Chapter 90 – High-profile Funny Guy
Mo Fei’s vacation soon came to an end. She only stayed in Yang Yi’s house for two days. Although the two had a lot of embarrassing moments in these two days, their relationship didn’t develop further. On the contrary, because of the dispute over whether or not to let Xixi go to kindergarten, Mo Fei’s words caused a rift in their relationship.
It was unknown how long it would take for this rift to be repaired.
However, what was known was that Yang Yi and Mo Fei wasn’t able to reach an agreement on whether Xixi will go to kindergarten or not.
About two days after Mo Fei left, Yang Yi received a letter from Hong Kong City, which was personally written and sent by Chen Yijie.
The content of the letter was naturally him thanking Yang Yi for the support of the two songs, which made him attain the honor of platinum records early and also made him return to the ranks of super-first-class singers again.
“On July 23, I’m going to hold a concert at the Hongrenfang Concert Hall in Jiangcheng. I sincerely invite you and your family to watch it…” Chen Yijie also sent him five admission tickets for the concert, all of which were VIP seats in the front row.
It turned out that after releasing his new album, Chen Yijie also launched a plan for a nationwide concert tour that had been suspended for two years. Hong Kong City was naturally the first and last stop, but he unexpectedly listed Jiangcheng, a city that was not originally on the planned list, as the second stop.
Obviously, he came to repay Yang Yi!
Chen Yijie’s level[1] was originally no less than Mo Fei. Although he has reduced his activities in the past two years and devoted himself to preparing his new album, his fan’s viscosity[2] was greater than many famous stars. In addition, his new album has been a great success, which made his popularity and limelight unparalleled for a while.
Before the tickets for the concert at Hong Kong City Station went on sale, there were long queues outside several sales outlets, and within less than an hour, all the tickets at all sales outlets were sold out!
It was the same in Jiangcheng. Not only his fans in Jiangcheng, but also his fans in nearby cities such as Shanghai all run over to buy tickets. Even fans who couldn’t get tickets in Hong Kong City have come all the way by plane. The concert tickets at Jiangcheng Station were also sold out, but it took less than a day!
This was still the speed of an era where there was no online ticket sale. After watching the news, Yang Yi thought that if there were online ticket sales, it would have been sold out in less than a few minutes, right?
It was precisely because of its hot demand that Yang Yi felt that Chen Yijie’s sincerity was too excessive. The five VIP tickets were closer to the stage than the infield. Even if there was no scalper markup, the original price was tens of thousands of yuan! And some people, who were crazy about buying it, couldn’t buy it even if they have the money!
But Yang Yi couldn’t use so many tickets… In total, he and Xixi, there would be two people at most?
He couldn’t give Mo Fei another star’s concert ticket, could he? Take her to the concert? Yang Yi wasn’t so indifferent to this level. Wouldn’t that just make Mo Fei repugnant if he did that?[3]
Yang Yi had already planned to send the remaining three tickets back to Chen Yijie. At this time, Guo Ziyi called: “Brother Yang, watch TV, Jiangnan Satellite TV, don’t ask me why, watch it first, hehehe!”
In a burst of proud laughter, the little fatty hung up the phone.
Yang Yi was a little baffled, so he turned on the TV. Xixi, who was playing with her toys, ran over quickly, snuggled up to his father and said sweetly, “Papa, are you going to let Xixi watch cartoons?”
After Mo Fei came over, she corrected a lot of Yang Yi’s bad habits of taking care of children, one of which was allowing Xixi to watch too much TV.
In the past, Yang Yi could be said to have assented to every Xixi’s request. As long as the little girl didn’t sit so close to the TV screen, he allowed Xixi to turn on the TV and use the remote control to watch by herself. It turned out that as long as it was appealing to them, children would have a strong ability to learn it. Xixi remembered how to operate the remote control after watching it a few times.
But now, Xixi’s good days were gone!
According to Mo Fei’s advice, Yang Yi could only let Xixi watch TV for no more than two hours a day. Moreover, these two hours have to be separated and divided into two uses, with a few hours of rest in between…
So, Xixi looked eagerly at her father all afternoon, looking forward to her father finally turning on the TV!
