Chapter 25: Collapse of Reputation

Yang Zi's spellcasting was interrupted, and he choked on a breath, unable to speak.

"Still want to poison?"

Teacher Huang glanced at him.

Yang Zi remained silent upon hearing this, secretly glancing at his PD camera, "furious": "The camera! The camera has been snatched away, aren't you anxious at all?"

Teacher Huang was displeased: "It's not that I'm talking about you, you're already at such an old age, why are you snatching the camera from those children? Do you have to eat this bowl of traffic? You can't handle it!"

Yang Zi was shameless: "I'm also a child."

Teacher Huang: "?"

"You just said I was a child, have you forgotten?!"

In order to snatch back the popularity, Yang Zi didn't even want his face, serious and upright: "Actually, I never told you, I spoke later than my peers when I was born..."

Teacher Huang: "..."

"I said so."

Chi Ye, who was "sitting" in the beauty's arms, returned to the machine and looked back here: "The cause of the illness has been found."

Yang Zi: "... You're just an accessory, are you worthy of talking about me?"

As he spoke, he glanced at Shi Daifu, who was burying her head in work, and sneered.

Chi Ye had no sense of shame, shaking his head: "An accessory is still better than a dead bone in a tomb."

"Some people are alive, but they are already dead."

Yang Zi: "..."

Teacher Huang nodded in agreement upon hearing this, looking at Chi Ye and pouting: "Are you talking about yourself?"

Chi Ye was surprised: "Does Teacher Huang want to become 'Huang Mou' so much?"

Teacher Huang: "?!"

Over here, a few people were still interacting, and Lü Xiaoming and Lin Jingyi had also arrived at the weighing area. After weighing, they stumbled back.

And this time when they came back, the interaction between them became even more intimate.

I don't know how much Teacher Lü likes technological people. After seeing Lin Jingyi's "exquisite skill" of "pinching her nose with her bare hands," he couldn't stop.

"Girl, pinch your nose again, there's still a small flaw, I'll do the work."

Teacher Lü stopped Lin Jingyi from going to turn the handle, domineeringly letting her do easier work.

"Brother Xiaoming~ I don't want you to be too tired, you've been turning the handle, let me do it this time."

"Hmm..." Lin Jingyi was shy: "Don't worry, no need to pinch, I'm afraid of pinching the hyaluronic acid out~"

Hyaluronic acid is good, I like this taste.

Teacher Lü's mouth curled slightly, his expression serious, his voice magnetic: "Girl, listen to me!"

"Brother Xiaoming~~ cough, cough..." Lin Jingyi clipped her voice a bit too much, and the flaw broke her voice.

Teacher Lü had been completely aroused by the desire to protect, and waved his hand: "I don't want what you think, I want what I think, OK?"

"Listen, go rest!"

"But I also want to let Brother Xiaoming rest for a while..."

The two started pulling.

Chi Ye couldn't stand it anymore and imitated Lin Jingyi: "Brother Xiaoming~ I also want to rest for a while~"

"Hmm?!"

Lin Jingyi turned her head and glared fiercely at Chi Ye.

Lü Xiaoming: "..."

Yang Zi couldn't hold it in, pointing at Chi Ye, then at Shi Daifu, who was burying her head in work: "Have some face, haven't you been resting all along?"

Chi Ye: "?"

Looking around: "Whose child is talking?"

Yang Zi: "..."

"You say, shouldn't this group of people be cooked in one pot?"

Teacher Huang turned his head, realizing this was an excellent opportunity to "clear his name," facing the camera: "Friends who think they should be cooked in one pot, type 'should' in the comments, I'll cook them tonight."

"hhh, Teacher Huang is so cute."

"It's over, did this old guy really find the technique?"

"Laughing to death, this variety show is too dramatic."

"Go see Xia Xia, the child cried from boredom."

The bullet comments in the live broadcast room scrolled, and in one morning, "See You" went on the hot search several more times.

Several monsters and freaks each used their special skills, each with their own tricks.

The production team was also very satisfied with this situation. After the success of this outdoor planning, "See You" cabin would have too many "fun things" to show in the future.

Time passed, and half an hour later, Chi Ye's group handed in the second batch of corn kernels, successfully winning first place before the time limit.

Lü Xiaoming's group ranked second, and Teacher Huang and Yang Zi's "one old and one young" combination deservedly got the last place.

"Why are they all changed into poisonous green beans?"

Everyone took off their jumpsuits and came to the "reward area" where vegetables and meat were placed.

As a result, one look over, and they found there were many poisonous green beans, but very few other ingredients.

Lin Jingyi was a bit unhappy: "Then our second place's selectivity is too small, right?"

The production team didn't speak, just gave the poisonous green beans camera time.

Teacher Lü frowned and glanced at Lin Jingyi: "Girl, you can't say that. Can Chi Ye and the others really take away all the good things?"

