Rebirth of Chinese Entertainment, starting with the strategy of 95 flowers to counterattack

Chapter 168 The Bet in the Mascot Costume and the Night on Weibo

The moonlight had just climbed to the top of the palm tree, and Gu Yang hadn't even finished tying his bathrobe when there was a gentle knock on the door.

On the monitor, Tian Xiwei was wearing a silk slip dress, the straps hanging precariously from her arm, and she was blinking at the camera.

"Gu Yang, I've lost my room key~" She held up the script in her hand the moment the door opened, "Could I borrow your phone to call the front desk?"

Her voice was like melting honey, but her gaze drifted towards Gu Yang's half-open bathrobe collar.

Gu Yang's hair was still dripping wet, and his Adam's apple bobbed as he was about to speak...

"Teacher Tian, ​​why are you out so lightly dressed so late? Aren't you afraid of catching a cold?" Zhou Ye's voice came from the balcony, clearly teasing.

Tian Xiwei stopped and turned around with a sickeningly sweet smile: "Teacher Zhou cares about me so much, it's really touching."

She deliberately emphasized the word "concern".

Standing between the two men, Gu Yang felt as if he were standing between two cannons about to fire.

He subconsciously pulled his bathrobe collar tighter, water droplets dripping from his hair onto his collarbone, feeling cool and refreshing.

I feel completely insecure!
"Um, Ms. Tian, ​​how about I call the front desk for you?" Gu Yang tried to break the awkward atmosphere.

"No need, Director Gu." Tian Xiwei blinked her innocent big eyes. "I suddenly remembered that I think I left the room key in the dressing room."

Zhou Ye snorted and walked out of the room from the balcony, still holding the glass of red wine in his hand. "Teacher Tian has a really bad memory. It was the same at the KTV last time. She pretended to forget about the bet after losing."

Tian Xiwei's smile froze for a moment: "What bet? I don't remember it?"

"Oh?" Zhou Ye raised an eyebrow. "It's the bet you and Sister Yitong made last month at the premiere of 'Better Days,' where you lost a song to us and promised to wear mascot costumes and bring us coffee."

Gu Yang's eyes darted back and forth between the two men, wisely choosing to remain silent.

"Ah! That!" Tian Xiwei slapped her forehead, making a look of sudden realization. "I didn't mean to not keep my promise. It's just that we're not usually in the same production crew, so we don't see each other often."

Zhou Ye swirled his wine glass. "Now that we're filming this movie together, can we fulfill our bet?"

Tian Xiwei bit her lower lip and looked at Gu Yang for help.

Gu Yang pretended not to see it, and was intently studying the pattern on the carpet.

He really wanted to see it too...

"Sure!" Tian Xiwei's eyes lit up, and she suddenly agreed readily, then shrugged, "But we don't have any mascot costumes right now, let's do it another day."

Zhou Ye's lips curled into a victorious smile: "What a coincidence, I brought it for you."

She put down her wine glass and walked quickly towards her room.

Tian Xiwei stared wide-eyed at Zhou Ye's retreating figure in disbelief: "She...she always carries a mascot costume with her?"

Gu Yang finally couldn't help but laugh out loud: "It seems that Teacher Zhou was prepared in advance."

"Hmph! You little brat, you won't even help me!" Tian Xiwei glared fiercely at Gu Yang with her big eyes!

It's not dangerous at all, just cute.

Less than a minute later, Zhou Ye returned, carrying a white coconut mascot costume.

The coconut also has a pair of big black eyes and an exaggerated smile, making it look adorable.

"Here, put it on." Zhou Ye handed the mascot costume to Tian Xiwei, his eyes sparkling with excitement.

Tian Xiwei took the mascot costume, her expression like she was holding a time bomb: "This... how do I wear this? I've never worn clothes like this before."

Zhou Ye rolled his eyes: "It's just putting on the hood and then zipping up the zipper on the back."

"It sounds so complicated..." Tian Xi frowned slightly, turning the mascot costume over and over to examine it. "How about Teacher Zhou demonstrates it?"

