Chapter 265

Dr. Zhai's visit to the set was just a minor interlude during the filming of *Joy of Life*.

However, his Weibo post did stir up some commotion.

As people say, he is currently a capable actor in the industry with quite a bit of popularity, and his character portrayals in several dramas have been commendable.

Although he hasn't written his thesis, his acting skills are still worthy of a doctorate.

Moreover, he isn't old; having just turned thirty, he can indeed be placed in the ranks of young actors without having to compete for the same track as those ruthless middle-generation actors.

Looking at it this way, his arrogance is actually quite normal.

Before the "CNKI" incident, his reputation was quite positive.

And look, once the Weibo post went up, the comments below were all quite harmonious, and the fans of Bai Liang who came to join the fun were all praising Dr. Zhai.

Saying things like, "Both of them are capable actors, looking forward to a collaboration."

It was only some of Bai Liang's anti-fans who were jumping around, saying things like, "What are you acting all high and mighty for? Wait until you actually pass the exam."

Indeed, the move of "taking out a loan for Peking University" is quite outrageous.

From this perspective, Bai Liang is also very arrogant.

What he said on the show was "giving strategies to fans"; to say that before even taking the exam, is he really just "Peking University is okay"?

It is predictable that there will be a big wave of drama at the end of this year.

Either Bai Liang succeeds in his bragging, and then he is truly awesome! His halo as a top student will be completely solidified, and by then, his Weibo comment section will truly become a pilgrimage site for blessings for postgraduate, civil service, and judicial exams.

Or he will have a massive failure, his top-student halo will shatter completely, triggering collective mockery and all sorts of people kicking him while he's down.

Yanzi is feeling a bit regretful right now, feeling that this is her fault.

She didn't follow up on this show in time; otherwise, this sentence could clearly have been deleted.

It's not that she doubts Bai Liang's level, but as an agent, one should try to avoid such high-risk "loan" incidents.

It's too easy to get slapped in the face.

It's not like the entertainment industry hasn't seen cases of "loan awards" that were then collectively mocked.

But since things have come to this, let's order food first. When it comes to choosing to trust her own Xiao Bai-ge, Yanzi has always had plenty of experience.

And with Xin Zhilei joining the *Joy of Life* cast, the filming of the entire TV series is about to enter a new stage, namely the filming of the Northern Qi scenes.

Li Qin and Li Yitong are both about to wrap up and get out.

These two are actually quite reluctant to leave.

A whole case of champagne was finished, yet they still haven't managed to complete the joint operation of the "Sassy Chicken Sisters."

The main issue here is that Li Qin is quite conflicted, just like when she was wandering around like a headless fly downstairs at Bai Liang's hotel for over half an hour back then.

She just can't make up her mind~

Even though she bit the bullet and went up last time, it doesn't mean she can make a quick decision this time.

Every decision exists independently.

Going from zero to one requires a process.

As for Li Yitong, she is quite calm, and then she teases Li Qin: "Are you okay, little girl?"

"Look at your pathetic and inexperienced self."

In this crew, she has basically "slept with everyone."

Except for not staying in her own room, which other room—like Jin Cheng's, Meng Jie's, Li Qin's, or Bai Liang's—has she not been to? Which room has she not "rebelled" in?

Now, she can really tell which girl she is sharing a bed with just by reaching out and measuring the size~

It's fine that they are wrapping up now.

After all, if this continues, she might have to drink some Chinese medicine, and she also has to worry about someone secretly swapping it for an iced Americano.

Meng Jie: "Hehe, they are all wrapping up, let them go, let them all go."

"Now it's just me, right~"

Shaking her head, happy and content.

Although her scenes are not as numerous as Li Qin's and Li Yitong's, her time in the crew is longer than theirs.

Actually, the same treatment occurred during *Ever Night*.

But back then, Meng Jie was cursing, feeling that the crew looked down on her as a nobody, and later she had to rely on Bai Liang to pull strings to get her brought in early.

But when it came to the *Joy of Life* crew, it was still the same—few scenes, but a long timeline.

Yet Meng Jie had no complaints at all.

Long is good; she actually wants to stay until Bai Liang wraps up too.

Especially when all the other girls have run off, leaving only her.

However, this realization only lasted for less than three days.

A week or so after Xin Zhilei joined the crew, a gentle girl with a soft voice, an imperial sister's height, and a loli's face also appeared on set.

This person is Meng Jie's college classmate, Chen Yao.

"Long time no see~"

"Uh, long time no see."

After Chen Yao greeted Meng Jie, she pursed her lips and looked around the set, as if trying to find someone.

And Meng Jie, feeling inexplicably powerless, simply said, "Don't look anymore, he went out. He just finished a wave of concentrated filming, and his movie is about to be released, so he's very busy."

Chen Yao pursed her lips, rubbed her hands behind her back, and then reached out to smooth her hair before saying, somewhat self-deceptively, "I wasn't looking for Xiao Bai-ge."

Meng Jie: "With those eight hundred little movements of yours, who would believe that?"

Fortunately, she is no longer the same Meng Jie she was back then; her mindset is very good now.

After feeling helpless for a moment, she simply grabbed Chen Yao's hand, "Let's go, I'll treat you to something delicious."

"I haven't reported to the crew yet," Chen Yao said, feeling a bit awkward.

Meng Jie waved her hand, "Just give the director a call, won't that be fine~"

The other party stared at her steadily and then sighed, "You have so much face..."

This made Meng Jie blush a little, "It's not that I have face; it's that he has face. I'm just a fox borrowing the tiger's might."

Chen Yao: "You're just admitting it like that?"

When the two were in school, they actually didn't have much interaction; they just knew of each other.

After all, they both started filming very early.

Regarding their contact at the Weibo Night before, she actually didn't know Meng Ziyi well enough; she basically made a certain degree of judgment based on stereotypes... that is, the other party's appearance.

She just felt that Meng Ziyi was the kind of very formidable girl who shouldn't be messed with.

But now, it doesn't feel like that anymore.

The light in her big eyes is quite sincere, which doesn't quite match the original "little green tea" image.

So Chen Yao simply became more "excessive" and asked, "Do you know when he will be back on set?"

Meng Jie waved her hand, "He is the hottest artist right now, very busy. But we can just wait for him obediently on set. Don't worry, I won't hide him away."

"I didn't mean that..."

Meng Jie: "Hmph! You all mean exactly that!"

She declared that sooner or later she would truly evolve into a bad woman and then deal with all these little vixens!

——

Meng Jie said one thing wrong.

In the spring of 2018, the hottest person was not Bai Liang. The one who truly dominated all the headlines and entered the audience's sight as a dark horse was that guy who sings, dances, raps, and plays basketball.

Without a doubt, *Idol Producer* was the phenomenal idol audition variety show of the year, and its popularity reshaped the landscape of the domestic idol industry.

During its broadcast, it occupied the Weibo hot search over 600 times, the topic reading volume exceeded 20 billion, and the peak of hot searches for a single episode reached 50+.

Fans raised over 20 million yuan for the trainees, opening the era of large-scale "voting culture."

And Cai Xukun, as the champion of the show, became the representative of the new generation of top-tier idols; after all, he was the absolute center of the show.

A new top-tier idol has appeared!

The problem brought about by this is... the original so-called "Four Top-Tier Idols" landscape has to change!

Mainly because Cai Xukun's fans are already impatient to see the previous generation die on the beach so they can make room for their own idol.

"Old geezers, drop the gold coins!"

However, for now, it's just a voice; after all, 2018 has just begun, and no matter what, one has to wait until the various "awards ceremonies" at the end of the year to summarize.

But the voices of the new top-tier idol's fans are very loud.

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They don't want to listen to the "old things" talk nonsense; they want to start their own... New Wo Liansheng!

Oh no, it's the second generation of top-tier idols!

Usually, a generation lasts five years; consumers update, and trends change accordingly. This also applies to the entertainment industry.

The traffic era that started around 2014 has been going on for about four years now. Not counting Bai Liang, who popped up midway and is terrifyingly capable, the top-tier idols also need to be updated normally.

So Kun's fans feel their demands are very reasonable; their idol needs to get a seat at the table.

Wu Moufan's fans are a bit triggered because Kun-ge's route overlaps somewhat with their Fanfan's.

Sing, dance, rap, and play basketball?

Damn it... Wu Moufan is also quite "skilled" in these areas! It's clearly a rival~

Damn it, why is it a rival again?!

The previous rival, Bai Liang, climbed into the ranks of the four top-tier idols by stepping on Wu Moufan's head, and now another one has popped up this year? Targeting our Fanfan, right?!

Misfortunes never come singly; because of this year's *The Rap of China*, Wu Moufan and his 30 million fans got into a fight with Hupu, which gathers 45 million straight men.

It got to the point where they were kicked while down and mocked by others, and in the end, they were forced to have the main star step in...

Luhan's fans were originally still spraying Guan Xiaotong, saying if he doesn't get rid of this stinky woman, their idol is really going to be "gone"!

But there's no way, he loves her too much.

And at the same time, compared to his "good teammate" Wu Moufan, whose route just overlapped with Kun-ge's without officially starting a war, Luhan is truly fighting with Kun-ge.

The reason is that they both took on the endorsement for vivo phones.

Among them, the brand's title for Luhan is "vivo spokesperson," while for Cai Xukun, it's only the spokesperson for the new X23 model.

