The younger generation, starting from where the wind blows...

Chapter 158 The "Little Apple" MV is a huge hit.
What Lin Shaotao didn't know was that Yang Muye actually had no intention of targeting them at all.

All of this was planned long ago.

Even the square dance video posted by the Plastic Brothers wasn't recorded on the morning of the welcome party, as the video claims.

The video was recorded several days in advance, otherwise it wouldn't have been possible to upload it precisely on time.

The Sanrenxing band was "collateral damage" and quickly became cannon fodder in this wave of traffic wars.

Lin Shaotao paid for online trolls, but the Plastic Brothers also did so.

As the number of views on square dance videos rapidly increased, more and more people joined the ranks of "self-promoters".

Even the comment section of the failed version of "The Lone Warrior" was unfortunately flooded with comments.

The comments with the most likes in the front row were all asking if anyone had filmed Old Boys performing "Little Apple" live.

These people all came after watching the Plastic Brothers square dance video, turning the comment section into a wishing well, all asking for videos of the welcome party.

On the Yanjingmao forum, people posted videos from the scene, but due to limitations in filming equipment and the distance from the stage, the video quality was very poor.

However, the collaboration between Old Boys and Sisters Who Make Waves was leaked ahead of time.

Many students from the school shared their experiences in the comments section, saying that the live performance was amazing and on par with Korean girl groups.

In this era where Korean culture dominates the entertainment industry, any entertainment topic that mentions South Korea will inevitably attract attention.

The popularity of "Sisters Who Make Waves" on the Yanjingmao Tieba forum inevitably attracted some criticism from Korean fans.

Even square dancing is trying to piggyback on South Korea's Aido movement.

The argument between the two sides quickly escalated into a war of words.

Around 2 a.m., the Yanjingmao Tieba experienced its first "bombing" incident.

The next morning, Yang Muye was called away from his dormitory bed by a teacher from the business school.

When I arrived at Ji Donglai's office, I learned that the commotion on the online forum had reached even the principal and the party secretary.

The head of the school's publicity department approached Ji Donglai early in the morning to discuss how to properly handle online public opinion.

As soon as Yang Muyi entered the door, Ji Donglai passed the buck to him.

"This is Minister Jin from the school's publicity department. Now that things have gotten so out of hand online, you should explain to him how to handle this."

Minister Jin immediately corrected him, not to explain, but to say that the school leaders were now paying close attention to the matter.

The school hopes that Yang Muyi will take immediate action to prevent the situation from escalating further.

"The video of the welcome party is still being edited and post-processed, and it may not be uploaded until tonight."

Minister Kim was taken aback.

"so long?"

Yang Muyi thought he should let things play out for a while, but seeing Minister Jin's anxious and agitated appearance, he knew he had to reassure the school immediately.

The plan has to be changed.

"I'll upload a video when I get back, that should help divert everyone's attention."

Minister Kim immediately agreed.

But Ji Donglai said, "Didn't you say the video wouldn't be ready until tonight? Isn't it too rushed to upload it now?"

Minister Jin immediately realized that Ji Donglai was subtly reminding him.

If you want to speed, you can't reach it.

Yang Muyi then explained that the video was the music video for "Little Apple" from the show "Sisters Who Make Waves," which had been recorded a week earlier.

The original plan was to release the music video after the live videos of "Old Boys" and "Sisters Who Make Waves" were released.

Since some brainless K-pop fans have walked right into the line of fire, let's release the MV first and slap them in the face.

Jiahao New City, Building 8, 17th floor.

Liu Meili, who lives in room 1702, went out as usual to go to the neighboring community to do square dancing.

While waiting for the elevator, I ran into the female college student tenant from room 1703 who was also leaving.

Liu Meili greeted them warmly:
"Liu Qing, you're all dressed up so beautifully today. Are you going to a job fair or a company interview?"

Liu Qing replied politely, "I'm going out to take care of some things. Aunt Liu, you're exercising so early?"

The buildings in Jiahao New City all have three elevators serving six units per floor, with two different unit types per floor.

One type is a house like Liu Meili's, which is over 150 square meters, and the other type is a studio apartment like Liu Qing's.

Liu Meili knew Liu Qing's former landlord and was also familiar with Liu Qing.

"Yes, I can't stay idle after retirement. My daughter is a flight attendant and is flying all day. I get very bored staying at home alone, so I can only go dancing."

When the topic of square dancing came up, Liu Qing seemed to suddenly remember something and stared at Liu Meili's face for a moment.

After Liu Meili discovered this, she immediately asked Liu Qing:

"Is there something dirty on my face, or is my makeup smudged?"

