Chapter 171: Hu Ye? Top Streamer Ye! The Past Is The Past, Now Is Now
“Did you fool Jin Xia into filming that drama, and has it wrapped up?”
The program ended, and many singer guests left one after another. This program has been on hiatus for a while, so there’s no need for everyone to stay here preparing works for the next episode.
Of course, because of the singer’s popularity, plus the Golden Eagle Festival will be held here soon, everyone won’t leave Xiangnan during this time.
Sister Qianzi waited for Chi Ye through one process, but still didn’t get the other party to take the initiative to speak, so she could only casually ask when going out.
Chi Ye glanced at her but didn’t reply.
Sister Qianzi felt she lost face, and regretted even more in her heart why she took the initiative to speak first…
“Hey, Hua Hua came out! Hua Hua!”
At that moment, Hua Yichen’s “fans” who had been waiting outside the building shouted excitedly. Two fan photographers carrying camera bags spotted Hua Yichen behind the many guests at a glance.
His complexion wasn’t great, and he was simply wearing a jacket. Seeing the shouts from this side, his mood inexplicably improved a lot, and he showed a smile, waving hello to this side.
Result.
“Chi Ye! Chi Ye, quickly shoot Chi Ye!”
“Chi Ye!!”
“Life is a wilderness!!”
The two young women who were fan photographers hired by Hua Yichen’s fans at a high price, the moment they saw Chi Ye, reacted like they saw RMB, and rushed over with swift steps.
They snapped away fiercely at Chi Ye’s face “click click.”
Chi Ye was dumbfounded on the spot.
Hua Yichen’s mouth dropped open.
Hua Yichen’s fans glared with wide eyes, pointing at the two fan photographers: “Hey, you, you aren’t Hua Hua’s fan photographers?!”
One of the two fan photographers turned back, glanced at them, didn’t speak, but cursed in her heart, idiots.
Now the price for Chi Ye’s fan photographers outside is much higher than Hua Yichen’s.
It is said that a certain new fan’s god-level rich fan of Chi Ye has offered a “sky-high price.” Whoever can shoot exclusive personal candid photos of Chi Ye, depending on the “work” quality.
High quality ones, up to 8000 to 10000, of course, it has to be “god-tier photo” level.
Slightly lower ordinary ones also go for around 4 or 5000.
How is this a wannabe?
This is clearly a walking “money printing machine”!
Not only fan photographers, in the crowd of Hua Yichen’s fans, he saw several familiar big fans who usually hold cameras and do event support, all now staring at Chi Ye.
Although they weren’t as “shameless” as these two fan photographers, their gazes no longer had the previous “hostility,” and they secretly took photos of Chi Ye with their phones on the sly.
Hua Yichen: “……”
Done for, after full firepower, his life is about to be taken by Chi Ye!
Fuck!!!
Shi Jinwei and other guests also saw this scene. Sister Qianzi’s popularity is also very high. She smiled and greeted fans while turning back in surprise to stare at this scene.
—Perhaps from now on, Chi Ye has already “replaced” Hua Yichen’s former “status” in the Chinese Music Scene?
The father of the Chinese Music Scene really has to be bigger than the dad of the Chinese Music Scene.
“Chi Ye! Ye Zi, look at me, look at me!”
“Life is a wilderness! You are my wilderness!”
Chi Ye’s personal fans had already shouted slogans, ones thoughtfully fused with Dior’s “Wilderness Series” perfume endorsement, showing the level of effort.
After Chi Ye came back to his senses, he walked toward the RV while responding to his “real” fans: “Life is a wilderness?”
“Yes!”
Chi Ye shook his head: “You need mines to be wild.”
“Go back, go back, it’s so late, everyone pay attention to safety. I’ll try to get some mines.”
Chi Ye waved his hand and had already entered the car.
“Aaaah!!”
“Hahaha.”
“As expected of you.”
“Indeed, you need mines to be wild, Ye Zi is too clear-headed!”
The people around watching this scene had complex and sighing gazes.
