Chapter 54: The Gods Are About to Return to Their Positions

《The "Substitute" of the Warner Twins! Sneaking into a Night Stall with a Shabby Excuse! 》

《The Zhou-Man-Sun-Woman Offline Signing Event, Fans' Emotions Surging! 》

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The next day, when "Food Word Road" officially began recording, Wu Zongxian, unable to hold back his laughter, presented fresh reports for today's two guests:

On the huge layout, Zhou Yi and Sun Yanzi's serious-looking blundering was perfectly frozen in time.

"Unfortunately, your younger brother and sister caused such a huge commotion in the night market last night. I heard you finally had to call company people to help resolve the situation, is that right?"

Facing the camera and having this embarrassing matter mentioned, Sun Yanzi helplessly raised her hand to cover her face, then pointed at Zhou Yi beside her, laughing and shifting the blame: "This can't be blamed on me; I really reported my sister's name.

"And my sister really looks very much like me.

"If Zhou Yi hadn't randomly reported some gossip, it wouldn't have ended with the company sending someone to take us back to the program group's hotel."

Zhou Yi, who had been pointed at, shrugged: "I think the main reason was that her makeup skills weren't up to par last night, which led to the large-scale crowd gathering in the end."

Sun Yanzi raised her arm and directly elbowed him, causing Zhou Yi to laugh helplessly; he pointed at her, turned his head, and looked at Wu Zongxian: "See, Brother Xian, this is a typical manifestation of being angry out of shame."

Wu Zongxian nodded with a smile: "I can see it."

His excellent hosting ability allowed him to easily catch the topic Zhou Yi threw back and smoothly steer it to the content of the program he was recording today.

The other host, Kang Kang, serving as Zhou Yi's partner on the show, was responsible for creating new topics for Wu Zongxian.

To be honest, when Zhou Yi first saw this Kang Kang, he felt he looked very familiar; later he remembered, isn't this the delivery guy who argued with Zhang Dapao in "iPartment" later on?

This accent is very magical.

After the routine program flow passed, Zhou Yi and Wu Zongxian formed one team, Sun Yanzi and Kang Kang formed another, and they set off separately holding the phrase "Three-Cup Chicken" given by the program group.

"Has Classmate Zhou ever eaten the dish Three-Cup Chicken before?"

"No, but I've heard of it. Actually, I wanted to try it last night, but due to that well-known reason last night, Brother Xian, you understand."

Raising his hand to wave at the fans gathered outside the program group staff, Zhou Yi, who drew a round of cheers, pretended helplessly and sighed: "No choice, the popularity is too high."

"Damn, I don't know why I always feel you saying this sounds like you're asking for a beating. But thinking of your album sales, I have to take back my fist."

While speaking, Wu Zongxian, walking towards the BMW car prepared by the program group, smoothly steered the topic to Zhou Yi's albums; knowing he didn't have a Taiwan driver's license, he walked straight to the driver's seat.

From Zhou Yi's perspective as someone from the future, the program "Food Word Road" is actually quite boring. Although it is currently the hottest outdoor variety show in Taiwan, the program group's routine keeps flipping back and forth but remains exactly the same, never changing.

Give the name of the first food—chat while eating—use the last character's sound of the first food name to create the next food to eat—continue chatting while eating.

Moreover, Wu Zongxian's hosting style is full of the characteristics of this era.

If he himself wasn't capable of talking endlessly, it's hard to say he wouldn't make things so awkward that one's scalp would go numb.

"I have a question—ah, no, it's a question from the vast number of fans that I want to ask you, Classmate Zhou."

Sitting down at the first Three-Cup Chicken restaurant, Wu Zongxian started his highlight: "Just look, you are so tall and handsome; is your romantic experience very rich?

"Look at the songs you wrote; I feel that without certain relevant experience, you wouldn't be able to write them."

To illustrate, Wu Zongxian not only brought out "Hate the Dream of the Red Chamber" but also took out "Flower Field Mistake": "And, and, including me, many fan friends are actually very curious about what mistake you made in the flower field; you know what I mean, right?"

Eating the chicken, feeling nothing special except tenderness, Zhou Yi smiled and took a sip of his drink: "Do you know that if what you just said spreads with the program and causes great trouble for my personal reputation, strictly speaking, I can sue you for defamation, Brother Xian."

"Huh? Sue me? Did I break the law?"

Wu Zongxian's unique exaggerated acting style actually made Zhou Yi laugh, a genuine laugh: "Believe me, Brother Xian, I am a professional. I originally studied law; would I lie to you?"

