Chinese entertainment: Top stars started being pursued by young actresses

Chapter 274, Section 273: Zhou Ye, are you playing the "wife-chasing-after-the-cremation" card? (4K)

On a street

Two female college students saw a life-size standee of Zhou Ye at a store in the distance and quickly ran over.

"Come quick, come take a picture of me!"

"Wow, you have sharp eyes! You can even see Zhou Ye here!"

"Of course! She's the hottest female celebrity right now, come quick, come quick."

"After I finish taking pictures, you have to take one of us too. I recently watched 'Starry Night' and I've become a fan of Zhou Ye. She's so beautiful."

"Wow, look over there, that big screen is Lin Shaobai!"

"Oh my, I feel like I can see Lin Shaobai everywhere on this road, even at the bus stops."

Fans in Zhou Ye's fan group were so happy about the show's huge success that they couldn't sleep.

The group receives over 99 messages every day; it's impossible to keep up.

[Great! Our wild child has finally been seen!]

No, to be precise, it's that Ye Zi in period costume has finally been seen by people. Ye Zi gained countless fans after participating in variety shows.

[I previously thought that Bai Chen Entertainment's plan to make her a variety show personality wasn't a good idea. Lin Shaobai isn't nice to Xiao Yezi at all, only arranging variety shows for her, even though she's clearly an actress.]

[Now I understand, it was all a ploy to get him on variety shows first, broaden his profile, and then propel her to A-list status with a wildly popular drama!]

It's not easy to have a hit drama like this, so everyone please post some beautiful pictures of Ye Zi in the comments section to encourage more people to become fans!

I've been a longtime fan of Yezi, and I'm so happy to see her achieve so much. It really hurt me to see her lose to that group in the past when she couldn't even win an argument [crying emoji].

Which one?

[Which other family could it be? It's Tian Xiwei's family, the one that's been tearing into every actor born in 95. Only their family is constantly engaging in feuds, so full of hostility every day.]

[Great! Our show's a huge hit this time! Now we should be able to compete with them on equal footing.]

[Absolutely! Our family is gaining a huge following on variety shows, while their family will only get ridiculed if they go on variety shows.]

How popular is "Youth Periplous Season 2"? I think the biggest credit goes to Yezi.

[Quick, quick! We need to boost trending topics! Mainly anything related to this TV series, Zhou Ye, and the character Cheng Shaoshang. Let's push them all up!]

On Weibo, the majority of people praise Ye Zi, but there are also some fans of celebrities in the same field who slander her.

[Isn't Zhou Ye a well-known actress who adds scenes for others? She wasn't originally cast as the female lead in this drama, but she successfully rose to the role through the power of capital.]

[Clicking on the homepage, it's clear you're a fan of the Tian family. Your own sister hasn't worked in a long time, so you're starting to slander our Yezi?]

To be honest, am I the only one who thinks Tian Xiwei's eyes are scary?

[Same here, me too. I've never thought she was particularly pretty. I find her eyes quite frightening; her pupils seem too dark.]

[No one mentioned Tian Xiwei in this trending topic.]

[Zhou Ye's acting skills are good enough to land her a leading role; Lin Shaobai really does dote on her.]

[They've spread rumors about the actress again.]

[Your fans can argue all you want, but don't drag Lin Shaobai into it. You know how powerful the White Cranes are if you dare mess with Lin Shaobai.]

[Isn't Zhou Ye's acting notoriously bad? How can anyone still watch her dramas?]

But she's really changed a lot this time, otherwise "The Starry Night" wouldn't have been so popular.

[Just because she starred in one wildly popular period drama, her fans are acting this arrogantly? Our Xiaotian has had three consecutive hit dramas, and she even has connections to high-end luxury brands. Let them catch up with us first.]

[As everyone knows, Tian Xiwei doesn't have rivals, only fans from other fan groups. Whether it's Wang Churan's or Zhou Ye's fans, they are all fans from other fan groups, understand?]

[What does this have to do with Wang Churan?! Don't bring Wang Churan into this! Our fans are law-abiding and don't cause trouble like some other fan groups.]

The argument on Weibo is in full swing, with some of the words used being truly offensive.

These actresses are colleagues in the same company, but they are always fiercely competing with each other because they are in the same industry.

Moreover, everyone now has a representative work that can become a hit drama.

Originally, Oda was firmly in first place, as the position of three hit dramas was unshakeable.

