MOGHA – 15

My Old Gong Has Amnesia

Chapter 15

Translator: Keisotsuna

Afterwards, for no apparent reason, this sentence went viral.

At first, the whole network was looking for the identity of the newcomer. Anyway, the internet is already so developed that even if there hadn’t been any official photos, there would definitely be a few photos in some corners of the web. However, no matter how they look for it, this little newcomer seems to have popped out of nowhere. There was no trace of him prior to the film “The Legend of the Swordsman”.

Just as all the face powder were discouraged and their curiosity were evoked, the official microblog of “The Legend of the Swordsman” updated their list of casts and the “Master of the Star Tower” was impressively included!

^{* face powder : From what I can understand, the word “powder” is a slang used to refer to fans. So when you say “face powder” this refers to fans who were attracted to the idol/celebrity for his face.}

As a result, the masses were excited and followed the name behind the @ symbol on Weibo and found that the evil and arrogant ‘Master of the Star Tower’ with an otherworldly beauty was actually a newcomer! The authentication information only contained a few lines —— Ye Shanshan, Youli Entertainment’s signed actor.

That’s it.

After that, there was only one microblog article.

In the film “The Legend of the Swordsman”, the owner of the Star Tower was always dressed in red, his martial arts was unpredictable, his face was as cold as ice and his character is somewhat perverse. Even if he smiled, it would be all kinds of sneer, a grim smile, a crafty smile, or a cold smile. It made fans earnestly wished to kneel down and lick the screen.

But the selfie Ye Shanshan sent out where he posed with a ‘peace sign’ completely subverted this. Ignoring the impact of his beauty, it was a little too lovable and cute, not to mention the name “Shanshan”. Hence, the first wave of comments appeared like this:

“Shanshan? Is this his real name? What should I do when it’s too cute?!”

“A newcomer at Youli Entertainment? Inexplicably looking forward to it. Let all kinds of publicity exposure come more violently!”

“Face powder reporting! A peace-sign selfie can actually be so heaven-defying, who else can do this? [Kneels down]”

“Everyone likes Shanshan, and Shanshan is mine!”

“Did the landlord save the universe in your last life? How is it possible to develop such a face!”

^{* landlord : An internet slang referring to the original poster in an online forum.}

The masses highly praised him for his ‘sparkling’ name and his selfie which had no traces of any beauty filter or photoshop. Among the thousands of comments pouring in, the words “lick the screen”, “husband”, “sparkle” and “face value” appeared most frequently. After a further study, they also found that he didn’t even wear makeup —— in this era when even primary school students hat to put on light makeup when they go out, what is the concept of celebrities taking pictures without makeup?

That Ye Shanshan is precisely the only one, ah!

With this photo, countless techs began to analyze whether there were traces of cosmetic surgery. On the other hand, a group of melon-eaters were inspired by the only piece of Weibo content.

^{* techs : The original phrase here is “technology/technical emperor”, but I shortened it to the more familiar term “tech”. Basically, it’s someone who is very skilled in technical or digital stuff.}

As a result, a lot of phrases similar to the original version of “no shortage, I can support the whole building alone” such as the white-collar style “no crying, I can support the whole project alone”, the student style “no copying, I can complete the homework this summer vacation”, and even the construction worker style “no sweating, I can move all the brick by myself” suddenly emerged.

Zheng Dong even especially called Lin Xiatian to ask, did Gong Yue bought the water army? He didn’t bought it. Then, knowing that there was no adulteration at all, then it must be the result of the spontaneous activity of the netizens. He found that the number of fans increased by 300,000 to 400,000 in a short time and felt that this could no longer be called “letting nature takes its course”, this is simply taking hormones!

^{* adulteration : to mix in fake materials}

However, when he thought of Gong Yue’s cold and indifferent eyes, he could only pressed back his dream of “dominating the entertainment circle with Ye Shanshan”.

Having felt that his heart was uneasy, Zheng Dong called Xu Luoyang with his mobile phone. “Luoyang, I picked a variety show for you. You can’t reject this. That’s it.” Ignoring the protests on the other side of the phone, he hung up.

His heart was finally at ease!

