Chapter 151: 《bridge Of Fate》
The assistant probed: “Actually not?”
Sister Qianzi was a bit exasperated: “Have I been too indulgent with you lately? Are you Chi Ye’s fan or my assistant?!”
The little assistant pouted, lowering her head and not daring to speak.
Although she was Sister Shi’s distant relative and usually dared to joke with Sister Shi, when Sister Shi was really “angry,” she was still very scared.
“……Hmph.”
Seeing her like this, Sister Qianzi softened a bit and explained verbally: “I’m really not happy. I just think, I didn’t expect he would have a day of ‘asking for help.’ Ha, wants to ride on my popularity? No way!”
The little assistant weakly responded: “Oh.”
Shi Jinwei explained: “……I smiled because my face felt a bit itchy.”
After that, neither of the two in the room spoke again.
But Sister Qianzi saying Chi Ye wanted to “ride” her popularity actually made sense.
Because recently, an ancient idol drama that Sister Qianzi starred in aired. It didn’t perform as well as Peng Chen’s at the beginning of the year, but it was still a small hit, sustaining her popularity while her star power steadily rose.
It shows that hard work does pay off.
And right at this time, Chi Ye wanted to sing with her. Sister Qianzi had reason to suspect that Chi Ye simply wanted to ride on her.
After all, when Jin Xia was hot, he rode on Jin Xia; when Sheng Ning’s box office exploded, he rode on Sheng Ning. Even Shang Youshu had been ridden on. Now that she was popular, and Chi Ye had “disappeared” for so long, there was no reason he wouldn’t want to ride.
This bastard was just a habitual offender.
Hmm…
But thinking about the most lively “making seasonal fortune” recently in the industry, the rumor in the circle was that Chi Ye orchestrated Ji Hemming… Sister Qianzi neither confirmed nor denied it, but she thought of Chi Ye’s smile on 《Voice of Nature》 back then, and the high probability that he caused Yue Na to fail to go public…
She started to have doubts in her heart.
This person had too deep schemes; she didn’t dare to interact much, or she wouldn’t even know how she was deceived and pitted!
The thought stopped there.
Suddenly, a familiar shout came from outside the door.
“Qianzi? Qianzi!”
Shi Jinwei’s face instantly darkened, and she instructed the little assistant: “The plague god is here, quickly open the door… quickly close the door!”
Retreat! Retreat! Retreat!
The little assistant hesitated and walked over. Just as she was about to close the door, she saw Chi Ye walking over with a smile and greeting her: “Hi, even prettier, huh.”
The little assistant’s heart bloomed instantly, thinking: Brother is so handsome!!
The door didn’t get closed in time, and Chi Ye had already walked in: “Qianzi, it’s been so long since I heard a good song. I brought you something good.”
Shi Jinwei: “???”
She stared at Chi Ye, grinding her teeth: “I warn you, don’t call me Qianzi!!!”
Chi Ye was stunned, then smiled: “Look at you, still angry. If you weren’t Qianzi, I wouldn’t come to you with this song. Just be grateful.”
Shi Jinwei: “?”
“Come to me? Good song? Hehe, you think I’ll sing just because you came to me? I won’t sing this song of yours, got it?”
Seeing Chi Ye Team had already come in, she didn’t “kick them out” on the spot. She just coldly switched which leg was crossed, while pulling out a slim ladies’ cigarette to light it.
“You learning from Sheng Ning? How come you’re smoking this brand too.”
Chi Ye casually landed a critical hit.
Shi Jinwei’s face instantly turned red: “Chi Ye, my tolerance for you is limited. If you want to ride, just say it directly. Don’t always pull these tricks! Want to attract my attention?!”
“Just say it directly if I want to ride?”
Chi Ye was stunned, thought for a moment, then understood and asked curiously: “If I say it directly, will you let me ride?”
Shi Jinwei smiled at the corner of her mouth: “No.”