Ye Zi already had two representative works a few years ago, including Qiao Yingzi in "A Little Reunion".

This family drama series is very popular, but Yezi is only a minor character among the children and can't really carry the show.

Wei Lai, the villain in "Better Days," became a breakout character, but in reality, she was just an 18th-tier supporting actress who at most made an appearance.

Therefore, the drama "Starry Night" is extremely important to Zhou Ye herself and her fans.

No matter what, we have to push the ratings of this show up, as high as we can.

We want to work together with the fans of Lin Shaobai next door to take this drama to an unprecedented peak.

The immense popularity of this TV series has also boosted the number of fans for the female lead, Zhou Ye, to over 900 million on Weibo, and is about to surpass 1000 million.

They have gained two more brand ambassadors: Green Sword brand ambassador and Xilinmen global brand ambassador.

Marketing accounts that mention her name on Weibo always rank highly in the comments section.

With a regular appearance on various popular variety shows and a double nomination for the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Awards, she is now playing the leading lady Cheng Shaoshang, making her incredibly successful.

After completing a series of offline promotions, Zhou Ye made a special trip home to see his parents and sister.

That evening, as soon as she opened the door, her family gave her a grand welcome with small confetti cannons!

"Welcome home, Ono!"

Welcome home, superstar!

"Congratulations!"

The fireworks sprayed onto Onoko, and Zhou Ye went from being completely bewildered to slowly breaking into a smile.

So all that secrecy was a surprise I was preparing for myself!
Zhou Ye immediately opened his arms and hugged his parents: "Mom and Dad, I missed you so much!"

When the older sister saw this, she came over, and the four of them hugged each other.

Ono was soon dragged to a restaurant again, where a large table of dishes was specially prepared knowing she was coming back.

In the evening, the family sat in the living room again, waiting for the TV series "Starry Night" to be updated and projected onto the screen.

"Yezi, to be honest, I am incredibly proud to have a sister like you."

My sister scrolled through the comments section of the TV series.

"Look, look! Unanimously positive reviews!"

"To be honest, this is the first time I've seen you in ancient costume, Onoko."

"My sister is the prettiest among the post-95 actresses!"

Zhou Ye felt a sense of satisfaction upon hearing this, but the next second his expression turned slightly serious: "Sis, this is something we should only hear. You absolutely mustn't say it outside, otherwise, if someone with ulterior motives uses it against me, all the goodwill I've worked so hard to build will completely collapse. I'll get terribly criticized."

"Ah! I'm not stupid! I would definitely say this in private. Anyway, I just think you're the most beautiful. I'll like all the comments from those '95-level beauty queens' in the comments section."

"Oh dear! Don't talk nonsense about being a 'face king'. I...I'm just not bad looking."

Zhou Ye said in a cute and endearing way.

Hehe, of course I know I'm good-looking.

……

It was the end of August 2021.

Zhou Ye's popularity continues to rise, and the company is negotiating another endorsement for her.

To facilitate collaborations with overseas partners, her agent required her to learn several languages.

English is a must, and it will also make it easier to participate in travel variety shows abroad later.

Bai Chen's original plan for Ye Zi was to develop both variety shows and film and television.

Zhou Ye's English is not bad, so this time he mainly studied French.

He ran into Wang Churan at the company. "Oh? Zhou Ye!"

Wang Churan ran over to Xiaoyezi excitedly after seeing her.

Because he was running too fast and couldn't stop in time, he almost knocked the thin, wild child to the ground.

Driven by that force, Yezi took three or four steps back before regaining her balance.

"long time no see!"

"Actually, no—"

"Now that your show has aired, you've finally caught up with them!"

"..."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Ye's smile instantly froze.

"what?"

What? !

Wang Churan patted Xiaoyezi on the shoulder, sounding like a seasoned celebrity who had been famous for many years: "Not bad, not bad. You look radiant lately. It's true that fame makes you look better. Let me, as someone who's been there, share my experience of becoming famous with you."

Zhou Ye stood motionless in front of Ms. Wang the entire time, as if he had been paralyzed by acupuncture.

Although she didn't move, her expression clearly showed that she was very helpless.

"Recently, I've signed up for some classes to learn a few more languages. Maybe I can become famous all over the world."

Wang Churan circled around Yezi and casually put her arm around her shoulder: "Don't worry, once I'm famous all over the world—"

"That's enough."

Zhou Ye took her hand and gently pulled it off his shoulder: "When did we become so close?"

