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The planner was sitting in a heated, air-conditioned room, legs crossed, holding an out-of-season watermelon.
He was a variety show planner who had just been transferred from Lecheng TV to AiMao Live. He had worked on many sensational programs and had a good understanding of the audience's psychology, knowing exactly what they wanted to watch.
Who wants to see everyone all smiles and acting like one big family? We're not living in ancient times!
What everyone wants is excitement, conflict, smiling on the surface while cursing behind the scenes, and undercurrents beneath the surface of harmony and friendliness!
So this planner spent the entire night studying the registration form, starting yesterday.
The footage from the paparazzi is uploaded to the server in real time, and the planners can view it at will. They are planning to take advantage of the buzz on Weibo to quickly edit out a trailer and keep the audience engaged.
Like that handsome man who outshone the entertainment industry yesterday, he's trending again today, with people specifically telling him to pay attention and treat him like a celebrity.
The planner verbally agreed, but secretly had other plans.
He also saw yesterday's trending topics. These shallow young girls on Weibo are making such a fuss after seeing just two photos.
While his appearance is indeed attractive, what good is a pretty face if he has no story or personality? He's nothing more than a pretty vase.
Look at their group's registration form. What are all these names? "King," "Head Maid"—is the whole group serving a non-streamer? I wonder where they found them.
The Xuanyuan family is more interesting.
After finishing the last bite of the gossip, the planner wiped his mouth and thought, "That family appears harmonious on the surface, but they're constantly pulling strings behind the scenes. The women are resentful of the men, and the men are resentful of the women. Apart from a few high-profile figures in the center, the rest are tearing each other apart, practically wanting to bring their conflict to the audience's attention."
Even among the most popular ones, there's a lot of disharmony between them. For example, Tang Mimi hired online trolls to attack Lemongrass, and Lemongrass went even further, "accidentally" showing Tang Mimi's bare-faced photo on a show...
The planner chuckled as he thought about it, feeling quite pleased; he was sure the audience would love to watch it.
"Hey you!" The planner waved, took a wet wipe to wipe his sticky hands, and said, "Pull up the video of the Xuanyuan sisters so I can take a look."
The assistant pulled up the recording as instructed, and the planner witnessed a direct confrontation of eyes.
"..."
The planner slammed a watermelon rind on the ground and excitedly stood up, waving his arms: "Editor! Editor, come quick! Hurry up and cut the facade onto the screen!"
He broke his promise.
The storefront looks really nice!
Author's Note: Bei Sining opened a bag of Maltesers: Is this the legendary elixir for mortals...?
(One more chapter to go, posted at 1 PM. Those who go to bed early can read it tomorrow morning, mua!)
Chapter 53
An hour later, the official AiMao Live website released a trailer.
The content features highlights from today's episodes of the anchors enjoying their time at the amusement park.
Comments section:
-Ah, I'm dead.
-Holy crap, we're licking ice cream, one bite for you, one bite for me?
Mingzhu is holding a pink balloon, so cute! I want to... I want to!!!
-Every time I watch amusement park variety shows, I see a few silly kids who get nauseous from riding roller coasters, and their mothers look at Xiaoyu with kind smiles.
-The one holding Xiaoyu seems to be a friend from Z University (don't ask me how I know, I'll quit if I tell you).
-? ?? Quick, I want to eat some melon seeds...
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Even if I have to complain, while Mingzhu's looks far surpass those of the other streamers, he doesn't look out of place standing next to Z, Da Yu, and the others. I initially thought it was because they were close friends, giving me a preconceived notion, but seeing Tang Mimi and Lemongrass in the same frame as them created an indescribable sense of unease…
Did those two female anchors get plastic surgery? [doge emoji]
- Hahahaha, the contrast is stark!
-They must have sensed it too, otherwise their facial expressions wouldn't be like that... indescribable?
Is editing some kind of devil? Everyone else films the pretty female anchor looking beautiful, but here she looks like a vicious supporting character. Although I know in my heart that girls who are supposed to have a sweet and innocent persona aren't actually that innocent, seeing the expressions of the Cinderella sisters up close still made me a little uncomfortable.
- Good heavens, it's been years and there are still people who don't know about the feud between Tang Mimi and Lemon Grass! [Web link] Come and see, before they joined the Xuanyuan family, their palace intrigue had already gone through eighty episodes, this is a special thread.
- Take a few more glances at the pearl to cleanse your eyes.
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-Z is getting more and more handsome the more I look at him, I'm a certified fan. In the 50-second cut, Z takes out candy from his pocket to give to the kids once, buys balloons for Mingzhu once, helps carry the balloons himself once, and pays three times... Seriously, why did the editor cut out the scene where he pays?!
What the hell is this amazing man? (sound)
I'm so envious! They're a match made in heaven! If I had a girlfriend as cute as Mingzhu, I'd pay for her too!