Chi Ye nodded: "Yes."

Everyone: "..."

Chi Ye was surprised: "What makes you have fantasies about me?"

Everyone was silent again, then tacitly looked at Shi Daifu.

Most of the work for Chi Ye and Shi Daifu's group was done by Shi Daifu. Everyone felt she had more say.

Who knew, the boxing champion felt everyone's gaze, her body instantly tense, her hands nervously pinching the corners of her clothes: "I... I listen to Teacher Chi."

Yang Zi was furious: "You've started dating too, right?"

Shi Daifu lowered her head even more.

"... Fine, then let's leave a meal's worth of meat and vegetables for Teacher Lü, and give all the poisonous green beans to the child teacher." Chi Ye "made a quick decision," making Yang Zi's teeth itch with hatred.

"... Good."

Shi Daifu nodded and started picking ingredients.

Chi Ye originally planned to follow and take a look, but noticed Jin Xia walking over happily, then hanging a face full of unhappiness.

A charming and exquisite face was full of "I'm not happy."

Chi Ye thought for a moment: "Old Buddha, take the ingredients and eat with us at noon?"

"Good, good!"

Jin Xia changed her face in a second.

Everyone: "..."

"Cough, cough... everyone stop for a moment."

At this time, Director Li walked over with a megaphone and announced the production team's "extra egg."

"In order to improve everyone's 'enthusiasm' for work in the future, the villagers have decided that in addition to priority in picking ingredients, the first place today will also be rewarded with an extra one thousand yuan in living expenses."

If the outdoor effect is so good, if we do it more in the future, won't the popularity and ratings explode?

"One thousand yuan in living expenses?"

Everyone shouted upon hearing this.

"That's too much, right?"

"We only have one hundred a day!"

"No, Chi Ye even said the villagers are demanding!" Yang Zi stabbed him directly.

Chi Ye was dissatisfied: "Villagers are fine, they've been fine since they were little! Also, children shouldn't stir up trouble in adult matters."

Yang Zi: "Don't call me a child again, I'm not a child!"

Chi Ye waved his hand: "Don't mess around, then what should I call you? Grandson? How did you get addicted to changing your surname."

Yang Zi was trembling with anger: "Chi Ye, you...!"

"What?" Chi Ye was curious.

Yang Zi noticed the camera, gritted his teeth: "You're so handsome!"

Chi Ye was surprised: "Teacher Yang Zi, if you praise me, I'm still going to call you a child!"

Yang Zi turned his head away and didn't bother with him.

He still had anger in his heart.

Although he could buy things secretly through his assistant... it was fine once or twice, but he couldn't keep doing it like this, right?

Damn, Chi Ye, I'm not done with you!

The matter was settled. Shi Daifu received the ingredients, picked several large lobsters and beef and mutton, all high-protein supplements.

Chi Ye collected the money, the production team left people to start cleaning up the scene, and the guests took the bus back to the "See You" cabin.

After this morning outdoors, the unfamiliarity between everyone was gone, which could be considered another kind of harvest.

On the way, at the request of all the guests, the production team temporarily turned off the camera, leaving a short rest time for everyone.

Although "See You" is known as a 24-hour live broadcast, it's difficult to operate in reality. For example, everyone worked for a whole morning, so naturally, they needed to rest.

Sitting by the window, Chi Ye took out his phone and called Ke Ke.

The situation of the "Loop" project was a bit more complicated than he had imagined, so he had to go out and meet the director in the next few days.

On the other side.

Lin Jingyi was scrolling through her phone in the car seat.

Suddenly, she saw a certain message, hurriedly clicked on the Weibo hot search list, and sure enough, found that the hot search list had been completely slaughtered.

But it wasn't the #Lü Xiaoming carrying Lin Jingyi# hot search term she had imagined.

It was—#Meng Yixun Collapse of Reputation#.

50 million+ popularity, dark brown "Explosive" character.

"My god!"

Lin Jingyi was astonished, forgetting her persona, and blurted out: "Meng Yixun has collapsed!"

"Hmm?"

The originally noisy carriage went quiet.

"Little Meng collapsed?"

Teacher Lü beside him reacted the fastest, surprised: "When did this happen? How did he collapse just like that?"

He thought of something, sighed, took out his phone, clicked on Weibo, and sure enough, saw the hot search term.

Everyone else around also widened their eyes.

They wanted to eat melon.

Meng Yixun.

A first-line top-tier young actor in the domestic entertainment industry, professionally trained, exploded in popularity the year before last thanks to an ancient idol drama. He was one of the "Four Double Explosions" in the mouths of marketing accounts, once had equal billing with Jin Xia, and was a "Explosive" young actor with a bigger status than Peng Chen.

Although after Meng Yixun exploded into a top-tier celebrity, his subsequent works didn't keep up, his traffic dividend was still there, and the company behind him was capable, with very good resources and a bright future.

