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Chapter 151 Young Master Qin's Imagination Unleashed

"So close, yet so far?"

The expression on Qin Yun Chu's face when she said this was just like that "Cosmic Cat" meme.

His mouth was slightly open, and his eyes were staring blankly at what was in front of him, as if he wasn't looking at anything at all.

What stirred in her mind was the boundless universe and billions of stars.

After hearing her words, the room fell silent for a while.

Beside her, Qin Yunshang covered her face with her hands, lowered her head, and blushed deeply.

She seemed ashamed of the stupid things her sister had said.

He Ling and Wang Feng stared at her with their mouths agape.

In their minds, Qin Yunchu had always been a wise person.

But what she said today made them realize the extent of her intelligence.

Finally, Yan Yunzhuo couldn't hold back any longer and let out a small sound:

"puff."

It was like a switch had been flipped; everyone finally couldn't hold back anymore. Some covered their mouths and chuckled, while others simply burst into laughter.

"Mr. Qin, your imagination is just too wild!" Yan Yunzhuo almost laughed until tears streamed down his face. "We were just saying that the music styles were similar, and you actually said that the two people are the same person! I can only... admire your imagination."

Gao Xiaobo grinned from ear to ear and said, "Let's not laugh. We can see that President Qin is a very quick-thinking person. This is a perspective that most people wouldn't think of."

Yingzi tried hard to hold it in, sitting on the chair, shifting her long legs back and forth, but in the end she couldn't help it and burst out laughing so hard she bent over.

"So close yet so far... Hahaha, that's the funniest joke I've heard all year."

Before Qin Yun Chu said those words, the live stream chat paused for a moment, and then "hahahaha" filled the screen.

"President Qin is hilarious. How did she come up with the idea that 'so close yet so far'?"

"At first I thought she was joking, but then I saw her expression and she seemed pretty serious!"

"The show is a perfect success! President Qin has a real talent for variety shows, so please stop laughing at her!"

Qin Yun Chu blurted out her guess without thinking, completely unaware that she would be ridiculed by everyone.

Ever since she was humiliated by Chen Ya at Liu Ruyan's residence, she has lost all basic trust in the structure of the world.

She now subconsciously distrusts anyone who doesn't show their face; at least scammers and virtual streamers can no longer fool her.

She witnessed firsthand how a series of seemingly unrelated names—Kim Yong, Koro, Tolstoy, Kawabata Haruki—were brought together overnight.

Given Chen Ya's personality, what is there that he wouldn't do?!

If both "close at hand" and "at the ends of the earth" refer to Chen Ya, then it's entirely possible! Because Chen Ya has a criminal record!

So, she unconsciously blurted out her thought.

However, while she experienced this enlightenment and leap of identity merging through Chen Ya, others may not have gone through the same process.

From other people's perspectives, what's close at hand is close at hand, and what's far away is far away.

These two have been completely separate and unrelated since their debut.

For many years, the two have been fiercely competing for the top spot. In the public sphere, two groups of people have been debating for years whether the two are more outstanding, one close at hand and the other far away.

Moreover, the two have very distinct styles: one is stable, the other is unconventional; one is traditional, the other is open-minded.

The two men's distinctly different musical styles allowed them to gain wider recognition.

It can be said that these two names have permeated the lives of ordinary people and become common knowledge.

Qin Yunchu's statement that "a short distance is like the ends of the earth" is like someone suddenly saying, "Actually, Li Bai and Du Fu are the same person." Anyone who hears this would find it absurd.

Because this is so counterintuitive.

After Qin Yunchu finished speaking, she stood there stunned for a long time, while everyone was still laughing at her.

Qin Yunshang tugged at her sleeve and whispered, "Sister, we can discuss our thoughts privately first. If this live stream gets out, it will have a bad impact on our company."

Qin Yun Chu finally lost her temper and became angry: "Where did I say something wrong?...Zhi Chi and Tian Ya have never appeared in public before!"

Her words made everyone laugh even harder.

Yan Yunzhuo, in particular, laughed so hard she almost fell over, her face pale and her hair all messed up.

"Mr. Qin, the music industry is only so big. You're bound to run into each other all the time. How could two musicians of this caliber not have any connection?"

Gao Xiaobai couldn't stop smiling either, and turned to ask Xu Xiangxiao and Jiang Xinhai, "Xiangxiao, you must have seen Zhichi, right? And Xinhai, do you know what Tianya looks like?"

The cameraman pointed the lens at Xu Xiangxiao and Jiang Xinhai, and at that moment, the viewers in front of the screen realized that something was wrong.

At this moment, everyone in the room had a smile on their face.

Besides Xu Xiangxiao and Jiang Xinhai.

Xu Xiangxiao was holding a guitar, her face was blank, and her eyes seemed unfocused.

Jiang Xinhai was holding half an orange in his hand, and it seemed that he squeezed too hard, squeezing all the orange juice onto the table.

Gao Xiaobai then realized that something was wrong.

He stopped smiling and asked, "You didn't... really never saw both of them at the same time, did you?"

Xu Xiangxiao was the first to come to her senses and said, "I have never met Zhichi before. Although I feel like I am quite familiar with him, I have never actually met him in person."

"Not even a photo?" Gao Xiaobai's voice trembled slightly. "Then what about Xin Hai? You've never seen Tianya either?"

Jiang Xinhai shook his head vigorously.

In fact, before Qin Yun Chu said "a short distance is like the ends of the earth," she had already begun to suspect that.

