traffic!”

“It seemed like he said nothing, yet he said everything.”

“You Youyou: If they’re not the most beautiful, I don’t want them.”

“Look, it drove PD Jiang to his wit’s end. He ended up directly naming them one by one for him to choose. But for each name, You shook his head and ‘point-killed’ them, comparable to ‘Ji Yan’s Call of Doom’.”

“In the end, he reluctantly chose Su Xingran and Lev. Still too bold. Isn’t he afraid of being cursed to death by other fans?”

“Actually, it’s not so bad. After all, the reference for ‘God You’ is those two.”

“Ling Tinglan and Jiao Wangshu: Losing to us, no need for inferiority.”

“Just kidding. If they lose, they get inferior and curse. The war has already started next door, especially Su Xingran’s fans. Their curses are so fierce they’ve already forgotten heaven and earth.”

“That’s how much hate when they break down… Can our ‘god’ who is a nobody withstand it?”

“Rest assured. Although ‘god’ has no fans and can’t win in arguments, the plaza has already been occupied by a bunch of fun-seekers. Everyone is posting ‘god ah god’ randomly. Those who don’t know might think it’s a large-scale missionary scene.”

“As expected of a god, easily stirring up storms.”

“How dare you! Criticizing the god’s fault to his face! Execute!”

“Help… When will I be able to see the word ‘god’ without laughing?”

“Everyone dares to say that after this episode, the absurdity of god and god’s fans will be unmatched.”

“Funny point analysis 1: The camera forgot the god’s footsteps. Dozens of eyes on site looked at each other, unable to capture the god’s figure. The camera was even more guilty, suspected to be the last to find the god’s shadow. Funny point analysis 2: The god officially declared the divine will – the god is lively. The god decisively chose the divine song ‘Neon Confession’, but the world misunderstood the god’s personality. The god forgives, the god declares – the god is lively. Funny point analysis 3: The god only loves divine faces. The god points with both hands, personally summons two divine faces to stand shoulder to shoulder with the god. The rest of the mortals do not enter the god’s eyes. Helplessly, the god’s teacher urges greatly, reluctantly scraping together five people to lower the god’s style. (Hands together: God’s door).”

“By the way, who connected the concepts of ‘space cadet’ and ‘god’? Directly fast-forward to cyber cultivation with boundless magical power, right?”