Chapter 113: A single post, ten thousand people gather together

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  A lone arrow pierces the clouds, a thousand troops and ten thousand horses come to meet each other.

  Time: July 10th, 2006, evening

  Location: The "Northwest Gate" of Changsha, Hunan Province, on both sides of National Highway in Huangjin Town

  Figures: Composed of several thousand people wearing uniform clothing and hats leading a crowd of thousands in casual clothes.

  "My goodness, our 'Boss' is really famous! On such a hot day, just because of the post he made this morning, several thousand people have gathered here!"

  "What's this? Haven't you seen the reports on TV and in the newspapers? The day before yesterday, the "Boss" was in Taoyuan County, that was really scary! As soon as people heard he was coming, more than 4,000 tourists and locals surrounded him in just over half an hour. The scene was magnificent! Even traffic was blocked, but fortunately the local police arrived in time. And luckily the "Boss" had already announced that he wouldn't sign autographs, otherwise his wrist would probably be swollen!"

  "Cut, why didn't you mention yesterday's Yi Yang? Although our "Boss" had already posted on Baidu Tieba and the "official website", hoping that everyone would not go to crowd around him, even if they did, they wouldn't get an autograph. But when he rode his bike in and started performing, weren't there still thousands of people surrounding him, applauding and cheering? Even a dozen or so people climbed trees, almost causing injuries."

  Anyway, the number of people who like idols is increasing, I heard that in the "gang", our "Xiangnan Hall" has now climbed to second place with 2.2 million gang members, second only to the idol's hometown Bashu Hall's 3.1 million people, surpassing the original second-place Yongzhou Hall's 1.92 million people

  "Are we going against the heavens? Some fans who also call themselves 'bro' often boast that their idol, Spring Brother's fanbase is the largest, whether registered or not. Now they're speechless? Our Xiao Sao Alliance was established for only around 10 days, but our members are about to break through 10 million, and the members on Tieba are almost breaking through 60 million! Meanwhile, Spring Brother's fans are less than 10 million, haha, look at them, do they still have the face to boast everywhere?"

  "How can you still be like this? The idol has already clearly expressed his attitude during the interview with reporters, telling us not to provoke trouble everywhere and to show the quality of excellent fans. What's the point of arguing about it? As long as they don't come to our bar and leave messages talking nonsense, that's fine."

  "Yes, anyway our Xiaosha gang is now well-known throughout the country. In these two days, which TV station, newspaper or website has not reported on us? We are much stronger than that rotten corn gang, why bother comparing ourselves to them again? That would simply lower our momentum and status!"

  "I don't know what my idol will perform this time in Changsha, but the other day at Zhang Jie's house, he played several ethnic minority instruments, oh my god, he's so amazing and talented! In just one week, he learned so many instruments, even my parents saw the report and no longer oppose me being his fan. Indeed, he is a freak with musical talent!"

  "What the? I think his bounce is actually the real abnormality! Haven't you seen the news reports of him jumping over a reporter's shoulder before? That day at Zhang Jie's house, he performed an incredible windmill dunk with a reverse 360-degree spin, and the height of his jump was at least over 1.2 meters high, which is something that even those NBA stars worth tens of millions of dollars can't do!"

  "If your idol were to train with Mutombo for a year or two, do you think he could make it to the NBA? He's only 18 years old now, and just based on his jumping ability, he'll be making big bucks in no time. At the very least, he can bring back a slam dunk contest championship for us."

  "Go, what a waste of Xiao Su's artistic talent! Playing basketball is simply a waste of his gift, and no matter how good your jumping ability is, you still need basketball talent! Without talent, no matter how hard you train, it's all in vain."

  "So you think if Xiao Guo were to reveal his dunking skills from the free throw line, wouldn't that scare those foreigners who say our yellow people can't fly?"

