Chapter 121: Celebrities Compete to Imitate, Who is the Queen of Self-Derision?
Surprise! When it comes to the Guangxi dialect, I only submit to Jiang Yun!
Jiang Yun frowned as he tapped to open the video. The screen displayed a clip of himself singing in a hotel room.
"Isn't this the video I recorded this morning?"
Jiang Yun opened the comments section, and sure enough, every comment was a resounding "Hi! Jiang Yun!"
"What kind of meme is this?"
Jiang Yun began scrolling through the hot comments.
"Jiang Yun little cow sits on power lines, awesome with lightning!"
"Jiang Yun little cow sits on a plane, awesome soaring high!"
"Jiang Yun is awesome!"
"Jiang Yun little cow, ah!"
"Jiang Yun is awesome! The Guangxi dialect is awesome!"
"Singing the Guangxi song, Jiang Yun is unparalleled! No rebuttal allowed!"
"Hi! Jiang Yun! I'm your cousin!"
"I'm your cousin plus one."
"I'm your cousin plus 10086."
Jiang Yun's mouth twitched in a helpless smile. It turned out to be because of this.
"Ah~ So that's it. It really is because of this!"
Jiang Yun was about to close his phone when a notification suddenly sounded.
"Ding! Your friend He Ling has released a new dynamic!"
Jiang Yun opened the notification, revealing a video. He tapped to play it.
"I am free like the wind,
Just like your tenderness,
Impossible to hold back~"
In the video, He Ling cradled a guitar, pretending to strum it before launching into an imitation of singing in the Guangxi dialect.
"Gegege!" Jiang Yun laughed dryly.
"Ding! Your friend Zhou Lun has released a new dynamic!"
"Brother Zhou has released a new dynamic too. Let's see what it is!"
Jiang Yun tapped the notification, and it was another video.
Jiang Yun clicked to open it, and he froze on the spot.
In the video, Zhou Lun rapped directly in the Guangxi dialect, seamlessly adapting Jiang Yun's "I Am Free Like the Wind" into a rap verse.
Watching Zhou Lun's performance, Jiang Yun nearly choked from laughter.
"Ding! You have a private message!"
Jiang Yun opened the message: "Hello, Mr. Jiang Yun. I am Lin Junjie. I would like to obtain the adaptation rights for your song 'I Am Free Like the Wind.' Please rest assured, I will pay the copyright fee!"
Jiang Yun replied, "Just contact my agent and assistant directly!"
"Ding!"
"Good!"
Jiang Yun sent a WeChat to Li Lulu: "Someone wants to obtain the secondary creation copyright for 'I Am Free Like the Wind.' If you agree, that's fine!"
"Ding!"
"Good boss!"
Jiang Yun had not been so generous as to let others create freely. As for why Zhou Lun and He Ling had not greeted him, it was because they were friends with Jiang Yun!
Time passed, and by evening, nearly half the male artists in the entertainment industry had secondary created "I Am Free Like the Wind." Thanks to this song, Jiang Yun directly earned a full pot of money.
However, until now, no female artist had secondary created it.
"Ding! Your friend Li Mengya has released a new dynamic!"
"Mengya released a dynamic?" Jiang Yun had not even had time to tap before another notification popped up.
"Ding! Your friend Wang Fengwan has released a new dynamic!"
"Wang Fengwan also released a dynamic?" Jiang Yun first opened Li Mengya's dynamic.
It was a video. Jiang Yun tapped to play.
In the scene, Li Mengya and Wang Fengwan appeared, shouting in the Guangxi dialect, "Cousin, I'm out!"
Jiang Yun was completely speechless, black lines forming on his forehead. These two really dared to self-deprecate!
In the video, Li Mengya and Wang Fengwan sang a duet in the Guangxi dialect.
"I am free like the wind,
Just like your tenderness,
Impossible to hold back~"
Two gorgeous women, speaking the Guangxi dialect and shouting "Cousin, you're out," was simply too absurd to describe.
Jiang Yun opened Wang Fengwan's video as well, which contained the exact same content as Li Mengya's.
