The news that " Walking the Flower Road Together " is going to air made Yi Yangfan the most unhappy, not the celebrities who didn't appear on the variety show.
The term "Four Top Celebrities" was assigned by their fans.
The first is Shen Du, a film actor who has won the Best Actor award.
Second is Gu Yan, who started as a singer and dancer and successfully transitioned into acting.
Third is Lu Heng, a regular on variety shows, with high national recognition.
Fourth is Yi Yangfan.
Yi Yangfan is 28 years old this year and has been in the entertainment industry for ten years.
He debuted in a boy band for the first five years, and later went solo and transitioned to acting.
She has four representative works, two period dramas and two Hyundai, all of which have achieved viewership ratings of over 1%, but they have always fallen short of becoming true blockbusters.
He has acted in three movies, with a combined box office of less than one billion yuan. He played the third male lead in the movie with the best reputation.
His commercial value is not bad, but it's not top-tier either.
She holds endorsement deals for a mid-range luxury brand's ready-to-wear line, a domestic watch brand's brand ambassadorship, and a regional endorsement deal for a skincare product.
High-end luxury brands also had one, a close friend of a long-established France brand in China, but the contract was not renewed after it expired. Everyone in the industry knows that it was because the brand felt that his image was not up to par.
Fan loyalty is decent, but casual viewership is average.
He's been stuck in fourth place for two years.
Unable to go up, unable to come down.
But this position brought him tangible income and status, and he didn't want to lose it.
Yi Yangfan has been following Cheng Che ever since he became famous.
He went through all of Cheng Che's files.
A top Zhuangyuan in the college entrance examination, a tennis Champion, a newcomer to variety shows, a leading man in TV dramas, a spokesperson for Wilson, and he released a song called " Chasing the Wind ".
They were in a completely different league from him in every single event, yet they performed better than him in every single one.
This made him very uncomfortable.
What made him even more uncomfortable was Cheng Che's face.
When Yi Yangfan first saw Cheng Che's photo, his immediate reaction was, "Did he get plastic surgery?"
My second reaction was, "She definitely had plastic surgery."
My third reaction was to search for posts analyzing plastic surgery procedures.
Indeed, some people have raised doubts.
When Cheng Che first became popular, the internet was full of comments about "plastic surgery," "face transplant," and "over-packaging."
Some say he had his nose done, some say he had his jawline shaved, and some say he had his eyes widened.
But someone quickly proved them wrong.
A verified plastic surgeon on Weibo posted a long article specifically analyzing Cheng Che's facial changes.
He compared Cheng Che's photos from his three years of high school and concluded that there were no signs of plastic surgery.
"If it were jaw reduction surgery, there would be obvious contour breaks; if it were rhinoplasty, there would be implant shadows; if it were canthoplasty, there would be scar hyperplasia. Cheng Che's face has none of these characteristics. His changes are gradual and even, in line with the laws of natural development."
Then Spring City No. 13 Middle School made its move.
The school's official account posted an update titled "We are proud of Cheng Che ".
The accompanying images are a nine-grid layout, each one a screenshot from the classroom surveillance camera.
The screenshots span from the beginning of the first year of high school to the second semester of the third year, totaling more than ninety photos.
The school arranged them into three sets of nine-square grids, showcasing Cheng Che's complete transformation from his first year of high school to his third year.
In his first year of high school, his face was still round, and his features had not fully developed.
In my second year of high school, my jawline began to become more defined, and the three-dimensionality of my brow bone and bridge of my nose improved significantly.
By the time he reached his senior year of high school, he seemed to have been polished, with more defined features and clearer eyes.
But the school uniforms, seats, and classroom backgrounds in each photo are different; the only constant is that he is there every day.
There was no gap, no disappearance, and no recovery period after cosmetic surgery.
With over ninety photos displayed together, anyone with eyes can see that this is a boy's gradual growth over three years.
An expert gave an interview:
"Male skeletal development naturally occurs later than females, and for some men, their jawbone, brow bone, and nasal bone may not be fully formed until their early twenties. In addition, hormonal fluctuations during late puberty can cause a period of rapid growth in height, muscle mass, and skin condition. With proper skincare, posture training, and hairstyling, the visual difference can be very significant."
Finally, the expert added, "Simply put, this means it has fully developed."
