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

Hu Yun’s close girlfriend listened and said: “You better be careful, don’t let her badmouth you in front of President Lu. I saw President Lu taking her around the company the other day, he seems to value her a lot.”
Hu Yun snorted: “I’m not worried. I don’t think President Lu has other intentions for her, otherwise he wouldn’t have arranged for her to stay in the company’s shared apartment, he would have definitely secluded her in a detached villa.
President Lu probably just wants to boost her debut, but whether she becomes successful or not also depends on her fate.”
On the other end of the phone, Hu Yun’s close friend sighed: “As long as President Lu wants to support her, even if she were a piece of pork, I feel like she could become popular, such people are disgusting. We’re all competing fairly, why should she so easily win President Lu’s favor? It’s so unfair!
Forget it, let’s not talk about her anymore, it really ruins the mood. By the way, when are you joining the crew? I’m so jealous you’ve secured the role of the second female lead so quickly, while I’m still doing extras. You’re too amazing, sister!”
Hu Yun was lying on the bed, her lips curled up in an undeniable air of pride: “I’m joining next month, just got lucky, your turn will come eventually, don’t worry.”
…
The next morning, Chen Xixi, as usual, made breakfast but didn’t see Hu Yun, who must have gone to the company for training early.
In the evening, when Hu Yun came back, Chen Xixi had already gone to sleep, and so the two temporarily lived in peace until Love Battle began airing.
On the day Love Battle aired, Chen Xixi, carrying her suitcase, got into the car.
Eager fans could hardly wait and started flooding the live chat room.
[Ahhh! Finally can see Chen Xiaokou again!]
[Looking forward to Chen Xiaokou’s uncut love!]
[Will Zheng He become the least noticed male guest?]
[Hahaha, I’m also a bit worried that no female guest will choose him, and then he just watches everyone else in love, totally unable to join in, must be super awkward hahaha!]
[Who are the other four guests? I heard there are supposed to be four couples in total, why have only Chen Xixi’s group been announced? Who are the other four?]
[No way! This time Love Battle even has love observers!]
[Eh? Isn’t that love observer President Zhou from Zhongjing Group?]
In the observation room.
Zhou Jinyuan stood in front of the chair assigned to the observer, frowning deeply.
Is this how Zhou Nansi arranged it?
One place inside the show, another outside?
No interaction between them throughout?
To watch Chen Xixi pairing up with other men in the show while he comments from the observation room?
Zhou Jinyuan strode out of the observation room, and the chief director hurriedly followed.
The chief director, seeing Zhou Jinyuan’s cold expression, couldn’t gauge his mood, hence bootlickingly asked, “President Zhou, the show is about to start, where are you off to?”
“To the show site.”
“You want to observe up close at the site?”
“I want to be a guest on the site.”
The chief director was stunned, was President Zhou so eager to be single?
The chief director came back to his senses, “But… the four male guests are all here.”
“Then make it five male guests.”
“And the female guests…”
“Just arrange another one to join, right?”
Chief director: “…”
“Alright, President Zhou,” the chief director complied, then looked worriedly at Zhou Jinyuan, “But, President Zhou, our show might not be as good as you think, it’s Love Battle, as the name suggests, it’s not just about love but also about battling, can you handle it?”
Zhou Jinyuan: “Do I look like I can’t handle it?”
The chief director hurriedly flustered to clarify, “I didn’t mean that, just…”
“Just follow the normal rules of the program, don’t worry about me.”
Chief director: Then I’m relieved.
On the show site.
To trend, the host is still Qian Yue.
Except for Jin Cheng, who was busy striving towards his graduation.
At the show site, Chen Xixi had just arrived and was taken to a room.
“The old routine, hand over your phone,” Qian Yue said to Chen Xixi with a smile.
Chen Xixi took out her phone from her pocket and handed it to Qian Yue, then she asked in confusion: “What’s the process now? Where are the other guests?”
Qian Yue gave Chen Xixi a new phone, grinning mischievously: “You can’t meet each other yet, first we proceed with the compatibility test.
This phone has a WeChat group where the show crew has registered new WeChat accounts for you all, you need to choose the partner you feel good about based on the WeChat names, Moments, and profile pictures in the group. If your choice is successful mutually, you can become today’s battle partners.”
Chen Xixi opened the WeChat group, found her profile still blank, “Can I edit my information and post Moments now?”
Qian Yue nodded, “Yes, edit your information. If a male guest sees your Moments and WeChat profile and gets a good impression of you, he will add you as a friend, and if you also chose him, then both of you have selected each other successfully.”
“Got it.”
[I swear! Completely blind choice of partners, thrilling!]
[Really hope Chen Xiaokou doesn’t end up choosing Zheng He!]
[Hahahaha! You never know! After all, it’s a blind choice! The show crew really knows how to play!]
[Just looking at Moments, WeChat Names, profiles, can you tell if there’s a good impression?]
[Sure, it’s like online dating, if someone likes the profile picture and Moments, they would want to add them as a friend and chat, it’s very normal!]
Netizens were worried Chen Xixi might choose Zheng He.
But eventually, they realized they were overthinking.
Because they underestimated how narcissistic Zheng He was!!
Zheng He actually took a selfie on the spot for his profile picture and WeChat background, even posting a nine-square grid in his Moments!
Chen Xixi saw it and internally exclaimed, ‘good lord.’
Thankful for Zheng He’s self-exposure otherwise she really worried she might blindly choose Zheng He.
Chen Xixi’s profile picture was straightforward, tugging at heartstrings.
It was a smiling portrait of Grandpa Mao.
Her Moments background was the God of Wealth.
She didn’t know what to name herself momentarily, so didn’t change it.
As Chen Xixi was browsing through guests’ WeChat info in the group, two new friend requests popped up in her contacts.
Chen Xixi looked at the first request – a male guest named ‘W’ sent a friend verification: “Your profile picture is very unique, I’d like to know you.”
She opened his Moments, found he hadn’t posted anything, the scarce information made her interest wane.
After checking, she opened the second friend request.
The second friend’s verification instantly grabbed her attention.
“I’m Brighton Senior Citizens, abide by laws, importantly: no penchant for dismemberment.”