“No problem, I’ve come myself, no need for you to give.”
Chi Ye boldly sat on the sofa. Shi Jinwei couldn’t believe it: “How is your skin so thick?!”
“Not as superficially maintained as yours.”
Sister Qianzi: “……”
She was speechless for a while, shook her head and said no more, coldly raising her swan neck, “looking down from above”: “If you have business, say it, then leave immediately.”
“See if you can sing this song?”
Chi Ye came for serious business, because this song from his new album really needed “Pliers Voice,” and since he wanted to quickly take a share of the meat left by Lao Ji this time, looking across internal entertainment circle, there was no better “partner” than Sister Qianzi.
“I already said, if you want to ride, say it directly. No riding, not singing.”
Sister Qianzi sneered, casually took the musical score Chi Ye threw over, and said: “But we’re kinda friends, so I’ll take a look for you.”
Chi Ye: “?”
He reached out his hand: “Forget it then, if you can’t sing it, don’t look.”
Sister Qianzi: “?!”
She wanted to throw the notebook directly back.
She, Shi Jinwei, one of the Four Little Flowers, now with momentum and popularity even higher than Jin Xia, only Shang Youshu ranked above her… What? You say Sheng Ning?
Just a big Shi Jinwei, not worth mentioning.
When had she ever suffered this kind of grievance?
We won’t take this anger!
She reached out to throw it, but her sapphire blue eyes had secretly quickly scanned the first page of the score before throwing.
Her hand suddenly paused, she did a strange and abstract backhand draw, and “drew” the score back in front of herself, muttering to herself: “Hmm… this… my arm isn’t very comfortable, hurt it in that fight scene the day before yesterday… since you want me to look, I’ll look.”
Chi Ye glanced at her sideways, not speaking.
Seeing Qianzi’s stubborn dead duck act like this made him want to roast her.
You B-mouth, let’s see how hard you can be.
But since he came to collaborate, after seeing Sister Qianzi “change her mind,” he didn’t take the lead in using restricted knives.
Meanwhile, Sister Qianzi had indeed lowered her head and started seriously scanning the musical score.
The room gradually quieted down, leaving only the sound of Shi Jinwei turning pages.
Hmm…
This score…
Hey, this really is… this style is completely different from his previous ones.
Could this be written by him?!
Shi Jinwei was surprised and confused, of course, no emotion showed on the surface.
Five minutes later.
She put down the score, looked at Chi Ye again: “Where’s the lyrics? Done? Hmm… I just think it’s okay, barely passing. If the lyrics are also okay, I’ll consider… hmm, consider the chorus thing based on my schedule.”
After saying that, she looked at the little assistant: “I have a schedule, right?”
The little assistant silently: “Sis, this is for a program, where’s the schedule?”
Shi Jinwei unhurried: “Ah… I remembered wrong.”
Chi Ye sighed and shook his head: “Forget it, since it’s so reluctant, I’ll find someone else. You have too big an opinion of me.”
Shi Jinwei bit her teeth: “Fine, go ahead, go find someone else.”
Chi Ye glanced at her, stood up, and walked toward the door.
Shi Jinwei: “……”
She really wanted to turn her head and shout “see the guest out” toughly, but after seeing the complete score earlier, she had even hummed it twice in her heart… She… she suddenly asked: “Yu Yan has been targeting you lately, you know?”
Chi Ye, almost at the door, was stunned and turned back: “What are you trying to say?”
Yu Yan had indeed been “targeting” him recently.
Not just endorsements being snatched, many resources coming to him were intentionally or unintentionally “sniped” by Yu Yan’s Team.
Even for this Mid-Autumn Festival Gala, although Yu Yan’s Team didn’t dare explicitly demand anything due to the official station relationship, various subtle treatments and lack of interest in Chi Ye had been conveyed.
There are no secrets in the circle. Who is rival to whom, who can’t stand whom, who targets whom—everyone sees it clearly.