Jiang Yun was speechless: "These two really dared to self-deprecate!"
But Li Mengya and Wang Fengwan's imitation video caused an immediate explosion online.
The last line of defense for female artists in the entertainment circle had completely collapsed.
In less than half an hour, celebrities whose names could be called in the entertainment industry competed to release imitation videos.
"Ding! Your friend Guan Tong has released a new dynamic."
Jiang Yun tapped to open it, and it was another Guangxi dialect secondary creation.
"Ding! Your friend Zheng Ling has released a new dynamic."
"Now that's perfect. Even the female artists have fallen!"
Jiang Yun tapped Zheng Ling's dynamic. Zheng Ling's was particularly interesting. Zheng Ling's was not only a dialect imitation secondary creation but also added a plot and was shot like a mini-movie short video.
Zheng Ling wore blue work clothes, with a quirky appearance and humorous lines: "The assembly line doesn't believe in tears. Screws broken by hand are disabled. Post-00s venture into society. You call me factory girl, and I'll spend the rest of my life with you!"
Then a boy appeared.
Zheng Ling looked at the boy and said, "Factory guy, when I entered the factory, the agent said I was the prettiest girl. You date me, and I'll help you with the screws!"
The boy fled in panic.
Zheng Ling cried while running: "There's no love in the factory!"
"?" Jiang Yun looked and burst out laughing.
"Lingjie actually invited Shen Luo to cooperate!"
Jiang Yun tapped the comments, and the dynamic was filled with comments.
"Now the female artist circle has also fallen!"
"Hello? Is this the mental hospital? Bed plus one!"
"Self-deprecation queen!"
"Now that's good. Let's see who the self-deprecation queen is!"
"Rooar! The self-deprecation queen belongs to my Mengya goddess!"
Secondary creation on the internet grew increasingly intense, but these matters had nothing to do with Jiang Yun anymore.
Jiang Yun had already boarded the plane heading to Xiangxiang. Jiang Yun currently had no grand plans.
He only hoped that "Towards Life" and "The Voice" would finish recording the twelfth episode smoothly. After that, he would no longer take variety shows regularly, only occasionally appearing as a special guest on variety shows, not as a fixed host.
Accepting to be a fixed guest for "Towards Life" and "The Voice" had been somewhat helpless. At that time, his fame had not yet shown, so there was really nothing to be picky about.
Now it was different. In the future, his main career would be shooting films and television dramas and singing. Said more ambitiously, it would include directing films and television dramas himself.
Jiang Yun walked out of the airport, and a Cadillac was already waiting.
Jiang Yun got into the car, and the driver started it, driving away.
Jiang Yun arrived at the intersection leading to the Mushroom House. This was his seventh time at this intersection.
Each time he came here, his career situation differed.
Each visit saw his career rise one level. It seemed he had to thank the Mushroom House.
Jiang Yun looked up at the blue sky and sighed, "In two months, it will be New Year. Ah~"
"Jiang Yun guest, what are you sighing about standing there?" the director asked mischievously.
Jiang Yun was somewhat speechless and walked toward the Mushroom House.
"Ding ling ling!"
Jiang Yun's phone rang.
Jiang Yun took out the phone and checked it. It was an unfamiliar number.
Jiang Yun feared missing important calls, so he usually answered unknown numbers.
Jiang Yun pressed to answer.
"Hello? Hello, is this Mr. Jiang Yun?"
"Yes, it is me! May I ask who is calling?"
"Mr. Jiang Yun, I am Li Lihong. I originally wanted to call your assistant's number, but after thinking it over, I decided to call you personally!"
The first half and the second half, Jiang Yun had not listened to at all. Jiang Yun only heard the three words Li Lihong.
"Hongjie?" Jiang Yun was so surprised his voice even changed.
"If among the people you know, there is no second person called Hongjie, then it should be me!"
Jiang Yun calmed his emotions, calmed himself down, and made sure to act neither humble nor arrogant: "Hongjie, what do you need me for?"
"Knowing it's a question but pretending not to know!"