On July 11, Xu Shiqi, former official KPL host and a retired member of the domestic idol group SNH48, completed her first performance in Chongqing after being repatriated. She said "repatriation" because she bluntly said in her first live broadcast of her return on June 20 that she was "caught" by the company.
"The income from both years at KPL was confiscated," she explained on live, "and the contract was renewed." Now I can only obediently come back and dance. ”
After 3 years, Xu Shiqi stood on the stage again
After quitting the group for some reasons 3 years ago, Xu Shiqi first opened an online store to sell clothes for a period of time, and then entered the e-sports industry at the end of 2020 with the stage name "Xu Seventeen", and soon entered the field of vision of the audience of "Glory of the King" due to her good looks and strong affinity. In a short period of time, Xu Shiqi became one of the official hosts of KPL; some time ago, in the e-sports area of the "well-known Guo Nan Forum" Tiger Punch, there were often posts discussing her appearance.
Soon after, Xu Shiqi's video of "League of Legends" character Akali attracted the attention of many "League of Legends" players after a large number of forwards, and the LPL team FPX also extended an olive branch to her; and Xu Shiqi herself expressed her willingness to join the LPL after a period of time on social platforms.
"Akali"
Xu Shiqi posted an FPX banner on Weibo
Of course, in the posts discussed, in addition to the praise for her appearance and stage performance, there are also questions about the professional level. Some viewers felt that Ms. Xu "couldn't speak Mandarin clearly" and couldn't express the interview well; others compared her to the LPL's active host, noting that she didn't have qualified multilingual communication skills.
"The level of business is extremely low, the words are not clear, or don't come to LPL." One commenter said it unceremoniously.
Shiqi Xu at KPL
Of course, in addition to these discussions about the e-sports circle, there is also a lot of popular science about Xu Shiqi's "black history". The "brothers who understand" have sent out links related to the "Maldives Tour" incident that shocked the whole SNH, trying to tell everyone what kind of person Xu Shiqi was.
"She used to be a girl group, saw gossip on Weibo, and privately contacted local tycoons who spent 400,000 yuan to play in the Maldives."
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="13" > broken rule</h1>
Looking back now, when I was a pho 3 years ago, it was indeed a jaw-dropping, "out of the circle" big thing – it was probably like this:
Xu Shiqi debuted in September 2016 at the SNH48 headquarters as a 7th class student and was assigned to the XII team, and was later assigned to the X team after the personnel adjustment "Group Pavilion" in 2018. Due to her dare to say dare to do personality and the affinity to quickly mingle with her teammates, Xu Shiqi was not affected by entering an unfamiliar environment, but quickly found her own position on the new stage. In the 18-year general election, she finished 45th in the circle (for her), but what happened after (and probably before) quickly derailed her from her idol track.
Xu Shiqi, who quickly integrated into the new team
After a trip after the general election, Xu Shiqi posted a selfie of "Tahiti Tourism" on Weibo, in which she was sexy and cute, full of charm, and it can be expected that if there is no follow-up accident, this is another self-marketing of fans.
But at that time, one of the "Four Marketing Numbers of the Seine", the S1 Infinite Miracle Response Association found some cattiness in it. They first used various means to prove that Xu Shiqi went not to Tahiti, but to a private island in the Maldives; and subsequent excavations showed that her general election list Tui Wang (the most voted financier) was also in the same place at the same time.
Query Xu Shiqi on Baidu, and the keyword "Maldives" will immediately jump out
Apology letter and withdrawal message from 3 years ago
Although Xu Shiqi not only gave a seemingly reasonable explanation in the follow-up public relations, but also PO out of the air ticket and hotel information, but still unable to save the situation of being hammered to death; after the reflection in the photo revealed the horse's foot, the authenticity of the check-in information was not confirmed, Xu Shiqi left an apology letter that did not know what she was apologizing for, announcing her withdrawal from SNH48.
In that era, although the news of "members privately contacting fans in love" was often there, this kind of suspected naked use of "same tour" for ticket exchange operations was not common; coupled with the fact that the whole process was a textbook "Sherlock Holmes fan hammer idol" drama, it soon produced a certain degree of heat outside the circle - and even some people believe that the reduction of the SNH48 bottom line began with Xu Shiqi.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="46" > unbreakable shackles</h1>
Gan Shijia's "Rules of the World" written for SNH48 has a very real lyric: "Those who foul can get more." In fact, many of the so-called "rules" in this circle can be broken. Whether it is the "prohibition of private association" regulations or the well-known "love prohibition regulations", many times they are not so strict without being discovered.
In the final analysis, these explicit rules or conventional rules and regulations are always only gentlemen - as long as there are blindly believing or knowing but silent fans buy tickets and throw money, as long as the bond is still maintained and the human design does not collapse, then in fact whether there is a violation is not the iron law of judging an idol.
