Xu Zifan was abroad, so of course he couldn't cook and send food to them. He asked Feng Xuanqi to choose a beautiful lipstick color and give away 100 of them in a raffle, which would be shipped directly back from abroad.
There's no more delicious food, but fans still love the lipstick!
The lucky draw results sparked another round of excitement, with many fans who didn't win asking to buy the lipstick online, hoping to transfer it to those who weren't so keen on it.
Passersby were dumbfounded. What was this? After going public with their relationship, they inexplicably switched to talking about food and then lipstick. Why was they acting so unpredictably?
It's unbelievable that such a huge event as Xu Zifan, a young idol with so many fans, could have his relationship announced so peacefully. It's another phenomenal event in the entertainment industry, one that probably no one can imitate or surpass.
Once the fans calmed down, they immediately looked into Feng Xuanqi's life and were shocked to discover that she was incredibly talented. She was born into wealth and privilege, excelled academically from a young age, skipped two grades, and was immediately admitted to one of the top five universities in the world after graduating from high school. Even though she had to end her studies early due to family circumstances, she still earned a bachelor's degree.
After taking over the family company, she became an iron-fisted queen, single-handedly defeating all the monsters and demons, successfully protecting her family's business, and in a short period of time, she cleaned up the company and developed rapidly, just one step away from becoming the industry leader.
Fans searched for details about how Xu Zifan and Feng Xuanqi met and fell in love, and discovered that everything was actually traceable.
From the very beginning, when Xu Zifan was embroiled in trouble, Feng Xuanqi single-handedly recruited him to the prestigious Shenghuang Entertainment, to the welcoming banquet that Feng Xuanqi would always host whenever Xu Zifan returned to Beijing, to Xu Zifan's access to top-tier resources and powerful public relations, to presenting him with his Best Actor award in public, and then, on Valentine's Day, boldly announcing their relationship.
Some people noticed the keyword "100 days" in Xu Zifan's Weibo post and traced it back to when Xu Zifan won an award. Looking back at what Xu Zifan said at that time, they suddenly felt that it was so sweet. The two of them are like a romantic love story that is more beautiful than a movie!
The fanbase for Xu Zifan and Feng Xuanqi as a couple grew rapidly, with fans digging for sweet moments and finding every loving instant between them. All their interactions became proof of their sweet romance in the eyes of the fans.
Xu Zifan's public announcement of his relationship directly boosted the box office of his new movie. Fans watched it two or three times, saying they wanted to see what Xu Zifan was like in love. Many casual viewers also went to see it out of curiosity. The movie's reputation grew, and its box office revenue continued to climb.
It's already quite an achievement for a romance film to be considered good by everyone. This movie also became a dark horse among the films released at the same time, successfully making a comeback to become the number one at the box office and leaving the second place far behind, achieving great success.
This is certainly partly due to Xu Zifan's public announcement of his relationship, but it also proves the excellence of the film's plot and lead actors; at least among films of the same genre, it is a leader.
The director was overjoyed and specially gave Xu Zifan a large red envelope to thank him for his intangible publicity, and also expressed his desire to work together again.
Xu Zifan's three consecutive films were box office champions, and his box office appeal and acting skills have won the greatest recognition from the audience. He has firmly established himself as a top star. He is a star who combines strength and idol appeal, and his unique style is that of a food-loving celebrity. "Rising star" is not enough to describe his popularity. Compared with Tan Yi, he is definitely the winner.
The original owner's wish was for Xu Zifan to become so famous that Tan Yi would look up to him, to always be more famous than Tan Yi, and to find a girlfriend with a higher status than Bai Xue. Now that both of these goals have been achieved, Xu Zifan's life is much easier.
Tan Yi's situation wasn't so good. Bai Xue became increasingly indifferent to him, and if he wanted to surpass Xu Zifan, he had to please Bai Xue to get resources.
No matter how clever his methods were, once the feelings faded and he broke free from the limitations of being love-struck, Bai Xue could still see his cautiousness and ingratiation, and naturally felt that he had become much lower.
