From American Internet Celebrity to God Among Men

131: Chapter 131 Be Down-to-Earth, Trending Topics Are KingThe morning light in Los Angeles filtered through the blinds, cutting neat patches of light onto the carpet of the hotel suite. The air was filled with the aroma of freshly ground coffee and the faint sound of turning pages.

Alex sat at a small round table, wearing a simple white cotton T-shirt, his hair still slightly damp. Spread out before him was not a musical score or technical blueprints, but the twenty-seven-page ”Resonance Era Post-Performance Public Opinion and Commercial Value Preliminary Analysis Report” that Marcus had compiled overnight.

His gaze swept over the bolded headings and data:

· Global total viewership: Preliminary statistics exceed 210 million, setting a record for similar events.

· ”half-step echo” audio released for 12 hours, air-dropped into the TOP 10 of iTunes single charts in 32 countries and regions globally, topping the charts in 18 of them.

· #Aesthetics of Error#, #Alex and Taylor Duet in Two Cities#, and #Eternal Dome# derivative topics continued to occupy the top of social media trends in many countries.

· Inquiries for endorsements have been received from over seventeen high-end brands, covering various fields such as watches, automobiles, technology products, and luxury apparel.

· Universal Music has submitted an urgent proposal hoping to produce the ”Echoes and Wavelengths” tour into a limited-edition vinyl box set and an immersive VR concert film for long-tail sales.

· The valuation of the ”Echo Vision” company has been adjusted upward by approximately 40% within 24 hours in private market inquiries.

· New user registrations for the ”Flashpoint” content laboratory surged by 300% in a single day, causing the servers to be under pressure for a time.

A string of numbers coldly and objectively revealed a fact: ”Resonance Era” was not just a performance; it was a phenomenal brand-igniting event. The commercial value, public opinion appeal, and cultural influence represented by the names Alex Su and Taylor Allison had been pushed to a brand new, almost terrifying level.

And all of this was being converted into the constantly jumping, reassuring popularity figure on his system interface.

Alex picked up his coffee and took a sip, but his gaze drifted past the report to the awakening city outside the window. The brilliant starlight of the performance had already fallen; now it was time to consider how to ”monetize” this starlight into more lasting, stable lights on the ground, while at the same time accumulating more solid fuel for his own unspeakable ”path of the extraordinary.”

”So, what are your thoughts?” Taylor, sitting opposite him, spoke up. She was wearing a loose sweater, no makeup, her fingers unconsciously winding around the rim of her teacup, yet her eyes were clear and sharp. After a huge success, artists often need to face a void, but she seemed to have switched herself into ”partner” and ”co-conspirator” mode faster.

”Cool down, settle down, and then selectively ignite the second fire.” Alex put down his coffee cup, his tone calm. ”We can’t just stay in the praise of the ’god-tier live performance.’ The audience, or rather the market, needs new ’consumption points.”

”You want to start with ’Flashpoint’ and ’Voice of Truth’?” Taylor immediately grasped the point.

”Hmm.” Alex pulled up a few charts on his tablet. ”’Flashpoint’ users are here for fast-paced, highly creative short videos; they are our most advanced ’tentacles’ and also the ’litmus test’ for content creativity. ’Voice of Truth’ users are more settled, pursuing depth and a sense of community; they are our ’base’ and ’value anchor.’ We need to provide different things to these two groups continuously.”

He paused and stated a more specific plan: ”I plan to launch a long-term project on ’Flashpoint’ called ’City Soundscape Wanderer.’ Instead of sitting in the recording studio, I will take simple recording and filming equipment to the streets, alleys, markets, and piers in the early morning... to capture those overlooked ambient sounds, street conversations, and accidental musical fragments, and then use these as material for rapid improvisation and short film production. Updated weekly, the style is not limited; it could be a piece of instrumental music, a rap, or just a sound montage full of emotion.”