A band, or a battleground?

The audience's real-time comments flowed by like a raging river, disappearing in the blink of an eye. You needed to read very quickly to see even a fraction of them…

Wow, it's actually a real person!

【Here it comes!】

All four of them are here.

So beautiful.

Qi Yuan glanced at the comments and, as planned, said, "The first live stream of the Spring Shadow Band is now officially starting. We'll be reading the comments first. However, because everyone is so enthusiastic, it's impossible to read all of them, so we'll only be reading a small portion. We'll also prioritize reading comments with questions, mainly answering some of the questions people are curious about."

Ning Qianyu laughed and said, "This is also to help everyone get to know us better. By the way, I'll be mainly in charge of managing the account from now on. And before we started, none of the other three of them carefully read the comments on the blog, except for me! I hope everyone can ask some interesting questions to scare them to death, hahaha!"

Qiu Mengxue sighed, "Finally, Qianyu got a chance to play around..."

Qi Yuan: "Okay, let's begin now! First, let's take a look at the first one."

The live stream was displayed in portrait mode, with the top two-thirds showing the camera feed and the bottom third showing the screen on the computer. Qi Yuan selected the question with the most likes and enlarged it to display in the live stream.

Are you single? Are there any romantic relationships within the band?

Qiu Mengxue immediately said, "We are all single, and there are no romantic relationships within the band!"

Qi Yuan: "In principle, it's not suitable for people to date within the band, because breakups and makeups will affect our music. Just like you guys watching, would your boss support office romances? Probably not."

Jiang Yi whispered, "Besides, we're in high school, and the school doesn't allow early relationships..."

Qi Yuan smiled slightly: "But there are indeed many cases of early romance, so there's nothing surprising about that. Okay, let's move on to the next point."

Who's in charge in the band?

Qi Yuan said, "We are very equal. There is no situation where anyone has the final say or who is the boss. Everything is discussed and decided together."

Qiu Mengxue said, "There's a lot of equality in the band. It's not very convincing for you to say that."

Ning Qianyu exclaimed excitedly, "Oh, so this is the start of infighting!"

The live chat window was immediately flooded with comments like "Let's fight!" and "Watching the drama unfold!"

Qi Yuan said helplessly, "Qianyu, you're also a member of the band, so why are you just watching the show and making things worse?"

Ning Qianyu said with a serious expression, "Now please call me the band's operations officer. My job is to reveal the true nature of the band beneath the glamorous surface!"

Qi Yuan: "So tell me, who's in charge in our band?"

Qiu Mengxue thought for a moment and said, "If it's a question like what to have for dinner, then let's decide by voting. If it's about music, like what to sing next, then whoever writes the song decides. But there's only one person who can write songs, so..."

Ning Qianyu pointed at Qi Yuan: "He's here, the Music Tyrant!"

Qi Yuan raised his hands in surrender.

Ning Qianyu then pointed at Jiang Yi: "And she is the tyrant's henchman, his silent supporter!"

Jiang Yi pointed to herself: "Me?"

Qiu Mengxue smiled and said, "Yiyi, don't be so quiet, let's chat."

Jiang Yi stared at the camera, her voice tinged with nervousness: "I don't know what to say..."

Qi Yuan: "Let's look at the next comment. Uh, this one's interesting, but can we say anything about it?"

[I heard you'll be collaborating with Shen Yihan in the next round, is that true?]

Qiu Mengxue pondered for a moment and said, "The show was only released after it was recorded, so some things have already happened and the audience at the scene may have already revealed them, but the production team may not allow us to spoil the plot."

At this moment, Liu Weiting held up a small whiteboard with the following hastily written words: "I just asked the production team, and they said I can talk about it, but please don't go into too much detail."

So Qiu Mengxue nodded: "Well, let's be honest then. We are indeed going to work with Sister Shen Yihan, and we're having a very pleasant collaboration."

Qi Yuan: "For details about what we sang, and the rehearsals and adjustments during that period, please stay tuned for Tomorrow Band's follow-up updates. The production team filmed a lot of footage, including more in-depth questions."

