The meet-and-greet with the cast and crew of "I, No Name" further boosted the film's box office. As the Spring Festival holiday drew to a close and the box office performance of "Star Ring" weakened, "I, No Name" maintained its position at the top of the box office charts for a week, achieving a breakthrough in both critical acclaim and box office revenue.
Ji Yan was also remembered by many viewers because of his role as He Tang.
Even though he doesn't have any plans to develop his career in the entertainment industry for the time being, he's been quite lucky. His first acting role was in a film directed by Li Xiang, an opportunity that many young actors would kill for.
His duet with Ning Wei also trended on Weibo, generating a high level of discussion and buzz.
At the beginning of the new year, Ji Yan was one of the most watched stars in the entire entertainment industry. The song "Fly" sung by "Yi" brought huge popularity to the group. Just when the group thought there wouldn't be too much work at the beginning of the year, Ye Ying posted a work list in the group chat, which made them all show "..." expressions.
"Why... so many endorsements?"
At the end of last year, although "Wings" received many endorsement offers, after Ye Ying's screening, the total number of endorsements that the members could accept was actually not many. However, shortly after the New Year this year, when the entire entertainment industry was just starting to work, "Wings" received more endorsement offers than last year.
This year's endorsements include sports brands, beverages, and electronic products. Although they are not luxury brands, they are well-known brands with strong distribution capabilities, and the contracts offered by these brands are for at least one year.
The members of "Wings" are afraid of trouble, and they basically won't consider endorsement deals with a term of less than one year. Although they care about commercial income, after all, no one would turn down money, they hope that the endorsements have a stable cycle so as not to affect their creative work and life.
At the beginning of this year, "Wings" planned to prepare the group's second album. This plan has not yet been revealed to the public, but the members have been very enthusiastic.
The success of the album "Mist" gave them a lot of confidence. At the time, they made it with the mindset of making it their last album. Now, if they release a new album, it will definitely not be their last album. DW Entertainment has also set aside a large sum of money for the members to prepare for it.
From the company's perspective, the senior management also hopes that this new album can surpass "Misty".
Ji Yan temporarily began living a secluded life.
After the events related to the film "I, Nameless" ended, he was temporarily in a state of idleness. He continued to shoot commercials as usual, but Ji Yan was used to being quiet when creating. As soon as he got up in the morning, he would sneak to the window. He had bought a heated table, and with his feet under the table, he would empty his mind and contemplate life.
Xie Mingxuan and the others were used to Ji Yan's state.
When preparing the album, each of them had a few quirks. Fang Yu had to drink hot water like crazy until he was sweating, then his inspiration would come. But he also liked to eat ice cream, and the combination of hot and cold... took the word "self-torture" to the extreme.
However, most of the time, the members of "Wings" still prefer to discuss each other's creations and seek inspiration from their teammates' suggestions.
"Ji Yan, candy."
Thanks!
Ji Yan smiled and took the candy, unwrapped it and tasted it. It was sweet and had a rich milky flavor. He couldn't help but squint his eyes: "Why is it that all the candies you buy are better than the ones I buy?"
"I'll send you the addresses; I've saved a few good restaurants for you."
Ji Yan and Fang Yu went off to discuss the orange software with their heads down. Lu Wei played guitar for a while, then got tired and went downstairs to the gym to run. He insisted on dragging Ji Yan and Xie Mingxuan along, but they firmly refused. Ji Yan and Xie Mingxuan had absolutely no interest in sports; they'd rather stay home.
...
The living room was quiet; you could even hear the clock ticking clearly.
Ji Yan was deep in thought about his creative work. He had spent a long time coming up with the idea for his last song, "Silent Confession." This time, Ji Yan hadn't even decided what kind of song he wanted to write.
However, everyone else had their own worries, and Xie Mingxuan's brows remained furrowed.
Fortunately, they have plenty of time, and the new song can be developed slowly.
Ji Yan opened the window. The weather outside was nice. Although a cool breeze blew in as soon as he opened the window, Ji Yan let the breeze blow in for a while to keep his mind clear.
"Silent Confession" is a slow-paced song. If he were to rewrite it, Ji Yan would like to write a more lively one and try a new area. But for a lively song... Ji Yan might only have come across "Keepon". Ji Yan searched online for a while, and a minute later, he silently closed the webpage link.
He just wanted to see how he had performed "Keepon" before, but when he searched the keywords—what is "the sexiest low moan"? Can these people be serious for once?
What's even more amazing is that although "Keepon" wasn't Ji Yan's best-received song on the "Singer" stage, its play count was almost on par with "The Traveler," and its number of comments on video websites even far exceeded that of "The Traveler."
Ji Yan: "..."
Oh.
Inspiration doesn't come easily, so Ji Yan stopped and scrolled through Weibo and videos for a while, specifically looking for jokes. Just as he was halfway through, a new message popped up on Weibo: "Ji Ruan goes to the United States to study for a Master of Fine Arts degree in Piano Art at JS Academy."
