Chapter 12 Pei Zixuan: Which legitimate company would allow its star performer and trainee to...?
Pei Zixuan, 23 years old, debuted as the center of a talent show and became an instant sensation. She was a top star for three years after her debut, a very typical case of starting out in the center of Rome.
Quite coincidentally, the variety show that Pei Zixuan debuted on is the same show that Shi Yao is now hunting for, "Shining Idol." Pei Zixuan was lucky; when she participated, it was only the second season, and the production team wasn't as bold as they are now, openly promoting favored trainees and giving them scripts, or even directly excluding individual trainees.
Pei Zixuan comes from Yue Dong Entertainment, a renowned trainee company with many famous singers and dancers under its umbrella, as well as returning idols. Three of his senior sisters debuted in the first season of "Shining Idol". Yue Dong Entertainment is the company with the strongest overall strength among trainees in China. Every year, Yue Dong Entertainment's trainees receive a lot of attention even before they appear on stage.
However, no trainees from Yuedong Entertainment participated in this season of "Shining Idol". It should be said that Yuedong Entertainment stopped participating in the competition two years ago and instead went to participate in another platform's talent show. Shi Yao guessed that it was probably because the behind-the-scenes manipulation of the "Shining Idol" program was too blatant. Yuedong did not want to participate in buying debut spots, so they were ostracized and simply left to find other partners.
The reason why Pei Zixuan is considered one of Qiao Xi's consorts is because the two later had a deep collaboration that shocked the fan community.
Pei Zixuan has always focused on singing and dancing since her debut and has never ventured into acting. This remains true throughout the book. However, when releasing her second full-length album, she cast Qiao Xi as the female lead in the pre-release music video.
This is actually quite normal. Singers usually choose either familiar industry friends or complete novices as the female lead in their music videos. However, Pei Zixuan and Qiao Xi had no prior connection, so their official announcement was indeed a surprise.
But at that time, Qiao Xi had already become a popular young actress, so it was hard to say who was riding on whose coattails. Therefore, Pei Zixuan's fans were also looking forward to this collaboration.
The release of the pre-release music video completely shattered Pei Zixuan's fandom, as it contained several kissing scenes!
Pei Zixuan is a top idol with almost 90% of his fans being female fans. He has always kept himself clean since his debut and has never had any scandals. But then he got into a big scandal.
Pei Zixuan's fandom almost went crazy, with countless fans writing long posts wanting to unfollow him. Even the big fans couldn't stop them. Fortunately, the song was very good, and the more receptive and doting fans were eventually persuaded to come back.
Music is innocent, so let's just consider it a sacrifice for art.
As it turned out, the fans were even more devastated when the full album was released. Only three songs on the album had music videos, and Qiao Xi was the female lead in all three. Moreover, the stories of the three songs were connected, so even someone who didn't understand the plot could understand them after watching the three music videos. The two of them were playing a couple in different periods of their love story.
Even more damning, Pei Zixuan directly wrote "thank you Qiao Xi" in the album's liner notes, and even the cover features half of Qiao Xi's profile.
Pei Zixuan's fandom went completely crazy. Even the most eloquent fans couldn't defend themselves now. Fans from other entertainment circles were watching the drama unfold. As a top star, Pei Zixuan had countless rivals. Rival fans and unscrupulous bystanders all joked that Pei Zixuan was truly in love to the point of forgetting his feelings this time, trying to destroy all his female fans.
Qiao Xi is doing alright. As an actress, she has already acted in countless kissing scenes, and love scenes are a piece of cake for her. As long as you don't actually date and it doesn't affect your career, everything else is negotiable.
But Pei Zixuan is different. He started as an idol and relies on the support of his fans. Although his female fans are controlling, they are generous and willing to spend money. They are the main force behind the sales. Pei Zixuan's actions have almost caused the fandom to collapse. Who would be in the mood to boost his sales?
Surprisingly, Pei Zixuan, who was at the center of the storm, never came out to explain or defend himself. Although he didn't officially announce the relationship, he still kept his thank you message to Qiao Xi pinned to the top of his chat list.
His attitude has made many people even more convinced that he and Qiao Xi are definitely dating. Although neither side admits it, so what? Aren't there plenty of couples in the entertainment industry who date but don't admit it?
However, although Pei Zixuan lost a large number of female fans, he gained a group of CP fans. Pei Zixuan's actions made the CP fans dizzy. The self-disciplined top idol was hypocritical for the first time, and he did not hesitate to rebel against his own benefactors for love. If this is not true love, what is? The main point of this CP is that Pei Zixuan is so in love with Qiao Xi, and Qiao Xi is the infinitely charming female protagonist of the novel.
Whether Pei Zixuan wanted these CP fans or not is unclear, but from the outside perspective, he definitely didn't want solo fans. Although he didn't mention his collaboration with Qiao Xi for a long time afterward, and he always responded with silence whenever interviewers deliberately brought up Qiao Xi, and the two never appeared together again, thanks to the abundance of sweet moments in this album, the CP fans still clamored for a long time, until Qiao Xi and Cheng Muzhi officially announced their relationship.