"No, no, Aunt Liu, I saw a video online yesterday, and there was a dancing aunt who looked just like you."

Liu Meili's eyes lit up immediately.

"Was it someone wearing a red shirt and green pants, playing 'Little Apple' in the public open space of the neighboring community?"

Now it was Liu Qing's turn to be surprised.

"Aunt Liu, is that really you in the video?"

"Of course it's me."

Liu Meili asked with a smug look, "How was it? I danced pretty well, right?"

Liu Qing smiled and said, "No wonder it looked familiar! That video is all over the internet. Aunt Liu, you're about to become a square dance star!"

"really?"

Liu Meili laughed out loud with surprise, then waved her hand modestly: "No, it's just a casual dance. The two young people who asked us to dance seem to be students from your Yan Economic and Trade College."

Liu Qing nodded.

"Yes, it's from our school."

When the elevator arrived, the two walked in, chatting and laughing.

As she went downstairs, Liu Meili asked about Liu Qing's new landlord.

"I heard he also bought that duplex on the top floor of this building. Is he planning to live in it himself or rent it out?"

"The house hasn't even been renovated yet, so it'll be a year before we can move in."

Liu Qing answered casually.

Just as Liu Meili was about to ask more questions, her cell phone, which was in her handbag, suddenly rang.

He took out his phone and saw that it was his daughter, Zheng Youen, calling.

The signal was poor in the elevator, so Liu Meili waited until she got out of the elevator before she could answer the phone.

"You've flown back to China?"

"Mom, there's something I need to ask you."

"what's up?"

"Did you dance in the square with other people and record a video?"

"What, you saw that video too?"

"Mom, how many times have I told you not to go to the square dancing in the next neighborhood!"

"Where can I jump if I don't go to the neighboring community? Our community's property management doesn't allow it."

"That's because you play your dance music too loudly, do you know that you're disturbing the neighbors?"

“How is it a disturbance for us old folks to dance? Besides, most of the people dancing there live in the next neighborhood, and they don’t complain about it. Why are you worrying about them?” “That’s because the next neighborhood is an old, semi-open community with no property management. Anyway, let me tell you, stop going to do that square dancing. Do you know what people online are saying about you square dancers who are disturbing the peace? It’s not that old people have become bad, it’s that bad people have grown old.”

"How can you talk like that, child? I've raised you with so much hardship all these years, how come you're a bad person?"

“I’m not saying you’re a bad person, but I don’t want you to become a target for people to vent their frustrations online. Many of my colleagues, and even our captain, have seen that square dance video you were tricked into recording. I’m too embarrassed to tell them that it’s my mom. Please, just shut up for a bit!”

Fairfield by Marriott, staff dormitory.

Zhang Guangzheng, who had just finished his night shift and was lying in bed, was awakened by a sound of music that was neither too loud nor too soft.

I kicked off the covers and sat up in bed. I saw Chen Jingdian sitting in front of the computer like an idiot, grinning at the screen.

Although Chen Jingdian was wearing headphones, the music was turned up so loud it was almost like playing it from the speakers.

Zhang Guangzheng called out twice, but Chen Jingdian didn't respond. Frustrated, Zhang Guangzheng jumped off the bed, walked barefoot to Chen Jingdian, and slammed the laptop shut.

Chen Jingdian looked up, took off his headphones, and glared at Zhang Guangzheng with annoyance: "Are you crazy? Why did you turn off my screen?"

Zhang Guangzheng thought to himself, "I'd love to just cut off your power!"

Unfortunately, Chen Jingdian was using a laptop, which still had a battery even when the power was off.

Oh, right, you can unplug the network cable!

Without saying a word, Zhang Guangzheng turned around and walked towards the network cable port.

Chen Jingdian realized what Zhang Guangzheng was about to do and quickly rushed over to stop him.

"Just say what you want to say, what are you trying to do?"

"I was just trying to talk to you properly, but did you hear me?"

"I was listening to music, and I didn't hear it because I had my headphones on."

"You're wearing headphones, and the music is so loud it keeps me awake. How can you even hear me when I'm talking to you?"

Although Chen Jingdian looked down on Zhang Guangzheng's cowardly nature, he also knew that even a rabbit will bite when cornered.
"Sorry, okay? I'll turn the volume down right away."

Seeing that Chen Jingdian's apology was so insincere, Zhang Guangzheng was immediately furious.

He walked over to Chen Jingdian's computer, sat down, put on his headphones, and wanted to see what song could be so captivating to Chen Jingdian that he was unaware of disturbing others.

More than three minutes later, Zhang Guangzheng took off his headphones with a look of "shock".