Gu Yang finally couldn't stand it anymore: "Xiao Ye, actually this outfit..."

“Okay, I’ll wear it for you to see.” Zhou Ye interrupted Gu Yang and snatched the mascot costume from him.

She deftly put on the coconut headgear, then fumbled to zip up the zipper on the back.

Tian Xiwei's lips curled up secretly. She quietly went behind Zhou Ye and, taking him by surprise, pulled up the hidden zipper at the top.

That's specifically used to secure the mascot costume and prevent it from opening accidentally.

"Are you done?" Zhou Ye's muffled voice came from inside the hood. She raised "Coconut's" arm and awkwardly spun around.

Tian Xiwei covered her mouth and chuckled, "So cute! Teacher Zhou looks absolutely perfect in this!"

Gu Yang sighed, "Teacher Tian, ​​you wouldn't...?"

"Director Gu, I suddenly remembered I found my room key!" Tian Xiwei blinked. "I'm going back now, goodnight!"

She turned to slip away.

"Wait!" Zhou Ye's voice suddenly turned panicked. "Why can't this zipper be opened? Tian Dabing! What have you done?"

Tian Xiwei stopped in her tracks, looking completely innocent: "Huh? I don't know, maybe it's stuck?"

"Xiao Yangzi! Help me!" Zhou Ye began to struggle, and the coconut doll spun around in place, looking both comical and pitiful.

Gu Yang sighed and went over to help Zhou Ye check the zipper.

"Uh, this snap is locked." Gu Yang's voice was somewhat helpless. "It needs to be unlocked from the inside."

"I can't see it!" Zhou Ye's voice was filled with annoyance. "Tian Dabing, you come here right now!"

Tian Xiwei reluctantly walked back: "I really didn't mean to..."

"Stop it!" The coconut doll waved its arms angrily. "You did this on purpose! Help me get it off!"

Gu Yang suppressed a laugh: "Teacher Zhou, why don't you take off your wig and let me see?"

"I can't take it off!" Zhou Ye's voice was already trembling with tears. "The hood and clothes are attached together!"

Tian Xiwei finally had a change of heart and went over to help. She and Gu Yang studied the complicated hidden clasp together, their heads almost touching.

Gu Yang could smell the faint scent of peaches on Tian Xiwei, while Tian Xiwei noticed that there were still water droplets clinging to Gu Yang's eyelashes.

"Found it!" Tian Xiwei cheered and pressed the hidden mechanism.

With a "whoosh," the zipper slid down, and Zhou Ye broke free from the mascot costume like a chick hatching from its shell.

Her cheeks were flushed from the heat, but her eyes shone with an astonishing brightness.

"Tian! Xi! Wei!" Zhou Ye called out, enunciating each word clearly.

Tian Xiwei took two steps back and raised her hands: "I was wrong! I'll put it on right now!"

She grabbed the mascot costume from the ground and put it on herself.

Gu Yang couldn't help but laugh as he watched the two popular actresses arguing over a childish bet.

Zhou Ye immediately glared at him: "Director Gu, do you think this is funny?"

"No, no." Gu Yang immediately put on a serious face, but the smile in the corner of his eyes was hard to hide.

Tian Xiwei had successfully squeezed herself into the mascot costume, with only her delicate little face showing: "Is this okay?"

Zhou Ye crossed his arms: "Where's the hood?"

Tian Xi pouted and slowly put on the coconut headgear.

Suddenly, a cute coconut person appeared in the room and awkwardly spun around.

"Where's the coffee?" A muffled voice came from inside the hood.

Zhou Ye finally smiled with satisfaction: "Tomorrow morning, I want an iced Americano, delivered to my room."

"Okay..." Tian Xiwei replied, drawing out her words, then turned to Gu Yang, "What would Director Gu like to drink? I'll bring it over."

Gu Yang was taken aback for a moment: "Huh? I guess I don't need it."

"Yes, yes!" The coconut doll nodded vigorously. "Director Gu likes lattes, right? Double the sugar?"

