Chapter 115: Dream Back To 《jian Ni》, Internal Entertainment Circle’s Four Princes Fight For The Throne!
「hhh, Hu Ye! Be a person, will you.」
「All I can say is, as expected of you, Hu Ye. I’m not surprised at all.」
「Sisters, who gets it? Hu Ye is really so handsome!」
「Indeed, just now I was too busy watching the drama of these four Upcoming Stars, and only when Hu Ye came in did I realize, comparing people is death. How did these four even enter the Entertainment Industry?」
「In terms of appearance, Hu Ye crushes them. Understand Internal Entertainment Circle’s number one divine looks?」
「Hu Ye fans, don’t go too far. Blowing him as divine looks?」
Chi Ye zipped in and out, leaving just a fleeting glimpse in the shot, but the audience who had been staring at ugly guys for so long still felt like their eyes had been washed clean.
In fact, Chi Ye, even Rise, really aren’t like the current Upcoming Stars in the Internal Entertainment Circle.
Though, they were once called Upcoming Stars too.
But… Rise back then all debuted with “real strength.” The first requirement to join the group was face and body. Shen Qing Yu and Peng Chen go without saying.
Chi Ye even stood out among a bunch of “fierce opponents,” publicly recognized as Rise’s unparalleled top Face of the Group.
Otherwise, why did Rise internally hate Chi Ye so much before?
Now with ugly guys everywhere among Internal Entertainment Circle Upcoming Stars, they’re really not worth watching.
“Say walk and we walk, ha!”
“Good, good, good!”
“…”
Jiang Cheng gritted his teeth inwardly, feeling that his bit of “revolutionary friendship” with Chi Ye had thoroughly vanished along with Chi Ye’s several face-slaps against Yue Na.
From today on, you’re my enemy!
Over here, Chi Ye pulled his suitcase out and waved at Ran Qiao, who was waiting at the doorway, head down looking at “navigation”: “Let’s go, quick, or we’ll turn into Fierce Generals.”
“Ah?”
Ran Qiao was dumbfounded and got dragged away by Chi Ye.
On the road, seeing Ran Qiao keep looking down at her mobile phone now and then, Chi Ye got a bit curious: “What are you always looking at? We’re almost at the Program Team.”
“Oh… the other side’s fighting too!”
Ran Qiao said mysteriously: “Perfect to watch with Goji Berry Tea.”
Chi Ye: “?”
“The other side? Which side?”
“《Deep Sea》 Film Crew.”
Ran Qiao handed over her mobile phone: “Isn’t Shi Jinwei’s name on the Official Announcement poster behind Chu Han Zhou? Everyone’s saying she got her billing order robbed and turned into Second Lead.”
“Yeah, hasn’t it already been robbed and settled? Didn’t they release the poster?”
Chi Ye was surprised.
“No, 《Deep Sea》 just deleted the first poster and re-released one. This time it’s sorted by birth chart. Shi Jinwei barely wins out and is ranked first!”
“What the heck?”
Chi Ye looked shocked: “You can do that?!”
“Hmm…” Kid Sister propped her chin on her hand, thought seriously, and said: “Actually, you could also sort by surname stroke count, by zodiac sign, or even by height. It’s not impossible.”
Chi Ye: “…Then Lao Peng better not take roles randomly, or his billing order would get ranked to Male Thirty.”
Ran Qiao blinked: “Teacher Chi, you’re so mean.”
Chi Ye glanced at her: “Kid, don’t talk nonsense, or the big bad wolf will knock at your door at midnight.”
Ran Qiao felt a bit unhappy, thinking Chi Ye always treated her like a kid.
During those three months in the 《Circulation》 Film Crew, Chi Ye kept calling her “Kid Sister Kid Sister”… Doesn’t he know she’s already 18?
I’m not a child star anymore, I’m your female protagonist!
Ran Qiao thought and thought, getting more depressed. She and her team’s biggest headache in recent years was breaking the audience’s impression that she’s still a “kid.”
Now it seems, the road is long.
Who knows if after 《Circulation》 airs, it can improve this awkward situation.
…
Meanwhile.
《Mushroom House》 Program Team Small Dwelling.
Teacher Huang rubbed his hands and muttered: “Chi Ye should be coming soon, right?”
“Didn’t they say he’s already here?”
Teacher He, sitting on the other side, was surprised: “Why do you seem so expectant?”
“Nah, no no.”
