Chapter 20 Gaining Fans: "My brother is also very good at video games."...

Chapter 20 Gaining Fans: "My brother is also very good at video games."...

Ten minutes later.

Amidst a burst of upbeat background music, applause and cheers suddenly erupted in the antique market.

The chorus members, Su Yi'ang and Wu Xia, were surrounded by the stall owners.

After singing the last line of lyrics, both of them had their chests heaving and their cheeks flushed.

Sweat trickled down his neck from his temples, soaking the collar.

[Ahhhhhh, Xiaxia can sing so well!]

If Su Yi'ang were to sing solo, the production team wouldn't even need to pay copyright fees.

[Don't listen to the flash, it's a negative review!]

[Sobbing, I've been a fan of Wu Xia for three years, I want to cry.]

I want to cry too! Thank you "Classmates Are Here" for letting me see him again QAQ

Su Yi'ang lifted his shirt to wipe the sweat from his face, tossed his hair, and shouted at the top of his lungs, "May everyone make a fortune!"

"Great!" the stall owners clapped enthusiastically, responding loudly, "May you make a fortune!"

Su Yi shouted again in a high-pitched voice: "I hope you sell some genuine antiques!!!!"

"Hahahahahahaha." The stall owners burst into laughter.

Customers who came to the market to find bargains shouted that the items were genuine antiques and applauded enthusiastically.

Ye Hantao poked Wu Xia's arm with her fingertip, "Wu Xia..."

She, the class monitor who volunteered to supervise nearby, whispered a reminder, "It's your turn to take your final bow."

Wu Xia's face turned as red as a boiled shrimp. It was hard to tell whether it was from excitement about singing or shyness.

No, he was already famous before he even started singing. Ye Hantao glanced at his face, which had turned deep red.

Su Yi'ang was determined not to lose face alone, so he shared half of the lyrics with Wu Xia. Even during the curtain call, he didn't forget Wu Xia, turning back and urging, "Wu Xia! Hurry up and give your blessings!"

Ye Hantao continued to poke him, "Raise your head and shout 'Oh,' it'll seem more sincere!"

First there was Su Yi'ang, and now there is Ye Hantao.

Sandwiched between the two, Wu Xia hugged the thermos in his arms even tighter, closed his eyes, and with a "what's the use" attitude, tilted his head back, took a deep breath, and said, "I wish you—"

He closed his eyes tightly and shouted loudly, "Get rich!"

Clap clap clap!

Ye Hantao clapped until her palms were red, "Wu Xia, you shouted so clearly! And you sang it all in tune! The program team's purchase of the copyright was worthwhile!"

Amidst the overwhelming applause that nearly engulfed him, Wu Xia heard Ye Hantao's voice.

A moment later, he opened his eyes and met the stall owners' unabashedly praising gazes. "Wow, I didn't see your face before, you're a really handsome young man! And you sing well too!"

"You're a singer, right?"

"He looks like the seventh prince from that drama!" a middle-aged woman, a stall owner, exclaimed loudly. "His fair skin is so endearing!"

"Wow, you know what, it really looks like it!"

Wu Xia: "..."

They were so enthusiastic, they kept praising us.

Even after getting into the car, Wu Xia could still hear the echoes of the stall owners' praise in his ears, and his fingers resting on his knees trembled incessantly.

The last time he could act freely in front of a group of people was a year ago. Just now, it seemed like he had returned to the time when he first started filming.

The group arrived in a Bentley and left in the same Bentley, heading to their next mission location: the Red Star Xuan Paper production base.

Ye Hantao handed her phone to Jin Shiyue, "Sister Shiyue, which of these two clips do you like better?"

Jin Shiyue lowered her gaze, and the corner of her mouth twitched.

The editing app on my phone played the entire performance of Su Yi'ang and Wu Xia's collaboration. The footage, shot from various angles and varying distances, managed to capture the atmosphere of a music show stage with just a mobile phone.

“The first one,” Jin Shiyue said, but in her heart she thought that she had to work hard for the tasks that followed, as the punishment for failure was too severe.

