In Zhang Ye’s world, there were also rankings for celebrities.
For example an international B-list celebrity, or a domestic S-list celebrity.
But over there, this ranking had no fixed formula, nor was it conclusive. It was beauty in the eyes of the beholder. It only counted if a large number of people acknowledged it. It was comparatively fuzzy. For example, some celebrity may be considered as an A-list celebrity by industry insiders, but many people would only think he was a B-list celebrity. There were also cases where people felt he was a B-list celebrity, but the professionals or other people would think that he was a C-list celebrity. Who do you listen to? What rank would this celebrity be? There was no certainty, because there were no clear boundaries!
But this world was different!
There were all sorts of scores and all sorts of rules. Over many years of refinement, a nearly-perfect set of judging rules were produced. It was acknowledged by official bodies and the people. Even other celebrities acknowledged it! It was no longer that troublesome to know a celebrity’s specs; one could get it from flipping through the Celebrity Rankings!
Domestically, there were seven rankings.
S-list, A-list, B-list, C-list, D-list, E-list.
The seventh rank was not called a F-list celebrity. In this world, they were collectively referred to as “public figures”.
After checking this out for a long time and taking a long time to absorb this information, Zhang Ye finally understood. The celebrity rankings between the two worlds were similar, but they also had their differences. For example, in Zhang Ye’s world, when an E-list celebrity was mentioned, it was just an adjective. There was no real E-list celebrity in his world. The meaning of E-list meant the lowest and most obscure celebrity. There were at most the A-list, B-list, C-list and D-list. Even D-list was not something many people acknowledged. There was a lot of controversy behind it. However, over in this world, it was clearly demarcated. An A-list was an A-list, an E-list was an E-list. There was no dispute!
There was another difference.
Maybe it was because this world’s entertainment industry was relatively more developed, where people crossed over more often. the rating score was an overall integrative score.
Notability was important.
Influence was important.
The fan cohesiveness strength was important.
The quality of the works were important.
Good works had to be produced over a long period of time, and had to not go out of fashion.
In general, no matter what industry one was in, the ranking depended on one’s overall ability!
For example, the authors, or , were they considered celebrities in Zhang Ye’s world? Of course! Were they highly notable? Of course! But what rank were they? Probably no one could tell. There was no celebrity ranking system for people in the publication industry. At most, when they were mentioned, they would be publicly acknowledged as A-list authors in the publication industry, but this world had unified it. Be it writing novels, children’s fairy tales, poems, or even university professors and wealthy businessmen who received a lot of attention, they could obtain a rating from their combined abilities and appeal using the statistical formula. Once the rating was calculated, they could be perfectly ranked!
This was this world’s Celebrity Rankings!
Zhang Ye had used “Dead Water” to go from a public figure to an E-list celebrity. This could be said to be one big step, and could also be said that this was the actual moment that he entered the entertainment industry. One had to know that be it Little Red Mushroom, the Vice President of the Beijing Writers’ Association, or Big Thunder and company, they were all considered public figures. As for Tian Bin and Zhāng Yě, they were ranked in the tens of thousands amongst public figures. They would not even be ranked.
Zhang Ye had already surpassed them!
Although an E-list celebrity was the lowest, it was still a celebrity!
However, he still had a long way to go. This was just the beginning!