No one expected that Mu Li would bring such a huge surprise to the production team when he left "Vocal Creation Chapter"; the stage video of Mu Li and Fu Peiyao directly soared to the top spot on Kuaoyin, and the number of clicks was increasing crazily.
It's unclear whether it was Mu Li's fans or Fu Peiyao's fans who started it, but this stage was also hailed as Mu Li's first "God-tier" stage.
The term "God-tier stage" was coined by fans specifically to describe a performance that is incredibly shocking and simply cannot be surpassed.
No matter how well other stage performances are, at most, they can only reach the same level as this one.
With the release of this stage, Mu Li can now be considered a singer with a representative work.
Unlike Mu Li's previous stages, although those performances had great effects, the attention of other audiences was diverted by the Pokémon, with only his fans focusing on Mu Li.
There's even a fan group specifically for Sylveon on Weibo.
After this God-tier stage, Mu Li has truly become famous; everyone who watched the video is frantically searching for the audio source of the song, but naturally, they can't find it because the audio source is still in production.
Mu Li's fans once again started a meme; whenever Mu Li was mentioned, his fans would flood the comments with "A Li, stop playing around, come back and release an album."
The first major affected area was "Wonderful Life."
Many fans also finally discovered that the relationship between Mu Li and Fu Peiyao seemed a bit strange, and many fans even dug up the video of Mu Li's first meeting with Fu Peiyao.
This was Fu Peiyao's first time being involved in a scandal with a male celebrity, and the object of the scandal was just a small, newly debuted star, which made Fu Peiyao's fans somewhat unhappy.
Many fans directly went to Mu Li's Weibo to launch various attacks, cursing Mu Li, but everyone who knew Mu Li knew what kind of person he was—he rarely checked Weibo messages.
Mu Li didn't care, and Liu Yun cared even less.
Let them curse; the more they curse, the higher the popularity.
Fu Peiyao's rabid fans were determined to blast Mu Li, but they couldn't find him.
He wasn't online, and he had no offline activities.
This left those rabid fans completely bewildered; it was their first time encountering such a situation—they wanted to curse someone but couldn't find a target.
However, Mu Li not replying didn't mean Mu Li's fans wouldn't reply.
Although Mu Li's fans are usually quite laid-back, they are very united in such times; they don't engage in scold, they just go to Fu Peiyao's Weibo and leave blessing messages.
This completely infuriated the rabid fans.
But the more they reacted, the more actively Mu Li's fans stirred things up.
The result was this situation: Mu Li's fans were all leaving blessings on Fu Peiyao's Weibo, while Fu Peiyao's fans were cursing loudly on her Weibo.
Anyone unfamiliar with the situation who entered Fu Peiyao's Weibo couldn't tell who her actual fans were.
To prevent the two fan bases from going too far, both agencies finally stepped in, clarifying that the two were merely friends, which barely managed to quell the fans' anger.
Mu Li also gained another wave of fans because of this, directly breaking through 1,000,000 from the original 700,000, even though a significant portion of these newly added 300,000 fans were there to curse him.
Mu Li didn't ask for anything more; he earned the appearance fee, had a collaborative stage with Fu Peiyao, had a God-tier stage, gained fans, and increased his popularity—what more could he ask for?
After getting the benefits, he should just stay home and prepare for his new album.
Most people were satisfied with the handling of the "Vocal Creation Chapter" matter; only a few felt that Mu Li was at a disadvantage, leaving a God-tier stage for the production team as he left.
But Mu Li said that the production team paid him a lot, and as the saying goes, one doesn't hit a smiling person; since the production team had already spent the money, Mu Li was naturally willing to offer his performance.
The only one who expressed dissatisfaction with this matter was Mu Li's Hatterene at home.
Because her first performance ended before it even began.
Because of this, Hatterene directly blasted away all the Pokémon floating above the farm; every day, a large group of Pidgey, Staravia, Butterfree, and others were seen walking around on the ground, and even Dragonite and Giratina had to temporarily avoid her sharpness, sneaking out every day to fight.
Mu Li also shook his head, "I don't know what kind of stimulation this child received; why is she so targeted towards Flying-types? You're not Groudon, giving a Precipice Blades warning to anything that can fly."
Later, Gardevoir couldn't stand it anymore and took the child to hold a concert in the middle of the lake.
To escape the current situation, all Flying-type Pokémon on the farm came to participate in this concert.
Hatterene also didn't expect that so many Pokémon would come to support her.
This made the child go wild; every day, she pestered Gardevoir, asking when they could continue holding concerts, and Gardevoir had no choice but to return Hatterene to Mu Li.
Little Hatterene, Mu Li can handle her easily.
