Chapter 15: The Variety Show Begins!
“…Yan-ge, can I even sleep tonight?”
The manager came to see Feng Yan again.
She was just about to look into the matter Feng Yan had assigned her when, in the blink of an eye, he was on the hot search again.
Feng Yan’s team was about to cry. They wished that Feng Yan and Yu Weixi were truly at odds, like the North and South Poles repelling each other. But in reality, they were like dry wood and a blazing fire.
After all, most people would kill to be associated with Yu Weixi, a heaven-sent hot search and a surge in popularity. But for someone like Feng Yan, it was actually detrimental.
“You can.” Feng Yan didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. “I wasn’t in the picture for that scandal.”
“But it’s still best to clarify it, to distance yourself from it, so you don’t get involved.”
Feng Yan was already preparing for bed. He stretched, got up, and while grabbing a towel to go to the bathroom, he said to his manager on the other end of the phone, “Don’t clarify it.”
“…?”
“Don’t clarify it. Don’t give any response to this matter.”
It was for no other reason.
Feng Yan was just worried. After all, his car was in the picture. If it was ever dug up that he was the one in the car, and he had been so quick to distance himself and clarify, it would make Yu Weixi lose face, making it seem like Yu Weixi was the one clinging to him.
“Alright then.”
This was destined to be a chaotic night.
Yu Weixi’s energy system also rose slightly amidst the fan wars.
As if it wasn’t chaotic enough, the official Weibo account then came to add fuel to the fire.
The next day, All-Round Teen Idol officially announced its cast. The posters were released one by one, each more explosive than the last.
Dance Mentor—Yu Weixi.
The teaching assistant was the dance lead of a famous girl group, a goddess with both skill and looks, Tian Yawei.
Acting Mentor—Feng Yan.
Acting Teaching Assistant—Ji Shilin.
Vocal Mentor was the genius singer-songwriter Chu Qing.
Vocal Teaching Assistant—Luo Yucheng.
There were also two outdoor instructors and a rap mentor.
The show took advantage of the perfect timing, pushing the hype to its peak at the most heated moment.
The topic of the “battle royale” dominated the charts for three days straight.
#FengYuCenturyCollaboration
Nostalgia fans all returned, as if they were seeing the scene from the press conference of The Coast’s Solitude four years ago, where the older man held the hand of the exquisitely handsome youth, and the two of them bowed to everyone on stage together.
This movie, which had become a phenomenal hit back then, still had countless fans to this day.
For example, William.
William in the boy band group was currently going crazy.
William: His Highness Xixi! Xixi, my princess! I’m fainting over your marriage to Prince Yan! I’ll decree the marriage immediately! Arrange it!
He had immediately gone from Consort Xi to Princess Xixi.
William wasn’t a FengYu shipper, but he was a fan of the drama, and a fan of the drama’s ship—the CEO and the merman.
YourDaddyDylan: …Whoever mentions Feng Yan again, I’ll twist their head off.
So annoying.
Yu Weixi was on his way to the filming location. The thought of having to face Feng Yan, Luo Yucheng, Ji Shilin…
Fuck, my balls ache.
He was determined to stick to Chu Qing the entire time.
Chu Qing was also a regular cast member from last season, and the two had already become good friends.
Apart from his weirdo boy band, Chu Qing was Yu Weixi’s closest friend. It was just that due to Chu Qing’s personal reasons, Yu Weixi couldn’t contact him very often.
The system of this show was to select amateurs, trainees who had not yet debuted, and minor celebrities with little fame to participate, and then compete to select a ten-member debut boy band. To put it bluntly, it was a talent show.
The filming location was at the academy where the youths practiced. It would last for three months, with one episode broadcast per week, filming and broadcasting simultaneously.
Yu Weixi was quite fortunate. The filming location was just a car ride away, so he finally didn’t have to bring Niangao to the set and could go home at any time.
Arriving at the academy, Yu Weixi adjusted his collar, opened the car door, and was greeted by the spotlight and a dense crowd of cameras.
“Mr. Yu! Mr. Yu, what are your expectations for the new students this time?”
“Mr. Yu, what do you think of the other mentors?”
“May I ask, between Mr. Ji and Mr. Feng, whose collaboration are you looking forward to more?”
Yu Weixi’s eyes were dangerous. “I’m here to teach students, not to choose a husband. Thank you.”
With that, Yu Weixi pushed aside the reporters crowding around him with a cold and arrogant expression and had his bodyguards escort him in.
“Xixi…!”
As soon as Yu Weixi entered, he ran into Chu Qing.
Yu Weixi went up, glanced at him, and said, “Is your body okay now? I tried to contact you before, but you didn’t respond.”
The recording had already started the moment he entered. Since they were on camera, Yu Weixi couldn’t ask too clearly and could only vaguely mention “body.”
“I’m fine now.” Chu Qing shook his head and said softly, “I’m sorry…”
Chu Qing was slender, with gentle features. A few strands of hair rested softly by his ear.
Unlike Luo Yucheng, who made people want to protect him and had a gentle, spring-breeze-like feeling, Chu Qing looked more introverted and timid. And Chu Qing’s actual personality was also very shy. He didn’t even dare to look Yu Weixi in the eye when he spoke to him.
Yu Weixi paused and spread his hands. “No need to apologize.”
“Let’s go.”
The two arrived at the room where the mentors were gathered and saw that the others had already arrived.
Including the producer, there were a total of eight people in the room. The outdoor instructors were not participating in the indoor recording for the time being.
“Hello, everyone.” The producer was a handsome, all-round idol. He greeted everyone with a smile. “It’s a great honor to have invited several outstanding teachers.”
