Chapter 198 A Singer from China, a Superstar of the World
Xiyue wasn't the only one who came up with this method; many netizens who know how to bypass internet restrictions also did.
They contacted friends abroad through various means and eventually came to the same conclusion as Xiyue.
When this news broke online, Tianyi fans were all stunned.
"I believe you when you say Zhou Tianyi is a singer, but he's also an actor?"
"The dragon is Zhou Tianyi, and the Japanese dragon is Zhou Tianyi. This joke has gone too far."
"Can anyone tell me what's going on? Why does Tianyi also have a stage name called Long?"
Weibo, Bilibili, Tieba... all the major social media platforms are in an uproar.
A group of three.
Why is Zhou Tianyi trending again?
"And what about that dragon?"
When Ai Kun saw Zhou Tianyi trending on Weibo, he didn't even want to open the Weibo page.
I really miss the old Weibo. Back then, a hundred flowers bloomed. Now, Weibo seems to have become Zhou Tianyi's private stage, with Zhou Tianyi dominating the trending topics from time to time.
"I heard that someone has discovered Zhou Tianyi's other stage names, and they're even overseas."
I haven't watched much of Lianfeng, so I don't know much about her.
Yichen saw the two chatting and told them what had happened.
After listening, the two of them asked a series of question marks.
“I can understand having a stage name.”
"But you're telling me that Zhou Tianyi isn't going to sing anymore and is going to be an actor? Isn't that bullshit?"
"Ahem, I admit he's handsome, but being handsome can't put food on the table. Does he have acting skills? Can he even act?"
Ai Kun was shocked upon hearing this and started ranting and raving.
"What, you're too scared to perform domestically, so you've gone abroad to embarrass yourself?"
This one sentence is more damaging than all of Ai Kun's words combined.
They had to acknowledge Zhou Tianyi's identity as a singer, but there was no way they would accept that the three of them would acknowledge Zhou Tianyi's identity as an actor.
It's true that every profession has its own secrets. Although there's a saying that those who excel in singing can become actors, and those who excel in acting can become directors, this saying probably doesn't apply to Zhou Tianyi.
With a mocking attitude, the three of them went to Weibo to follow the gossip, but as they ate, they began to feel that something was wrong.
As more and more evidence was presented, the evidence against Zhou Tianyi as a traitor also increased.
"Hmph, so what if he is a dragon? His acting skills are probably just so-so."
After touring the place, Aikun said nonchalantly.
Lianfeng agreed: "That's right, being able to sing doesn't mean you can act. It's just a stage name, why are you making such a fuss?"
Yichen thought about it and agreed: "It's probably just a publicity stunt. Who knows if this stage name is used by an unknown actor abroad? These days, don't many people deliberately go abroad, get a foreign name, and then come back to show off?"
The three of them didn't care about Zhou Tianyi's new stage name. Many similar things have happened in China recently, but they were all exposed in the end, so it was really all bark and no bite.
In their opinion, it was probably because Zhou Tianyi left the music scene that his team deliberately hyped him up by giving him the title of actor, making it easier for him to gain attention.
After all, these days, if a celebrity doesn't generate any buzz for a month, who will remember them?
Thinking this way, the three of them paid less attention to the matter. Just as Yichen was about to quit Weibo to watch the drama, he suddenly saw Xiao Yue's Weibo update.
Originally, Yichen hadn't been following Xiao Yue, but because she wanted to follow her, she temporarily clicked to follow her. As a result, every time Xiao Yue posted an update, Yichen's update would refresh.
"Tell me about the dragon's identity?"
Upon seeing the title, Yichen's pretty face froze; it was just another sensationalist article.
But she still clicked on it, not for any other reason than to see what kind of deity the dragon really was.
This article, thanks to Xiao Yue's existing popularity, quickly attracted the attention of many netizens, who clicked on it one after another.
The article is quite long. It first introduces the cause and effect of the matter, then answers Xiyue's question, and then lists a series of evidence to prove that the dragon is Zhou Tianyi.
Just when many netizens thought the article was about to end, they suddenly discovered that there was a second page.
"I was about to leave the page when I saw that familiar word..."
“I know all of this. What I really want to know is why Tianyi went abroad to act.”
"The name 'Dragon' sounds like something from China. I don't know why such a simple question has attracted so much controversy."
While netizens were complaining, they continued reading. The content on the second page was relatively short, but when they saw the content on the second page, their breathing became rapid.
"Long is not only a singer in China, but also a superstar in the world."
It was a single sentence, yet every word was precious, leaving the reader with goosebumps.
"Here it comes, here it comes, that feeling of being so overwhelmed by the show is back again."
"World superstar? Please don't be ridiculous, I'll sue you for defamation."
"Although I really enjoy listening to Zhou Tianyi's songs, praising him so highly is just a way of discrediting him."
"A world-class superstar? He'd probably strain his back. Which actor in China dares to call himself a world-class superstar?"
"..."
Just reading the beginning was enough to trigger a wave of extreme ridicule.
Some people didn't even read the rest of the content before they started cursing.
There's a limit to riding the coattails of trending topics. This blatant attempt to gain attention is not acceptable to netizens.
However, some netizens still continued watching.
"At this point, you might think I'm talking nonsense."
"But the truth is that China has been cut off from the outside world for so long that we have no idea that China actually has a world superstar like Tianyi."
"Of course, that's only one of the reasons. Another reason is that this matter happened four or five years ago, so even if it's popular, it won't spread to China, so there are very few people who know about it."
"The reason I know this is because of this trip to Japan. At first, I thought that Long and Zhou Tianyi were not the same person, but it was later confirmed that they were indeed the same person."
"After it was confirmed, I had the same question as you: why is Zhou Tianyi a singer in China, but an actor abroad?"
"And he's such a popular actor in Japan that they'd rather deceive themselves than admit that he's from the Celestial Empire."
"With this in mind, I started looking up information about dragons on foreign websites, and what I saw left me speechless."
"At first I thought the dragon was a superstar from Japan, but then the Asian Encyclopedia told me that he was a superstar from the Asian region. Just when I thought that was the end of it, the World Encyclopedia gave me a wake-up call."
"He is not only a Japanese superstar, but also an Asian superstar, and even a global superstar."
"Because in world encyclopedias, the number of languages associated with the dragon is as high as 140, ranking third in the history of world films, and making it the actor with the highest number of languages in the Asian region!"
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