Chapter 284: The Old-School Tyrant CEO 28

Three days later.

The variety show “Those Preparing for Marriage” officially began its broadcast.

This was an immersive variety program. The production team would live-stream the entire process, and viewers could go to the official website to click on different camera angles for viewing.

When such a program was first announced, it was met with a wave of criticism.

【Is the production team brain-dead? Who would watch a show like this?】

【Hahaha, they’re getting desperate, they’re getting desperate. The marriage rate must have dropped too low recently, so someone’s getting anxious.】

【Attention everyone, don’t be fooled by the sugar-coated bullets inside. Reality is a mess of trivialities; it’s absolutely impossible for it to be like the content shown in a variety show.】

【I want to see who the participants are. They must not want to stay in the industry anymore; their public reputation will be gone in an instant.】

【Wait, the person above shouldn’t speak too soon…】

【I’m back, and my face hurts from the slap. My goddess is actually there!!! I don’t even know what to say for a moment. My goddess is getting married?? With whom? Nothing has been leaked. Are the paparazzi these days incompetent?】

【No, I can’t bring myself to give my blessings. Movie Queen Ying Qing is in her prime, at the peak of her career. Why would such a beautiful sister want to get married?】

Ying Qing held the prestigious title of Movie Queen and had a massive following. Once this news broke, no one cared about the others on the list anymore; instead, everyone began discussing this matter fervently.

The fans were even more passionate, engaging in heated arguments and lashing out in all directions.

Fortunately, while the production team was very satisfied with the current buzz, they couldn’t withstand such a backlash. Their backend was nearly exploding with private messages.

The director quickly had a statement issued to calm the farce.

【Oh, never mind, she’s just there as an observer. Isn’t that just a host? Disperse, everyone, disperse.】

【I knew it. Our sister is a rich, beautiful socialite who has everything. Why would she be so short-sighted as to marry young?】

【Scared the life out of me. As long as it’s not my favorite, it’s fine. Let me see who the other poor souls on the list are.】

【No need for the person above to look. They are Su Mingyue, Zhao Yixin, Li Lili, and Qin Xinyi.】

【Ehhh, this is a hard show to judge. Except for Zhao Yixin, I don’t know any of them. Besides, isn’t Zhao Yixin’s style supposed to be pure and lovely? She’s just going to get married like that?? Can her fans take it?】

【They actually can. There have been rumors for a while that Zhao Yixin’s fiancé is a returned overseas Chinese, a wealthy entrepreneur. He’s loaded. This is marrying into a wealthy family; their sister will save herself years of struggle. They’re probably happy right now…】

【Brainless.】

【Don’t talk about her, it’s bad luck. Do you guys know who the others are?】

【Qin Xinyi is a violinist. The other two are nobodies. Probably commoners?】

【Mm, the usual routine. They have to get two ordinary people to highlight the brilliance of the other two, otherwise how would they generate topics?】

【The person above sees through it but shouldn’t say it. Once it starts broadcasting, I’m going to see what kind of tricks the production team will pull.】

【Count me in. I’ll definitely watch Movie Queen Ying’s variety show.】

【+1】

【+2】

【+10086】

Consequently, on the day the program aired, the popularity reached an unprecedented high.

Even though the director was being heartless by starting the cameras at five in the morning, countless people still flooded into the livestream room, wanting to see what was happening.

At this moment, the first livestream camera had been turned on, and everyone curiously clicked in.

The scene shifted to the exterior of a villa.

The accompanying assistant host had already spoken with a smile from off-camera, “Let’s all guess whose home this is?”

The bullet comments were scrolling non-stop with various opinions.

But in the end, everyone unanimously agreed it was Zhao Yixin’s home, not just because she was a celebrity who could afford a villa.

It was more because of her fiancé who existed in the rumors.

The assistant host said in the most excited tone, “Congratulations, you’re right! This is Yixin’s home.”

After saying that, a swaying phone appeared on the screen. “Yixin’s manager sent me the password yesterday. We’ll go straight in and see if we can catch a secret shot of her sleeping.”

【Hehe, the assistant host is so wicked, but I love it.】

【I really want to see what Zhao Yixin looks like when she’s sleeping.】

【Even when our sister is asleep, she’s definitely the most beautiful person.】

The scene shifted as the group entered the house. The assistant host signaled for the cameraman to keep his movements small.

The group walked inside light-footedly, but they didn’t expect that after walking just a meter, they would come face-to-face with Zhao Yixin, who was coming out.

The assistant host was stunned. “Why are you up already?”

“I was just preparing to look over the script for my next project. If I don’t memorize it in advance, I can’t sleep soundly.” Zhao Yixin put on a look of surprise. “Wait, no one told me you guys would arrive so early. I just woke up and haven’t had time to put on makeup. It’s quite embarrassing to appear on camera like this.”

After saying that, Zhao Yixin ran back to the bedroom in a panic.

Assistant host: “…”

Everyone in the bullet comments: “…”

【No way, is this sister mentally ill? Just woke up? No makeup???】

【That foundation, those eyebrows… does she think the audience is blind? I swear to god she definitely got up early and put on a beautiful ‘no-makeup’ look just for this moment, just to show off…】

【The person above is right. Is anyone still falling for this routine? This sister is desperate to be famous.】

【More than that. Didn’t you hear her say she got up early to read the script? She’s building a ‘hardworking’ persona.】

【I think you’re all just jealous of our sister’s beauty. You don’t believe someone can be this pretty right after waking up.】

【Exactly. Stop using your ugly hearts to fantasize about our baby. Our baby isn’t that kind of person!】

【It’s obvious she’s not wearing makeup, okay?】

【I really don’t know why you guys have to say things like that.】

【No, are the fans really blind and heartless? You should look in the mirror when you wake up in the morning; then you’d know what a real ‘just woke up’ look is.】

【Exactly. That smooth, silky hair is a fake at first glance.】

The assistant host also felt awkward looking at the bullet comments. She frantically tried to adjust the atmosphere. “Ah, being a female celebrity really isn’t easy, having to get up so early to memorize lines. Speaking of which, Yixin’s morning state is quite good; it’s really enviable.”

【See that? Even the assistant host said she’s doing fine.】

The fans latched onto this like a lifeline, flooding the screen with comments.

Before long, the malicious remarks vanished.

By the time Zhao Yixin returned, the stream had reverted to its usual peaceful state.