Chen Jingdian, standing to the side, said smugly, "How about it? Isn't this song catchy?"

Zhang Guangzheng looked at Chen Jingdian, speechless.

"Square dancing has been on the news for disturbing the peace several times, and you actually like listening to this kind of music?"

"You don't understand, do you? This isn't your average square dance song. It's a comedy video, and they're deliberately using square dancing to make fun of this song."

Although it was meant as an explanation, the sense of superiority in Chen Jingdian's tone made Zhang Guangzheng very unhappy.

What's so great about you, a graduate from a third-tier, no-name university?

"Fine, I don't understand. To me, this song is no different from any other square dance song. They're both equally disturbing. If you like it, put on your headphones and listen to it to your heart's content. But if you do, don't blame me for turning on you!"

After saying this, Zhang Guangzheng climbed onto the bed and covered his head with the blanket.

Out of sight out of mind.

Chen Jingdian snorted coldly in his heart.

Play the piano on the cow.

However, Zhang Guangzheng's warning did have an effect. After putting his headphones back on, Chen Jingdian consciously turned down the volume.

Zhang Guangzheng quickly fell asleep.

An hour later, Zhang Guang was sleeping soundly when he suddenly felt someone pushing him.

I opened my eyes and found it was Chen Jingdian.

"what?"

Zhang Guangzheng's tone was very displeased.

"Wake up, I'll show you a video."

Zhang Guangzheng turned over, facing away from Chen Jingdian.

"dont see."

Chen Jingdian continued to shake Zhang Guangzheng's shoulders.

"No, you have to see it."

Zhang Guangzheng was so angry that he sat up in bed and loudly questioned Chen Jingdian about whether he was sick.

"You're the one who's sick! Didn't you just complain that my square dance music was disturbing your sleep? I'm going to show you how high-class and beautiful your so-called square dance music really is!"

Chen Jingdian spoke with great conviction.

Zhang Guangzheng stared at Chen Jingdian for two seconds before finally throwing off the covers and jumping out of bed.

Before sitting down in front of Chen Jingdian's computer, Zhang Guangzheng pointed at Chen Jingdian's nose and threatened, "I'll look at it one more time. If you dare to mess with me, you can forget about playing on the computer again whenever I'm in the dorm. I'll unplug your internet cable every time I see you doing this!"

"Okay, if you watch it and say it's not good, I'll apologize to you immediately and never play on the computer in front of you again."

Chen Jingdian made a solemn oath.

Zhang Guangzheng then put on his headphones and clicked to replay the video.

The opening scene stunned Zhang Guangzheng.

Nine girls stood in a beautifully decorated red house, with crystal red apples for diamond jewelry displayed on the background wall.

Why did you change locations?

Where did those middle-aged women who used to dance in the square go?

Zhang Guang rubbed his eyes vigorously.

Am I still dreaming?
It wasn't until the familiar intro music started that Zhang Guangzheng came back to his senses.

The song is still the same, but the singers and dancers have changed.

The nine girls were all dressed in the same outfit: tight white T-shirts with red baseball jackets on top, and white hot pants with white knee-high heels on the bottom.

The outfits were clearly very sexy, but on the nine girls, they only gave off a feeling of youthful energy.

Zhang Guangzheng ultimately concluded that the main reason was that all nine girls were too beautiful, making it difficult for people to feel any sense of impropriety.

The same melody and the same lyrics, sung by nine girls, felt completely different.

Zhang Guangzheng, who was originally extremely resistant to the song "Little Apple", now had only one thought in his mind.

Really fragrant!

I watched Zhang Guang stare blankly at the computer screen, secretly swallowing his saliva like a lecherous pig.

Chen Jingdian felt increasingly smug.

When he first watched the music video, his reaction was even more exaggerated than Zhang Guangzheng's; he practically wanted to lick the screen.

However, Chen Jingdian didn't feel ashamed at all; on the contrary, he was quite pleased with his judgment.

He became a huge fan of the song "Little Apple" after watching a square dance video of a plastic brother.

Last night, he even impersonated a student from Yanjingmao and engaged in a heated online argument with those Korean fans on Tieba.

When I turned on my computer this morning, I found that the Baidu Tieba forum had been flooded by those Korean fans.

Chen Jingdian was so angry he wanted to shout:
Come on!

If the moderator hadn't disabled the posting function, Chen Jingdian would have definitely fought another three hundred rounds with those Korean fans.

The release of the "Little Apple" MV by Sisters Who Make Waves immediately gave Chen Jingdian endless encouragement.

He's going to keep fighting those people on Tieba to the bitter end!
(End of this chapter)