As for Ye Shanshan, after posting his first microblog, he quickly put the matter to the back of his mind.

So when Zheng Dong called, he was still puzzled. “Zheng-ge, are you asking me to have dinner together?” Apart from this, he really couldn’t guess why else Zheng Dong would personally look for him.

“.…..” Zheng Dong’s words had barely come out when they were stifled back in his throat. He relented and continued to speak, “It’s not for dinner. I was going to say, isn’t it good to post on Weibo?”

“Ah? Didn’t I send it? I also posted a selfie…” He even used the standard peace-sign pose, he was very dedicated.

“.…..” Zheng Dong thought, working as an agent really felt like he was holding an old mother’s heart. “I mean, can you post one everyday? Your fans have called the company and asked about you.”

Ye Shanshan scratched his head, feeling embarrassed. “I thought it was enough to send one. Then wait a minute, I’ll send another one later.”

Zheng Dong finally relaxed. He intended to a chat a bit more, so he randomly found a topic, “What did you just do? Have you eaten?”

“I was in class just now. I’m just about to eat lunch.”

“Class?” Zheng Dong was puzzled. “Are you in acting class?” Thinking about it, he suddenly found that even though he had signed him under his own name, he didn’t even know where Ye Shanshan went to school. In this aspect, he was really incompetent.

Anyway, Ye Shanshan is only twenty-one this year. He should be in university, right?

Ye Shanshan was closing the video window on the computer when he head Zheng Dong asked. “Not acting class. I’m taking a course in ionospheric physics.”

“What kind of science?” Forgive Zheng Dong for his average grade since he was a child. Academic courses have always been his weak point, so hearing this terrible subject directly made him stupid.

After thinking for a moment, Ye Shanshan explained, “Ionospheric physics is the study of the ionization process, dynamics and photochemistry in the ionosphere. It is a branch of space physics. Well, this is the official explanation.”

“.…..” Zheng Dong felt that, in any case, he was a broker and couldn’t show that he was ignorant, so he cleated his throat and quickly changed the topic. “Are you at school?” So his artist’s college major is actually that iono-something physics?

Although the major is very mismatched, there seems to be no other star in the entertainment circle who majored in physics, and Zheng Dong had always thought that those who engaged in physics are those who have a very high IQ, like Hawking or Einstein.

But this kind of circumstances actually appeared on the body of Ye Shanshan, as if there was nothing strange about it.

“No, I study at home.” Ye Shanshan came out of the study and thought that he could exchange basic information with his agent, “I didn’t go to school before. At the beginning, Gong Yue invited a tutor to come home and give me lessons. Later on, after I had studied deeply, the tutor could no longer teach me. I have no choice but to continue learning remotely through the internet and there would be some professors who would give me lessons through videos.”

Zheng Dong has heard that the children of some influential officials and powerful families have indeed received elite education at home, but isn’t Ye Shanshan a lover raised by Gong Yue? What kind of rhythm is this?

Furthermore, just how deep did he studied to the point that even the tutor could no longer teach him?! At this moment, Zheng Dong’s learning slag heart began to tremble when faced with Ye Shanshan’s high-end learning god.

* learning slag : Or otherwise called “learning scum” is a slang for mediocre students or underachievers.
* learning god : A slang referring to top students or overachievers.

“If it’s convenient to ask, who is the teacher who taught you in class just now?”

“It’s Professor Mark Burren of J Bridge University, but he prefers to be called Lord Mark Burren.” Walking to the edge of the long table, he found that the lunch had been set. Ye Shanshan’s stomach grumbled with hunger and he hurriedly said to Zheng Dong, “I’ll have a meal first. Zheng-ge can rest assured that I’ll send a microblog soon and I’ll contact you if there’s something.” After saying goodbye, he hung up.

^{* Lord : As in the British hereditary nobility rank.}

If the day is almost over, you can’t delay eating —— this is one of Ye Shanshan’s philosophy in life.

On the other side, Zheng Dong looked at the mobile phone and felt that in order to better communicate the artists under him, he needed to know a little aspect of his studies. Thus, he silently opened his browser and searched for “space physics” first, because he really didn’t understand that something-layer of physics. As a result, a great pile of what appeared to be awfully high-end content —— although he knew all the Chinese characters, he couldn’t make sense of what he’s reading.