Ji Yan glanced at it once and then went to browse other news.
This was the first time Ji Yan had heard news of Ji Ruan since that day. It proved that, after all, he was the young master of the Ji family who had been pampered since childhood, and even if he couldn't make it in the entertainment industry, he still had a way out.
JS Academy is one of the most famous music academies in the world, and its students are all artistic elites from all over the world. Of course, Ji Ruan studied at a top art school in China, so it was not impossible for her to get into JS.
He turned off the news early on, but the matter still generated some discussion on Weibo.
Ji Ruan's fans haven't been active for a while. When the whole internet expressed deep sympathy for Ji Yan, they would jump out and be criticized by netizens every time. But in the hearts of Ji Ruan's fans, no matter what Ji Yan's identity is, what does what he has to do with Ji Ruan?
Even if Ji Ruan is just an adopted son, he didn't steal or rob, and everything he owns was given to him by the Ji family.
"Ji Yan has only been back for a little over a year, while Ji Ruan has been in the Ji family for 20 years. It's normal for the family to have some bias, right?"
"JS Academy is super hard to get into, it's amazing that I, Soft, can get in, okay? This is good, it'll help me get away from all the gossip and trouble in the entertainment industry. This low circle is not good enough for me, okay?"
After his debut, Ji Ruan displayed a temperament that was out of place in the muddy entertainment industry. Therefore, in the eyes of his fans, nothing in the entertainment industry was worthy of him. He entered the entertainment industry only to help the poor and to "let the whole domestic entertainment industry see what a real artist is."
Now, the artist has finally gotten on the right track.
Fang Yu told Ji Yan about this. Fang Yu is arguably the number one internet surfer in "Wings" and knows the most gossip in the entertainment industry.
Ji Yan, Xie Mingxuan, and Lu Wei all stared blankly after hearing this: "What kind of sense of superiority is this?"
Here, a sense of superiority can also be interpreted as utter idiocy. "Forget it, what he does is none of our business," Ji Yan said with a smile. "I find him annoying."
"I dislike it more than you do."
Because they were in the same group as Ji Yan, the other members of "Wings" were often dragged down and belittled. Even though they were magnanimous, being constantly criticized was not a pleasant thing.
Moreover, they felt that compared to Ji Ruan's treatment, Ji Yan's situation was truly too miserable.
Ji Ruan has a way out; even if he makes a mistake, his brothers will protect him, but Ji Yan has nothing.
"I have a brother too, and he's very protective of me," Ji Yan said arrogantly.
"Okay, okay, stop bragging about your brother."
The other members of "Wing" could clearly see the changes in Ji Yan, especially after he went back to his hometown.
Previously, Ji Yan gave them a sense of tension, but now, he is becoming more and more relaxed, and he is always smiling.
Ji Yan's brother would send photos to Ji Yan, and Ji Yan would then show off his nephew in the group chat. The Ji Yan of the past would never have done this; he would be unhappy for days after returning to the Ji family's old house.
...
Putting Ji Ruan's matter out of his mind, Ji Yan continued to work on his new song.
Not only him, but Xie Mingxuan and the others also wanted to make a breakthrough in their new songs. Although none of them mentioned it, everyone hoped that the new album could surpass "Mist" and write something they liked and found interesting.
"I'm really going to rise up!" Fang Yu has been holding his guitar all this time. His creative style is completely opposite to Xie Mingxuan's. Xie Mingxuan's style is continuous, and he can finish a song in one go. Although he may spend a whole week thinking about it, Fang Yu's style is more jumpy. He comes up with a little bit here and a little bit there, but he can always piece these ideas together into a finished product.
Ji Yan knew very well how amazing his teammates were. Even Fang Yu, who seemed the most unreliable, had his own unique insights into music.
But Ji Yan wasn't anxious. His progress was a bit slow, but he could think and research slowly, and he would eventually be able to write something. At least his current state was much better than when he was creating "Silent Confession".
Ji Yan would write something on paper, then delete it, then write something again, then delete it again. He might end up with nothing at the end of the day, but the creative process itself gave him enough satisfaction.
On this day, Ji Yan was leaning against the window contemplating life when Xie Mingxuan and the others heard a loud "bang" and Ji Yan jumped down from the windowsill again.
He picked up a pen and wrote a very long passage on the paper, his brows furrowed the whole time, as if he was worried about losing his inspiration.
Fang Yu whispered to Lu Wei, "Teacher Ji should be pregnant this time."
Lu Wei held out her fist at him, meaning, "Watch out, you might get beaten up."
Ji Yan's creative process took longer this time than ever before. He sat there motionless, and Xie Mingxuan's gaze drifted towards him several times.
The room was quiet; even when Fang Yu went to get the ice cream, he kept quiet.
Everyone saw Ji Yan's hard work. This was not just his album, but an album for the group "Wings". Whenever something related to "Wings" came up, Ji Yan would work especially hard.
They can't help but work incredibly hard.
They weren't very good at saying thank you to Ji Yan, but they had seen everything he had done.
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