This interview video has been shared tens of thousands of times.
In the comments section, those who had previously made sarcastic remarks about "plastic surgery" have either deleted their comments or fallen silent.
Cheng Che's fans were elated and triumphant in the super topic.
[I knew it! He's been handsome since he was a kid, there's no way he'd had plastic surgery.]
[My Che Baby has just grown up, and he's undeniably handsome!]
[To those who say he had plastic surgery, do you have over ninety CCTV screenshots of your brother?]
[He's still growing at eighteen, he'll be even more handsome in a couple of years, isn't that infuriating?]
[My Che Baby's face is original, original, original!]
Yi Yangfan saw these things while he was in the dressing room of his studio.
He put down his phone and glanced at himself in the mirror.
At 28, I have fine lines around my eyes and nasolabial folds.
The makeup artist is covering up his dark circles.
My skin isn't as good as it was in my early twenties, and the marks left by staying up all night filming are becoming increasingly difficult to cover up.
Eighteen years old.
Cheng Che is only eighteen years old.
And it's said that he's getting even more handsome.
Yi Yangfan took a deep breath and placed his phone face down on the table.
He stopped watching.
He wanted to see just how Cheng Che would act on the variety show.
No matter how strong the fan filter is, they'll always show their weakness on variety shows. He's waiting to see Cheng Che embarrass himself.
Across the country, countless people share the same mindset as Yi Yangfan.
But many people are genuinely waiting.
In Yan Ruanning's studio, the projector was on, and the video platform interface was already set up on the screen.
Xiao Zhou sat on the sofa, hugging a cushion, looking expectant.
Yan Ruanning sat on the single chair next to her, holding a cup of hot milk in her hand, her eyes fixed on the screen.
She was actually a little nervous.
She knew about Cheng Che's performance in the South Korea episode.
Airport, Gwangjang Market, cooking.
She had seen Reuters' reports and screenshots.
But she didn't watch the full program.
She wanted to see how the production team would edit him into a certain image.
Su Miaoyin was sprawled on the sofa in her luxurious villa in Shandong.
Her phone was on the coffee table, its screen lit up, displaying the reservation page for a video platform.
With five minutes left before the broadcast, she stared at the countdown and suddenly felt that five minutes was a very long time.
Pei Jingshu was in Seoul, sitting cross-legged on her dormitory bed.
With her phone propped up in front of her, before the screen loaded, she frowned and muttered a Korean phrase to the viewer.
Why are there no Korean subtitles?
Jin Zhixiu peeked out from the bed next to her. "Can't you learn some Chinese?"
Pei Jingshu ignored her and turned the volume up a little.
Time is up.
" Walking the Flower Road Together: South Korea Edition" premieres.
When the screen lights up, it shows a distant view of an airport terminal.
Sunlight streamed in through the floor-to-ceiling windows, and outside the glass was a helipad where an airplane was taxiing.
Then the camera zooms in.
Cheng Che stood inside the terminal building.
He had just taken his sunglasses off his face, his fingers still resting on the temples, his face slightly turned to the side, sunlight shining on him.
Behind them were huge floor-to-ceiling windows. Su Jianqiu's hand was suspended in mid-air, Ning Qing's cup was at her lips, Huang Ming had his arm around Zhou Yuan's shoulder, and Zhou Yuan's mouth was open in an "O" shape.
Further on, several female staff members huddled together, some covering their mouths, others forgetting to steady themselves after their documents were askew.
This is that Iconic Moment.
The comments section paused for 0.5 seconds.
Then it exploded.
[Holy shit! Holy...
[Is this a variety show? Or is this a TV drama?]
[This lighting, this composition, this freeze-frame—how many takes did the director have to do???]
Would you believe me if I said this was staged?
[This wasn't staged; I watched the behind-the-scenes footage, and it's a genuine candid shot.]
[ The Cheng Che took off his sunglasses, I was stunned.]
[Help! Why is he so handsome even when he's spacing out?]
I saw Su Jianqiu swallow hard.
[I took a screenshot the second Ning Qing held the cup to her lips.]
[The male staff member behind me put out his cigarette, it cracked me up]
[Is this the Iconic Moment of " Cheng Che taking off his sunglasses"?]
[I was there, I can vouch for it, everyone was stunned.]
I've watched this scene ten times, and I want to watch it ten more times.