Chapter 516: Guo Tianwang's Skit Masterpiece

Aesthetically beautiful visuals, with the live venue nearly overturned by the roar of sound.

He was making a scene, she was laughing—

This moment was an utterly explosive sight for everyone in the audience.

In an era where on-screen couples didn't yet operate on a massive scale in public, and were even unwilling to spread rumors outside their dramas, always maintaining a single-persona image, Zhou Yi and Cheng Hao's complete lack of hesitation, even directly showing off, completely satisfied the entire live audience—

Oh my god!

Chasing the on-screen couple of Wan Ren Mi and Li Bai can be this good?!

The magenta lights sprinkled over the stage were adding a solid buff, pushing that ambiguous atmosphere to its extreme—

This was an extremely novel experience.

It was simply like watching a live sequel to "Pink Ladies" full of pink bubbles, soothing and satisfying everyone dissatisfied with the ending of "Pink Ladies," because they were now truly seeing what Wan Ren Mi and Li Bai looked like and how they lived after falling deeply in love.

If it could matter, I would choose Li Bai—

All seventy thousand audience members in the venue were completely unable to distinguish whether this line was lyrics or Zhou Yi's heartfelt words to Cheng Hao borrowed from singing; only constant screaming could dispel the doubts and confusion in their hearts.

Some excited ones were even shouting until their faces turned red, just one step away from turning into a wild gorilla on the spot.

Especially after the performance ended, with Cheng Hao still tightly holding Zhou Yi's hand, continuously making Wan Ren Mi's signature blowing-kiss gesture to the audience on the three-sided stage to thank them— the two's movements were nothing short of a wife leading and the husband following.

"Cheng Hao! Cheng Hao! Cheng Hao!"

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

Waves of cheers and screams rose higher than the last; the lights shone on Cheng Hao's face, where her breathing was somewhat irregular, making her appear even more genuinely enchanting.

"Let's give a round of applause to my Miss Wan Ren Mi!"

Accompanying Zhou Yi's words, spoken as if he were Li Bai, the venue immediately obediently erupted with thunderous applause, given to the woman who was gradually disappearing from the stage as the lift descended.

"Now you know why I said I rehearsed this song for a long time."

After catching his breath, returning the guitar slung diagonally across his shoulder to the young man, and using the chat time to steady his breathing, Zhou Yi walked to the front of the stage and plopped down: "So what's next? By rights, I should start singing 'Glory' now—"

"No!"

"One more song!"

"One more song, Zhou Yi!"

Thanks to the news from the Shanghai show, the song Zhou Yi wrote to thank his fans had long been recognized as his concert's closing number.

But they did not want the curtain to fall yet.

Zhou Yi, who had raised the microphone to his lips several times only to have his hand lowered again, blocked by the fans' chaotic chatter, let his tongue brush his lips; his bangs, dampened by sweat, hung down on one side of his brow. The side profile appearing on the large venue screen under the holy light displayed an indescribable allure.

"Luckily my Cantonese has improved a bit; otherwise, I'm afraid I wouldn't even understand what you in the front row are saying."

Amidst the surprised gazes of the large number of local Guangzhou fans, Zhou Yi's Cantonese, though not very standard, was spoken with such fluency and sincerity.

If this were in the future mobile internet era, his accent would definitely be targeted by the Cantonese police.

But this is 2003.

A superstar who previously knew absolutely no Cantonese had specifically learned it just to hold a concert in Guangzhou; this alone was enough to win the affection of Guangzhou and even Guangdong province people.

"My Cantonese isn't very good, so for this Cantonese song I'm about to sing, if I mess up the lyrics, I hope you won't laugh at me."

Zhou Yi smiled and tilted his head: "After all, this song wasn't written by me, but this TV drama does have some connection to me; I know one of the actors, and she also played the female lead in my MV."

—?!

The fans, who had been guessing which Hong Kong pop Cantonese songs Zhou Yi would sing, were instantly stunned.

The female lead of Zhou Yi's MV?

A TV drama?

What the hell?!

Some quick-reacting local Guangzhou fans immediately widened their eyes—

"That's right, this drama is 'The Outsider Daughter-in-Law and the Local Son,' and Miss Liu Tao is even my fellow townsman." Amidst the surprised gazes of many Guangzhou people, Zhou Yi nodded and revealed the song he was about to sing—

"The Outsider Daughter-in-Law and the Local Son," the TV drama's theme song of the same name.

If one were to choose a song that best represented the current local song culture of Guangzhou, it would absolutely not be the various Cantonese songs coming from Hong Kong, but "The Outsider Daughter-in-Law and the Local Son."

This is a drama that can be called the provincial drama of Guangdong province; since its broadcast in 2000, it has firmly held the T0 throne in the Guangdong region, and its theme song is jokingly referred to as the provincial anthem of Guangdong province, with even "Boundless" hanging up to be beaten.

Especially in Guangzhou.

This can truly be said to be a song carved into the DNA of Guangzhou people; as soon as the intro plays, everyone can sing along.

Holding a concert in Guangzhou in this year and specifically choosing such a song to dedicate to Guangzhou fans, Zhou Yi's intentions were self-evident—

The most crucial thing is, Zhou Yi brings his own skit mode.

The band young man was in trouble again...

"Having a son isn't necessarily a blessing; you have to marry a daughter-in-law and split the house~"

The young man who had just retrieved his guitar was "forcibly" put into an arm-around-the-shoulder hold by Zhou Yi, who smiled and handed the microphone to his mouth—

"An outsider goose flew into the old house; chicken and duck talking, eyes rolling, eyes rolling oh oh oh~"

Not only the band young man, but even the uncle in charge of the camera couldn't escape Zhou Yi's skit coverage, forced to belt out a line or two, while Zhou Yi occupied his position, briefly steering a camera, and even swept the lens toward the fans in the audience.

