I just want to sell products, but you're forcing me to perform talents.

Chapter 421 The Queen of the Sea's Backup Plans

The content for "The Taste of Summer" was released between August 15th and 21st, while the short video for "Fairy Tale" was released on August 24th.

That is, the day before the premiere of "Dream of the Red Chamber".

When the new video was released that day, everyone thought it would be like usual, filming his daily life or cooking, or showing off his sweetness with Qiu Qing and sprinkling dog food (a Chinese slang term for public displays of affection).

It wasn't until Ye Xian recreated the moment he pressed the wrong button at the concert in a short video that everyone realized what had happened.

[The most popular thing is Aunt Flo: Wow, I felt like Brother Xian deliberately pressed the wrong notes during the concert and then slowly got back to the right key. So there was that scene in there? Did the female lead give him the inspiration?]

[Cute Machine: So, this is a story-driven music video? Not Xian Ge's usual style of short videos? Qiu Qing herself is starring? Xian Ge, have you been too afraid to interact with other women since your childhood sweetheart came back? All the female leads in your short videos are Qiu Qing!]

[Using Flesh to Overcome Steel: Qiu Qing, can you please leave? I just want to admire Xian Ge's stunning good looks! Please, your acting is so bad, you can even replace him with our Xu Bao.]

[Hey, let's fight! Yunye CP here. I feel that our Prince should be the true empress, and Qiu Qing should be the concubine at best! Besides, Qiu Qing is obviously much smaller than our Prince, and men don't like women who are both A-cup.]

……

As the plot progresses, the noisy voices begin to turn into contempt.

[Get Rich Overnight: Holy crap, so this song comes from a tragic story? No wonder I kept wanting to cry when I listened to it before.]

[Don't Hit Me, Brave Warrior: Ye Xian is always so unreasonable when he kills people. This beautiful love song was turned into a life-or-death farewell video? Am I watching short videos wrong? Brother Xian, I'm taking back all my likes, comments, and shares!]

[Farewell My Concubine: At first, the male protagonist struggled to write songs, but the female protagonist inspired him, and he helped her move. The boy was about to hold a concert, but the girl collapsed during rehearsals because she had a terminal illness. During the concert, the boy placed his phone on the piano so that the girl in her hospital bed could hear him singing for her. The girl was likely beyond saving; it was a tragedy. But the girl still encouraged him, and the two loved each other deeply. Is my reading comprehension correct?]

[Time Breathes Rust: Damn, before watching this MV, I felt this song would only get an 8 out of 1. After watching it, I suddenly feel it deserves at least an 11! The extra point is for the tears I shed while being tricked!]

……

The love song "Fairy Tale" was able to surpass "Nocturne" back then, not only because of its high-quality lyrics, but also because of its music video.

When Ye Xian released this song on the day of his concert, people just thought it was catchy. But after a few days, the song's reputation exploded. After the music video was released, the rise of "Fairy Tale" was unstoppable.

When Ye Xian and Qiu Qing went out for breakfast, they were surprised to hear Uncle Dong playing the song "Fairy Tale" in the breakfast shop.

"Uncle Dong, you listen to Ye Xian's songs too!"

Qiu Qing greeted Uncle Dong familiarly, and Uncle Dong was unusually a little embarrassed: "Oh, it's because Xianzai released a new song, and now there are a lot of fans coming to the store, so I play Xianzai's song for them."

Seeing that Uncle Dong was a little embarrassed, Qiu Qing smiled and nodded, indicating that she understood and that it was definitely not Uncle Dong who wanted to hear this song.

The two had barely sat down when many tourists who had come for a late-night snack started taking pictures with their phones.

Previously, Uncle Dong's breakfast shop had become a must-visit spot for tourists coming to Haizhou for late-night snacks. As long as Ye Xian was not on a business trip or filming on location, everyone could basically run into Ye Xian every morning. Ye Xian was not too pretentious and would take photos with the late-night snackers after breakfast.

So when everyone saw Ye Xian arrive, they all raised their hands to greet him, and Ye Xian responded to each of them and ate his breakfast naturally.