“Not to watch cartoons, Papa wants to watch Jiangnan Satellite TV.” Yang Yi wasn’t as proficient as the little girl, so he has to change the channel one by one to find the local station.
“Okay.” Xixi pouted her mouth, but she didn’t choose to go away. Instead, she held her father’s hand and squeezed into her father’s arms.
Her big eyes were sharp. She looked at the TV and at her father for a while. In her mind, she was thinking, “When Papa stops watching TV, will it be Xixi’s turn to watch cartoons?”
Finally, he found Jiangnan Satellite TV. The TV news anchor was introducing the results of the college entrance examination in Jiangnan Province: “…In the meantime, the liberal arts score line[4] is announced…”
The college entrance examination results were announced the day before yesterday, right? Did Guo Ziyi want to tell Yang Yi how he did in the exam? But what did he mean telling Yang Yi to watch the news? Would he know how he did in the exam if he watches the news?
Just when Yang Yi was confused, the news came to the section where the reporter interviewed the top students in liberal arts and science, and the little fatty appeared on TV!
“Hey, isn’t that uncle?” Xixi reacted quickly, she exclaimed in surprise.
Yes! Yang Yi also saw him. He was shocked. This guy was the top scorer in science?
And he wasn’t just the top scorer in science in Jiangcheng City. The title given to Guo Ziyi on TV was “Top scorer in science in Jiangnan Province”!
“Papa, isn’t that Uncle Ziyi?” Xixi shook her father’s hand and asked.
“Yes, it’s him.” Yang Yi wanted to say that it was a coincidence, but when he thought of the proud look of the little fatty just now, he was speechless. “If that wasn’t him, who else could it be?”
On TV, the reporter was asking Guo Ziyi about his study techniques. The little fatty said, “I don’t have any study techniques. The most important thing is that I have a lot of motivation to study. I work very hard before the exam. So I suggest to those examinees watching in front of the TV to find the goal you are striving for, and then go all out. I believe you can get your ideal result!”
So far, Guo Ziyi’s answer was quite good.
But the reporter asked one more question: “Then can you share your goal with everyone? Is it to be admitted to Tsinghua University or Beihua University?”
Yang Yi saw the excitement flashing in Guo Ziyi’s eyes. Sure enough, Guo Ziyi opened his mouth and said, “No, my goal is to be admitted to Jiangcheng Media University!”
What? Yang Yi added a sentence to the confused-looking reporter.
Although Jiangcheng Communication University could be regarded as a college, the score line was not high. As the top scorer, he didn’t want to be admitted to Tsinghua University or Beihua University but wanted to be admitted to this school. Wasn’t this killing a chicken with a cow slaughter knife?
“Two months ago, I took the art examination at Jiangcheng Media University, but unfortunately, the examiners thought I was fat and young, so they didn’t pass me.” Guo Ziyi said solemnly, “but I am not discouraged. I am determined to be admitted to Jiangcheng Media University.”
At the end, he raised his arms to the camera and shouted, “Jiangcheng Media University, I’m coming!”
Yang Yi covered his forehead and was completely speechless about this funny guy. Why did he have to trouble with others when he was so talented? Besides, did he have to be so high-profile?
Xixi didn’t really care much about what the uncle said on TV!
Seeing that her father was no longer watching TV, she looked around and secretly took the remote control from her father’s arms.
Changed the channel and watched cartoons!
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[1] I’m not sure if I got the translation right. The character was (卡司) – a Chinese transliteration of English cast, meaning cast, is a common noun in Taiwan and Hong Kong. Cantonese onomatopoeia of English “CLASS” (similar to “taxi”, “cheese”, etc.), meaning “level, grade, style”. The author likes to use this kind of words instead of using the layman words of it. Or I’m not good enough in translating.
[2] Viscosity here means attachment or loyalty. Or as defined in a dictionary, being sticky.
[3] To clarify. “he couldn’t give her the ticket because it would just provoke/annoy her if he gave her another star’s concert ticket”. In Yang Yi’s mind, just because Mo Fei was a singer, he assumed that she wouldn’t like to watch other singer’s concerts. – for me, this reason was a little dumb.
[4] Score line – grade cut-off point
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