Chapter 155: Internal Entertainment Circle’s No. 1 Supernatural Incident: Who Was Really The Lead Singer Of Rise Before?
“Bridge of Fate is your ‘representative work’? This is the first time I’ve heard of it.”
Backstage.
Because it was an official gala and he still had to discuss future recording matters with Sister Qianzi, Chi Ye did not leave immediately after his performance.
At this moment, he was sitting in the lounge, casting a sidelong glance at Shi Jinwei, who was deliberately keeping her distance from him and stealing nervous glances his way. He immediately broke the unspoken tension.
“…What representative work? What are you talking about? I don’t understand.”
Sister Qianzi now “hated” the team.
You’re doing marketing, so why didn’t you consider that I’m also with Chi Ye?
You should have at least waited until we were separated before doing your marketing!
Of course, she also knew in her heart that with the widespread popularity of “Bridge of Fate” now, this was an opportunity not to be missed. The later she appeared, the less she would benefit.
It’s just…
It’s awkward.
Shi Jinwei actually had to “piggyback” on Chi Ye?!
“Sister Qianzi, women should be brave and take responsibility. How can you ‘steal’ my work like this?!”
Shi Jinwei’s face turned bright red, her chest heaving. After a long pause, she finally said, “I didn’t. And, I haven’t heard that saying!”
Chi Ye: “?”
Seeing Shi Jinwei constantly looking at her phone, he became curious. As he walked over, he asked, “What did you send to your team just now? You didn’t secretly move your name before mine in ‘Bridge of Fate’, did you?”
Shi Jinwei became furious: “Chi Ye, don’t look down on people!”
“How am I looking down on you?”
“You… you… I didn’t. Besides, my star power is higher than yours, but I let you have the top spot this time, and you’re still not satisfied?”
When Sister Qianzi thought about this, she felt a surge of grievance.
Even Chu Han Zhou couldn’t suppress her, but Chi Ye had the higher billing this time, and he was still being sarcastic to her. This person was truly detestable to the extreme.
“…Alright, then if it’s not there, it’s not there. Even if you secretly moved your name before mine, could I really change it back?”
Shi Jinwei stared at him for a long time: “You could.”
Chi Ye was surprised: “How did you know?”
Shi Jinwei: “…”
She took a deep breath, stood up, and prepared to leave: “Let’s leave it at that for now. I hope we won’t collaborate again in the future!”
“I still have a few more songs… Huh? Not collaborating? Alright then, I don’t like to force others.”
Chi Ye nodded, stood up, and called out to Xiao Liu: “Let’s go, they don’t want to collaborate.”
Shi Jinwei: “?!”
She stopped in her tracks, turned back, and stole a glance at Chi Ye.
Chi Ye looked confused: “What? Let’s go, are we staying the night?”
Sister Qianzi was silent for a long time, then finally sputtered out: “Uh… isn’t this song from your new album? We should see this collaboration through to the end. Shouldn’t I record it with you?”
Chi Ye shook his head: “It’s fine, I’ll find someone else.”
Shi Jinwei was silent for a moment, then nodded: “Okay, I’ll leave then.”
After saying that, she didn’t linger and quickly walked out of the lounge.
As she was about to exit the doorway, she acted as if she didn’t see Chi Ye, who was following behind and also preparing to leave, and slammed the door shut forcefully with a “bang.”
She almost hit Chi Ye in the face.
“…Petty.”
Chi Ye was speechless. He reopened the door, but instead of heading for the exit, he walked in another direction.
“Brother Chi… Sister Shi seems really angry.”
Xiao Liu followed behind him, cautiously: “Are we really not going to look for her?”
“Angry?”
Chi Ye was stunned for a moment, then shook his head: “She’s not angry, she’s just too embarrassed to admit it. It’s fine, let’s find her later. Let her be embarrassed for a while, and then we’ll approach her after she calms down.”
“Ah?”
Xiao Liu was surprised: “After all this, how can we still find her? Will she agree?”
Sister Shi is a first-tier top streamer. To be disrespectful, even Teacher Jin Xia doesn’t have as much popularity as her right now.
This…
Chi Ye waved his hand, thinking that five minutes had passed and it was about time. He immediately conducted an obedience test on Sister Qianzi. He took out his phone and sent a WeChat message:
“Come record the song within the next three days.”
There was no reply from the other side.
