"Are you his fan?"
As the car drove onto the elevated road, Wen Wanning pulled her thoughts back and asked Ruan Jia, who was beside her.
Ruan Jia felt quite embarrassed, "I guess you could say that. He has a lot of wealthy fans, but I belong to the type who hasn't really spent much money."
"The advertisements and sponsorships signed by the racing team are basically all top-tier luxury brands; they are too expensive."
Ruan Jia pulled up the sleeve of her hoodie to show her arm, "As a worker, I chase stars rationally. I only bought two bracelets of the same style."
Wen Wanning turned her head, facing the streetlights of the elevated bridge outside the window, and saw the subtle shimmer on her wrist.
One was made of platinum, a long, serrated shape, looking like some kind of collaboration design.
The other was a braided bracelet.
It was woven in black and gold, with a very small good-luck bead.
Wen Wanning reached out and touched it, feeling inexplicably familiar, "Which temple did you get this from?"
"Jing'an Temple," Ruan Jia said with a proud look, "It was revealed during the racing team's practice session live broadcast at the beginning of the year. I have sharp eyes, so I went to get it early the next morning. Later, the price was hyped up like crazy, and my friends and I were delighted to each have one."
Wen Wanning tilted her head on her shoulder and asked casually, "Is it effective?"
The young assistant looked serious, "It must be effective. Old fans say Ling Ye has worn this bracelet for many years, and it has been blessed all the way; he has won everything except for the season championship."
"As for me, my ex-boyfriend was cheated on last month, and that young lady took away all the valuable things in the house. The effect was outstanding."
"……"
Okay.
The car drove into the residential community, just past five o'clock.
Several elderly people doing morning exercises were walking out of the main gate with sword bags on their backs, full of energy.
After entering the garage and parking the car, turning the key to turn off the engine, Zhou Fu handed over a stack of bound documents.
"Regarding the variety show I mentioned to you last time, I went to talk to Teacher Zhong again today, and it is basically settled."
Teacher Zhong is the chief producer of the hit variety show Spontaneous Travel on Orange TV, and she was a fellow student of Zhou Fu in college; they have always had a pretty good relationship.
From the formation of the concept to its massive popularity, Zhou Fu had been working on Spontaneous Travel for as many seasons as it had aired.
By this fifth season, they were finally willing to take advantage of the "National Little Mom" hot search and make an exception to give an opportunity to Wen Wanning, whose reputation was not exactly clean.
Zhou Fu sighed with emotion, "If I say you're lucky, it's like a lightning strike, but if I say you're miserable, sometimes your luck is actually quite good."
Wen Wanning took the folder, feeling a bit flattered.
With the same scandals, if they had been released five years ago, they would have kept her from sleeping well for months. Today, being scolded a couple of times could earn her an exposure opportunity on a national-level variety show; Wen Wanning felt it was worth it.
Negative publicity is also a form of discussion; sometimes it is even more effective than organic traffic, and the program group understands this better than they do.
The paper materials Zhou Fu handed over were dozens of pages long.
Just as she opened the first page of the guest list, Wen Wanning's fair, slender fingers paused and stopped right there.
Spontaneous Travel Season 5 continues Orange TV's consistent configuration: four women and three men. On the surface, it is traveling around the world, but in reality, it is a chaotic mix of CP farming.
The early road map and script were written very cryptically, but there were traps dug in every word.
In the male artist column, the first line is Xu Jiashu, and the second line is Wei Yinghuai.
The third line... is a question mark.
Zhou Fu turned her head, "Oh right, you don't need to worry about Xu Jiashu. Just perform as you should. If it's really hard to interact, it doesn't matter."
"Teacher Zhong considered that the relationship between you two is really awkward, so she added a junior of yours." Zhou Fu lifted her chin, signaling her to look down.
"Xiao Wei, who graduated from Shanghai Theatre Academy just like you, played your son in that Republic of China era film. Do you remember him?"
At first, she didn't think much of it just by looking at the name, but with Zhou Fu emphasizing it like that, Wen Wanning realized what was wrong.
Orange TV is truly as the rumors say—
They don't keep idle people; everyone is a genius at hype.
Choosing her wasn't enough; among so many young male actors, they nevertheless had to pair her with the original "stepson" she had once been on a hot search with.
Zhou Fu studied her expression, her eyes, which had been up half the night, shining, "I think Xiao Wei is quite good. He comes from a stage play background, and his foundation and fan base are clean. You should go back and do your homework. If you seize the opportunity to farm CP, you might just turn things around in one go."
Wen Wanning's head was spinning, "……That kid is indeed a good person."
It's just that she couldn't be okay with it.
Having been slandered for so many years, she still had that much experience.
When a female celebrity with negative publicity and a clean newcomer male actor form a CP, even if there is ten percent popularity, nine percent of it will be people scolding her.
The car had been turned off downstairs for a long time, and birds were chirping outside the window.
Wen Wanning put the folder into her bag, and with her hand already on the car door handle, she suddenly remembered to ask, "Who is that question mark?"
"Teacher Zhong is being mysterious, saying she wants to insert a heavyweight guest and is still waiting for their nod," Zhou Fu yawned, "It doesn't have much to do with us; you just focus on Xiao Wei and that's it."
"Top streamers have arrogant personalities and many die-hard fans. If you try to get close to them, the fans will skin you alive. It's better to stay away."
After entering the door and changing out of her high heels, the flowers she had arranged before leaving home had dried up, and a layer of dust had fallen on the shoe cabinet.
Wen Wanning forced herself to bathe and remove her makeup, then collapsed onto the bed and slept groggily until noon, only to be woken up by the vibration of Zhou Fu's phone call.
The production pace of Orange TV's variety shows is extremely fast.
The intention was just confirmed yesterday, the contract will be signed this afternoon, and the pilot episode and other promotional materials will start filming in a week.
Wen Wanning, an old artist who has been in the industry for ten years since her debut at seventeen and has never been on a variety show, witnessed this speed for the first time and sighed with emotion all day long.
Returning home in the evening and curling up on the sofa, she saw a WeChat message from her best friend.
Qi Jiujiu: 【Wanning, have you finished signing the contract?】
【I told the company at the beginning of the year that without Teacher Wen, there would be no me. If Teacher Wen goes, I must go.】
Wen Wanning typed rapidly: 【Signed, it was lightning fast.】
【The daily life of you top female streamers is so hard; I feel for you.】
Just as the message was sent, the flashing "Typing..." paused for a moment, and a video call popped up.
The two hadn't seen each other for a long time. Qi Jiujiu looked her up and down through the screen and blew crazy kisses.
"Wuwuwu, my baby Wanning! I'm speechless, how is your skin still so good?"
Wen Wanning laughed out loud and deflected the compliment, "It's still our Jiujiu who is better looking."
"Well, I'm definitely good looking, we are both good looking."
Qi Jiujiu put her phone on the table and tugged at her face mask toward the small window, "Let me tell you, now that I think about traveling abroad with you, I have a sense of happiness like holding hands and going to the restroom when we were in school."
Wen Wanning corrected her, "It's going abroad to work together."
"Oh," Qi Jiujiu glanced at her, her peripheral vision sweeping over the coffee table in Wen Wanning's living room, and her train of thought was interrupted.
"What's going on here? Is my coworker preparing to cross over and change careers?"
Wen Wanning looked in the direction of her gaze; it was a stack of books that Zhou Fu had bought for her today.
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