After using jokes to tease some rumors about himself, Zhou Yi's old secrets were also exposed one by one on the program:

Things like having good grades don't count; the fact that he originally started music just to learn instruments and pick up girls was explosive.

The main point was a sincere confession; the principle was honesty.

"Maybe Brother Xian doesn't know the inside story; the reason I came to sing is actually forced."

"Oh? Forced? Could it be that Warner forced you?"

This time Wu Zongxian really got interested; this sentence was not in the script; it was purely the two of them chatting excitedly to create variety show effects.

"Yes, actually, I initially refused Warner Records' invitations several times; finally, President Zhou Jianhui himself came out, appealing to my emotions and reasoning with me, and only then did I include singing and releasing albums into my career planning.

Changing to another shop, Zhou Yi said cheerfully: "After all, Brother Xian, think about it; I am a nineteen-year-old man. If I had accepted President Zhou's invitation, I would have to suddenly leave my hometown, familiar relatives, familiar classmates and partners at school, come to Taiwan, and enter Warner.

"Loneliness is the most fatal thing for a nineteen-year-old child."

Wu Zongxian, empathizing, couldn't help but nod: "Indeed."

"But..."

Zhou Yi changed the tone, put down his chopsticks, and pretended helplessly to sigh: "Later, I thought carefully; Warner's strength is also okay; joining Warner seems not to be a loss.

"The result is that after I signed the contract, I wanted to regret it but it was too late."

"..."

Wu Zongxian couldn't hold it back; after realizing, the corners of his mouth immediately started rising wildly.

It has to be you, Zhou Yi.

Even though Warner before was like a dragon in shallow water being mocked by shrimp, it was still a large record company in Taiwan; every year, countless new people were willing to join Warner.

In this person's mouth, it became "also okay."

This kid understands variety shows; he's very spirited.

Wu Zongxian, encountering this kind of talk for the first time, laughed so hard his two front teeth were exposed.

The further it went, the more variety show effect Zhou Yi had.

So much so that after the program recording ended, recalling Zhou Yi's performance, he even wanted to discuss with the producer about editing it into three episodes: upper, middle, and lower.

Otherwise, the variety show sense in this kid would be wasted.

After the program recording ended, Wu Zongxian, without any pretense at all, started putting his arm around Zhou Yi and raising a glass together; Sun Yanzi, who didn't know what happened, was dumbfounded.

"What did you talk about in the program? How did you become so familiar?" On the way back to the hotel, Sun Yanzi, driving the car, asked curiously.

"How to put it? I shook my tiger body, and Wu Zongxian bowed his head and worshipped?" Zhou Yi, leaning one hand on the car window edge, rubbed his index finger on his chin and said with a light laugh.

"Have you read too many martial arts novels?"

"Then you haven't seen how the media now portrays me as the evil leader of Wu Lin."

"That can't be helped; who asked for your album to be so dominant."

Recalling Zhou Yi's original intention for appearing on the show, Sun Yanzi stuck out her tongue: "Plus, you're from the mainland; even if your label is Warner, they can't treat you as one of their own."

"It doesn't matter; this is the last time anyway. After this, I probably won't have a chance to appear on Baodao variety shows."

Recalling the restriction order about to be implemented, a sneer curled Zhou Yi's lips.

September 28.

Zhou Yi, still handling affairs in Baodao, received two notices from his manager Qian Jiang—

First, "Young Bao Qingtian" had become a hit; the theme song he sang and the ending theme he duetted with Na Ying had become popular together. Bolstered by novelty, it even pushed "Tongtian Dadao Kuan You Kuo" down the charts.

Many people on the mainland saw another side of his singing ability, especially at the official level.

Second, another contestant capable of challenging him had emerged on the mainland. Or rather, two—Yu Quan.

This mainland music group, which had shot to fame earlier this year with the release of "Most Beautiful," released their new album "Cold to the Bone" on September 22. The title track "Cold to the Bone" began climbing major charts immediately upon release.

Just as in Baodao, Yu Quan's company had chosen to stir up a campaign against Zhou Yi.

"Small matter, no big problem."

Zhou Yi, facing challengers in both Baodao and the mainland, remained very calm.

Since "Cold to the Bone" by Yu Quan has been released, calculating the time, the biggest challenger should be arriving soon.

The prologue to the Twilight of the Gods, ushered in by the millennium, was about to begin.