Qin Chenghao chuckled softly.
This little kid was much smarter than Li Jingmo.
“I heard the fans on your account have already surpassed your brother’s?”
Caught off guard by this question, Di Youyou glanced worriedly at Li Jingmo.
What kind of look was that?
Li Jingmo nearly laughed in exasperation, reaching out to ruffle Di Youyou’s hair into a bird’s nest.
“What?
Is my sister being popular with the fans bothering you people?”
He looked seriously at Di Youyou, afraid this little girl might overthink things.
“Combined, we siblings already have millions of fans, and this is just the beginning!
In the future, we’ll have tens of millions, even hundreds of millions of fans.”
Hearing that Li Jingmo wasn’t angry or blaming her, Di Youyou’s mood immediately brightened.
Although her original intention wasn’t to gain fans or anything like that, since her brother said so, why couldn’t they siblings conquer the entertainment world?
Di Youyou nodded along.
“My Guoguo is right!
I started livestreaming to gain fans because Youyou wants to be a big star like Guoguo too!”
The little girl’s declaration was bold and ambitious, but Li Jingmo himself felt a bit embarrassed.
He was still growing, keeping a low profile, low profile.
This time, Qin Chenghao’s visit wasn’t simply to check on the little patient. As the mayor, boosting the economic development of the capital city was naturally his primary task.
After discussing with the Party Secretary, they decided to hold a traditional cultural exchange event at Xiangshan in the capital.
After much thought, they still wanted to invite celebrities to film a variety show, one that could slightly extend the timeline to more comprehensively introduce those traditional cultural categories. Later, this could attract more audiences from all over the country to visit Xiangshan for tourism.
It was a plan that killed multiple birds with one stone.
Coincidentally, Li Jingmo and Di Youyou were currently very popular and attracting a lot of attention (and controversy). Qin Chenghao thought of having Li Jingmo take Di Youyou to participate in this variety show. Firstly, to properly cleanse the tarnish on their reputations.
Secondly, well, keep the benefits within the family.
Ahem, the appearance fees for these two rascals could be appropriately reduced. Qin Chenghao still had a large lake water treatment project with outstanding final payments. If his year-end performance review didn’t go well, it would be troublesome.
Di Youyou had no idea she was about to be sold out by her Guoguo’s uncle.
Qin Chenghao maintained the appearance of an honest man on the surface. Just moments ago, he had decided that the Xiangshan variety show promotion program would be made into a parent-child type—very eye-catching.
Later, after the show became a hit and aired, Qin Chenghao sat at his desk sipping tea, his tablet playing the hilarious scenes of Di Youyou putting other kids and adults in their place.
See how much talent he had for being a director? Dealing with people’s livelihoods and economic construction every day, he almost felt like resigning to become a director.
Of course, that’s a story for later.
At this moment, our esteemed mayor was sparing no effort in persuading the siblings to join this not-yet-formally-prepared parenting variety show.
“So, I have a job here. Are you two siblings interested?”
“What job?”
“Yes!”
The siblings spoke in unison, but not very coordinated.
Di Youyou didn’t understand this old fox, but Li Jingmo wasn’t so trusting.
He covered the little girl’s mouth and looked questioningly at Qin Chenghao.
Apart from Qin Chenghao’s secretary, Wen Yue, no one else present knew about the uncle-nephew relationship.
Everyone watched Li Jingmo, this reckless youth, rudely questioning the high-ranking official, and knowingly shook their heads inwardly. With such poor insight, no wonder he couldn’t make it big in the entertainment industry—he probably wouldn’t even know when he offended someone.
Qin Chenghao, of course, knew that as long as he could handle this kid Li Jingmo, it would be settled.
“First, the news about Di Youyou being attacked by Fu Jie during her livestream has drawn nationwide attention this time. The higher-ups don’t want this kind of negative influence to expand further.
So, I have a parent-child variety show here that I want you siblings to join, to let the audience see that Di Youyou is in good health.
Second, the rumor about you two being mistaken for father and daughter—shouldn’t that also be addressed at some point?”
Qin Chenghao’s tone was seasoned and experienced, completely grasping Li Jingmo’s little concerns.
“Your sister is injured. How are you going to raise a child if you don’t earn money properly?”
The word ‘money’ was the most hurtful—how many heroes had been brought down by this very thing?
Qin Chenghao even emphasized it specially.
“This variety show is fair, just, and transparent, produced under the government’s leadership. I’ll personally review and issue your contracts when the time comes; there won’t be any issues.”
What Li Jingmo worried about most was oppressive contracts from companies. He had suffered from them himself and would never let Di Youyou follow in his footsteps.
Fortunately, this old fox Qin Chenghao was practically one of their own now, and Li Jingmo believed he wouldn’t screw over his own people.
Little did he know he was celebrating too soon. By the time Li Jingmo found out that among the seven families, he and Di Youyou had the lowest appearance fees, even rushing back on a rocket to confront Qin Chenghao would be too late.
Li Jingmo was somewhat inclined to go. With just one glance from him, Di Youyou agreed.
“I’ll listen to Guoguo!”
Qin Chenghao felt smug inside—mission accomplished!
He went back immediately to find the director, aiming to start filming on schedule within half a month.
Qin Chenghao, as an uncle, still had a conscience. Meeting Di Youyou, his non-blood-related little niece, for the first time, he even gave her a red envelope of 6,600 yuan before leaving.
By the time Li Jingmo had seen everyone off, Di Youyou had already finished counting the money.
“Guoguo, that mayor is such a great person!”
Li Jingmo’s mouth twitched. After confirming with the doctor that there were no major issues, he checked Di Youyou out of the hospital.
In the car, Qi Zuo received work-related news, saying that the finals of “Who is the King of Songs” would be postponed indefinitely—all because of the incident caused by Di Youyou’s livestream last night.
Now, the entire internet was frantically searching for Di Youyou, wanting to see just what kind of celestial being could take down a top star overnight…
Qi Zuo looked at Di Youyou, who knew nothing about it and was still sitting in the back seat, cluelessly sipping her children’s QQ strawberry milk.
He couldn’t help but sigh.
“Mo-ge, you should just lay low at home with Youyou for a while!
If you need any supplies at home, I’ll deliver them to you!”
Just thinking with his toes, he knew that recently, all the capital related to Fu Jie outside must be going crazy looking for Di Youyou!
The same confused expressions appeared on the faces of the big one and the little one in the back seat, staring blankly at Qi Zuo.
Qi Zuo hesitated, wanting to say more but holding back, and finally sighed.
“The job’s gone. Just listen to me and lay low for a few days.”
Upon hearing that Li Jingmo had lost his job again, Di Youyou thought she should take on some odd jobs at home first to maintain their basic living expenses!
Otherwise, Li Jingmo would be too pitiful.
Without anything related to Li Jingmo, Di Youyou wouldn’t even think to actively open her Magic Sound app to check.
Her account actually earned a five-figure sum from that single livestream!
It’s just that Li Jingmo’s public favor was getting worse and worse. Netizens called him a useless dad, and his followers dropped to just fifty thousand. Di Youyou, on the other hand, gained over two hundred thousand more followers.
Talk about the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer!