Chapter 281: The Three Musketeers Behind the Golden Melody Backstage

"Jielun, ask you something. If I get into a fight with F4 backstage, who would you help?"

"Huh?"

After Qian Jiang left, Zhou Jielun, who had been eagerly planning to invite him to play cards, was suddenly asked such a question and froze: "You want to fight? Then I'll get Liu Genghong too; with him here, our chances of winning increase.

"He works out every day, more frequently than you do; in a fight, one of him is worth two of you."

The four of F4: he would fight Wu Jianhao, and Zhou Yi would face Yan Chengxu. Liu Genghong has bigger muscles; one person holding off the other two shouldn't be a problem.

After he and Zhou Yi took care of the two matched opponents from F4, they would go back to help Liu Genghong.

"... Er, no need to make such a big fuss."

Seeing that Zhou Jielun had already assigned tactics, Zhou Yi blinked and stopped his plotting: "I was just asking. After all, I don't know F4 well, and since I'm not in Taiwan, there's been quite a storm lately."

It's not like the situation with Chen Guanxi and Yu Wenle; it's not that serious, not that serious.

"Oh, you mean that."

Hearing him say that, Zhou Jielun suddenly understood, realized what Zhou Yi was talking about, and immediately shrugged: "Although I'm in Taiwan, you know, I'm not very close with them as a whole group; we might only meet on variety shows or at endorsement events.

"But don't worry; if a conflict really arises, I'll definitely help you beat them up."

When saying the word "beat," Zhou Jielun carried a bit of personal grudge.

Zhou Yi seemed to think of something, and his expression immediately became somewhat strange.

Among the award presenters at this year's Golden Melody Awards was someone who had been entangled with Zhou Jielun for most of last year—Xu Ruoxuan.

This woman, who had once collaborated with Zhou Jielun to the point of being inseparable, ultimately chose Wu Jianhao from F4.

Zhou Jielun, defeated in the competition, felt food wasn't even tasty during that period; his basketball skills also dropped significantly, with both shooting and passing being a complete mess.

You have to remember, before he debuted, his hand-shot shooting ability was enough to surpass Zhou Yi's!

"This is the age of rule of law; don't go with all that flashy nonsense." Zhou Yi patted his shoulder and said earnestly: "If you feel life is bitter, just drink a couple of cups of sweet milk tea, and your mood will improve."

"You're standing there talking without feeling the pain."

Zhou Jielun pouted: "I just don't understand what Wu Jianhao has that's better than me."

"Hmm... playing basketball?"

"Get lost; next time I'll just hold the door for you, and you'll fight four alone." Zhou Jielun, having been hit on a sore spot, was somewhat agitated.

What kind of person is this? He was clearly being kind.

"What door? What door? Who's fighting four alone?"

Outside the hotel room door, a confused voice suddenly sounded—

The two looked toward the sound; a head suddenly poked out from the slightly pushed-open door, revealing Sun Yanzi's face, full of curiosity: "You're going to fight? With whom?"

"He wants to fight F4."

"He wants to fight F4."

Zhou Yi and Zhou Jielun almost simultaneously raised their hands and pointed at each other.

Sun Yanzi, not understanding, tilted her head slightly, looked at Zhou Yi, and raised an eyebrow: "Hmm?"

The latter shrugged: "I've always been kind to people. Also, why didn't you knock?"

"I did knock; no one opened the door. I thought no one was inside, but the door opened when I pushed it."

Facing Zhou Yi's suspicion, Sun Yanzi grinned, trying to bluff her way through: "It's perfect that Jielun is here too; want to join the gathering? I'll introduce someone to you. Du Chengyi, the recently very popular A-Du; he's also from Singapore."

As the ace carefully cultivated by Sea Breeze for over two years, A-Du's debut work, while not explosively successful in sales in Taiwan, had a hit song; "He Must Love You Very Much" is now so popular in the mainland that it has no rivals.

Therefore, although he wasn't within this year's Golden Melody Awards selection range, he was still invited as a guest.

"That's perfect; I have someone too; let's just gather together."

Zhou Jielun, who had originally come to invite Zhou Yi, was delighted, then called over Luo Zhixiang and others; Sun Yanzi casually added Zhang Shaohan.

The circle of young singers in Taiwan is simply that small; it's always the same few people coming and going; the circles are basically clearly divided.

SHE, who debuted last year, wasn't qualified to enter this gathering; no one invited them, so under company arrangement, they rode on F4's connection to attend their gathering, and there they met three members of the hugely popular Japanese idol group V6.

