Chapter 15: You Said You Really Liked Someone, His Name Is Shen Jixing
“Oh my god, Mr. Zhou~!”
Zhou Yili had just passed through the rain-soaked corridor and entered a rest room on the first floor when he heard this high-pitched, affected voice.
He lightly touched his earlobe and retorted.
“Oh my god, Mr. Zhou~!”
The female reporter: “?”
Zhou Yili strode over and casually sat down on the sofa, “There are reporters everywhere outside; try that again and see what happens.”
He wouldn’t mind changing his luck.
The female reporter immediately became alarmed, scrambling to her feet in her high heels, rushing to the door and slamming it shut—
She chuckled nervously, “Just kidding, don’t all men like affected voices?”
Zhou Yili’s long legs were crossed casually; he lightly swiped his screen with one hand, glancing at the current hot search.
Unsurprisingly, it was still dominated by Shen Jixing.
“Is that so?”
“Unfortunately, I’m allergic to affected voices.”
“…”
I hope you really are allergic.
The female reporter skillfully set up the camera, adjusting the angle and parameters.
She smiled and introduced herself in a professional newscaster’s tone, “Mr. Zhou Yili, hello, I’m Xiao Fang, a reporter from Times Weekly Entertainment.”
Zhou Yili raised his eyes, “What’s your name?”
“Xiao Fang, that’s really my name,” the female reporter’s voice was somewhat frantic.
“My real name is Liu Fang, the Fang of ‘Liu Fang for the Ages’…”
“…”
Zhou Yili closed his phone screen and casually suggested, “Maybe you should switch to stand-up comedy.”
“I did plan to switch if things didn’t work out, but you suddenly agreed to my interview,”
Xiao Fang hadn’t expected to interview Zhou Yili.
This newly-risen top star’s rise to fame was too fast, he had a cool, aloof, and unapproachable look, plus the prominent identity of the son of a wealthy tycoon.
Getting an interview with him was almost impossible.
Unexpectedly, he personally called her today, asking her to stay and wait, saying the rain was too heavy and he would come personally.
It made her heart flutter…
“Aren’t you going to start?” Zhou Yili saw her not moving for a long time and tapped his fingers casually and indifferently, “Are you waiting for…”
“Me to interview you?”
“…”
Her heart was pounding.
“Mr. Zhou Yili hasn’t attended any events recently. Your willingness to be interviewed is rare; is your new album about to be released?” Xiao Fang asked with a smile.
“Mm, soon.”
“Wow, can you give us a sneak peek of the theme?”
Xiao Fang was asking some questions that would pique public curiosity.
Usually, singers wouldn’t reveal details before an album’s official release.
Zhou Yili sat on the sofa in the rest room, behind him was a large expanse of rain-soaked curtains, blurring the floor-to-ceiling windows into a sea of aquamarine.
He spoke casually, uttering two words, “Stars.”
Xiao Fang was stunned.
It wasn’t that these two words were particularly suggestive, but the entertainment industry’s recent controversies made it difficult not to associate them with a certain top star.
She hesitated and paused the recording.
She lowered her voice and quietly asked, “Is this something you can say? Aren’t you afraid of controversy?”
“Controversy?”
Zhou Yili raised his eyes, seeming amused, “What, are those two words monopolized by him?”
Xiao Fang felt that he was inexplicably fierce, mumbling, “Not really.”
“But aren’t you a fan of Mr. Shen, the actor?”
The moment she finished speaking, Zhou Yili’s expression changed.
His long, black phoenix eyes narrowed slightly; his cold tone betrayed no emotion, “Who told you I’m his fan?”
He was flustered.
Logically, these two people didn’t have much interaction in the industry.
One was a singer focusing on the music scene, the other was an actor focused on acting; their relationship wasn’t close nor distant. As long as they didn’t deliberately interact, they were practically worlds apart.
But he had stumbled upon a hard nut to crack with Xiao Fang.
“You told me yourself,” Xiao Fang finally got the upper hand, saying with sincerity, “When you first debuted, I interviewed you.”
