After finishing one song, Ji Yan sang "Future". He hadn't sung in a long time and hadn't had time to practice while on the set of "Youthful Love Poems". However, even though he was a little rusty before, his performance wasn't bad as long as he sang.

"It sounds nice."

Fang Yu clapped his hands and said, "Want me to post it online for you?"

The album "Silent Bell" has sparked a wave of cover songs across the internet. Regardless of the singers' own abilities, they have all been singing one or two songs from "Silent Bell" recently.

“I think…” Ji Yan hesitated for a moment, “Let’s send it.”

"I won't post it on our official account, I'll post it on a secondary account."

"Yi" also has official accounts on several video websites. DW Entertainment occasionally posts some of the members' daily lives, but the updates are not very frequent. Fans can't help but despise DW Entertainment, but in fact, the company is already quite diligent in this regard. It's just that "Yi" is unwilling to post content.

The members all hope to retain some of their privacy.

Of course, this has the consequence that whenever "Yi" has any private life exposed, fans will scrutinize every detail with a magnifying glass. Ji Yan used to think that it was absurd to look through a spoon and a cup to see who his idol was with, but after becoming an idol himself, he found that he was not the only fan who would do this.

The private lives of "Wings" are not bad. When the group started to gain popularity, there were many paparazzi who staked out the apartment building to take pictures of the members' activities and daily life. But after staking out for several months, the "Wings" members stayed together every day. Four grown men living on one floor, what was there left to photograph?

The house "Wing" is not easily collapsed.

As the albums "Mist" and "At 23" gained influence among fans, the members of "Wings" became increasingly busy, even going out for runs less often.

They knew paparazzi were following them, but they didn't care at all. Once, Ji Yan even borrowed a coin from a paparazzi to put in the coin when he went out. The paparazzi who lent him the money had a "..." look on his face.

Unable to reveal any bombshell information about "Wings," he could only reveal that he had lent money to Ji Yan.

As a result, his fans were extremely envious of him, wishing they could take his place. Some even sent him private messages asking if he had enough coins, turning his paparazzi account into a consultation hub for "Yi".

Among "Yi's" fans are minors, even elementary school students, and his account even receives private messages from fans asking math questions.

Paparazzi: "..."

I really wanted to run and scream for help.

In short, nothing can be found about "Wing". If you look closely, almost all the gossip about "Wing" revolves around the real and fake young masters of the Ji family. From the revelation of Ji Yan's background last year, to Ji Ruan's departure to the United States, and then to all sorts of messy gossip this year, the Ji family is enough to support the entire entertainment industry's paparazzi.

But gossip about the Ji family is a double-edged sword. They can expose it, but the head of the Ji family is no ordinary person, so paparazzi are usually quite cautious when reporting on it.

...

Ji Yan received another bunch of fan letters from Ye Ying.

After filming for several months on the set of "Young Love Poems," Ji Yan received so many letters that they were beyond description. Ye Ying even came to him carrying a cardboard box.

Last year, not many fans sent letters to Ji Yan, but after the news came out that he would reply to fans' letters, the number of fans' letters increased almost tenfold.

Ji Yan might not reply to each email, but he would read every single one.

These letters are filled with fans' love for him. Their writing may not be very good, their words may not be very pleasant, and they may even seem childish, but Ji Yan likes the feeling of opening the letters.

Just like opening a blind box, he never knows what fans will write in their letters.

The letters written to him mostly praised his singing or acting skills. Many fans also shared their daily lives, and some even sent Ji Yan photos of their own cats.

In his letter with the cat photo, Ji Yan replied, "I also like cats very much, but cats don't like me."

The content of this reply was included in the official Weibo account of "Yi"—"Ji Yan, whom I greatly admire."

"!!! Ji Yan's reply!!"

"So, posting a picture of a cat is enough to capture Teacher Ji's attention, I get it!"

"Hahaha, the cat doesn't like me, I feel so wronged. I still remember the promotional picture for 'At 23,' where Teacher Ji could only hug a fake cat."

"Why is this world so cruel to Teacher Ji? But I really can't help but laugh out loud."

Fans then urged the official Weibo account to post more of Ji Yan's replies.

Ji Yan also replied to a letter from a fan who said she didn't want to study hard and wanted to be an idol like him.

He didn't offer many grand pronouncements; he simply told his fans that even after becoming an idol, one still needs to learn.

"Idols also need fertile soil to grow. Learn from them; they can help you become a better person. Teacher Ji is so good at speaking and so gentle."

"Waaaaah, what am I going to do if I like Teacher Ji even more now?"

Ji Yan saved up his pen pal's letters until the very end to read them. At first, the other party probably didn't know that he had joined the filming crew of "Young Love Poems." He wrote two letters, but after the news of his filming of "Young Love Poems" was exposed, the other party stopped writing.

Ji Yan wrote each word carefully, and each reply was at least two pages long.

He didn't know why he had so much to say. He talked about his daily life on set, about the album "Blue", and about every song in "Silent Bell". Words easily calmed Ji Yan down and also made him more inclined to confide in others.