However, seeing that the small red circle icon didn’t appear and he hadn’t been deleted as a friend, Chi Ye knew that Sister Qianzi had definitely seen it.
Otherwise, given Sister Qianzi’s personality, if she was truly determined to be angry, she probably would have deleted him by now.
As expected.
After a full ten minutes, she replied with three words: “Understood.”
“See? Sister Qianzi is just putting on a brave face. She wants to record more than anyone else.”
Chi Ye was not surprised at all.
After all, Sister Qianzi, like Peng Chen, is someone with a very strong career ambition.
In fact, he felt that Sister Qianzi was even more hardworking than Lao Peng, truly embodying the spirit of a relentless worker.
Given the quality of “Bridge of Fate” and the future promises Chi Ye made to her, she had no reason not to be tempted.
Heh, little Sister Qianzi, your resolve isn’t that strong!
As he was thinking this, Chi Ye’s WeChat buzzed again.
It was Sister Qianzi, who, still unable to vent her frustration and feeling embarrassed, sent another “aloof” message:
“My schedule might be tight. Contact my team.”
Chi Ye: “?”
It’s too late to be stubborn now!
“Then forget it.”
On the other end, Shi Jinwei stared at the message through gritted teeth. After a long pause, she said to her assistant: “Tell Chi Ye I have availability.”
Assistant: “Ah?”
“What ‘ah’, do you want me to say it myself?”
Shi Jinwei dropped the pretense in front of her assistant and exclaimed in frustration: “I absolutely cannot show any more ‘weakness’ in front of him!”
Assistant: “…”
My sister is too tough!
…
“Let’s go, let’s go meet a friend.”
At the same time, Chi Ye happily exited the interface, put away his phone, and looked up to see a familiar figure.
Teacher Shi and her agent, Sister Wang, were standing not far from his lounge.
At this moment, Sister Wang was gesturing animatedly, while Shi Daifu was looking down, appearing hesitant.
“Hey.”
“Lao… um… Teacher Shi.”
He opened his mouth to call out.
Not far away, the two stopped their back-and-forth. Teacher Shi turned her head, a hint of embarrassment flashing in her almond-shaped eyes, and quickly responded in a low voice: “Teacher Chi…”
“See? I told you to go, but you insisted not to. Now President Chi has come to find you himself, are you happy now?”
Sister Wang next to her, seeing this, had no more complaints to make.
Shi Daifu turned her head and said earnestly: “I didn’t.”
Sister Wang opened her mouth, nodded: “Yes, yes, yes, I did.”
Please don’t get angry and punch me again, I don’t want to experience the seven-day mourning period.
While complaining internally, Chi Ye had already walked over and immediately asked the crucial question: “How’s your practice going?”
“Hmm?”
Teacher Shi was taken aback. After a moment, she realized and said softly, “It’s okay.”
“Ah? You actually practiced?”
Chi Ye was a bit dumbfounded. He had only asked casually, intending to break Teacher Shi’s tension so they could discuss the topic at hand.
But he hadn’t expected that, it seemed, Teacher Shi had actually learned a lot of “flowery poses”?
“I’ve been busy preparing for my work, so I haven’t had time to talk. Shall we have dinner together later?”
Chi Ye extended an invitation.
Shi Daifu thought for a moment and nodded: “Okay.”
“Don’t look like that. We’re going to the Northeast Restaurant, I’ll order some big dishes for you, enough to fill you up.”
Chi Ye, thinking Teacher Shi was in a hurry to go home for the festival with her family, added: “It won’t take too long.”
“…”
Shi Daifu held back for a long time, but still didn’t say “I have a small appetite.” Instead, her fists inexplicably itched.
Why doesn’t this Chi Ye listen to my explanation?
I really… I… Forget it, he’s just like this, he’s just like this.
Muttering to herself several times, Teacher Shi regained her composure.
“Let’s go.”
Chi Ye didn’t delay. With a wave, everyone walked out of the CCTV Building together, heading straight for the parking lot.
On the way, they happened to glimpse Yu Yan and Yu Yan’s team, who were surrounded by layers of people as they emerged.
The two parties were not far apart, but Yu Yan didn’t even look at Chi Ye, walking like the wind and directly entering the RV.
His agent next to him stared coldly at Chi Ye. Only after Yu Yan got into the car did she turn back and follow him.
“Oh my goodness, does Yu Yan always go out with so many people?”