“You said—”
“You really liked someone, his name is Shen Jixing.”
…
Xiao Fang had interviewed many artists in the industry so far.
She had the most profound impression of Zhou Yili. He was different back then.
A dark horse who won countless newcomer awards just a month after his debut, truly as the senior figures in the industry said, he had a wildness about him, like an untamed wolf charging into the entertainment industry.
On the awards stage.
The tall, striking young man stood under the spotlight, golden confetti falling all around him, his highlighted blue hair sticking up wildly; he smiled, confident and ambitious.
“I believe that music has life.”
“My music will live on with me.”
The young man’s voice was passionate, his ambition burning.
Screams erupted from the audience.
Xiao Fang squatted outside the venue for an unknown amount of time until a voice suddenly fell from above—
“Hey, are you a reporter who didn’t get into the venue?”
Xiao Fang was just an intern then; she nodded, “My work pass is lost, I can’t get in, I’m going to be fired, woohoo…”
When one cannot afford to make a living, even handsome guys won’t excite them.
The exquisitely handsome, blue-haired young man was quiet for two seconds.
He tilted his head slightly, the gold confetti hidden in his hair falling, like a fluttering golden butterfly.
Falling on the asphalt road in front of her.
“I’m in a good mood today; I’ll give you one minute for an interview.”
The young man glanced at his watch and smiled, “Only one minute; I have an after-party later.”
Speaking of the after-party, the corners of his lips couldn’t help but rise.
As if he was eagerly anticipating something.
The young man’s feelings were hard to conceal and were revealed in the interview.
“Are there any seniors you admire in the industry?”
This is a question most newcomers face; some are sincere, others are for popularity.
Zhou Yili was clearly the former.
The young man, in all black, stood under the streetlight, the curve of his smile was arrogant, dazzling to the point that even his hair seemed to glow, he said, “Yes, there’s someone I really like, his name is Shen Jixing.”
“So,”
Zhou Yili’s cold and ruthless voice interrupted the memory; he coldly raised his eyes, his tone indifferent as he asked, “Where did I say I was his fan?”
Xiao Fang: “?”
That doesn’t count?
However, this interview didn’t cause much of a stir. It was quickly attacked by Zhou Yili’s rivals for leveraging the top star’s popularity. This is fatal for a newcomer, so Xiao Fang ended up deleting the video.
“It should be fine; maybe my memory is just very good.”
Young Zhou was tender, but now Mr. Zhou is…
Zhou Yili gave her a cold look.
Xiao Fang lowered her head to flip through her notebook, “Continue, I’ll continue asking.”
After she restarted the recording, Zhou Yili clearly had no patience left.
“With your questioning skills, you’ll be waiting to be fired and switch careers.”
Xiao Fang: “…”
Before she could criticize the now-sarcastic and arrogant young master.
Zhou Yili sneered again, “You’re lucky to meet me every time before you’re fired.”
“I’ll give you another explosive one for free today.”
…
The heat surrounding the YC live celebration remained high.
The influence of top stars is astonishing; the entire brand’s status rose along with it; they had truly leveraged the event.
Meanwhile, the negative impact on Shen Jixing continued to expand.
Being abandoned is certainly deserving of sympathy.
But being abandoned and then using the kind couple’s sympathy for personal gain is shameless.
Just as the hot searches were buzzing.
An even more explosive interview made headlines—
“Have you been following the gossip lately?”
The man’s casual tone was lazy, “Yeah, I have.”
The moment Zhou Yili appeared, the entire hot search was abuzz.
Zhou Yili is called the newly-risen top star for a reason; currently, the only person in the entertainment industry whose popularity rivals Shen Jixing is him.
And he has only been in the industry for four years.
This devilish newcomer in the rock world usually acts independently and recklessly.
And today was no exception—
“Isn’t that the YC brand whose jewelry quality is substandard and contains carcinogens?”
Zhou Yili glanced casually at the camera, his eyebrows slightly raised in a lazy arc, his lips sarcastic, “Haven’t they gone bankrupt yet?”
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