...

Fang Yu posted Ji Yan's cover song using a small account he usually uses to read gossip. The reason he didn't post it on the official "Yi" account is because they don't want to be too high-profile lately.

But he also thought Ji Yan's cover was so good, better than any other cover he had ever heard, so he really wanted to post it.

That's right, he really wanted to show off Ji Yan!

His teammates are absolutely amazing!

Fang Yu had no idea that, coincidentally, Duan Yiran was watching videos that day. He watched a video of someone carving Patrick Star out of a potato, but in the end, Patrick Star was still cooked.

Duan Yiran: "...Just how bored are people these days?"

Just as he was about to turn off the video, his phone automatically switched to another video—this time it was even worse, this video didn't even have any narration, but Duan Yiran could hear the accompaniment of "Reverse Time".

He was already used to it. There were many covers of "Reverse Time" recently, and many videos used "Reverse Time" as background music. But when he heard the first line of the cover and saw the face of the cover artist, Duan Yiran silently sent the video to Ning Wei.

Duan Yiran felt that this was the best version of "Reverse Time" cover he had ever heard.

He believed Ning Wei would like it too.

Compared to his initial cover of "The Traveler," Ji Yan's understanding of their songs seems to have deepened.

Duan Yiran was unaware of Ning Wei's opinion on the cover song, but that evening, he saw a video link posted on Ning Wei's Weibo.

If Ji Yan's engagement with the platform is considered passive, Ning Wei's is completely nonexistent; the only purpose of his Weibo account is to inform others that he has a Weibo account.

Ji Yan's last business was 124 days ago, while Ning Wei's was... a year and a half ago.

The promotion of the "Blue" album was handled by Duan Yiran and Du Jian, but fans really liked Ning Wei's approach. After all, Ning Wei wrote most of the songs on the album, and it seems difficult for someone who has created so many songs to focus on promotion.

But today, Ning Wei actually posted a video.

When fans clicked in, they were surprised to find that it was Ji Yan's cover of "Reverse Time".

Ning Wei's fans know Ji Yan because Ning Wei covered his song "Leap".

And this song, "Reversing Time"—

"It's a completely different style from Da Ning's original, but it sounds great!!"

"Ahhh, it's so good I cried! So when are you two going to sing a duet?"

"It sounds great. I feel that Ji Yan has a very passionate understanding of 'Reverse Time'. Although he doesn't have the crazy feeling of Da Ning's original version, his version has a strong sense of control."

Many singers have covered the song "Reverse Time," but most of them use the song to showcase their strengths. The song "Reverse Time" takes on a sweet or romantic flavor in their interpretations, but this is not the style that "Reverse Time" should have.

Ji Yan's performance, however, is a showcase of this song.

Although Ning Wei didn't say much, simply forwarding the song was enough to prove his liking for it.

"Let's have another interaction between Da Ning and Teacher Ji, a duet!"

"Chorus +1".

Ning Wei's fans originally didn't expect him to sing with any singers, after all, he has a rather aloof personality and rarely interacts with other people in the entertainment industry, and there are almost no duets. Even in the early days of his debut, "Blue" rarely collaborated with other singers.

But ever since Ji Yan covered "The Traveler", Ning Wei has praised him or expressed her appreciation for him more than once.

"Choir! Choir! Choir!"

"I'd like to hear collaborative versions of 'Reverse Time' and 'Leap'."

"+1+1+1".

The fans' opinions have been noticed by many people in the industry. In fact, since Blue's debut, many parties and events have invited Blue, but the band has basically refused. Over time, the organizers of various events have automatically ignored Blue.

But recently, the fans' calls have been particularly enthusiastic.

Naturally, the event organizers planned to extend invitations to Ning Wei and Ji Yan.

Snow Mountain TV was the first to take action. After all, Snow Mountain TV had a very pleasant collaboration with Ji Yan last year, and the new season of "The Voice of China" has been launched this year. Snow Mountain TV even considered inviting Ji Yan back to the competition, but unfortunately Ji Yan had to film "Young Love Poems", so Snow Mountain TV had to give up.

This time, Snow Mountain TV first extended an invitation to Ning Wei.

After all, Ning Wei is difficult to invite. If it doesn't work out, the plan can be abandoned, and there's no need to invite Ji Yan. If Ji Yan is invited first, but Ning Wei disagrees, it will only cause trouble in the end.

Snow Mountain TV specially dispatched the director of its entertainment center to handle the matter, and the result was—

"You agreed??"

The entire staff at Snow Mountain TV found the result hard to believe.

The director of the entertainment center also looked puzzled: "I sent an invitation, and they replied that they agreed."

And he agreed quite quickly, without needing to use any of the lines he had prepared.

Before going, he made thorough preparations, including how to negotiate terms after being rejected, analyzing the benefits that this cooperation would bring to both Ning Wei and Ji Yan, and how Snow Mountain TV would provide publicity opportunities for "Blue".

As a result... the other party inexplicably agreed.