Sister Wang didn’t notice these details and shook her head in admiration: “As expected of an unrivaled top streamer.”
“Hu Ye! May you die a horrible death!”
Just then, a large group of Yu Yan’s fans, who had been stopped by security outside the parking lot and had been chasing after him, saw Chi Ye and shouted in his direction: “Leeching off others will always be leeching off others!!”
Chi Ye glanced in that direction, his expression calm: “Let’s go, let’s go back and research how to leech off Yu Yan.”
Teacher Shi: “…”
Sister Wang: “…”
…
Meanwhile.
In the car.
The agent held her phone: “Yes, that’s right… this matter isn’t over!”
After giving instructions to her team, she angrily put down her phone and looked at Yu Yan, who was resting with his eyes closed in the back seat: “He’s stepping on you too hard!”
“It’s fine, don’t pay attention to him. Interacting with him more is just helping him.”
Yu Yan didn’t open his eyes, his tone calm: “You should understand this principle.”
“Of course I know, but it just makes me sick.”
The agent paused before saying: “Then, for ‘Singer’, do we still need to leech off him? What about the promotion for the new album?”
Yu Yan fell silent.
“Let’s talk about it later… If not, then we won’t go.”
“…Wannabe, I’m not done with him!”
The agent’s teeth itched with hatred.
The reason for her intense hatred was simple: after the Mid-Autumn Festival Gala ended today, the promotional effect of what should have been an explosive “#Yu Yan’s New Album Debut Performance#” was almost zero… or rather, negative, and Yu Yan’s “lack of strength” label was once again “reinforced.”
The efforts of their team over the past period had been almost in vain.
Naturally, she was very upset.
But she never expected that what was even more upsetting was yet to come.
…
As the CCTV Mid-Autumn Festival Gala neared its end, many guests had already left after their performances, but the various impacts of the night were spreading externally.
First, “Bridge of Fate” became the only “viral hit” from this year’s Mid-Autumn Festival Gala.
CCTV saw this popularity and wanted to use it to promote other songs. However, apart from Yu Yan’s “two works,” none of the data could compare to “Bridge of Fate.”
The data for Yu Yan’s two songs was basically just his massive fan base and data workers artificially boosting them.
It couldn’t be considered popular, and it was in a completely different league from the “natural explosion” of “Bridge of Fate.”
Therefore, CCTV allocated most of its resources to promoting “Bridge of Fate.”
This song not only became popular live, but more importantly, the lyrics had a good meaning, coupled with Chi Ye’s words at the gala – for the program team, this was all an achievement.
When they finally got something good through a lucky draw, of course, they had to treat it with care.
In fact, CCTV had already begun to consider inviting Chi Ye to the Spring Festival Gala… The Spring Festival Gala had already started preparations, and under such circumstances, unless it was special, they would not invite any more guests.
The Spring Festival Gala, with its various review processes and procedures, was extremely tedious and complex.
However, after this song, the program team hesitated.
This could be considered an unexpected gain from Chi Ye’s performance this time.
On the other side.
With the immense popularity of “Bridge of Fate” and topics like “#Comparing Yu Yan##Clear Superiority#” gaining traction, Peng Chen’s side, which had been lurking behind the captain and secretly piggybacking, gradually increased its efforts.
Search terms gradually included drag-out topics like “#Peng Chen’s Mid-Autumn Festival Gala Status##Yu Yan’s Status#.”
While Lao Peng, still active in the industry, still had some consideration for his reputation, Ji Zhua Zhang and Jiang Mou, who were at their wit’s end, were less scrupulous.
Just as Yu Yan’s team was spending a lot of money to suppress topics like “#Yu Yan’s Clear Superiority#,” Ji Zhua Zhang, though late, arrived and started his live broadcast, saying:
“The captain’s new song is a hit. As a former lead vocalist of Rise, I must show my support. Come, let me warm up the family first.”
As he spoke, he held his breath and started singing, “Talking about love and hate, it can’t be sloppy, the war drums are beating~~ Cough cough… this… Captain really pushed the intensity this time, huh…”
He didn’t manage to hit the high notes and even cracked his voice, but after N times of practice, he had already grown into a qualified “People’s Entrepreneur.”
Clearing his throat, he remained expressionless, ignoring the netizen’s questions in the bullet comments like, “Wasn’t Peng Chen the former lead vocalist of Rise?”