They looked toward Hua Yichen.
Eh, where is he?
Probably hiding in a corner secretly crying.
This is… Chi Ye sings a song, beats foreigners, how come those who get hurt are always Hua Yichen?
……
At the same time.
In the car.
Chi Ye leaned back in the seat, saying a bit unaccustomedly: “Don’t say, this ‘top streamer’ feeling is really kinda refreshing.”
Xiao Liu: “……”
“Chi Ge, now full firepower is still on hot search. The studio predicts the follow-up popularity will explode… Several brand activity sides have sent invitations, I’ve emailed them to you, check when you have time.”
“Mm… which brands?”
Xiao Liu paused, then said: “All brands that Hua Yichen collaborates with.”
Chi Ye: 6.
No wonder the unfilial son is angry; if it were him, he’d probably explode with rage too.
You come to singer to beat foreigners, and in the end, while fighting, you knock me out?!
Is there any justice? Is there any law?!
“Honestly, with your overall conditions, Chi Ge, Hua Yichen isn’t even worth looking at.”
Xiao Liu muttered: “It was just accumulation before, now that it’s reached, he has to give way.”
Chi Ye was displeased: “Don’t say it like that, what do you mean not worth looking at?”
“That’s simply impossible to look at!”
Xiao Liu: “……”
“Right, one more thing.”
Xiao Liu sorted her excited mood— with Chi Ge’s star power rising, her treatment would improve accordingly.
She continued: “Keke Jie sent word that for this Golden Eagle Awards, that most popular male actor… we can fight for it.”
“Crystal Cup?”
Chi Ye was stunned, truly surprised, because he had looked into this vote before.
As one of the internal entertainment circle’s three major awards, although the Golden Eagle Awards has always been criticized for being too entertainment-oriented, it is still one of the three major awards comparable to Magnolia Awards and Feitian Awards.
In other words—both inside and outside the circle recognize it; Golden Eagle Best Actor and Best Actress are not much weaker than Magnolia or Feitian.
Elevating status, upgrading star power, how does star power in the circle come about?
Awards are a key link among them.
Unlike Golden Eagle Awards and Magnolia Awards, Feitian Awards, as the only one among the three majors oriented toward the general public with higher entertainment traffic, besides best male/female actor, i.e., what everyone calls Golden Eagle Best Actor/Best Actress, it has one more award.
That’s most popular male/female actor, commonly known as Crystal Cup · Golden Eagle Male God/Goddess.
This award, when it first came out, was praised as being on par with Golden Eagle Best Actor/Best Actress.
But since this award is purely a comparison of actors’ traffic and popularity via online voting, gradually, the Crystal Cup became a standard for measuring top streamers in recent years.
For example, the year before last, Crystal Cup “Golden Eagle Male God” was Yu Yan, last year Ji Hemming, this year Chu Han Zhou and Peng Chen’s teams are frantically operating in competition.
Matching “Golden Eagle Male God” is most popular female actor Golden Eagle Goddess, past winners respectively: Shang Youshu, Sheng Ning, Shi Jinwei, and two certain first-tier green robes.
As for Empress Dowager… um… Empress Dowager was last year’s Golden Eagle Best Actress.
Instant kill.
Yes, Crystal Cups are all awards that only that year’s top streamers and hottest first-tiers can get.
Audience fans take pride in it, and the industry also uses this award to gauge “top streamer” trends.
Chi Ye previously appeared on the Crystal Cup voting list because circulation application succeeded, but due to truly not being able to beat other top streamers’ popularity and traffic, his ranking hovered around 8th or 9th, even outside 10th.
But after full firepower gradually exploded across the web, Lao Hua was drained, Lao Ji was feasted on.
By the third day, as Ji Zhua Zhang and others strongly joined, Chi Ye’s votes also soared, directly ascending from outside 8th or 9th into the top three!
Once in the top three, to prevent extreme fan brushing and fighting, the Golden Eagle Festival organizers temporarily hid specific rankings, replacing with ***.
