Entertainment: A whirlwind marriage with a fairy-like mother at the start!

June arrived quietly, and the heatwave began to roll through Beijing.

The filming of "You Are the Apple of My Eye" has also entered a critical stage.

Outside the film crew, an even grander liberation is unfolding.

For some families in China, this day is even more important than the Lunar New Year.

The National College Entrance Examination (Gaokao) is over.

At 5 p.m. sharp, the bell rang to signal the end of the last English exam.

At the entrances of various examination centers in Beijing, the tightly closed gates slowly opened.

The street, which was so quiet that even the cicadas dared not chirp, was instantly engulfed by a deafening roar of cheers.

That was the hormones that had been suppressed for three whole years by "Five Years of College Entrance Examination and Three Years of Simulation"; that was the youth that had been sealed by countless test papers. At this moment, it exploded completely!

Countless students in school uniforms rushed out of the examination hall, their schoolbags were thrown into the air, and torn test papers flew everywhere like snowflakes.

These "divine beasts" that have just crawled out of purgatory have been released.

And for many of them, the first thing they did after leaving the internet cafe wasn't to go home and catch up on sleep, or to spend the night in an internet cafe, but rather—

With a clear goal in mind, we headed straight for the music and video store!

Audio-visual section of Xidan Bookstore in Beijing.

The shop owner, Lao Zhang, was dozing off at the counter. Business had been terrible these past few months because of SARS.

Suddenly, a series of earth-shaking footsteps could be heard.

Old Zhang suddenly woke up with a start, and before he could even wipe the drool from the corner of his mouth, he was stunned by what he saw.

Dozens of students, carrying backpacks and looking excited, rushed in like zombies besieging a city.

"Boss! Is there any more of 'Liu Yifei'?!"

"Give me five! I want to fulfill my vow!"

"I need ten! May the fairy godmother bless me so I can pass my English exam!"

"I want one too! I didn't have money to buy one when I was preparing for the exam, but my parents gave me money today! They gave me one!"

Old Zhang was dumbfounded.

"Yes, yes, yes! They're all on the shelves!"

Old Zhang hurriedly pointed to a shelf.

next second.

The shelf was emptied instantly, as if locusts had swept through it.

It's not just Xidan.

The same scenario was playing out at Wangfujing Bookstore, Haidian Book City, and even at the small stall at the entrance of the alley that only sold pirated DVDs.

Liu Yifei's album sold like hotcakes.

This scene was playing out simultaneously in record stores across the country.

This is more than just a simple purchase.

This is a collective "devotion".

In this special spring, in those days and nights shrouded in the dual pressures of SARS and the college entrance examination.

It was "The First Dream" that gave them the courage to fight to the end.

It was "Invisible Wings" that kept them company through countless sleepless nights of studying.

It was that girl with the sweet voice and healing smile who became a ray of light in their gloomy lives.

Now, they are free.

These most loyal and passionate young people are fulfilling the promises they made in the simplest way.

Buy it up!

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Tianya Forum, Entertainment Gossip Section.

One post was upvoted and went viral.

[Subject: I hereby declare Liu Yifei the sole designated lucky charm for the 2003 College Entrance Examination!]

Main Post: Guys, exams are over! We're free! Did you go to fulfill your vows? Our class went to buy albums as a group today, but all three record stores were sold out! The shopkeeper said the line of students buying albums today stretched from his store to the toilet across the street!

The replies below instantly exploded.

[Holy crap! Which test center are you in, OP? Me too! Before the exam, I prayed three times to the poster and silently prayed three times, "Fairy Sister, please bless me to pass math," and today when I estimated my score, I actually guessed most of the multiple-choice questions correctly!]

"Stop talking, I've already ordered three copies: one to keep, one to listen to, and one for preaching."

[“The First Dream” is simply divine! When I was writing my Chinese composition, my mind was filled with the thought of “if pride hadn’t been coldly slapped down by the sea of ​​reality,” and my thoughts flowed freely!]

[What's the big deal? When I was taking my English listening test, my headphones malfunctioned, and there was just static. I almost gave up. But then, the song "Invisible Wings" suddenly started playing in my head, with the lyrics "Every time I hesitate, I find strength in loneliness." I just kept going and finished the listening section! And when I checked the answers, I got more correct than I usually do! It's like magic, I believe it!]

The entire internet was filled with a sense of euphoria, a feeling of surviving a catastrophe, and a kind of almost mystical fervor.