Ning Qianyu raised an eyebrow: "I've discovered that you're quite savvy, kid. You're even advertising for the show."

Qi Yuan: "I've always been very savvy. Okay, the next question is..."

[Reading this makes me think of Qi Yuan masturbating!]

Qiu Mengxue: "What does this mean?"

Ning Qianyu immediately bristled: "Hey, don't bring up this kind of question!"

Qi Yuan said in a serious tone, "We are all minors, and this is a green and healthy live broadcast room, so I just want to tell everyone that we can't do anything too outrageous, and we can't talk about it either."

Then he scrolled down to the next comment.

[Reading this will prompt me to do ten push-ups.]

Then Qi Yuan immediately lay down.

Qiu Mengxue was stunned: "You really want to do it?"

Ning Qianyu quickly picked up the standalone camera that was on the table and pointed it at Qi Yuan, who was lying on the ground.

He has already started doing push-ups.

She quickly finished all ten without stopping and then sat back down in her original position.

"It's no big deal, it's not difficult at all. But since I'm the only one who did it, do you want to give it a try?"

The three girls quickly shook their heads.

Qi Yuan continued scrolling through the comments and selected another one.

Will you continue your studies? Or will you drop out and try your luck in the entertainment industry?

Qi Yuan turned around and looked at the three girls.

Ning Qianyu laughed and said, "Of course we'll continue!"

Jiang Yi: "If I drop out of school now, my parents will hunt me down..."

Qiu Mengxue: "Entering the entertainment industry and going to school don't conflict."

Qi Yuan turned to look at the camera and smiled, "Look, it's a unanimous vote. We know that it's busy to study and hold concerts at the same time, but that's okay. For us, music is a form of entertainment to relax and unwind after studying."

Qiu Mengxue added, "I saw some people in the live stream asking why Qi Yuan talks the most. You see, that's the reason—he's the best at talking."

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

Do you dare to connect with 106 live streamers?

Every celebrity who ventures into the entertainment industry knows that they need to use a secondary account to go online.

The main account with your own name is for managing; you have to carefully consider what to post each day, and it's best to have that decided by a professional. If you want to surf the internet freely, liking whoever you want and commenting on whatever you want, you have to use a secondary account.

As a top-tier idol, Shen Yihan naturally has her own alternate account, and she hasn't even changed her username—it's still the default username 'gogo' on the blogging platform. However, even with this alternate account, she almost never posts comments. If someone clicks on this user's profile page, which has zero followers, they'll find that the number of activity posts is also zero.

Likes and browsing history will not be displayed in the user's feed.

But she made an exception during lunch today.

Under the band Spring Shadow's first blog post, she asked a question using a secondary account. Then, during a break from filming on set that afternoon, she couldn't help but wonder if the band would read her comment during their live stream...

It's past 7 PM, which is already rest time for many office workers, but for actors, it's hard to say. The crew is still working, and Shen Yihan has only just received her boxed lunch and found a place to sit down and eat.

While eating, she opened the live stream and saw Qi Yuan doing push-ups.

"What?" Shen Yihan was a little dumbfounded.

However, through the audience comments and subsequent reactions, she quickly realized that this was part of reading the comments. Because someone commented that they wanted to do push-ups, Qi Yuan actually did them.

"So quick? Will he even be able to read my... Wow, tens of thousands of comments in total? How is he supposed to read that many?!"

Shen Yihan was slightly disappointed.

As a celebrity, she's well aware that her main account receives hundreds, even thousands, of comments on each post, which she barely reads. Tens of thousands—such a staggering number—makes the chances of someone actually reading her post even lower.

But just then, the comment appeared on the screen, from the user 'gogo':

[Besides music, will you be exploring other avenues? Have you considered film, television, and variety shows?]

In an instant, Shen Yihan felt as if all the blood in her body had frozen.

Is this what it feels like to be a lucky fan? As a celebrity, this is the first time she's ever experienced it.

Qi Yuan said, "This comment has over a hundred likes, so it seems a lot of people are still curious."

Shen Yihan understood that her question was something many people wanted to know. If someone liked it, the system would move it to the top of the list, greatly increasing the chances of Qi Yuan seeing it.

