Huayu 2021: Isn’t he in the technology field?

Chapter 197: The official announcement, and everyone's jealous!

#Lighter and Princess Dress Officially Announced#
As the princess stepped into the overgrown garden, the lonely king was given an ever-burning lamp.

Li Xun @ Jiang Qing

Zhu Yun @ Zhang Jingyi

Side by side, we run toward our heart's desire; love is the fairest belief for humanity.

Attached image: Above the dazzling flames of a golden lighter, a blonde cartoon figure stands side by side with the back of a girl in a red princess dress, their figures appearing and disappearing in the fireworks.

It's official!
Real hammer!
Within ten seconds of the update, a large number of fans of the original work and other fans who were following the developments quickly took over the comment section.

In the blink of an eye, the official Weibo post about "lighter and princess dress" went viral.

At the same time, Jiang Qing and Zhang Jingyi's fans began to control the comments section in perfect unison.

"The ever-burning lights illuminate the wasteland; be the captain of your own ship. The curtain rises, and the fusion and clash between actor @JiangQing and genius Li Xun is about to unfold~"

"Life is full of ups and downs, and young people have their own proud spirit. On and off campus, in front of and behind the camera, the two lives of @JiangQing and LiXun are intertwined."

"Amidst the desolation of overgrown weeds and the steadfast perseverance of a solitary lamp burning brightly, shedding naivety and immaturity to seek passion and truth, we look forward to @JiangQing bringing us the new character Li Xun."

"Liking you is not about watching you shine in the dark, but about shining side by side with you to light up the night. Looking forward to Zhu Yun, looking forward to actress @Zhang Jingyi."

"You are my king, and I am your loyal subject. Youth leaves its mark of unbridled exuberance, and young people have the courage to go through fire and water. Looking forward to seeing @JiangQing and @ZhangJingyi!"

……

At the same time, just as Weibo programmer Xiao Wang took a bite of his jianbing (Chinese crepe), the office alarm suddenly went off.

He frantically pushed the keyboard aside, and the traffic curve in the upper right corner of the screen was shooting towards the ceiling at a 90-degree angle.

The entry for "Jiang Qing Li Xun" is being refreshed 200,000 times per second, causing the server to groan in despair.

"Turn on all the backup units!"

The supervisor, pulling at his tie, rushed into the server room.

"Call AliCloud again to borrow resources!"

As Xiao Wang stared at the real-time data waterfall, he swallowed the last bite of his pancake, glancing out of the corner of his eye at a comment that was garnering 30,000 likes per minute.

"Does the real-life Li Xun even need to act? Jiang Qing could just change the name on her ID card to the character's name and be done with it!"

Who said no!
With you doing this, we'll have to work overtime again today!

He wailed inwardly, lamenting his misfortune.

The Douban group "Lighter Original Fans" was flooded with nearly 10,000 new posts in an instant, and the group leader @GoldenBear posted three pinned posts in a row.

"Everyone, bring out Chapter Seven of the original novel! Who said back then that the Chinese entertainment industry couldn't find a real academic genius to play Li Xun?"

The accompanying image is a high-resolution photo of Jiang Qing deriving a formula at the World Artificial Intelligence International Summit two years ago, standing side-by-side with the blond male protagonist from the novel and comics.

The comment section was flooded with thousands of replies in seconds.

"Isn't this Li Xun crawling out of the book?!"

"What we're saying is, with Jiang Shen's abilities, he should be much more powerful than Li Xun, right?"

"This is the first time I've seen someone in real life whose abilities are even more outrageous than those in novels. It's hilarious."

"I wonder how well Jiang Shen and Zhang Jingyi will feel as a couple. I feel like the female lead must be under a lot of pressure."

"I liked Zhang Jingyi when she was in 'The Wind Rises'. Her face had the feel of a youthful campus heroine, full of stubbornness."

"Have you forgotten something? Last month at Wang Sulong's Nanjing concert, Jiang Qing and Zhang Jingyi appeared together and even trended on social media. So, is it possible that Jiang Qing only took on the role of Li Xun because of her?"

"Holy crap! You've hit the nail on the head!"

"Was all of this premeditated?"

"Huh? Isn't Jiang Qing with Zhou Ye?"

"What nonsense are you talking about upstairs? There's no solid evidence or official announcement. They're probably just good friends."

"You can just casually give your friend a JD.com endorsement, but Zhou Ye's lock screen is Jiang Qing! And look at the latest episode of Chinese Restaurant, his eyes are practically glued to her!"

"If that's the case, Jiang Qing also helped Sister Meng get the female lead in 'Sheep Without a Shepherd 2,' what do they say about that?"

