Translator:- Max
Editor:- Dobhsh
“Partridge Sky” had been getting a lot of favourable reviews, which increased its popularity. The ratings were constantly rising, and the topic was getting higher and higher. Ji Qingzhou’s Weibo fans were also increasing. Every day, new fans came to express their love for him. There were new topics in the forum thread. Ji Qingzhou’s popularity finally soared again this autumn, and he joined the ranks of A-list celebrities in terms of traffic.
But Luo Yuxin gradually fell behind.
Taking advantage of Ji Qingzhou’s high popularity, the production team of “In the World” quickly released the first trailer of “In the World”, and the movie was tentatively scheduled to be released during the Spring Festival.
Ji Qingzhou’s fans were actively sharing, liking, and commenting on the trailer, generating buzz and promoting it on Weibo and forums, expressing, “No matter who you are, as long as you watch ‘In the World,’ we are good friends.”
Ji Qingzhou himself reposted the trailer of the film and posted on Weibo: Looking forward to it.
At the same time, the official blog of “Youth Tour” also officially announced: On October 15th, “Youth Tour” will meet with you on Pineapple TV and Seal Video. See you soon.
Ji Qingzhou couldn’t help but feel that everything was falling into place. Meanwhile, his fans sensitively realised that this autumn might truly mark Ji Qingzhou’s big breakthrough. Though he had recently entered the A-list, if this variety show performed well, his position among the top-tier celebrities would be secured. Even if he didn’t have any new projects next year, he wouldn’t fall out of that elite group.
For this reason, the fans were terrified, and they were all praying that the “Youth Tour” would explode and that Ji Qingzhou would stabilise his current position.
On October 15th, “Youth Tour” finally started broadcasting amidst great anticipation. It could be said that the variety show has attracted a lot of attention since it began recording. The lineup of Lian Jingxing, Yu Anyi, and Ji Qingzhou was seen as three trump cards. Even later, netizens couldn’t believe that such a lineup actually existed.
Ji Qingzhou was obviously less nervous about “Youth Tour” than “Partridge Sky”. After all, he cared more about his films and television dramas than variety shows. However, this did not prevent him from turning on the computer on time at 10 o’clock, opening Seal Video, and preparing to watch it. Chu Cheng sat beside him and waited with him.
At 10 o’clock, the variety show started, and when the theme song played, barrages began to appear one after another.
“Ahhhhh, it started!!!”
“I am a member!”
“After waiting for so long, the broadcast finally started. If it hadn’t started now, then my membership would have expired!”
“Lian Jingxing, I love you. The mountains even look up at Jingxing. Life goes on, but my love for you is ceaseless!”
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“Keep going, Zhouzhou! Sometimes, a strong wind breaks through the waves. Your light boat has crossed countless mountains. Let’s promote the amazing Zhouzhou to the whole world!”
“LianNian YouYu, LianNian YouYu! A century-long collaboration—they are in the same frame!”
“I ride the boat through the waves. I’m here for Zhouzhou and Chengcheng.”
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Seeing this, the fans stopped, and they finally could see the guest’s faces on the screen.
The content of the first episode started when they arrived in Lijia Village. First, they gave each group of guests a close-up shot and then cut to an indoor interview, asking the guests why they chose their partner to participate in the recording with them.
When the camera focused on Chu Cheng, many viewers who hadn’t paid attention to the recording of the show before were a little surprised. “Isn’t this the one? The one who filmed the idol drama with Ji Qingzhou last year?”
“I remember, didn’t Chu Cheng say that he didn’t want to get involved in the Entertainment circle? He didn’t even participate in the promotion of the TV drama back then, so why did he now come to record this variety show with Ji Qingzhou? Is he trying to make a debut?”
