Fly's current fame in East Asia is far greater than his girlfriend Taylor's.
Although globally he can't yet compare to Taylor, because his traffic still needs time to solidify into true fame.
But at least in the East Asia region, Fly can already be considered one of the most famous celebrities in the entire United States, second only to a very few like Kobe and Jordan.
Therefore, news about him can easily reach the top of the trending list in the East Asia region.
And Fly's Weibo account, which he just verified a few days ago, has already gained over a million followers in just a few days since its creation. It can only be said that the power of chinese netizens is immense.
After a brief thought, Fly still decided to post on Weibo, which would also help solidify his popularity in East Asia.
"Honey, can I take a picture of your profile and post it on Weibo?" Although he knew Taylor most likely wouldn't mind, Fly still informed her.
Hearing this, Taylor slowly stirred after a few seconds and hummed through her nose, indicating her agreement.
Only then did Fly snap a picture of Taylor's profile, upload the image, and edit the caption: "A beautiful day starts with a sleeping pink pig..."
After Fly's Weibo post went out, his backend immediately showed 99+ notifications in just a few seconds.
[Wow, am I seeing this right? Is this Fly himself? Holy cow, this is a huge gain!]
[Fly? Honestly, this account doesn't seem to be run by an operator, otherwise why would there be a profile photo of "Taylor"?]
[Damn, look at his IP address, it's the United Kingdom! Besides Fly himself, who else could it be?]
[I knew it. It's 6 PM here, which is 10 AM in the United Kingdom. Gotta say, Fly definitely stayed up all night with "Taylor" yesterday, otherwise why would he just be waking up now?]
[Uh... may I humbly ask, isn't Fly a football player? Why is he only getting up now? This is too undisciplined. Not paying attention to his schedule at such a young age, how many years can his career last?]
[Holy crap! The commenter above is so preachy! What about Fly celebrating his girlfriend's birthday last night? Can't he rest after a birthday? You still need to point fingers here, how ridiculous! Even if, for the sake of argument, Fly's career declines early, he can still go back and inherit the family fortune. You don't need to worry about him here!]
[Well said. Some people in the comment section are used to being teachers online, they're even lecturing Fly now? His birth already guarantees him a lifetime of wealth and ease. A bunch of people earning three thousand RMB a month are here teaching a super rich second-generation heir whose dad is worth tens of billions of USD how to live. It's hilarious...]
[Hmph, I just don't like Fly. Why can he have a good dad and get a big celebrity girlfriend at such a young age, while I have to work laboriously here? I'm not convinced!]
[Just watch, Fly will ruin his health sooner or later if he keeps being so indulgent, his football career won't last long. Look at Cristiano Ronaldo, how disciplined he is, not even eating meat once a year, his physique is always great!]
[Holy cow, the commenter above who's a fan of Cristiano Ronaldo must have been brainwashed by the media, right? Cristiano Ronaldo doesn't eat meat for a year, do you believe that yourself? How would an athlete have the stamina to play football without eating meat? Chasing stars has really made your brain stupid...]
[I say, shouldn't we be focusing on the fact that Fly can actually post on Weibo in chinese? He actually knows chinese? That's rare, the news never mentioned this!]
[That is quite strange. Generally, many second-generation chinese immigrants no longer know chinese. It's extremely rare for a fourth-generation chinese immigrant like Fly to still know chinese. He hasn't forgotten his roots. Just for this point, I'm going to follow him.]
[Alright, maybe his posts are sent by his team, or the chinese was translated for him by his team using a translator to show us. Do you really think a fourth-generation chinese immigrant knows chinese? Don't get your hopes up here, just thinking about it shows it's unrealistic...]
After browsing through the comments, Fly saw this message, and his mind turned. He uncharacteristically replied to this comment: [Sorry, I actually do.]
As soon as the comment was posted, the comment section exploded!
[Holy cow! Fly himself actually replied, this is unbelievable! What day is it today, am I not awake yet?]
[Haters speak up! I told you my Yufei brother knows chinese, but you haters didn't believe it. Now your faces are smacking?]
[Yufei brother, I'm your fan, could you send me an autographed photo, please, please...]
[Pah! The shameless woman upstairs, actually trying to get Yufei brother's autographed photo for free, are you worthy? Yufei brother, can I add you as a friend? I'll send you my private photos, absolutely no censorship!!!]
[flying god, I'm an Arsenal fan and also your fan, you're too damn good! Arsenal is invincible this season! (Truly invincible, not a meme)]
[Fly, who do you think is stronger compared to Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo?]
