The next day.
In the morning.
At his maternal grandparents' house.
When the door was pushed open, Zhang Ye and his parents entered the house. Immediately, everyone in the house looked over. Not mentioning his maternal grandparents, two of his uncles were here as well. His two aunts were busy cooking in the kitchen, while Zhang Ye's three cousins surrounded them.
His eldest younger sister smiled and said, "Brother!"
His second sister giggled and said, "Congratulations to Brother for being unbanned!"
"I heard that your new novel is going to be published soon?" His third sister tugged at Zhang Ye's arm and said, "I want to pre-order 50 autographed copies first. I'll give them to my classmates and teachers later!"
His first uncle waved at him. "Little Ye, come in quickly."
His second aunt said, "Little Ye, Tongtong is about to get into college. Why don't you teach her math when you get back? She's bad at math. If we knew that she would have such an amazing brother like you, we wouldn't have hired a tutor for her, hur hur."
"Let the children in first," his maternal grandma said.
Zhang Ye did not know who to talk to first, so he could only smile and greet them one by one. "Grandma, Grandpa, First Uncle, First Aunt, Second Uncle …"
The family sat together and chatted.
Today's gathering was suggested by Zhang Ye. He wanted to make up for the regret of not being home for the Chinese New Year. At that time, he had been too busy. First, he had to go to the venue of the Spring Festival Gala, then he got into trouble and was sent to the police station. Then, he was thrown into the Internet Surveillance Bureau, and finally, he had to deal with the ban, the crosstalk competition, etc. Ever since the start of the Chinese New Year, he had not had a single moment of rest. He had been working hard and did not have a meal with his family during the Chinese New Year. Now that he had finished all the work he needed to do and had a perfect ending to the year, Zhang Ye wanted to have a reunion with his family. He had originally planned to treat everyone to a meal outside, but his maternal grandparents did not agree to it. The two of them were used to being thrifty and did not want to move around, so they decided to have the meal at home. Other than his third uncle who was working overtime today, everyone else was here.
"Little Ye is really good!" his first uncle said.
His first aunt smiled and said to Zhang Ye's mother, "Sis, your son has really done you proud this time."
His mother smiled and said, "Sigh, it's just like that, it's just like that." Although she said that, her face was full of joy.
She turned around and said to Zhang Ye's mother and uncles, "Back then, it took me a lot of effort to raise all of you. Some of you were naughty and stole food when you were young. Some of you fought with others every day when you were in school. I was so worried, but in the end, none of you were capable. Look, look at Little Ye. My grandson is still the most promising!" She paused for a moment before adding, "He never made me worry."
His second sister was speechless. "Whoa, isn't my brother someone to worry about? That time, he went around scolding people on Weibo. I thought my brother was going to offend all the celebrities! "
His uncles and aunts were delighted to hear this.
Grandma glared at her. "That's more worrisome than you."
Grandpa also said, "Little Ye, accompany Grandpa for a drink today."
Zhang Ye smiled and said, "Sure, no problem."
His first uncle asked curiously, "Oh yes, what's Little Ye's rank now?"
His first aunt thought for a moment and said, "He was just promoted to the C-list, I remember?"
"That's all in the past." His third sister chuckled. She was obviously very concerned about Zhang Ye's Celebrity Rankings. "I just saw it this morning. My brother is going to be promoted to the B-list soon. Although he's still in the C-list, he's ranked fourth. If he goes up another three or four ranks, he'll be promoted to the B-list!"
Zhang Ye said happily, "You're quite clear about this? I didn't even notice. "
His first uncle said in surprise, "His popularity has risen so quickly?"
"Of course." His eldest younger sister said to her father, "Just the three crosstalk performances from the crosstalk competition and the mathematical conjecture this time were enough for my brother to rise from the bottom of the C-list to the top. That's one of the most difficult mathematical conjectures in the world, so how could he not be popular?"
His third sister giggled and said, "That's right, that's right. A few days ago, when school reopened, a few of our school's math teachers called me over when they found out that my brother was Zhang Ye. The head of the math team even asked me about my brother and wanted me to introduce him to him. They were all very impressed with my brother. Our math teacher also said that my brother had lifted the spirits of our Chinese mathematics world!"
His second aunt looked to the side. "Sis, you and brother-in-law are also on TV this time."
His mother said regretfully, "Your brother-in-law and I had just woken up from our afternoon nap and were still in our pajamas. We didn't even comb our hair. If I had known that there would be reporters, I would have dressed up a little."
