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Chapter 146 It's Exploding! Explosions inside the arena, explosions outside!

On the set of "Actors, Please Take Your Seats".

Yang Zi and Xiang You, dressed in ancient costumes and exuding an overwhelming sense of greasiness, walked out of the restroom and onto the stage.

Everyone around them held their breath when they saw the two of them dressed like this, feeling as if Peng Chen had pierced their eyes—a burning pain, and an indescribable feeling.

What are they trying to perform?

"It seems to be a scene from a martial arts drama, where enemies who have been enemies for ten years meet again."

"Ten years of seeking revenge, I understand."

The actors in the audience were discussing it animatedly.

On the mentor and advisor seats, many big names remained expressionless, quietly waiting for the two to begin their performance.

Teacher Wu was already frowning before even starting the performance; his little Mercedes was already running, ready to drive away at any moment.

Chi Ye curiously peered over: "You didn't drive away when you were filming 'Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital'?"

Teacher Wu: "No, there's no oil."

"No oil?" Chi Ye's gaze fell on Lin Jingyi in the front row below the stage. "That shouldn't be the case. Did Teacher Lü remove the oil?"

"..."

At this moment, the stage lights gradually changed, and the title of the play performed by Yang Zixiangyou's group appeared on the screen.

"Jade Flute Manor, Action!"

Start.

When Yang Zi heard the word "Action," he immediately got into character. The chivalrous hero he played, who had been seeking revenge for ten years, frowned the moment he saw his enemy, Xiang You, and looked like he had been constipated for half a month.

"He needs an enema; he's really holding it in."

Jiang Kaige gave a nonchalant comment.

Yang Zi remained unmoved, while Xiang You stared intently at him. Suddenly, he opened his mouth wide and screamed in agony, "You dog, prepare to die!!"

Then, before Yangzi could even make a move, he executed a skillful backflip.

But this time he was probably really nervous. He didn't flip over properly and made a mistake. When he was halfway over, he suddenly fell to his knees with a "thud" in front of Yangzi and his head hit the ground hard.

It made a muffled thud.

It sounds painful.

There was silence for a moment.

Yang Zi, who was already on the verge of a breakdown, suddenly found it hard to hold back because of Xiang You's greeting, "Happy New Year, elder brother and sister-in-law."

Oh no, it's really hard to get roles played by naturally gifted actors!

His muscles trembled slightly, as if he was trying his best to suppress the complex emotions in his heart, but the next moment, his legs went weak and he knelt on the ground.

—Husband and wife bow to each other.

Teacher Zhang looked shocked: "What kind of performance is this?"

"They're getting married and about to enter the bridal chamber. Didn't you notice?"

But Yang Zi's shoulders on stage began to tremble violently, and his mouth was wide open as he started yelling "Ahhh!"

When Xiang You heard the commotion, he looked up and saw Yang Zi with his mouth wide open, as if he was about to swallow him whole. He burst out laughing.

Then I realized something was wrong—oh no, I started laughing!
A hard-working player like him should not be underestimated!
"These two are truly evenly matched, like two equally matched generals."

Sheng Ning's lips twitched, and she covered her face.

"Mmm~ Mmm~ Mmm~!!"

On stage, Yang Zi was completely immersed in his art. His head was shaking wildly, and as if he had used Jiang's enema, he finally vomited from his nose after holding it in for so long.

Two "green dragons" appeared on the tip of the nose, then slid down to the tip of the nose, hanging there and swaying.

Xiang You, sitting opposite, stared in disbelief at the scene, unable to keep up with Yang Zi's performance for the first time!
Everyone in the audience stared in disbelief at the scene, their expressions filled with indescribable shock.

"Ah!! I...!"

—Oh no, I forgot my lines because of that idiot Yangzi!
Xiang You paused, then suddenly jogged over like a madman, his mouth stretched to the back of his ears, revealing a row of sharp teeth.

"Ahhh, no, no!!"

Yang Zi was startled. He instantly raised his hands above his head, his arms bent and his fingers flailing frantically.

