I was exposed for adding my female boss to my group of female friends.

Qin Yunchu was very satisfied with Duncan's straightforward answer.

This guy is much easier to talk to than the Guns N' Roses band.

"What caused the fight? Were you drunk?" she asked.

“No,” Duncan said, “he did it to get revenge for Taylor.”

This answer left everyone looking at each other in bewilderment once again.

"Why?" Qin Yunchu asked.

"He played really well. I have no problem with Kanye himself, but in this situation, I think JX played well," Duncan said. "At the time, he had just finished reading my father's eulogy..."

Chapter 165 Goodbye, Aliens (Thanks to the patron, lonely)

"JX hit Kanye, and at the time, I also found it a bit hard to accept, but after JX explained it to me afterwards, I felt that I could understand it," Duncan said.

"What happened back then?" Qin Yunchu asked.

Duncan Jones sniffed.

He was sleeping just now, but now he seems to be fully awake and has become more talkative.

"It was the final part of the funeral, with eulogies given by my father's close friends. JX was the last to give a eulogy."

"During his eulogy, Kanye stood next to Taylor, and he kept whispering something to her, probably something provocative. Taylor looked very upset. Everyone knew they didn't get along..."

Qin Yun Chu interrupted him and asked, "Why don't they get along?"

Duncan Jones paused and said, "They had a disagreement about the lyrics... well, I'll talk about that later, let me tell you what happened first."

Qin Yun Chu said, "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have interrupted you. I'll find out about it myself later. Please continue."

Duncan Jones continued:

"Going back to what I was saying earlier, everyone was listening very attentively to JX reading the eulogy. Kanye was saying something to Taylor throughout the time, but his voice was very soft, and no one knows exactly what he said."

"I was also drawn to them. I saw that after Kanye said something, Taylor's expression suddenly changed."

"Seeing her expression, I almost thought she was going to slap Kanye right away, but then something unexpected happened..."

……

David Bowie's funeral, in accordance with his wishes, was held in the form of a Vulcan ritual in the Vulcan Desert of Nevada.

Because it was a festival, everyone was welcome to participate, which attracted many nearby residents who spontaneously came to commemorate David Bowie.

People painted David Bowie's iconic lightning bolt pattern on their faces, a symbol of Zig Stardust, the fictional alien creature he created during his lifetime.

The funeral of this cultural luminary attracted a large number of cultural celebrities. He had close personal relationships with many well-known figures during his lifetime, such as Madonna, and they all came here today to mourn this extraterrestrial visitor.

The farewell ceremony was held at night, with people building a high altar and placing David Bowie's body on top of it.

After the farewell ceremony is completed, they will throw torches onto the altar and burn his body.

The winds of the Black Rock Desert will carry his ashes to every corner of the desert.

At night, even more celebrities flocked to the Black Rock Desert.

Filmmakers, musicians, actors, and internet celebrities.

Countless people came to commemorate this great figure who embodied the American spirit.

Surrounded by the largest crowd was a Chinese man named JX.

He led a dozen or so rock bands, followed by a large group of people.

Those guys aren't pushovers, but today they were surprisingly obedient following JX around.

“My condolences, my friend,” JX shook hands with Duncan Jones and patted him on the shoulder. “He didn’t leave us; he returned to his planet.”

“Thank you.” Duncan Jones looked at Chen Ya sincerely. He could see the earnestness on his Chinese friend’s face.

“According to my father’s wishes, you will be the last to deliver the eulogy, after his partner and his old friends,” Duncan Jones said, pulling JX aside.

“I know.” JX nodded and put his sunglasses back on.

……

Gao Xiaobo listened in a daze as Duncan Jones recounted the story.

Finally, he couldn't hold back any longer and raised his hand to ask, "Excuse me, may I interrupt for a moment?"

Duncan stopped talking and asked, "What's wrong?"

"According to custom, shouldn't the last person to deliver the eulogy be the person closest to the deceased?" Gao Xiaobo asked.

Duncan said, "Letting JX be the last one was my father's dying wish."

"I see..." Gao Xiaobo stuck out his tongue. "JX's status over there is actually that high?"

After seeing the expressions on other people's faces, he raised his hands and said, "Sorry, I'm just curious. I think it's... strange to have JX give the final speech on such an important occasion."

Duncan Jones said, "No, what's so strange about that? It's JX, after all."

Gao Xiaobo: "Huh?"

"This man collaborated with my father on his last album, 'Under Pressure,' which helped David win another Grammy. The two also had a very good personal relationship. I think it's most appropriate to have him as the person giving the closing remarks," Duncan Jones said.

"In fact, my father even asked him to come up with a unique way to send his body away."

Gao Xiaobai wiped his sweat.

The others present did not understand his confusion, but he himself knew that this incident reflected how awe-inspiring JX's status was in the United States.

For David Bowie himself, his funeral was probably more for entertainment than for any real significance.

Because he was a cynical person by nature, otherwise he wouldn't have asked his children to scatter his ashes in the Black Rock Desert.

But other Americans might not think that way.

The reason is simple: because that's David Bowie!

After his death, Tesla launched a rocket in his memory, with his song "Space Oddity" playing on a loop inside the rocket capsule. If all goes well, the rocket will travel through the universe for a billion years, making the song a hit throughout the galaxy.

