That night, Ye Fei was smoking on the balcony.
The apartment he rented was on the 23rd floor and had a spacious balcony from which he could overlook the night view of the entire neighborhood.
The summer evening breeze is moist and refreshing, taking away the heat and dullness of the day. Ye Fei leaned against the guardrail that was made into a flower vine shape, staring at the night sky in a trance, and didn't even notice that a long section of the cigarette ash had burned.
What exactly does Yan Xiao like about him? Is it this face?
But within two years, the muscles all over his body will slowly atrophy, and his face will become deformed and ugly, and in the end he will not even be considered a normal person.
Ye Fei took a puff of cigarette and smiled at himself.
He wanted Yan Xiao to cut his losses in time and not continue wasting time on him. But in the repeated tug-of-war, Yan Xiao had no intention of giving up. Instead, he himself seemed to lose his original intention.
He has been thinking about Yan Xiao more and more recently, and has become more and more soft-hearted towards him.
Every time we met accidentally, every time we looked into each other's eyes, the thought of agreeing to his request was brewing in my heart, and I could hardly hold it back.
Ye Fei put out the cigarette, his eyes filled with confusion. At this point, he didn't know what to do.
The buzzing sound of his cell phone interrupted his thoughts. Ye Fei looked down and saw it was a WeChat message.
[Mr. Ye, Mr. Ye asked us to give two stars to "Please Wake Up" tonight. 】
Ye Fei was already in a bad mood, and now she finally found someone to vent her anger on.
He sneered, moved his fingers, and sent a few messages back.
The next day, Ye Fei arrived at Tianxi on time.
When Gu Ruijia saw him, it was as if he had found his backbone, and he complained, "Damn, someone maliciously gave our drama a low score!"
"Please Wake Up" had 25 million views on the first day, setting a record for the number of premieres of online dramas. But many people thought that this was just riding on the popularity of Yan Xiao and Ye Fei, and it might not be able to be maintained the next day.
However, to their disappointment, "Please Wake Up" was spontaneously recommended by many netizens because of its funny plot and brisk pace. The next day, the number of views not only did not decline, but instead reached 80 million.
Since this morning, there has been a constant stream of news about "Please Wake Up". Major marketing accounts have also changed their previous wait-and-see attitude and have stepped in to gain traffic, bringing in many new viewers to the show.
Gu Ruijia has been praised everywhere these days and she seems to be floating with beauty. But before he could enjoy the feeling of being a winner in life, some short-sighted people came out to sabotage him.
"What should I do?" Gu Ruijia took two sips of water and wiped the corner of his mouth, "Should I find some netizens to raise the score? Otherwise, with such a low score, viewers won't want to click on it after just one look."
"I knew it last night," Ye Fei sent a WeChat message to PR Director Yang Wenxin, asking him if he was ready. Without even looking up, she said, "It's okay, don't worry."
"Then why didn't you tell me? That's not right!" Gu Ruijia slammed the table, "Who did it?"
"Ye Yao." Ye Fei turned on the computer, clicked on the rating page of "Please Wake Up", and browsed the comments of the water army. When he saw the above items, the corners of his lips curled up and he motioned Gu Ruijia to come over and take a look.
"What's so good about this?" Gu Ruijia muttered, but eventually came over and read along with the comments, "I'm going to give two stars to "Please Wake Up" at 9:30 tonight - damn!"
He widened his eyes in disbelief. "He just fell off on his own? The level of the navy's skills is too poor."
"What are you thinking about?" Ye Fei said with a smile in his eyes, pushing the computer forward, "Do you think that my one year at Dingyuan was wasted?"
He is gone, but the employees he promoted are still here. As long as he wanted, he could grasp Ding Yuan's movements in minutes.
"Awesome," Gu Ruijia gave him a thumbs up, convinced, "What's the next step?"
Ye Fei looked at Yang Wenxin's reply and smiled: "Hot search."
Ye Yao gave him such a big gift, he should not waste it.