However, Tan Yi treated her better and better, almost obeying her every command. He was also tall and handsome, and such a gentle and considerate boyfriend was hard to find, which is why she didn't break up with him. But her attitude changed a lot, from her original affection to her current bossiness. She herself also became more spoiled without realizing it, while Tan Yi was oppressed by her and became more repressed, often suffering from insomnia and smoking one cigarette after another in the middle of the night.
Tan Yi was busy filming as soon as he got the resources, not wanting to be outdone by Xu Zifan. However, he was too ambitious and spent too much energy on scheming, making his acting too technical and lacking in spirit.
He went to great lengths to snag a Lunar New Year film that he thought would be a huge hit, but it failed to make a splash at all. During the festive season, it was completely overshadowed by Xu Zifan's Lunar New Year film and was even compared to Xu Zifan's.
The more successful Xu Zifan was, the more ridiculed he became. He wanted to compete with Xu Zifan, but he was completely outmatched. He also heard that the director of his movie got drunk and complained to someone that he ruined a good script, which made him very angry.
However, that wasn't the worst of it. He spent two or three months working on the film crew, and after filming, he was busy promoting it everywhere. He didn't have time to contact Bai Xue. When the box office results for the Lunar New Year film came out, he wanted to go to Bai Xue to confide in her, only to find that there was another man in Bai Xue's house!
He was furious and immediately lost his temper, getting into a fight with the man. In the blink of an eye, he was sidelined.
It turns out that the man was the marriage prospect Chairman Bai had chosen for Bai Xue. He was a good match for the Bai family, as they ran a chain of cinemas. The two families had already agreed on the marriage and were about to announce the wedding date. Chairman Bai...
The chairman, of course, had to give an explanation, and that explanation was to directly sideline Tan Yi.
Tan Yi never expected that this kind of thing would happen to him. He was a reborn person. He knew a lot about the movies and variety shows that would become popular in the future. He knew some of the artists' secret private affairs and when they would fall. He could seize many opportunities.
He even managed to win over Bai Xue, and if things had gone smoothly, he could have reached the top of the entertainment industry and become the chairman of a leading entertainment company. Why is all of that gone now?!
Tan Yi was unwilling, extremely unwilling, but then Xu Zifan went public with her relationship, becoming a hot topic again, making them seem like worlds apart.
Not daring to oppose the Bai family, he simply went abroad and spent money to hire online trolls to spread dubious rumors that Xu Zifan had low education, relied on sleeping with others to obtain resources, and was being kept by Feng Xuanqi.
Shao Hua immediately reported to Xu Zifan. After reading the revelations, Xu Zifan laughed and said, "[It's time to see how well I've built up this image.]"
At first, Shao Hua didn't understand what he meant, but she soon discovered that netizens' first reaction to these materials was to respond sarcastically.
[So what if he has a low level of education? Are celebrities now required to be academic high-achievers? Kris Wu has never cultivated an academic persona, so what's wrong with his educational background?]
[Fan Ge is being kept? If he wanted to be kept, would he have fared so badly at Lihua? Even Su Yanchen, who was kept by a rich young woman, could bully him. If he wanted a sugar daddy, wouldn't he have a line of people lining up to stand up for him and get revenge with just a word?]
[Fan Ge is a celebrity who refuses to be tainted by the unspoken rules of the industry, unlike those scumbags like Li Hua! Besides, he cooks so well, if he were willing to be kept, we'd crowdfund to support him! We'd give him anything he wanted, just so we could eat his food!]
[Just because you're warming someone's bed doesn't mean you can get all those top-tier resources. Try doing that yourself! Fan Bingbing is a box office icon; countless directors want to work with him, resources are practically shoved in his face!]
[When CEO Feng said "Please guide me for the rest of my life," do you know what that means? It means they're locked in for life! CEO Feng is nicknamed the Iron-Blooded Queen; would she really go along with a kept man who's now officially dating her? This is clearly a legitimate boyfriend, the kind you'd spend your life with.]
Shaohua knows best what Xu Zifan has done. It looks back on every step Xu Zifan took after his time travel and is surprised to find that every step he took was meaningful.
