Chapter 233: Connected, All Connected
Yu Wei’s award-winning speech was very formulaic, the only difference from others being that he specifically thanked his readers.
This sentence has extremely strong personal identifiability; besides him, other artists in the entertainment industry probably will never say such a thing.
“Finally, I hope everyone can pay more attention to my novel; it’s not bad even as a pastime.”
Yu Wei didn’t forget to take this opportunity to advertise for himself, to guard against data inflation and pull in more readers.
The other singers in the audience felt increasingly uncomfortable the more they listened; they suddenly realized that Yu Wei’s move was actually a new type of poaching.
The current entertainment industry is different from the past; the market is already saturated, netizens either completely ignore domestic entertainment or come with their own fan allegiance.
It’s like a pool of water that has been completely divided up, one taking a ladle and another a bucket; when the pool is nearly dry, newcomers wanting to drink either slowly seep water or just grab.
Those who accumulate fans through works and slowly gain fans are seeping water—slow but not fighting or grabbing; those who rely on fan circle hype are like grabbing water, mutually grabbing resources and ecological niches.
The reason Chen Ping is the number one person is that he was born in an era when the pool water hadn’t been exploited yet; he struck first and took the biggest share.
The saying that one should become famous early is for this reason; where is there still tap water now?
The pool is already dry, making it very hard to produce a second absolute top stream; even if a star has strong business capability, it’s impossible to grab water from so many hands.
But Yu Wei’s trick of writing books is a different path; writing books is not the same track as the entertainment industry at all, so even if netizens have their own fan allegiance, they can still become his readers.
Over time, these readers can easily be subtly influenced by him and gradually become his fans; this poaching method is textbook-level.
Yu Wei doesn’t grab water, nor does he seep water; he evaporates the water, taking both the water in the pool and in others’ hands…
Thinking that their own fans will sooner or later be robbed by Yu Wei, the artists present only felt ants crawling all over their bodies.
How did this kid come up with such an idea?
Not to mention anything else, Yu Wei’s grand slam is still very gold content; this recognition from inside and outside the industry proves he not only has popularity, but also strength and reputation.
This historic moment quickly sparked heated discussions online.
On social media, the topic “Yu Wei grand slam” broke through 20 million reads within an hour, topping the trending search lists of major platforms.
Although Meng Han didn’t come to the site, his “amazed” was obviously not absent at such a time; for this, he posted a post, personally standing platform for Yu Wei.
“Yu Wei’s grand slam is not accidental; the music scene should be content is king, his success proves that excellent music can always touch people’s hearts.”
Although only a few short sentences, the appreciation in them overflowed; if this doesn’t count as well-deserved, then domestic entertainment has few well-deserved awards.
The grand ceremony’s finale performance was completed by a heavenly queen of the music scene; she stood in the center of the rising platform, singing a classic track, her strong stage performance and lyrics full of strength pushing the audience’s emotions to the peak.
And at this moment, Yu Wei stood backstage, with the seven individual awards he won tonight placed beside him, indeed looking a bit like stocking up…
Golden Melody Award, influential singer, annual singer—the three major awards have the highest gold content; all-around singer and best male singer are also good; besides that, there are two water awards.
Yu Wei even suspected the organizer knew he liked the number “7” and deliberately stuffed two awards to make up the number.
Staff shuttled back and forth, congratulations rising and falling, but he seemed to have fallen into a wonderful calm.
“Congratulations, you created a record tonight.”
Liu Ning helped him pack the trophys; good thing she had the foresight to bring people, otherwise it really wouldn’t be easy to carry.
Tonight’s event, except for the sudden performance, other situations were basically within her expectations.
As for the accompaniment on stage, after being an agent for so long Liu Ning was used to it; if Yu Wei didn’t make some mischief, would he still be Yu Wei?
Although it was sudden, fortunately the result was good; without this performance, there really might not have been so many people standing up to congratulate.
“So many, share two with me?”
Qi Luo An and Shen Yutong each carried a trophy, not in vain coming.
Worth mentioning, “Best Female Voice Original” was the last award given to Shen Yutong at the grand ceremony, and Lu Li was still in the nominations; Yu Wei had reason to suspect this award was changed temporarily.
In a sense, this was their trophy tonight; Shen Yutong quite liked this award, the word “original” suited her taste.
“Let’s go, let’s go; you’re grand slam now, can you treat?”
Qi Luo An was even planning to pack up and leave, but was called back by one sentence from Yu Wei; since you’re here, don’t you say hello to great uncle?
As he spoke, Ye Shengyu happened to arrive backstage; seeing Yu Wei and Qi Luo An both present, Old Deng’s face immediately showed a somewhat malicious smile.
If he hadn’t seen with his own eyes him hugging Teacher Zhong Qing’s shoulder, Yu Wei would definitely think he was a virtuous and artistic senior; now…
“An An, do you miss grandpa?”
“Who are you?”
Ye Shengyu’s smile froze instantly; no way, they just saw each other before the new year, if she forgot him who could he reason with.
“Joking with you, old man; how could I forget you.”
Qi Luo An tugged at this one’s beard when she was little, but Ye Old Deng didn’t even get angry; grandma petted her with clear rewards and punishments, this one was pure spoiling.
Ye Shengyu sighed; he was always tricked by such little tricks; when people get old, they’re not afraid of being disliked, just afraid of being forgotten…
He subconsciously wanted to ruffle Qi Luo An’s hair, but silently withdrew his outstretched hand; the girl grew up, not appropriate to touch casually.