Even so, when Chi Ye ascended across to top three in Golden Eagle most popular male actor, starting to directly compete head-on with Chu Han Zhou and Peng Chen for the first time, it still shocked jaws inside and outside the circle.
—What could prove singer’s boost to Chi Ye more than this?
Upgrading star power has materialized.
What everyone is discussing now is whether Chi Ye counts as “dual top streamer” now.
After all, his current traffic all comes from singing… honestly, internal entertainment hasn’t really had this situation before; it truly doesn’t match everyone’s expectations and cognition.
……
On the other side.
Lao Peng was very unhappy, very uncomfortable, very angry!
From the beginning of this year, after Chi Ye improved, he inexplicably improved too. One massively explosive ancient idol drama let him leap from formerly unstable “dual top streamer” to “double hit,” overlooking his former “good brother” Jiang Yi.
Don’t mention how free and easy.
And in the second half of the year, Lao Ji suddenly crashed, making Lao Peng’s career ambition surge wildly again, starting devilish filming + announcements.
Honestly, he originally didn’t need to be this tired; after all, I’m already a top streamer, enjoying it what’s wrong?
But Peng Chen has ambition.
Singer he fancied early on, wanted to participate; originally the seventh episode arranged for him to challenge… but due to various sensitive public opinions outside, he backed down.
So he didn’t go.
And while he didn’t go, Chi Ye did full firepower in the sixth episode, and with this one go, directly pushed the innocent bystander Hua Yichen below him, elevating his own star power and traffic to a level that could directly confront Peng Chen or even Chu Han Zhou in the short term!
No, why?!
Chi Ye, do you know how much effort I put into getting the Golden Eagle Awards this time?!
Tongue licked rotten!!
For this Golden Eagle Awards, double disparity Yu Yan + Lin Yang Qianrui have no works declared; one films rarely, the other pure movie star.
Of the rest, biggest threat Lao Ji entered the dog cage, “good brother” Jiang Yi not a concern; looking around, in the circle, seems only Chu Han Zhou, one of the “big four” slightly bigger star power than him, can compete.
But Zhang Yu, mere bones in a grave!
Heaven’s timing, earth’s advantage, people’s harmony, all in my grasp!
But just then, Chi Ye popped up…
I’m counting on directly taking down Chu Han Zhou this time, then smoothly promote to big four, and you pull this on me?!
Friendship over!!
“Keep close tabs on Chi Ye’s movements.”
At the airport.
Peng Chen instructed his assistant nearby.
Assistant nodded busily, then hesitated.
“Mm? What’s up?”
Peng Chen looked over.
“Um… I think Chi Ye at most relies on singer’s popularity to third at best; his songs don’t explode people. He’s now eating Ji Hemming and Hua Yichen’s turf, but shouldn’t beat us.”
“Of course I know.”
Peng Chen had a stinky face.
Is he worried about Chi Ye?
He really is!
Mainly seeing this scene, seeing Chi Ye “rise from song,” yet sucking in a large batch of fans due to appearance, he seemed to return to when Rise just formed.
Back then, Chi Ye knew nothing, did nothing, pure lung mist, but just standing in their C-position center could instantly attract everyone’s gaze, gain popularity NO1 status, firmly holding Rise’s top chair…
Back then Peng Chen could only stand beside Chi Ye, aggrieved and obsequious as a foil.
—Don’t underestimate how much fans now value an artist’s appearance.
If this artist is pure vase that’s fine, but once he’s no longer a vase, and has even had this precedent of “winning by face.”
That’s really…
Peng Chen seemed to return to that era dominated by Chi Ye’s face, recalling that “fear.”
Captain, don’t play like this; when you were a wannabe, I was first-tier, now you just improve a bit and rely on face to knock me out, then aren’t all these years of my hard work fucking wasted?!
No, absolutely not!!
……
Two days before Golden Eagle Festival starts.
In a certain city’s rented CBD, Ji Zhua Zhang dressed sharp, on the phone: “Yes, yes… I know the award ceremony gala we can’t get on stage for, but isn’t there a red carpet?”
