Chapter 304: Ten Thousand People Petition

If the objects Zhou Yi used for his metaphors were Chinese mythology, historical allusions, Norse mythology, or even Indian mythology, the impact might not have been so great.

Because few Americans understand these aspects, if he really said them, he would have to babble an explanation, losing the instant-understanding impact.

Switching to DC makes it completely different.

DC, one of America's national-level comics, possesses two world-class IPs: Superman and Batman.

Because America basically has no history or mythology to examine, the hugely influential Superman and Batman hold a status in America that is basically equivalent to America's own myths and legends; anyone, human or ghost, can chat about them.

Among these, regarding Gotham City, the city where Batman resides, with its simple folk customs, everyone basically knows the situation clearly in their hearts.

Abandoned by his biological father, drifting without roots;

Broke with his biological mother, clashed irreconcilably with his ex-wife, leaving only a daughter he vowed to take good care of. Just after vowing to be a good father, Eminem himself was exposed for abusing controlled psychiatric drugs, getting high off drugs to the extreme.

This perfectly fits the membership standards for an honorary member of Gotham City.

Not to mention that in DC comics, the Joker, Batman's archenemy, has one identity background that happens to be somewhat similar to Eminem's past experiences of fatherly abandonment, breaking with his mother, and clashing with his ex-wife.

Furthermore, Zhou Yi's blog post even linked to "Tom and Jerry," a masterpiece known to every household worldwide.

Under Zhou Yi's subtle writing style, Eminem's identity as the Joker was directly "confirmed," setting off an explosion in online public opinion!

"Too talented! I like the way Spike insults people! This is much more fun than a pure 'Fuck You'!"

"Eminem! Stop singing! Bruce Wayne is calling you back to Gotham! He promises not to kill you, only to throw you into Arkham Asylum!"

"Shit! Why do I actually feel this makes sense? Eminem took so many doses of controlled psychiatric drugs; his mind might indeed be abnormal, and he should indeed be sent by Batman to Arkham Asylum for proper reformation."

"..."

Compared to Eminem's remarks that were still stuck in the traditional insult stage, Zhou Yi's blog post, extremely novel and fitting for this era, spread with a breadth and speed that could be called a miracle.

The Internet narrowed the distance between fun-seekers and fun-seekers; Zhou Yi's insult meme, which almost all Americans could understand instantly, directly created a carnival for fun-seekers—

Even though Zhou Yi himself did not have a group of die-hard fans in America, this group of fun-seekers who kept joining became the source of support for Zhou Yi.

Because of the Internet's unique attribute of rapid fermentation of public opinion, many celebrities who had been insulted or framed by Eminem in the past also joined this ocean of joy, mocking Eminem to the extreme amidst the lively atmosphere.

Yes, not the fans of the celebrities, but the celebrities themselves.

Mariah Carey herself even personally claimed the role of the "Beautiful Cat" who rejected Tom N times, which is equivalent to admitting that Eminem loved her but could not have her, and thus wrote songs in anger to start the fight.

Eminem, who had originally prepared to trade dirty words as usual, was left completely dumbfounded by what he saw.

"Fuck! What is he saying?!"

Zhou Yi, who insulted people completely against the usual pattern, left Eminem momentarily at a loss.

After fighting verbal battles for so many years, this was the first time he had encountered Zhou Yi's unique way of insulting people.

You could say the impact isn't great, but this article basically insulted him from head to toe, every sentence hitting his pain points, making him so angry that his seven orifices smoked and his defenses broke;

But if you say the impact is great, this second blog post titled "Tom..." stubbornly didn't have a single dirty word...

Fuck!

Eminem, who had struggled in the hip-hop scene for so many years, had never endured this kind of anger—

"Spike, a fake-hip-hop Bai Chi, with beats so bad they are unbearable to look at; perhaps Mariah Carey's milk gave him enough courage..."

Facing Zhou Yi's all-encompassing metaphorical attacks from family to life, even someone as experienced as Eminem could not find a point for an equivalent counterattack at that moment; resorting to traditional insults made it seem his vocabulary was somewhat lacking—

For this, he could only throw down a rebuttal that was comparatively completely lacking in impact, then dive headfirst into the recording studio to start recording songs urgently.

