Huayu: Traffic is king

Chapter 87 Palace-level Tea

Gu Jingyi was petrified on the spot, his harsh words were as hurtful as a cold June.

Liu Haoyue's move made him shut up on the spot.

Gu Xuanxuan looked at him with a look that seemed to indicate something was wrong, and smiled kindly, "Brother, aren't you famous for doting on your fans? It wouldn't be difficult for you to do a small favor like this."

She bent down and whispered in a low voice, "Hurry up and sign. Sister Wei is different. She's my new friend, please give her some face."

"It's okay, Xuanxuan," Liu Haoyue waved his hand and said teasingly, "I was just joking. Brother Jingyi is very busy. It's great that he can find time to meet us. Where would he have time to sign so many Polaroid autographs? I think he should be attending the celebration party organized by the program team soon."

"Thanks to you, I'm already very happy to meet Gu Jingyi. Whether he gets an autograph or not doesn't matter anymore. After all, I've only been a fan of him for a short time, so it's normal for Brother Jingyi to have concerns~"

"Don't fight over me anymore. Don't let me affect your brother-sister relationship. I'm only friends with you as a person, not for your brother. Xuanxuan, let's go. Don't disturb your brother. He should be busy with work."

Liu Haoyue smiled softly at Gu Xuanxuan, then raised his fair and slender arms and waved casually at Gu Jingyi.

A gentle breeze blew through the corridor, gently lifting her light yellow floral skirt. The hem of her skirt was lifted by the wind, outlining her long, well-proportioned legs from bottom to top, embodying endless youth and charm.

She turned and left, leaving only a thin figure behind.

Gu Jingyi felt that his silly sister's eyes were looking at him more and more fiercely. He gritted his teeth and tried to persuade her to stay, "Wait, you are Miss Yu, right? 50 at most, no more and no negotiation!"

"really?"

Liu Haoyue turned around in great surprise, covering his mouth and looking at Gu Jingyi with excitement.

In fact, her initial budget was only 20 photos, and she deliberately said 550 photos just to get Gu Jingyi to agree as soon as possible.

She never understood what tea was, but she knew a little about psychology.

Most Chinese people are conciliatory. If you ask them to open a skylight because the room is too dark, most people won't allow it. But if you ask them to open the roof because the room is too dark, they will try to be conciliatory and be willing to open the skylight.

As expected of the great writer Zhou Shuren, the “house demolition effect” he proposed in 1927 is still timeless in 2018!
It’s good to read more, hehe.

There was a warm smile in Liu Haoyue's eyes, and he looked pure and harmless.

She took out the camera directly from the camera protector and took out all the photos of the final night taken today.

No more, no less, exactly 50.

Liu Haoyue initially thought that he couldn't sign so many contracts, but he didn't expect Gu Jingyi to be so easy to talk to.

She raised her eyes and took a peek at the stunned top star, and smiled even more happily in her heart.

[Being so easy to talk to makes it easy for girls to bully me. Oh, I'm so bad, my conscience is starting to pang~]
But the next second, Liu Haoyu raised his eyes and said softly:
"Brother Jingyi, can you help me sign it?"

She smiled and bent down, handing over the Polaroid photo.

“Yes, but I only know how to sign.”

Gu Jingyi saw through her little thoughts and would not be easily fooled.

As the Chinese entertainment industry entered the era of traffic, celebrity-chasing culture became prevalent. While To-signed tickets are more expensive, it's difficult to verify they're actually signed by a celebrity.

Although the price of ordinary autographs is slightly lower, fans can easily recognize their brother’s autographs.

50 Polaroid photos signed by Liu Haoyu, unless he is making a card album.

This number is so huge that it far exceeds the scope of what ordinary fans can collect.

He didn't want to sign for Liu Haoyu just as he was about to encounter his own "personally signed and sold" on Xianyu.

"Yes, sure," Liu Haoyu tilted her head and gently brushed her ponytail across the back of Gu Jingyi's hand.

"Brother Jingyi, can the prefix "To" be written to my dear Cuncun? Oh, yes, "Cun" means existing~"

Gu Jingyi had just picked up the pen to write, but when he heard her words, he couldn't help but sneer.

He is not some illiterate person, so how could he forget the word "存" (to save) when he picks up a pen?

"You don't need to remind me, of course I know it exists."

"Ah? Really? I don't believe it." Liu Haoyu looked straight at Gu Jingyi and said with some doubt: "We just met for the first time, how could you know my name from the beginning?"

