You are overthinking it. I guess they must not have much material for the publication, so they added it. Hur Hur."
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Finally, there were also calls from Yao Jiancai, Zhao Guozhou, Wang Xiaomei, Ci Xiufang, Wang Xiong, Tian Bin, etc, etc, etc. They were all friends who had called out of concern and Zhang Ye explained the situation and chatted for a while before thanking each and every one of them.
"Old Tian, your work pass is still with me. Allow me return it to you in a while." Zhang Ye said.
Tian Bin said, "That's fine. It's just a temporary pass anyway. The gala is already over so it's useless now. You can keep it as a memento."
Zhang Ye said, "OK, sure. Thanks. So it's goodbye for now then?"
Tian Bin said, "Quickly go and have your lunch. Oh right, remember to take a look at the Celebrity Rankings index."
"Hmm? What do you mean?" Zhang Ye asked curiously.
"Just take a look and you’ll know what I mean. I was looking at it a short while ago." Tian Bin laughed and hung up.
His mother had already finished cooking the Zhajiang noodles. She came out of the kitchen and said, "Don't answer the phone anymore. Eat first, otherwise the noodles will clump together!"
"Thanks mom." Zhang Ye immediately picked up his chopsticks and had a few mouthfuls. He ate without caring for his image as he was so hungry. At the same time, he browsed the internet on his cellphone, looking at the Celebrity Rankings index. When he found his name, he was overjoyed!
C-list!
How long had it been? He had finally broken into the C-list!
Although he was in last place, this still meant that he was now a real celebrity!
Zhang Ye immediately showed his cellphone screen to his family.
When Zhang Shuang saw it, she excitedly said, "You did it, Little Ye! You've done our family proud! You are now a real and famous celebrity! That Chen Qiqi that I idolized back then was still a C-lister now! And that really famous author, Tree Leaf, whose books have sold a few hundred thousand copies and had directed a blockbuster movie? He's still only a D-lister!"
Zhang Ye shrugged, "Well, I did it the unorthodox way. I took part in everything, tried out everything, so my reputation is a little more than theirs." He knew himself well.
Zhang Shuang was tickled by his 'unorthodox' remark, but thinking about it, she knew it was true.
Zhang Donghua also smiled, "Bro and sis, congratulations."
His mother turned quite snobbish, "Only a C-lister, still far from others."
Zhang Donghua said, "He's far off from those A and B-listers, but Little Ye has only debuted for how long now? It's only been six months and he has climbed from the bottom to become a C-lister. Who else is capable of something like this?"
Zhang Ye hurriedly finished his Zhajiang noodles. He was in such a good mood!
In his previous world, celebrities and artistes were also ranked in different rankings, but the rankings were less detailed and there wasn’t a central authority on such rankings. For example, there could be B-list directors, C-list hosts, A-list singers, S-list actors, and even A or B-list authors, etc., but it was different in this world. This ranking index calculated up all the reputation and fame attributed data sets to rank these celebrities with proper assessments, which made it more credible. A C-list celebrity in this world could be said to be already known by most people, either knowing this person's name or their works. In this world, where there was so much information available, being able to achieve a C-list ranking was already considerably difficult. Yet Zhang Ye had done it today and in only half a year's time!
C-list!
This was the great divide that was extremely difficult to cross!
If one couldn't get into the C-list, one would forever be considered as a wanderer in the entertainment circle. Only if they could get into the C-list rankings would they be considered a true celebrity!