Teacher Huang smiled faintly without a word, casually calling out to Ba Sa who was heading to prepare lunch: “Little Ba, rest today. I’ll personally cook lunch.”
“Ah?”
Mom Wen’s eldest son Ba Sa touched his beard, a bit puzzled.
Ever since the Poisonous Bean Incident Outbreak, Teacher Huang gained a lot of haters online, but after the 《Jian Ni》 baptism （whitewashing）, 《Mushroom House》 got a Reboot.
Teacher Huang also learned his lesson and basically stopped touching the great cause of cooking.
This kind of work was all handed to the new guest Ba Sa.
But today… why is he “returning to the fray”?
“Can’t you see?” Wen Lijuan walked over chuckling, stopping her son: “Teacher Huang and Xiao Chi are old friends who knew each other before. He definitely wants to personally nourish Xiao Chi.”
Nourish what? Add a finishing blow?
Teacher Huang smiled slightly: “I just like this kid Chi Ye. Been looking forward to him coming. Today I must personally show off a hand for him to see.”
“Broken.”
Chi Ye, already at the doorway, heard this and turned back to Ran Qiao: “Yue Na must’ve spent big money, even getting Teacher Huang to come as Killer.”
Ran Qiao: “…”
She covered her mouth, glanced around, saw there were already shots here, and felt guilty: “Teacher Chi… don’t say it. Haven’t you noticed that when you go on programs, 80% of your segments are muted?”
Chi Ye: “?”
“Really? Then the Program Team really doesn’t understand Traffic.”
The 《Mushroom House》 Chief Director not far away: “…”
Who says we don’t understand? Our lip-reading translations are spot-on and got rave reviews from gossiping netizens!
“Oh, seems like people are here.”
Teacher He has super hearing and already heard the movement outside the door. He quickly stood up and went to open it.
“Teacher He.”
“Xiao Chi!”
Teacher He happily came over and hugged Chi Ye.
His enthusiasm was genuine. Strictly speaking, they hadn’t interacted much, but he was still a junior he’d once helped. Seeing Chi Ye doing better and better now made him happy.
Chi Ye was also emotional. Teacher He is a good guy. He really did promote the original host… or rather, he’s promoted many people.
“Stay a couple more days this time. It’s been a while.”
Teacher He enthusiastically took Chi Ye’s suitcase.
“If I can live till a few days from now.”
Chi Ye had already spotted Teacher Huang and Wen Lijuan.
“Mom Wen.”
“Xiao Chi’s here. Mm… even handsomer! Can compare to those Heavenly King superstars who chased me when I was young.”
Chi Ye: “…”
He looked at Teacher Huang again, and the two exchanged smiles, everything unspoken.
Chi Ye: Old Man, Old Man, long time no see, and you’re still so old.
Teacher Huang: Kid, you’re finally in my hands. Prepare to die.
“You little rascal, quite the troublemaker.”
On the surface, Teacher Huang spoke in his familiar big-dad tone, leading Chi Ye inside: “Say, how do you want to die at lunch?”
Chi Ye: “???”
This direct now?
“Sigh, why scare Xiao Chi all the time.”
Mom Wen wasn’t pleased and pulled Chi Ye over: “Our Xiao Chi won’t eat your food today, ha. He’ll eat what my son makes.”
Teacher Huang smiled, said nothing.
He’s whitewashing now with this, creating Program Effect. Pretty good.
“Hello, I’m Ba Sa.”
Mom Wen’s eldest son politely greeted Chi Ye.
Chi Ye carefully sized up this round-faced bearded guy… how does he have an older sister vibe?
Cough cough…
The group entered the house, barely exchanging pleasantries, just like returning home to old friends.
In fact, aside from Ba Sa, they really were all old friends, because among the five regulars this season of 《Mushroom House》, the one replacing the Sister role was Lin Jingyi.
“How’s it feel? This little village is nice, right?”
Teacher Huang sat on the Small Stool, even holding a fan.
“Not bad. When I came in earlier, I ran into Crab Roe and Victory over Lu Bu.”
“Ah?”
Everyone was stunned.
Ran Qiao reacted first, her big eyes curving up.
“Oh, I mean Jiang Cheng and them.”
“…” Teacher Huang “surprised”: “What? You said you want to eat Crab Roe? Sigh, shoulda said earlier, I’ll go prepare it for you!”
Chi Ye: “？！”
“Didn’t you love eating Crab Roe most on 《Jian Ni》? Been thinking about this taste, right?”
