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Chapter 312 Turbulent Waves: The First Thing About Chi Yingdi Becoming a Movie Emperor
"This is a great thing, why be afraid?"

"What if it affects Ikeno's career?"

"...Sometimes, I also want to be a little selfish."

This summer, she put down her phone and said, "I've already sent it out."

Sister Mi: “…”

Without saying much, she quickly opened her phone and saw the latest Weibo notification that the person she was following, [Jin Xia], had updated their message.

Clicking on it, you'll see the Weibo post that was just tagged this summer:

[#IkenoBestActor##IkenoThanksThisSummer##Ikeno# What a handsome trophy! My dream came true! I'll definitely give it a thumbs up and reward myself with my year-end bonus!]

If this Weibo post were just a blessing between ordinary friends, it wouldn't be a problem. But it's obvious that this is an undisguised post with an "ambiguous" element.

At least to casual observers and most of Chi Ye and Jin Xia's fans, this was clearly a "drama queen" Weibo post.

Coupled with the immense popularity of Ikeno having just won the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor, the Weibo post immediately went viral.

The number of comments under the Weibo post surged, but likes and reposts lagged far behind.

"A drama queen?? So you're going to rub against me like that, huh?"

"I understand posting congratulatory messages on Weibo, but why use that hostess-like tone? It's really annoying."

"We, Ikeno, have relied on ourselves all along. Ms., please don't try to cling to us."

"I did invest, but investment is investment, and business relationships shouldn't be so ambiguous, sister."

"Xiaxia, have you lost your mind??"

"I'm a fan of Sister Shang, and I support Chi Pan Xia Yu making an official announcement today!"

"Haha, hilarious! What a bizarre sight in the Chinese entertainment industry. The whole world knows these two are having an affair, but only Chi Ye's fans are deceiving themselves. Do people like that even deserve to be fans?"

"Indeed, it's strange that he still has a following. Shouldn't a top-tier celebrity be prohibited from having any contact with the opposite sex? If he had a different name, he would probably have collapsed countless times by now."

"@Ikeno, I'm your fan. I've been a fan for three years and spent millions on you. I hope you can have some professional ethics as a top idol and stop playing with your fans' feelings, okay?"

"@Ikeno, why do you thank Jin Xia so much at every awards ceremony? Is she your mother? Why are you so sycophantic? Why don't you sycophantically thank your fans?"

As the saying goes, a large forest has all kinds of birds. Moreover, in the fan circle and the traffic circle, although all kinds of new talents are emerging one after another and the rising stars are sharpening their knives, Chi Ye still has absolute dominance.

An advertiser from a major national brand once compiled statistics on Ikeno's current influence in the Chinese entertainment industry in order to secure her endorsement.

The conclusion is that if the influence of other top celebrities is 1, then Ikeno's influence is 10.

This year has seen a slight decline; Xiao Zhan has reached 5, while Chi Ye has dropped to 7.

Nevertheless, he remains the undisputed leader, both within and outside the industry, without exception.

With more people and more fans, there will naturally be fans who can't stand Ikeno's attitude of constantly "challenging the limits".

Many outsiders unfamiliar with fandoms believe that fandoms are a kind of "cult" where people, once they fall in love with someone, will blindly follow their lead and even pay in ways that are incomprehensible and shocking to ordinary people.

In fact, the X cult is real, but even more real is that these fans are actually more "realistic" than anyone else.

However, their "realistic" points are different from ordinary people. Ordinary people are realistic about money and interests, while they are realistic about their idols in terms of "emotion".

For a top-tier celebrity, or even a top-tier celebrity with an unparalleled level of fame, the emergence of scandals or even the exposure of a romantic relationship would be a far more serious blow to their career than urinating or defecating in public, smoking, or even tax evasion.

The latter might cause a top star's public image to collapse, or it might force him to temporarily retire from the spotlight to avoid the limelight, but it won't affect his money-making "career" or shake his "base".

The former is different. There are too many examples of top celebrities who have fallen from grace and lost their reputation after falling in love, and there is no need to list them all.

At this stage of his career development, Ikeno no longer needs the label of being a top-tier star as much as he did back then—just now, he won the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor.

After tonight, the label of "powerhouse actor" will inevitably be gradually attached to him.

But his newly transformed studio needs it, the money-making giants with countless small goals need it, and he himself needs it too.