- Wake up, you clay-sculptor in front of me! Let me show you a screenshot [image], then open your murky eyes and take a good look. How can Mingzhu be a girlfriend all her life?!
- ...Does Z have a particular fondness for raising large animals? If you raise a cat, it's so big; if you raise a boyfriend, he's just as big.
-Big? (I...didn't say anything.)
-? Boyfriend?? Shut up, he didn't say!
-They're already licking each other's ice cream, don't they have boyfriends yet?
-They say they're friends.
- [Image][Image][Image], high-definition download available, Mingzhu's beautiful, cute, pink little tongue as she licks ice cream.
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-Why did the cyber police delete my sticker?! It was clearly the part above the neck!
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The online commotion only broke out around evening, and the performers in the amusement park were completely unaware of it at that time.
Tang Mimi and Lemongrass, who had just brushed past Wen Zheng and the others, were still putting on a show of failing to control their facial expressions.
"They're selling bromance again!" Tang Mimi, worried about being followed by paparazzi, pretended to whisper to Lemon Grass, leaned close to her ear, and gritted her teeth.
Lemongrass whispered in her ear, also feeling annoyed, "How disgusting!"
"Two grown men, two heads taller than us, were licking each other's ice cream! It's so disgusting, I can't stand it."
"What is Z University's girlfriend thinking? Is she after his money?!"
"No matter how much money he has, he's only accumulated a little more in the last two months..."
"So that means judging by looks?"
"I think he's going to crash and burn sooner or later."
The cameraman: "..." What are you two talking about? Your expressions are just awful...
They were really upset today.
The price of dressing up is the risk of wardrobe malfunctions. Although Tang Mimi wears shorts, Lemon Grass's character is that of a girl who can only wear skirts.
The rides at this amusement park were either thrilling or dizzying. Lemongrass was afraid of being photographed looking bad, while Sugar Honey was too scared to go on the spinning rides. In the end, the two of them just wandered around and only rode the Ferris wheel and went to a haunted house before disappearing without a trace.
If they stayed on the Ferris wheel, they could earn a lot of points, but only stubborn people like Bei Sining and Deng Puyue would seriously consider the points. Astute people like Tang Mimi and Lemongrass would naturally know that the points were just a gimmick, and who would receive the awards later would just be a matter of changing the rules.
So their goal today is to steal the spotlight.
However, one cannot appear too indifferent to the score; one must make a reasonable and dignified display of prowess.
"Honey..." Lemongrass and Sugar Honey sat on the bench, the girl holding an ice cream cone. It was a pretty scene, but unfortunately, the performance seemed a bit too staged.
"What's wrong?" Tang Mimi licked her ice cream.
Lemongrass: "I really don't want to ride a roller coaster... but if we do, won't we be at the bottom? Only two points... I don't want to be last." Her voice was aggrieved.
Sugar Honey: "Sigh, I didn't want to either... Hey, Lemon, what do you think?"
Following the direction of her finger, several brown teddy bears were handing out flyers.
Tang Mimi: "Are they staff members? They work so hard... Could we help them hand out flyers?"
After saying that, she turned back to look at the cameraman expectantly: "Uncle, is it okay? It's alright if I don't get a score..."
I contacted the photographer and the planner, and quickly received a reply informing me that it was possible.
"One cent for every thousand flyers handed out."
"Wow!" Sugar Honey excitedly high-fived Lemongrass: "We can earn points now!"
Meanwhile, Wen Zheng and Bei Sining had finished their ice cream and sat down in Little Bear's Mushroom House—the restaurant in the Infinite Paradise scenic area.
They were sitting on the same side of the table, with a bunch of balloons already tied to the back of the chair opposite them.
Wen Zheng opened the large map and circled a few places with a ballpoint pen while waiting for the food to be served.
"If you don't want to go on thrill rides, there's a 5D movie, a raft ride, a Ferris wheel, a carousel and a giant teacup, a haunted house, and an astronomy museum."
Bei Sining followed Wen Zheng's pen and asked, "Why isn't the carousel exciting?"
"It's rather slow... I've never ridden it before."
"You've never ridden it before?" Bei Sining asked blankly, "Why?"
Seeing his genuine curiosity, and considering that there were many more parents with children than young couples at the amusement park today, Wen Zheng paused before saying, "It's just bad luck. My parents were always busy, and then I grew up."
Bei Sining seemed to want to ask something, but kept silent because of the camera.
He then asked, "Does the carousel make you dizzy?"
Wen Zheng didn't actually know either; he just understood it literally and said, "If it's going to rotate, there might be a little bit."
Bei Sining crossed it out and asked about the big teacup again. The cameraman couldn't help but interject, telling them that the big teacup also rotates.
Bei Sining frowned and fiercely scratched through the back of the paper: "Why are we spinning again? Is spinning the only thing this amusement park does?"
The pen paused on the drifting surface for a moment, then asked, "So... do you want to play this?"
Wen Zheng suppressed a laugh: "I don't want to."