But just as his career was flourishing, he collapsed just like that.

Everyone looked at each other. Teacher Lü put away his phone and shook his head: "Caught on the spot."

Everyone looked at each other in dismay; Teacher Lu put away his phone and shook his head: "Caught red-handed."

Brother Meng instantly turned into Meng So-and-so.

Teacher Lü's expression was sighing.

Clearly, this socially active Brother Xiaoming had a good relationship with the other party.

Others didn't have this feeling; they only had sighs and eating melon.

One of the Four Double Explosions, among the guests present, except for Huang, Lü, and the Old Buddha, few actually had much opportunity to contact him.

"Isn't that kid developing quite well?"

Teacher Huang said: "I've even heard of him."

"He wasn't clean himself and got caught, who can he blame?"

"Speaking of which... did Teacher Jin Xia collaborate with Meng Yixun before?"

Everyone looked at Jin Xia. The Old Buddha wasn't looking at her phone at the moment, but she had heard everyone's exchange. Seeing this, she waved her little hand: "Oh, his team insisted on fighting for billing with me before, and we had conflicts."

Everyone: "..."

Chi Ye hung up the phone, curious: "Because of what?"

"His team said I was two millimeters taller than him on the poster!"

The Old Buddha got angry just mentioning this: "What does that count as? I'm 176cm tall, he's 175cm, this was all filmed by stepping on apple boxes, and they still weren't happy?"

Chi Ye: "... 6."

"... Hey, Meng Yixun collapsed, won't the other families be happy to death?"

After Lin Jingyi finished speaking, Teacher Lü vigilantly glanced at the camera, found it was off, and then breathed a sigh of relief: "Be cautious in words and deeds."

But since the camera wasn't on, everyone started chatting.

People always say outsiders like gossip, but in reality, because insiders have more channels for news, they are only more gossipy.

"Someone said before that the Four were all preventing Meng Yixun from exploding, afraid he would rise in status and snatch resources. I didn't expect him to have an accident himself this time."

"What about Shang Yuexi's drama? I heard it's already finished filming. AI face-swapping?"

"Who will Meng Yixun's resources go to? I guess those families will fight again."

"Peng Chen will definitely tear Meng Yixun's resources..."

When a whale falls, all things grow.

When a top-tier celebrity falls, another top-tier celebrity will rise. This is particularly evident in the fiercely competitive entertainment industry.

Meng Yixun's collapse is beneficial to the Four above him, as there is one less potential competitor, but it is even more beneficial to the group of traffic stars below him who want to rise.

Peng Chen, as a newly promoted top-tier celebrity, has always had a weaker status than Meng Yixun, so Meng Yixun's collapse is most beneficial to him and his "good brother," another top-tier celebrity Jiang Yi.

And as they two fight for Meng Yixun's "legacy," the positions and markets they vacate will naturally be given to other "waiting-to-explode" stars.

In short, in the next period of time, I guess half of the entertainment industry will be tearing each other apart.

"Shang Yuexi is also unlucky enough. I remember her drama has already started promotion, right? Is she going to the Scream Night by herself tomorrow?"

"That's not clear, but it's not her who had the accident. She was the one nursing Meng Yixun, so it won't affect her going to the Scream Night."

Hearing this, Chi Ye raised his head, his gaze puzzled: "Scream Night?"

"Yes, Teacher Chi."

Jin Xia mentioned this topic, feeling a bit uninterested: "We can't go out to eat together tonight... hmm... together."

"What do you mean? Is the show not recording anymore?"

Chi Ye was surprised. He knew about Scream Night.

The three major platforms, iQIYI's Scream Night, Tencent's Starlight Awards, are all year-end "peach-picking" grand events in the entertainment industry.

Now that the end of the year is approaching, Scream Night is scheduled to be held tomorrow.

At that time, all the top-tier celebrities and big names in the entertainment industry will be present.

But... what does this have to do with them?

"Teacher Chi, don't you know?"

Jin Xia blinked her beautiful peach-blossom eyes: "We can leave the production team tonight, and we have to go to the Scream Night tomorrow."

Chi Ye: "..."

Lin Jingyi in the front row suddenly turned her head: "You didn't receive the invitation for the Scream Night, did you?"

Chi Ye glanced at her: "I received it."

Lin Jingyi: "?"

"Scream Night, right." Chi Ye nodded: "I'm going to the vegetable market to buy some spicy peppers tomorrow, and eat them at night. How can this not be considered a kind of Scream Night?"

Everyone: "..."

"A boring awards ceremony, what's there to participate in."

Jin Xia hummed with disdain from the bottom of her heart, glancing at Lin Jingyi: "Is this worth showing off?"

Lin Jingyi: "..."

She didn't dare to say it, she really didn't dare to say it.

Because this person really had the capital to say so. ===== CHAPTER 26 =====

Because this person truly has the capital to say so.