Peninsula: From Water Injection to Stardom

Chapter 161 Does a nobody deserve to steal the spotlight?

Wu Jiaheng's team had prepared a lot of marketing articles for tonight, and the online trolls behind the scenes were already in place to coordinate.

All of this was, of course, to create momentum for Wu Jiaheng to win the Weibo KING title tonight.

But who would have thought that things would start so badly, with Jiang Yan stealing the top spot on the trending searches?

This was a situation they had never anticipated.

Although he was annoyed, Wu Jiaheng only glanced coldly at Jiang Yan before looking away.

Because no matter what, it's a done deal that he's Weibo KING.

Meanwhile, Jiang Yan's actions of scrolling through his phone also caught Nana's attention.

She leaned closer curiously and asked softly, "What are you looking at?"

Jiang Yan generously showed her the screen: "Weibo, you can think of it as a NAVER without a search engine."

Nana nodded knowingly, then looked at Jiang Yan's screen and exclaimed with a slight surprise, "Oh my god, isn't that Kris who left EXO?!"

At this moment, Jiang Yan's phone screen showed some photos of Wu Jiaheng after he clicked on Wu Jiaheng's trending search terms.

Jiang Yan laughed and said, "Yes, he's quite popular in China. There are several trending topics about him in China today."

"Really? How does it compare to you?"

"If we're only talking about China, I'm only slightly more famous than him."

Once a certain level of brand recognition is reached, the positioning becomes rather blurred, as Jiang Yan aptly put it.

The publicly known Tiffany title only puts him in a leading position among the top celebrities, but it's by no means a complete domination.

Wu Jiaheng's career is booming starting in the second half of this year, when he will be given the title of Bulgari's global ready-to-wear ambassador.

For other top celebrities, Wu Jiaheng's acquisition of this title would put him at a significant disadvantage.

But this doesn't affect Jiang Yan.

Because he had already officially announced Valentino as their Greater China brand ambassador by then.

Even if the title suggests that the other party offers better treatment, it still depends on the brand's prestige.

Although both are luxury brand ambassadors, Valentino is a red-blooded brand, while Bulgari is just an ordinary luxury brand, making the difference in their status immediately apparent.

When Nana heard him say that, she chuckled and said, "I understand, so you're still the better one."

Jiang Yan nodded in agreement.

In China, Wu Jiaheng could still hold his own against him, but overseas, the difference between them is now like that between an ordinary person and a celebrity.

After chatting for a while, the Weibo Night awards ceremony finally began.

BEAST's opening performance immediately gave Kang Yeon the feeling of being back in South Korea.

The group BEAST is not well-known in China. Perhaps the only relatively famous member is Jang Hyun-seung, the "grass" member of the "Grass Horse" group.

After watching the opening performance, the hosts Hua Shao and Li Ai went on stage together to read the script.

Jiang Yan listened to the award recipients' acceptance speeches with a professional smile throughout, and after a series of awards were presented, it was finally his turn.

"The upcoming awards are amazing; the male and female gods are about to appear."

"The terms 'male god' and 'female god' have emerged on the internet in recent years, and they have become very common in the last two years."

"Next, let's quickly see who will be crowned this year's male and female gods. Please watch the video."

Hua Shao and Li Ai took turns giving a preview of the next award.

On the big screen, a video played out this year's winners, and Jiang Yan was undoubtedly among them.

After the video ended, Hua Shao announced, "Congratulations to Ms. Chen Yanxi, Mr. Chen Xiao, Mr. Nichkhun of 2PM, Ms. Lynn Hung, and Mr. Jiang Yan for winning the 2015 Weibo [Annual Male God and Goddess] awards. Please come to the stage to receive your awards."

When Jiang Yan was called, he calmly got up and went on stage.

After going on stage, even though the positions weren't announced in advance, both Nichkhun and Chen Xiao tacitly moved aside to let Jiang Yan, who had come over, stand in the center position.

However, Chen Yanxi, who was holding Chen Xiao's hand, moved a few steps inappropriately and suddenly stood in the spot they had cleared for Jiang Yan.

Her expression was nonchalant, as if this position was reserved for her.

Chen Xiao was completely taken aback that his girlfriend would be so tactless as to steal the center position, and his expression immediately tightened.

Nichkhun, on the other side, was also surprised by this scene and immediately put on an expression of astonishment, thinking, "You can't believe it?"

Upon seeing that his spot had been taken, Jiang Yan slowly stopped in his tracks.

Then, under the watchful eyes of everyone present, he walked directly to Chen Yanxi and stood in front of her without any expression.

Since when did this nobody even dare to steal his center position? Who gave her the courage?

Jiang Yan's action surprised all the celebrities in the audience.

Is this guy really that domineering? He doesn't give anyone any face at all.

The celebrities present could all see that Chen Yan's group was trying to take the center position, but usually, when faced with such a situation, they would just tolerate it and wait for another opportunity to get back at her.

Unlike Jiang Yan on stage now, who simply stands in front of the other person.

On stage, the two hosts standing not far away felt their careers were being challenged.

Neither of them had ever encountered such an unexpected situation before.

But as if receiving some instructions through his in-ear monitor, Hua Shao immediately set the tone: "Please, male and female gods and goddesses, step forward two steps and stand next to Mr. Jiang Yan to wait for your awards."

Hua Shao's words immediately broke the somewhat tense atmosphere on the stage.

Without saying a word, Nichkhun stood next to Jiang Yan and whispered a "Great job" in Korean over an encrypted call.

Lynn Hung also stood beside Nichkhun and gave Jiang Yan a friendly smile.

Everyone here is shrewd; they all know that Hua Shao saying such things at this time is definitely at the behest of Weibo's official channels.

Then, Chen Xiao pulled Chen Yanxi, whose expression was obviously a bit unpleasant, to stand on the other side of Jiang Yan.

The awards ceremony could then proceed.

After receiving the trophy from the presenter, Jiang Yan smiled nonchalantly at the camera as if nothing had happened and posed for a group photo on stage.

After the group photo, he turned around, grabbed the trophy, and quickly walked off the stage back to his seat.

But when he returned, he found Nana staring at him without saying a word.

"Is there something you want to say?" Jiang Yan asked, raising an eyebrow.

"No." Nana shook her head, a faint smile playing on her lips.

"Never mind if you don't want to. Do you still want to watch? If not, let's go."

"You're leaving already?"

"Yes, if you want to continue watching, I can keep you company."

"Forget it, there's really no point in continuing to watch."

"Let's go then."

"Um.

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After a brief exchange, Jiang Yan stood up without hesitation and left with Lin Zhenna first.

Staying there for even a minute longer would be a waste of time, because there wouldn't be any more shots of you filming.