Chapter 89: They Start Tearing Into Each Other
“I’ll probably arrive in Shanghai two days later. See when you’re free, and we can go over some songs.”
Chi Ye calmed his mind, secretly praying for his beloved son while making a suggestion.
“…I’ll listen to you.”
“Okay, so that’s it for now?”
Chi Ye saw that she seemed to still have things to deal with on her end, and it was noisy, so he asked tentatively.
“Okay.”
Chi Ye prepared to hang up the phone.
“Mmm…”
Teacher Shi was silent for a while, then suddenly said, “Thank you.”
Chi Ye was stunned and laughed, “We’re friends, what’s there to thank? You’re welcome, just help me beat someone up next time.”
Teacher Shi: “…”
“See you later.”
Chi Ye had already hung up the phone, feeling a bit emotional.
He really didn’t have many friends… in fact, he barely had any, which was why he took the initiative.
But in fact, Chi Ye felt a little guilty – because his participation in the Voice of Nature was for complex reasons. Helping Teacher Shi was one aspect, as she was truly in a bad situation.
But on the other hand, he needed to promote his new album, promote the theme song for Circulation, and target Yue Na and Hua Yichen…
However, a gentleman judges by actions, not intentions. He felt he was actually a pretty good person!
Hmm…
For this, he specifically confirmed with Jin Xia.
【 What do you think of me? 】
【 Good! 】
【 How good? 】
【 Unbeatable in the universe, the best in the world! 】
Chi Ye nodded with satisfaction, put away his phone, and felt full of confidence.
It’s a good thing there’s the Empress Dowager. In her eyes, he was always perfect.
Humph.
Chi Ye snorted lightly, and as he turned, Director Zhang pulled him aside to organize the scene for the wrap-up banquet of Circulation that night, to drink to their heart’s content.
…
At the same time.
While Chi Ye was attending the wrap-up banquet, the “conflict” that erupted in the latest episode of Voice of Nature had already become a huge topic online.
Chi Ye didn’t really understand what had happened on site through the phone call.
It wasn’t until the wrap-up banquet was nearing its end that Xiao Liu handed him his phone, and he realized the “seriousness” of the situation.
Time rewinds to 7:30 PM.
In the latest live broadcast of Voice of Nature.
The eight regular members and eight guest performers were grouped for a PK. In the song selection segment, Teacher Shi, under pressure, was “forced” to choose a category she was least proficient in. Her partner also had extremely strong influence over the lyrics and composition, leading to a very chaotic arrangement – the reason she chose this guest performer was because Teacher Shi also had no friends.
In this situation, the program team had to step in to help her make arrangements, and naturally, it wouldn’t be smooth cooperation.
If it were just that, then so be it.
But during the performance, the two had an issue with stealing the spotlight, and during the live singer’s mutual scoring, Hua Yichen and four or five other music scene Big Stars “fairly and impartially” gave Teacher Shi one star.
Hua Yichen even stated frankly in front of the camera, “I feel Teacher Shi’s singing skill has really declined a lot. I used to be your fan, but based on your performances in these past few episodes, I can only say that the former Little Diva is just that, a former one.”
He then added, “I personally suggest that some reality shows should be reduced. It’s really draining for a singer’s spirit and strength.”
His words shocked everyone.
The targeting of Teacher Shi in previous episodes was an unspoken understanding among everyone, but saying it so openly in front of the camera…
It seemed Hua Yichen’s team had already made a judgment: Shi Daifu’s reputation had been ruined. Attacking Shi Daifu now was equivalent to attacking Chi Ye on Jian Ni back then, a great opportunity to win back public favor and gain fans.
Therefore, the other Big Stars from the former company and the singer from Yue Na joined the scolding group.
Teacher Shi stood on stage in a daze, letting them criticize her, lowering her head without refuting.
By the time they reached the post-interview segment, Teacher Shi’s agent couldn’t hold back anymore.
That’s why the “Break Sticks” incident backstage had erupted earlier.
“This is indeed a bit too much bullying.”
Chi Ye said this verbally, and already opened his phone, logged into Weibo, and searched for related topics.
“It’s fine if it’s just that, but the main thing is that Teacher Shi’s team and Hua Yichen’s group had a conflict backstage, and the video of them breaking sticks was posted online… Everyone is saying Teacher Shi has violent tendencies and is strongly demanding she withdraw from the program.”
Xiao Liu handed him a tablet.
Chi Ye glanced at it and slapped his forehead.
Lao Shi, Lao Shi, why didn’t you speak up just now?
“It’s fine, the program team wants to invite me, so they definitely won’t listen to this kind of talk. It’s not a big deal.”
Chi Ye found his “target”: a screenshot of Hua Yichen and his partner Xiao Gui singing a duet today.
Fans placed his screenshot alongside two stunning beauties from Hong Kong in the 80s, occupying the center position.
