Chapter 207: Surrounded by Stars, It Turns Out Fate Had Already Decided...
Upon hearing the drawn-out scream, Shang Hanyou instinctively turned his gaze back to Li Sishi. He didn't need to say anything; his eyes alone were enough to convey his meaning: Did you call this again?!
However, Li Sishi's previous bitter expression changed to a similar look of bewilderment. After receiving a signal, she immediately shook her head repeatedly: No, no, absolutely not!
To prevent any strange or awkward situations from arising, she didn't even invite Cheng Erjian, her senior brother who wasn't particularly expressive of his feelings, let alone Ling Chen, who was a "competitor" to Shang Hanyou in every way.
But the problem is, man proposes, God disposes. Not only is Rong Juezhang, who came specifically for this purpose, about to run into Lun Yongnan, who was invited, but Ling Chen, who came uninvited, is also about to face a speechless Shang Hanyou...
In the blink of an eye, after a brief exchange of glances, Ling Chen strode in with his long legs that perfectly complemented his height. Unexpectedly, he seemed to realize that he was an uninvited guest, so he immediately went up to Shang Hanyou and warmly shook his hand, leaving the group of eager fans behind him dumbfounded.
"Sorry, there was a bit of traffic on the way, so I'm a little late..." Just like Li Sishi, he used traffic as his excuse, but the way he said it while holding Shang Hanyou's hand made it seem like Shang Hanyou had invited him. For a moment, even the little blue hats next to Shang Hanyou didn't know how to express their emotions.
After all, most of them understand that although their idols are popular enough in the music industry, in the film industry, among the Four Heavenly Kings, only Hou Beihua is a "singer who has excelled in acting" who came from the TBL Artist Training Class, and his box office performance is impressive.
As for the others, unless they are in a star-studded ensemble film, their box office performance as individual stars is definitely one or two levels lower than Hou Beihua's.
As for someone like Ling Chen, who first studied in the acting training class of TBL's arch-rival Li Ying but was then expelled, and later started his career through TBL's new talent singing competition, he can't be considered an actor by training. He just relied on the popularity of TV dramas and movies to boost his popularity and then exploded into a top star. But even so, the popularity he accumulated over the years and finally exploded is indeed not to be underestimated.
Even though Ling Chen has gradually begun to transition towards a more serious acting career, many people are still envious of his high popularity. Even Li Ying, who once advised him against joining their acting school, is now using his attendance at their training program to recruit students, and they're even shamelessly using it...
In the latest admissions brochure, they've given him the title of "Outstanding Graduate of the Liying Actors Training Class"...
If such a large television station can "set aside past grievances" for its own benefit, then these relatively "rational" fans will naturally follow the direction of interests and not refuse the star power that attended the premiere in the early hours of the morning.
Ultimately, the two artists' fans still had some connection back then. After all, they were both top artists from the same record company and shared the same godfather in the industry. They could be considered fellow students and godbrothers. If it weren't for the fact that they both won the title of King of Records at the end of 1992 and then started to compete, this senior-brother-junior-junior dynamic would have been quite attractive to their fellow fans.
However, even though they have already started competing in various aspects, and the two CP fans are even fighting back and forth, the two have different positions in many places. They only sometimes compete for song resources in the music industry because they are from the same company. In the film industry, there is not much overlap or competition. If it were the other two superstars, they would not be so happy.
There were many career-oriented fans and rational fans at the scene, so they understood the benefits of a "win-win situation." In addition, Shang Hanyou has always appeared as a new generation of talented singers since his debut in a singing competition. No matter how much he competes with Ling Chen, who also debuted in a singing competition but started as an idol, it's just a minor squabble that's entertaining for people to watch.
If it were to be Hou Beihua and Huo Gucheng, two other idol kings, those somewhat irrational fans could continue the "battle of the two kings" from back then.
Their charisma, from verbal sparring to real-life battles, has created a series of fan wars that have transitioned from the entertainment section to the social section. And let's not forget, the year Li Sishi first appeared at major music award ceremonies was precisely the year when the battles between Li Sishi's fans and Hou Beihua's fans reached their most intense point.
Shang Hanyou, who won the Chinese Gold Song Award, couldn't stand it anymore. After receiving the award, he spoke on the spot to mediate between the two fan groups. He also broke the tradition of singing the award-winning song live after winning the grand prize, and took the lead in singing Lun Yongnan's classic hit "Friendship" with Ling Chen, Hou Beihua and Huo Gucheng, thus bringing a warm and touching end to that pointless and meaningless storm.
Seeing that the potential conflict between the two kings had been averted by the early morning handshake, Li Sishi breathed a slight sigh of relief. But then she suddenly saw a burst of flashes from the cameras outside the arena.
The person who could attract so many flashing cameras must be a famous, handsome young man—
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The fan wars that started with the Four Heavenly Kings era were truly sparked by the legendary superstars Rong Juezhang and Lun Yongnan, who were pioneers who ignited the era of passionate fan battles...
At this point, Shang Hanyou, the "junior," couldn't dissuade them. Fortunately, this premiere wasn't the premiere of any one of their movies, but rather a "friendly appearance" by both of them as guests. In other words, most of their fans didn't know that the two of them would be here tonight, and there weren't many easily swayed fans who came to follow their idols.
Therefore, there aren't many crazy fans at the scene who can actually ignite a passionate brawl. The fans they brought with them and the small group of fans at the scene are unlikely to get carried away unless someone starts it...