Liu Qianqian's album has inexplicably become a "wish-making tool" and "wish-fulfilling object" for this year's graduating high school students.

.......

Tuesday, June 10th.

The air inside the old red brick residential building was as stuffy as a steamer.

This is a scene from the film crew's shoot at the male lead's home.

"Cut! Hugo, what are you doing? Are you getting into a sedan chair like a young lady?"

Ning Hao, script tucked in his hand, slammed his fist on the broken wooden table, making a deafening noise. "This is your house! What's wrong with you wandering around in your own home in just your shorts? Can you please toned down that 'good husband' act?"

In front of the camera.

Hu Ge was only wearing a pair of loose boxer shorts, his upper body was bare, and his two long legs had nowhere to go.

He crossed his arms over his chest, his face as red as a boiled shrimp, fidgeting awkwardly.

"Director...this is way too...too revealing!"

Hu Ge was on the verge of tears. He was determined to become a serious actor, but he started by showing his body. Wasn't that a bit too much?

"Exposing my ass!"

Yu Le sat in front of the humming old-fashioned electric fan, holding an old popsicle in her hand, and took a bite. "I didn't ask you to run around naked, what's with the fuss?"

He pointed to the few supporting actors next to him who were also only wearing underwear and were sprawled on the sofa picking their toes without any regard for their image.

"Look at Zhu Yawen, that's what life is! That's what art is!"

Upon hearing that he had been called out, Zhu Ya immediately scratched his belly in a cooperative manner and gave Hu Ge a flirtatious wink.

Hugo felt his worldview was collapsing.

"Teacher Yu, I... I'm not mentally prepared yet..."

"Build my ass."

Yu Le precisely tossed the popsicle stick into the trash can. "You're like Ke Jingteng right now, a high school student overflowing with hormones. What's wrong with wearing your underwear at home?"

He stood up, walked over to Hugo, and patted his fairly well-developed pectoral muscles twice.

"The material is alright, why are you hiding it? What's wrong with giving some benefits to our female compatriots? This is called sacrificing for the box office, understand?"

The staff around were trying not to laugh.

"Alright, stop dawdling."

Yu Le stepped back in front of the fan. "Let's do one more take. If you walk with your legs together again this time, I'll have Ning Hao add a full nude scene for you."

Hu Ge shuddered.

This threat is vicious!

"All departments, prepare! Action!"

Perhaps driven by the fear of being completely naked, Hugo was much more relaxed in this scene.

He swaggered around the room with his long legs swinging, and even improvised by scratching his butt, instantly exuding the quirky, adolescent vibe of a teenager.

"Pass!"

Ning Hao shouted with satisfaction.

Hu Ge breathed a sigh of relief, quickly grabbed the T-shirt next to him and put it on, looking like a young wife who had just been teased.

Just then.

A series of hurried footsteps came from the hallway.

"Boss! Boss!"

Yang Nuo rushed in, panting, waving an A4 sheet of paper in her hand.

"Something...something terrible has happened!"

The entire crew stopped what they were doing because of her shout.

Ning Hao's heart skipped a beat.

Could it be that the funding chain has broken down?

Yu Le remained calm, turning up the fan's speed to make his bangs fly wildly.

"What's the panic? Even if the sky falls, there are tall guys to hold it up. Hu Ge isn't dead yet."

Hu Ge: "???"

Yang Nuo rushed up to Yu Le, slapped the paper in his face, and her eyes shone with a frightening intensity, as if she wanted to devour him.

"It exploded! It completely exploded!"

"The data on Sissi's album sales this week... is out..."

Yang Nuo took a deep breath, held up two fingers, then realized it wasn't right, so she changed it to six, and finally just shouted it out.

"Two hundred and sixty thousand!"

Yu Le took the data sheet from Yang Nuo's hand.

This week's album sales chart.

First place: Liu Yifei's "Liu Yifei", sales: 263,000 copies.

Second place: Hu Yanbing's "Double Side", sales: 78,000 copies.

..........

Fault.

This is a true example of fault-induced crushing.

260,000 copies.

In an era rife with piracy and the decline of physical record sales, a single-week sales figure of 260,000 is nothing short of a miracle.

Moreover, this is just a new artist's EP.

Although it may just be a surge in sales driven by a venting reaction after the college entrance exams, it's already terrifying enough.

Liu Qianqian is definitely a shoo-in for this year's Best New Album!