World Hopping: Avenge Our Love
Translator: translationraven
First Published on Chaleuria
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Song Yucheng really was a mischievous one. His out-of-the-box moves were always unpredictable. This was entirely true for Ding Mingcheng, and the artistes who raised a fuss that Shen YI should not be classed as a major actor.
Picture Domain had not released any statements on the matter so far, and that resulted in more and more doubt about Shen Yi being ranked as a major celebrity. Entertainment reporters and netizens ended up storming the Weibo pages of Shen Yi, Xie Qianchen and Picture Domain.
Song Yucheng gave his response under this onslaught.
Xie Qianchen: Seeing is believing.
It was a video. The major celebrities who had expressed discontent were silenced after they watched the video.
Song Yucheng had gathered all the most classic scenes of all the major celebrities who had doubts about Shen Yi’s acting ability, and made Shen Yi act out the same scenes. This would normally not have a very good result when the performer was asked to do so at short notice, without preparation and without costume.
Shen Yi had done it, and acted out the scenes better than the originals.
They had criticised Shen Yi’s acting ability, and Song Yucheng responded to that by posting the videos of Shen Yi acting out the respective actor’s role in the comment section of the disgruntled celebrities’ Weibo pages.
Mushy lines like “I will travel to the ends of the Earth to have you marry me” made one of the actors embarrassed, even with the support of the narrator and lead actress. The cringey line almost made the actor want to melt into the floor with embarrassment.
It was completely different for Shen Yi. He looked rather elegant when he gentled his eyes, and he had lowered his youthful voice an octave, his sweet voice turning spines to jelly. The smile on his lips and the hint of playfulness further brought out the advantage of his youth when he uttered the words “big sister”.
He was an adorable puppy, and not at all awkward like the actor had been.
Shen Yi had said the same lines, but he had done it just right to melt the heart. Soon after Song Yucheng posted the video, a netizen replied, “YES I WILL MARRY YOU! GIVE BIG SISTER A HUG NOW YOU’RE SO FREAKING CUTE OMGGG!!!”
As for the celebrity who’d uttered the line first… Eh, whatever.
Song Yucheng posted two resumes on the Weibo page of another celebrity singer who had questioned Shen Yi’s potential in the industry. The pages clearly showed Shen Yi’s list of achievements, and the basis of the assessment score he’d been given in terms of potential.
Shen Yi’s scores in school were stellar. He was in his second year of university now, but his scores for his specialisation modules were all 90 and above. He had even received the national scholarship for three consecutive semesters. It was also worth noting that Shen Yi was the top scorer in his general cohort, and second in his specialised course.
The singer, who was in the same university as Shen Yi, was known as a bastard. He had got someone else to take the graduation exam in his place, and his professional knowledge was terrible. As a musician, he couldn’t even read basic music scores. He was way more lacking compared to Shen Yi, whether in potential or in current strength.
Xie Qianchen: Bruh, if guys like you can be major celebrities, why can’t our Shen Yi be a major celebrity too?
SLAP!
Xie Qianchen’s question really drove it home. The celebrity in question had no words of reply. The netizens burst out laughing.
“Hahaha! Oh man, this Xie Qianchen’s a manager but how is he even more entertaining than entertainers?! We just have to follow him around, and we can eat popcorn while we watch good drama unfold.”
“Oooh, my tummy hurts from laughing too. Heaven ain’t blind. These people complained that it’s unfair… Look what happened now. They got their faces slapped!”
“This isn’t face-slapping anymore. It’s outright humiliation. Y’know, I’ve watched these clips before and they actually are passable if you don’t compare them to Shen Yi. But with Shen Yi in the picture… Hahahahaha! They’re a joke!”
“Ahahaha… Ohohoho… The assessors really didn’t judge Shen Yi properly! It’s not too high, but too low! These major celebrities can’t hold a candle to Shen Yi.”