In particular, when Rong Juezhang, a handsome young man with sharp eyes, suddenly discovered that Lun Yongnan was also present after entering the venue, he immediately displayed his talent as a social terrorist and a social superstar with his social skills maxed out. He put on a smiling face and greeted the constant flashing lights of the reporters on site.
The two fan groups, who initially had some reservations, could only swallow their strange feelings, just like the group of people in red and blue hats with complicated expressions. They tried their best to remind themselves that they were there tonight to watch the movie premiere, not to compete for their idols. At least they managed to control their restless hearts and hands.
But the undercurrents at the scene had not yet subsided. Seeing her cousin Zhou Huiguang leading a group of Qizhi's regular players, along with the captain and vice-captain, to support her, Li Sishi felt both grateful and a little helpless.
Just now, her younger cousin Zhou Huichang brought over a senior classmate who was said to be very kind to her.
And that senior, Huang Jiaze, is the nephew of the sponsor of "Southern," the team that eliminated Qizhi from the Jia League last year. Moreover, he seemed to get along very well and be close to Zhou Huichang on the spot...
"Are you kidding me? I specially called the whole team to support you, cousin. What's the meaning of my sister bringing just this one person?!" Hearing Li Sishi whisper to him...
Zhou Huiguang immediately lost his composure.
Didn't his older sister really like their team captain, Lei Shenglin? She used to make time to come over under the pretense of watching him practice, deliberately trying to get close to him. Now, she's only been in university for a short time and she's already "falling for someone else"?!
"Guangzai, what's wrong?" Noticing Zhou Huiguang's strange expression, she had originally wanted to go over and get closer to her idol, Li Sishi.
Zhu Yu, who was surrounded by reporters who were all shorter than him, asked, "I can't get through the circle of reporters."
“My sister brought a senior brother who ‘takes good care of her’ over! He’s also the nephew of a sponsor from the south!” Zhou Huiguang crossed his arms in front of his chest, looking quite annoyed.
"What's going on?!" Zhu Yu was immediately a little anxious upon hearing this.
Like Li Sishi, Zhou Huichang is a girl whom the team members treat as family. Compared to Li Sishi, who has the aura of a big star and is somewhat distant, Zhou Huichang's girl-next-door image is undoubtedly more favored by the team's straight men.
Furthermore, it's obvious to everyone that Zhou Huichang has a crush on their captain, Lei Shenglin, so these guys routinely try to play matchmaker for the two, wishing that Zhou Huichang, the team's popular "little sister," would simply "self-produce" and "self-deliver" into their captain's arms...
Li Sishi and a group of big stars were going to sit on the second floor. They could only keep an eye on them but couldn't cause any trouble. This was an unsolvable problem, so they could only try to remain calm. But if Zhou Huichang were to sit with that guy whose name sounded a lot like "cockroach"—hehe, their entire team's starting lineup was there, so their presence wasn't for nothing.
So, Qizhi's veteran goalkeeper Lu Bing blurted out that he was too old and that his eyes would be uncomfortable when he sat sideways to watch the movie. After Zhou Huichang took notice, he used this ridiculous excuse to force Zhou Huichang to switch seats with Huang Jiaze, who seemed to be very good-natured, and let Zhou Huichang sit between Lei Shenglin and Zhou Huiguang.
Then, Qi Zhi's entire team, excluding the captain, sat down one after another, leaving Huang Jiaze and Zhou Huichang a distance of ten people between them...
Watching the farce unfolding downstairs with seats separated by partitions, Li Sishi looked back at her own sandwiched position—Shang Hanyou to her left and Ling Chen to her right—and felt utterly speechless.
She also longs for a group of "family members" to help space out the seats!
Unfortunately, the reality is that she now not only has to act as a lubricant between Shang Hanyou and Ling Chen, but also has to separate Rong Juezhang and Lun Yongnan—although there was no fight at the press conference just now, the suppressed undercurrents were not fake.
Therefore, after the interviews, Rong Juezhang and Lun Yongnan were placed on the other side of Lingchen and Shang Hanyou, respectively.
It wasn't that they were afraid of any arguments between them; the two main characters actually had a pretty good relationship. What they were worried about was those fans who might be provoked at any moment. As a result, neither of them could sit in the center of the row: because according to the rules, the male and female leads, Li Sishi and Shang Hanyou, should sit here, but if Rong Juezhang sat next to the female lead, Li Sishi, Lun Yongnan couldn't sit over the male lead, otherwise it would be "usurping the host's place".
Even if Lun Yongnan doesn't mind the seating arrangement, if Rong Juezhang sits in seat A next to the female lead while Lun Yongnan can't sit in the corresponding seat B, it might upset some fans...
Amidst this covert struggle, if Rong Juezhang's fans gloat a little, and Lun Yongnan's fans express their dissatisfaction a little more—well, the passionate scene of the "battle of the two kings" will soon be recreated...
So these two big-name but good-natured guests had no choice but to step aside and each move back one seat.
This deliberately arranged seating arrangement at the time appears to be a "stars surrounding the moon" posture achieved by the four male stars intentionally yielding to each other—but in the future, this photo of the scene will become one of the classic photos for later generations to study the golden age of Hong Kong entertainment, making people sigh that fate had already made arrangements.
Because it was indeed from the end of that year that Li Sishi carved out her own niche in the Hong Kong entertainment industry, where male stars dominated, and became another legendary female star after Pei Yansang, who was able to make a group of male stars "surround the moon".
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