“I chose Ah Cheng as my partner because we are quite familiar with each other, so we have good tacit understanding when playing games or doing tasks. After Ah Cheng and I finished filming ‘A Page of Love Poem’ last year, he disappeared from the spotlight. However, after the drama aired, many viewers loved him. So, taking advantage of this opportunity to record this show, I invited him to make a comeback. It can be seen as a treat for his fans. Ah Cheng has no intention of debuting, so after this, we may not see him on the screen again.”
When Chu Cheng’s fans saw this, they were dumbfounded for a moment, not knowing what to say.
Someone in the fan club group said awkwardly, “Why do I think that Ji Qingzhou seems to be pretty good? It seems he even cares about us.”
I don’t want to be a mindless reed: “Listen to him talking nonsense; he clearly wants to take advantage of my gege!”
Whose little biscuit: “How can you say that? Gege is not even in the entertainment circle. How can he use gege?”
I don’t want to be a mindless reed: “Precisely because gege doesn’t mix in the circle, all the CP fans are fans of his Ahh!”
Drowsy in spring and weary in autumn: “But if it weren’t for Ji Qingzhou, gege would never have showed up at all.”
The scenery on the city walls: “That’s right. If we look deeper, whether it was gege playing Zhuang Xiangyang back then or participating in this variety show now, it’s all because of Ji Qingzhou. Without him, we would never have a chance to see gege.”
I don’t want to be a mindless reed: “So are you guys going to switch and be Ji Qingzhou’s fans now?”
There is heaven: “It’s not like that. We just think Ji Qingzhou is actually pretty good. If he wanted to find friends in the industry, he could definitely find them. But he chose gege instead. It seems like they genuinely have a good relationship. Otherwise, Gege wouldn’t always make exceptions for him.”
Drowsy in spring, weary in autumn: “Indeed, their relationship is truly good. You could see it during that live stream. Gege was very gentle to him.”
When it came to the necklace, other people in the group also remembered that there was a similar one on Chu Cheng’s neck, which hit quite close to home, so the topic stopped there and everyone continued watching the show.
Ji Qingzhou glanced at the gossip in the group and had a vague sense that, following this trend, he might gradually gain the acceptance of Chu Cheng’s fans. However, he couldn’t help but wonder… If they were to go public someday, he wasn’t sure if these fans would still be as rational and accepting.
Soon, the variety show progressed to the segment where they had to choose a house, and Chu Cheng gave a strong, lasting sense of presence in this round.
“Listening to them recite poems, I was reminded of the fear of being dominated by these four words, ‘reciting the full text’, when I was in school.”
“Chu Cheng is so handsome. Is he really not going to debut? I swear to be a vegetarian for ten days, begging Chu Cheng to debut!”
“What does Chu Cheng actually do for a living? Why do I have this strange feeling that he might be a writer?”
“Impossible; he looks like a science student.”
And when everyone saw Ji Qingzhou and Chu Cheng’s house, only ‘Hahaha’ remained in the barrage.
“Hahahahahahahaha, oh my goodness, this is really a thatched cottage.”
“Although I feel sorry for them, but 23333, this house is too dilapidated.”
“It’s actually even worse than Lian Jingxing’s and the others.”
“Hahaha, Chu Cheng must have drawn a prophet card.”
“Wait, this one he’s reciting now is…”
“Remembering the fear of being dominated by “The Ode of Afang Palace of Xi’an”, I almost forgot about this article. How can anyone memorise it?!”
“Chu Cheng must be a high school teacher, right?”
“Or the Chinese class representative?”
“I can’t seem to decide whose house is better.”
Ji Qingzhou watched the video with the accompanying barrages. Soon, it was time for the water-carrying task. At that time, Ji Qingzhou was solely focused on moving forward, but after watching the show, he realised that this segment was actually quite entertaining. There were participants who were wobbling and almost falling, some who needed to take breaks after just a few steps, and even those who struggled with each step while humorously criticising themselves.
The production team added many amusing post-production elements, and everyone watched the show with great joy, continuously sending barrages. The entire screen was filled with a lively atmosphere.