The caption read: 【 The goddess loves the world. I don’t know what the difference is between these three pictures. 】
Yes, they were marketing Hua Yichen’s appearance, not his singing skills.
Chi Ye was stunned for a second, then commented with his main account: 【 Was the one in the middle pulled out by the fairy next to her? 】
He then quickly deleted it and commented again: 【 I originally thought it was just a dig, but after seeing the caption, I realized it was pure pulling. 】
Deleted again, then posted: 【 This skin smoothing is smoother than my butt. 】
Deleted the Weibo post for the third time.
But—
#Chi Ye: Hua Yichen is pure pulling#
#Chi Ye Speaks Out#
#Chi Ye: Smoother than my butt#
Related hot words quickly soared to the trending search list.
Do you understand the value of a “blood and wind” physique?
Chi Ye made a slight move and immediately overshadowed other trending topics, catching Hua Yichen and Yue Na’s teams, who were happily buying negative publicity for him and Shi Daifu, completely off guard.
After realizing what happened, they were furious!
The teams immediately began to shift their target, madly attacking Chi Ye.
Chi Ye had already issued a statement in advance: 【 Apologies, my account was hacked again. 】
Hacked again? Seriously, change your excuse!
The massive fan base of Hua Hua was enraged and rushed to Chi Ye’s Weibo page, ready to verbally abuse him.
But after rushing for a while, they were stunned – because the combat power of Chi Ye’s fan team was even stronger than theirs!
The father and son had already wished death upon each other before, and their fans fought daily in private. Now, when Chi Ye’s fans saw Hua Yichen’s fans come at them, they were like they’d been injected with chicken blood, and the battle instantly entered a fever pitch.
Hua Yichen’s fan base and popularity were currently slightly higher than Chi Ye’s.
However, his fan abuse intensity was far inferior to Chi Ye’s – not that he didn’t abuse fans, but in this regard, the entire entertainment industry couldn’t compare to Chi Ye.
Therefore, the Hua Hua army retreated steadily, and it soon became a one-sided massacre by Xiao Ye Zi.
「Mage is like this, like this!」
「With 70 million sales, you’re stepping on your idol’s head to ascend, and you still have the nerve to act like this?」
「A singer doesn’t market their singing, but their looks. Funny, who gave you the confidence? Hyaluronic acid?」
「@Chi Ye, brother, tell us in advance next time you “accidentally” get hacked, the fans will do anything!」
「Looking forward to @Chi Ye’s Voice of Nature amazing voice! Go away, unlucky things!」
「Comparing looks? Someone wants to compare looks with my brother? If you want to compare strength and works, I might be a little hesitant. You want to compare looks with my brother now? You’re looking for death?」
Hua Yichen and Chi Ye trended on hot searches for “appearance.” Hua Hua’s fans initially bashed Chi Ye’s looks fiercely.
But no matter how much the comparison photos were retouched, they seemed to be lacking – they themselves felt they couldn’t really beat Hu Ye.
They could only stubbornly persist.
Bystanders who were attracted by the commotion couldn’t help but leave comments:
「Pure passerby, but why are you comparing looks with Hu Ye? Hu Ye’s entire body, only his face is presentable. It’s really unnecessary.」
「LOL, I’m not a fan of anyone, but looking at these comparison photos, it feels like Hua Yichen’s fans are advanced haters, hahaha.」
「I’m a casual fan of Hua, but Hu Ye can live off a woman’s earnings based on his looks. This person’s only redeeming quality is his looks. Why compare anything else but looks…」
「This is the first time I’ve seen someone bash Chi Ye’s looks… and he’s a singer… such novel marketing.」
The mouths of passersby are poisonous ghosts.
In fact, Hua Hua’s team marketing looks was something well-known both inside and outside the industry. The music scene was so bad now that only by marketing looks could they purify the fan circle, increase popularity and Star Power.
But by sheer bad luck, Hua Yichen’s biggest rival now was Chi Ye, so this marketing strategy was actually very awkward when encountering Chi Ye.
For example, at this moment, Hua Hua’s fans themselves realized that playing the “looks” card wasn’t quite enough against Chi Ye.
They immediately changed their tune and began to promote singing skills.
「Does Hu Hu Ye have any live works? It’s known in and out of the industry that he’s a recording studio warrior. Restart was edited word by word. He still claims to be a singer? Shameful!」
「Hu Hu Ye couldn’t make it in the drama circle, lived off a woman’s earnings, crossed over to sing, and hired ghostwriters for lyrics behind the scenes, then claimed he wrote them himself. LOL, why would anyone stan this kind of person?」
「Anyone familiar with Rise knows that Hu Ye has no talent. He can write lyrics and compose? Don’t insult music, okay?」
「Hua Hua’s sales combined are five times that of Hu Ye. I beg those illegitimate children of Hu Ye to stop trying to touch my brother. The Chinese music scene is really not a place for you.」
The situation began to ferment further, shifting from looks to singing skills. And in this regard, Chi Ye currently had no impressive live performances, and his only Confession Balloon hadn’t aired yet.
