The next day.
New Year's Day.
In the morning, at the entrance of a certain neighborhood.
"Yo, Old Li, happy New Year!"
"Sister Zhou, I wish you a happy new year."
"Happy New Year to you too. Why are you up so early today?"
"Hey, I was tired yesterday, so I slept at eight o 'clock."
"Ah? Didn't you watch the Spring Festival Gala? "
"Spring Festival Gala? I haven't watched it for years. It's boring now. "
"Aiyo, you're wrong this time! In a while, Central TV Department 1 will be showing a replay of yesterday's Spring Festival Gala. You should hurry back and watch it. You'll understand once you watch it! "
"Will this year's Spring Festival Gala be interesting?"
"That's not all! It's crazy good looking! "
"Is that so? Then I'll hurry back and take a look! "
Some people haven't seen it yet.
Someone had just received the news and hurriedly went back to catch up on it.
…
The Spring Festival Gala was being replayed.
Many people who woke up early actually stayed in front of the TV and watched it from the beginning to the end, and they enjoyed it so much that they forgot about it!
On Weibo …
"Awesome!"
"There's nothing to say about this year's Spring Festival Gala!"
"Zhang Ye is too awesome!"
"That's right, this is what it means to be capable of!"
"The entertainment industry might be changing soon!"
"Can Zhang Ye reach the summit?"
"I don't know. I just know that those Heavenly Kings and Empresses will definitely be anxious!"
"The Spring Festival Gala is really great, but I'll remember the Five Fortunes forever!"
"Hahahahaha, it's just a small amount of money, don't take it seriously."
"My 200 million, how could you not take it seriously!"
"Cry, you guys don't know that I broke a phone just to get a work dedication card, but I only got two hundred and twenty! Zhang Ye is too wicked! "
"Pu."
…
The newspapers on the first day of the new year were all published!
"Shocking! The Spring Festival Gala that has come back from the dead! "
"The Spring Festival Gala sets off a frenzy!"
"Zhang Ye: From variety director to executive director of the Spring Festival Gala!"
"A Spring Festival Gala that everyone praises!"
"The Thousand-hand Guanyin Amazes the Audience!"
"Little Hu Die's show has become a hot topic!"
"Magic show shocks the industry!"
"Selling Crutches Explodes with Hilarious Praise!"
"Zhang Ye receives affirmation from industry insiders!"
"Former executive director of the Spring Festival Gala, Li Ke, praises Zhang Ye: 'I admit I'm not as good as him.'"
"Many lines in the skit selling crutches have become the hottest online catchphrases of the year!"
"All 40 acts of the Spring Festival Gala have received overwhelming praise. It can be said to be unprecedented!"
"The craziest executive director of the Spring Festival Gala in history: Personally creating all the acts!"
"Dong Shanshan's popularity soars!"
"Collecting the Five Fortunes — The Biggest Scam in the History of Advertising and Marketing!"
"The Spring Festival Gala's viewership ratings will be revealed soon?"
"Zhang Ye's Heaven-Defying Path!"
"Can Zhang Ye reach the summit of the entertainment circle?"
In the newsstand, one newspaper after another was sold.
On the Internet, the news came one after another.
This was the effect of the Spring Festival Gala. It was a grand gala where all the Chinese people from all over the world participated, not to mention this year's miraculous Spring Festival Gala!
The media and news outlets were all occupied by the Spring Festival Gala!
It could be seen from the various rankings.
…
Top Chinese Music Chart:
First: Because of Love.
No. 2: Where Has All the Time Gone?
Third: Three Auspicious Treasures.
Fourth: An Unforgettable Night.
No. 5: The New Drunken Concubine.
No. 6: My Heart of China.
And so on.
From first to tenth place, without exception, they were all songs from yesterday's Spring Festival Gala. Furthermore, they were all far ahead in the rankings, leaving the songs behind them several times or even more than ten times more popular!
…
On the Weibo Trending Topics Chart.
No. 1: The Five Fortunes Collection scam.
No. 2: "Selling Crutches."
No. 3: Little Hu Die's "Time."
No. 4: The skit "The Lead and the Supporting Roles."
No. 5: The Spring Festival Gala's viewership ratings.
And so on.
The top ten, no, the top 50 trending topics were all related to the Spring Festival Gala!
…
The Video Views Chart:
No. 1: "Selling Crutches," 300 million views!
No. 2: "Thousand-Hand Guanyin," 150 million views.
Third: Shapeshifting magic trick, 120 million views.
The first few were all the acts from the Spring Festival Gala, and all of them had more than 100 million views. This was because many of the viewers were still not satisfied after watching it once, so they kept watching it a second, third, and fourth time.
…
It was the same for the most important Celebrity Rankings Index!