He shrank back, waving his hands frantically, trying to block the non-existent attack, while simultaneously signaling to Xiang You with his eyes: "You fucking give me a line! Give me a line!"
Xiang You: What was my word again?

Yang Zi was so angry that he almost blew his snot off. He quickly steadied his "eye-catching magic weapon" and could only start his "solo performance".

He crouched down again, covering his head, curling up into a ball. His eyes caught sight of the "Azure Dragon" pendant he was still wearing, and he then cleverly exposed the dzi bead on his left wrist to the camera in a close-up shot.

Yes, if I remember correctly, there should have been a close-up shot at this point, as rehearsed.

"..."

"Click!!"

A sound came from the screen, signaling the end of the performance.

The entire hall fell silent.

Yang Zi remained in the position of holding his head, as if he wanted to stuff the dzi bead into the camera lens and shove it into everyone's eyes.

"..."

"..."

"OMG."

Shang Jie turned her head to the side, her lips pursed, her shoulders shaking wildly.

"Ah...you acted exceptionally well, really well." Jiang Kaige snapped out of his reverie and commented, "You're just kidding us."

"Hahaha."

Laughter finally broke out from the audience. Yang Zi and Xiang You both "lost their composure," stood up, and stood on the stage with calm expressions.

"This is our work. Thank you, teachers."

"No need to thank us, we should be thanking you."

Teacher Zhang hesitated for a moment, but finally said, "To be honest, I haven't laughed this happily in a long time."

Yangzi: “…”

Xiang You: “…”

The two then turned their attention to their "good brother" Ikeno.

Yes, their only hope.

And Chi Ye did not disappoint his two good brothers. He frowned and pondered for a long time before suddenly saying, "In my opinion, the production team should give you two your own variety show."

"oh?!"

Everyone was taken aback, while Yang Zi and Xiang You were overjoyed.

As expected, only a talented player like Ikeno can "appreciate" their art!
"Start a variety show? What kind of variety show?"

Shang Jie immediately recognized Chi Ye's intentions.

Sure enough, Ikeno uttered two words with a serious expression: "Embarrassment".

"..."

"Hahaha."

"Holy crap, that's hilarious."

"Yang Xiang, genius!"

"As expected of Chi Ye, his move is at a level that Yang Zixiangyou can't reach!"

"They're stealing Chu Hanzhou and Shi Jinwei's couple name!"

The crowd erupted both inside and outside the stadium.

Yang Zi and Xiang You on the stage rubbed their faces, their eyes filled with resentment—brother, are you going to insult your brother like this?
“What you’re doing is no longer just a performance; you’re more like two artists.”

Ikeno gestured, "Your performance... has already reached godlike status, you know?"

Yang and Xiang: "Huh?!"

"I'll eat the poet's food."

"...Ahem."

Sheng Ning couldn't help but curl the corners of her lips into a smile, but then she became expressionless and kept her eyes straight ahead, thinking to herself, "I never realized your mouth was so effective."
How would you two rate your own performance?

Teacher Wu, however, had to be serious and asked the two "actors" for their thoughts with a earnest expression.

Xiang You stammered, "Uh... it would be even better if we could add some martial arts moves."

Yang Zi remained unfazed: "I believe I have achieved the effect I wanted."

Chi Ye picked up the conversation: "Teacher Yangzi, tell me honestly, is your performance style meant to attract Lin Jingyi over?"

Everyone was taken aback at first, then they all lowered their heads.

The camera focused on Lin Jingyi, who opened her mouth, both embarrassed and delighted—it was her favorite camera.

Ikeno, you're such a nice person!
"Let's make a star out of it."

Ji Heming said something expressionlessly.

"Wait a minute." Just then, Yang Zi stretched out his hand and shook his head: "Before we start the star-making process, I have something to say."

The entire room fell silent, and everyone turned to look at him.

As expected of a veteran artist, Teacher Yang Zi remained calm and simply picked up the microphone to say, "I would like to say something about this program, as well as some personal matters."

"I know that many people didn't understand when they learned that I was going to participate in 'Actors, Please Take Your Seats' and they laughed at me. But in fact, look at most of the people sitting here today, how many of them are real actors?"