  "Of course, haven't you seen the video of Idol's super dunk being reposted countless times on NBA (N8) and basketball forums? It's hilarious that many basketball fans are now comparing Idol to those "Flying Men" in the NBA, and some fans have even left comments on our forum (official website), calling for Idol to train and play basketball, and then directly enter the NBA!"

  "Hmph, compared to idols, those stars who think they're good at playing basketball are simply trash! He just doesn't want to take the path of a professional athlete, otherwise, if he couldn't become the first guard in the NBA, at least becoming the first guard in Asia would be a sure thing!"

  "Cough, cough, haven't we gone a bit too far? This time, our idol is coming to Changsha for the first time to participate in a TV show, and it's even the super popular variety show "Happy Camp", do you think he will show off one or two other skills?"

  "My goodness, the idol's first concert is really making me want to go and support in person! Unfortunately, I didn't get tickets, the organizer was really unfair, only 500 tickets were available but half of them were given to people from other fan clubs who came to attend, now I can only watch on TV."

  "No way, as the leader of the group, I have to have a broad vision, right? When it's time to record the show and Teacher He asks where everyone is from, it would be even more impressive if we're from all over the country. That would make our carefree and fierce image stand out!"

  "That's right, the boss said in the group at that time, when he called the TV program team to ask for tickets, he told the program team that this time there will be brothers and sisters from all over the country. He also hoped that the host can bring up this matter as a question at that time, so that our brothers and sisters in the gang can show how united they are and how strong their fighting spirit is."

  "Hey, look quickly, now it seems like there are even more people, can't see the edge at all, could there be tens of thousands of people?"

  "Really? This is too much, right? It seems like there were only over 2,500 of us wearing cultural shirts and hats, how did it suddenly increase now? No way, I have to call the boss to ask, are these people fake?"

  "What a fake! These were just brought back from the printing and dyeing factory for distribution, yesterday I heard that the idol must arrive today, so everyone in the group was eager to buy a set of equipment, so the boss found a printing and dyeing factory overnight, and rushed to produce 1000 sets overnight, this is just in time."

  "Alright, then we'll all need a set each, right? If we put in an order with a garment factory, even if one set only costs over 20 yuan, that's still at least tens of millions of orders!"

  "Haha, this is the style of our carefree people! Now on Baidu Tieba and official website, there are messages from brothers and sisters everywhere. Many of them have already received their equipment and are just waiting for their idols to arrive, then they will immediately take action to express their likes and admiration!"

  "Yesterday, there was a breaking news online that our idol is about to sign an endorsement contract with a candy company in our province. It seems like she'll be filming an ad with Sun Li too, not sure if it's true or false though. I really like Sun Li, she has the aura of a virtuous wife and good mother."

  "Dude, your news is a bit outdated. Actually, more than a week ago, we saw a registered member post on the bar that Xiaoshaoge might endorse a food company, and even compete with Sun Li together! At that time, everyone didn't believe it and scolded him for seeking attention and replies."

  "But then I saw on Xinlang Net that my idol is going to sign endorsement contracts with a sports equipment company in Fujian Province and a bicycle company in Jiangsu Province. The amounts seem quite large, at least 1 million/year!"

  "Haha, this is great! What does it prove? It proves that our idol has gained recognition from the masses! Otherwise, why would those businessmen be eager to give you money?"

  ……

  Just as the crowd was murmuring and everyone was laughing and chatting, someone suddenly shouted: "Stop making noise, look! The boss is here!"

  "Ah? The idol (Boss, Cool Brother) has arrived?"

  Everyone almost instantly shut up and then looked up at the direction of the national highway.

  Under the sunset, a man with an unclear face is slowly approaching on his bicycle. The sunset behind him adds an unparalleled brilliance to him, so dazzling and radiant.

  P.S: This chapter is really not a fill-in chapter, mainly because it's too troublesome to write in a jumping manner, some things must be explained, hope everyone won't feel uncomfortable!

  It seems like I've given up on this book. With less than 4,000 words collected so far, there's nothing much to say...