He thought it over and added the name “Mark Burren” in front of the space physics. The first result that came out was a piece of news about a month ago, saying that the space physicist of J Bridge University had received the Queen’s award in recognition for his outstanding achievements in physics.

After reading the news three times and turning off his phone, Zheng Dong suddenly became worried. What if Ye Shanshan really wanted to change careers and become a scientist? Should he prevent it? If he forcibly prevents it, would it possibly hinder the progress and development of human science? That would be a great sin!

^{(T/N: You’re thinking too much into this.)}

Patting his head, Zheng Dong suddenly felt that his ancestor must’ve committed a lot of evil in his last life, so he would meet such a strange artist who did not play his cards according to common sense! He felt so tired.

Therefore, it’s better to give Xu Luoyang another endorsement!

Meanwhile, Ye Shanshan was eating.

He chewed a piece of sweet and sour spareribs when he suddenly remembered the great demon who was working hard to support the family. He quickly wiped his greasy fingers with a wet towel and then dialed Gong Yue’s private phone.

In the office.

The atmosphere was somewhat cold. Assistant Yi and the three other assistants stood up and didn’t dare to speak, and the whole space was filled with a deathly stillness. Because of their oversight at work, Gong Yue was already burning with anger.

Suddenly, a sharp ringing sound broke the tense atmosphere. Gong Yue pulled the first drawer and saw that his private phone was turned on, and displayed on the screen were the words “Shanshan”.

Gong Yue pressed the answer button.

Assistant Yi and several assistants were relieved when they heard the familiar ringtone. Ye Shanshan was well-known as a fire extinguisher in the assistant group.

“Gong Yue, have you eaten yet? I’m eating sweet and sour spareribs. They’re very delicious.” Subsequently, Ye Shanshan used a series of sentences of approximately 300 words to vividly describe to Gong Yue how the delicious the spareribs were, and then reported his learning progress in 200 words.

“En.” Feeling that it was too cold, Gong Yue added another sentence, “Eat more.”

“Haha, I’ve decided to finish a big platter. Have you eaten yet? I’m almost done now. I guess you must still be working right now and haven’t eaten yet, aren’t you?”

“En.” After two seconds, he added, “Not yet.”

“Ah, I guess right! Now that I think about it, it seems that Uncle Yoke is on duty in the kitchen today. His Parma chicken is very delicious, in addition with vegetable salad and water, it is in line with your nutritional aesthetics. Do you want to consider it?”

“En, okay.”

After hanging up the phone, Gong Yue fondled with his mobile phone for a moment and then told Assistant Yi, “When you go out in a moment, let the secretary inform the kitchen to serve Parmesan chicken with vegetable salad at noon today.” Holding the phone, his mood has obviously improved. “Alright, you can leave.”

Assistant Yi nodded and took a glance at the mobile phone held by Gong Yue —— this menu should be arranged by Ye shao? After all, the boss’ dietary aesthetics has always been arranged according to the nutritional composition.

However, when he meets Ye shao, this aesthetics can be offline in minutes.

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The author has something to say:

Learning God Ye Shanshan: Kneel down, stupid humans!

Gold Master Gong Yue: En?

Learning God Ye Shanshan: You’re a more intelligent human than myself!

Gold Master Gong Yue: En.

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Translator’s Note:

UPDATE: Changed the mode of inserting notes in between texts. If you see an arrow (▶) at the beginning of the paragraph, that means I’ve inserted a note there for the bold and underlined words or phrases. Simply click anywhere on that paragraph to view the note below.

Professional Fire Extinguisher Shanshan: ……

I am lowkey pitying Xu Luoyang who had been flooded with various publicity activities as a result of Zheng Dong’s “relief therapy”.

By the way, I replaced the term “scissor-hands” with “peace-sign” in this chapter, and will do so in the following chapters after this for convenience sake. Also, I did just the minimum proofreading before I posted this, so just comment if you find any mistakes in my translation and I’ll fix them in my spare time. 🙂

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