The true motive was revealed: “Since I can’t sing the Captain’s songs, I’ll sing Yu Yan’s songs… Hmm, I see everyone is comparing their songs, so I’ll do a comparison today too!”
— Cashing in on the Captain? NO, after seeing Chi Ye successfully become an unrivaled top streamer, he naturally had to “borrow” the Captain to ride on Yu Yan’s popularity!
Immediately, Ji Zhua Zhang started singing two of Yu Yan’s new songs in the live broadcast room.
Moreover, the effect of his singing sounded even better than Yu Yan’s live performance at the Mid-Autumn Festival Gala.
#Ji Zhua Zhang Sings Better Than Yu Yan#
#Cover Surpasses Original#
#Rise’s Strength#
In an instant, the popularity of the live broadcast room soared, and various hot search terms ascended the hot search list.
Yu Yan’s team was furious upon seeing this.
But after being angry for a moment, they only got angry for a moment.
They could only have their fans furiously report Ji Zhua Zhang’s live broadcast room, using the grounds of copyright infringement.
And just then.
Jiang Mou, who had started broadcasting a step ahead of Ji Zhua Zhang, directly exposed: “Ji Zhua Zhang is no lead vocalist, he’s Rise’s suggestive and flirtatious vocalist!”
“What? You’re asking who Rise’s former lead vocalist was?”
“Coincidentally, that would be me!”
“???”
Upon hearing the news, Ji Zhua Zhang was shocked by Jiang Mou’s shameless facial expression and retorted, “You’re no lead vocalist, you’re the incompetent vocalist, the fake wine vocalist! Chen Chen and I are the lead vocalists!”
“Stop arguing, stop arguing.”
The two honest men, who had just started their broadcasts, tried to smooth things over, stating, “Actually, the two of us were Rise’s true lead vocalists back then!”
「Rise only had seven members, was everyone a lead vocalist?!」
Some netizens were shocked.
“Yes!”
The two honest men confirmed, “We purely judge by performance!”
But judging by performance, the “state” of these two “Big Brothers” today was clearly better than theirs!
Jiang Mou had already started to “defect,” secretly sending Yu Yan’s major fans various videos of Ji Zhua Zhang’s live broadcast violations, assisting Yu Yan’s side in taking down Ji Zhua Zhang.
Sure enough, after a while, Ji Zhua Zhang’s live broadcast room was blocked due to a terrifying number of complaints from Yu Yan’s fans — it was finished.
“Good riddance!!”
Jiang Mou was overjoyed, and then…
He brazenly declared, “Since Ji Zhua Zhang can’t review the Captain and Yu Yan’s songs, I’ll do it!”
He looked at the exploding popularity in the live broadcast room, signaled to the studio sound engineer he had pre-arranged outside the screen, adjusted his sound card, and opened his mouth in a powerful performance!
Thus, the sound card warrior Jiang Mou officially debuted, and his singing effect was even better than Ji Zhua Zhang’s!
Because sometimes he didn’t even open his mouth, and the lyrics just came out on their own!
It was truly the most bizarre incident in the internal entertainment circle.
#Jiang Mou Covers Songs While Eating Chicken Feet#
#Jiang Mou’s Single Mouth Sings Better Than Yu Yan.#
#Who Was Rise’s Lead Vocalist Back Then?#
#Peng Chen#
#Rise’s Three-Body Problem Personel#
The hot search continued to trend, and Yu Yan’s team spent more and more money, but still couldn’t “avert disaster by paying.”
Five minutes later, Jiang Mou’s live broadcast room was also flooded and taken down by a terrifying number of Yu Yan’s fans.
But the hot search #Yu Yan is not as good as Rise# was still at its peak.
“Rise! You bunch of miserable, impoverished riff-raff! This damn group, I’ll f*** your mother!”
Yu Yan’s agent, seeing this, began to curse loudly, calling Rise a disgrace to the internal entertainment circle, a bunch of unpopular stars, miserable, impoverished riff-raff!!
“This has been resolved, sister, don’t be angry.”
A team member next to her tried to persuade her.
The next moment.
“It’s bad, it’s bad, Yang Zi… Yang Zi has made a move!! The top hot search!”
A team member looked up, their eyes wide with astonishment: “With a popularity of 7 million+, he definitely bought the hot search himself!”
Everyone: “…”
Yu Yan remained expressionless.
It’s over, they’ve gotten involved in something shameful.