Yang Zi went all out, pointing at the Rose boy group that had just appeared on stage: "Take those three kids for example. I personally think the show shouldn't have chosen them. They're just trying to ride the wave of popularity. How can people who haven't even debuted be standing on this stage?"

Everyone listened in bewilderment.

Ikeno and Shang Jie were equally puzzled.

The former was even more surprised—what was he going to do?
"What do you want to say?"

It was Jiang Kaige who asked that question.

Yang Zi said with a serious face: "What I want to say is that while our performance certainly has problems, I don't think the other people's performances are much better. The reason why we 'actors who are not actors' participate in this program is to become actors."

"We hope that the judges can give us room to grow and transform."

After saying this, Yang Zi looked completely at ease, as if he were speaking from the bottom of his heart.

Thunderous applause erupted from the audience.

Yes, that's so true, bro! That's exactly what we all think!

"Teacher Yangzi, I support you!"

Several equally lackluster contestants were moved to tears.

Chi Ye remained silent as well: "Teacher Yangzi has banned him."

"Banning someone? Why 'banning'... Haha, you're so mean!"

When Sister Shang realized what was happening, she laughed so hard she couldn't straighten up.

"Go down, go down first."

Teacher Zhang waved his hand, not wanting to say another word.

As for the star ratings? Among the judges and advisors, everyone except Ikeno gave it six stars, while the others gave it one star.

Yang Zi had achieved all his goals, a smile playing on his lips, and resolutely chose to leave the stage.

Xiang You looked left and right, inwardly cursing Yang Zi for playing dirty tricks on him—you didn't even rehearse your lines with me beforehand!
How can they just ban people like that?!

"It's okay. He's banned people. From now on, you'll be all alone on the 'inhuman' track."

Ikeno comforted her, "You should go down too."

Xiang You felt wronged, but then he thought... what that guy said actually makes some sense!

He also left the stage.

Silence fell over the scene.

Backstage.

The director slapped his thigh and exclaimed, "Damn it! I knew we made the right choice hiring Yang Zi and Xiang You! Who else could be as effective as them?!"

The assistant said, "Rise."

director:"?"

“I won’t argue with you then.” He smiled. “But today, Rise’s performance was clearly not as strong as the Yangxiang duo.”

"Well... you can't say that."

He seemed to remember something and asked with concern, "Has it been sent out? What's the public reaction to the matter involving Chi Ye and Ji Heming?"

The assistant opened his tablet, swiped around a bit, and shook his head: "It's going to explode."

……

Blasted.

This isn't the first time "Actors, Please Take Your Seats" has resorted to such underhanded tactics offstage.

In the previous episode, they created the trending topic #ChiyevsShengning#, which was extremely eye-catching and generated a lot of buzz.

But compared to that time, this #Chino vs. Ji Heming# match is obviously much more significant.

First of all, Ji Heming has too many female fans. This is not to say that Sheng Ning doesn't have enough fans, but rather that the two incidents are different in nature.

Last time, Chi Ye and Sheng Ning had a fight, but they didn't use any foul language. In fact, Sheng Ning started the fight first.

But this time, whether intentionally or unintentionally, the program team did indeed use profanity in the released edited video and in the actual situation.

Pointing his finger at Ji Heming's nose, he cursed, "Are you an idiot? You're biting people randomly."

Then came the even more impactful statement: "You're an idiot."

Chi Ye's reputation and public image have clearly been impacted by the repeated use of profanity and insults against Ji Heming, one of the "Four Little Fresh Meat" and a top star in the entertainment industry.

This is actually quite normal, because no matter what, Chi Ye is now considered a big name in the Chinese entertainment industry, so how can you just swear like that?
The person being criticized is Ji Heming, who is more famous and has a higher status than you.

Ji Heming's fans alone are enough to "tear Chi Ye apart".

Male celebrities' fans are more combative, while female celebrities' fans have more sustained appeal.

This is the first time that Ikeno has truly "provoked" the fans of a top male celebrity.

So, unsurprisingly, he was torn up onto the Weibo trending topics list almost immediately.