The netizens were tickled pink by Song Yucheng’s directness. The celebrities who’d been dissed were so mad that smoke could come from their ears.
This was all just the beginning, however. Song Yucheng posted video clips of Shen Yi on the Weibo pages of all the celebrities who doubted him.
He summarised it all in the end and put it on his own Weibo page.
Xie Qianchen: I’m not naming names, but this bunch of major celebrities can’t make it.
This plain mockery showed how much respect he had for them. Who could retort, though? Who could confidently step forward and slap him back?
A tragic reality was placed right in the open, for the masses to see. They were not as good as Shen Yi!
“OMFG, mah stomach hurtssss. Hahahahaha! Seriously. This is the first time I’m seeing such a straightforward manager. You can’t make it! Hahaha! Only Xie Qianchen can say something like that.”
“I don’t know why, but I think he’s right! Those videos of Shen Yi’s were really… Those major celebrities are trainwrecks compared to Shen Yi!”
“I watched the video from beginning to end twice, and I just want to say this: You the man! How the heck did you get so many clips from?”
Xie Qianchen’s Weibo page was in chaos. The netizens who’d followed Song Yucheng activities were rolling about on the floor laughing. They weren’t exaggerating — Song Yucheng’s video clips had put his message across very clearly.
No matter who came to fight him, Shen Yi was coming out on top.
He had not changed his clothes at all, but he could switch easily from laughter to anger. He was an overbearing CEO one second, and a sincere first love the next. He went from a bent old man to a teenager with a naive smile. Whatever the dialogue, lines from an idol drama, or sweet lines from a romance, they were especially sweet when they fell from Shen Yi’s lips. The skill he showed was talent from deep in his bones, not related to age, not related to looks. Just his soul.
When the major celebrities with stiff acting were compared to him… Well, quite a few people felt pity for them. It wasn’t because they were absolute rubbish, but Shen Yi’s acting was just too good.
After such a great turn in events, the celebrities who’d doubted Shen Yi all shut their mouths. There were some who got harsh scoldings and were requested by their managers to publicly apologise to Shen Yi. As for the netizens, their opinion of Shen Yi’s skills had changed for the better.
Song Yucheng’s move was brilliant. He proved Shen Yi’s ability and slapped the faces of those smug major celebrities at the same time.
However, not everyone was willing to back down. The singer who had been mocked, Qiu Shuang, was angry about it, and went straight on Weibo to shoot a line at Song Yucheng: Shen Yi’s good, but the other B-listers you got under your management are probably trash!
Oooh, he poked the hornets’ nest now!
Song Yucheng’s reply was swift.
Xie Qianchen: Bro, calm down. Let me show you what’s real trash.
And then… he took out Tang Chi and Qiu Shuang’s face was slapped to smithereens.
What a coincidence — the label Qiu Shuang had signed with was the one which had buried Tang Chi. It was Leap Records. Qiu Shuang’s provocation opened up an opportunity for Song Yucheng to send shots back at them.
So, what had Leap Records about Tang Chi when they slandered him?
Song Yucheng recalled that Tang Chi had been labelled ‘ingrate’ and ‘traitor’, and was even accused of faking his singing and getting someone else to produce his work.
Well, on this nice day, he was going to let them all see what true singing was.
Song Yucheng went into battle mode, and was prepared to deal with anything that would come his way.
Who would have guessed that Tang Chi would be able to record an online cover album in the short span of one week? The cover album contained 32 songs, all recently released songs from singers of Leap Records.
After Qiu Shuang’s angry message to Song Yucheng, Song Yucheng simply posted these 32 cover songs on the Weibo pages of the 32 original singers. He also used his public relations department to publicise it.
The entire music industry was thrown into chaos.
Tang Chi’s reputation was in tatters, and nothing would have changed for him, normally, even if he had recorded a song. People would have either not paid attention to it, or he would have been scolded by the anti fans. He would not have reached any face-slapping goal.
But, his manager was Song Yucheng.