Ye Hantao readily agreed, "Okay, use the first one."

Jin Shiyue didn't say anything, but instead asked, "What did Master Zeng, the antique appraiser, want with you before you got on the bus?"

"The master said he wanted to see my wooden bracelet, and I said it had been blessed and couldn't be passed around to other people indefinitely," Ye Hantao replied while editing. "Master Zeng then told me to hold it in my hand while she watched from the side."

Jin Shiyue glanced at Ye Hantao, who was engrossed in using a mobile app, before leaning forward slightly to gently massage her sore calves, avoiding the camera in front of her.

These high heels are so hard to wear, Jin Shiyue really wants to just take them off and throw them out the window.

Throughout her years as a model, she had become accustomed to wearing high heels all the time, and she had never encountered high heels that caused blisters in less than two hours!

"Oh? What did Master Zeng say after reading it?"

"She said the wooden beads are very pretty, and that she'd like to see my pink beads sometime."

Master Zeng is truly a kind person; he didn't expose Ye Hantao's smug claim that it was a piece of yellow agarwood.

They even went out of their way to say they'd check out the pink beads next time, but it was just a piece of broken plastic...

[What kind of lousy plastic is this?! It's even more translucent than a roly-poly toy!]

[Even Jin Shiyue can make mistakes.]

[Ji Changtu wears a roly-poly toy to fake icy jadeite; can his assessments be trusted?]

[He only wears fake jade because he was robbed and has a traumatic experience. Do you think everyone is like Kim Shi-wol, with several bodyguards with them?]

Jin Shiyue lowered her eyes. If Ye Hantao's bracelet was really made of agarwood, Master Zeng would have pointed out its value instead of just praising it as beautiful.

Thinking about the feel of the wooden beads she had touched before, Jin Shiyue still couldn't believe that she had mistaken agarwood for something else, especially since she had searched online and found that the partridge spots that Ji Changtu mentioned were more like the ice crack patterns of old material.

After this episode is filmed, she insists on taking Ye Hantao to her friend's shop for another appraisal.

At the entrance to the antique market, Master Zeng watched the program crew's Bentleys drive away.

She walked to a spot away from the cameras and made a phone call. "I've confirmed that it's Huang Qinan agarwood, and it's old material that sinks in water."

“I didn’t reveal its value in the live stream.” Master Zeng asked for his opinion, “Are you interested in contacting Ye Hantao to purchase that piece of yellow agarwood? The estimated value is between 3 and 3.5 million yuan.”

As early as when Jin Shiyue recognized the agarwood bracelet, her boss called to tell her not to let the viewers in the live broadcast know the value of Ye Hantao's bracelet, in order to prevent excessive popularity from leading to high-price competition.

Unexpectedly, before she even showed up, Ji Changtu determined it was fake based on the partridge spots and the smell.

Zhou Ti received a message from her secretary on her phone, which contained Master Zeng's reply.

"I shouldn't have given the order so early." Zhou Ti swiped back and forth on her phone screen, her expression revealing her frustration.

Master Zeng wouldn't have thought to check Tao Tao's bracelet; it was all because she mentioned it.

Ye Weizheng pulled Zhou Ti's hand and put down his phone. "You're just being prepared. If Ji Changtu hadn't interfered, Tao Tao might have already become suspicious."

“Although Master Zeng said he confirmed the value, Tao Tao also agreed.” He pointed to Tao Tao, who was looking radiant in his personal live stream, with a smile on his lips, “Tao Tao is just teasing them.”

Fortunately, they had been quite good at disguising themselves all these years, and Tao Tao had no suspicions whatsoever.

Just then, a new email arrived in his inbox. Ye Weizheng looked down and said, "It's the production team's recording plan for the second week."

"The location is in the south of the city." He seemed to have forgotten. "Darling, how many houses do we have in the south of the city?"

Zhou Ti snapped out of her vexation and said, "There are two manors and several single-story houses."

“Let’s choose a manor for the production team to film the show.” Zhou Ti pondered for a moment. “I think Tao Tao really likes riding in Bentleys. Have my secretary contact the people in Nancheng and ask them to provide a few top-of-the-line Bentleys.”