"Hey, look at you, haven't we always been pretty close?" Wang Churan smiled.

Zhou Ye scratched his chin awkwardly, looked left and right, and finally snapped his fingers: "Okay! Since you say you're familiar with me, then treat me to dinner."

"no problem!"

The two quickly booked a private room at a restaurant near the company.

Before the dishes were served, Wang Churan opened her Weibo super topic and placed it directly in front of Yezi.

She closed her eyes slightly, exuding a sense of pride as she enjoyed the honor: "Look at my super topic, look at these terrifying numbers, this is the charm of a popular woman."

Zhou Ye chuckled.

"puff."

"Why are you laughing at people! Laugh again! If you laugh again, I'll throw this tea in your face, you believe me?"

"Do not believe."

Zhou Ye then browsed through his own Weibo super topic.

The two of them are currently among the top female celebrities in terms of statistics.

A hit drama series has a huge positive impact on a person.

"Oh, I see that I've surpassed 1000 million followers on Weibo."

"what?!"

Wang Churan snapped a photo, then glared angrily at Yezi: "Really?"

Zhou Ye's expression was calm, concealing his pride: "Of course, I was a little short before, but I've probably gained some more fans recently."

After saying that, she raised her eyebrows, looking like a smug and cheerful little girl.

"Hey, are you deliberately bullying me?"

Wang Churan sat weakly in the chair, covering her eyes with her hands as if tears were streaming down her face.

"..." Zhou Ye ignored her and silently poured himself a glass of water.

"She just reached 1000 million followers before me, is it really necessary to humiliate her like this? I haven't done anything immoral, have I? Are you just jealous of my position as the main girlfriend?"

"puff--!"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Ye spat out the water in his mouth, and by sheer coincidence, a small portion of it landed on Miss Wang's face.

"Zhou Ye!"

"Sorry, sorry, what you said is just too funny."

Wang Churan took out tissues from her bag and wiped the water off her face in frustration.

"I know, you're all jealous that I'm the rightful wife."

"Who's jealous of...you?" Zhou Ye discovered the blind spot.

"Miss Wang, what do you mean by 'you all'?"

"You and Tian Xiwei, you're both jealous that I'm the official wife."

"I think you have paranoia. Who's jealous of you?"

Zhou Ye said jokingly.

The Empress?

She later learned that, to put it simply, this position required the respect and obedience of those around her.

Wang Churan?
Gee tut.

She's just a crazy woman who likes to entertain herself.

"But to be honest, I met her once before."

After finishing discussing this topic, Wang Churan switched gears in a second and became serious again.

"I feel that she has gradually agreed to the way she interacts with Xiaolin." Wang Churan's mouth was dry as she spoke, so she poured herself a glass of water and drank it.

Zhou Ye narrowed his eyes slightly, hesitating to speak: "You mean to say..."

Wang Churan: "That's right, I think she's coming back. But with her arrogant personality, Xiao Lin will probably have to coax her a bit more."

After saying that, Ms. Wang shrugged: "It's pointless. I should have done the same thing and made Xiao Lin go through the whole 'chasing-him-after-the-cremation' process!"

Zhou Ye coughed twice more.

"Oh, I remember now, you love playing this 'wife-chasing-after-the-cremation' game."

"No, who wants to play games? Do you know how much this affected me back then? I didn't get a good night's sleep for a long, long time. The feeling of being deceived is just awful!"

Zhou Ye excitedly tried to clarify things for himself.

Is he going to have to go through a "wife-chasing-to-the-crematorium" scenario?

Who would have the time to play with this?

All of these emotional changes can be devastating.

"That's because of you; you're handling problems the wrong way."

Wang Churan pulled out a pair of black eyeglasses from somewhere and put them on, pretending to be a teacher and lecturing Xiao Yezi: "You need to clearly understand what you want. Since we have enjoyed so much help from Shao Bai, it is natural that these things are completely acceptable. Look at you, you made such a fuss at the beginning."

Zhou Ye: "What's going on? Why are you lecturing me now?"

"I'm just trying to reason with you because you're young."

"I'm older than you..."

"Your mental age is younger than theirs." Wang Churan winked, sounding particularly cheeky.

"But now that you've turned over a new leaf, we must become best friends. In private, let's not fight or anything like that, so Xiaolin won't have to worry, okay?"

"...If you say another word, I'll gag you with this cup."

(End of this chapter)