Therefore, under Yang Wenxin's operation, the term "Please Wake Up" was given a low score" became a hot search that morning.
It was the first time that the onlookers saw such a careless army of internet trolls. They came over to laugh and at the same time remembered the drama "Please Wake Up".
[Hahahaha, I’m hitting myself!] 】
Whose road is this drama blocking? I originally didn’t want to watch the web drama, but suddenly I felt a little sympathetic and decided to contribute to its views. 】
[Putting embarrassment on the screen...it's poisonous. 】
[Haha ...!] 】
[Fuck, isn't this disgusting? The actors and directors worked so hard to film this, is it really that serious? 】
[Ahhhhh, Mr. Ye’s fans are so angry! Going to rewatch the drama, Sima the troublemaker! 】
The effect of hot searches is visible to the naked eye. When you click on the first episode of "Please Wake Up", you will see that many comments are "from Weibo".
Not only that, the enthusiastic onlookers also spontaneously gave ratings to "Please Wake Up" out of sympathy for the crew. Within half a day, the show's ratings were brought up.
Ye Yao worked hard, but got nothing in return. Instead, he made Ye Fei successful.
"Pfft," Gu Ruijia put down her phone with a gloating look, "That idiot Ye Yao is probably going to vomit blood out of anger."
"You're vomiting blood already?" Ye Fei closed his eyes and slumped on the sofa, lazily like a napping cat, "It's still early."
"What?" Gu Ruijia knew he had a trick up his sleeve when he heard this, and rubbed his hands eagerly, "Tell me! Tell me! Let me get excited in advance."
Ye Fei said nonchalantly: "The navy still has the last layer of skin left to lose." But it is probably about time now.
Sure enough, not long after he said this, someone uncovered the true identities of this group of water army from their past posts and replies.
All of these two-star accounts are promoting and praising Dingyuan’s artists!
One stone can cause a thousand ripples. Dingyuan and Tianxi are both medium-sized film and television companies, and there is definitely competition between them. It's fine to do anything openly and aboveboard, but this kind of behavior of doing tricks behind the scenes is really despicable.
[Let the internet trolls give low scores... Dingyuan has a very narrow vision.] 】
[I remember someone dug it out some time ago that the original general manager of Dingyuan was Ye Fei, but now it has been replaced by his younger brother Ye Yao. Emmmm, this Ye Yao seems to have something. 】
[Ahhh, fortunately my idol is not from Dingyuan, this is too scary. 】
[Other film and television companies should be careful. Today it is Tianxi, and we don’t know who it will be tomorrow. After all, they can be so cruel to their own brother. 】
[This is unfair competition, can Tianxi sue? 】
[This is so immoral, is this even possible?] ? What a fucking cool move. 】
Dingyuan’s original public relations director was Yang Wenxin, but Yang Wenxin has now joined Tianxi. Ye Yao was annoyed by Ye Fei's people, so he didn't even give Yang Wenxin time for the handover and just let him go.
The public relations department of a film and television company is very important. In a hurry, Ye Yao could only randomly recruit a public relations director.
This PR director is only good at talking big but fails when it comes to the real action. We didn't react when public opinion was fermenting, and by the time we came up with a solution, it was too late.
Public opinion online was almost one-sided, and Dingyuan’s reputation was completely ruined.
Ye Yao had wanted to sign a few second-tier artists before, and the contracts had been almost negotiated, except for signing, but everything changed today.
Not only that, Dingyuan was originally planning to shoot a large-scale costume drama. Ye Yao tried his best to persuade Li Zhongyuan, the successor of Baofeng Media, to invest. As soon as this incident happened today, Lee Jong-won withdrew his investment directly.
Ye Yao was scolded harshly by Ye's father in front of his subordinates. He had lost all his dignity and face, and yet he still had to think of remedial measures. He was so angry that he was shaking all over. He borrowed his assistant's cell phone and called Ye Fei directly.
"Ye Fei, are you deliberately tricking me?"