Xu Zifan has the most loyal and combative fans, and he also has the highest public favorability among celebrities. Moreover, all foodies are his hidden fans and will definitely speak up for him in crucial moments.
No matter what rumors are circulating about him online now, no one will believe them unless there's solid evidence; in fact, people will automatically defend him. As long as he's not involved in prostitution, gambling, or drugs, no one can really smear him.
Not to mention, he also has the strongest backing. Although Feng Xuanqi is very lively and cheerful, when dealing with others, she is still the cold and ruthless iron-blooded queen.
Feng Xuanqi directly hired hackers to investigate and uncover Tan Yi, the mastermind behind it all. While dealing with Tan Yi, she turned her attention to Li Hua and declared war on him.
Feng Xuanqi had been preparing for more than half a year. Xu Zifan's progress had become the company's new selling point, and many high-quality artists had joined Shenghuang's ranks. On the contrary, Lihua suffered a great loss of reputation and was involved in a series of scandals, which led to the termination of contracts by some of its high-quality artists and a significant reduction in its strength.
Feng Xuanqi's actions this time were to vent Xu Zifan's anger and also to use this as a pretext to formally attack Li Hua.
She sent the evidence she found to Chairman Bai, regarding Tan Yi's actions as Li Hua's decision, and sought to settle accounts with Li Hua.
Feng Xuanqi came on strong and took a big bite out of Lihua with lightning speed, snatching away a lot of resources. No one can say that she was acting without a legitimate reason, since Lihua always targets Shenghuang's artists.
The cinema chain CEO, who had originally planned to arrange a marriage with the Bai family, immediately backed out and broke off his relationship with Bai Xue. Chairman Bai had been hoping to make up for the company's losses through this marriage, but now, with his ally gone, he suffered defeat after defeat and was completely outmatched by Feng Xuanqi, falling to second place.
Feng Xuanqi finally led the Holy Emperor to become the leading figure in the entertainment industry, and even her nickname changed from Iron-Blooded Queen to "Emperor Feng". Xu Zifan, the male friend she was angry with for the sake of her love, was called "Emperor's Husband". Unexpectedly, fans felt that this was very sweet and accepted her more, and they all wished them a long and happy life together.
Tan Yi never expected things to turn out this way. He knew he was finished and would never have a chance to make a comeback in the entertainment industry. He hid abroad and didn't dare to return to China.
But how could Chairman Bai let him off the hook after suffering such a huge loss? Chairman Bai ordered people to find loopholes in the contract and all of Tan Yi's past actions that did not comply with the contract, and sued Tan Yi, demanding a huge amount of compensation.
Tan Yi became a defendant and could no longer hide. After returning to China, he found himself in dire straits. He could only make a last-ditch effort, searching through all of Li Hua's artists, listing those who would cause problems in the future, and using their secrets to negotiate with Chairman Bai.
These celebrities include those who had illegitimate children during their marriages, those who were two-timing, those who were mistresses to wealthy businessmen, and those who were drug addicts.
Chairman Bai, looking at Tan Yi, whom he had once been so fond of and almost considered his son-in-law, was so enraged by Tan Yi's shamelessness that he nearly had a heart attack. In the end, Chairman Bai agreed not to pursue compensation, but on the condition that Tan Yi sign a lifetime contract with Lihua and remain with the company indefinitely. Tan Yi had no choice but to compromise; after all, he couldn't make it in the entertainment industry anyway, and being blacklisted by Lihua was no different from leaving the industry altogether.
Chairman Bai thoroughly investigated the information provided by Tan Yi and confirmed that those artists did indeed have problems. He immediately ordered people to deal with their issues, either by desperately covering them up or by abandoning them, gradually reducing resources and terminating their contracts.
It's just that Tan Yi could only pay attention to things that happened in his previous life.
The artists there naturally all had some fame. With Chairman Bai's actions, Lihua's strength was weakened considerably. He took his anger out on Tan Yi and no longer doted on Bai Xue as much as before. The entire Lihua, along with the Bai family, became chaotic and disorderly.