This huge concert carried a bit of the comedic flavor of a Spring Festival Gala skit, causing the fans, who had previously been immersed in reluctance, to burst into laughter one by one.

Those with strong empathy automatically substituted themselves for the camera uncle and the band young man, their toes already awkwardly clawing out a three-bedroom, one-living-room apartment.

"Damn! Zhou Yi is too funny!"

"Did he learn his skit ability from Zhao Benshan?"

"I previously hallucinated him as that innocent Li Bai in 'Pink Ladies,' but in the blink of an eye, he personally shattered the filter for me."

"Give me back Li Bai!"

"..."

Not until Zhou Yi began singing the final song of this concert, "Glory," did many fans, caught between laughter and tears, "forgive" this man who, after the dreamy fairy tale, had started being abstract again.

"Thank you, thank you all, thank you Guangzhou!"

Standing on the descending platform after the finale, Zhou Yi gave one final instruction: "Be safe on your way home! Thank you!"

Some reporters who had bought on-the-spot tickets from scalpers and were listening to the songs at public expense couldn't wait to be the first to leave early as "Glory" began playing; after exiting the venue, they returned to their hotels or homes with notebooks full of emotions and wrote furiously, all to seize that first-hand traffic—

Unfortunately, no matter how fast they were, they couldn't beat Sohu, which had official authorization from Warner.

Unlike other singers, for Zhou Yi's concert, besides Sohu, which had a contract with him and could send reporters to shoot photos on-site for free, and besides the video clips provided officially by Warner, no other media outlets were invited.

This meant that Sohu could often obtain first-hand materials from Warner and the on-site reporters at such times to post on its news website—

"Zhou Yi's Guangzhou Station Concert Concludes Successfully!"

"The Fate with Guangzhou: The Outsider's Wife, Local Son"

"The Most Special Performance: Wan Ren Mi Makes a Surprise Appearance!"

"..."

After eleven o'clock at night, many who couldn't make it to Zhou Yi's concert could only wait by Sohu; upon seeing these messages, they all let out howls of envy, jealousy, and hatred, and incidentally saved the high-definition photos released, especially the high-definition photos of Zhou Yi and Cheng Hao.

And by the next day, major entertainment dailies and weeklies all rolled out their own reports, and among these, the most eye-catching was undoubtedly Zhou Yi's unique performance at the concert—

In this era when everyone was still trying their hardest on singing, stage, and lighting, Zhou Yi could almost be said to have single-handedly seamlessly integrated the skit segment into the song performance, whether it was the dreamlike interaction with Cheng Hao or the abstract performance of "The Outsider's Wife, Local Son".

If there's fun, then the discussion is high—

On the internet, it spreads more easily and becomes more popular.

"Guangzhou Daily": Wan Ren Mi and Zhou Yi share the stage for the first time, performing "Give Me a Song's Time" and igniting the whole venue!

"Star River Film and Television": Cheng Hao officially makes a comeback for Zhou Yi!

"Ming Pao Weekly": Zhou Yi holds hands with Wan Ren Mi, hiding a beauty in a golden house!

"Ningbo Evening News": Fans go wild, moved to tears! Zhou Yi's Guangzhou Station Concert concludes successfully!

"..."

While entertainment newspapers and weeklies across the country were rushing to report, the forums led by Tianya and Mop on the internet were directly flooded until the servers almost crashed!

The platforms had to activate multiple groups of servers to cope with the sudden surge of massive traffic, yet they still couldn't hold back people's enthusiasm.

"Damn! How did I never discover Zhou Yi has such skit talent before? If he's not in this year's Spring Festival Gala skit, I won't watch."

"Can this even be called a skit? It's clearly cross-talk!"

"Warner's two pillars are both stranger than the other; Sun Yanzi often speaks without a filter on her mouth, while Zhou Yi simply doesn't have a door at all."

"Warner's Skit King! Who dares to question?!"

"Uh, the one above, what are you saying? Sun Yanzi isn't this abstract, okay? She's always been a good girl, very ladylike in her life; the only one in the whole of Warner who does abstract stuff is Zhou Yi..."

"What is abstract?"

"This is something those who know understand; if you don't understand, telling you won't help..."

"No! Impossible! Absolutely impossible!!!"

As a management trainee at Warner, Deng Shiying, upon waking up and seeing these news items, felt the whole sky had collapsed—

What's going on?!

Why didn't the CP she shipped work out, and now there's another one with extreme threat?!

Deng Shiying, who had previously fought with Xiao Yaxuan's CP fans until the sky and earth were dark, fighting to the point where she was just about to follow the light over to beat people up, angrily started online bashing—

Especially that ID talking about "abstract".

Although she didn't know what it meant, the Gemini Stars were a pair made in heaven, with the wife leading and the husband following; who knows, maybe Sun Yanzi will learn from Zhou Yi in the future.

She was a die-hard fan of the Gemini Stars and absolutely would not allow any Sun Yanzi fan to not support the Gemini Stars.

Especially when Deng Shiying clicked on the other person's avatar and profile, seeing it was clearly a small account, active in all sorts of melon fields, it must be a hater! Or a troll!

The kind extremely skilled at setting the pace!

"You're talking nonsense! Do you understand Sun Yanzi?! Huh? I've seen Sun Yanzi..."

"..."

Three minutes later, an account with a Sun Yanzi grinning avatar was bashed offline by Little Deng Shiying...

That grinning avatar turning gray directly was ironclad proof...

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(End of this chapter)