Backstage, Chen Xiaoyan hesitated for some time but finally gave chase through gritted teeth. By then, Ye Lingchen and Jia Di were already getting in the car.
“Grandmaster Jia, please wait a moment.”
Jia Di and Ye Lingchen both halted.
Chen Xiaoyan ran up to them. “Grandmaster Jia, can you please tell me why you helped me out today?”
With that, she shifted her gaze and locked onto Ye Lingchen.
“Hello Miss Chen. I’m Vatti’s guest designer, Ye Lingchen,” Ye Lingchen introduced himself casually before Jia Di could reply.
“H-h-hello,” Chen Xiaoyan stuttered.
“I have a friend that talked about you. It’s just a small favor.”
“Can you tell me what’s the name of your friend?” Chen Xiaoyan stared at Ye Lingchen with anticipation, her eyes glowing.
“I’m sorry. He specifically told me to keep it a secret,” Ye Lingchen replied with a smile.
“Oh, I see.” Chen Xiaoyan looked disappointed. She bit her lips, then thanked him, “Thank you.”
She once again stared Ye Lingchen deeply in the eyes. Unconvinced, she asked, “Have we met before?”
“Absolutely not.” Ye Lingchen’s masterful acting skills were put to use. He shook his head innocently.
Chen Xiaoyan then bowed towards Ye Lingchen and Grandmaster Jia before leaving.
She could already guess who Ye Lingchen was talking about. ‘Singer Y, why won’t you see me? Are you trying to make me owe you even more?’
…
As one would expect, Weibo was completely taken over by that night’s fashion show the very next day.
[Chen Xiaoyan, the descending fairy] was placed first amongst the trending searches.
Upon opening the trending search list, the first photo that popped up was a divinely dressed Chen Xiaoyan. Her beauty was beyond that of any mortal, something otherworldly.
Following that, Vatti’s brand was also on the trending search topics.
The discussion area was also in an uproar.
[Damn! This is just too beautiful! Apart from beautiful, I don’t know what other words to use!]
[Ahhh, how can such a beautiful person exist? I love Chen Xiaoyan!]
[She could have made a living with her appearance, yet she chose to use her talent.]
[Hong Na felt like a leaf by her side, as though she was made to be Chen Xiaoyan’s support.]
[What a major comeback. Honestly speaking, the black dress Chen Xiaoyan wore looked good too. It’s just not the newest model!]
[I didn’t know Vatti’s clothes looked that nice. That’s it, I’m going to buy one right now.]
[The previous post, please stop dreaming. Only Chen Xiaoyan could achieve such an effect with those clothes.]
[Vatti is China’s own brand. I can finally start supporting our local brands. Hopefully Vatti’s clothing continues to improve!]
…
October was a day where everyone looked forward to.
It signaled the arrival of National Day. Everyone would take that opportunity to enjoy a long holiday.
Be it the working class or the students, they all have a special place for National Day.
Naturally, National day was also a special day for Ye Lingchen. That was because Ye Lingchen’s Celestial Bane was scheduled to officially publish on National Day!
Furthermore, Huo Yuanjia was similarly airing on National Day as well!
Countless eyes were watching the initial subscriptions for Celestial Bane and the box office performance of Huo Yuanjia.
Just before the official publication, Ye Lingchen released his first blank chapter: [As of now, Celestial Bane’s collection rate is at 800,000! Official publication would be at midnight. Right after publishing, there will be a mass release of 50,000 words. Hoping for your support. What do you guys think is a suitable number of initial subscriptions?]
That blank chapter was short, but it immediately attracted the attention of the online novel community.
After all, Celestial Bane was under scrutiny by everyone within that field.
[F*ck! Celestial Bane is publishing on National Day? Awesome! I’ll wait for the fall of gods!]
[Scary! The online novel community will have another bloodbath soon!]
[I knew it. This coming October will not be a peaceful one!]
[Ahhh, a mass release is coming. I will support you. Looking forward to it!]
At the same time, the news of Celestial Bane’s publication was turning into a heated discussion in all sorts of forums with countless people guessing at the initial subscriptions Celestial Bane would achieve.
[Celestial Bane’s current collection rate is at 800,000. If we follow the average trend for initial subscriptions, it should be at 800,000 initial subscriptions!]
[Definitely more than that! How can Celestial Bane be compared to other novels? Its initial subscriptions will be much higher. I think it’ll be at least 100,000 more!]
[Celestial Bane is just irresistible. The author must’ve put in a lot of effort. I think those that added the book to the collection would also subscribe right? With 800,000 collection, 400,000 subscriptions sounds reasonable!]
[F*ck! All the previous posts are stupid right? Are you guys trying to praise Celestial Bane out of the milky way?]
[Agree with the post above. These people are just praisers for Celestial Bane. Do you know what’s the record high for initial subscriptions? 50,000! Moreover the highest collection rate to initial subscription ratio is only at five to one! In my opinion, Celestial Bane’s initial subscriptions will at most be at 50,000!]
[Celestial Bane is the work of a new author, yet he’s dreaming of brewing up a storm in the online novel community? Be realistic!]
[Just seeing the pen name of the author “I am Y” turns me off. Just like what big shot 3Logs said, it’s just someone using Y’s hype to gain attention!]
[From what I can see, Celestial Bane is nothing compared to 3Log’s Under the Heavens!]
[The previous post is right! Celestial Bane is trash. I can’t even bare reading one chapter of it!]
[F*ck! I just read the first chapter of Under the Heavens. I almost puked!]
[The rise of new gods will always be met by flustered old gods. Just wait for the face slapping!]
…
As the number of comments grew, so did the number of heated discussions. Some would even resort to personal attacks. That night was destined to be filled with unrest!
[I am Y, it’s half an hour until publication. Get your chapters ready by then. You can start uploading once our system’s updated.] Yogurt reminded him on QQ.
[Yes, understood.]
[Just ignore the flame war. Your results are good. Just let your results do the talking!] Yogurt added.
Time passed slowly.
Just before the publication, Tieba once again flared up with activity. 3Logs had uploaded a blank chapter!
[Recently, some newbie got too arrogant. The number of words I have published is open to all of you, over 12 million words, while a certain rookie has only published somewhere over 200 thousand words. It pains me that this rookie started to lose track of his place after some minor achievements. I hereby warn those rookies that steps must be taken one at a time, the rice must be eaten spoon by spoon. If you eat all of it in one go, you won’t turn fat, but instead, you would choke yourself to death!
Dear fans of Under the Heavens, the new month has come. I’ll teach that rookie a lesson in October. I’ll wait for you on the monthly vote rankings!]
A challenge!
The rookie mentioned in that statement was without a doubt, Ye Lingchen!
The monthly vote was extremely important to a novel. The monthly rankings was where a novel would showcase its results. All authors would wish to see their books listed on the monthly rankings. That was an affirmation of their achievements!
One can only be given the monthly vote after being published.
That was a challenge!
3Logs was planning to haze Celestial Bane. It was obvious that he wanted to suppress Celestial Bane on the monthly rankings!