As someone said, Ikeno has no shortage of good projects. He can develop gradually, and perhaps in just a few years, he will completely shed the label of being a top-tier star, because by then, his studio will have transformed into an entertainment group.

Many of the people he promotes will rise to positions of power, thereby generating profits for the company and sustaining its expansion, development, and operation.

But definitely not now.

Because the Ikeno Studio is now "completely empty".

That's why Ikeno went on to film "Goblin." And when he won the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor, marking a new peak in his acting career, the various "backlashes" that followed also began to erupt in all directions.

Firstly, it was because of his Nth "ambiguous" thanks to Jin Xia on stage, and Jin Xia's "ambiguous" response on Weibo regarding the "house collapse" incident.

The long-suppressed emotions of the die-hard fans, including Ikeno's stans, "mommy fans," "sister fans," and "girlfriend fans," erupted like a powder keg suddenly ignited, with an explosive force that even shocked the entire Chinese entertainment industry.

Chi Ye's Weibo posts used to get over 1 million reposts, likes, and comments, and at an extremely fast rate. Currently, she still manages to reach over 1 million views within 15 minutes.

The number of reposts, comments, and likes on his Weibo post announcing his Hong Kong Film Awards this time increased faster than ever before, but the top comments were no longer "strictly guarded." Tonight, for the first time, a "crack" appeared in the comment control area of ​​Chi Ye's Weibo, which was known as the "most solid" fortress in the Chinese entertainment industry.

—The first time since the broadcast of "My Love from the Star".

The top row of comments has over 23 likes:
"Are you happy playing with us like this? Have you ever really cared about us?"

The reply was quickly put on hold, as more Ikeno fans, career-oriented fans, and data-driven fans started liking it and pushed it to the limit.

"The Golden Horse Award for Best Actor is well-deserved! Coconut, you are truly the best!!" — 30+ likes.

Later, there were "rebels".

"I've never heard you thank your fans even once. To be honest, I've been a fan of yours for three or four years, since your Rise days. I admit I'm a girlfriend fan, but how many of your fans aren't girlfriend fans?"

"For the past three or four years, you've practically taken over my entire life. Eating was about you, sleeping was about you. The first thing I did every morning wasn't studying, but helping you with data analysis, fighting off online trolls, and boosting your chart rankings... But in the end, you tell me you've been flirting with other people?"

"+1, as someone preparing for the postgraduate entrance exam, I have a lot to say. I even neglected my studies because of you last time, but I never blamed you... I can understand that you were invested in by a certain Xia and he is now the boss, but I don't understand your sycophantic face."

"I'm the Joker, and you really don't treat your fans like human beings." "Winning the Academy Award for Best Actor was supposed to be a happy thing, but you made me have a heart attack."

"I have a heart condition. If you continue like this and continue to have ambiguous relationships with other female celebrities, I'll die right in front of you. Don't you believe me? I know your studio address. If I can't find your house, I'll go and die in your studio!"

"...!"

Lyrical, sad, "desperate," and even suicidal threats.

The variety is astounding and shocking, to the point that it would make any normal person's scalp tingle at a glance.

—At least for now, the four-character team, Zhu Yaolin team, and various peanut teams, who had just realized this "opportunity" that seemed to have fallen from the sky and were preparing to do something, were all dumbfounded.

Yes, this incident and the public opinion were not man-made—because it broke out too quickly, the two parties involved, Chi Ye and Jin Xia, personally ignited it. The long-standing emotional buildup, the terrifyingly high traffic from the top-tier celebrities, and the traffic that once brought Chi Ye various peak halos, formed a huge vortex.

This vortex once helped Chi Ye emerge from his slump, enabling him to seize unimaginable profits that would make everyone in the industry green with envy, allowing him to completely transform into a capitalist and become the master of his own destiny, almost bankrupting his old rival, Yue Na.

But now, the vortex has begun to reverse, making people dizzy and helpless just by looking at it.

what is this?
Backlash? No, this is all the fans forcing Ikeno to make a choice immediately, otherwise he is destined to be completely "infamous" in the fandom because of this incident.

The traffic of top-tier celebrities will also be like a whale falling, scattering and leaving a large number of untapped markets in the domestic entertainment industry.

To put it bluntly, this incident is a real "collapse" compared to the previous Ikeno "tax" scandal, and its impact on his career is even more severe.