So, Shi Jinwei previously thought Chi Ye wanted to ride her, and this was part of the reason.
After all, in terms of star power, although Yu Yan had a disparity, the Four Little Ones had always been “equally bundled” with the four big ones. The only difference was one was top streamer male star, the other top streamer female star.
Tied to her, Chi Ye would definitely get more attention than expected for this Mid-Autumn Festival Gala.
And the reason Chi Ye came to Qianzi this time… there was indeed a bit of this reason, but… not much.
The more important reason was Yu Yan.
Yes, whether for partner reasons or others, Yu Yan had screwed him over.
Since Yu Yan screwed him, with Chi Ye’s personality, he definitely had to screw back.
For this Mid-Autumn Festival Gala, he was going to screw back.
Lao Ji’s meat was the big part, but he couldn’t let Yu Yan have it easy either.
Shi Jinwei’s sapphire blue eyes stared at Chi Ye, holding back for a long time before saying: “That… actually, I have some conflict with Yu Yan too.”
Chi Ye was surprised: “Didn’t you collaborate before?”
Seeing him still about to leave, Shi Jinwei got a bit flushed: “……Are you giving it to me or not?”
Chi Ye chuckled and turned back, sitting down again: “Can’t you just talk nicely? I find your mouth not only has Pliers Voice, but its hardness rivals pliers too.”
Shi Jinwei’s chest heaved up and down, waves surging.
At this moment, Chi Ye felt she wasn’t little Sheng Ning, because although Sheng Ning was petty, she would never show it so “obviously.”
Compared to Sheng Ning, little Sheng Ning was still too “innocent,” too green!
……
At the same time.
A major sci-fi film set.
Yu Yan was in the makeup room getting makeup applied. The assistant walked over and whispered: “The Mid-Autumn Festival Gala side needs to go for rehearsal at the latest the day after tomorrow. What about those luxury brand activities tomorrow…”
“Push them.”
Yu Yan had a very refined face, somewhat androgynous, but truly impeccable.
He and Chi Ye were completely different types of handsome. Chi Ye was intensely striking thick-featured, with excellent skin and bone structure; he was light-featured, good skin, but bone structure actually had some flaws.
But in his prime, this flaw obviously wouldn’t show.
So, he had a title from when Chi Ye first debuted—”internal entertainment circle god visuals.”
Of course, now no one would compare Chi Ye and Yu Yan, because whether in star power or popularity traffic, there was a world of difference between them—not just a wall, but not even in the same dimension.
Yue Na backed by Penguin, after Ji Heming was gone, hooked up with Yu Yan, and using Yu Yan to occasionally “target” Chi Ye—the effect was like a dimensional strike, not even the same level of contest.
“Got it.”
The assistant heard this without any surprise.
Luxury brand fashion resources that other young actors and little flowers broke their heads to fight for were basically like cabbage to Yu Yan’s Team. The difference was only whether he wanted them—wanted, and they were at his fingertips; unwanted, just push.
Anyway, better ones would come proactively.
“Ask Director Lu for leave, let’s wrap up early and go early.”
“Got it.”
The assistant nodded.
Yu Yan lowered his brows, bored scrolling his mobile phone, and didn’t speak again.
He valued this Mid-Autumn Festival Gala a lot, because unlike local stations, this was an official major gala—second only to Spring Festival Gala in value.
So exposure was minor; more importantly, the resume.
Like Spring Festival Gala, any artist with a chance would strive for such “political resources.”
Only benefits, no downsides.
And throughout his exchange with the assistant and team, he didn’t mention Chi Ye—not because he looked down on Chi Ye or didn’t know him, but… he simply didn’t take those things seriously.
Because at his position, too many enemies: those jealous of him, hating him occupying internal entertainment circle “traffic market” TOP1, those in direct competition with him…
Too many enemies.
Chi Ye didn’t even rank top ten among them, so he had zero feeling about it.