Ye Weizheng added, "Rolls-Royce, Pagani, Ferrari too, maybe Tao Tao will like them too."

Zhou Ti found it amusing to see her husband's eyes light up when he mentioned cars; this was probably a passion that flowed from the Ye family's very bones.

As early as Ye Weizheng's great-grandfather's generation, they successfully entered the source production chain of the automobile industry in the United States by means of a dual equity investment model of investment and technology.

Over the past century, although the Ye family has not held senior management positions in any top automotive groups, they have held diversified shareholdings across Europe, America, and Asia.

The garage is never short of luxury cars touted as being limited editions worldwide.

A black private car drove into the county town of Langqiao as the sky gradually turned overcast.

Jin Shiyue used one hand to send a message to a friend who owns an agarwood shop to confirm a meeting time, while continuing to rub her uncomfortable calf with the other.

Ye Hantao, who was next to him, suddenly put down her phone and picked up her backpack. Hearing the sound, Jin Shiyue let go of the hand that was rubbing her calf and turned her head to look at the street scene.

"Sister Shiyue."

"Um."

"Look in the bag." Ye Hantao, holding an open backpack, leaned towards her, her eyes bright and expectant. "Do you need it?"

Jin Shiyue looked at the contents of the bag and remained silent.

Kim Si-wol can see what's in the bag, but the audience can't.

Although Ye Hantao didn't intend to hide, the camera was in the front seat, and the backpack blocked her view.

What are these two talking about? What are they using? Sunscreen?

Jin Shiyue would never use Ye Hantao's sunscreen; it's a cheap student product that costs only a dozen yuan.

[Affordable goods appealing? If you want to see a rich heiress flaunting her wealth, head over to Liao Jiayue's live stream!]

I'm so envious of Ye Hantao's skin! I want her to make a vlog introducing the brands she uses.

"Why...did you decide to bring it?"

“When we go out to play, my dad always helps my mom with her things,” Ye Hantao replied. “Last month, I went to a comic convention with my roommates and helped them with their things too, so they came in handy!”

When she mentioned using those three words, she slightly raised her chin, looking extremely proud.

Audience: ? ? ?

What are you guys talking about?!

Jin Shiyue looked away and then at the contents of her bag. It was a pair of disposable slippers that the production team had prepared in the room, still unopened.

"No need." She turned her face away and refused indifferently, "Put it back in."

"oh."

Just a simple "oh"? Nothing else? That's really not like Ye Hantao's usual style of replying. Is she upset because she was rejected? Jin Shiyue frowned, about to turn around to look at Ye Hantao's expression, but then stopped abruptly.

What's the point of looking? She's definitely not going to wear it, so the live streamers won't have a chance to mock her.

Two seconds later, Jin Shiyue stiffly turned her head away, "I'm not—" disgusted with you.

To her surprise, she couldn't find a trace of sadness on Ye Hantao's face; the man was looking down at her feet with astonishment.

"...What are you looking at?"

"Sister Shiyue, are your heels 6 centimeters high?" Ye Hantao gestured with her fingers to indicate the height. "We've been out for almost four hours."

She exclaimed admiringly, "Indeed, not everyone can become an international supermodel. You must first have a pair of iron feet."

In the latter half of the journey, because of Ye Hantao's comment, "As expected, not everyone can become an international supermodel," Jin Shiyue refused to massage her calves the entire way.

She was determined not to be looked down upon by Ye Hantao!

"It's done!" Ye Hantao hurriedly finished editing the video for the "Get Rich" song. While sending it to the eight-person group chat, she pleaded with Jin Shiyue, "Sister Shiyue, please, please give me a like to show your support!"

Kim Si-wol: "Naive."

[Taking a bite of a peach: [video.jpg]]

[Kim Shi-wol: Not bad.]

Sitting in another Bentley, Su Yi'ang couldn't wait to click on the video as soon as he saw the cover image.

After playing for two seconds, she excitedly stomped her feet, yelling, "Aa ...

The viewers in the live stream were like: "???"