"It does exist, don't make a mistake~"

Gu Jingyi suddenly felt like rebelling and wrote "To皓皓". Then he suddenly realized that he really couldn't write it like that. Otherwise, it would be hard to explain why he knew the girl's name.

After signing 50 "To Cun Cun" cards in a row, Gu Jingyi's arms felt sore from writing.

He shook the pen, and two or three drops of ink fell on the last Polaroid.

"Why don't you just forget about this one, it has flaws."

Gu Jingyi picked up the Polaroid camera and prepared to crumple it up and throw it into the trash can.

"Ah, don't lose it."

Liu Haoyu suddenly became anxious. She suddenly stumbled 180 degrees and threw herself into Gu Jingyi's arms. She turned her phone camera to silent mode and quietly took a photo. She also included Gu Jingyi's hand and the last Polaroid photo as evidence.

Quickly swipe up with three fingers to exit the camera.

She pulled out a plastic bag and placed the flawed Polaroid photo with her autograph inside. "How can it be a flaw? This is what we call a landscape painting!"

Liu Haoyi wiped his sleeves and quickly put the signed Polaroid into the card holder and put it into his bag.

"Jingyi, let's take a photo."

Zhu Zhengting came over. Today was the group's formation day. For the sake of "team spirit," they all had to take a group photo of nine people and publish it on the official account as material.

For show fans, team spirit is practically non-existent. Fans of top-tier contestants only focus on their own big brother, while fans of bottom-tier contestants only sacrifice team spirit to make it easier for their big brother to suck blood.

However, the program team still had to follow the necessary procedures. Gu Jingyi glanced at Liu Haoyue and his sister.

"Then I'm going to take pictures first. See you next time."

"Okay," Gu Xuanxuan also waved her hand.

Liu Haoyu, who had been holding his phone, also smiled sweetly with his eyebrows curved: "Okay~"

At the same time, the country’s largest second-hand idle platform has added several more links.

Gu Jingyi's autographed Polaroid, the wet ink soaking through the back of the paper. Includes a photo (close-up of Gu Jingyi's clothing and the back of his hand, alongside the Polaroid). This is a one-of-a-kind, out-of-print item, so hurry and save.

Liu Haoyu casually marked the price as 16888 and posted it while she was still uploading the other 49 autographed photos.

"Ding Dong"

Suddenly, there was a sound in the background, and a message came from the Xianyu page: "Your product has been photographed, please prepare for shipment."

Liu Haowei covered his mouth in disbelief, then clicked on the previous link with some doubt.

[Gu Jingyi’s girlfriend outside the entertainment industry]: The baby has been photographed, please ship it as soon as possible~

Gu Jingyi's girlfriend outside the entertainment industry: Is ls a staff member? I'd like to ask if you have any name tags for Gu Jingyi. I wonder if you have the name tags with his name from the finals night and the first stage performance.

After seeing the message quickly turned to "read", the rich woman "Jing Fei" dialog box kept showing "the other party is typing"

Liu Haoyu was a little flustered, and she quickly started typing.

“I’m not a staff member of the program.”

"Polaroid, this is my ticket for today's event (photo attached)"

"This is the background, the video is a bit stuck, it's still uploading"

Soon a short video was sent, and the other party quickly showed "read".

The iconic triangular "101" competition building and the ubiquitous "Idol Producer" logo all indicate that this is the backstage of today's "Idol Producer" finals night.

Gu Jingyi's girlfriend outside the entertainment industry misunderstood and quickly sent a message: "Ah, sister, don't explain. I understand. This is the industry rule. You signed a confidentiality agreement and can't spread it outside."
[Gu Jingyi’s girlfriend outside the entertainment industry]: ls, do you have any other Gu Jingyi materials? I’ll take them all~
Liu Haoyu laughed a little, it seemed that he was still misunderstood.

That’s right, apart from the trainees’ families, the only people who can enter the backstage are high-ranking staff with connections.

There are 49 autographed Polaroid photos, and this wealthy fan picked out the most representative ones.

For example, Gu Jingyi sitting in seat No. 1, a close-up of Gu Jingyi's klilling part on the stage of "Its ok", and Gu Jingyi giving a speech about his debut.

Although these did not sell for the high price of 1.68 yuan, they were sold thanks to their excellent composition and a personally signed note of 8888.

In less than ten minutes, more than 3 yuan was deposited into her account. This made Liu Haoyu suddenly feel that money came too easily. She felt a sense of magic when she took a look at the order.

