As those words hit the ground, everyone in the control room heard Tang Shu’s message transmitted over the internet.
"As an Informant, I’ve made more than a few mistakes over the years and have decided to make a fresh start by distributing the land I’ve acquired to the poor," she said.
One of the staff swallowed hard, "Deputy director, we don’t have to remind her now."
In the video, everyone’s cheers drowned out everything else.
The deputy director was astonished again. "Hey! Such a young age, and yet so sensible?"
After two consecutive days of filming ended, everyone said their goodbyes and returned to the hotel where they stayed at 10 pm.
After a quick wash, Tang Shu was about to rest when she received a call from Shen Yan.
"Boss, Uncle She is really on fire now!"
What did that mean? Were the nearly 10 million followers she had before all fake?
Tang Shu paused for a moment. "Has the trending search moved up a lot?"
"It’s not just about moving up the trending search, but now you’ve been named by the Traditional Culture Promotion Association!"
Shen Yan, thousands of miles away, was ecstatic, typing away at the keyboard while on the phone, sending a link directly to Tang Shu’s WeChat.
"These two days, the big competition about the blending of Eastern and Western painting elements has been getting hotter by the day, turning into a nationwide activity. If you open the short video app, nine out of ten people are related to it, which also caught the attention of the relevant departments."
Now, the Traditional Culture Promotion Association has mentioned She and Yu directly on their official Weibo account and praised the videos under her Weibo post, especially the one with the landscape painting.
It’s everyone’s responsibility to promote traditional culture!
After hearing the details, Tang Shu was somewhat astonished herself.
Traditional culture had become so overlooked that it warranted the officials to come forth with public praise.
"Did the Weibo followers increase?"
"Yes, yes! Now it’s close to a big milestone of 15 million, and since the officials just @mentioned you today, I reckon this increase will continue for a few more days."
Shen Yan was delighted. The traffic from this wave was sizable — if everything went smoothly, they might even hit the 20 million mark!
However, Tang Shu’s first reaction to these words was—
She was going to have to do a live stream and distribute welfare again.
After hanging up, she couldn’t sleep, so she propped herself up on the pillow and opened Weibo.
The first thing she saw was that she topped the trending searches.
[Traditional Culture Association Praises She and Yu]
Following that, she also ranked second: [She and Yu Launch Eastern and Western Painting Elements Fusion Competition]
What was this about her launching it?
The whole thing was beyond her control, okay?
When she opened her own Weibo, she found over 2 million comments in the comment section, and the likes on the three original videos were as high as 8 million.
This was unprecedented.
[I always knew Uncle She was mighty. Now look at him go!]
[Holy shit, scared me to death. Every app I open is recommending Uncle She videos, hhhhhhhh~~~]
[As an old fan of Uncle She, having my favorite idol publicly acknowledged by officials feels like a shared glory.]
[A friend was so excited to recommend Uncle She to me, and I couldn’t help but feel a bit smug, hahahaha!]
[To be honest, as an art student, I also joined in this big competition. My short video has already gotten over 200,000 likes. I’m so freaking excited!]
[Me too! I never thought I’d see the day when I’d have over half a million likes!]