Chapter 170: Fine Without These Fans
“You’re actually writing?”
Yu Wei was on a voice call with Qi Luo An watching the latest episode of Music Blind Box, which had almost become their weekly routine.
Carefully counting, out of the six episodes aired, they watched four together; the two missing ones were the first episode when Qi Luo An went offline pretending to be dead, and the sixth when Yu Wei did the same.
From this angle, the program was quite fateful with them, almost like a cyber matchmaker…
So when Qi Luo An invited him to watch the program at the same time today, Yu Wei didn’t refuse.
Who knew that as soon as the program started, he heard the sound of keyboard typing from the phone; this keyboard was the one he endorsed, how could he not recognize the sound?
Invited him to watch the program, but secretly writing herself, huh, really working to the max.
“This episode doesn’t have you anyway, what’s wrong with writing a bit in spare time?”
Music Blind Box’s seventh episode and the just-recorded eighth episode, Yu Wei wasn’t in either; without him, Qi Luo An definitely wouldn’t care as much about the program.
The reason she proactively found Yu Wei to watch this was mainly to find an excuse to chat with him and hear him talk.
During those days in Belgium, she could banter with Yu Wei every day; after returning home, their chat frequency dropped a lot, and she was quite unaccustomed to it for a while.
Failure author heavy dependency…
As for watching the program while writing, Qi Luo An had something to say; to send Shen Yutong away, she racked her brains, and now that the person was finally gone, she had to write more.
To write more, she even agreed to Shen Yutong’s unequal demands; what was awareness? This was awareness!
Don’t underestimate the bond between her and writing.
Alright, actually it wasn’t that unequal; it was just best friends mutually tormenting each other, helping her sing a song was no big deal.
Even without Shen Yutong “coercing” her, Qi Luo An would still help; being a bad teammate to drag her down was so fun…
“Who’s this?”
In the seventh episode, Yu Wei wasn’t there, Fei Hong covered for him; besides that, the program team invited a guest performer Yu Wei didn’t recognize.
“Wu Qi, one of the earliest singers to debut from a talent show, basically the ancestor of talent shows, pretty strong.”
Hearing this, Yu Wei somewhat understood; earliest talent show batch was like Super Girl Fast Boy, that strength was indeed not to be underestimated.
After the four guests were all there, the program routinely went to the opening blind box segment, and surprisingly a contestant was his own fan, with the tag “the singer who writes books the best.”
Yu Wei wouldn’t dare say anything else, but he was definitely the singer who wrote books the best; a singer who doesn’t want to be a great god isn’t a good screenwriter.
But he wasn’t in this episode, so this reader’s wish to interrogate him was obviously going to fall through.
The reader came from afar to participate in the program just to interrogate him, and happened to catch him absent; Yu Wei felt sorry for him just thinking about it, hee hee.
Then Wu Qi unbiasedly picked this blind box; looks like even heaven didn’t want the little fan to come for nothing.
When it came to the unboxing segment, Yu Wei was shocked; his own reader looked fair and clean, quite handsome, but clearly disappointed after seeing no Yu Wei at the guest seats.
“You’ll go to tomorrow’s ninth episode, right?”
“Have to this time.”
Yu Wei was after all a regular guest; missing one or two times was fine, but three in a row wouldn’t look good.
As a veteran player from launch, even returning after two weeks off he should keep up with the version; after all, the entertainment industry had no numerical inflation.
While they were chatting idly, the interaction segment in the program had started; the little reader was called “bulb lightbulb,” Wu Qi was pretty nice, and the two got along fairly harmoniously.
“Seeing my reader having so much fun on the program with other stars, I’m relieved…”
Jokes aside, seeing his reader gain something from the program made Yu Wei quite happy; it was worth the trip.
“So reader-chan isn’t happy with you? It’s completely different with others; if you’re brave, open this episode and see.”
“What ghost thing are you saying?”
Yu Wei was stunned hearing this; how was there even NTR dialogue? Pure love warrior enraged!
He still believed in his readers, except that rogue ninja who ran off with Tong Yulu.
Sure enough, in the song rehearsal segment, the little reader finally remembered his goodness and gave sharp comments on Wu Qi’s song.
“Feels, not as good as Yu Wei.”
He knew it; his own readers definitely still liked him more…
No, was this kid stirring up trouble?
Wu Qi froze hearing this, even looking at the camera with an incredulous gaze, as if seeking confirmation from the photographer.
This glance at the screen was too funny; even through the screen, the audience could see Wu Qi’s bewilderment, like saying: Were all those days of laughter we shared fake?
This scene had a strong sense of imagery, and with the lines, it was even somewhat twisted.
Many viewers found it hilarious and directly screenshotted Wu Qi’s glance at the screen to make sticker packs.
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“So you’re the cow warrior?”
The program effect was so strong that even Qi Luo An forgot to write, sending her own fan to destroy someone else’s dao heart, too bad.
“What? This kid is definitely a netizen.”
It fit Yu Wei’s understanding of his own fans perfectly: proper look at the fun without minding the trouble, deliberately stirring up war to give him something to do; how were they all so good at making things happen.
He understood his reader’s mannerism, but many viewers didn’t; they almost thought this was a declaration of war.
Thought it was just a small interlude, but the little reader netizened hard; in subsequent rehearsals, he mentioned “not as good as Yu Wei” several times, almost making Wu Qi blush with anger.
Yu Wei laughed in anger seeing this; this was how his reader promoted him outside? Afraid he didn’t have enough hate on him?