Teacher Huang pretended not to see Chi Ye’s dumbfounded look, nodding as he stood up: “Alright, I gotta go prepare your lunch. You guys chat.”
He couldn’t wait, and before leaving, he pointed at Chi Ye: “After lunch, you gotta work in the afternoon too. No one’s helping you here.”
Chi Ye: “…”
Bullet Comments exploded.
「hhh, dream back to 《Jian Ni》.」
「Laughing to death. Teacher Huang and Hu Ye together really have effect.」
「Suggest Teacher Huang poison Hu Ye to death tonight, so that mouth doesn’t go out harming others anymore.」
「Just missing Xia Xia and Shi Shi!」
「Teacher Lu? Teacher Lu ran off with the wig, huh?」
《Mushroom House》’s audience are all Variety Show fans, so they’ve naturally seen last year’s hit 《Jian Ni》.
Now seeing Chi Ye, Teacher Huang, and Lin Jingyi together gives a dream-back-to-the-past feeling.
“Who says no one’s helping.”
Chi Ye remained unfazed, pushing forward the somewhat reserved Ran Qiao since they arrived: “My Kid Sister is my strongest support. Speaking of which, gotta talk about our new drama 《Circulation》 coming online soon…”
Teacher Huang turned and bolted.
Damn, you really drill any gap!
Of course, Ran Qiao was still very grateful to Chi Ye inside.
She actually knew Teacher Huang too, from previously cooperating on the 《Little Happiness》 series, where she played his daughter’s classmate.
Earlier when they met, Teacher Huang had greeted her too…
But anyway, the Entertainment Industry is realistic. Her team is average, Family Workshop, blurrier than even Chi Ye… can’t compare to Chi Ye anymore. Chi Ye’s blown up from a song now.
Without Chi Ye bringing her this time, she’d probably have no chance on a big hit Variety Show like 《Mushroom House》.
No such resources.
“I… I’ll go help out?”
Seeing Chi Ye so steady as a rock, casually chatting and eating Sunflower Seeds with Mom Wen, she got a bit restless.
“No, you stay by my side for promotion.”
Ran Qiao: “…Oh, alright.”
“How about we go stroll around?”
Seeing her really bored, Chi Ye stood up and suggested going out for a walk.
Wen Lijuan had no objections: “You guys go. Sis worked 20 hours yesterday, a bit tired.”
Chi Ye: “?”
Explained to Ran Qiao: “Mom Wen dreams of working.”
“Deserve a beating~” Teacher Wen tapped Chi Ye, waving: “Go go go, don’t bother me.”
Chi Ye cheerfully took Ran Qiao out, but actually his mind wasn’t here at all.
He passed the Kitchen, staring inside, and sure enough, old man Huang “had no good intentions”—familiar hand-exploded tomatoes, finger-tasting saltiness, hand-beating egg mixture…
“What’s Teacher Huang doing?”
Ran Qiao curiously peeked.
“Silly kid, Teacher Huang’s washing his hands.”
Chi Ye pulled her back: “Don’t look. Later, try to drink more hand soap.”
Ran Qiao: “？！”
The two strolled around a bit more. Soon, the two big “martial generals,” Crab Roe Jiang Cheng, Victory over Lu Bu Peach Crown Prince, and Shang Youshu and others finally finished the mission and came back.
The group was panting from exhaustion, Crab Roe even truly sunburned into Guan Gong face.
“Yo, Martial Top Scorer’s back.”
Chi Ye wanted to laugh seeing Jiang Cheng like that.
Blue-faced Dou Erdun steals royal horses, red-faced Guan Gong battles Changsha!!
Jiang Cheng glared at him, inwardly cursing: Mock me all you want. One day I’ll mock back.
“Martial Top Scorer…” Ran Qiao, following Chi Ye all day, felt a year’s worries melting away from laughter, and couldn’t help asking: “Then… is there a Civil Top Scorer?”
“Yes.”
Ran Qiao was stunned: “Ah? Really?”
“Of course.”
Chi Ye said: “Isn’t Chu Han Zhou the Civil Top Scorer?”
Everyone: “…”
“Our Internal Entertainment Circle has its own civil and martial top scorers! Hey, don’t tell me, these two are Buddies. Perfect match.”
Ran Qiao hurriedly tried to cover his mouth: “Teacher Chi, stop. Shots are coming.”
“No worries.”
Chi Ye waved it off, walked up to Shang Youshu: “Tired?”