In contrast, Shenghuang has been developing better and better, and more and more steadily, since becoming the industry leader. Feng Xuanqi, just as Xu Zifan had said, gradually smiled more after the company stabilized. It just so happened that she changed after falling in love, and everyone said that Xu Zifan changed her.
Their relationship was as stable as their company. On the day Xu Zifan won the grand slam of awards, he proposed to Feng Xuanqi in public, letting everyone witness their love and receiving everyone's blessings.
On the day of their wedding of the century, Tan Yi was diagnosed with lung cancer. His excessive smoking had already led to its late-stage diagnosis. He was given a second chance at life, but not only was his life cut short, he also had to endure the agonizing torment of cancer.
He watched Xu Zifan's wedding livestream in a daze. In his past life, Xu Zifan was a thorn in his heart, and in this life, she still was.
He regarded Xu Zifan as an enemy, but Xu Zifan never mentioned him, as if he had never taken him seriously, let alone considered him a rival.
He clearly realized that there were some people who could never be surpassed by any means, and he could never beat Xu Zifan.
These clowns all disappeared from Xu Zifan's life, and Lihua also became increasingly weak as Chairman Bai grew older. After being handed over to Bai Xue, it struggled to survive and became just an ordinary small company.
Because of Tan Yi, Bai Xue could no longer wholeheartedly trust and love anyone, so she remained unmarried her whole life and kept some young male trainees as mistresses, living her life with regret and resentment.
While Shenghuang reigned supreme in the entertainment industry, Xu Zifan, after filming two international blockbusters, had his first child with Feng Xuanqi. He then withdrew from the entertainment industry to spend more time with his family.
Fans were naturally unhappy, but then Xu Zifan said he was going to open a restaurant. Miraculously, fans and passersby all supported his decision and wished him that after leaving the entertainment industry, his restaurants would open all over the world.
The controversy surrounding Xu Zifan's withdrawal from the entertainment industry subsided, and the trending topics were all about him opening a restaurant, making it a phenomenon once again.
This superstar, who is both talented and idol-like, has had everything related to food, from his rise to fame to his retirement from the entertainment industry. He is truly a breath of fresh air in the entertainment circle and can be described as unprecedented and unparalleled.
He left the entertainment industry, but his legend lives on. Whenever someone becomes a sensation or is severely criticized, people will mention Xu Zifan, talking about how he was back then and what happened to him later.
His fans are the only group who don't stop supporting their idol even after he leaves the industry, because they can still find him. He is the emperor's husband, he owns a chain of restaurants, and he even holds a giveaway every month. So they have a lot in common, and they can continue to support him.
Their idol is outstanding, and his fans are equally impressive. They often gather at Xu Zifan's restaurant, helping each other out when they know each other well, and some have even become close friends. Wherever they go, they are always polite and well-mannered, displaying high standards and earning the title of the most exemplary fans. This is all thanks to Xu Zifan's repeated reminders and heartwarming actions, which have benefited them for life.
Xu Zifan has been a role model for them all his life. He is successful in his career, and even after giving up the entertainment industry, he still managed to open a restaurant that is among the top in the country. He loves his family and is devoted to his family. He named his restaurant "Huangfu" (Royal Husband), which fans laugh at for showing off his love. But he has remained steadfast in this for his entire life, showing everyone that a man can be a good husband and a good father, and also showing everyone what responsibility and commitment are.
Those who become his fans are very fortunate because he sets a high standard, making it difficult for them to lower their expectations and settle for anyone. If they were to marry, they would only agree if their partner was responsible and dependable. Even if they don't marry, they can draw positive energy from Xu Zifan because he always says that people should rely on themselves and live life to the fullest.
He has unknowingly changed the lives of many people, including his friends, such as Chen Zaimin and Yi Xiao, who became famous because of him. His good relationships will last a lifetime, and his achievements are unmatched by many.
Many people who recall the time when he was universally criticized online as just a pretty boy feel like it was all a dream. That pretty boy is now the nation's top idol. Who knows how long his legend will last?