The director who doesn’t understand the trend is still yelling, “I didn’t say there shouldn’t be a love story, but love, this thing, needs to happen naturally. You can’t forcefully insert it just to have a love element; at least the whole story should flow smoothly!”
Rong Jin absentmindedly asked Chi Feiran, “Do you have WeChat?”
Chi Feiran hesitated for a moment, then took out his phone and opened the rarely used green app. There were only a few contacts on it.
Rong Jin took his phone and scanned it directly.
When Chi Feiran took back his phone, there was already an additional person in the contact list.
Rong Jin’s WeChat name was just a “Rong” character, and the profile picture…
Chi Feiran could probably tell it was a screenshot of a character from some game.
Then, that profile picture appeared in the message list, and surprisingly, it was a transfer message.
Chi Feiran, somewhat puzzled, looked at Rong Jin. Rong Jin whispered, “It’s a surprise red envelope.”
Chi Feiran opened it and found the amount quite generous, with “8888” written in the transfer details.
He turned to look at Rong Jin again, wondering if this red envelope was a bit too much. Generally, surprise red envelopes were usually ten or twenty yuan. Gold director did give more, but not as much as Rong Jin.
However, as if seeing through his thoughts, Rong Jin whispered, “For good luck.”
Chi Feiran thought for a moment. Feeling awkward about receiving money, he just said, “Thanks, Rong Ge.”
Gold director, when he said things that made people dislike him, was truly detestable. Not only did he have a bad temper, but he also didn’t spare anyone with his words. However, sometimes he seemed quite straightforward.
In essence, he had a somewhat old-fashioned style. He couldn’t stand all sorts of messy things. Even at a wrap-up banquet, men and women sat at separate tables to avoid people getting drunk and acting crazy, touching girls and taking advantage of them.
Pang Wen was sitting at the adjacent table. The girls at their table had been stealing glances at Rong Jin’s table for a long time.
In the end, it was Pang Wen, the bold award-winning actress, who asked, “Rong Ge! What were you whispering about? Are you talking about?”
Before Chi Feiran spoke, Rong Jin, with a natural expression, started talking nonsense, “Talking about how Xiao Chi is about to release an album. I asked him to send me a signed copy.”
Pang Wen didn’t know about Chi Feiran’s upcoming album; they didn’t have any scenes together in the entire movie. She, being a bold award-winning actress, naturally wouldn’t pay much attention to news about a newcomer.
However, even if she wasn’t interested, Rong Jin’s interest was enough to feign some enthusiasm, “Oh, Xiao Chi, send me one too, alright?”
Her inquiry sparked interest, and many people immediately joined in, saying they wanted one too.
Seeing quite a few people interested, Chi Feiran thought for a moment and said he would send them all when he returned to the shooting location.
Observing the situation, Chen Mengyang, who was also present, stopped eating. She jotted down the addresses of several actors who were leaving the crew and planned to send them separately.
Perhaps because Chi Feiran was good at giving face, although an album was small, if he only sent it to the director and the lead actors, the others might feel uncomfortable.
Now that these people have been taken care of, Chi Feiran’s relationship with them became a bit closer. For a while, many people came over to ask for his WeChat and Weibo.
It was only at this moment that someone remembered Chi Feiran hadn’t joined their crew’s WeChat group. This led to a rush of adding to the group and exchanging WeChat contacts, creating a lively atmosphere.
Chi Feiran didn’t expect this development. First, he added everyone on WeChat, even taking the time to carefully add names and details. But when he opened Weibo, he was genuinely shocked.
Because he had been abroad and didn’t use Weibo, his phone hadn’t been set up to receive app notifications. When he opened Weibo and saw the staggering number of fans, even his high-performance phone stuttered momentarily due to the excessive notifications.
Looking at the fan count, Chi Feiran realized he already had over six hundred thousand fans!
The actor next to him, who seemed to have found his Weibo, exclaimed, “Wow, Xiao Chi is amazing! He has way more Weibo fans than me!”