Just today's income has caught up with the income of the previous week...

Crazy...

Liu Haocun raised his hand and touched it.

"Ahhh, it hurts, Sister Yan, why are you pinching my arm?"

Gu Xuanxuan pouted, looking a little unhappy.

"Because pinching yourself will hurt," Liu Haoyu smiled gently.

"Then I will feel pain too!" Gu Xuanxuan was a little unhappy. "Okay, okay, I'll treat you to hot pot. Sorry for putting our Xuanxuan in trouble, let's go~"

"I want to eat copper pot lamb hotpot. I've been sitting here for a long time and I'm starving!"

When it comes to eating, Gu Xuanxuan's eyes light up instantly.

At this moment, let alone Liu Haoyu just reselling some of Gu Jingyi's autographs, even if Liu Haoyu wanted to sell Gu Jingyi, she would kill her brother for the sake of justice and send him to Liu Haoyu's bed.

Maybe it's because people smell good from a distance but not up close, she never thought of her brother as a male god.

Gu Jingyi was really annoyed by a man who fought with her every day for the remote control, PSP, and game controller. He was indecisive and would only take advantage of her. When she was a child, all her New Year's money was spent by Gu Jingyi on fireworks.

This guy clearly knows that he can only play with firecrackers and fairy wands, so he always buys a bunch of "pirate ships", "dragonflies", "sky rockets" and other firecrackers that he can only watch from afar.

I always use my own money to treat my brother, and only when Coconut Sister is around, my brother will suddenly feel guilty and ride his bicycle to wholesale a bunch of fairy wands and come back to play with us.

Unfortunately, they later followed their parents back to Hunan Province to study.

There were no telephones or communications in that era.

The journey from Hunan Province to the mountain city was long, and it was only a matter of time before I lost touch with my friends.

When Gu Jingyi was in the first grade of junior high school, he was spotted by a South Korean scout at IFS and became a trainee.

As the academic pressure increased, I gradually gave up all my hobbies and focused on studying.

There are fewer and fewer topics to talk about with my brother.

Especially after he came back from the South Korean talent show, he always felt a slight estrangement.

Gu Xuanxuan felt a little lost and confused.

When the cool and sassy Liu Haowei appeared, he almost met all of Gu Xuanxuan's expectations for a friend. Especially Liu Haowei's extremely pure face, which was completely in line with her aesthetic taste!

Gu Xuanxuan naturally felt a sense of familiarity with her at first sight and regarded her as her "good friend".

She was so easy to coax that she took Liu Haoyue's hand and walked out of the backstage.

……

"Jingyi, you sit on the sofa, and Kunkun and Nongnong sit next to you. Justin, Chengcheng, you stand behind Jingyi and put your hands on his shoulders. Smile, yes, very good!"

Under the guidance of the agent, the first photo of the freshly baked "Milk Foam Sen" was posted on the official account of Nine percent.

As soon as the photos came out, they were quickly occupied by fans from all walks of life.

[Here it comes, Gu Jingyi is the winner!]
[Jingyi, so handsome!]
[Who understands this stance? Gu Jingyi truly has a natural kingly aura. He's truly the man whose fans are so generous as to use black and gold as their cheering colors. He's truly amazing!]
[Frankly speaking, there's a reason why Gu Jingyi is considered a top-tier guy. His looks and shoulder-to-shoulder ratio are just too perfect. I can't imagine what kind of woman could possibly catch his eye.]
[KunKun is so cute!]
[Orange Orange Go!]
The comments are all from fans of top-tier contestants, and everyone tacitly agrees to only praise themselves. They've ignored the "team spirit" that idols want to see the most. It's strange that a limited-edition talent show group would have "group fans"...

It is likely that only fans of the "Back line" would pretend to be "group fans" in order to gain popularity.

After taking the group photo, "Naipaosen" was still waiting for the new commercial vehicle to arrive.

The other 11 trainees who failed to debut have already taken a bus to the airport.

During the period, Bu Fan opened the curtains and used the cheering software on his mobile phone to spell out the following line to the fans who were following the car: "You did a great job, it's my fault for not working hard enough", which made the fans suffer again.

You Changjing's face was obviously upset, and he looked at the Weibo comment section with some seriousness.

"What's wrong?" Gu Jingyi also looked over curiously.

[Thief, give Fanfan's debut spot back!]
[Why did this "big-headed kid" debut, but our own Fanfan didn't? @IdolProducer, please release the vote count. This is a shady deal, it's a shady deal!!!]
Gu Jingyi took a few glances and then covered the screen.

