Chapter 152: Mid-autumn Festival Gala, Moon-landing Peng Ci
《Bridge of Fate》 This song, whether in lyrics, composition, or arrangement creation, is extremely excellent.
In terms of singing style, it adopts the now rare pentatonic scale + Qinqiang Opera, perfectly fusing several completely different elements such as ancient style, rock, Qinqiang Opera, and more throughout the song.
As for the lyrics, Teacher Fang personally handled them, starting with an introduction of Wang Changling’s 《Out of the Fortress》, followed by her own lyrics that are every word a gem, every line exquisite, with extremely high cultural heritage and musical attainment.
The works that Chi Ye previously plagiarized, such as 《Confession Balloon》, were also written by Teacher Fang, but the inner style, expressed meaning, and format are completely different.
It highlights overflowing talent.
This song has also won the Golden Melody Awards of the year on Earth. The singing method is very difficult, but it is passionate and surging, balancing the market attributes of art and pop music.
So, when Sister Qianzi simply fused the lyrics and composition that Chi Ye “wrote” and hummed a few lines preliminarily, there was instantly a feeling: how exactly did he manage to create this song.
“No, you need to clamp a bit more.”
After hearing it, Chi Ye shook his head to signal Sister Qianzi not to hold back, and to clamp with full force.
Shi Jinwei glared at him fiercely, but she also understood why Chi Ye wanted her to sing chorus.
Perhaps, probably… besides wanting to leech off her, there was also the reason that this song suits her.
Hmm… suits?
Shi Jinwei’s heart stirred, her treasure-blue eyes suddenly vigilantly scanning Chi Ye a few times — this is clearly a song written for me.
What does he mean?
He doesn’t really want to attract my attention, does he?
Ah… if that’s the case… then she couldn’t possibly be attracted to a guy like this!
“No, what are you zoning out for? Sing.”
Chi Ye saw Sister Qianzi across from him looking dumbfounded, her beautiful eyes sometimes suspicious, sometimes weird, like she’s neurotic… could little Sheng Ning really have inherited Sheng Ning’s “neuroticism”?
“Sing what… let me tell you.” Sister Qianzi came back to her senses and warned: “I’m not Jin Xia, don’t think a few songs will make me fall for you.”
Chi Ye: “?”
“Do what to you? Abstain from lust?”
Shi Jinwei flew into a rage, chest out and back straight, roaring angrily: “You think I need to abstain from lust?! You think I can abstain from lust?!”
Chi Ye slapped his thigh: “Yes, yes! That’s the voice, that’s the feeling!”
Shi Jinwei: “…”
Chi Ye blinked, realizing he hadn’t given Sister Qianzi much “respect as a woman,” and quickly changed the topic: “Does this song work for you?”
“…It’s acceptable.”
Shi Jinwei paused, ignoring Chi Ye’s earlier attitude, but keeping her anger bottled up.
So that day, she went full firepower, fully displaying her heroic heroine demeanor.
When singing the words “pen knife~”, she instantly shot straight to the clouds, that angry roar shaking Chi Ye’s eardrums into a daze — his earwax almost shook out!
“Damn, this isn’t clamping, this is clearly arc welding!”
Chi Ye was amazed and greatly surprised: “You’re a real genius!”
Shi Jinwei: “…You know it.”
…
While Chi Ye and Sister Qianzi, this “duo,” were preparing their Mid-Autumn Festival Gala chorus work, the other guests for this year’s Mid-Autumn Festival Gala had also arrived one after another at the CCTV Building.
Outside the doorway.
Peng Chen brought his team and hurriedly entered the building. After chatting briefly with the person in charge, he looked around: “Where’s Chi Ye?”
The assistant knew what he meant and said: “He’s been rehearsing his work these past few days.”
“I’m really impressed.”
Lao Peng was heartbroken that Chi Ye refused to perform together.
Like Lao Ji, he now eyed the four empty spots and the large chunk of market traffic left by Lao Ji, but couldn’t get them.
You’re in the same situation now, Chi Ye. If you perform with me, Rise truly reunites — what a huge gimmick?
Still can’t beat the other competitors?
Although he might take the lion’s share, could he leave no benefits for the captain?
Could he?
He really could!
“Chi Ye, oh Chi Ye, he just has too much bias against me. That dog back then wasn’t stolen by me; Shen Qing Yu gave it to me. He said it was his, so I took it.”
Peng Chen shook his head while saying: “Can’t count on the captain this time, have to rely on ourselves… Hmm, Yu Yan is singing this time too, right? Bind with him! Leech off him!”
“Ah?”
The assistant was dumbfounded: “Bind… how to bind?”
“Nonsense.”
