Chapter 1307: The return, and a new high in popularity!
Chapter 1307: The return, and a new high in popularity!
Translator: Legge Editor: Legge
A week later.
On this morning, it was snowing heavily in the streets.
A familiar piece of music was playing in the vicinity of Zhang Ye's Studio. On one side, the aunties had taken a corner of the garden and were plaza dancing. On the other side, Yang Shu was leading the uncles from the neighboring neighborhoods to practice Taiji Fist. The two parties did not encroach on each other's territories and over the course of many daily encounters, it had always worked out peacefully.
"Eh, Senior Bro!"
"Little Yang, you're practicing Taiji?"
"Yup."
The moment he spoke, everyone turned to look at him.
"Zhang Ye is here."
"It's Little Zhang!"
"Heh, you're totally different after your wedding. You look so much more spirited."
"Teacher Little Zhang, happy marriage to you."
"Your wife is really beautiful. You're very blessed."
"You're back from your honeymoon already?"
"When are you going to try for a kid?"
"We haven't seen you in so many days."
The neighbors chattered away as they gathered around.
Zhang Ye smiled and said, "Yes, my break's over. I haven't worked in half a month, so I'm officially back starting today. Otherwise, I won't be able to feed myself if I run out of money. Well, thank you everyone for your concern. Please carry on with your activities. I have to get to work." He then turned to Yang Shu and told her, "The snow is pretty heavy, so don't practice for too long. They're all uncles and aunties and aren't young anymore. Don't let anyone slip and fall. They're not as strong as you are."
Yang Shu said respectfully, "Got it, Senior Bro."
Only then did Zhang Ye proceed upstairs.
At the studio.
Zhang Ye pushed the door open and entered. "Good morning, everyone."
Everyone looked over and were pleasantly surprised.
"Wow!"
"Director Zhang!"
"Why are you back?"
"I thought you were going to take a few more days off?"
"Good morning, Director Zhang!"
"Good morning to you, Director Zhang."
Ha Qiqi.
Zhang Zuo.
Little Wang.
Tong Fu.
The staff were all present. In recent days when Zhang Ye had stopped all of his work, the staff obviously could not stop theirs. A lot of matters had to be handled by them, especially since his wedding had such a great effect, even to the point of causing a stir in the Asian region. As a result, it would be odd if they could get any rest at all, but at the same time, it was the reason why they had to hold the fort. This was so that Zhang Ye could rest properly for many days without anyone disturbing him.
Zhang Ye smiled and said, "Everyone has done a great job during this period of time. My break is officially over and I will be starting work again today. Come on, let's have a meeting. I haven't checked the Internet much during my break, so I'm not up to speed about many things. Is there a summary? Just briefly run it through with me. Come."
In the meeting room.
The key staff members were all in attendance.
Ha Qiqi smiled and said, "Do you want to hear the good news or the bad news first?"
"Let's go with the bad news first." Zhang Ye shrugged.
Ha Qiqi brought out a document. "This is our tabulation of those seven S-listers' activities and their popularity scores. Ever since our target of reaching the S-list was made known, those seven Heavenly Kings and Queens also started making big moves. Three of them have made the biggest moves of all. It includes the screening of their movies, Internet livestreaming, targeting an international award, taking part in a global new year countdown concert, and so on and so forth. They've gained a large increase in their popularity scores and has resulted in them advancing a small step from before."
Zhang Ye nodded and said, "We can't do anything about that. This is a fair competition, so we cannot expect them to do nothing. If we want to make an assault on the top spots, then we must allow them to defend too."
Zhang Zuo said, "Right, we expected this. If those Heavenly Kings and Queens did not do anything after learning our plans, then that would truly be strange. Nobody had it easy when reaching their current status. To be sitting in those spots at the top of the entertainment industry for so many years, who would be willing to give it up just like that?"
The S-listers could no longer stay quiet.
They were very active and were garnering more and more popularity.
This was indeed bad news.
Zhang Ye asked, "Then what is the good news?"
The studio's staff smiled at one another.
"Look at this." Ha Qiqi pushed a form over to Zhang Ye. "This is your popularity score curve from before your wedding up until today. It's skyrocketed!"
Zhang Ye exclaimed, "By this much?"
Zhang Zuo said excitedly, "Although those seven people have drummed up quite a bit of activity, the speed of their popularity growth has not been as fast as yours in recent days. In fact, they're lagging by a lot compared to you. Your wedding has shocked everyone all over the nation."
Little Wang interrupted, "Not only that, it has shocked everyone in Asia!"
Zhang Ye blinked and said, "Asia?"
Tong Fu guffawed. "Director Zhang, don't you know?"
Zhang Ye said, "Know about what?"
Tong Fu said excitedly, "You're already on the Asian A-list rankings!"
Zhang Ye was stunned. "Really? No way, right? I was still hovering in the B-list, wasn't I?"
"This was just reflected in yesterday's update of the Asian Celebrity Rankings Index." Ha Qiqi smiled and said, "If you had bought a copy of the morning newspapers on the way here, you would have known. We've also analyzed the reason for this. First, your popularity in China has soared by a lot, moving you closer and closer to the S-list. Naturally, your popularity score in the Asian Celebrity Rankings Index would go up as well. After all, the Asian Celebrity Rankings Index also takes into account one's domestic popularity, so it rises along with that. Second, it was mainly because of how shocking your wedding ceremony was. Be it the status of your wife, the songs that you wrote at your wedding, or the mathematical equation that you used, all of it was too shocking. Oh yes, there was also that incident where you swept the global servers in Go that brought you great attention in the Asian region. Regarding your wedding, it even got on the entertainment headlines in Japan and Korea. You're also the first person in history to become an Asian A-lister without stepping out of the country!"
Everyone laughed at the fact.
Japan?
Korea?
Yes, Director Zhang had never been to those places before!
Yet he could still get promoted into the Asian A-list? Even if he was at the bottom few spots, an A-lister was still an A-lister!
There really weren't too many artists in China who were ranked as an A-list celebrity in both the domestic and Asian region at the same time. After all, the Hallyu wave was still the predominant culture in the Asian region.
Copies and copies of data.
Copies and copies of tables.
After going through everything, Zhang Ye made a decision!
This situation was really good!
How delightful!
But he still placed the most importance on his domestic popularity. If he didn't reach the top of the domestic rankings, everything else would be pointless. Be it the Asian stage or the international stage, all of those matters would have to be considered at a later time. Zhang Ye also had not consciously made any plans to advance to the international stage, so the most important thing right now was to take a spot in the S-list and reach the summit of the domestic entertainment circle first. Moreover, Zhang Ye's initial plan did not leave much time for this to be done. He was hoping to get this done before the year ended, which meant he had to settle this big affair around the time when the Spring Festival Gala was to take place. All of that had been discussed since the very beginning.
Zhang Ye chuckled. "We've already completed the several milestones of the 'Reach the Summit' plan."
Zhang Zuo added, "How was that just completing it? We basically surpassed every one of the targets. We're now only a step away from reaching the S-list!"
Zhang Ye looked at them. "There's still that final milestone left in the 'Reach the Summit' plan. I guess we can start on it?"
Zhang Zuo laughed and said, "Of course!"
Ha Qiqi said, "It's about time!"
Little Wang got all excited!
Tong Fu was looking forward to it!
Wu Yi could feel his pulse racing!
That's right!
They were only a step away!
Zhang Ye's popularity had soared again after his wedding like it didn't cost a thing!
Just one more step and Zhang Ye would be able to reach the summit of the Chinese entertainment circle!
They had been waiting and anticipating this moment for too long!