At first, it was just a small-scale battle; Luhan's fans mocked the other party for not being at the right level, and Kun's fans mocked Luhan for only being able to live off his past glory, saying "your traffic is almost gone, what are you acting for?!"

Back and forth, the flames of war quickly spread.

This "bloody case" triggered by the title burned into two fan circles.

In the end, fans from both sides started posts to compare strength, from professional ability to data traffic, comparing everything, with the posture of wanting to rub the other party's idol into the ground.

Two of the four top-tier idols have moved, and the "Three Little Ones" who are equally famous are not willing to be lonely either.

As the domestic super-first-line boy band, every anniversary reunion is bound to be a bloody storm.

The beginning of 2018 is indeed a battle, refreshing!

Besides those fighting, there are also those who are more laid-back or funny.

Yang Yang's fans... it's over, the top-tier idol gatekeeper, the gate can't be guarded anymore.

It feels like they can only hope that one of the ones above can use a "Hand of God" to knock this newcomer out.

Or, saying there are six of the four top-tier idols, that's not impossible either~

They are even a bit happy; Yang Yang, who was squeezed out of the top-tier idol ranks, has the name of a top-tier idol but can't get into the first echelon, which was originally a bit awkward.

Now that Kun has come, this awkwardness is gone instead.

Similar are Bai Liang's fans, who glanced at the newcomer: "What level is this? Not enough for our Great Immortal to fight~"

Then they continued to send Capybara memes to fight, while looking forward to the release of *How Long Will I Love U* and the broadcast of *The Story of Minglan*, amusing themselves.

This isn't the time when *Love O2O* was just broadcast, where they still needed to hold a sharp sword to compete with the heroes of the Heishuo area.

The Ziwei Soft Sword is about to be put down; they are going to take the Xuan Iron Heavy Sword.

They can't be bothered to pay attention to the so-called new top-tier idol, and besides, the guy really didn't come to provoke Bai Liang; after all, he only plays basketball and doesn't play the other party's main business: singing and dancing rap.

However, Capybaras have a strange law.

It just sits there in a daze, but there are always people or dogs with itchy hands who want to provoke it...

Li Yifeng's fans said their idol is going to transform; in the future, he will be both a capable actor and a top-tier idol, and he is not something that some newly emerged guys can compare to.

This remark is a double entendre; it seems to be mocking the Kun fans, but in reality, who are they talking about? Can anyone in the fan circle not know?

"Giving you face? You dare to touch porcelain with this too?!"

Even if the Capybara fans on Bai Liang's side reacted a bit slowly, it didn't affect them sending out troops first.

Punch first, and ask questions while hitting.

And after these two sides suddenly started to collide, at this point...

The four top-tier idols are fighting at the same time!

It's chaotic, it's chaotic, the Jinxibei area is all damn chaotic.

Such a spectacle truly stunned the passersby, "Holy crap, is it this exciting?!"

Starting a chaotic battle of this level all of a sudden is truly unheard of.

Yang Yang's fans: "Suddenly a bit glad that our family is just a top-tier idol gatekeeper; it's actually peaceful here right now."

Others are about to have their brains beaten out, and they are still there doing "Maka Paka."

However, the fan dispute between Bai Liang and Li Yifeng quickly became the focus of the top-tier idol war.

Countless eyes focused here.

Because the fan fights of other top-tier idols won't lead to any results.

But they are different.

They are both about to have movie works released, *How Long Will I Love U* and Li Yifeng's *Animal World* released one after another.

And both are the number one male leads, carrying the box office alone.

Such a fight can be completely decided by the movie's performance.

Who is the one with the most box office appeal among the four top-tier idols, and who is just blowing hot air—once the box office is out, it will be clear at a glance.

And for Bai Liang's fans, Li Yifeng is the last piece of the puzzle for their idol's "achievement."

If they don't fight all the other top-tier idols and rub them into the ground, why would they truly reach the top?

"Just missing you, Xiao Fengfeng~"

As long as he is defeated, this is simply a Grand Slam of a certain degree!

Stepping on all the top-tier idols to reach the top of the gap!

Come on!

Xu Zheng, who heard the news, was ecstatic!

"Holy crap, you can pull attention like this too?"

An inexplicable top-tier idol fan war suddenly brought so much traffic to *How Long Will I Love U*.

He can see topics discussing this matter just by casually scrolling through Weibo now.

It's too outrageous!

Is this what a top-tier idol is?

Yanzi also looked at the situation on the internet, dumbfounded, and was a bit puzzled.

Because she discovered that her Xiao Bai-ge seems to have gradually absorbed the attention and traffic of passersby triggered by the fights of other families...

To put it strangely, this wave is almost like all the top-tier idols are helping him build momentum.

Probably no one wants to do this, but it inexplicably resulted in such an outcome.

"This damn thing works too?!"

Under such high-profile circumstances, *How Long Will I Love U*... is finally about to be released!