"Have you all forgotten about Tian Xiwei, that 'everyday romance' female lead? It seems like Jiang Qing's relationships with those young actresses are a bit complicated!"

"Is it possible that Jiang Qing wanted to work with Zhang Jingyi because she looks like Zhou Ye?"

"Is he unable to act directly with Zhou Ye or something?"

The comments section erupted in heated discussion, with everyone speculating about the relationship between Jiang Qing, Zhang Jingyi, and Zhou Ye, focusing on whether Jiang Qing played Li Xun for Zhang Jingyi's sake.

Chen Feiyu's biggest fan @FlyingBirdAndFish has joined the Super Topic.

"It's really ugly how some people with connections try to grab roles and even buy trending searches."

The accompanying image is a still from the drama "The Beginning," with the words "Capital Dog" photoshopped onto Jiang Qing's face.

The comment section was flooded with comments in less than three minutes after the post was posted.

A netizen with the ID "Jiang Qing in a White Shirt" posted a screenshot of a lawyer's letter: "Evidence has been collected, see you in court."

More than ten legal bloggers were among those who liked the repost.

Fans of the original work are flooding the "lighter and princess dress" hashtag with comparison photos.

The passage in the novel where Li Xun wins a programming competition at the age of 18 has been replaced by netizens with a screenshot of a news article about Jiang Qing leading her team to win the ImageNet Challenge when she was a sophomore in college.

Next to the illustration of "the blond boy typing code" in the book is a photo of Jiang Qing debugging the robot "Jiajia" in the laboratory of the University of Science and Technology of China.

The top-rated comment raised a question.

"Is the author sure they didn't write this based on Jiang Qing? This isn't just casting based on looks, it's like they're directly dragging someone from another dimension!"

This comment quickly garnered hundreds of replies.

A film and television blogger with a million followers posted an article.

"The sense of destiny that Zhang Jingyi exudes, the feeling of saving a fallen genius, is practically straight out of a book! Even the way she looks at a garbage dump is filled with affection, let alone when that person is Jiang Qing?"

This post was instantly reposted by Zhang Jingyi's fans and pinned to the top of the super topic, with the caption: "Starting today, the Destiny Cycle is activated!"

The "Mingyun Xunhuan" CP fans quickly created a super topic and are rapidly closing in on the top ten of Weibo's CP super topics.

On Zhihu, under the question "How to evaluate a real-life AI genius starring in an idol drama", the official Weibo account of the University of Science and Technology of China personally joined in the fun.

"I suggest the film crew come directly to our school to film. Dr. Jiang's workstation still has the scorch marks left by the coffee cup."

The accompanying picture shows Jiang Qing eating a pancake while coding, her back to the camera, with a magnetic sticker from the lab access control still stuck to her white lab coat. She later added in the comments: "School's started just in time, so Dr. Jiang can catch up on her classes during breaks from filming."

The comments section was filled with cheers and agreement from netizens.

Bilibili's film and television section saw the emergence of a "Jiang Qingyuzhou" montage, which strung together scenes of him diligently debugging robots in the lab, cooking in "Peach Blossom Village," and giving a speech at the Baidu AI Conference, along with behind-the-scenes footage from the "Beginning," all set to the theme song "Falling You" released by the official Weibo account of "Lighter and Princess Dress," instantly maximizing the idol drama male lead atmosphere.

The screen was flooded with comments: "Even third-rate screenwriters wouldn't dare to write a character like this, but there are actually max-level humans in real life!"

Just as netizens were engrossed in their discussion, Lei Jun retweeted the official Weibo post from the "Lighter" drama crew and tagged Jiang Qing: "President Jiang, all electronic devices in the drama can be Xiaomi products. Mention my name and you'll get a 20% discount."

Yu Chengdong immediately appeared in the comments section: "Mr. Lei is still too stingy. We at Huawei can sponsor it for free."

The appearance of the two big shots instantly drew a crowd, with everyone eager for more excitement and spamming the chat with messages like, "Let's fight! The winner gets Jiang Qing!"

When the online discussion reached its peak, the official Weibo account of the University of Science and Technology of China took the opportunity to release a video of Jiang Qing leading his juniors in projects during his university days. In the video, he loosened his collar with one hand to explain the neural network framework, and when he looked up, there were bloodshot eyes. This sense of fatigue unexpectedly triggered sympathy from the entire internet.

The top-rated comment lamented: "In the novel, at least Li Xun had Zhu Yun to bring him food and drinks when he stayed up all night, but how come the real-life big shot has to fend for himself!"

Zhang Jingyi's studio quickly responded and interacted with the situation.

"Fifty cases of energy drinks have been arranged for delivery to Wuwen Technology."