Qiu Mengxue said, "We are still students. Going to school and making music already take up a lot of our time. What you see on stage is only a few minutes of performance, but we may have to rehearse dozens or hundreds of times."

Jiang Yi complained, "If we only rehearse a few dozen times, then everything will go very smoothly."

Ning Qianyu also said, "So it's not a question of whether we want to or not, but whether we can. We really don't have the time, my friend. But maybe during winter and summer vacations, we can do a short-term guest appearance."

Shen Yihan was busy watching the live stream when someone suddenly sat down next to her.

She glanced at it, saw it was Assistant Zeng, and then continued watching the live stream.

Assistant Zeng said helplessly, "Miss, don't just look, at least eat while you're looking."

"I'm eating," Shen Yihan shoveled a mouthful of rice into her mouth, "It's electronic pickled vegetables, it goes well with rice."

Assistant Zeng craned her neck to look at her phone screen: "Oh, it's that band doing a live stream. Is it a promotion requested by their program team?"

Shen Yihan chewed her rice and mumbled, "Then I don't know."

On the screen, Qi Yuan was still saying, "The next comment is asking if we can play rock music... Let me put it this way, the production team made special requests for us to participate in the 'Like Snow' and 'A Thousand Years Later' rounds of the competition. If there were no special requests, of course we would play rock music."

"Our next performance is..." Jiang Yi finally managed to speak, but then realized something was wrong. "Uh, did I just give away a spoiler?"

Qi Yuan: "Yes, don't say too much."

Off-screen, Assistant Zeng asked, "Hasn't the episode where you collaborated with them aired yet?"

Shen Yihan had been watching "The Coming One" closely, and without hesitation, she replied, "Yeah, they've only aired up to when they sang 'Hair Like Snow.' Let alone me appearing on screen, their advancement results haven't even come out yet."

Assistant Zeng: "But everyone knew they would definitely advance."

Shen Yihan: "Yeah, unless the production team wants to get criticized."

Assistant Zeng said softly, "I wonder how much the show's viewership will increase when you go on stage."

Shen Yihan swallowed the rice in her mouth and raised an eyebrow: "By the way, I'm also a temporary member of the band, so why didn't they invite me to their live stream?"

Assistant Zeng's face immediately froze: "Are you serious?"

Shen Yihan nodded seriously: "Of course, I've rehearsed and performed on stage with them, so how can I not be considered a temporary member? Besides, I saw a lot of viewers see my name on the screen just now, so everyone must know we're going to collaborate. If this is a promotion from the production team, wouldn't it be more entertaining if I showed up too?"

“It will definitely create a good effect for the show, but…” Assistant Zeng thought for a moment, then realized that he would have a hard time refuting it, so he changed his words, “Why don’t you ask the director first, and I’ll ask the production team to see if they can agree?”

Shen Yihan nodded quickly: "Okay, let's hurry, we have to finish before the live stream ends!"

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

Liu Weiting suddenly received a phone call.

She had put her phone on silent before the live stream started, but the incoming call still made her a little angry—what, didn't they know she was busy?

But as soon as he saw who the caller ID showed, his anger vanished.

Because he's the boss.

Liu Weiting quickly put down the whiteboard, tiptoed out of the study, and answered the call with her back against the door frame: "Hello, Mr. Shen?"

The boss on the phone didn't waste any words and directly instructed, "You can ask Chunriying if they can add a temporary segment to their live stream, like connecting with someone else on microphone."

"A live stream connection?" Liu Weiting asked in surprise. "Who wants to connect live?"

"Shen Yihan".

Liu Weiting was silent for two seconds, feeling her blood boil. Seriously? Just imagine that scenario: a top celebrity joining the live stream—how much more popular would that already be?

"That's great! I'll ask right away!"

Liu Weiting didn't hang up the phone. She turned around and went back to her room, where she wrote a line on the whiteboard and showed it to the four people watching the live stream.

[Shen Yihan wants to connect via live stream, is that okay?]

Qi Yuan and the three girls were stunned when they saw the words on the whiteboard.

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

107 How come we didn't know?