Episode 26
In today's social media era, fan culture has penetrated into every aspect of our lives.For many public figures, the number and activity of fans has become an important indicator of their influence.Dafei, a crosstalk actor, has recently experienced unprecedented pride in this wave of fan culture.
Dafei’s number of fans on Weibo is growing day by day, and one of them is a particularly active fan named “Feifongfa”.This fan not only frequently expressed praise for Dafei, but also actively participated in various activities of Dafei, making Dafei feel unprecedented attention and love.This feeling of being sought after gave Dafei the illusion that he was already popular.
In order to further expand his influence, Dafei found Zhenzhen from the flower shop, hoping that she could help him run his own Weibo fan group.Zhenzhen agreed, and the number of Dafei’s fans did increase significantly as a result.However, all this did not go as smoothly as Dafei imagined.
Backstage, everyone's attitude towards “Feifong” was very cold.The reason is that while “Feibufan” praised Dafei, he also criticized other members of Wanchun Club, believing that their cross talk skills were not as good as Dafei's, and even became an obstacle for Dafei to increase his popularity.This kind of remarks made everyone in Wanchun Society very angry, and they all went to Boss Pei for comment.
At first, Boss Pei wanted to make peace with the situation, but after hearing “Extraordinary”'s criticism of himself, he also became angry.Boss Pei led everyone to find Dafei, hoping that he could handle the matter.However, in the face of the angry people, Dafei didn't care. He believed that the reason why people showed this attitude was because they were jealous that they had fans who loved them so much.
A few days later, while Xiao Hei was cleaning backstage, a young girl walked in.She is just “extraordinary”.Xiao Hei originally wanted to discuss her criticism of him with her, but unexpectedly he was blackmailed by “Feifong”.This incident made members of Dafei and Wanchun Club more aware of the double-edged sword nature of fan culture.
Fan culture has indeed brought unprecedented attention and influence to public figures, but at the same time, it may also bring unnecessary trouble and disputes to public figures and their teams because of the words and deeds of some extreme fans.How to stay sober and rational in this environment, while being able to enjoy the benefits brought by fans and properly handle the problems caused by fans, has become a challenge that every public figure needs to face.
For Dafei, he needs to realize that although fans like “Feifong” can bring him short-term attention and popularity, this short-term pride will be lost if the disputes and criticism caused by her cannot be properly handled.That could translate into long-term woes.For the members of Wanchun Club, they also need to understand that fan culture is not a simple "Hello, I'm Hello, Everyone" game, but an ecosystem that requires everyone to work together and maintain it.