“Golden Eagle Festival red carpet so many influencers want to rub, how can I, a people’s entrepreneur, not go?!”
“With my recent popularity, did you see me dancing full firepower? Understand the value of millions big V?!”
“……I tell you, Chi Ye is my captain, Peng Chen my brother, I was Rise’s lead dancer before!”
“Okay, that’s it, see you then.”
Hanging up, Ji Zhua Zhang smugly looked into the office at two honest-looking guys also in suits, lecturing: “I tell you, this is a good opportunity. I invested in your streetwear brand, but whether you rise depends on you!”
The two honest guys looked serious, nodding: “Rest assured, we absolutely won’t be like Jiang Mou, embarrassing Rise.”
“Good, very spirited, keep this state!”
Ji Zhua Zhang was greatly satisfied.
……
A certain rural small dwelling, pungent pig manure smell.
Jiang Mou bearded and unkempt, hung up the Nth debt-collecting supplier phone call, eyes gleaming at Golden Eagle Festival official announcement message, silent, just plotting little tricks.
Can’t go on, if no more popularity, he’ll follow Sister Shen’s footsteps to Thailand as a sister.
……
Big Shot film crew.
Late filming, Chi Ye’s first “martial scene.”
Outside the bar amid flashing lights, wine, surging crowds.
Officer Xu’s gaze sharp, locked tightly on Zhao Tai.
“I’m also troubled, why doesn’t anyone dare touch me? Try touching me, okay?”
Just as Zhao Tai’s arrogant-to-the-limit words fell.
Officer Xu couldn’t hold back anymore. His figure agile, like a black lightning bolt, instantly broke through the crowd, charging toward Zhao Tai.
Zhao Tai’s smile faded, a trace of madness flashed in his eyes. He abruptly turned, kicking over nearby table and chairs to block Officer Xu’s steps.
Table and chairs scraped harshly on the ground, crowds instantly screamed and scattered, scene total chaos.
“Clang.”
A mess, Officer Xu already rushed to Zhao Tai’s front, right fist raised high, whistling wind, like a heavy cannon smashing fiercely at Zhao Tai’s face.
But Zhao Tai’s reaction was abnormally swift, extremely standard dodge, Officer Xu’s fist grazed his cheek, and simultaneously, he lifted leg, knee flashing lightning-fast strong rhythm swung twice.
“Zhao Tai!!”
Officer Xu roared, hurriedly crossed arms to guard abdomen, but that impact instantly numbed his arms.
The two went back and forth, fists and feet clashing, each collision emitting dull thuds.
Zhao Tai relying on mastery of various combat skills, every move deadly, various moves that looked exceptionally fierce and cool extremely fluidly hammered at Officer Xu.
Surrounding crowd watched stunned, holding breath, completely drawn into this fight scene.
Afraid to make a sound lest noticed by the “fierce” Zhao Tai.
“……He, he doesn’t know martial scenes?”
Acting Teacher had long left, but the martial arts instructor staying with the crew was still there. Seeing this, full of dumbfoundment: “Why do I feel he fights better than me?”
“This movie… quality surprisingly good.”
“Teacher Wu’s righteous role so outstanding, Chi Ye’s Zhao Tai… tsk tsk, too contrasting.”
The director leaned back in his director’s chair, seeing Chi Ye and Teacher Wu finished the martial scene, shouted: “Keep this take, do one more, I feel it can be even better!”
……
Evening.
Chi Ye packed up, just about to lead team members direct fly to Xiangnan for Golden Eagle Festival, when at the doorway suddenly appeared a tall and graceful figure.
“You… why are you here?”
Chi Ye saw the “sudden” Empress Dowager, very surprised: “Wasn’t it to meet in Xiangnan?”
Jin Xia hands behind back, face stern, walked in like inspecting territory, scanned around, then looked back at Chi Ye.
Chi Ye puzzled: “What’s wrong?”
Jin Xia paused, then seriously said: “Now for inspection, while you were away, the heartbeat I kept for you.”