[Brother Fei, I'm your real brother from different parents...]
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Seeing the enthusiastic chinese netizens, Fly suddenly had the illusion of being back in his previous life. The deep desire within him even prompted him to pick up his keyboard and battle these netizens for three hundred rounds!
However, Fly quickly regained his composure, because he knew that with his current status, he couldn't spend too much time online, otherwise it would make outsiders think he was very cheap.
So for many comments he wanted to reply to, he could only choose to ignore them.
As for the various private messages containing personal explicit photos, Fly didn't even glance at them, skipping them with strong willpower, fully displaying the demeanor of a good man.
Of course, Fly would absolutely never admit that it was because a sleepy little head suddenly landed on his shoulder, and he was afraid of Taylor seeing it, so he didn't browse.
"Hani, is this a chinese social media app?" Taylor looked at the densely packed chinese characters on the phone screen and immediately felt a headache.
Although she had a chinese father-in-law and a boyfriend who was a mixed-race chinese immigrant.
But while Taylor wasn't completely clueless about chinese, she was pretty close to it.
Some very common, simple chinese characters, if she were to recognize them one by one, she could barely make them out.
But when these characters formed a string of words, Taylor was completely lost.
Especially since the iPhone 4 screen was small to begin with, and it was already hard for Taylor with her nearsightedness to see, plus the densely packed chinese characters, what the heck could she understand?
All she felt was a headache.
Of course, not understanding the text didn't mean Taylor couldn't understand the pictures.
Fly swore that if Taylor saw those photos in his private message backend, she would definitely get jealous again, and all of Fly's efforts from yesterday would be for naught.
Taylor, who was extremely sensitive emotionally, simply could not accept even the slightest betrayal from her boyfriend, even if the betrayal hadn't actually happened.
At that time, she would immediately give Fly a "Scumbag Song," and Fly would truly be unable to cry even if he wanted to.
It's an injustice! He really didn't do anything!
Facing Taylor's question, Fly still answered her.
"Yes, this is a chinese social media app called 'Weibo'. Honey, you can also download it and try it. This will help you expand your market in China."
"You should know that China's economic development speed is changing rapidly every day. It won't be long before its GDP surpasses Japan and becomes the second-largest economy in the world."
Taylor nodded upon hearing this. Perhaps due to just waking up, her speech wasn't very clear, but Fly still understood.
"I know. My agent Payne has already told me that the future market prospects in China are very broad and that I should prepare in advance and enter China as early as possible to seize the market."
Halfway through speaking, Taylor turned to express another point:
"But I don't think it's really necessary. After all, I sing English songs, and chinese music is popular in China. There's no way I, an outsider, can compete with local chinese singers."
"Hani, music is not like sports. It's hard for people from different cultural backgrounds and lifestyles to have the same musical tastes. English songs are unlikely to be very successful in countries where chinese is the native language."
"I think it's better to prioritize cultivating the mainstream markets in Europe and America. Non-mainstream markets like China can be put aside for now."
After hearing Taylor's words, Fly opened his mouth, but ultimately it turned into a sigh.
Undeniably, Taylor was always so clear-headed. Perhaps this was why she achieved unparalleled success compared to other singers in her previous life.
If it were an ordinary celebrity after hearing their agent's analysis, they would definitely rush into the China market headfirst, regardless of anything, regardless of whether it was suitable or not, just get in first.
After all, the sheer fact that China has the world's largest population of over 1.3 billion is enough to drive those people crazy.
But in reality, many products, such as popular Black music like rap, rock, and hip-hop, find it difficult to resonate in the country of China.
Because chinese people don't have the rap and rock gene in their blood, they are mostly indifferent to such music.
Most chinese people would even consider such music to be mere noise, unpleasant to the ear!
It's undeniable that a small portion of people in this land do like this taste, but this type of person accounts for a negligible percentage of the entire population of China, even fewer than genuine football fans in China.
In this situation, how could that Black popular music flourish in China?
Not to mention music like rock and hip-hop, which are unpopular in China.
Even European and American pop music is far less popular in China compared to other regions.
Because chinese music has almost completely occupied the chinese music market, there is very little remaining share for foreign music.
Especially since the competitors of European and American music, besides the local powerhouse chinese music, also include Korean music and Japanese music.
Due to the cultural similarities between East Asian countries, Korean and Japanese pop music are even more prevalent in China than European and American pop music.
Facing this situation, Fly was also powerless and could only sigh.