"What are you saying?" Ye Fei put her phone on the table, turned on the loudspeaker, and said with a smile, "Don't you know that the one who teases first is the slut?"
"Fuck-your-mother!" Ye Yao was so angry that he uttered all kinds of dirty words. "You are just like your short-lived mother. You will never have a good death in this life. I..."
"You haven't learned C language well, so you can only say some bullshit," Ye Fei interrupted him calmly, "If you continue to act like a spoiled child, Dingyuan will not only have a bad reputation."
Ye Fei used to let Ye Yao do whatever he wanted, which gradually built up his courage. Even though the two of them had been at odds for so long, Ye Yao's mentality had not yet changed.
Now, hearing Ye Fei's cold tone, he suddenly woke up.
"No matter what, I still have my dad," Ye Yao said, and sneered, "What about you? Is there anyone who cares about you?"
Ye Fei's expression did not change, but her eyelids drooped slightly.
"Just wait, I didn't think it through this time," Ye Yao stood up with the help of the desk, thinking of the big project he had invested in before, "The Road to Promotion of the Favored Concubine", and his confidence slowly returned, "You won't be so lucky next time."
"Pfft," Ye Fei sneered and said lazily, "Okay, I'll wait for you to curse the most harshly and hit the most fiercely."
Having said that, I was too lazy to pay attention to him and hung up the phone.
Because of Ye Yao's interference, Ye Fei was in a low mood the whole day, and even Gu Ruijia didn't dare to provoke him. As he was about to get off work, he was thinking about whether to ask Zhou Zhensheng and the others out for a drink when he received a call from Yan Xiao.
Their contact has become very frequent recently, and it is usually Yan Xiao who takes the initiative.
"Ye Fei," Yan Xiao asked him, "When do you get off work? I'll take you home on the way."
"No need," Ye Fei put her feet on the coffee table stool and refused, "I drove the car."
"Take my car," Yan Xiao said immediately, "You'll be tired after working all day and driving again."
"Who said I was tired?" Ye Fei raised her eyebrows and started to talk nonsense again, "Boss Yan, you are not physically weak, so why not put yourself in other people's shoes?"
He regretted it the moment he said it, as it sounded like he was flirting with Yan Xiao.
"Ye Fei," Yan Xiao called his name and said, "I have good physical strength. Do you need me to prove it to you?"
Ye Fei knew that the proof Yan Xiao mentioned was definitely not the one she had thought of, but she still felt like she was being teased. He coughed and stopped talking, but got back to the point: "Go back by yourself, don't worry about me."
"I want to go home with you," Yan Xiao was silent for a moment, and said, "Is it okay? Ye Fei."
Ye Fei didn't say anything, and Yan Xiao didn't continue speaking. He just remained silent, as if he had predicted that Ye Fei would be soft-hearted towards him.
After an unknown amount of time, Ye Fei finally gave in: "Okay," he said, "Come on."
Yan Xiao said, "I'll be there right away," and hung up the phone.
Twenty minutes later, Ye Fei received a message from Yan Xiao, saying that he had arrived downstairs at the company.
Ye Fei grabbed the bag on the table and went downstairs.
As soon as I walked out of the door, I saw Yan Xiao standing next to the car. He was wearing a light grey suit, with no expression on his face, and seemed very indifferent. But his eyes were always fixed on the gate of Tianxi. When he saw Ye Fei coming out, his whole body became lively.
So Ye Fei held back the words "Don't come here again" all the way and never said them out loud.
Yan Xiao’s villa used to have a password lock, but now that he has moved to an apartment, he needs a key.
As he walked out of the elevator, he reached into his computer bag for his keys. Because the keychain ring was too small, he lost control of one of them and it fell directly to the ground, right at Ye Fei's feet.
Ye Fei lowered her head.
It was a very old keychain with scratches all over the steel ring and a small, miniature white No. 42 jersey hanging underneath.
"Huh?" Ye Fei squatted down, looked at the keychain carefully, and said in amazement: "This thing looks so familiar..."
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