Sister Shang panted a few times, nodding: “Tired from walking.”
Chi Ye: “?”
“Tired from breathing?”
Shang Youshu: “…”
“Where’s your Balance bike? Why not bring it?”
Little Rose was aggrieved: “Program Team won’t let me!”
Chi Ye turned to the Program Team: “That’s too much. How can you deprive guests of their escape tools?”
Program Team: “…Keep talking, keep talking.”
By now it was noon. Lin Jingyi, out shopping, finally returned to the Small Dwelling. But seeing Chi Ye, her face fell, her Prosthetic visibly displeased, shaking her head and shouting: “I’m hungry.”
Chi Ye looked around: “Peng Chen’s not here, right? Wait a bit then.”
Lin Jingyi: “？！！”
“Teacher… Teacher Chi, you really… haven’t changed a bit, ha.”
Lin Jingyi got her defense broken by one line from Chi Ye, grinding her teeth: “I’ll go help Teacher Huang… make you food.”
“You’re done for. She’s gonna squeeze Hyaluronic Acid into your veggies.”
Shang Youshu laughed like a silly big sis nearby.
But turning back, seeing the “Four Great Vajras” right behind her, her little face fell again.
At the moment, the four had different postures but eyes glancing at shots and their distance to Shang Youshu.
“Um… this isn’t C-position, move over…”
“Move what? I’m Best Actor!”
“Damn, I’m Best Actor! You’re Male Three!”
“Robbing NM what? I’m the real Best Actor!”
“…I’m Best Actor too, and a strength Lead Actor. Don’t squeeze, no space!”
“Best Actor? Your total Role adds up to less than my Special Effects shots. Male Four, back off a bit, ok? Stop binding all the time. You don’t even get a turn to pee!”
Shang Youshu: Fine, tired, destroy it all.
Male Four Mang Taizi, on the “binding” route, didn’t “compete” over the other three Crown Princes, but seeing Shang Youshu’s slightly dry red lips, his eyes turned—he had a little trick. He hurried ahead into the house and poured a cup of Hot Water.
Handed it to Shang Youshu: “Sister, worn out, right? Drink some water.”
Male Three Cool Crown Prince paused, thought, saw shots coming, pretended casual sigh: “Look, the clothes Sister Shang and I are wearing are the same color. What a coincidence.”
Male Two “Movie star” said nothing, hands loose in pockets: “Reminds me of that scene with You Shu. Shot in this kind of setting too.”
Jiang Cheng saw these three bros more shameless than the last, gritted his teeth, staggered, preparing to “bump” Shang Youshu for CP fans’ sugar later.
But Sister Shang bristled like a Hedgehog, dodging nimbly in an instant.
“Um… cough cough, tripped, hehe.”
Jiang Cheng kept face, pointed straight at Chi Ye: “Hey, remember when we were on 《Time With You》? The three of us playing Honor of Kings…”
Chi Ye: “I didn’t play.”
Jiang Cheng: “?”
Chi Ye frank: “I really didn’t. Also, you’re terrible.”
Jiang Cheng: Drop dead, Chi Ye!
Shang Youshu’s body stiffened, face with an awkward but polite smile, her watery eyes frantically signaling Chi Ye: Save Me, Save Me!
“You crossing your eyes?”
Chi Ye said this, but acted supportively. Seeing them “fight openly and secretly” once shots were gone, he deliberately lowered his voice to Shang Youshu: “Don’t you love eating most? How was it? Whose food from yesterday suited your taste?”
“Hm?!”
The four Crown Princes exchanged looks, stunned.
Mang Taizi reacted fastest, already heading to the Kitchen, calling warmly: “Teacher Huang, I’ll help you!”
The other three inwardly cursed his quick reaction, saw all the Kitchen shots, and one by one dashed forward: “Teacher Huang, we’ll help you!”
“Hey! Hey! What are you doing! What!”
Teacher Huang’s panicked voice came from inside: “Out, out, don’t need so many people here.”
“It’s fine, Teacher Huang, let us help you!”
“…”
Chi Ye sighed: “What is this, Internal Entertainment Circle version of ‘Four Sons Fight for the Throne’?”
Shang Youshu glanced at Chi Ye: “You’re so bad. So what if theirs is tasty?”
“Not much.”
Chi Ye said: “I actually wasn’t done earlier.”
“What else you wanna say?”
“Whoever’s is bad today sleeps in the doghouse.”
Teacher Huang: “?”
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