He had already prepared for Hatterene's arrangements.
Although Hatterene had joined the band, her basic keyboard knowledge was still very poor.
For this, Mu Li specially prepared a large number of teaching videos and reference books, so that Hatterene could diligently study keyboard-related knowledge.
Then Mu Li took out a stack of sheet music and threw it to Hatterene, saying with a good excuse: "These are all songs that need to be performed in the future; make sure you memorize them well."
As soon as she thought about performing, Hatterene stopped fussing and practiced these songs frantically every day.
The other members of the band were also happy to practice together; to avoid disturbing other Pokémon's rest, Gardevoir even specifically designated a silent barrier.
Life was finally peaceful.
Taking advantage of this time, Mu Li finally prepared the other songs for his first album.
He decided to continue with his previous plan for the title of his first album, basing it on the theme of "A Young Wanderer."
Currently, the album includes "like you as a friend," "stubborn," "Starry Day," and "If you don't do some things now, you'll never do them in your life."
Besides these four songs, Mu Li decided to include "You Used to Be a Teenager," "Chasing Dreams with a Passionate Heart," "Goodbye" (Zhang Zhenyue version), "Sunny Day," and "Youth Commemorative Album" in this album, and finally, add "Aim to Be a Pokémon Master!" (Tengger version) to mark the end of his youth.
As for "The Seventh Chapter of the Night," he'll release it as a single first.
"The work arrangements are basically like this." Mu Li was on the phone with Liu Yun. "What arrangements do you have next?"
Liu Yun said irritably, "Everyone else wishes they could rest more, but you act like a workaholic. But then again, your work schedule is too relaxed. I've accepted a travel variety show for you that requires going abroad for 21 days; you need to prepare in advance."
"A travel variety show? And it requires going abroad?" Mu Li couldn't help but frown. "I'm afraid that might be a bit difficult..."
Liu Yun seemed to have seen Mu Li's reaction through the phone; before Mu Li could finish speaking, Liu Yun added, "Pei Pei is one of the participating guests."
"When are we leaving?" Mu Li's brows immediately relaxed as he asked.
"I've had the production team handle all your documents and so on. The production team notified me that they should all be ready this week, and then we'll need to depart as soon as possible. The exact time should be next week," Liu Yun explained.
"Oh, right, my documents..." Mu Li frowned again. "It seems I'll have to go to the Imperial Capital."
"What are you going to the Imperial Capital for?" Liu Yun asked curiously.
"To get my documents sorted out!" Mu Li said irritably, "Do you think I'm someone who can just casually go abroad?"
"Oh, right!" Liu Yun suddenly said, "But didn't you go abroad before? How come nothing happened?"
Mu Li said helplessly, "I snuck out before. Do you understand 'smuggling'?"
Liu Yun seemed at a loss for words, remaining silent for a moment before saying, "Then you go and take care of it properly. Recently, you don't have anything else besides the album. Some small commercial performances and endorsements approached you before, but I directly rejected them."
"Alright, how's Wu Yao doing lately?" Mu Li asked.
"By the time you come back, his filming should be long over. What's wrong? Do you have plans?" Liu Yun asked.
"No plans, but after I return from the Imperial Capital, I'll go visit him on set. It's been a long time since we last met, and that kid keeps complaining that life on set is too boring," Mu Li said helplessly.
After hanging up the phone, Mu Li sent a message in his university dorm group chat: "Next stop, Imperial Capital, little Li, come pick me up quickly."
Mu Li directly booked an afternoon flight to the Imperial Capital; no fans knew about it throughout the journey, so naturally, there was no one to pick him up at the airport.
Speaking of fans, Mu Li's fans have really suffered.
Other idols, once they gain a bit of fame, wish the whole world knew about it; flight schedules, they'd even proactively post on Weibo, let alone commercial events.
But Mu Li, this guy, besides participating in some variety shows, barely leaves his house; he usually likes to stay at home, doesn't accept commercial events, and simply doesn't give his fans a chance to meet him.
Fans were also speechless and could only form a group chat, where they would send various Mu Li emojis every day to comfort themselves.
Mu Li naturally knew about this; as for how he knew, it was, of course, because he secretly used Liu Yun's phone to add himself to it. The group name was "Mu Li's Fan Gang."
This group had over a hundred people, and Liu Yun said they were all some of Mu Li's fan leaders.
Mu Li had only recently joined and hadn't even had time to read what people in the group were saying.
Mu Li's idea was, "Don't let me see anyone slandering me, or else I'll note it down in my little book, and when the fan meeting comes, I'll make them socially die on the spot."
What a terrifying Gligar.
By the time Mu Li got on the plane, the group chat also started to become active.