Xia Chuwei was also an artist under Huatai Entertainment.
Last year, Huatai had five participants in the idol survival show. The company bought one debut spot, and one of their artists debuted in a high position thanks to immense popularity. The remaining four artists from the same company competed for the remaining spot.
She remembered that Xia Chuwei had never made it into the top ten.
Yet in the end, she debuted by barely squeezing in. If there wasn’t something fishy about it, Su Yuqing would never believe it.
[Why is Su Yuqing directly calling her out like this?]
[LMAO, isn’t this basically admitting that Xia Chuwei stole someone else’s debut spot?]
[Confirmed: Su Yuqing and Xia Chuwei are from the same company.]
[Su Yuqing, get lost! Stop slandering my sister!]
[Has Su Yuqing switched up her persona?]
“God He, your seat is over here.” Lu Minglan spoke up, looking at He Suyan, who had turned halfway and changed direction.
Everyone’s eyes followed him.
He Suyan had already walked over to Su Yuqing and took a seat beside her. “I’ll sit here.”
“…!”
Has the Movie Emperor lost his mind? Yesterday, he jumped into the water without hesitation to save her, and today he deliberately chose the seat next to Su Yuqing.
“Since everyone’s here, let’s cut to the chase and announce today’s rules…” Director Lin withdrew his gaze and picked up the microphone.
Everyone was already used to his style and pace in running the show.
“This episode’s theme is ‘Freedom.’ The assessment will be tomorrow night at eight. Starting now, you can freely form teams of three to five people. Hidden throughout the hotel are tasks for tomorrow’s assessment. Those who find them first can start rehearsing. Each of you will receive three clues, which will be sent to the phones prepared for you by the production team.”
“Time waits for no one. If you can’t find them, you’ll fail the assessment.”
Everyone… So this is ‘freedom’—simple and brutal.
“Director Lin, we haven’t even had breakfast yet,” Xie Shiyun wailed.
“Yeah, yeah, we’re starving.”
“You can find food by following the clues,” Director Lin said with a smile.
“…”
The staff quickly handed out phones to everyone—these were the brand sponsored by the production team.
During the livestream, they couldn’t use their personal phones.
Su Yuqing took the phone and discreetly checked her three clues.
“Together?” A deep, pleasant voice came from beside her.
Su Yuqing resisted the urge to rub her ears, put away her phone, and looked up. “You want to team up with me?”
Teams of three to five—probably no one else wanted to team up with her.
“Is that okay?” The man’s eyes were profound.
“Sure.” Su Yuqing suddenly broke into a smile. Why refuse a man who perfectly matched her aesthetic preferences?
He Suyan smiled back, like snow-capped mountains lined with emerald pines under a bright moon.
The two of them huddled together, ignoring the various scrutinizing glances around them.
[Has the Movie Emperor been bewitched??]
[I noticed something off about him yesterday.]
[Let’s wait and see. Maybe the Movie Emperor is just being kind?]
[Su Yuqing has no shame!]
“These are my clues.” He Suyan proactively handed over his phone. “Maybe we have the same song.”
That would make the search easier.
Su Yuqing glanced at his clues. “Unfortunately, probably not.”
She handed her phone over.
The camera clearly captured both of their clues.
Viewers in front of the screen were baffled—what kind of clues were these?
Su Yuqing’s three clues: 1. Light, 2. Bright, 3. Five
Just three bare words—
He Suyan’s were even more straightforward: three completely unrelated emojis.
【Damn, I knew Director Lin was awesome!】
【Hurry and look around, see if there’s anything related.】
“I think mine might be easier to find,” Su Yuqing said, spinning her phone.
“The scope is too broad—there’s light inside the hotel, and there’s light outside the hotel too,” He Suyan pondered.
“What about your three memes…”
“…”
At this point, everyone started to complain.
“Director, this is too much. This clue might never be found.”
“Aren’t you just making things difficult for us?”
Director Lin coughed. “You can complete tasks to exchange for more detailed clues.”
Staff immediately brought over the task boards.
Placed in the front left, the tasks were varied and numerous.
Acupressure mat jumping basketball, blindfolded spinning apple-eating, one-minute rapid-fire Q&A…
There were also duo tasks, trio tasks, and group tasks.
“Those who have already formed teams in advance must choose a group task. After completing it, select one direction, and we’ll provide detailed clues,” Director Lin glanced at everyone.
The first to step forward was Xie Shiyun, a popular idol from a recent talent show, known for his singing and dancing skills—and for being a bit of a troublemaker.
“Does anyone want to team up with me?”
Out of over thirty people, more than ten raised their hands.
For tomorrow night’s assessment, having someone skilled in singing and dancing would save a lot of trouble.
“Teacher Lu, Teacher Cheng, let’s team up. Sorry to the others, maybe next time,” he chose Lu Minglan and Cheng Xingye.
Lu Minglan was a popular young actress, and Cheng Xingye was a rapper who had gained fame in the past two years. Both were talented.
“Director, we choose a group task…”
Lu Minglan glanced in the direction of He Suyan and Su Yuqing. She actually wanted to team up with He Suyan.
Although Xie Shiyun was a popular idol, compared to He Suyan, he was nothing. Fortunately, she was clear-headed, afraid of being too greedy and ending up with nothing. Choosing Xie Shiyun for now wasn’t a bad idea.
“We’re still one person short,” Su Yuqing whispered as the three of them went to draw task cards.
“Who do you want to team up with?”
“You’ll listen to me?”
“Mm.”
“Forget it, you decide,” Su Yuqing raised an eyebrow.
If she took the lead, probably no one would join.
He Suyan paused slightly, a smile appearing at the corner of his mouth. “Gu Zhan, would you like to team up?”
Gu Zhan, the visual and dance lead of a popular boy band, had been active for three years and remained popular throughout.
He walked over, suppressing the excitement in his eyes. “I’d love to.”
Being able to team up with his idol, even with Su Yuqing potentially dragging them down, didn’t matter to him.
“We can start the task now,” He Suyan turned to look at Su Yuqing.
“Mm, you go accept the task. I’m fine with anything.”
Such big talk.
Gu Zhan muttered to himself.
Since there were three of them, they had to take on a group task, which was randomly drawn.
He Suyan let Gu Zhan do the drawing.
Balloon Stomp—
The three of them looked at Xie Shiyun’s team holding the same task card on the opposite side: “…”
Director Lin had the camera zoom in. “You’ve drawn the same task! It’s a head-to-head match. Three minutes time limit. The team that protects the most balloons wins!”
Coincidentally, both teams had two men and one woman.
The others weren’t in a hurry to start their tasks either, gathering around to watch.
“Later, hide behind me and Teacher He,” Gu Zhan instructed Su Yuqing.
Staff quickly brought over balloons and tied them to their feet.
One balloon per foot.
The venue was filled with heart-pumping music.
“Let’s target Su Yuqing first,” Xie Shiyun narrowed his eyes, deciding to pick on the easy target first.
Lu Minglan and Cheng Xingye didn’t object.
“Begin!”
“Wait, Su Yuqing, don’t rush to…” attack.
“Bang!”
For a moment, silence fell over the scene.