[A sudden confession?]

[Did my favorite couple actually become a reality?]

[Give them a bow, these two are obviously chatting on their phones.]

[No, I saw other people looking at their phones too. Did Ye Hantao post anything?]

I heard it! The intro to the "Get Rich" song!!

【Aa ...

On the homepage of the hashtag #Su Yi'ang and Wu Xia sing "Get Rich Song" together, Su Yi'ang's post, which was published just one minute ago, suddenly became the No.1 trending topic on the square with hundreds of thousands of likes.

@HT-Flash: Thanks to my benefactor Ye Hantao for the work, I look so handsome (sunglasses.jpg) (sunglasses.jpg) (sunglasses.jpg) - [Video (Mute Version)] [Video (Audio Version)]

The video cover features Su Yi'ang and Wu Xia standing out of place.

The former grinned, and in the setting sun, even his slightly protruding little tiger teeth seemed to take on a cheerful and enthusiastic hue.

The latter lowered his eyes quietly, wearing a linen shirt with the collar slightly loosened, exuding a refreshing and aloof air.

The upbeat prelude to "Get Rich" begins, as the orange afterglow deepens.

"If I want to get rich, I can get rich—" Su Yi'ang said to the camera, his eyebrows raised high, exuding a confident and spirited air.

The camera focused on Wu Xia, whose clear voice dispelled the heat in the air, and even when singing the same song, it exuded a sense of tranquility and comfort.

Users who first clicked on the audio version couldn't resist clicking on the silent version, and then, while listening, clicked on the audio version again.

Those who first clicked on the silent version then clicked on the audio version, and while listening, clicked on the silent version again.

In less than ten minutes, the number of views for the two videos skyrocketed, breaking the 1 million mark.

[Ahhhhhh, miraculous healing!!! The silly clips I laughed out loud during the live stream were actually filmed so sweetly?!]

[Family members, does anyone understand? I've watched it ten times already, I'm completely captivated.]

[Angang! You really should kowtow to Ye Hantao!]

Comments refreshed quickly, but Su Yi'ang only replied to this one: I'll kowtow to her as soon as I get off the bus! I'll kowtow to her ten times! //Su Yi'ang's hero pool: Ang'ang! You really should kowtow to Ye Hantao!

One is flamboyant, the other is quiet, sob sob sob, can I go all in?

[I need all the information about the guy next to Flash in three minutes!]

[Wu Xia, oh my god! This younger brother is a treasure, you won't regret investing in him! Welcome to Wu Xia's currently airing variety show, "My Classmate is Here"!]

[I did a quick search, and this handsome young man only has around a million followers? I'll follow him.]

[Hahaha, now that you're following, I'm a veteran fan too!]

Online, the video's popularity soared, bringing not only fans to Wu Xia but also a large influx of new viewers into the live stream, making Director Wan beam with joy.

With the "Red Star Xuan Paper" base right in front of her, Ye Hantao leaned out the window and took photos with her phone.

They seemed to have stumbled into an ancient village in modern society, with the entire courtyard paved with cement and houses with blue tiles and white walls.

Near the gate, a truck was parked there, with the words "Xuan Paper Workshop" printed on its side.

Ye Hantao put away her phone and watched the workers coming and going, busily carrying raw materials from the truck bed.

"Sister Shiyue, the material for Xuan paper mentioned in the mission manual, the bark of the Qingtan tree, should be in the car, right?"

Ye Hantao flipped through the manual to review it, muttering to herself, "Our task later is to participate in the entire process of making Xuan paper, steaming, soaking, and drying the tree bark..."

It takes about six or seven steps to turn the bark of the sandalwood tree into pulp.

Jin Shiyue nodded, indicating that she had heard him.

A short while later, four Bentleys pulled up in a row next to the large truck loaded with the bark of the sandalwood tree.

As soon as Ye Hantao got out of the car, she saw the factory's map. Just as she was about to go over and take a closer look, she heard footsteps approaching.

Turning my head to look, I saw Su Yi'ang running towards me, the drawstring of his hoodie fluttering in the wind.