There was no need to talk about Zhang Yuanqi. She was already a Heavenly Queen, so even if her popularity skyrocketed, it wouldn't be that obvious. But it was different for the others.
Dong Shanshan's popularity skyrocketed. A skit had pushed her to the middle of the B-list rankings!
Yao Jiancai's outstanding acting skills from the Spring Festival Gala had also skyrocketed in popularity!
The successor of the crossdressing, Gao Xiliang, went from an unknown D- or D-list celebrity to the bottom of the C-list rankings overnight!
Ci Xiufang's popularity skyrocketed. She was now the number one professional skit actress in the country. The skit "Dance If You" helped her reach the top of the skit industry.
The magician, Chen Tian, shot to fame overnight and was already close to the C-list rankings!
The most surprising was Hu Die. The others still had some foundation, and even if they weren't very popular in the past, they were at least in the D- or D-list rankings and had some fans. But Little Hu Die was starting from scratch. She was just a backup dancer in the past and didn't even have any cameras on her when she went onstage. But after her turn on the Spring Festival Gala, she actually managed to become a top D-list celebrity!
It was the same for the others!
The actors who participated in the Spring Festival Gala all saw their popularity soar!
This was the Spring Festival Gala — a stage where miracles could be created. Here, there was only the unthinkable, and nothing was impossible.
But of course, this year's situation was also an exception among exceptions. It was something that had never happened in the past years of the Spring Festival Gala. This year's Spring Festival Gala's ability to create stars was too heaven-defying. It was so heaven-defying that when the Celebrity Rankings Index was updated, countless industry insiders and the entire country's citizens were dumbfounded!
…
Later that morning.
At Zhang Ye's parents' house.
Wu Zeqing had already woken up. Zhang Ye was still sleeping soundly in bed. He didn't know what time it was when the phone at the bedside started ringing.
Ring, ring, ring.
Ring, ring, ring.
Zhang Ye turned over and continued sleeping.
Only when he had no other choice did he groggily pick up the phone and answer it.
It was Chen Tian, the magician.
"Director Zhang."
"Ai?"
"Ah, you're still resting?"
"It's fine, go on."
"The popularity rankings index has been updated. I was just saying that I wanted to call you to thank you. That's all for now. Hurry up and get some rest. If you need anything in the future, just say the word. I'll be right there!"
The phone was still ringing.
This time, it was Dong Shanshan.
"Haha, Zhang'er."
"Shanshan."
"Did you see my popularity rankings?"
"You're in the B-list rankings?"
"I'm in the middle of the B-list rankings!"
"Whoa, congratulations."
"I'll treat you to a meal next time."
"Alright, I'll remember that. It's not easy to treat you to a meal."
Following that, Zhang Xia, Chen Guang, Fan Wenli, Gao Xiliang, and the other participants all called to thank Zhang Ye. It was too late after the gala ended yesterday, and there were a lot of things to do. The venue was also a mess, so everyone was too focused on celebrating and did not have the time to say much. Now that the Celebrity Rankings Index had been released and the dust had settled, everyone had to thank Zhang Ye. The opportunity to participate in the Spring Festival Gala was given to them by Zhang Ye. Even the program, choreography, and costumes were all designed by Zhang Ye. Their surge in popularity was clearly directly linked to Zhang Ye, so it would be inexcusable if they did not thank him.
Over 20 calls.
Zhang Ye answered them for more than half an hour.
This time, he could no longer sleep. He could only sit up in bed with a wry smile. But when he thought about it, he still felt quite excited. He couldn't help but open up the latest Celebrity Rankings Index to take a look.
Where's mine?
Where's this bro's popularity?
These past two months had really tired him out. So when he returned home with Wu Zeqing yesterday, he did not even wait for his parents to come home from his maternal grandma's place before he fell asleep in bed. By the time he opened his eyes, it was already the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, so how could he have the time to look at the updated Celebrity Rankings Index?
One page.
Two pages.
Three pages.
Zhang Ye rolled his eyes, feeling very speechless.
His name was nowhere to be found on the Celebrity Rankings Index!
He knew that there could only be one explanation for this, and that was that his popularity had increased by too much overnight. Be it the internal system or manual operations, there was no way for them to keep track of it. It would take some time to digest it, so his ranking had temporarily become "pending." He was no stranger to such a situation. In the past, Zhang Ye's ranking had been "pending" once during a key competition for the Celebrity Rankings Index. It was only after a few days that his ranking was tabulated. At that time, his popularity had also skyrocketed.
Hopefully, it would be the same this time!
Hurry up and get this bro into the S-list!
Hurry up and get this bro to the top of the entertainment circle!
I'm just one step away!
I'm just one step away!
The "Reach the Summit" plan that he had set half a year ago had been completed step by step. All that was left was to wait for the results!
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
