Ming City, inside the private room of a countryside stove-fired chicken restaurant.
With the end of the song "Friendship Days," the stunned boys and girls finally snapped out of it.
"Zhou Wang can play the piano?"
Class president Fang Lu held her phone, full of surprise, "How do I remember him joining the guitar club in college!"
"Lulu, you’re saying that, as if there was a piano club to join at school. He had no place to perform, so it’s normal we didn’t know..."
Yu Peipei said with a smile.
"So that’s the reason he became an internet celebrity, planning to make a living by performing from now on?"
Most people in the room were curious at this moment, watching the live broadcast of the Wuyou gala on their phones. The boy fiddling with the keys to a Mercedes chuckled, "But Zhou Wang is impressive, directly pointing at Master Zhang’s nose and telling him to scram..."
"That video doesn’t show the whole story. Knowing Zhou Wang, how could he insult someone for no reason? Master Zhang must have done something outrageous..."
Originally intending to stay silent, Li Cheng couldn’t help but speak up.
"Either way, his actions are not wise. If he wants to be an internet celebrity, he has to establish his persona first. Look at the evaluations online now, tsk, his career path ended just as it began!"
As he said this, the boy was editing a chat message on his phone, "Zhou Wang, I know him, my college next-door dorm mate, his character really isn’t great..."
Li Cheng got irritated by the boy’s nonchalant attitude, knowing that back in college they played basketball together. At that time, this boy kept calling Zhou Wang "Brother Dog" and showed more enthusiasm than anyone...
But before he could really react, Zhou Wang was already pulled forward by Zhang Shihao on the phone.
"Hello, everyone. I’m the new supervisor of Wuyou Media... My name is Zhou Wang."
The faint sounds from four or five phones merged together, echoing in the suddenly quiet private room, freezing everyone for a moment.
"Oh my!"
Fang Lu was the first to come back to her senses and couldn’t help but slap the table, "What did Zhou Wang say, that he’s a supervisor at Wuyou Media? A shareholder? Is it true?"
"The company boss vouched for it himself, how could it be fake... Damn it, so Zhou Wang isn’t an internet celebrity, he’s capital itself!"
"No way, that’s the leading MCN company Wuyou Media, how did Zhou Wang manage it!"
Being an internet celebrity, no matter how much money they make, still can’t wipe away some people’s inexplicable sense of superiority.
However, when someone familiar suddenly became a capital force they couldn’t even imagine, the massive shock left them speechless.
At this moment, Li Cheng, looking at everyone’s incredulous faces, especially the contorted expression of the boy fiddling with the Mercedes keys, felt like a cool splash in the hot summer, refreshing inside and out!
C’mon, wasn’t commenting your favorite thing, keep at it!
Brother Dog was still amazing, even at two thousand kilometers away, he could land a slap...
As for the boy with the Mercedes keys, he was completely frozen. He silently deleted the edited chat message and retyped:
"This is Zhou Wang, my good buddy from college, playing basketball together every day..."
...
In the dimly lit apartment.
Yu Duo, in thin pajamas, curled up in a corner. The phone screen at full brightness illuminated Yu Duo’s unadorned face, making her eyes sparkle like stars.
Ding dong! Ding dong!
In the group chat "Caiyi Times Sisters," Su Yajing predictably started spamming, making Yu Duo helplessly exit the "Wuyou Night" live stream temporarily and switch to the WeChat interface.
Ranran: "[Wuyou Media] live room, click to open https:..."
Ranran: "OMG, brother is so handsome, everyone, did you see it!"
Tongtong: "Watching... But I already knew he was a Wuyou shareholder, just didn’t expect he played piano so well..."
Ranran: "Ah, Tongtong, how did you know?"
Min’er: "? I’m not too sure, is this company called Wuyou Media very influential in Huaxia?"
Ranran: "Of course, it’s the top company in the MCN industry, worth billions..."
Min’er: "Shocked.jpg"
Ranran: "Hehe, brother is really amazing, what do I do, I really miss him, and wish to be with him..."
Yu Duo had been quietly watching the chat between her friends until Su Yajing started talking to herself. Yu Duo couldn’t resist and typed:
"But Ranran, don’t you feel that Zhou Wang seems to be getting further and further away?"
With Yu Duo’s words, the group chat fell silent. Neither Su Yajing nor Shen Yutong said anything further, only Cui Min’er continued to ask about "Wuyou Media," but no one replied...
Seeing Shen Yutong and Su Yajing’s silence, Yu Duo already knew their answer. She turned off her phone screen and leaned against the apartment glass, reflecting the lamplight, her smooth face filled with a confusion she hadn’t experienced in over twenty years.
So... What about herself?
...
Hang City Olympic Sports Center, main arena.
"...My name is Zhou Wang."
After Zhou Wang finished speaking, the entire arena erupted in loud commotion, mixed with numerous screams—
These screams mainly came from women on-site who had long been captivated by Zhou Wang’s charisma and talent. They didn’t care if Zhou Wang had a "moral deficiency," with someone as ugly as Master Zhang, they felt no sympathy at all.