Gao Xiaobo frowned and said, "Logically speaking, we are all people from the music industry here, surely someone here has seen both '咫尺' and '天涯' at the same time?"

Yan Yunzhuo stopped smiling.

As a younger generation, she could only look up to these two seniors.

She had never met either of them.

Cui Dayou remained completely unmoved. As a retired senior figure, many of those present were meeting him for the first time. He was even less likely to have seen the world beyond his immediate vicinity.

After eliminating those two, Gao Xiaobai looked at the remaining people.

"I visited Haiya Company years ago and saw Zhichi from afar, but I never saw Tianya. Yingzi, you had some friction with Zhichi back then, so you must have seen Zhichi, right? Have you seen Tianya?"

Yingzi calmly replied, "I've never even seen you up close, let alone across the world."

Wang Feng shook his head and said, "I've never seen either of them, neither of them."

"No way?" Gao Xiaobo exclaimed dramatically. "I don't believe it. Someone must have seen both of them at the same time."

No one, let alone Gao Xiaobo, would believe this.

Both "咫尺" (Zhǐchǐ) and "天涯" (Tiānyá) are quite well-known.

Meeting in person is one thing, but photos, interviews, video footage, paparazzi photos...

It would be very strange if even these were missing.

Xu Xiangxiao calmed down and said, "Tianya never participates in any public activities and never takes photos. Now that I think about it, only a small number of people in our company have seen him."

Then, she looked at Jiang Xinhai: "Xinhai, what about you over there?"

Jiang Xinhai wiped his hands with a tissue: "Same here. It's the same even at close range."

Everyone gasped.

Qin Yunchu added, "Moreover, after Zhichi left the Chinese music scene and stopped creating music, it seems that Tianya also stopped creating music not long after, right?"

Everyone looked at each other.

"Is that so?" someone asked.

Jiang Xinhai tapped her fingers on the table, revealing her nervousness: "Zhichi left China not long after the company was acquired. It seems that around that time, Tianya also stopped creating content. Xiangxiao, did he also leave China?"

Xu Xiangxiao's face suddenly turned very red.

"I-I don't know either."

Jiang Xinhai turned to look at her in surprise: "You don't know?"

Xu Xiangxiao suddenly revealed a girlish demeanor, gently clutching her sleeves with both hands and lowering her head slightly.

"He just left suddenly, without saying where he was going. I...maybe we had a fight."

"Why did you two argue?" Jiang Xinhai felt very strange.

She wanted to ask if Xu Xiangxiao also had a relationship with Tianya, but ultimately decided against asking.

"Well, the situation is complicated anyway, let's not talk about it," Xu Xiangxiao said. "There are very special reasons why Tianya stopped cooperating with me."

"Did he say anything special when he left?" Jiang Xinhai asked. "Like something about reforming the Chinese music scene?"

Xu Xiangxiao's face was still burning: "No, he left for personal reasons."

She kept her thoughts to herself.

Before Tianya left her, she rashly confessed her feelings to him.

Tianya neither refused nor agreed.

Instead, they simply disappeared.

Although the two occasionally kept in touch afterward, she never saw him in person again.

...Things have developed to this point, which is rather bizarre.

"Plagiarism from Tianya" is not a particularly surprising news story in the music industry. There are plenty of people who make baseless accusations of plagiarism. Even a similar motivation can be considered plagiarism. "Summer Wind" is somewhat similar to the style of Tianya, which is not a big problem in itself. It's just a recurring issue.

However, the idea that "what is near is far" directly turned this menstrual event into a paranormal event.

How can something so close be so far?

Not only would the audience not believe it, but even people in the music industry wouldn't believe it.

Gao Xiaobai rubbed his forehead and said, "Wait, wait, wait, this shouldn't be like this, this shouldn't be like this."

He turned to Qin Yunchu and said, "The burden of proof should be placed on whoever raises the issue, not on us searching for evidence that 'a short distance is not the ends of the earth.' Young Mr. Qin, why do you think that 'a short distance is the ends of the earth'? How did you come to this conclusion?"

Everyone looked at Qin Yun Chu.

indeed.

No normal person would think that "a short distance is like the ends of the earth".

She must know some clues that others don't.

Qin Yun Chu blushed.

She couldn't very well say that it was because Chen Ya had done so many things like this that she came up with this idea, could she?

After holding it in for a long time, she finally said, "Before, Chen Xi didn't believe that her brother was Lin Ya, but didn't everyone take a long time to prove it?"

"I feel that Zhichi has this kind of personality that likes to use pseudonyms."

Upon hearing this, He Ling and others who had experienced that incident slapped their foreheads in realization.

Yup!

Didn't he tease his own sister like this for so many years, even though they were so close?

Jiang Xinhai, with a dark expression (he had been frowning since earlier), said:

"Now I also think that the ends of the earth are very likely... within reach."

Gao Xiaobai turned his head in surprise: "Why?"

“Because,” Jiang Xinhai said, “the name Zhichi contains the character ‘Ya’ (涯).

"Huh?" Xu Xiangxiao turned her head in surprise after hearing this, then her expression calmed down. "Then the ends of the earth are no longer within reach."

Jiang Xinhai turned to look at her: "Why?"

“The character ‘涯’ does not exist in Tianya’s name,” Xu Xiangxiao said.

Jiang Xinhai was taken aback, then leaned closer and said, "Xiangxiao, tell me quietly, what is Tianya's real name?"

Xu Xiangxiao nodded, leaned close to Jiang Xinhai's ear, and said in a voice only she could hear: