Chapter 286: The Illiterate Top Star, Family

"Zhou Yi! Zhou Yi! Zhou Yi!!!"

When Zhou Yi's name once again clearly came into view for everyone present, the others remained somewhat restrained, but the fans of Zhou Yi in the audience were completely unable to hold back—

The unified roar of their cheers far exceeded that of F4, who had appeared as award presenters, making the fans who had already shouted for F4 very unhappy.

Isn't it just that he was selected a few more times?

What's so great about that?

Whether he wins the award or not is still uncertain; what the hell good is getting so excited?

What the hell good is showing off nomination counts if you don't win the award?

Because Jay Chou's name was not on the selection list, his fans were as quiet as chickens, while some fans who flocked to both Zhou Yi and Jay Chou jumped into Zhou Yi's fan camp, shouting a couple of times along with them to vent their excitement.

"Zhou Yi is awesome!"

Having watched the Golden Melody Awards for so many years, from composing to lyric writing to arranging, such an all-around singer is truly as unique as a scorpion's droppings.

"They didn't give you the lyrics, but they should give you the arrangement, right?"

Nervous Sun Yanzi instinctively tightened her grip on the man's suit sleeve and muttered, "But it's actually this F4 presenting the award; it's so annoying."

If she previously held some filter for F4, now she only felt nauseous at the thought of these four going up to present the award.

They can't sing, they can't dance, and they can't act either; the outside world's evaluation of them is not wrong, yet they can still be award presenters, and are even very likely to present the award to Zhou Yi.

"I don't know; the Golden Melody Awards' nature is hard to say."

Zhou Yi, feeling the sleeve tighten, lowered his gaze to glance at it, didn't move away, and guessed.

Regarding winning awards, of these two songs, only "Susan Shuo" has a good chance, but unfortunately, it is of the same type as "Hua Tian Cuo," making it easier to lose points in the judging.

"Uh, hello everyone, we are F4."

The gloomy expression they had backstage before was swept away upon going on stage; the four members of F4, who had mastered the idol persona, interacted with the audience below while wearing makeup that looked slightly thick in comparison.

The four, who had checked the list and seen the winners before going on stage, were in high spirits at this moment, even telling awkward group crosstalk on stage.

Zhou Yi didn't win, and Jay Chou didn't win either; for them, this was undoubtedly the best result.

They didn't recognize Zhong Xingmin as Jay Chou's person; after all, he made a name for himself in the industry not by relying on Jay Chou, having been nominated for the Best Arranger list at the 7th Golden Melody Awards.

"Actually, over the past year, we have received a lot of criticism."

After the interaction, Yan Chengxu, the most popular member of the group, smiled and began to play the victim according to the script Chai Zhiping had written in advance: "Some people say we can't sing at all."

Wu Jianhao, whose mouth was stretched almost to the back of his head, quickly followed up: "Some people also say we can't act at all."

Zhu Xiaotian, who hid his red and swollen eyes behind his bangs, looked around the audience: "There are even people who say we can't even speak."

A burst of laughter sounded appropriately in the singers' section below, mixed in with the sharp screams of F4's fans.

This was a bit awkward...

"Uh, so we will support this grand gathering belonging to us musicians with our actual actions." Zhou Yumin, who was half a beat slow in his reaction, smiled awkwardly after coming to his senses: "And we, resolutely oppose, piracy."

He forgot the front, he forgot the back; after seeing Zhou Yi's expression of a half-smile below the stage, Zhou Yumin paused, and simply directly tied it to this year's Golden Melody Awards theme: opposing MP3 piracy downloads.

Such a stiff connection to the theme would make anyone feel so awkward their toes would curl, yet it unexpectedly drew continuous screams from the die-hard F4 fans at the scene.

Occasionally mixed in were cheers like "Zai Zai is so handsome."

"They look like they are very nervous?"

"Not everyone has my kind of psychological quality."

Zhou Yi, whispering with Sun Yanzi, didn't care at all about the camera that had already turned towards him, completely ignoring F4 who were speaking on stage;

Jay Chou, with his arms crossed over his chest, watched the stage, not even offering a smile.

"Then, the person who won the Best Arranger Award at the 13th Taiwan Golden Melody Awards is..."

Wu Jianhao, whose mind was full of Zhou Yi and Jay Chou, seeing the world-weary face Jay Chou made below the stage, felt incredibly pleased, so much so that he spoke the name without thinking and said it as Zhou Jie—

"Jay Chou! 'Double-Section Staff'!"

As Wu Jianhao's words fell, the three beside him hadn't noticed anything wrong yet and even cooperated by shouting, and the sound of Jay Chou's song "Quickly Use the Double-Section Staff, Heng Heng Ha Xi" immediately rang out at the scene.

At this moment, Sun Yanzi below the stage widened her eyes in disbelief, her mouth opening slightly in surprise.

Zhou Yi was also stunned at first, then couldn't hold it back; the corners of his mouth were harder to suppress than an AK, rising uncontrollably as he burst out laughing.

Awesome; the three characters of Zhong Xingmin and Jay Chou, who have nothing to do with each other, could even be seen splitting apart.

The most baffling one was undoubtedly Jay Chou below the stage, who was making a world-weary face after seeing F4; facing the people in the surrounding seats standing up in unison to shake his hand and congratulate him, he was dumbfounded—

Like a lucky cat that had lost consciousness, his hands were shaken by different people, his expression full of bewildered confusion.

What's going on?

I didn't arrange 'Double-Section Staff' either.

Can't F4 read?

Jay Chou's confusion made some people who never paid attention to arranging feel something was wrong; when Zhong Xingmin, who should have received congratulations and applause, helplessly stood up from his seat, everyone at the scene realized something was wrong—

A moment of silence suddenly appeared in the applause that had been like a tide.

Holy crap!

It's a mix-up!

F4 are such big people; don't they know how to read?!

What kind of education level is that?!

Is everyone a preschool dropout?!

When Zhong Xingmin left his seat and slowly walked towards the stage, the faces of those who had congratulated Jay Chou first couldn't hold up.

Damn it!!!

Your mother!!!

Chai Zhiping, who had gone to great lengths to squeeze F4 into the Golden Melody Awards ceremony as presenters, was sitting below the stage, almost dying of anger; in her rush of heat attacking her heart, she was just about to curse loudly while pinching her own people.

This program effect was too much.

Moments ago, they had boldly declared that those outside who said they couldn't sing, couldn't act, and couldn't speak were wrong; now, immediately after, they had caused such a massive stage accident.

This wasn't just being unable to speak; this was being illiterate, not even recognizing characters!

A perfect boomerang!

Zhou Yi, who loved watching the chaos and didn't mind if things got worse, clapped actively and even gave a thumbs-up to the stage, though it was unclear whether he was directing it at Zhong Xingmin or at F4.

At this moment, the other three members of F4 on stage also realized that Wu Jianhao had seemingly said the wrong name just now—but facing Zhong Xingmin who had already come on stage, knowing they were in the wrong, they stuttered and couldn't utter a single word, so they could only force a smile.

"Zhou Yi, do you think we are being too obvious in taking pleasure in their misfortune?"

Sun Yanzi, who had been bold earlier, after finishing her laughter, seemed to remember something; she turned her head to look at Chen Zeshan not far away, quietly tugged his sleeve, and said in a low voice.

"Is it that obvious?" Zhou Yi raised an eyebrow.

Sun Yanzi blinked, recalled the situation, and said, "Extremely obvious."

PS: There is still one more chapter of make-up updates, which will be a bit later.

(End of this chapter)