During the previous Restart, many people had raised issues about Chi Ye hiring ghostwriters and vocal tuning.
But at that time, Restart had too much popularity, and Chi Ye had severely latched onto Yue Na, draining her. Under the prevailing trend, it didn’t cause much of a storm.
This time, however, the effect was apparent.
And Chi Ye, watching the intense “firefight” between the two fan bases and marketing teams, remained silent. He simply reposted a “beauty comparison” image on his Weibo that had already been deleted by Hua Yichen’s fans.
Then deleted it.
Tried and true.
The topic #Hua Yichen Chi Ye Appearance# once again climbed to the trending search list, redirecting attention.
“Damn, Chi Ye, directly down on the field? Shameful!”
Still backstage at the program, Hua Fa Shi saw this and was enraged, gritting his teeth, “Have the teams delete everything! We can’t compare faces with him, it makes me too ugly!”
The team members nodded.
In fact, they didn’t need to say it. Hua Hua’s fans had already started doing so.
Not only that, seeing their idol act so erratically, completely disregarding “industry rules,” they were furious. They even started to proactively blur the “beautiful photos of Hua Hua” they had previously posted, changing the titles:
【 To protect Hua Hua, prevent the little haters from taking screenshots to bash my brother, so I’ve blurred the brother’s smile. Hope everyone understands （ Love Blue ） （ Love Blue ） 】
【 Do not post the brother’s selfies and concert videos! If you really want to post, be sure to blur them! Blur! Blur! To prevent malicious Photoshop by a certain party! 】
【 Here are some ugly pictures of a certain Hu Bi. Let’s all repost them on QQ Space and Moments so everyone can see! 】
Some fans even found the alien pictures of Chi Ye that Jiang Cheng and Xiang You had photoshopped back then, and started reposting them madly, spreading rumors that Chi Ye had plastic surgery and used to look like that!
But this matter was quickly debunked by Jiang Cheng’s team and Xiang You’s team.
Xiang You even personally posted on Weibo: 【 Some people, don’t go too far. My brother and I were just playing around. Who are you? I photoshopped that picture! 】
Jiang Cheng didn’t react as strongly, but he also didn’t want to be used as a tool, so his studio reposted Xiang You’s Weibo.
Onlookers: “…”
Hua Yichen’s fans: “…”
They didn’t dare to offend anyone for their brother, so they could only selectively ignore it, and then went to the accounts of various fan photographers and passersby to threaten them – fans could “blur themselves,” but many who relied on fan photographers + passersby couldn’t “self-regulate.”
「Deleted!」
「Delete or not? If not, I’ll report you!」
Fan Photographers: “?”
Bystanders: “?”
Chi Ye happened to see this video and immediately took a screenshot, reposting it on his Weibo: 【 See, the mess has escalated. 】
Deleted for the Nth time.
Jia Zong saw this and was furious. Unable to bear it any longer, he directly posted an announcement on the official Weibo: 【 @Chi Ye user, your account has not been hacked! 】
Chi Ye was surprised and quickly replied: 【 I didn’t say I was hacked this time, I just posted it myself. 】
Jia Zong: “…”
It was chaos. Chi Ye and Hua Yichen’s feud even extended to the next day. The entire Weibo square was a battlefield, a miserable sight.
Chi Ye’s team and Hua Yichen’s team did not engage further later on – because it was unnecessary.
One of them had verbally abused Shi Daifu’s team at the backstage that day.
The other flew directly to Shanghai after handling matters related to Circulation and his studio.
…
In Shanghai, inside a high-end clubhouse, Chi Ye met Teacher Shi after a long absence.
She was still as elegant as ever, with a delicate face, and wore no makeup, looking like it was impossible she could break sticks with her bare hands…
Next to her stood a fashionable woman in her thirties or forties, presumably Teacher Shi’s agent.
“Hello, Teacher Shi, long time no see.”
Chi Ye greeted her with a smile, while his assistant and driver waited outside the door.
“Mmm…”
Shi Daifu looked at Chi Ye, slightly dazed.
“Teacher Chi is here, he’s greeting you!”
The agent next to her panicked and pinched Shi Daifu’s arm.
“Oh… oh…” Teacher Shi snapped back to attention, stood up, and said earnestly, “Teacher Chi, long time no see.”
“Oh… oh…” Teacher Shi reacted, stood up, and said earnestly, “Teacher Chi, long time no see.”
Chi Ye: “?”
He glanced at the agent: “Let’s talk for a bit, just the two of us.”
“Ah… Alright, alright, I’ll wait outside…” The agent was very reserved when facing Chi Ye, nodding repeatedly. Before leaving, he couldn’t resist whispering a reminder to Shi Daifu: “Why are you still nervous? Be alert, don’t disgrace yourself!”
