Chapter 204: Does the Song Reflect Reality?

Facing Qian Jiang's suggestion, Zhou Yi did not make a decision this time.

From the perspective of the offer being higher, Sina is undoubtedly leading for now, and Sina's executives are clearly well aware of their disadvantage. But from the perspective of resources, Sohu is currently his best choice; this part of the value is hard to measure with quantifiable money.

After Zhou Yi hung up the phone and returned to the private room, Chen Hao, who knew him very well, immediately noticed the subtle change in his expression, but she suppressed the urge to ask—

Sa Beinan is still here.

Not until the meal was finished, and after obtaining contact information for a luxury team of domestic lawyers from Sa Beinan that could be called an elite class, did she, standing by the window and watching the former leave, turn her head to look at the man still casually picking at food on the table: "Are you okay? I saw you seem to have something on your mind after taking that call."

"Me?"

Zhou Yi, still chewing on green beans, turned his head to look at her, raising his eyebrows with a hint of surprise: "I'm fine."

"Generally, when you have something on your mind, you suddenly quiet down alone. You don't talk much, look like you're zoning out, and you love chewing on things."

Back in her seat, Chen Hao propped her cheek on one hand, smiling with her eyes and brows: "Look at what you're doing right now?"

"Really?"

Zhou Yi, who indeed had no impression of some of his subconscious habits, paused his action of chewing green beans, then quickly swallowed them mixed with rice, swept his tongue over his lips twice, and smiled: "Why do I feel like you know me better than I know myself?"

Chen Hao, taking a breath, leaned her upper body back, resting against the chair back while tilting her head and teasing: "Observation and learning, one of the required courses at the Central Academy of Drama."

"Micro-expression psychology?"

"You can understand it that way, but it's not that high-end."

"Then I really have to be careful when I'm with you."

After wiping his mouth with a tissue and standing up to put on his jacket, Zhou Yi pouted: "Sohu and Sina want to sign me, but I'm suffering from decision paralysis right now."

"If I had to choose, I would probably choose Sohu. Standing from the perspective of an ordinary person, they have more ads, are a bit more powerful, have a bigger reputation, and would be more helpful to your current situation..."

Zhou Yi and Chen Hao, walking out of this private kitchen via the back door, were still chatting as they walked; the two, who had already planned out a blueprint while talking, completely failed to notice that on a large tree branch not far away, two reporters squatting up there were holding cameras and clicking away—

"This Zhou Yi really knows how to sit still. Everyone outside is saying he's winning glory for the country, so how does he still have the mind to come eat with a woman?"

"Is there a possibility that the woman is his source of inspiration? I see that those top-tier talented men never lack women around them."

"Let's go, let's go, follow them. We've already been squatting on Zhou Yi, so what's the point of squatting on Jin Suo?"

The two paparazzi, who had originally come here to squat on Fan Bingbin, Lu Yi, Ren Quan, and other members of the "Young Bao Qingtian 2" cast, couldn't help but sigh at the gift from heaven.

Compared to the commotion in Taiwan and Hong Kong, Zhou Yi upon returning to the mainland was simply unlike himself in terms of "causing trouble," so much so that to actually interview him basically required going through official channels.

Coincidentally, his programs on the mainland were pitifully few, and apart from a few endorsement events, he couldn't be found at all.

Now, most of Zhou Yi's fans on the mainland are watching those gossip tabloids for his captured whereabouts—what event he's at today, where he's going tomorrow, who he seemingly had a falling out with the day after tomorrow, and which beautiful female star he seemingly hooked up with the day after that.

Zhou Yi, upon returning to the mainland, can be said to have single-handedly raised the level of paparazzi stalking in the mainland.

"Hmm? That's not right, why do I feel like the two of them are going to look at a house?"

When they followed Zhou Yi and Chen Hao all the way by car to the area near the Guomao in Chaoyang District, the two paparazzi looked at each other, seeing shock in each other's eyes.

Didn't Zhou Yi already buy a house?

October 5, Tianjin "Daily New News" Entertainment Section: A reporter with the pen name Zhuo Wei launched an attack again after several months, posting photos of Zhou Yi and Chen Hao leaving the restaurant together and riding in the same car to look at a house!

Zhuo Wei, whose fame had already skyrocketed for photographing Zhang Ziyi "making a scene" at Jackie Chan's birthday party, once again helped "Daily New News" achieve a new sales high with the photos released this time.

"That's not right, how is it really Chen Hao? They're just looking at a house? What does this woman have besides her face?"

"In terms of fame, even the weakest model among Zhou Yi's rumored girlfriends could crush her; I can't accept this."

"Didn't you watch 'Super Visit'? Zhou Yi clearly said Chen Hao is his best friend; the two have known each other for much longer, even earlier than Sun Yanzi of the Twins."

"Wait, if that's the case, wouldn't Zhou Yi's song 'Love Me or Him' be written based on his own emotional experiences? One in Taiwan, one in the Imperial Capital—holy crap, even the plot background in the MV matches up?!"

"That doesn't quite fit; the female lead in that MV is Zhou Xun and Fan Bingbin."

"No problem there; Zhou Xun has short hair and a flat chest, and Sun Yanzi also has short hair and a flat chest; Fan Bingbin is stunning and beautiful, and Chen Hao is also stunning and beautiful... The more we say it, the more it feels like this guy is playing for real?"

"..."

When Tianya and Mopu started discussing Zhou Yi's "Love Me or Him," many troublemakers who enjoyed stirring the pot and even expanding their thinking started using magnifying glasses to find correspondences between the song and reality.

Zhou Yi's previously buried foreshadowing of "job transfer" in the MV background also matched up one-to-one with the restraining order; against the backdrop of Zhou Yi topping the Oricon charts in Japan, this sudden exposure of the rumor even drove a small surge in album sales.

People in the industry were originally watching the fun, but after noticing this point, considering Warner's past record, they couldn't help but suspect whether this was another publicity stunt.

It was mainly because they were stunned by Warner's past marketing tactics, which were impossible to guard against and completely went against the rules, plus Zhou Yi himself was not the type of person who would avoid such matters.

October 6, when Sun Yanzi officially began preparing to promote her new album "Kite," she was also asked about this matter at the event scene as she started her promotional run.

"What? Zhou Yi and Young Lady Chen Hao's romance? That's not true at all; it's all you media making a mountain out of a molehill."

Because of the song "Your Smile," which was directly sent to major domestic radio stations to chart, Sun Yanzi, who finally began her new album promotion and hype amidst the eager anticipation of her fans, held a huge pile of microphones in her hands during the interview and laughed uncontrollably: "Besides, if we're going to talk like that, Zhou Yi was with me on October 1st, eating at my house."

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(End of Chapter)