"Why did the Golden Melody Awards invite Japanese people to present awards?"

At the gathering, hearing this news, Sun Yanzi paused, somewhat puzzled: "Isn't it the Mandarin Golden Melody Awards? Are those three people Chinese?"

Sun Yanzi, not very familiar with the Japanese idol scene, had no impression of the V6 group.

"My opinion is, it would be better to invite Nagano Hiroshi from V6; in China, his fame instantly crushes all other members of the group."

Zhou Yi, who still had no performance item scheduled for tomorrow, gorged himself on the barbecue: "If he wore a Tiga costume to present awards, the topic value would be absolutely high."

Zhou Jielun, who had watched tokusatsu, wiped his mouth, gave Zhou Yi a thumbs-up, clearly in strong agreement: "That would absolutely be awesome."

The male lead of Ultraman Tiga, the future car-crash hero Daigo Nagano Hiroshi, is a member of this V6.

The next day, 5:30 PM, the Golden Melody Awards red carpet.

Zhou Jielun, who didn't get to see Tiga, looked obviously disappointed; he huddled with Zhou Yi, muttering something privately, occasionally pointing and gesturing.

By the time the red carpet segment arrived, this year's Golden Melody Awards organizers knew exactly what topic value meant.

One Xu Ruoxuan walked by, and right behind followed Zhou Jielun;

Right after Jielun came F4, and right behind them was Zhou Yi.

Sun Yanzi, as a Warner artist, walked the red carpet around the same time as Zheng Xiuwen, Zhang Huimei, and others.

Camera lenses and fan cheers at the venue were evenly matched between F4 and Zhou Yi—it could even be said they split the world in two.

Reporters on site who knew that rumor wished those five would fight right there; after all, if F4 developed steadily in the mainland, Zhou Yi's record market and popularity would definitely lose a huge chunk.

Although Zhou Yi couldn't come in person, at least his records in Taiwan were making a fortune. Only F4 got nothing in the mainland, this huge market.

Cutting off someone's livelihood is like killing their parents.

This is a mortal enemy!

The historic meeting of the two sides was captured perfectly by high-definition cameras.

"Nice to meet you; I'm Yan Chengxu."

After the red carpet segment, in the backstage area of the Golden Melody Awards, within the corridors connecting the dressing rooms and lounges.

Yan Chengxu, the most popular member of F4, wore a professional smile on his face as he shook hands with Zhou Yi upon meeting him, followed immediately by the remaining three: Zhou Yumin, Wu Jianhao, and Zhu Xiaotian.

"Nice to meet you, Zhou Yi."

Zhou Yi, who had just finished shaking hands with all four, took a little time. Sun Yanzi and Zhou Jielun, hearing the commotion outside, exchanged a glance and walked straight out of the dressing room—

"Zhou Yi."

"Ah Yi."

The appearance of Sun Yanzi and Zhou Jielun made the already somewhat tense atmosphere in the corridor become even more bizarre.

Among the three, two were at odds with F4, while the remaining one was absolutely on Zhou Yi's side.

"Hey, have you heard? It seems F4 and Zhou Yi got into a fight backstage, all because of that previous incident. That hot-tempered Dao Ming Si even grabbed a weapon and charged in."

"Really? Don't spread rumors. Didn't they say the actor playing Dao Ming Si isn't hot-tempered in real life at all?"

"How could that be fake? The calmness is just for company promotion; that TV drama was clearly a portrayal of his true self."

"Let me tell you, a friend of a classmate of my cousin's relative works for the Golden Melody Awards organizers and saw it backstage. Now, it's said the organizers are still mediating; F4 got beaten pretty badly."

Kaohsiung, night. At a certain barbecue stall, a man who had drunk several bottles of beer whispered conspiratorially to his friend about the secret news he had heard.

"That doesn't sound right. Can Zhou Yi really take on four people? That impressive?"

"No, no, no. Zhou Jielun and Sun Yanzi helped. It's said Warner Bros. had anticipated F4's move long ago and had Sun Yanzi prepare an electric baton in the dressing room in advance. You know, she's nicknamed 'Thirteenth Sister' after all."

"Zhou Jielun had long been at odds with Wu Jianhao of F4, and Zhou Yi was his savior. Seeing them fight, he pulled out his nunchucks and rushed to help Zhou Yi."

"Zhou Yi himself is quite simple; he casually smashed a chair backstage, pulled out a wooden stick, and joined the fight. The three of them beat F4 into a bloody mess..."

The human world!

(End of this chapter)