Lao Peng was exasperated: “Peng Ci! Don’t you know how to peng ci? Isn’t he doing the first live performance of his new album this time? Just peng ci that!”
Assistant: “…”
“Why aren’t you talking?”
“No, I’m just thinking, why are you so proficient at this.”
“Heh.” Peng Chen smiled slightly: “Don’t forget, where did I come from!”
Assistant: “…Now I get it all.”
Hmm, the assistant got it. Peng Chen is a promising talent from Rise, single-handedly trained by Chi Ye.
But there’s a saying, right?
The captain is always the captain.
While Lao Peng was plotting various tricks to make a quick buck from Ji, the team members were stunned to discover — someone had already beaten them to it and “peng ci’d” Yu Yan.
No, accurately speaking, this isn’t peng ci, because given Chi Ye’s current popularity and star power, peng ci should be preceded by “moon landing”.
— Moon landing peng ci.
Five days before the Mid-Autumn Festival Gala began, marketing teams in the industry all started marketing their main idols — don’t think veteran actors or such don’t market; where do you think the title “veteran actor” comes from?
Anyone in the entertainment industry markets.
Among the many satellite TV platforms, CCTV’s Mid-Autumn Festival Gala has the highest value, and the teams participating this time are marketing the most aggressively.
Yu Yan’s Team is marketing the first live performance of the new album prepared for two years, a “purely pedigreed” positive energy unrivaled top streamer artist.
Peng Chen’s team is marketing Peng Chen vs Yu Yan singing skill comparison + grand finale Mid-Autumn Festival Gala… Of course, that’s fake, but it doesn’t stop Lao Peng from secretly boosting his own star power.
Hmm… void grand finale.
He loves doing this kind of thing the most.
Strangely, Sister Qianzi, who has always been keen on marketing herself as the only one with superb singing skill among the four little flowers, didn’t market in this direction this time, appearing relatively “low-key”.
But her partner this year, Chi Ye, was not low-key at all.
Starting from some day, various entertainment industry gossip marketing accounts suddenly released very uniform insider big scoops.
The big scoop claimed that after Ji Hemming’s persona collapse, Chi Ye was originally the “biggest beneficiary” and had hope of snagging the top luxury endorsement he lacks most now, the Bulgari deal.
But during this period, this big pie was snatched by a certain two-character unrivaled top streamer in the industry!
A certain two-character unrivaled top streamer in the industry, who?
If it didn’t have those two characters, people might suspect a few more targets, like Lin Yang Qianrui, like Chu Han Zhou…
But with those two characters added, even with Ji Zhua Zhang’s chicken feet brain, everyone knows it’s the real top streamer, Yu Yan!
In an instant, Chi Ye fans got emotional — because up to now, Chi Ye has pitifully few top luxury endorsements on him, or almost none.
They are often mocked by industry rivals, even more mocked that 《Circulation》 bombed to nothing, a blockbuster that didn’t snag even one top luxury, is that a blockbuster?
Blockbuster, but no blockbuster person.
They started “verifying” on usual platforms like Douban and Weibo, and finally got confirmations from several sides on Douban, the big scoop platform frequented by “insiders” — it’s real.
Chi Ye fans instantly exploded in rage, starting to feud with Yu Yan’s Fans on various social platforms.
Yu Yan’s Fans were initially dumbfounded, because they didn’t know why Chi Ye’s Team suddenly “bit” them.
But after reacting, they simply didn’t engage with Chi Ye’s fans.
Yes, didn’t engage, ignored, treated as nonexistent.
A big fan of Yu Yan even posted an announcement in the fan group without mentioning Chi Ye’s name, simply saying:
【Recently, another unpopular star tried moon landing peng ci. Sisters, just do as usual, absolutely don’t engage with them, because even a little engagement lets them profit.】
Right, Yu Yan’s Fans facing this kind of peng ci can’t say they’re fully experienced, but they’ve been peng ci’d into gaining experience.
If it were Lin Yang Qianrui’s team doing this, they might have rushed over and feuded till the skies darkened.
Even if it were Chu Han Zhou, they might give some “color”.
After all, Chu Han Zhou ultimately successfully bound with Yu Yan, snagging a “Four Great Young Actors” title, feuding with him wouldn’t be losing status.
But for ones like Chi Ye and Peng Chen, feuding with them, win or lose, is purely boosting their star power and traffic for Yu Yan’s Team!
Don’t engage, ignore, directly disregard.
That’s Yu Yan’s Team’s approach.
And despite this, even without Yu Yan’s Fans really joining in, just the mutual feuding from a tiny portion of emotional fans, Chi Ye fans were already struggling to hold up.
— There are just too damn many of them, and this group is too experienced at feuding, mass reporting together, accounts got banned in no time, several sacrificed.