Eminem, with his eyes red from anger, now only felt his scalp go numb; his furious state instead stimulated his creative desire even more—he wanted to use music to make Zhou Yi lose utterly.

However, on the afternoon of July 16, when Zhou Yi boarded a New York talk show live broadcast program to continue promoting his new album, he was pulled out of the recording studio by his mentor—

The first thing to enter Eminem's field of vision was Zhou Yi's unreserved laughter in front of the camera: "What era is this, still using traditional vocabulary to insult people?"

"..."

"..."

At this moment, countless Eminem fans, who took pride in Eminem's large vocabulary for dissing people, were directly silenced in front of their televisions.

"Uh, what do you think about you telling Eminem that you are actually a fake-hip-hop singer? He even said your song beats are all terrible." The male host, struggling to keep up with Zhou Yi's train of thought, was trying hard to snatch the floor from his mouth.

"I think he should go to Arkham Asylum soon, because he even forgot that he is the one who is the most unreal fake-hip-hop singer—

"His hair is not Jin Se, it was dyed later; his eyes are not blue either. All of this is just a disguise he made to shape a furious hip-hop persona. I think I am much more real than him; at least I don't need to disguise myself."

Zhou Yi, who was attacking the lame leg's bad leg, smiled slightly: "So, I hope the editors of DC Comics will notice my suggestion; we can discuss it properly at the company another day."

As everyone knows, DC Comics and Warner Records are both part of Warner Bros.

"... Then what do you think about the criticism from the outside world? Many of them even expressed sympathy for you, thinking you would be dissed by Eminem's songs until your mindset exploded."

"My evaluation is: save the unnecessary pity and sympathy; a bunch of trash who only follow the crowd and bark."

Crossing his legs and dangling his toes, Zhou Yi sat on a red sofa, stroking his chin with his hand, and after a light laugh, ruthlessly mocked: "They all want to oppose me, but they only cower behind computer screens tapping on keyboards. If you have the guts, come out the door now and oppose me.

"Otherwise, they can only watch helplessly as I live a GoodTime, hug a hot-bodied beauty, whisper 'Baby' in her ear, and listen to her sing 'Yeah' at night."

Arrogant!

Completely overflowing with arrogance from the screen!

Zhou Yi's showy, overbearing posture instead made the audience in the venue scream continuously; since debuting in America, known for confidence, arrogance, and showiness, Zhou Yi once again deepened this impression for himself in this verbal battle by stepping on Eminem's head.

Of course, he had the capital for this—

July 16, the Billboard weekly rankings updated again:

"Yeah," riding on Zhou Yi's explosive popularity, soared directly into the top ten, becoming Zhou Yi's second individual work to enter the Billboard top ten singles, ranking eighth.

At the same time, "Baby" leaped to the 13th position, and "GoodTime" squeezed into the 15th.

In the Billboard 200 album sales weekly ranking, "The Attitude Show" retained the Billboard 200 album championship with sales of 1.013 million copies, becoming the first Chinese singer in Billboard history to retain the championship for two consecutive weeks!

Once again, making history!

Even more ridiculous, in this talk show program, Zhou Yi even publicly pulled a vote for himself—

"I started a petition on the Yahoo website, hoping DC editors will seriously consider the relevant opinions.

"Audience friends at the scene and in front of the TV screens, if you are interested, you can go vote and try; maybe it will make the DC editorial department see it."

Even in the West, where experts in the field of personally initiating group actions are as numerous as clouds, Zhou Yi's series of maneuvers was enough to make people's scalps tingle.

Relying on the massive reach of the internet, this petition, destined from the start to be turned into a spectacle by Zhou Yi, reached the level of ten thousand people signing it in just one night, boosted by his fans and chaos-seekers.

Excited passersby rushed to submit articles to the DC editorial department—

They had originally just been watching the drama, not intending to pick a side.

But Zhou Yi's antics were too eye-opening; these were acts we had never seen before!

One more chapter~

(End of this chapter)