While eating, Qiu Qing glanced at Uncle Dong. Seeing him open his phone to watch a short video of "Fairy Tale," Qiu Qing gestured towards Uncle Dong with her lip.

Ye Xian looked up a few times, then suddenly sighed: "Aunt Dong also died of cancer."

Qiu Qing lowered her eyelids and poked at the millet porridge in her bowl with her chopsticks: "Uncle Dong is so pitiful. I remember it was when we were in junior high school."

Ye Xian nodded: "When I was in the second year of junior high school, Uncle Dong closed his shop for more than a month. At that time, we ate breakfast at home every morning."

Ye Xian looked at Uncle Dong again, filled with emotion.

Uncle Dong and Aunt Dong had a very good relationship. Seven or eight years have passed, and Uncle Dong still hasn't remarried. Instead, he continues to run the breakfast shop that he and Aunt Dong run together. Such a strong and unwavering love is truly rare in today's materialistic society.

After finishing breakfast and paying to leave, Ye Xian saw Uncle Dong still reading "Fairy Tale". Feeling a pang of sadness, he quickly turned his head away, put on a professional smile, took a quick photo with some people queuing up for late-night snacks at the door, and then headed to the set of "Dream of the Red Chamber".

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If the music video for "Fairy Tale" is the most heart-wrenching, then the music video for "First Time" is a little sweet.

On September 2, the music video for "The First Time" was released.

However, the music video was immediately ridiculed by everyone at the very beginning.

[The Fairy Who Poops: Wow, even if Xian Ge is deliberately trying to look ugly, he's still incredibly handsome! What woman could resist such a handsome guy saying "I like you" to a girl? And this female lead is actually treating Xian Ge as a backup option? That's so jarring!]

[A cute girl picking her toes: Qiu Qing is playing the female lead here, is Brother Xian trying to use this opportunity to officially announce his relationship? This scumbag, if you're going to make an official announcement, do it openly and honestly, I will never easily retract my forty-meter-long sword!]

[The First Longest Writer in the Tang Dynasty: I heard this "First Time" is a prequel to "Fairy Tale"? Does this MV have some moral issues? Is there something wrong with the female lead? She's playing the backup boyfriend like a fool! Is Brother Xian playing a warm guy? I feel like he's just a simp again, like in the last video?]

[The queen of panting: Being a simp is fun for a while, but it's even more fun if you keep licking! But I really love the narration in this MV; it has an idol drama feel to it, finally not as heart-wrenching as "Fairy Tale." Also, both "First Time" and "Fairy Tale" have scenes of Xian Ge sitting at the piano playing and singing—he's so handsome!]

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The music video for "The First Time" tells the story of a backup boyfriend's successful rise to power. After being rejected by the backup boyfriend, the female lead goes missing and seeks out the backup boyfriend to confide in him. Later, she tries to seduce the backup boyfriend into committing a crime while drunk.

This kind of morally reprehensible music video, while not as heart-wrenching as "Fairy Tale," is more topical. For a time, everyone on Weibo was discussing the question of how to choose between a backup option and a sea queen.

#Does the backup option really have no chance of becoming the main option?

#How a Simp/Backup Candid Successfully Turns the Tables

#The Queen's Backup Lovers

#After the Queen of the Sea Turns Around, Should the Backup Take Her?

……

The discussion on the blog started to veer off course, to a point that even Ye Xian, the instigator, was somewhat astonished.

"In the past, waiting patiently and protecting with all one's heart was such a beautiful love story! How did it turn into a tale of a sea queen and a devoted, simply boyfriend? And the female lead even mentioned in the narration that it was her first time too?"

However, Ye Xian thought about it again and realized that everyone seemed to be right.

This story is actually a daily tug-of-war between a sea queen and her devoted, simply backup boyfriend.

However, this sea queen was of a higher level and did not let anyone succeed.

Damn it, they've been so focused on replicating the classics that they've forgotten times have changed!

……

P.S.: Today's Recap

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