Many netizens joked, "She gets into character so quickly, Komuro is so sensible!"

At 9:47 PM, the "Protecting the Heart" film crew in Hengdian.

Zhou Ye, who had just finished filming a night scene, took the phone from her assistant. After opening Weibo, a series of trending topics made her temples throb. She randomly clicked on one of the topics, "Jiang Qing and Zhang Jingyi's compatibility," and the screen full of "a perfect match" made her face suddenly turn cold.

match?
Where is it matched?

He doesn't deserve it at all!

What kind of eyes do you have? This is not a good match at all.
Jiang Qing, I'm going to cause trouble!

The earlier "beginning" was one thing, but the romantic relationship between the male and female leads in those dramas was very weak, with only a little sweetness at the end, which was almost negligible.

But during her break, she looked up the original novel of "Lighter" and found that the male and female leads had all sorts of intimate behaviors, including a sex scene. Most importantly, they even got married!

How can this work!

She's going to call Jiang Qing!

We must use a borrowed position!

If he doesn't borrow a position, then... then I won't borrow a position either!
Yes, that's the decision!

The girl pursed her lips and quickened her pace, walking confidently towards the RV. Her assistant could barely keep up with her, having to walk and run.

Egret Island.

Chen Duling walked barefoot on the soft sand of the beach, her long hair disheveled in the sea breeze, obscuring her small face. Under the cover of night, almost no one could recognize her.

Recalling the scene of walking on the beach with Jiang Qing that night, she was filled with longing.

After finishing filming "Are you safe?", she has been resting in Xiamen for nearly half a month.

When she finally decided to take the initiative, she saw that Meng Ziyi had just visited Wuwen Technology, and considering that she would be joining the film crew of "Fortress" on the 16th, she decided to wait until the filming of "Fortress" was over before going to find Jiang Qing.

She only has a minor supporting role in this movie, and it will take about ten days to half a month to finish filming. Then she can rest for about a month before joining the cast of "Chang Yue Jin Ming" in early November.

Unexpectedly, her wait led her to the news that Jiang Qing was going to star in "Lighter and Princess Dress".

In the afternoon, she specifically sought out the original work and spent half a day reading it all.

She thought about it for a long time but still couldn't figure out why Jiang Qing would take a liking to this script.

If Jiang Qing accepts the "beginning" because of its time loop concept, then is the reason for accepting the lighter because the male protagonist is a computer genius?

Jiang Qing is not that kind of person.

There's only one possibility: he did it for some other reason.

It's not a script, it's just a person.

That is... Zhang Jingyi.

The image of the girl she had seen at the school down the mountain flashed into her mind; she remembered her as a girl with very beautiful eyes.

It seems I've gained another acquaintance as a rival.

Actually, she had just thought that if she hadn't forced Jiang Qing to make a decision, but instead asked him to act in a drama together, she believed he definitely wouldn't have refused.

During filming, they can make everything fall into place naturally; the only thing she and Zhou Ye lack is the time to spend with Jiang Qing.

And now, a new competitor has emerged.

Chen Duling stopped and watched as the seawater at her feet was constantly being submerged by the waves.

She suddenly realized that no matter how turbulent the tide was now, it would eventually recede.

The same applies to those around Jiang Qing.

"Jiang Qing, I'm jealous. I'll make a note of it for you."

Chen Duling suddenly looked up at the moon hanging high in the night sky, put her hands on her waist, and puffed out her chubby cheeks.

Her voice was sweet and coquettish, yet tinged with a hint of reproach.

This is another side of her that many people have never seen.

A high-end apartment in Shanghai.

"What's going on?! What's wrong with Zhang Jingyi now?!"

Tian Xiwei clutched the Stella Delo pillow in her arms, her eyebrows almost furrowed as she looked at the trending topics on her tablet.

She had been watching the trending topics since the afternoon. At first, she was worried about Jiang Qing, but she immediately got angry after seeing the official announcement from the Lighter drama crew!
Having experienced it firsthand, she could tell at a glance that the relationship between Zhang Jingyi and Jiang Qing was definitely not simple!
First it was Zhou Ye, then Meng Ziyi and Chen Duling, and then that green tea bitch from last time, and now there's Zhang Jingyi too!
Jiang Qing!
You scumbag!

I initially thought you, being an engineering guy, were just confused about relationships, but now it seems you want it all, right?

I want to eat fart!
I've been practicing boxing lately, I wonder how many punches you can withstand!

You want to enjoy the bliss of having two women on your left and two on your right, don't you?

Next time, I'll test your strength first!
She twisted Stella's ear, glared at her with her big eyes, and her little face was full of malice.

……

That night, many people were destined to be consumed by jealousy.

(End of this chapter)