I’ve Gone Viral Because of a Money-Saving Variety Show

Before long, the assailant saw what seemed like staff from the TV crew approaching and hurried away.
Zheng He’s bag was removed from his head, and he covered his face and stomach, grimacing in pain.
Qian Yue crouched down, supporting Zheng He’s arm, and asked with a frown, “What happened? How are you feeling now?”
“Who hit me just now?!”
“He was wearing a mask, a hat, and sunglasses; I couldn’t see clearly. Are you okay?”
Zheng He said irritably, “Why don’t you try getting beaten up!”
But thanks to Qian Yue arriving just in time, Zheng He didn’t suffer many blows, so the injury wasn’t severe; some pain was inevitable.
Qian Yue: “…” I should have just stood by a bit longer before coming over!
“Damn!” Zheng He looked down at his blue shirt, which had become filthy from rolling on the ground, and cursed bitterly.
It’s ruined! I can’t return this shirt now, it cost 399 yuan, and now I have to pay out of pocket!
Zheng He felt his life was just too full of hardships!
He tried to pat the dust off his shirt but couldn’t get it clean. Finally, he sighed and decided to call the police, and planned to severely blackmail the other party. This time it wasn’t a heroic intervention; he would start the blackmail at fifty thousand yuan!
Just as Zheng He was pulling out his phone, he received a message from Li Yuan.
They had exchanged contact information while conspiring to fake a donation at the office.
After reading Li Yuan’s message, Zheng He’s head buzzed.
Li: “The attack was unexpected. I forgot to notify the guy I arranged to hit you to cancel his plans. I tried calling him just now but couldn’t get through. If he has already beaten you, then let it be. If you don’t want our fake donation to draw more attention, don’t call the police.”
!!!
Great! There goes starting the blackmail at fifty thousand yuan!
And I got beaten up for nothing!
Damn it!
Zheng He’s spirit was on the verge of collapse.
Did I destroy the world in my past life?!
Why am I so unlucky in this life!!
Qian Yue: “The production team will investigate this matter…”
Zheng He interrupted, “No need to investigate, I forgive him, it’s okay, I’m fine, I’m doing very well, very good! Great! You all are good! I’m also very good! Everyone’s good!”
Zheng He said through gritted teeth while forcing a smile and clapping.
Qian Yue and the netizens: Zheng He has finally lost it…
[Seriously, someone take Zheng He to a psychiatric hospital for a check-up. I’m a bit scared looking at his current mental state.]
[Who was the person that actually hit him just now?]
[So, was Zheng He originally planning to fake a donation, and only actually donated because he got caught? Damn! Isn’t that just playing with our emotions! I regret voting for him! Can I get a refund?!]
[Zheng He truly deserves to be beaten! I feel like hitting him myself now! I want a refund too!!]
[Better to have given the votes to Chen Xixi! Although Chen Xixi didn’t donate a penny, at least Chen Xixi didn’t fake anything!]
[Regardless, Zheng He has learned his lesson, the money has been donated, and he got beaten up; he’s unlucky enough, and I hope Zheng He learns from this and tries to turn over a new leaf, to build up some good karma for himself!]
Zheng He’s newly redeemed reputation instantly darkened again, even worse than before.
The voices of the netizens criticizing Chen Xixi also diminished significantly.
All thanks to his colleague setting off his behavior by contrast.
Compared to Zheng He’s showy fake donation, Chen Xixi’s genuine, unpretentious, focused effort to win the five million prize money is simply far superior!
The production team saw that Zheng He himself wasn’t pursuing the matter anymore, so they didn’t need to look for more trouble; after all, the person who got beaten wasn’t one of them.
Moreover, since Zheng He was beaten, it was what the public wanted.
It was as if someone had vented their anger for them!
Back at his apartment, Zheng He looked at the online comments about him and got angrier the more he thought about it.
He donated twenty thousand yuan, and yet he got nothing but scolding, got beaten up, lost money on a piece of clothing, losing both wealth and fame—who could be more miserable than him!
However, all of this was because of Chen Xixi!
He would definitely take his revenge!
…
Meanwhile, Chen Xixi, having switched off her live streaming equipment, was being escorted out of the police station.
The young police officer looked at Chen Xixi and smiled, “Thank you for your righteous whistle-blowing.”
Chen Xixi stood there with an obedient look and a sweet smile on her face, “No problem, it’s what a citizen should do.”
After leaving the police station, Chen Xixi turned on her live stream camera and leisurely headed back to her apartment.
Upon seeing Chen Xixi, Zheng He eagerly approached and asked, “Where did you get that recording?”
Chen Xixi blinked, “What recording?”
“The recording of my conversation with Li Yuan.” Zheng He asked with a frown, “That baby face girl, she knows you, right? She helped you record it, didn’t she?”
Chen Xixi openly admitted, “Ah, that recording. What does that have to do with baby face? I was the one who recorded it, I did it in the office.”
“You in the office? Nonsense! Before Li Yuan and I left, I saw you standing below the stage!”
“Maybe you saw wrong then!”
Chen Xixi couldn’t expose her fan — in fact, it was not she who recorded it, but a fan who was with her at the activity.
At that time, her fan happened to get a little heatstroke, and the person in charge allowed her to rest in the office with air-conditioning. Unexpectedly, that’s when Zheng He and Li Yuan came in, and her fan, seeing the two acting suspiciously, hid in a small storage room in the back of the office and recorded the conversation.
Chen Xixi thought, whether she admits it or not, Zheng He would definitely suspect her in the end. Just as well, this would also protect her fan.
But currently, Zheng He only guessed that the whistleblowing was Chen Xixi’s doing; he still didn’t know that he ended up becoming a donor also due to Chen Xixi.
If Zheng He knew that his pride in blending into Chen Xixi’s fan group, taking advantage of Chen Xixi’s fans, had long been exposed and even almost made him bankrupt, he would probably be so angry that he’d want to tear Chen Xixi apart!
Zheng He gritted his back teeth, “It really was you!”
Chen Xixi wasn’t concerned about Zheng He’s anger, she kindly advised with a slight curve in her eyes, “Do fewer illegal things next time.”
If he really went to jail, where would she find such a foolish opponent again!
As for the donation issue, it’s not that she was unwilling to donate, but that she needed to take care of herself first in order to help others.
She felt that there was a priority in doing things, building a new community wasn’t a life-and-death urgency.
And if she couldn’t get the five million prize money, she really would end up homeless.
In Jiang City, rents and living costs are high, she needed to survive first, solve her basic needs, before talking about other things.
Just as Chen Xixi finished speaking, Qian Yue knocked on the door and shared some good news with everyone, “A challenger variety show wants to invite you as guests, and that show is full of big stars! You guys are really going to become famous!”
[These ordinary people really made it big! They’re actually being invited to a celebrity variety show! Damn! Watching these ordinary folks suddenly become internet celebrities who can mingle closely with real stars, it really feels like watching your own child grow up! So touching!]
[OMG! Could Host Qian be talking about that super popular challenge variety show, the one that’s filled with top singer and popular actresses?]
[You guys are really going to hit it big!]
Han Qianyi was overjoyed, they seemed to really be becoming famous! They could even join a show with real big stars, how could it not be considered hitting it big!
However, Chen Xixi didn’t care about the stars, what she was concerned about was, “Do we have to pay for our own living expenses? If we need to pay ourselves, then I won’t go.”