Chapter 284: The Most Dramatic Golden Melody Award Song Since the Millennium

"Don't move around. It's just been disinfected; I'm putting on a bandage."

After Yao Qian left, Chai Zhiping, who couldn't stay there either, led the defeated F4 out in a similarly dejected manner.

As the winner, Zhou Yi sat in a chair with his sleeves rolled up. Sun Yanzi squatted beside him, seriously helping disinfect the wound. Seeing Zhou Yi treat it lightly and about to stand up, she immediately raised her hand and gave his thigh a light slap—

Looking up, her tone was unquestionable.

Zhou Yi paused for a moment, then laughed: "This isn't even a real injury, just a scrape. This fight wouldn't even be called a fight back in my day, you know? Those four were just all show. I used to be the boss of Peking University."

Fights others dared not pick, he dared to pick. This was the reputation he had fought for brick by brick in a place full of hooligans before he even debuted.

"You were too reckless. This matter didn't need to escalate so much."

"Is that so? Would you have been content to have rumors spread about you?"

Zhou Yi glanced at the woman squatting beside him, carefully peeling open a bandage and aligning it with the wound, and said with a smile.

"I've had rumors spread about me by the media countless times," Sun Yanzi muttered, fully focused on applying the next bandage.

"That's different. The media is the media, but F4 is the hottest in Asia—hiss!"

Nearby, Zhou Jielun, whose arm scrape was being treated by Fang Wenshan, winced in pain, and at the end couldn't help but retort to his partner: "Can you be a little gentler?"

"What a brat. If you have the guts to talk back, go ask Xu Ruoxuan to come help you."

Fang Wenshan looked down on him: "Last time you challenged Wu Jianhao to a basketball game and lost to him. You were lucky to win today, otherwise you'd have lost face twice."

Zhou Jielun: "..."

Damn it!

Haven't you heard you shouldn't expose someone's weaknesses when scolding them?!

Last year, unable to swallow his anger over Xu Ruoxuan choosing Wu Jianhao, an incensed Zhou Jielun actively challenged him to a one-on-one basketball game, and Fang Wenshan couldn't stop him no matter what.

The result was that in front of Xu Ruoxuan, he was utterly humiliated by Wu Jianhao, who went all out, nearly driving him into depression.

Qian Jiang, amused that Zhou Yi fought without suffering a loss, looked radiant: "But your fight was interesting, Yi. Fighting three people and only getting a scrape on your arm, and after the fight was over, you still had the energy to help Jielun. Back in the day, you'd definitely have been a Red Flower Gang member."

"Real street fights target weak points; they don't drag on like in movies. They just don't know how to fight."

After Sun Yanzi finished applying six bandages, Zhou Yi pulled down his rolled-up sleeve and chuckled: "I've long heard that F4 got arrogant after becoming famous. I didn't expect them to be this brainless. In a manga, they'd probably be roasted for being mindless."

This fight, even if it didn't happen today, would eventually happen on the set of the Pepsi commercial, where F4 would clash with Zhou Jielun, who had become a true Little Guo Tianwang.

Although the official line was that it was a joke, since the main conflicting parties were F4 and Zhou Jielun, not many believed it at first. After the flood of damage-control press releases came out, even more people didn't believe it, which ironically helped Chen Guanxi, drawing public attention to him.

As a result, the loyal Zhou Jielun remained good friends with Chen Guanxi even after his career was ruined, and when Chen Guanxi announced his retirement from the industry and then wanted to make a comeback, Zhou Jielun even wrote a song specifically for him.

"It's just that they rely on being famous across Asia, and what they rely on is TV dramas."

Zhou Jielun, who couldn't land idol drama roles due to his looks, was somewhat sarcastic.

If we're talking about envy, he was definitely envious deep down.

He originally just wanted to focus on making and writing songs. After debuting, he initially just wanted to be a singer, but now he had developed some interest in the film and television field.

In his opinion, F4 were good at nothing, yet because of one drama, they were incredibly popular across the entire Asian continent.

He couldn't accept it.

As for looks, not being able to beat Yan Chengxu and Zhou Yumin was one thing, but he felt that if he fixed himself up, Zhu Xiaotian and Wu Jianhao wouldn't be much better than him.

If it weren't for Zhou Yi appearing and using his European and American achievements to suppress them, the four members of F4 could be said to be the hottest male stars in Asia right now.

"Forget it. Since we fought anyway, it doesn't matter."

After Fang Wenshan finished treating him, Zhou Jielun put on his black leather jacket and politely thanked Zhang Shaohan: "Thank you, Shaohan."

If she hadn't closed the door in time, what happened in the dressing room would have surely leaked out, and it would have been hard to cover up then.

"Uh, you're welcome. I should have done it?"

Zhang Shaohan, who was whispering with Sun Yanzi, paused for a moment, then said with a smile: "After all, we've known each other for so long. If I hadn't been unable to step in, Sister Yanzi and I would have stepped in to help you too."

"Speaking of which, F4 got beaten pretty badly. Will they still be able to attend as award presenters?" Sun Yanzi, who had been so furious she wanted to go up and kick them a few times herself, suddenly remembered the Golden Melody Awards ceremony.

The organizers of this year's Golden Melody Awards understood how to generate buzz.

The presenter for Best Composition was Xu Ruoxuan, and the presenter for Best Arrangement was F4. Both were Zhou Jielun's most competitive nominations, and also the battleground between Zhou Jielun and Zhou Yi.

Zhou Yi scoffed and curled his lip: "At worst, I'll just apply two more layers of powder on my face."