His father shook his head and said, "You're already so old. It doesn't matter whether you dress up or not."
His mother fell out with his father. "What did you say!?"
"I've watched that interview a few times. It's not bad. Sis, your image is quite good." His first aunt tried to smooth things over. "You look especially good on camera."
C-list.
Ranked fourth.
Regarding his sudden rise in popularity, Zhang Ye could be said to have not expected it. It had far exceeded his expectations. Just a few days ago, he was still at the bottom of the C-list rankings. He was first or second from the bottom, but after the crosstalk competition, his popularity had suddenly shot up to the middle of the C-list rankings. And after solving the mathematical conjecture, he had leaped to the top of the C-list rankings. Seeing that he was only a step away from entering the B-list rankings, his popularity had skyrocketed a little too quickly. Especially the fame that the mathematical conjecture had brought him, it was practically heaven-defying!
From the bottom of the C-list rankings to the middle?
And from the middle of the C-list rankings to the top?
These two might look the same, but in reality, they were two completely different concepts. The amount of popularity required was not on the same level!
This was because in the C-list rankings, which were considered a higher level of celebrity, the gap between the rankings would get bigger the higher you went. For example, if there were a hundred C-list celebrities, the 100th place would have an overall score of 1 point, the 50th place would have an overall score of 200 points, then the 10th place would have an overall score of 1000 points, and the 9th place would have an overall score of 1100 points. The difference was not the same!
Hence, the popularity brought by the crosstalk had allowed Zhang Ye to go from the bottom of the C-list rankings to the middle of the C-list rankings. If this increase in overall popularity was added to the mix, Zhang Ye would probably move up a few spots, and not directly to fourth place. From this, it could be seen that the popularity that the mathematical conjecture had brought to Zhang Ye was many times that of the crosstalk competition!
— Unbelievable!
To all the people in the entertainment industry and those who paid attention to the entertainment industry, Zhang Ye's increase in popularity could only be described as unbelievable!
What did Zhang Ye have?
Looks? He didn't!
Qualifications? He had only debuted for less than a year!
Works? None of them were mainstream!
When it came to the A-list and B-list rankings of the entertainment industry, how many celebrities got there by hosting programs? Almost none. Even if you counted with your fingers, you could probably find three or four of them. How many celebrities got there by writing novels? Not a single one! Even directors, crosstalk actors, calligraphers, artists, writers, lyricists, and composers could not be seen in the B-list rankings! Why? It was because they were not mainstream. Because the public paid the most attention to them, it was also because of their work. Film and television actors and singers were the most mainstream. They received the most attention and were the easiest to gain popularity. They were the easiest to stand on the B-list stage. If you looked at the Celebrity Rankings Index from top to bottom, the people at the top were basically singers or actors. Some even acted and became singers at the same time!
But what about Zhang Ye?
Writing poems and essays? They were all used to scold people!
Talk Show? In the past, no one knew what these were!
Talking about the Three Kingdoms or Dream of the Red Chamber? Many people had not even read the Four Great Classical Novels before!
The world's mathematical conjecture? There were many people who couldn't even calculate two-digit multiplication by two-digit multiplication. This was a subject that couldn't be any more boring!
And all of these were Zhang Ye's works and achievements.
At a glance, he was not only non-mainstream, he was also a f * * king weirdo!
But it just so happened that this ordinary-looking fellow, whose works were so non-mainstream that they couldn't be any more non-mainstream, was defying the heavens. As a newcomer who had debuted less than a year ago, he was already reaching out to touch the B-list celebrity rankings. Many people who did not understand mathematics, did not listen to crosstalk, did not know how to read, and did not even know what a talk show was, were now watching it with relish and paying attention to Zhang Ye. They had fallen in love with something that they would never have watched or listened to before. This was undoubtedly shocking to everyone!
Everyone liked music. As long as you sang the songs well and made people like your music, that was not the most difficult thing.
Everyone did not like to read poems, did not know about talk shows, and hated mathematics. Yet, you were able to single-handedly attract these people to like things that they would never like. This was the most difficult thing!
Zhang Ye had done it!
Zhang Ye's sudden rise to fame was noticed by millions of people and industry insiders. When many of them saw the rankings, they were filled with endless emotions!
A weirdo doing weirdo things!
But Zhang Ye's huge popularity and achievements today were truly well deserved. No one could find fault with it! Everyone had to be convinced!
Why?
Because the things that Zhang Ye could do, no one in the entertainment industry could do it. Even if they went back several decades, no one could do it!
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