In a world where the bottom line is repeatedly lowered, perhaps contracts in black and white will surely take effect. Due to Siba's non-compete agreement, all the "retired idols" whose contracts have not expired are not allowed to bypass the company to obtain commercial benefits through their own image - of course, there is a threshold for this "hunting" goal. It seems that only those who are perceived to still have the value of heat and traffic will receive a lawyer's letter; for now, many former idols are still in litigation and unable to start a "new journey".
Zhang Dansan in the PV of "Rules of The World"
Ironically, the anger of the fan base caused Xu Shiqi to leave the stage of the idol, and the legal department of Siba pulled her back from the front of the LPL door - of course, people are not forgetful enough to remember the "betrayal" of 3 years ago, but what is the anger of some fans when she is considered to be "still valuable to the group"?
In her first live broadcast after Xu Shiqi's return, she talked about a series of details about being "repatriated". For example, she was forced to hand over all the gains she had earned during the KPL for the past two years, "one night back to before the group"; for example, "the contract was extended to 30 years old, locked in"; and most dramatically, she was caught at the birthday party of another former teammate zhang Dansan who left the group: "They told me that I might be arrested and returned." ”
Xu Shiqi in the first live broadcast after her return
"But there's no way, the contract." Although Xu Shiqi did not show any dissatisfaction, when she talked about these problems, her voice was obviously lowered, "But since I am back, I will start again and be an idol." ”
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="47" > an apology that was 3 years late</h1>
On July 11, Xu Shiqi appeared at a performance at CKG48 (SNH's Chongqing Branch), and after the performance, she took the stage alone to apologize for her misconduct three years ago. After admitting her mistake and promising to "try to be worthy of everyone's liking" in the future, she also thanked the Chongqing audience who attended the scene, saying that she "felt a lot of warmth." When she finished, she bowed deeply to the audience.
Judging from the live recording, this apology that was 3 years late received a lot of applause from the audience. I don't know what kind of emotion this applause represents: recognition, encouragement, or sympathy. Or is it the feeling that SNH "is going down" during the period of time she left, which is not long or short?
The bows of the people on the stage and the applause of the people on the stage
In the past three years, SNH48 has seen countless "foul" idols – and even many of them are considered "never a problem". From Zhang Dansan, who hastily left the group because of the photographer's photo incident, to Feng Salaryduo, a former member of the "Shen Seven" who was found to live with "Little Fresh Meat", to Xie Leilei, the "King of Zhennan" who was hammered and fell in love with the group, to some extent, many idols who made mistakes that may be more serious than Xu Shiqi's remained in the group after apologizing and repenting; thanks to this, the bottom line of fans has been repeatedly lowered. Now that Xu Shiqi is back on the stage, the incident itself is a huge irony - how big a mistake they have made does not seem to be an effective criterion; and for their whereabouts and stays, most of the opinions of fans seem to be unimportant.
Xie Leilei, who was previously considered an orthodox idol
Of course, for most outsiders, "the little girl talking about a love" is probably not an outrageous black spot; I see that some of the fans she attracted after she left the group began to pay attention to SNH because of this "repatriation", and even met to watch Xu Shiqi's performance - she once said that she hoped to "attract fans in the e-sports circle to pay attention to SNH through this opportunity", and as for the "competitive men and women" who said "go to the rice circle" every day but have been riding on the dust in the process of rice circle. Whether we can find our own position in the real pure rice circle is another story.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="48" > after the dust settles</h1>
At this point in time when Xu Shiqi was repatriated, the annual general election of SNH48 was in full swing. According to the current information, Xu Shiqi must enter the circle (the top 64) in this grand "fighting insect" to be able to successfully upgrade and become a formal idol.
Whether it's because of the contract or her own decision, Xu Shiqi and her fans need to find ways to regain the rank she once lost. To achieve this ultimate goal, perhaps she had to study the "current version of the hot", first of all, she had to find a way to wash her own stains, and then make some lesbian CP that everyone loved to watch; and the fans had to go back to the painful pitching, fundraising and Battle - believe me, as long as this kind of thing is done once, it will not want to do it a second time.
The new version must have new countermeasures
Judging from the results, it is difficult to analyze who gained and who suffered in this matter; but it is clear that this dramatic reincarnation looks comical and outrageous.
After 3 years, Xu Shiqi's style has changed from "Sweet Sister" to "Fierce 1"; "The Outside World" must have allowed her to see many things that she could not see before. Whether voluntarily or not, she returned to the twisted, narrow path, and the insults and applause on the side of the road would accompany her for a long, long time.
Xu Shiqi, who is no longer a sweet sister, has become an idol again