Inside the embassy.
Yuan Yi sat to the side eating a boxed lunch.
"Our Chinese food still tastes the best!"
"I only ate a few meals from them, and I still got so thin from starvation!!"
Yuan Yi ate braised pork while shoveling rice into his mouth.
"Eat slowly, no one's going to take it from you!" Zhou Sheng couldn't bear to watch Yuan Yi wolfing down his food.
"Tell me what you were thinking? Singing revolutionary songs in enemy territory, you've got some nerve."
"Without us this time, you might not even have made it out of their police station!!"
Yuan Yi looked up at Zhou Sheng.
"I knew you guys were here, otherwise I wouldn't be so lazy!"
Upon hearing Yuan Yi's words, all the staff in the embassy burst into laughter.
"That's both cowardly and brave!!"
"Alright, there's a flight back to China coming up soon, I'll just deliver it to you!"
Yuan Yi looked at Zhou Sheng with a look of surprise and delight.
"Thank you, government! Thank you, government!!"
After quickly finishing his boxed lunch, Yuan Yi looked at Zhou Sheng.
"Shall we go?"
Zhou Sheng smiled and nodded.
Just as Zhou Sheng was leading Yuan Yi toward the airport.
The entire Chinese social media platforms, including Weibo, Douyin, and Kuaishou, are filled with videos and photos of Yuan Yi performing "The Big Sword March" at the Taipei Arena.
At this moment, night has just fallen in China, marking the beginning of the most vibrant nightlife of the day.
[Yuan Yi, a brave warrior! His anti-Japanese war songs resounded throughout Japan! A tribute to our forefathers!]
The Weibo post featured a headline and a photo of Yuan Yi wearing a Zhongshan suit, speaking into a microphone, and blowing a golden bugle.
This instantly propelled the topic to the top of the entire trending list.
Finally, someone did what I wanted to do! It's so awesome!!
[I thought Lü Bu was invincible, but whose general is this? He's so brave!]
I've never heard this anti-Japanese war song before, but it's very powerful!
[Isn't that Yuan Yi? Didn't he retire from the entertainment industry? What's he doing at the Cherry Blossom Music Festival?]
[Yuan Yi? I know him. He used to be a third-tier singer, but he had the potential to become a second-tier singer! It's a pity he didn't make it in the end!]
Wow! My brother has appeared! Sisters, let's go!
[Is my brother no longer being sidelined? His contract must have expired!!!]
We miss our brother so much, we hope he can come back, we're always waiting for you!!!
What? Yuan Yi was blacklisted before he retired from the entertainment industry? How come I didn't know about this?
[The news was probably kept from him, considering he's signed with one of the top five entertainment companies!]
Wang Xing, the general manager of Orange Star Entertainment, is holding a phone.
"Yes, I terminated the contract with him. The company received an invitation from Japan, and we can't just send a second-tier or first-tier company to perform, can we?"
"His contract expires in a little over two months, so we're just making use of him!"
At that moment, a slightly shrill voice came from the phone.
"Waste utilization? You should take a good look at Weibo. I really don't know if handing the company over to you for management was the right decision."
Wang Xing's face darkened as he listened to the busy tone on the phone.
After all, I am the general manager of this company, and I am the founder of this company.
Wang Xing opened Weibo and immediately saw a picture of Yuan Yi holding a bugle and wearing a Zhongshan suit.
"???"
Wasn't this kid supposed to be at the Cherry Blossom Music Festival? How come he's trending on Weibo?
He knew exactly what the Japanese were up to with this music festival.
Otherwise, why didn't he send the company's main singers instead of Yuan Yi?
The main idea behind this is that the Japanese want to gain the upper hand in their home country so that their local artists can rise in the popularity rankings across Asia.
It's important to know that this world has a strict hierarchy.
In addition to local popularity rankings, there will also be an Asian popularity ranking.
The next step is to create a world-class popularity ranking.
This popularity ranking isn't just about having popularity; while traffic stars certainly have a lot of popularity.
However, they cannot rise to the top solely based on traffic; traffic is only one evaluation criterion.
In addition, your work, reputation, and everything else will be taken into account.
This ranking is quite fair.
Orange Star, as one of the top five entertainment companies in China, has signed artists who are at least third-tier celebrities.
It's impossible to send these people to boost the other side's popularity.
That's why they thought of putting Yuan Yi on hiatus. After two years of being sidelined, Yuan Yi's popularity plummeted.
Even if he was a third-tier celebrity before, it wouldn't increase the other party's popularity.
But he never expected that Yuan Yi would be able to break through in Japan.
This time, Yuan Yi broke into the mainstream and trended on social media, although it didn't have much of an impact.
However, this also allows them to gain a large following and regain popularity on the charts.
Maybe this wave will propel him from an 18th-tier celebrity to the top of the 8th or 9th tier celebrity rankings.
After all, his previous works are still there; they haven't disappeared.
It's just that he didn't release any new works in the past two years, and his popularity has faded.
Wang Xing stared at the photo in front of him and muttered to himself, "Looks like we released them too early!!"
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