Zhou Ye narrowed his eyes: "How do you know Director Gu's taste?"

The air in the room suddenly froze.

"That...everyone in the crew knows," Tian Xiwei's voice came from inside the wig, sounding a little muffled. "Director Gu's assistant buys him the same coffee every day."

Zhou Ye gave a meaningful "Oh," his gaze sweeping back and forth between the two of them.

Gu Yang cleared his throat: "It's getting late, everyone should get some rest. We have an early shoot tomorrow."

“Okay, Director Gu.” Zhou Ye smiled slightly and picked up his wine glass. “Good night, Miss Coconut.”

Tian Xiwei awkwardly waved the doll's arm: "Goodnight, Lady Red Wine."

……

Weibo Headquarters Meeting Room

Outside the floor-to-ceiling windows, the lights of Yanjing CBD shone brightly, and the data tables on the projection screen gleamed with a cold light.

According to the final vote count on Weibo KING, Gu Yang leads with 2.32 million votes, followed by Deng Chao with 1.55 million votes.

The operations director tapped the laser pointer, "Gu Yang's portrayal of Zhuo Yifan in 'Wolf Warrior 2' is deeply ingrained in people's hearts, and his role as Han Shangyan in 'Go Go Squid!' trended on social media 92 times throughout the year, with his super topic reaching over 580 billion views. In addition, with the support of Xiao Bei in 'Better Days' and the male lead in 'Qing Qing Daily,' the data is far ahead."

The marketing manager added, flipping through the reports, "His charitable foundation, which he established last month, was widely reposted by official media, which greatly enhanced his positive image."

"Good! Great!"

Everyone looked in the direction of the voice and saw Lin Yan, the public relations director. She waved her phone and said, "I just confirmed that Gu Yang will be attending, but he specifically requested that no CP-related topics be mentioned during the red carpet interviews."

The big screen switched to the QUEEN rankings, with Yang Mi in first place with 2.01 million votes, followed closely by Zhou Ye with 1.89 million votes.

"Yang Mi has the huge hit 'Eternal Love' this year, while Zhou Ye has gained fans with her two outstanding roles as Tong Nian in 'Go Go Squid!' and Chen Nian in 'Better Days,' but she is still slightly inferior in terms of the number of works."

"After all, they've only been in the industry for a year!"

"That's already amazing, okay?" The tech lead pulled up a graph. "In the last 72 hours, Zhou Ye's votes surged by 4000 million. Data shows that this was mainly due to the collective support from Gu Yang's fan club. They even created a voting tutorial for 'Han Shangyan x Tong Nian'."

Lin Yan suddenly sat up straight: "By the way, how many votes did Tian Xiwei get?"

"Eighth place, 5200 million votes." The technical director adjusted his glasses. "She has too few works!"

An eerie silence suddenly fell over the conference room.

Everyone recalled the trending topic from earlier in the day, #GuYangTianXiFeedElectricIceCreamOnSet#, and Zhou Ye's Weibo post that he deleted shortly afterward, which said "Ice cream tastes better with a waffle cone".

This is such a great hot topic, it's just a pity that it's not well-known, so it's not easy to arrange seats and create a buzz.

"Arrange a 'Newcomer of the Year' award for her, and try to seat her diagonally behind Gu Yang so that she can be included when filming Gu Yang!"

"Ok!"

"How's the red carpet order coming along?"

The red carpet schedule on the projection screen was repeatedly revised, with several names highlighted in red followed by dense notes.

"The order of the red carpet this year is even more difficult to arrange than last year." The head of the publicity team rubbed his temples. "Yang Mi's fans have issued three statements demanding that she be the first to walk the red carpet."

"Deng Chao's team insisted on scheduling it during prime time. Gu Yang's side didn't make any requests, but his fan club sent us more than twenty private messages yesterday, warning us not to schedule him too close to any of Zhou Ye or Tian Xiwei."

"What nonsense! Ignore them, communicate with the artists, and arrange things according to our plan!"

"Popularity is the most important thing!"

(End of this chapter)