Chapter 9: Chi Ye: My Money!!!
Shen Qing Yu has already blocked the original host. No matter how the original host tries to re-add him, the system side is like a stone sinking into the sea, with no response at all.
“Beast-like thing.”
Chi Ye seemed to feel, at a certain moment, the original host’s helplessness and confusion in frantically re-adding the other as a friend.
He had seriously gone through all the original host’s previous social software and chat records.
Perhaps after that incident, Shen Qing Yu also felt some guilt deep in his heart, so he was very afraid to see the original host, but they were in the same group, so it was impossible to never see him.
So, things gradually evolved from Shen Qing Yu’s initial guilt, to sternness masking inner weakness, then to gradually getting used to it, and finally starting to take the lead in bullying the original host.
It seemed that only in this way could he make himself “tough,” so that the original host wouldn’t dare to ask for money.
Yes, in Rise, among Yue Na’s seven sons, apart from two members with more honest personalities, the other four more or less participated in bullying the original host.
Because the original host had the most outstanding appearance, and back then in Rise, the original host had the highest popularity and the best resources.
Shen Qing Yu, Peng Chen, Zhang Xianming, Jiang Yi…
Chi Ye wrote down these names one by one in his notebook, preparing to organize some “evidence.”
A “creak” sound.
The bedroom door was pushed open.
Keke walked in holding a tablet computer, ready to report work.
These past two days, Chi Ye had been staying at home, ignoring the company’s urgings, and Yue Na had temporarily dismissed Chi Ye’s team.
But Keke herself stayed behind.
It was obvious that the original host treated her well.
“Chi Ge, how do you evaluate today’s《 broadcast》? Online they’re all saying you’re impolite and stingy… I asked around, it should be Teacher Huang and Lin Jingyi’s team buying paid commenters…”
While reporting work, Keke observed Chi Ye’s expression: “Also… tomorrow is Rise’s two-year anniversary. The company wants us to cooperate with the others and do group marketing on Weibo together with everyone.”
“Oh.”
Chi Ye paused: “I got it.”
Hearing this, Keke was a bit surprised, clearly not expecting Chi Ye to agree so readily.
Chi Ye naturally wouldn’t explain anything to her, just smiled at her: “Have you thought it over?”
“Of course!”
Keke’s face flushed red: “There’s no one around Chi Ge to begin with. If I leave too… I want to help Chi Ge!”
“Good then, do you know how to edit photos? Help me make a few.”
“Edit photos?”
Keke was stunned.
Chi Ye nodded: “Aren’t we doing group celebrations? I’ll post a group photo then, I don’t know how to photoshop, you help me edit it.”
He planned to test Keke’s work ability.
“Uh… okay!”
Keke nodded quickly.
……
The Rise boy group was established two years ago and peaked right at debut. At that time domestically, it was one of the top idol groups.
But good times didn’t last. Rise’s subsequent development wasn’t smooth, and it eventually disbanded due to Captain Chi Ye’s long-term bullying of teammates.
However, though the boy group disbanded, the disbandment process was too bloody, and not much time had passed, so Rise still had a large number of group fans with unresolved grievances.
There were even extreme fans who wished Chi Ye would be hit and killed by a dump truck on the spot.
Early morning.
Rise boy group’s two-year anniversary.
Many Rise group fans timed it to the early morning point and started posting copy on Weibo, @-ing fans of Rise’s other members, venting all sorts of emotions.
Rise’s former members were all very cooperative, each posting group photos from when Rise was just established on Weibo.
Of course, among them, there were naturally some with little interest.
For example, Peng Chen.
Peng Chen’s popularity in Rise back then was second only to Chi Ye.
After leaving Rise and Yue Na, he successfully ascended with a BL drama adaptation, becoming a top streamer, the one with the best development and strongest momentum in former Rise.
Later, he even became a regular guest on a national-level variety show on Tomato TV to build public favor.
So, toward Rise, he mostly had a disengagement mindset, wishing Rise would die out quickly!
That way, he wouldn’t be bound and ride popularity by the other Rise members.
—That’s right, speaking of Shen Qing Yu!
One year after Rise disbanded, among Yue Na’s seven sons, three are flops and one collapsed. Nowadays in the internal entertainment circle, only Chi Ye, Peng Chen, and Shen Qing Yu still have names.
But Peng Chen is already at the peak of popularity, with a wall between him and the other two.
Chi Ye is a tool used by the other Rise members to abuse fans, with his own reputation and public opinion rotten to the extreme.
Only Shen Qing Yu currently has strong development momentum. Though not as good as Peng Chen, he’s ambitious and the most in need of playing Undead War God to suck Rise’s blood.