The part where Ji Qingzhou and Chu Cheng raced was made into a PK-style page, and game sound effects were added. The funniest part was that while broadcasting their race, they also cut the camera to Liu Zitong, who was walking with difficulty and was struggling. Netizens expressed that this was like watching in double-speed and slow-motion at the same time, and everyone couldn’t stop laughing.
During the apple-picking segment in the afternoon, when Lian Jingxing came over to help Yu Anyi, the LianNian YouYu CP fans instantly flooded the entire screen with pink hearts and pink text. This infuriated the pure fans of both sides, and they started arguing with the CP fans in the barrages. The argument continued until the camera switched to Ji Qingzhou and Chu Cheng, where the fans of Ji Qingzhou and Chu Cheng managed to suppress the argument.
And when Chu Cheng jumped down from the tree, he asked Ji Qingzhou, “I’m going to jump down; can you catch me?” and Ji Qingzhou’s answer, “My heart wants to catch you, but my hands dare not. ”
Instantly, the ChengZhou CP fans started screaming in excitement. As a result, the argument between the “LianNian YouYu” CP fans and the pure fans ceased, and instead, the CP fans of ChengZhou engaged in a heated debate with the pure fans of Ji Qingzhou and Chu Cheng.
The first episode of “Youth Tour” ended amidst the hahaha of the audience and the fan wars. This episode quickly became a hot topic as soon as it aired, and along with its broadcast, keywords such as Jing Xing, Yu Anyi, Ji Qingzhou, Chu Cheng, LianNian YouYu, ChengZhou, and “Youth Tour” rapidly climbed to the top of the trending searches.
CP fans were busy eating candy, pure fans were busy tearing up, the popularity on Weibo remained high, and there were all kinds of posts on the forum. From discussing the program’s creativity to analysing guests, from dissecting the recording sessions to exploring every detail, whenever a post sank, new ones appeared immediately. “Youth Tour” undoubtedly exploded.
With the popularity of the TV drama and the hit variety show, Ji Qingzhou’s value has skyrocketed during this autumn season. Many brands offered him an olive branch, and major magazines had been calling him to shoot magazine covers. Numerous scripts for historical idol dramas had been piling up in Zhou Chengfeng's hands, including those with fantasy, martial arts, adaptations of popular male lead IPs, and romance adaptations. However, Ji Qingzhou declined all of them. He wanted to explore a different style for the time being and was not interested in taking on any more historical dramas.
Zhou Chengfeng naturally respected his ideas and only helped him negotiate a few endorsements and accept a few magazine shooting jobs.
As the year progressed, the winter season arrived, but the snowfall was delayed. It wasn’t until just before Chinese New Year’s Eve that the snow finally began to fall.
“In The World” premiered on the auspicious day of Chinese New Year. Chu Cheng and Ji Qingzhou went to watch the premiere together. Ji Qingzhou watched as Yang Min, portrayed on the screen, struggled on his musical journey, experiencing moments of laughter and tears. He couldn’t contain his happiness when receiving good news, and he shed tears on his guitar in their rented room after an unexpected failure.
His emotions also followed Yang Min’s ups and downs. It wasn’t until Yang Min became a music teacher and passed on his dreams to his students that his mood calmed down a bit.
After watching this movie, many people cried. Ji Qingzhou also cried, but when he saw the end, he slowly pulled himself away from feeling powerless towards his own dreams. Instead, he began resonating with Yang Min’s hope for the future.
He and Chu Cheng watched it again and asked Chu Cheng’s friends and his own friends to watch it together again. Qin Xue and the others were very supportive, and they all came. While watching, they praised Ji Qingzhou for his good performance, and Ji Qingzhou got a little embarrassed. While watching the movie, Ji Qingzhou sensitively found that the relationship between Yu Anyi and Lian Jingxing seemed to be different from before.
While eating, Ji Qingzhou sent a WeChat message to ask Lian Jingxing about it, and Lian Jingxing replied generously: I’m chasing her.
Ji Qingzhou: Have you caught up then?
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