“Being polite?”
Qi Luo An went straight up and bumped her head into his arm, “Oh, I get it; you won’t secretly take advantage of Grandma Zhong again, planning not to wash your hands for three days?”
Yu Wei shuddered upon hearing this; such perverted behavior, and “again”; how much of a loser must Ye Old Deng be usually.
Ye Shengyu didn’t want to either; over the years he really tried all kinds of schools, but just couldn’t warm that heart.
So he learned to be bad, took the evil path; being down there is fine, just an old face, discard it.
Don’t say, this trick really works; the aged Zhong Qing couldn’t make a fuss due to feelings and face, he succeeded every time, delightful…
He belonged to the type who only figured it out when old; as long as one has no shame, one is invincible.
Yu Wei felt these two still had some emotional foundation; young people shouldn’t easily imitate, teasing without emotional foundation is hooliganism.
“That song of yours just now was really good.”
Ye Shengyu turned to look at Yu Wei, “Especially the accompaniment; what was good was that partiality segment.”
Everyone else knew about their thing tacitly; even when going home for dinner, Chen Jinyi and Qi Yunming only hinted at it.
But the older generation doesn’t beat around the bush; they go straight for the big move, admit it or not.
“No, he just takes care of those with poor foundation when playing; same for everyone.”
Qi Luo An wished Yu Wei was partial, but those who watched Yu Wei’s programs knew he would give a lift to civilians with poor singing skill.
This was his performance style; even if it wasn’t her but someone else on stage today, Yu Wei would still give assistance.
Ye Shengyu sighed; this girl really, he gave her assistance, how did she kick the ball back…
Fine, fine; young people’s matters he won’t interfere.
“Let’s talk business; interested in joining the Musician Association?”
The unfamiliar term increased; what was that, Yu Wei only heard of Film Association and drama association, Musician Association should be similar.
Such associations aren’t places for official talk, group meetings, academic discussions, and bragging; Yu Wei didn’t dislike it, but was too lazy to participate.
“Don’t worry, won’t make you do anything, just hang the name.” Seemingly seeing Yu Wei’s concern, Ye Shengyu added: “I’m the association chairman, I call the shots.”
This position was handed over to him from Chen Ping’s brother-in-law, but no big problem, now he’s in charge.
“Uh…”
No such good thing; Yu Wei wasn’t stupid, no courtesy without a reason is either adultery or theft.
“This is to rub off your traffic.”
Ye Shengyu was honest, “Us old things, works more famous than people; now old and even works gone, if not absorb some fresh blood soon we’ll be done.”
They mainly coveted that Castle in the Sky piano piece; Chinese pop music has no right to speak internationally, association not interested.
But this piano piece has potential to be renowned internationally; relying on self-spread through the piece is too slow, such good work must be pushed, easier if Yu Wei is one of their own.
“Let me think about it some more.”
Yu Wei naturally wouldn’t decide rashly on such a thing; at least consult the company first; generally such national organizations have a lot of right to speak and plenty of resources.
Seeing this, Ye Shengyu didn’t say more, simply changed the topic to chat with Qi Luo An about Yu Wei, one after another “you really know how to pick.”
Tonight not only Ye Old Deng said this; Yu Wei’s special care during accompaniment was visible across the whole net, plus that signature glasses.
Almost the instant Qi Luo An went on stage, netizens discovered the glasses were exactly the same as Yu Wei’s, size and all.
Able to wear the same glasses, this relationship clearly isn’t ordinary; overnight, “Follow Yu An” CP fans reignited.
“Finally, abstract CP is dead; we finally made it through!”
“MV, microfilm, chorus, Leuven small team, back, all back…”
“Really not considering changing name to Qi Xing Yu?”
“Yu Wei this failure, really pairing with a female star feels mismatched no matter what; circle outsider little girlfriend is so much better to ship?”
The dual protagonist CP’s appearance completely freed Yu Wei; plus tonight’s interaction, Qi Luo An was once again pushed to the front.
This time there was an unexpected gain; the limelight from another book’s author a few days ago hadn’t passed, her appearance made everything suddenly enlightened.
Connected, all connected; when Yu Wei went abroad, it wasn’t just staff, Qi Luo An was in the team too.
If the author is her, then the underworld update times make sense.
Deep digging revealed quite a few details; netizens suspected they were already dating, just playing the entertainment industry mysterious routine.
Qi Luo An’s fingers lightly slid on the mobile phone screen; under the entries about her and him, crowded with messages from strangers.
Every blessing like a small stone thrown into the heart lake, stirring ripples mixed with surprise, unease, and joy.
This emotion scrutinized and discussed by countless people made her feel a bit of bewilderment exposed under the spotlight, worrying the peaceful two-person world would be gone forever.
But netizens’ evaluation was unexpectedly goodwill; Yu Wei’s fans didn’t care if he was in romance or not; on the contrary, they quite wanted to see what Yu Wei this dog failure dating would look like.
Premise is don’t stop updates; romance is romance, your novel can’t stop…
This unease was ultimately washed over by more surging joy; it was a feeling of being silently witnessed, and a composure of no longer needing to hide.
Besides, netizens paid attention to another issue: would Qi Luo An return to the entertainment industry; her performance this time got recognition from many.
Compared to those good-for-nothings, her level saying talented person is not too much.
To this, Qi Luo An’s answer was no.
Entertainment industry isn’t a good place, she has no dream of being a big star; now like this is pretty good.
She has her own Yu entertainment circle.