After getting leave from Beijing Circle great director side, Yu Yan’s Team flew straight to CCTV Building that night.
……
Three days later.
Teacher Shi and Agent Sister Wang arrived at CCTV Building.
Yes, for this Mid-Autumn Festival Gala, Teacher Shi received an announcement invitation due to her career resurgence, and they had been rehearsing since the beginning of the month—this was the fourth rehearsal.
“Heard President Chi is here too.”
Sister Wang walking beside Shi Daifu casually said: “This time he seems to be collaborating with Shi Jinwei.”
“Oh.”
Sister Wang glanced at her: “You’re not upset?”
Teacher Shi puzzled: “Upset about what?”
“……” Sister Wang speechless: “President Chi used to always find you for choruses, but this time he found Shi Jinwei. He… he wouldn’t be riding on popularity, right… Shi Jinwei’s popularity is pretty high lately… You’re not sad?”
“He doesn’t want to ride popularity.” Teacher Shi corrected and explained: “He’s not that kind of person.”
Sister Wang: “?”
Probably only you in the entire circle would say that!
Sister Wang curiously: “Then why?”
Teacher Shi thought and said: “Probably the work really suits her.”
Suits her.
Suits whom?
Sister Qianzi!
……
“Qianzi, your voice still isn’t qiang enough.”
In the rehearsal room.
After listening to Sister Qianzi’s “impromptu performance,” Chi Ye immediately shook his head: “I’m telling you, not qiang enough, no singing!”
Sister Qianzi furious: “I’ve already tried hard to… to… roughen my voice!”
Chi Ye puzzled: “No, I remember you on 《Voice of Nature》 back then, that voice… that angry sound, I want that effect, you get it?”
Shi Jinwei: “……Do you not see me as a woman?”
Chi Ye subconsciously glanced at Sister Qianzi’s perverted figure, awkward: “No, I’m talking work with you. Can you not always bring up gender?”
“You want to do female boxing too?”
Shi Jinwei silent: “I’m just thinking, when will you finish those lyrics.”
“One score making me howl dryly… Can’t write lyrics, huh? If like this, I’m not singing!”
Chi Ye heard this, unusually didn’t retort, but estimated the time and saw it was about right, then pulled out the prepared lyrics: “Done, wrote it last night. Take a look.”
Shi Jinwei perked up, but puzzled: “Last night… two days, and you wrote it?”
Chi Ye expressionless: “Look or not? Not, give it back.”
“……Chi Ye, you better have written something satisfactory!”
Sister Qianzi now wanted to bite Chi Ye to death. She found this guy truly hate, an indescribable hate… Fine, if the work is okay, won’t hold it against him!
Thinking this, Sister Qianzi raised her eyes and glanced at the lyrics.
But the first line, she froze in place.
“Qin Shi Ming Yue Han Shi Guan, Wan Li Chang Zheng Ren Wei Huan…”
Isn’t this fucking ancient poetry?
She wanted to question Chi Ye if he had no inspiration and copied Wang Changling’s poem—can’t write, then don’t—but after scanning the lines below, she was instantly dumbfounded again.
“Lang Yan Qian Li Luan Zang Gang”
“Luan Shi Gu Hun Wu Ren Fang”
“Wu Yan Cang Tian Bi Mo Han”
“Bi Dao Chun Qiu Yi Xue Chang”
“……”
——These lyrics he wrote?!
Shi Jinwei looked at Chi Ye in disbelief.
Chi Ye raised his brow: “What you looking at me for?”
“You wrote it?!”
Chi Ye: “Yeah, got an opinion?”
Shi Jinwei: “……”
She paused, said nothing, lowered her head to continue reading the lyrics, and the more she read, the more shocked and delighted she got.
What type of song is this?
Ancient style? Rock? And fucking Qinqiang Opera singing method?
No, this doesn’t match my impression of “Chi Ye style” at all.
How did he pull off such high difficulty high level lyrics and music?