For a relatively unknown actor, having tens of thousands of fans on Weibo was already considered decent. Perhaps even among those tens of thousands, many were purchased to support appearances.
For a newcomer like Chi Feiran to gain so many fans right away was indeed a rare occurrence.
Chi Feiran’s astonishment only lasted for a short while. After some thought, he realized it wasn’t too surprising. After all, he received natural resource support here, and Brother Yuan and the others probably put a lot of effort into promoting him during this time. It was normal for him to gain fans quickly.
After mutual following each other, Chi Feiran took the initiative to follow Rong Jin, Pang Wen, and the other big shots.
And then…
Soon after… Weibo exploded!
Rong Jin had an astonishing number of fans. It had already surpassed a billion a few years ago, and now it had grown to an incredible five billion. Although there were undoubtedly some zombie fans, the proportion of active fans was still terrifyingly high.
Under such a huge fan base, almost every moment of Rong Jin’s Weibo was being watched by people.
And now! In Rong Jin’s following list, there was suddenly one more person!!!
This discovery was immediately noticed, and people quickly clicked into Chi Feiran’s Weibo to see who Rong Jin was following.
After a quick look, many people were confused.
What… is this?
A newcomer who has just debuted and hasn’t even released an album yet?
It doesn’t make sense. There seems to be no connection with Rong Jin, the big movie star!
However, some clever individuals quickly checked Chi Feiran’s following list and found that he followed several people from the “Heroic Spirit” drama crew.
What is the movie that Rong Jin is currently filming?
Heroic Spirit!!!
Fans eagerly anticipated the unfolding drama, realizing that they were from the same crew, which is why Rong Jin followed him.
But then they thought again; it didn’t make sense. Rong Jin didn’t just increase the number of people he followed every time he filmed a movie!
So, what’s special about this little singer? Why would Rong Jin follow him?
Fans continued to speculate, and many supporters of this statement emerged.
“Is this handsome guy a relative? Maybe a younger brother?”
“No, I think it’s just a courtesy follow since they’re from the same crew. Why are you investigating his background like census workers? Is it necessary?”
“Wait a minute. Who is this guy? Why did Rong Jin follow him?”
“What’s the big deal? Is Rong Jin’s following list made of gold or diamonds? It’s not a big deal to follow someone, even if it’s a guy. If it were a girl, those crazy fans would go insane.”
“Hey hey hey! Stop kidding around! Rong Jin has followed someone else again!”
Within a short period, thanks to Rong Jin’s sole follow, Chi Feiran’s fan count increased by tens of thousands again! The total was approaching seven hundred thousand!
Many others present had also observed the Weibo frenzy. They regretted not being the first one Rong Jin followed.
If they had the chance, they thought, it would be great to gain some popularity from Rong Jin! Not to mention instant popularity, just mentioning it in the future would be something to brag about!
After the wrap-up banquet, with Gold Director thoroughly drunk, the night breeze in the old forest unexpectedly felt a bit cool.
Walking side by side with Rong Jin, Chi Feiran couldn’t help but shiver. Rong Jin noticed and generously placed his thin jacket over Chi Feiran’s shoulders.
Chi Feiran quickly removed the jacket from his head. Rong Jin said, “I had some alcohol, and I’m feeling a bit hot. Wear it, be careful not to catch a cold, and pay attention to protecting your throat.”
Upon hearing him mention throat protection, Chi Feiran thought about the upcoming intensive album promotion period. He thanked Rong Jin and put on the jacket, which was somewhat large, still carrying some warmth.
Seeing Chi Feiran wearing the jacket, Chen Mengyang, who had brought the jacket over, hesitated and asked Li Yuan, “Brother Yuan, should I go up and say that Feiran has a jacket now?”
Li Yuan, speaking in a gentle tone, asked her, “Are you silly?”
He hadn’t thought about giving him the jacket just now. Now that Rong Jin had taken off his own jacket, if Chen Mengyang went up now, what would it mean?
Chen Mengyang: “…”