On the day Qiao Xi officially announced their relationship, Pei Zixuan released a new song with a music video. Although the music video only showed him sitting alone in a dark room humming, and the lyrics were normal, the timing was too coincidental, leading CP fans and many casual viewers who were brainwashed into believing that Pei Zixuan's song was written for Qiao Xi.
I can't help but sigh again, Pei Zixuan really loves her, it's a pity he couldn't win her heart.
Pei Zixuan is a popular male character, and there is a lot of demand for him to be paired with Qiao Xi, but Shi Yao felt something was off when she read this part.
If Pei Zixuan truly loved her, then why did he never mention it again or appear in the same frame with her? This is contradictory. But it doesn't seem like he actually disliked Qiao Xi either, since that stunning collaboration couldn't be faked; everyone saw it.
Thinking of this, Shi Yao's eyes were filled with interest. She was already very interested in Pei Zixuan and wanted to find out what was going on with his "relationship" with Qiao Xi. But it was still early for that time period, so she didn't shift her focus to it in advance. She didn't expect Pei Zixuan to take the initiative to come to her ahead of time.
What unspeakable troubles might he be hiding?
Lost in thought, she had already accepted the friend request. Pei Zixuan spoke crisply and decisively, skipping even the formalities of greeting, unlike Fang Xuran who had rambled on at first, and went straight to the point:
[Pei Zixuan: The company wants me to create a romantic pairing with someone. Do you have a way to stop me?]
Shi Yao sat up straight in front of the screen out of curiosity.
Are they trying to create a romantic pairing?
She quickly recalled the original text and confirmed that Pei Zixuan did not include any content related to romantic pairings other than the original female lead, Qiao Xi.
So where does this "shipping" phenomenon come from?
Shi Yao curiously typed a message: 【Can I ask who it was with?】
Pei Zixuan replied quickly as usual: [My junior sister, Tang Xue]
Tang Xue? A popular contestant from the girl group's talent show next door? What kind of benevolent company would let their star performer and a trainee create a CP (couple pairing)? Don't they think the fandom is chaotic enough already?
Wait a minute, it seems she knows the secret between Pei Zixuan and Qiao Xi in the original book!
Shi Yao flipped through the book in her mind to the last extra chapter. In Pei Zixuan's extra chapter, it was mentioned that Qiao Xi had once helped him a lot, and he was very grateful to her, which led to the later album plan.
Could the help he mentioned be related to this CP (couple pairing) incident?
Shi Yao had read it too hastily before and had no recollection of many details, so she simply flipped back to the corresponding position according to the current time and quickly looked through it, finally finding the keyword.
Qiao Xi found Pei Zixuan alone and had a private talk with him for half an hour. When she came out again, Pei Zixuan's brows showed obvious relief and a trace of barely perceptible sorrow.
Two weeks later, Pei Zixuan announced her termination of contract with YueDong Entertainment and the establishment of her own studio.
The original text is quite cryptic, only mentioning that the female lead, Qiao Xi, suddenly helped Pei Zixuan, whom she wasn't very familiar with, without specifying what kind of help it was.
Judging from the timing, the favor Qiao Xi will likely do next is to promote this CP (couple pairing).
A hint of interest flashed in Shi Yao's dark eyes. Qiao Xi was not an artist under Yue Dong, and had no prior connection with Pei Zixuan. No one knew that Pei Zixuan needed to cooperate with the company's requirements to create a CP with a fellow artist before the official announcement. How did she know about this? And how could she be able to help Pei Zixuan so precisely?
Since transmigrating, Shi Yao has been focused on making her own money and has no interest in the two main characters.
But now, she's starting to get a little interested in the female lead.
Her phone vibrated again, reminding Shi Yao that she hadn't replied to her new boss's message yet.
[Pei Zixuan: Can't I accept?]
When Shi Yao saw that her new boss was questioning her business skills, she immediately replied:
[Shi Yao: Able]
[Shi Yao: Don't worry, boss, there's no job I can't take on]
[Shi Yao: I just assessed the difficulty of your task. According to the assessment, your task is a [medium] difficulty, ordinary single event, and the fee is between 300,000 and 400,000. The specific price can only be determined after the entire task is completed. Is that acceptable to you?]
Pei Zixuan: Yes
Pei Zixuan: Money is no problem as long as you can help me solve it.
Shi Yao smiled, her eyes crinkling. She liked this kind of generous and sensible boss!
[Pei Zixuan: The company is pressing me quite urgently. I can only postpone it until next week at most. Can you resolve it before then?]
[Shi Yao: Don't worry, it will definitely be finished before the deadline]
After ending the conversation, Shi Yao took out all her devices and placed them on the computer desk one by one, then sighed.
Looks like it's going to be another night of overtime.
A note from the author:
Here it is!
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