Meanwhile, in the comment section under his Weibo post, his own fans and Ji Heming's fans also engaged in a "chaotic battle".

But clearly, Ji Heming's fans are far more formidable and have a stronger fighting spirit in this regard. After a few rounds of fighting, Chi Ye's Weibo was already filled with insults.

"Come out and apologize!"

"How dare you insult my brother? You think some nobody is insulting your father?!"

"Shocking! Are celebrities these days so heartless? They just hurl insults without thinking?"

"It's hard to imagine how much Ji Heming suffered on set. I'd heard that Hu Ye was a 'royal family' (a term used to describe someone with a higher status in China), but I never expected that someone would dare to point at Ji Heming, who is more famous than him, and scold him like that. Ji Heming didn't even talk back. Seriously, I'm a fan of his even more now."

I want to tear you apart!

"Just collapse already, get out of the entertainment industry!"

"I'm just a passerby. I like Ikenoji, but I was really shocked when I saw this video. Ji Heming is truly pitiful."

"#My heart aches for Ji Heming#"

The hashtags #HeartacheForJiHeming##ChiYeGetOutOfTheEntertainmentIndustry##ChiYeSwearing# and other related terms quickly flooded the trending search list.

This is partly due to the show's inherent popularity and the high profile of both parties involved.

But more importantly, it was because Ji Heming's team and Yuena Company invested heavily.

Yes, the knife came both suddenly and unexpectedly.

Was Ji Heming just a nobody?

He was stunned when Ikeno opened his mouth to curse at him, but when he took the initiative to say "Say it again" a second time, it was on purpose.

He deliberately wanted Ikeno to insult him, so that his team could better manage the situation and Ikeno's reputation would collapse when the video was leaked.

If you mess with me, I'll mess with you. If you don't mess with me, then we'll still have that old grudge, and I'll still make you suffer to the death!

Even without the production team, Ji Heming's team had already filmed the video, and the arrival of this storm was only a matter of time.

Coincidentally, Ji Heming chose this time and used the knife that Chi Ye himself "voluntarily handed to him".

But is the knife really a knife?
A knife can injure others, but it can also injure the user.

The recording site of "Actors, Please Take Your Seats".

The show continued, but almost everyone's attention, including that of the performers on stage, had drifted offstage.

People kept peeking at Chi Ye. In the mentors' seats behind him, Jiang Kaige looked calm, Teacher Zhang had a smile on his lips, and Guo Xiaosi, Teacher Wu, and Teacher Zeng were either frowning or sighing.

—Something happened, and they actually witnessed a popular celebrity's career collapse?
Sheng Ning tilted her swan-like neck back, glanced at Chi Ye with her phoenix eyes, and then looked at Ji Heming, who seemed calm but actually had a smile on his lips.

Tsk tsk, are you going to die this time?

Even if you don't die, you'll be badly hurt. Yuena finally seized this opportunity and probably spent a lot of money. How could they possibly give up without making you pay a price?

The positive word-of-mouth and popularity that "Loop" had just accumulated are about to disappear again.

While eating her melon, Sister Shang put down her phone and looked at Chi Ye: "You should tell your team, what are you doing sitting there!"

Yes, she was experiencing both pain and joy amidst the gossip and the tragedy of her friend's death.

As for Ikeno, she did not show much panic as others might have imagined.

Because Coco had already communicated with him before this.

[Brother Chi, shall we release him now?]

[No rush, this isn't enough. Let it escalate a bit more, make things worse, and have your hired online trolls keep attacking.]

Okay... I'll let them know and let them continue to insult you.

【Um. 】

Ikeno put away his phone, a smile playing on his lips.

How could Ji Heming have been so utterly disgraced and ruined in an instant, and how could Yue Na have lost everything so quickly, without the situation escalating to its worst and attracting widespread attention online?
How can he make more people who followed the trend and "criticized" him feel guilty? How can he attract more fans by abusing his own fanbase? How can he become the "only pure white jasmine flower"?
That's how you play the game in the entertainment industry.

(End of this chapter)