"Don't look at it, contact Rubber Entertainment immediately. Let the company step down and deal with the public opinion."

You Changjing nodded and quickly dialed the company's number. The moment the call was picked up, he stood up and walked out.

The first thing Gu Jingyi did when he logged onto Weibo using his real account was to change his Weibo nickname.

He directly changed "Idol Producer—Gu Jingyi" to "Gu Jingyi", and then opened his Weibo homepage and changed a sentence in his personal profile.

"Nine Percent C position, actor", was quickly discovered by sharp-eyed fans as soon as the modification was completed.

They all left messages, and countless little red dots appeared.

Gu Jing took a look and saw that his fans had reached 1867 million.

This data is far ahead of the rest of the “Nine percent”, and Kun Kun now only has over 700 million.

"Brother Jingyi, what are you editing?"

Justin leaned over and looked at his phone with some curiosity.

“Thinking about how to post my first Weibo post after Idol Producer”

Gu Jingyi's looks are so good that he can directly produce raw photos. For him, the difficulty of posting on Weibo has never been choosing photos but thinking about the copy.

"Well," Justin felt relieved when he heard that he was just worried about the copywriting. He opened his phone and showed Gu Jingyi his "homework".

"I just shared my excitement. Then my fans gathered around me and sent me a few selfies."

Justin smiled and spoke very cheerfully.

But Gu Jingyi always felt that it was not good enough and too perfunctory to his fans.

He spent some time editing the Weibo copy, thinking about what to write.

Gu Jingyi had no experience in how to express gratitude to his fans, but he didn't want to be so perfunctory that he had to borrow someone else's ideas even for his first Weibo post.

He still wanted to write it himself.

The number of words should not be too many, otherwise it will seem unfocused.

The number of words cannot be too small, otherwise it will appear perfunctory.

Gu Jingyi thought about it seriously, even more cautiously than when writing essays for the college entrance examination.

Gu Jingyi found it difficult to express his love to his fans in 140 words or less.

He knows that he can be the center of the show today because of the votes cast by every fan.

It took more than ten minutes of thinking, until the staff knocked on the door to remind them that they could get on the RV. Then Gu Jingyi posted his first Weibo post after the "Idol Producer" program.

A photo he took of him appearing backstage in his clothes for tonight's finals night, preparing for rehearsal.

The other two photos show Gu Jingyi standing under the support items prepared by fans and silently checking in.

The last photo is of Gu Jingyi standing on the stage, looking up at the black and gold ocean.

As soon as the Weibo post was published, he clicked on his own super topic.

During this period, fan culture was very popular, and every fan paid attention to the fan circle star-chasing software launched by Weibo this year.

When they saw Gu Jingyi enter the super topic, all the "Jingfei" squatted in.

"The user you follow has entered the super topic."

This reminder made the "Jing Fei" even more excited, and everyone was actively posting in an attempt to attract Gu Jingyi's attention.

However, Gu Jingyi just took a quick glance and found that it was an open-circle lottery to celebrate his winning the dominant C position.

Or they were celebrating that he got C, and the whole super topic was full of joyful team-building.

Gu Jingyi took a look, then looked away and clicked exit.

At the same time, Weibo was a hot topic.

Gu Jingyi! Posted! A! Blog!
As soon as fans saw it, they knew it was 100% posted by Gu Jingyi himself.

The copy written by the program team is completely different from what he wrote himself. Gu Jingyi is not that official.

Thinking about how long he had been online, fans felt a little guilty.

Could it be that... Gu Jingyi has been silent for such a long time just thinking about what to say to his fans?
Oh my god, this is so cute.
The fans first read the text, and then looked at the photo of Gu Jingyi and the support items.

Everyone was moved to tears, especially since the post was published just a minute ago.

Oh my God, Gu Jingyi just got on the business car at this time, right?
And from some of the backgrounds backstage, it is obvious that Gu Jingyi, in order to gather the surrounding support items, almost walked around the entire "Wukesong Square", from small things like the background wall to large things like the flowers everywhere.

The first thing Gu Jingyi did after getting his phone back was to respond to his fans' love bit by bit.

Countless fans at the scene pointed out how much time it took Gu Jingyi to take photos one by one.

On the first day of Gu Jingyi's debut, he responded well to the love of his fans.

A word came to mind again in the fans' minds,

Go both ways!

When they thought about how Gu Jingyi would respond to their love so clumsily, all their efforts were rewarded.

(End of this chapter)