In the meantime, the most important thing for Long Jie, was training S.A.J.
After a series of training sessions and after Long Jie was confident that every single group member was ready to face the world, it was time to commence the next stage of their promotional activities.
The new group had no popularity nor fame; they had nothing. If they couldn't even stir up conversations, then they would be a complete waste of resources.
Not to mention, Long Jie had invested all her heart and soul into them.
Without Tangning around, Superstar Media experienced more doubt than ever before. This made Long Jie's stress levels increase, but she did not retreat. Instead, she used the resources she had to record a dance video for the group of four and placed it online with the caption, 'New dancing quartet: ready for a challenge!'
As it had a sense of provocation, a lot of people clicked into the video wanting to ridicule them. They wanted to see who was so brave as to post up a video like this. But, as soon as they started watching it, their anger subsided because of the good looking young men and women on their screens.
With the added fact that they were actually talented, the results from the video exceeded expectations.
After a quick warm up, Long Jie decided to take advantage of the hype by paying a few famous social media accounts to promote the video by mocking it. Her aim was to create conversations, even though it resulted in arguments amongst fans. But, this boosted S.A.J.'s public image.
Slowly, people began to take notice of them and discover that they were Superstar Media's newly formed group.
Afterwards, Long Jie placed the focus of her promotional efforts on youngsters and students. She knew exactly where the group stood. Since they were marketing them as a youthful group, they of course focused on their good looks.
Gradually, fan clubs for S.A.J. began to form within the school grounds and they had regular fans that followed them around.
So, after reaping some benefits, the group believed in Long Jie's abilities a lot more. But, there was often a weird vibe in the group. A vibe that Long Jie didn't notice because she was so focused on booking activities.
When Xing Lan saw how much Long Jie was struggling, she naturally wanted to provide some help. So, she decided to promote the group a little. Since she was about to start her concert tour and her first stop was Beijing, inviting S.A.J. to be her guests seemed quite reasonable.
However, Xing Lan belonged to Hai Rui and their interests weren't connected to Superstar Media, so her manager did not approve of her decision. The number one reason was because Hai Rui didn't know anything about the background of this group formed by Long Jie.
It wasn't easy for Xing Lan to get to where she was, so they couldn't let anything go wrong.
Therefore, the manager did not allow Xing Lan to promote S.A.J..
Long Jie understood the worries of Xing Lan's manager. To be honest, she never considered getting help from anyone anyway, whether it was Luo Sheng, Xing Lan or Luo Yinghong.
"Long Jie, I'll speak to my manager about this matter. I am personally inviting S.A.J. as my guests."
"Make sure they are prepared, the concert will be at the end of this month."
On the phone, Xing Lan was extremely serious and sincere, "Although we are no longer legally bound, Superstar Media will always be my home. That's why I am happy to do this favor. Especially since I've watched their video and have confirmed that they are indeed talented."
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