"Ahhhhh, Tao Tao, all my fans are praising your miraculous healing skills!"

"I looked so handsome, so handsome, so handsome in there!" He jumped up and down, his hat drawstring swinging in front of him. "I almost fainted from how handsome I looked, hahahahahahahaha."

This isn't a punishment, it's a reward!

Su Yi'ang wanted to run a hundred laps in place to express the surging joy in his chest.

During his live streams, he was often criticized by fans for singing off-key and having a plain voice.

Over time, even he started to treat singing as a joke, never expecting that he would one day finally be able to hold his head high!

When Yuan Kai arrived, he had prepared himself to be the big brother who would lighten the mood, so he took the opportunity to praise, "Xiao Su and Xiao Wu are indeed handsome in the video. It's obvious that Tao Tao is biased towards the two of you."

Su Yi'ang suppressed his smile and tried to appear serious.

He clasped his hands in a fist salute to Ye Hantao, saying, "Please accept my bow!"

"Pfft." Ye Hantao couldn't help but tease him, "Who said you had to kowtow ten times?"

Su Yi'ang blushed and scratched his head with a smile.

The scene was particularly jarring to Liao Jiayue, who couldn't help but clench her fists.

They had only just met on the show, but a single video quickly brought Ye Hantao and Su Yi'ang closer together. She really underestimated Ye Hantao.

"Tao Tao, you didn't expect Ang Ang and Wu Xia to lose, did you?" Liao Jiayue approached the two and said calmly, "The 'Get Rich Song' is very suitable for them. I didn't expect you to be able to edit the video in just half an hour."

Ye Hantao's almond-shaped eyes still held a smile, like black grapes.

"I helped my class organize sports meet highlights in high school, and I even joined the publicity department in college. Practice makes perfect."

Blackbirds chirped loudly in the camphor trees by the roadside, blowing in along with the dark clouds.

The weather forecast said it would start raining around 6 p.m., gradually turning into a downpour.

Ye Hantao touched the guide map board, looking at the instructions while as she assured Su Yi'ang and Wu Xia, "Yi'ang, Wu Xia, once we get home and get our hands on the computer, I'll re-edit a version for you."

Su Yi'ang asked in surprise, "Can it be cut even better?"

"The mobile app's functions are too limited," Ye Hantao said with dissatisfaction. "I don't find it convenient to use."

[Aaaaaaah! There's another version?! Please release it!!!]

Why didn't the show's official announcement tag Ye Hantao's account? I want to follow her.

[After watching for so long, I've found that Ye Hantao isn't a big problem, except for being a bit vain and telling a few lies! She's quite talented!]

[I want to follow +1! Ye Hantao is such a treasure! She even managed to make their rendition of "Get Rich Song" look so sweet!]

[Let's leave Wu Xia aside; Ang Shen's off-key singing was so bad that it was only his handsome face and charisma in the direct shots that saved the day.]

As soon as this comment appeared, all the viewers in the live stream heard Ye Hantao emphasize to Su Yi'ang, "If you want audio editing, I can use software to help you with it."

His tone was soft, yet he was very confident.

Su Yi'ang: "!!!"

"Fix it, fix it, fix it!" This time he really wanted to kowtow to Ye Hantao ten times. "Taotao, I don't have any other skills, I'm just okay at playing games. If you want to play games in the future, just call me."

Su Yi'ang patted his chest and said, "Let me lead you to level the canyon!"

Ye Hantao smiled and said, "No need. My brother is also very good at playing games. He usually teaches me how to play."

"I'm a professional player, the world champion in solo matches!" Su Yi'ang said, his voice as proud as if he had just won a game, standing tall and proud, waiting for everyone to marvel at his golden retriever. "When the time comes, I'll call your brother too, and I'll carry the whole team with you two!"

In the e-sports training room, Zhou Mingsheng flicked his fingers to push up the frame of his glasses, letting out a cold snort.

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Author's note: Big brother: Heh.

Seeing that a typhoon is coming, please be safe and take good care of yourselves, everyone in the affected areas! [Please][Please][Please]