All living dads; other idols’ fans afraid of their idol suffering any grievance, but his fans the opposite, always thinking of pitting him day after day.
Stop netizening; he really couldn’t take it.
Might as well not have this fan…
Although the little reader kept making things happen, he didn’t slack in practice at all; the final chorus performance was quite good, earning praise from many audience and guests.
As a non-professional civilian contestant, his performance was worth affirming.
That said…
This also fit Yu Wei’s understanding of his reader: liked watching fun but no bad intentions, wouldn’t drop the ball at key moments.
As long as not fanning the flames, all good readers.
“Is my song really not as good as Yu Wei’s? Looks like I need to find a chance to meet him.”
At the end of the program, there was a blooper where Wu Qi expressed recognition of “bulb lightbulb” and mentioned curiosity about Yu Wei.
The little reader laughed heartily beside him; only then did everyone realize this was the civilian contestant’s purpose—Yu Wei’s fan deliberately stirring things up.
Just wanted to pull some hate for Yu Wei, huh?
Yu Wei sighed helplessly after hearing; he really got “stirred into war” by this kid, but not hate, rather successfully catching the other’s attention.
The program team was thoughtful; airing this blooper at the end let everyone realize the joke’s meaning, avoiding overinterpretation.
He opened Weibo and checked; netizens were all teasing Yu Wei and his fans’ relationship.
Who said entertainment industry fans were all filial sons and haters; Yu Wei’s fans were different—they loved and killed with the main one.
Readers of the novel could actually notice this; honestly, this no-frills bad friend interaction made other fans envious.
Yu Wei wrote books and songs to tease reader fans, fans pitted Yu Wei whenever; all about harmony and joy.
In the end, it was Yu Wei’s entertainment novel that successfully blurred that sense of boundaries.
So blending with reader fans was Yu Wei’s purpose in writing the novel?
After watching the program, Qi Luo An continued writing; with going on sale imminent, she had to step it up, while Yu Wei planned to sleep directly.
“Going to sleep already? I really feel chills for your readers.” Qi Luo An paused, feeling it was off, “I’m your reader; I really feel chills.”
Yu Wei had no choice; he had to go to work tomorrow.
Early autumn morning chill like water; the next day Yu Wei got up early and hurried to the broadcast hall—after all, first day back from leave, couldn’t be late.
Seeing him approach, the security guard at the broadcast hall nodded familiarly; hadn’t seen him for so long, suddenly seeing Yu Wei was quite emotional.
As security for an entertainment company, they more or less followed entertainment industry matters.
Although only about twenty days since Yu Wei’s last program recording, now he was worlds apart.
Not only did he defeat Chen Ping at the end of the previous episode, he also won an international major award after a few days abroad; they didn’t understand the piano piece much, but it seemed very impressive.
Not to mention his proud business results after returning; now Yu Wei absolutely deserved them calling him teacher.
Yu Wei pushed open the heavy soundproof door of the broadcast hall; the other guests hadn’t arrived, he took a deep breath, the air still lingering with the fragrance from last recording and the scent of wooden sets.
“Teacher Yu is back.”
Staff quickly arrived; without Yu Wei in these two episodes, they always felt something missing—he was the true soul of this program.
Only Yu Wei’s songs had that blind box-like unknown sense, mysterious and intriguing; this was the irreplaceable part of Yu Wei in this program.
“Welcome Yu Wei back!”
Director Cheng Xu led the applause, followed by the scriptwriters and makeup artists, making Yu Wei a bit embarrassed.
How could they not welcome him warmly? Without Yu Wei, their ratings dropped 40% at once; one of the few with popularity was propped up by Yu Wei’s fans.
Forget welcome; seeing Yu Wei back, they were almost tearfully grateful.
They wouldn’t say Yu Wei was the backbone of this program, but that was the fact.
While Yu Wei chatted idly with the director, today’s second guest arrived: Zhou Mumu with long hair tied up walked in timidly, greeting everyone one by one.
Yo, acquaintance.
“You even invited Mu Mu as guest performer; why not in the seventh episode?”
Yu Wei looked at the director slightly surprised; putting Zhou Mumu and Fei Hong in the same episode, wouldn’t the program effect come automatically?
Director Cheng Xu shook his head helplessly; if Yu Wei could think of it, they definitely could—no one wanted program popularity more than them.
Inviting the unofficial young couple to the program would generate traffic just thinking about it; they weren’t fools.
The problem was there: Zhou Mumu’s management company agreed to her participating in Music Blind Box, but with one condition—no pairing with Fei Hong.
Yu Wei basically understood after hearing; Zhou Mumu’s company always saw her as a cash cow, definitely more concerned about their own artist’s reputation.
Not mentioning else, just that Zhou Mumu’s fans didn’t like this Fei Hong, the company had to make them avoid suspicion, as it would shake the fanbase.
Music Blind Box did want program effect, but couldn’t go against the management company’s wishes; no choice, had to invite them in separate episodes.
“Feels, not as good as Top Streamer.”
Cheng Xu looked at him somewhat surprised; what did that mean, fanning the flames like his own fans?
This really wasn’t Yu Wei making things happen; it truly wasn’t as good—his fake program didn’t have to check management company faces for guests.
Wanted to write it, wrote it; ask and it’s a same name extra on the spot, so what.
Cheng Xu thought and yes, Yu Wei had previously written Fei Hong and Zhou Mumu appearing together.
In the novel, there was even a segment of the two mutually comforting emotion play, and no one had objections; Zhou Mumu’s company even had to thank him for featuring their artist.
Now the real was truly not as good as the fake program.