"Holy crap, this is terrifying! Is this what a top-tier idol looks like...? Even the fans are starting to attack their idol?"

The assistant of the four characters stared in disbelief as she scrolled through Chi Ye's Weibo comment section—Chi Ye had not deleted the broadcast, and neither the anti-black group nor the data group within Chi Ye's fan base had taken any "reporting" countermeasures.

All they did was frantically boost the data, trying to push these comments down, but…

They were all "one of us." Not long ago, many of the sisters were enthusiastically discussing with me in the group whether Coconut would win an award tonight. When Andy Lau announced on stage that Ike Ye had won the Best Actor award at this year's Hong Kong Film Awards, everyone was so excited that they sent several red envelopes.

However, Ikeno's "slip of the tongue" once again, and his "unreserved" behavior this summer, instantly pierced the hearts of his fans.

Chi Ye's fan base dares to say that none of the other teams or so-called top stars in the Chinese entertainment industry can compete with her. She can be as ruthless and extravagant as she wants.

But when it comes to their own people…

What can they do?
Moreover, this is such a large group... This is not just the dissatisfaction of a few small groups, but the "heartfelt voice" of most fans that has been pent up for a year.

"If you don't withdraw your investment from the studio today, or if you don't get Jin Xia to withdraw her investment and go solo, I'm reporting your studio!"

"If you had even a shred of conscience, you wouldn't treat your fans like this. Was it us who were there for you during your toughest times this summer?!"

"@Ikeno Studio, have some shame! Quickly remove the 'Ikeno' name from the title. How much of the company does he own? Are you just using his name to make money?"

"How much money has that drama queen made off Ikeno? Who do you think you're making money off of?"

"Withdraw your shares! Withdraw your shares! Withdraw your shares!"

"I tolerated Chi Ye swindling our money before, but now she's openly posting these kinds of Weibo posts, trying to steal our people away? Don't be so shameless."

"Not only that certain drama queen, but also that certain gossip queen and all actresses who work with Ikeno in the future, stay away from Ikeno! He's not a man you can mess with, don't make a scene! Otherwise, I'll smear you for life!"

"Indeed, those female celebrities should have some self-respect and stop trying so hard to get attention."

"Forced abdication" - Ikeno's fans launched the fastest and fiercest "forced abdication" in the history of fandom, centered around "Ikeno Studio" and demanding that Ikeno sever ties with the studio.

The combined popularity of the top-tier celebrity and the current popularity of Ikeno at the Hong Kong Film Awards caused the topic to instantly climb to the top of the trending search list and continue to dominate multiple search terms.

As things progressed, it wasn't just this summer that was affected; even female artists like Shang Jie and Shi Jinwei, who had worked with Chi Ye, were also impacted.

Including Sheng Ning.

"Honey...I think I've messed up."

inside the room.

The old lady's hands unconsciously kept scrolling down and refreshing the trending topics list. Looking at each new trending topic, her face turned pale. She looked at Sister Honey and said, "I...I didn't mean that, I really didn't mean that..."

Honey was silent for two seconds, then suddenly slammed her hand on the table: "Fuck him!"

Jin Xia: “……?”

"If Ikeno backs down this time, I'll look down on him for the rest of my life!"

Honey Sister cursed, "It's just a stupid Weibo post. Did you see how his fans were cursing you?"

This summer, she said strangely, "I...I didn't see it. Honey, you know me, I never check private messages. I'll delete the bad ones."

Sister Mi: “?”

"That won't do! I saw it!"

This time, Sister Mi has really gotten herself into trouble. Although she herself may not have seen the various comments about her this summer, she did see them. Not only did she see them, she even reported them one by one.

It's too awful, too vulgar. These comments can't even be described as "bad." Although she has a lot of fans this summer and is now a top female celebrity, the gap between her and a top male celebrity like Chi Ye is still obvious.

I've never seen anyone insult someone like this before—not even during the worst years of public opinion after her debut this summer, when she participated in "See You," there were never such terrible and malicious comments.

"If he were still a man, he shouldn't be clinging to his meager B-level traffic."

After Sister Honey finished speaking, her phone suddenly chimed; it was a Weibo notification tagging her...

[The person you're following, [Ikeno], just updated their Weibo.]

"Um?!"

Honey was taken aback.

Has Ikeno posted on Weibo?
Why so fast this time…

What did he post this time?
(End of this chapter)