Zhou Jielun nodded in agreement and gave a thumbs up: "Yi is right."

Fang Wenshan sighed helplessly, Zhang Shaohan covered her mouth and giggled, and Sun Yanzi, thinking of the scene at that time, couldn't help but grin and laugh out loud.

Facts proved that Zhou Yi's guess was correct.

Attending the Golden Melody Awards ceremony for the first time as an award presenter should have been an honor for F4, but by the time they arrived and everyone had taken their seats, the makeup on their four faces was noticeably thicker than before—covering the marks Zhou Yi had left on them.

When the lights shone on their four faces, the bizarre reflection of the heavy makeup under the lights made these four men, famous for starring in idol dramas, look not very idol-like.

Although Zhang Shaohan closed the door in time, the backstage conflict obviously couldn't be hidden from the other stars present.

After the four parties involved—Zhou Yi, Sun Yanzi, Zhou Jielun, and Zhang Shaohan—all took their seats, the on-site cameras, guided by the director, swept directly across their four faces—

Not one of them was without heavy makeup.

"Zhou Yi! Zhou Yi! Zhou Yi!"

"Jielun!!!"

"F4! F4! F4!"

"Yanzi!!!"

The fans who were able to enter the venue to watch the awards ceremony erupted in cheers far louder than before after Zhou Yi and the others entered one by one, their faces filled with excitement.

However, the F4 fans, not knowing what had happened, suddenly found that under the lighting tonight, their idols didn't look as handsome as they did in the TV dramas.

That alone would have been fine, but the cameras kept cutting back and forth between F4 and Zhou Yi in a very annoying way.

What's going on with the Golden Melody Awards organizers?!

Is this how you treat your guests?!

Some F4 fans felt dissatisfied in their hearts, but considering the occasion, they didn't make a scene.

Zhou Yi, who also noticed the camera on the big screen, couldn't help but chuckle lightly; crossing his legs, he interlaced his fingers before his belly, leaned back tactically against the chair, and struck a disdainful pose as if to say, "I'm simply more handsome than all of you."

"Yao Qian, did you have someone do this?"

"No."

In the backstage area of the organizing committee, Yao Qian, a member of the committee this year, denied it expressionlessly: "They were the five most popular people on site; is there a problem with giving them more camera time?"

"Besides, didn't you arrange for Xu Ruoxuan and F4 to create a spectacle?"

"..."

Having just repaired their relationship with Yao Qian, and now knowing what had happened previously, the organizing committee found it hard to say much more.

The camera shots on site also made the many celebrities in the audience sniff out a hint of something unusual.

The veteran celebrities, having experienced all kinds of dramatic events, each smiled with deep meaning, their significant glances sweeping successively over the F4 sitting upright and Zhou Yi, who was chatting and laughing with Sun Yanzi;

The new generation looked around curiously, whispering to each other from time to time.

Chen Yi Xun, who had an extremely close relationship with Xie Tingfeng, was typing furiously on his phone, unsure whether he was chatting with Xie Tingfeng about this bizarre atmosphere on site or doing something else.

Hong Kong, Xie Tingfeng's home.

When Xie Tingfeng, confined to his home, learned from his good friend Chen Yi Xun about the exceptionally dramatic atmosphere at this year's Golden Melody Awards, he was initially amused, but soon, realizing the situation, his eyes widened—

"That's not right! Why is he completely fine after fighting? Isn't gathering a crowd to fight also illegal???"

You, Zhou Yi, are even a law student; breaking the law while knowing it isn't an added crime on top of the original one??

"Is it possible that this counts as an internal entertainment industry incident, whereas you don't?"

Huo Wenxi quietly added from the side: "And F4 started the rumors in the first place; once exposed, it would be a huge blow to F4's reputation and image, just like your situation right now."

Xie Tingfeng fell silent.

Not long after, Chen Yi Xun's text message live update arrived on the phone again—

"This is hilarious, Tingfeng; the Golden Melody Awards officials actually let Xu Ruoxuan present the Best Composition award alongside three Japanese people, and Xu Ruoxuan is even working as a Japanese translator on stage.

"Come to think of it, her Japanese does have a certain flavor, plus she looks good and her figure is decent; no wonder Jay Chou and Wu Jianhao fought over her."

At the Golden Melody Awards venue, after being teased by host Tao Jingying into being the "lone warrior" who insists on singing even when only one person remains, Chen Yi Xun, upon seeing the Best Composition award presenters introduced by Tao Jingying, immediately suppressed the dissatisfaction and irritability in his heart and began to enjoy the drama.

And when Xu Ruoxuan appeared, Wu Jianhao glanced provocatively in Jay Chou's direction, while the latter remained expressionless.

On stage, Xu Ruoxuan, wearing a pink strapless long dress with bangs exclusive to sweet girls, blinked her eyes, her gaze sweeping over Wu Jianhao and Jay Chou: "OK, then, next we will present the award for the Pop Music category, Best Composition."

"Honestly, the competition for this award is indeed a bit fierce; please look at the big screen!"

Xu Ruoxuan smiled sweetly and waved her hand, and immediately the big screen on site displayed the list of nominees for the first Pop Music award of this year's Golden Melody Awards—

"Nominated for the 13th Best Composition Award are: Cai Jianya: 'Got It Wrong'

"Jay Chou: 'Love Before BC'

"Zhou Yi: 'Jiangnan'

"Zhou Yi: 'Dongfeng Po'

"Chen Xiaojuan: 'Flowing Years'."

(End of this chapter)