“This part won’t be edited into the main show, but it is being live-streamed.” The producer said, “Shall we say hello to the online audience?”
The producer demonstrated first, waving at the camera. “Hello, everyone. I’m your producer, Lu Jiayan. Next, the teachers, seniors, and I will be going through the contestants’ information with you all. Please look forward to it.”
After everyone introduced themselves, Lu Jiayan handed each of them a stack of the contestants’ profiles.
“We’ll go through the contestants’ VCRs now. The first round of recording with the contestants will begin in the afternoon.”
As Lu Jiayan handed out the profiles, he couldn’t help but sneak a peek at Feng Yan and Yu Weixi.
The others were actually all secretly observing them as well.
And Yu Weixi and Feng Yan had no eye contact at all throughout the entire process.
The online viewers were all shouting “BE,” while the shippers were excitedly spamming the bullet comments.
{@LittleUmbrellas your ship is BE. They didn’t even say a word to each other, not even a single glance.}
{Appearing in the same frame is candy, appearing in the same frame is candy! Don’t mention us Little Umbrellas, we don’t care, okay?}
{Wuwuwu I can’t believe I get to see my ship collaborate in the same frame in my lifetime… I’m crying.}
{Oh my god, the way Ji Shilin and Feng Yan are sitting together is so funny… Am I the only one who has that photoshopped picture of them watching a movie together in my head?}
{You are not alone.}
“Mr. Feng, this is your first time participating in a variety show like this, right? Are you nervous?”
While everyone was looking at the profiles and VCRs, Lu Jiayan was also chatting with everyone to liven up the atmosphere.
Feng Yan smiled. “A little. It’s my first time teaching people. I just hope I don’t lead the students astray.”
“How could you?” Lu Jiayan said. “Mr. Feng, just relax.”
Yu Weixi, on the side, crossed his arms and let out a cold snort when Feng Yan spoke.
It was a reaction full of contempt and ridicule.
Although it wasn’t very loud or obvious, Luo Yucheng and Ji Shilin, who were closely watching the two of them in the room, as well as the other onlookers, all noticed it.
The live-stream room was already covered in bullet comments.
{Fuck, fuck, fuck, did you guys see that!!! Is the Contrarian about to unleash his power?!}
{Ahhh, I’m shipping this to death! Xixi’s tsundere vibe is so cute!!}
{The Contrarian should just drop dead tonight. Who does he think he’s looking down on? Is Yan-ge someone you can look down on?}
The people in the room looked at the comments in the live-stream room and all pretended to be blind.
Yu Weixi also noticed it, and seeing the screen full of “shipping this to death,” he cursed “MMP” in his heart.
He decided that he would not interact with Feng Yan at all today!
He would not produce any candy, even if it killed him!
I, Yu Weixi, would rather be cursed to death, die outside, jump down from here, than give the Little Umbrellas a single piece of candy!
“And Mr. Chu?” Lu Jiayan covered Yu Weixi’s cold snort with a dry cough and continued the awkward chat as if he hadn’t noticed anything. “Mr. Chu has been a judge for two seasons. What kind of contestants are you hoping to meet this time?”
“Ah…!”
Chu Qing was called upon and immediately flustered. “I… I’m fine with anyone!”
The atmosphere in the live-stream room immediately changed, and it was instantly filled with a foul miasma.
{Chu Qing, get out of the entertainment industry.}
{Chu Cockroach, get out of the entertainment industry! The cockroach is dead! Die tonight!}
{Coward! Sissy!}
Chu Qing saw the comments in the live-stream room out of the corner of his eye. His eyes immediately didn’t know where to look. He pretended not to see them. “I, I’m a vocal teacher, so I naturally hope to meet someone who can sing, well, well.”
Yu Weixi frowned slightly as he looked at the abusive words.
Chu Qing had the typical artist’s problem. Although he was a genius in creation, his emotional intelligence wasn’t that high, and he was a bit strange and reclusive, not knowing how to handle these situations. In addition, his looks and posture were a bit effeminate, so he naturally had many haters.
And what had pushed Chu Qing into this state of being hated by almost the entire internet was the previous sugar daddy rumor.
Although Yu Weixi was often accused of being a sugar baby, his personality and looks were fierce, and there was no solid evidence. But Chu Qing really had solid evidence that he was being kept, and because of this, he had obtained a top-tier movie resource. The movie’s production team had altered the original work and crazily added scenes for him. Unfortunately, Chu Qing’s acting couldn’t support it, and he ruined the drama. From then on, he was completely blacklisted.
Only Yu Weixi and the person who had framed Chu Qing knew the twists and turns, but in any case, what was done was done. He was already blacklisted, and it was very difficult to clear his name now.
Yu Weixi sighed inwardly. He didn’t want these negative comments to hang there, so he had no choice but to interject, “As for me, the contestants I hope to meet are…”
“Mmm, mmm?” Yu Weixi had actually cued himself. Lu Jiayan turned to look at him curiously.
Yu Weixi bared his teeth and said with a smile that didn’t reach his eyes, “As long as they’re pleasing to the eye.”
“…”
“Ah…”
Those words…
Does that mean no one present is pleasing to the eye?
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Lu Jiayan was about to change the subject, but Feng Yan suddenly couldn’t resist being a little shit and interjected, “What kind of person does Mr. Yu find pleasing to the eye?”
Yu Weixi subconsciously retorted.
“Someone like you is the most displeasing to the eye.”
Lu Jiayan: Wow.
Live-stream room: Wow!!!
Yu Weixi: That felt good.
