Chapter 1363 - Competing for heaps of the highest awards!

Translator: Legge Editor: Legge

The next day.

There were reposts all over Weibo!

It was also heavily reposted on everyone’s Moments!

Zhang Ye’s interview was on fire!

The poem and song were extremely touching!

In the impressions of many people around the country, Zhang Ye had always been a comedian. He was often known for starting trouble, taking advantage of people, and dealing many face smacking moments to others. He also entertained the public from time to time and had some stunning works as well, which were either amazing, funny, or wondrous. He was always able to bring laughter and joy to everyone. A lot of people would break out into laughter the moment they saw him. So they subconsciously thought that Zhang Ye would also be the same in his private life.

But after watching A Date with Yan Mei.

When they saw the most authentic side of Zhang Ye’s daily life.

When that poem was presented in a self-questioning sort of way.

When that song was sung with a sorrowful voice.

Many of the people fell silent. A lot of people also teared up over it. A song Zhang Ye sang spontaneously at his studio had touched many of them!

…

At the studio.

Everyone was replaying the interview from yesterday even though they had already watched it countless times.

When Zhang Ye arrived, everyone gathered around him and started chattering away.

“Director Zhang, good morning!”

“Director Zhang is here, Director Zhang is here!”

“Did you watch the interview last night?”

“The effects of the show were amazing!”

“I cried a total of two times yesterday. Once was during your singing here at the studio, and the other was when I went home to watch the show on TV. ‘The Clown’ was sung so well!”

“Yeah, it was so stunning!”

“They’re also talking about it to no end on the Internet!”

“A lot of celebrities reposted the link to last night’s show.”

“The results of your interview are great.”

“Our Heavenly King’s debut show was a great success!”

Zhang Ye had not expected that this interview would cause such a big stir either. In his previous world, The Clown had always been a song that he liked very much. However, it wasn’t exactly mainstream, and its popularity was clearly not comparable to that of “Spring Days,” “Because of Love,” and many of the other classics. When he heard Yan Mei asking him what it meant to be a celebrity, he got a jolt of inspiration and thought of this song that he sang to them. Who could have thought it would get such a great response?

Zhang Ye smiled and said, “If I knew, I would have sung it better.”

Ha Qiqi said, “It was already very good.”

“How was that good?” Zhang Ye shrugged. “I didn’t even tune the guitar or play it properly. And I also forgot to warm up my voice before singing.”

But Zhang Zuo disagreed. “That’s what makes it realistic.”

Little Wang agreed, “Right, that was why it managed to touch so many people!”

Ha Qiqi said, “Correct, this song isn’t exactly suitable to be sung in a ‘proper’ manner.”

Zhang Ye smiled and said, “Alright then.” He checked his watch. “What time is the awards ceremony?”

Ha Qiqi said, “It’s still early, but we have to get your makeup done in advance. The makeup artists at the awards ceremony are not good enough, so we’ll be bringing our own over.”

Zhang Ye sighed. “I’m not an idol. Why would I need to put on makeup?”

Little Wang said anxiously, “How will that do? You’re now a Heavenly King, so your status is very different.”

Ha Qiqi laughed. “Right, we know that you dislike having makeup on, but this is unavoidable. The awards ceremonies over the next few days are all quite important and will require you to dress up properly for it, so please just regard it as a form of respect.

Zhang Ye chuckled and said, “Alright, I’ll let you guys handle things.”

The studio’s team was growing larger and larger, and they had also recruited a dedicated makeup artist of their own.

The makeup artist was a woman who had joined Zhang Ye’s team for some time already. However, she hadn’t really been put to work much. This was actually her first time seeing a celebrity who didn’t like having makeup done. Moreover, he would even glare whenever there was any mention of having him get makeup. This left the female makeup artist with not much work to do. All she did was sit around all day, and this nearly drove her crazy. But she was finally able to get a chance to do something. Her eyes had turned green from all the waiting.

Putting on makeup.

Removing the makeup.

Putting on makeup again.

Changing the hairstyle.

She came up with four different styles for him.

The female makeup artist was finally able to get her money’s worth at doing her job.

Zhang Ye could only roll his eyes as he let her fiddle with his hair.

Ha Qiqi was looking at something in her hands as she said to him, “Director Zhang, the interview yesterday came at just the right time and has addressed our most urgent concern so far. When you ascended into the S-list during the night several days ago, I had a look at the popularity score rankings. We were in seventh and last place, and we weren’t that far off from that ex-Heavenly King who had been squeezed out by you on the S-list. The two of you were only separated by a very small difference in the popularity scores, and he could have easily caught back up to you if he experienced any breakout in his popularity, so it was still a very dangerous position to be in. It was not that safe and we couldn’t relax yet. Although there hasn’t been any precedent of a Heavenly King or Queen dropping off so shortly after making it into the S-list due to an aggregation effect, it isn’t guaranteed.”

Little Wang blinked. “Would we become the most short-lived S-lister then?”

Tong Fu shot her a glance. “That mouth of yours! Don’t jinx it!”

Little Wang hurriedly “spat away” her words. “Me and my big mouth!”

Zhang Ye acknowledged her, thinking about how he never considered this point. “How much are we in the lead by?”

“Not by much.” Ha Qiqi said, “But after yesterday’s interview went viral, it helped us to put out the fire that was approaching and even gave us a push to open up a gap. But if we want to play it safe, we have to gain at least an 80% lead over our rival. Therefore, we must secure a few of the awards in the coming few days.”

Zhang Zuo laughed and said, “It’s a good thing that Director Zhang has had quite a bit of work this year.”

Ha Qiqi said, “That’s right. We were nominated for many of the awards, so we have a chance of fighting for them.”

Zhang Ye said, “It looks like these awards are really quite crucial. Alright then, let’s contend for as many as possible. We aren’t going to reject any of them!”

After the new year, it was time for many Chinese awards ceremonies to be held. A lot of the highest awards ceremonies were concentrated and given out during this period of time. It was unnecessary to mention how great of an honor the highest awards would bring. This was the greatest affirmation that a celebrity could get, and the awards would also be a contributing factor to their popularity scores. So there was still a possibility that there could be some changes in this period. If that ex-Heavenly King took home several of the highest awards given out and increased his popularity score by 30%, he could surpass Zhang Ye’s current popularity score and regain his place among the S-listers! But of course, the highest Chinese awards would only have an effect on the Chinese celebrity rankings. On the Asian and international celebrity rankings, there wouldn’t be any effect. A similar attribute was included in the Asian Celebrity Rankings Index, but that would only be contributed to by a win in an Asian or international awards ceremony.

…

Elsewhere.

At the ex-Heavenly King’s team office.

At this moment, they were only known as the top A-list celebrity’s team.

“Can we still fight our way back up?”

“There’s still hope!”

“Yes, there’s still a chance!”

“If we can win two or three awards, we can reclaim the spot that we lost!”

“Zhang Ye has no works in the area of films!”

“Everyone, let’s do our best!”

“There won’t be any problems for sure!”

“Let’s fight it out with Zhang Ye!”

“We have to regain our spot on the S-list!”

…

The battle for the highest awards kicked off!

Everyone in the media, the industry, and even the public were waiting to see how it would turn out!