Hi cuties, I am your Wamei sweetie
As someone that has watched "X-FIRE",
"The Coming One" series,
"Produce 101 China" series,
"Super Boy" and "Super Girl", I am an senior fan when it comes to competition shows
Every summer, I will experience the fear of being under Long Danni's control!
Year after year, I will experience the sorrows of Wajijiwa's embarassment!
This is part 3 of the the "worst company" series
I will bring everyone into a "nursing home" famous for survival shows in the entertainment industry, Wajijiwa
Expose him, expose him, expose him
Wajijiwa, which I will abbreviate as "Waji",
Was established by survival show godmother Long Danni in 2017
That's right, Waji was formed only 2 years ago
Because it was backed by father Tencent, its wealth spoke louder than words
Over the short time of 2 years, Waji has made 5 survival shows
The two biggest survival show-making companies with artists signed under them in the entertainment industry are
EE Media and Waji, whose CEOs are both Long Danni
To be fair, Long Danni does know her way around survival shows
Next, let's follow the timeline and smoothly move along
At the end of 2015, she made "X-FIRE", a show that aimed to cultivate a boy group
Nine contestants from the show debuted as "XNINE"
X-FIRE burned and burned, and then got scorched
The group got no attention for 3 years only for the members to later individually make a splash in the entertainment industry
Just from stage performances, the leader Wu Jiacheng got my attention
Main vocalist Zhao Lei
Main dancer Xia Zhiguang
Later, I watched "The Untamed"
Xiao Zhan's beautiful visuals and acting got my attention
Zhan~
Little Zan is a vocalist in the group (T/N: Play on words with his name)
[Wrong clip]
I watched "A Little Reunion" and Guo Zifan's arrogant vibes got my attention
I trust that the others will capture my attention in the future
After all, people will indeed "burn" (T/N: 焚 is a nickname for the X-FIRE boys)
We have to "burn"
In the summer of 2017, she made "The Coming One", a survival show to create a cultural circle of idols
This competition was entirely a live broadcast
23 year old Mao Buyi became famous with his song "Drown One's Sorrows"
Maomao's bass voice resembles the vicissitudes of life, and is also sexy and revitalizing
He is one of my favourite singer-songwriters
In the summer of 2018, she bought the copyrights to make "Produce 101 China"
Phenomenal girl group Rocket Girls 101 debuted from the show
I've promoted some the girls in the group in previous videos many times, I don't need to repeat it again
I'll just point out Rocket Girls' main vocalist, Li Ziting
Wamei was fortunate enough to have seen her on stage, and her high notes are very stable live
In the summer of 2019, she made "Produce Camp"
In this show that had many previous survival show contestants, Wa-people were equally important
[Waji team that participated]
[L-R: Yan Xujia, Peng Chuyue, Zhou Zhennan, Xia Zhiguang, Zhao Lei, Zhai Xiaowen]
They sent 6 people to compete, and in the end 5 debuted
Wa-people's employment rate exceeds 80%
Other idol companies cultivate trainees year after year, and find the right opportunity to push them as idols
But Waji solely relies on survival shows, to dig up some fine sprouts
But...
It doesn't matter what place you're in, just wait and see what Wajijiwa has in store
Wajijiwa uses their heart to make survival shows, but uses their feet to do business
This survival show godmother's life motto can be summarized like this:
I want to bring a group of people to Wajijiwa
I can bring them back and hide them!
Next, we will analyze how awful Waji is
1. Unruly decision-making
Waji's decision-making fills my face with question marks
The rules of "X-FIRE" were:
Two teams, Red and White Team battled each other, and the winning team would debut as "X-FIRE"
Half a year after the show ended, Waji mixed members from Red and White Team
And made XNINE, so they debuted as two in one
So what was the point of making everyone battle so vigorously on the show?
What was the point of fans splitting into two cliques and letting out their true nature to have catfights?
After XNINE debuted, they made a 1 hour female lead in an idol drama event, which was a live broadcast
"9 boys with different, but generous personalities, 9 ordinary girls with anticipatory thoughts of romance"
"From awkward to careful, once they find a common theme to talk about, in the end they will become sincere friends"
I do not want to watch idols acquainting themselves with ordinary people at all, thank you!
This year, Waji was again set on giving this horrible idea to R1SE
Waji is a professional at aggravating fans
In "The Coming One" series, there were also troubles and shady occurrences all over
In the first season, one of the mentors was provoked and quit filming while on set
The system for this year's "The Coming One 3" fills my face with question marks even more
They made them go out of their comfort zone for an episode, forcing singer-songwriters to sing and dance
Are you choosing to debut a singer or a girl group?
People excel in different fields, please
2. Tragic aesthetics
There are problems with Rocket Girls and R1SE's songs and concepts
Waji, just because you're called Waji doesn't mean you have to keep excavating (T/N: "Waji" sounds like "excavating")
After one month since debut, R1SE had no stages, their MV filming took 3 days, and fans rushed to increase album sales
And the MV they filmed ended up looking like this
Is this a set for a drink advertisement?
[Free yourself]
[Cool your heart! Let it rise!]