Unrivaled top streamer, the key is in the “unrivaled” two characters.
Thus, Chi Ye Team’s moon landing peng ci plan wasn’t entirely successful, but since it did provoke a small portion of Yu Yan fans’ “counterattack,” it was somewhat effective.
That was enough.
17th.
Day of the Mid-Autumn Festival Gala.
Chi Ye sat in a chair, observed the effect of this peng ci for a while, felt it was about right, then released the hot search term #Chi Ye Mid-Autumn Festival Gala New Album First Live Performance#.
This move is a bit dirty.
Because half a year ago, Yu Yan’s Team had already started preheating the topic #Yu Yan New Album First Live Performance# to boost fans’ enthusiasm, hoping to break a sales record of billions or something then.
So, Chi Ye buying this hot search term was truly not mentioning it directly, but every word orbiting it.
Crucially, Chi Ye timed it exactly for the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival Gala, making it impossible for Yu Yan’s Team to respond even if they wanted to — he’s openly leeching!
“No, I’m just baffled, why is this Chi Ye clinging to you?”
In another higher-spec rehearsal room.
Yu Yan’s agent was personally accompanying him for this performance, now frowning at the hot search and cursing: “Truly shameless.”
“…It’s fine, not the first time being targeted like this.”
Yu Yan’s expression was calm. Honestly, this level of peng ci from Chi Ye, he experiences about a dozen times a year.
Numb to it long ago.
No matter how much they peng ci, internal entertainment circle has only one Yu Yan.
“He’s deliberately retaliating, probably upset we snatched his deal.”
The agent shook his head: “Just one Bulgari, acting like he lost his life, ridiculous.”
Yu Yan looked down at the musical score: “Practice this song more, this first live performance, need to preheat the album too.”
“Mm, keep in good condition, this time let’s aim for a full open mic positive hot search.”
The agent didn’t mention it anymore, turned to direct the team members.
…
On the other side.
“Hey, you really clashed with Yu Yan, huh?”
Shi Jinwei didn’t know exactly how Chi Ye’s Team operated, but as his partner who’s been “sticking with him” lately, with her sharpness, she could naturally sense the recent “stormy waves” in the industry.
— Chi Ye wants to moon landing peng ci.
He loves popularity that much?
If it were before, Shi Jinwei would think so too, and view it with contempt and disdain.
But this time contacting Chi Ye, especially with the appearance of 《Bridge of Fate》, gave her a certain change of view toward him.
Hmm… a certain change of view, because she feels Chi Ye is deliberately peng ci this time, leeching for sure, but… if the strength is enough and the work is solid enough, is that still leeching?
That’s strength faction!
Of course, Sister Qianzi wouldn’t say it out loud. Seeing Chi Ye change into his stage outfit for tonight, she subconsciously said: “Your outfit is so tacky.”
Chi Ye glanced at her: “Enough to bury you?”
Shi Jinwei: “?!”
Then he felt it wasn’t right either, and beckoned: “Change to another one, CCTV can’t do this, change to a normal one.”
Shi Jinwei sat nearby, curiously asking: “Why buy that new album first live performance term? So direct, everyone knows.”
Chi Ye looked at her puzzled: “Yeah, if not this direct, how do I step on them after the gala?”
Shi Jinwei: “…You have so many schemes, too scheming.”
“Better than you being brainless.”
Shi Jinwei flew into a rage: “Why can’t you talk nicely to me, do you treat all girls like this?”
“Yeah.”
“What about Jin Xia?”
Chi Ye was stunned, shook his head: “She’s not.”
Shi Jinwei: Fuck!
So we’re not human, other girls?
“Get ready, it’s about to start soon.”
Chi Ye checked the time; two hours until the gala starts.
Shi Jinwei didn’t speak anymore, returned to her spot to prepare.
Normally, she’s performed at several Mid-Autumn Festival Galas, even Spring Festival Gala a few times, wouldn’t be nervous.
But this time’s work has very high live performance difficulty, plus her liking for the quality of 《Bridge of Fate》, she couldn’t help feeling a bit nervous.
…
Meanwhile.
At the doorway of a certain villa in Shanghai.
Jin Xia happily pulled her aunt’s hand: “Come on, come on, we’re already here, go in. Grandpa and them really miss you too.”
Jin Sui looked hesitant, a bit nervously shaking her head: “I think maybe not… they wish I wasn’t family, I…”
“Aiya, Aunt, what Grandpa said was just anger, he’s told me privately several times he regrets it, shouldn’t have said that to you.”
Jin Xia grinned and pushed her aunt: “Come on, we haven’t celebrated Mid-Autumn Festival as a family in so long.”
