Taking Liu Yifei back to Northeast China for the Chinese New Year has sent the entire internet into

Wang Hao shrugged, his face utterly speechless.

"So, people online were saying that Fang Yu got into the 'Forbidden City' project team because Liu Yifei used her connections and pulled strings."

"Looking back now, that statement is absolutely outrageous."

"Who could pull strings and get everything done—calligraphy, lyrics, music, and performance—?"

Wang Lin nodded frantically.

"really."

"This isn't about being a kept man; it's clearly about one person doing the work of an entire team."

At this point, she suddenly frowned.

"Wait, that's not right."

What's going on with the subtitles for "The Light"?

"It clearly says that the singers are Liu Yifei and Fang Yu, but I listened to it from beginning to end and didn't hear Fang Yu's male voice at all."

"And that mysterious big shot who sang in the style of traditional opera, he wasn't credited separately in the subtitles either."

Wang Lin's confusion is not unique to her.

After the first episode of "The Forbidden City" aired, this matter quickly became the biggest unsolved mystery on the entire internet.

……

The documentary had just finished airing when Weibo, Douban, Hupu, and other platforms exploded with discussion.

Related terms and phrases surged to the top of trending searches one after another.

#TheForbiddenCityPremiere#

#Heaven and Earth Dragon Scales#

#Lyrics written by Fang Yu#

#The light is so touching#

The one who garnered the most attention and sparked the most heated discussions was undoubtedly Fang Yu.

Holy crap! "Heaven and Earth Dragon Scales" is so exciting! Did Fang Yu write it while living in the Forbidden City? Every sentence is spot on!

"The ink splashed across the landscape reveals only the rugged spirit of China!" When I heard this line, my scalp tingled!

【"Light" is also a great song, gentle but not weak. Paired with the angelic voice of the singer, it's absolutely stunning!】

[Isn't the key point that Fang Yu wrote both the lyrics and music for these two songs? His creative ability is simply phenomenal!]

Just as the two songs were receiving rave reviews online, someone quickly discovered a blind spot.

[No, family members, did anyone notice that the singers listed for "Light" are Liu Yifei and Fang Yu?]

[But after listening to the whole song, I couldn't hear Fang Yu's voice at all. Also, who sang that opera-style vocal part?]

The post had barely been published when the comment section quickly filled with thousands of replies.

[The CCTV subtitles... they shouldn't be wrong, right?]

[To the person upstairs: Don't be so superstitious. CCTV programs are made by people too; humans can make slips of the hand.]

[I have a bold guess. During post-production, did they simply copy the cast and crew information for "Heaven and Earth Dragon Scales" and forget to remove Fang Yu?]

[That makes sense. That operatic singing style was probably sung by a famous opera performer who wished to remain anonymous; Fang Yu may have only been involved in the production.]

[Case solved! The subtitle writer is out there to take the blame.]

This guess quickly gained widespread acceptance among netizens.

Because it is reasonable enough and most in line with common sense.

As a result, the claim that "the subtitles for 'Brightness' were mistyped" spread rapidly.

Before long, it became a consensus across the entire internet.

……

Beijing, East Fourth Ring Road.

In Liu Yifei's apartment.

The person who started this "subtitle controversy" is currently sitting on the sofa with his legs crossed, scrolling through his phone with a smug look on his face.

As soon as "The Forbidden City" finished airing, Fang Yu immediately opened Weibo to check his achievements.

"Come, come, let me see."

"Those haters who used to mock me for being a kept man and relentlessly slander me are now panicking and lining up to kneel down in despair."

Liu Yifei, wrapped in a cashmere blanket, curled up at the other end of the sofa.

Hearing this childish remark, she simply lifted her eyelids lazily, completely ignoring this conspicuous person.

Fang Yu didn't care.

He clicked on the trending topics list with great interest.

The current charts are almost entirely dominated by "The Forbidden City".

#TheForbiddenCityPremiere#

#……#

#……#

#Liu Yifei promotes her boyfriend, Fang Yu's rise to power is entirely due to his girlfriend#

Fang Yu burst out laughing when he saw the last entry that was still standing strong.

Good guy.

Are you so stubborn that you haven't backed down yet?

Isn't this like offering your face to him, begging him to slap you again?

Fang Yu clicked on it with great interest.

The comments section was exactly as he had imagined.

Faced with the irrefutable evidence of the songs "Heaven and Earth Dragon Scales" and "Light," the previous press releases claiming that "Fang Yu is a gigolo" and "gets in through his girlfriend's connections" have become the biggest joke of the year.

Many marketing accounts began deleting their so-called "in-depth analysis" overnight.

Those netizens who had previously confidently claimed that Fang Yu got the role because of Liu Yifei have now turned against him.

I was wrong, I was really wrong, I shouldn't have questioned God!

[Where are the people who said Brother Yu was a kept man? Come out and show yourselves, does your face still hurt?]

[Liu Yifei: You might not believe it, but I was the one who was taken in.]

Fang Yu felt more and more comfortable looking at it.

Cool!

So cool!

Is this the joy of letting bullets fly for a while?

He exited the entry with satisfaction and then casually clicked into the topic of #light#.

I originally thought it would be full of netizens praising his talent.

But after flipping through a few pages, the smile on Fang Yu's face gradually froze.

"What the heck?"

"Is the subtitle wrong?"

He refused to believe it and continued scrolling down.

The more he flipped through it, the more his expression changed.

Nowadays, the speculation that "CCTV subtitles are wrong" has become the mainstream opinion across the internet.

Some netizens even seriously analyzed which famous opera artist was singing the operatic style.

Some people guessed it was the National Peking Opera Company.

Some people guessed it was a professor at a drama academy.

Some people have even compiled the voices of more than a dozen famous Qingyi performers, preparing to compare them one by one.

No one thought of it at all—

Is it possible that Fang Yu sang that female opera-style vocal part?

Fang Yu's smugness vanished completely.

All that remained was blankness and confusion.

"no!"

He handed his phone to Liu Yifei, looking somewhat bewildered.

"They'd rather believe CCTV mistyped the subtitles than believe that I sang that opera tune?"

Liu Yifei took a closer look at the comments section.

He then nodded earnestly.

"To be honest, you really can't blame netizens for this."

"I was there at the time."

"When I heard you sing it with my own ears, I was in a daze for several seconds."

She looked Fang Yu up and down, her tone exceptionally sincere.

"Even I, who was standing there, didn't react for a moment."

"Do you really expect viewers watching on TV to immediately accept that a 1.8-meter-tall, rough-looking man from Northeast China suddenly starts singing in a female opera style?"

Fang Yu: "..."

He opened his mouth.

A thousand words were stuck in my throat, and I couldn't find a single angle to refute them.

like……

That actually makes a damn good point.