In the popular game *League of Legends*, the hero's line "Colonel Tom calling ground control" comes from this song. When the song played in the movie *The Secret Life of Walter Mitty*, it elicited gasps of surprise from countless viewers. In fact, tributes to David Bowie abound in various films and literary works.

So many celebrities attended his funeral, yet JX managed to stand firmly in the center position.

He was even more curious about just how amazing things JX had done in the United States.

After this brief interlude, Duncan Jones continued his narration:

"Soon, it will be time for JX to deliver the eulogy..."

……

The stars twinkled, the evening wind in the desert carried a rough touch, and JX's lonely voice made the silence even more profound.

People gathered around JX, listening silently to his eulogy:

"...This lovely visitor from outer space, this esteemed oddball, in my opinion, he has not left us, but has returned to his own stardust."

"Goodbye, David Bowie, goodbye, Starman."

After JX finished speaking, he began to gently roll up his sleeves.

"The elder said before that I should end this funeral in a wonderful way. In fact, I had thought of lighting torches together and throwing them onto the altar."

"But now I suddenly feel that this is not amazing enough, and just now, Miss Taylor gave me a little inspiration."

When he finished speaking, his right sleeve was already rolled up to halfway up his forearm.

Everyone turned to look at Taylor.

Taylor stood next to Kanye. Before this, Kanye had been whispering something to Taylor.

Everyone saw that she had an embarrassed expression on her face and her eyes were red, as if she was about to cry.

Before this, people were still mourning Bowie, and it wasn't until JX mentioned it that they noticed the situation here.

"Hey buddy, what's going on?" Kanye said with a smile, spreading his palms.

"So, before you say that word that starts with B..."

JX walked through the crowd, went straight to Kanye, and stood still.

"what?"

Meeting his gaze, JX suddenly threw a punch.

"lb!"

Kanye West fell backward and collapsed to the ground.

People gasped, Kim Kardashian screamed, and Madonna, struggling with her high heels, ran over in shock to see what had happened.

Taylor stared at JX with her mouth agape, her face filled with shock.

Kanye lay on the ground, completely bewildered, staring blankly at him, utterly unsure whether he should stand up and fight back or say something.

However, before everyone could gather around, JX had already left.

At some point, he picked up David Bowie's guitar and began strumming the strings.

"Everyone, I suddenly thought of Michael Jackson's song 'Beat It,' but given what just happened, I couldn't avoid it, so I had to beat it. Also!"

He looked at Taylor again, staring directly at her, and said loudly:

"Everyone must remember that even if you are condemned by everyone, you should think that even someone as great as Michael Jackson has faced similar situations. The truth will never be covered up, and one day you will return to your rightful place!"

He spoke so passionately that many people forgot about Kanye West, who had been beaten, and cheered on the spot.

JX strummed his guitar again and sang "Under Pressure," a song he collaborated on with Bowie.

"The pressure is on me."

It's also weighing on you, and nobody cares..."

Taylor watched JX singing and playing the guitar silently with her beautiful eyes, and the expression on her face gradually softened.

……

After listening to Duncan Jones's account, Qin Yunchu felt more and more that something was amiss.

Based on her understanding of Chen Ya, he shouldn't be such an impulsive person. How could he beat up a highly respected rapper in front of so many people?

Besides, it's at someone else's funeral?

Qin Yun asked, "What happened next?"

Duncan Jones continued, "For a long time after that incident, JX was not well-liked in the industry. Many people thought he was too impulsive and shouldn't have done that in that situation. It wasn't until the year he left that his reputation gradually turned around..."

After saying that, Duncan immediately added:

“I’m stating my opinion on what he did beforehand. He later explained his reasons to me. And given my father’s personality, if he were still alive, he certainly wouldn’t have minded JX doing this at his funeral.”

Qin Yun asked, "How did he explain it? Why did he hit someone?"

Duncan paused for a moment before saying, "Kanye and the Kardashians have been manipulating public opinion and cyberbullying Taylor all along."

Qin Yunchu was startled upon hearing this.

Duncan continued, "Taylor was cyberbullied for a whole year and became somewhat depressed. She hardly wrote any songs that year."

"When I invited her, she was about to retire from the music scene and felt that she shouldn't have been invited."

Gao Xiaobai exclaimed, "Is that so?"

He was fairly familiar with the Western music scene, and many Western music listeners like him had a similar first reaction: "Is that so?"

In everyone's impression, Taylor Swift has always been a pop star who topped the Forbes Celebrity List at a young age and had a smooth life, seemingly without any setbacks.

What's going on here?

“She was subjected to severe cyberbullying at the time; almost half of America was attacking her,” Duncan said. “Even her family and her fans were insulted by online trolls, and people spammed snakes on her social media accounts. It took her a very long time to recover.”

Qin Yunshang suddenly said, "Yes! I've heard about this. It seems to be because of a persona collapse?"

Everyone looked at Qin Yunshang, who said, "It seems that anyone who is her fan will be cyberbullied. Even basketball star Kobe Bryant was insulted when he spoke up for her."

Everyone was horrified.

In China, a collapse of this magnitude would typically result in the show either being completely forgotten or becoming a comedic disaster.

I really don't know how Taylor managed to turn things around against all odds.