So, right after early morning passed, Shen Qing Yu’s team started madly buying hot searches, continuing to build Shen Qing Yu’s “sentimental” persona.
And prior to this, Shen Qing Yu’s persona had always been straightforward rich bro, with a superior family background, descending to the entertainment industry, Rise group’s oldest “Big Brother” persona.
#Shen Qing Yu, such a rich guy#
#Shen Qing Yu Peng Chen#
#Shen Qing Yu two years ago us#
#Shen Qing Yu cried#
#Shen Qing Yu hot to the point stars are shocked#
A barrage of hot search terms assaulted, while Shen Qing Yu himself timed it precisely on Weibo, posting a group photo from two years ago in Rise as a memento, with caption:
【Back then we were young and ignorant, but very happy. #Rise two-year anniversary##Rise happy birthday#】
Bystanders were dumbfounded, Rise group fans instantly collectively climaxed and teary-eyed.
「Qing Bao!!」
「He really timed it precisely! He knows our unresolved grievances!」
「I really cried. Qing Bao was the softest-hearted big brother in Rise back then. Didn’t expect after a year he still remembers Rise.」
「Damn, this precise timing broke me.」
「A strange thing snuck into the group photo.」
「Hu Ye also deserves to be in the group photo? Without him, could Rise have disbanded back then?」
「Qing Bao really is the most loved one… Didn’t expect Hu Ye bullied him so much back then, yet he still posted this photo.」
「If it were me I’d have photoshopped Hu Ye out long ago. Best Rise, but he doesn’t deserve it!」
「Pity Jiang Yi already collapsed, sigh…」
Shen Qing Yu’s Weibo was quickly topped onto hot search by countless Rise group fans, then Shen Qing Yu posted a second Weibo, a photo of him with the “Rise birthday cake.”
Everyone “keenly” noticed that Qing Bao’s eyes were a bit red, probably from crying.
Five minutes later, the other Rise members successively posted on Weibo.
The content was more or less the same as what Shen Qing Yu’s team sent out. Chi Ye strongly suspected it was just a press release written by a ghostwriter!
Of course, marketing accounts and fans didn’t think so.
At the time of Rise’s “group birthday celebration,” over a dozen marketing accounts “happened” to discover that all the Rise members who posted were wearing the same luxury brand bracelet. Upon “closer inspection,” it turned out to be a gift from Shen Qing Yu to everyone!
So #Shen Qing Yu, such a rich guy# soared on the hot search list.
「Why isn’t Hu Ye posting a group photo?!」
「Qing Bao didn’t give Hu Ye a gift too, did he?!」
「This bracelet seems to cost eighty thousand bucks. Qing Bao is too loving!」
「Don’t you dare!!! Hu Ye hurry up and die! Do you have the face to take Qing Bao’s gift?!」
「Hu Ye not posting a group photo, isn’t it because he’s afraid everyone finds out he took Qing Bao’s gift?」
「Given Hu Ye’s stingy nature, it’s too possible. Today I even saw him giving a guest stinky tofu on the program! Urgh!」
「Though but, forget the past, but today at this time, you really won’t give Rise even a bit of warmth? @Chi Ye@Chi Ye@Chi Ye!」
「I hate you!! @Chi Ye!!」
“Why the hell do you hate me.”
Chi Ye watched the whole thing, but still hadn’t posted on Weibo. Instead, he turned to Keke: “Done with the photo?”
“Mm…”
Keke, who was so confident during the daytime, was now drenched in sweat, her voice trembling a bit: “Chi Ge… do we really have to do this? I feel… feels like it might not be good…”
“What about you later?”
Chi Ye was displeased: “What do you mean later? Do what needs to be done. Owe debt repay money, it’s only right.”
“—That’s all my money!”
Keke lowered her head in silence. After the tension and fear, an inexplicable sense of relief welled up in her heart.
What was this feeling?
She thought carefully.
Then reached a conclusion.
Perhaps… she felt that Chi Ge finally knew how to protect himself.
“I got it done, but this long image is best not posted all at once.”
Keke reminded.
“I know, it’s fine.”
Chi Ye nodded, just about to open Weibo, to “celebrate birthday” for Rise as requested by the Rise fans.
But unexpectedly discovered the beast Qing striking again, three Weibo posts in a row.
This time he didn’t post a group photo, but was still acting hard.
Shen Qing Yu: 【Today is Rise’s birthday. Please don’t abuse a certain someone. We are a collective, indispensable! Doing this only makes me more guilty. Perhaps, I as Big Brother didn’t do well enough. If back then, I could have done better, the result might have been different?】
This Weibo was quickly deleted, but the popularity had already fermented, abusing countless group fans to death and back to life, topping Weibo hot search again.
Chi Ye was quick with his hands and clicked in right away to check the Weibo, already having taken a screenshot.
He dragged this Weibo screenshot into his editor, then finally, under the “expectant” gazes of Rise group fans, posted tonight’s first “birthday celebration” Weibo: 【Buddy, aren’t you supposed to feel guilty? You haven’t repaid the money you owe me yet!】
Then following the good teammate’s rhythm, he quickly posted the second Weibo:
【Heard everyone is “celebrating birthday” tonight? My blessing is late but arrives!】
【But while everyone’s celebrating Rise’s birthday, I’ll celebrate @Shen Qing Yu not repaying money two-year anniversary. Qing Bao, your ambition is here!】
Finally, the third Weibo:
【Qing Bao pinch! Got money to buy teammates eighty-thousand-yuan gifts, but no money to repay my one million? Your ambition is so heartbroken.】
【Note: Our Qing Bao good Big Brother! Didn’t even buy me a bracelet! Even more heartbroken!】
【Repay—money!!!】
All done, Chi Ye crossed his legs, took a light sip of tea, and sat waiting for the reaction.
His current Weibo account has 12.03 million fans.
Most of them are zombie fans bought by the company.
But there are also quite a few diehard fans who still stick around, Chi Ye’s true fans.
In addition, there are certain groups following Chi Ye.
They are Rise group fans and Chi Ye’s haters.
Waiting every day to rush to his Weibo to curse him.
At this moment, these haters and group fans were all stunned!
What does this mean???
Has Hu Ye lost his mind?!
These three Weibos look even sharper than his jawline!
Even crazier than his performance on 《How to Evaluate XXX》 not long ago!
Account hacked?!
「Gone crazy???」
「Suspected Hu Ye lost his mind.」
「Not bro, go to the pharmacy and be decent. Qing Bao’s family is so rich, would he owe you money? Peng Ci at a bad time, on such a special day, you really have no heart at all?」
「Completely disappointed. Have you gone mad for popularity?」
「I originally still had a sliver of expectation for you, but now, I wish you’d go die!!」
「How can a person be this shameless.」
Seeing this comment, Chi Ye nodded in agreement and replied: 【Yeah, how can a person be this shameless.】
Then he uploaded the one million transfer screenshot Keke made, clicked post, with caption:
【Two years ago we were indeed young and ignorant. Today we wish Rise happy two-year anniversary, and also wish @Shen Qing Yu owe money not repay two-year anniversary happy! Owe money not repay is really so happy!】
【Repay money repay money repay money repay money repay money!!! @Shen Qing Yu@Shen Qing Yu@Shen Qing Yu!】
As soon as this Weibo and transfer record went out, the Rise group fans who were just outputting madly, and the gossip bystanders, were all dumbfounded.
This…
One ten hundred thousand…
How many digits is this?
「One million?」
「Qing Bao really owes money?」
「Impossible, would Qing Bao owe Hu Ye money? This record and name aren’t photoshopped, right?」
「Photoshopping this kind of record seems illegal!」
「Too fake. A stingy cheapskate like Hu Ye would lend someone one million?」
「Upstairs speaks truth. Anyway I don’t believe it. And even if true, this headless tail-less, who knows the inside story from two years ago?」
「Qing Bao is so rich, if he owed money, he should’ve repaid it long ago.」
Chi Ye saw this comment, noncommittal.
Opened the Weibo editor again, and just posted three words: 【Reported to police.】
Below the copy, there was an ultra-long WeChat chat record image—
Chi Ye: Qing Bao, please, repay the money. If you don’t, they’re gonna chop my hand.
Shen Qing Yu: Just this bit of money, why rush? Can’t live anymore?
Chi Ye: One million is really a lot for me, Qing Bao.
Shen Qing Yu: No money now, talk next time.
Chi Ye: I kindly lent you money, why can’t you repay me when you have it?
Shen Qing Yu: So what if I don’t give it to you? I warn you, keep harassing me and watch me block you!
……
This Weibo was very short, just three words.
But whether the Rise group fans who were emotionally exploding before, or the bystanders coming to watch, all were stunned for a long time.
Especially the group fans who clicked into the WeChat chat record, they found it hard to believe.
This…
How could this be their Qing Bao?
The chat record is fake!?
But seeing Chi Ye pairing it with 【Reported to police】…
Hu Ye may have a bad brain, but not bad enough to this extent, right?
So, this chat record is real?
Then…
Many group fans and Shen Qing Yu’s diehard fans felt their worldview shatter.
But bystanders didn’t care about that. At this moment, they were wide-eyed, shouting “gossip is here”!
「Holy shit, gossip!」
「This Shen Qing Yu’s private self versus on-camera is too different, right?」