Also this song makes me think back to the TF Family song "Hip-hop Boys"
If you don't believe me, watch
They're committed to making domestic idol groups into hot-selling square dancing groups
There are also many examples of their ugly styling
Long Zong has a firm hold when it comes to her view on fashion
Save me! These boys and girls could have such visuals but still can't bear this torment!
It gives the public an ugly and bland impression of them, you guys are so terrible
3. Many artists, limited resources
This fatal problem existed in EE Media, and has re-appeared in Waji
For each survival show, Waji signs about 10 people
For other idol companies, it takes many years for them to have 10 or so artists
But for Waji, within 2 years, they've signed 40-50 artists
What are you doing?
Does your "nursing home" require an annual quota of new users to indicate your performance?
There are 3 seasons of "The Coming One"
But the only relevant name in mainstream music is Mao Buyi
The other contestants are practically non-existent
Shh
Maomao's popularity is because of his talent, it has no damn thing to do with Waji
In a single breath, they sign so many people, but don't take responsibility for them
Fans vote for them to debut, and then helplessly watch them fade into obscurity
Waji relies on survival shows to sign artists, but with little resources, they won't be around for long
From this comes two types of situations
The first type is packing them away
XNINE debuted 3 years ago as an idol group
They didn't have many stages or many songs
What were they doing?
They packed their identities away to give them homemade Tencent web-dramas
In 2016, the group took part in "Super Star Academy" and "Oh! My Emperor"
In 2017, they took part in "Fights Break Sphere"
The group made a cameo in "Monster Hunt 2"
When I watched this in the theatres and saw that XNINE starred in the movie, I was excited for a moment
But after watching the movie, I couldn't find them
In the end I realized they were here!
[Who are you guys?]
[Who are you?]
[Which one are you?]
[And who are you?]
Sorry, I've bothered you
The second type is going back on the same path to recreate themselves
Four members of XNINE were nobodies for 3 years
Later they were sent by Waji to "Produce Camp"
Even though the group was torn apart
At the night of their debut, Guangguang still claimed to be "XNINE's Xia Zhiguang"
On the debut stage, they made the XNINE hand sign
Long Danni! This group was neglected for 3 years, you have no heart!
Zhou Zhennan experienced "The Coming One", "The Collaboration" and "Produce Camp"
3 survival shows in 3 years
Every year, Nannan gains a group of new fans from each show
And continues to be let down by Waji's incompetence
In an interview, Long Danni mentioned that she would tell her artists:
"Don't expect that you can become a super popular person"
Under the boss' guidance,
Waji's kids are very self-aware of their unpopularity!
Welcome our #1 most popular boy group in China, R1SE
No
Who?
Are there any seniors you want to perform with?
We're not worthy of that
This year there are many new survival shows like "The Coming One", are you worried that your popularity will fall with these new rookies debuting?
You say this like I used to be popular in the past
I'm not worried, I'm already used to it
Before entering Beijing Film Academy,
You already had the identity of someone who debuted before
Do you feel like you've gotten more attention?
Do you know who attends my school?
Who will pay attention to me?
Long Danni sees her artists as products, and says that she is a product manager
Aren't you familiar with this viewpoint?
Another famous company, Comic International Productions' CEO Zhou Hao said the same thing
Long Zong has once publicly talked about this
They all discuss how to become a hot search,
How to conduct themselves,
But we have we seriously
Made preparations for decades for my career?
You said it, but you have to do it!
In reality, what we see is these artists not making a breakthrough
Fans frequently having catfights in the hot searches
PR not handling negative news relating to the artists and just glossing them over
In this aspect, Waji is really too careless and too unprofessional
In addition to this,
Some rotten things that Waji staff did have already been discussed in my "worst companies award" video
Because of time, I won't repeat them, but everyone can add onto this in the comments
In short, Waji is always being scolded at
It's simply that the way they act is too confusing
Their decision-making confuses people
Their aesthetic choices confuse people
Their promotional and PR moves confuse people
Even the boss' behavior confuses people
Long Zong directly asked Meng Meiqi this question
In your heart, do you really believe that thing the fans always say,
"Wajijiwa close down", do you have that mindset?
I'll say that when the time comes
When the time comes, right?
Throwing such an awkward question on camera to your artist like the entertainment industry only has you in it
All in all,
Watching Waji's survival shows has made me discover many awesome kids
This is why I scold the company but continue to watch their survival shows
Wamei saying this much isn't just to complain about how awful Waji is
What I want more is for Waji to confront its shortcomings and make more improvements
Waji, you're backed by father Tencent,
Compared to other small companies, you already have a great opportunity
Reasonable decisions, necessary promotions, professional PR, normal concepts and aesthetics
These should always be done well
Waji, wake up!
Don't persist in doing things wrong
Don't turn into the second EE Media
Don't make it so artists can only find a way out if they terminate their contract
If Waji continues to be this stubborn in the future,
Then sorry, I can only wish you
Wajijiwa close down, Wajijiwa close down!
Okay, that's all for Wamei's ranting today
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I hope that everyone's favorite kids can be treated valuably and kindly by Waji
If not, then let's hope they can escape the Waji nursing home soon
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