Chapter 3 Chapter 003

When Li Tingqin received the call from Butler Li, it was early morning in Country A. In the living room, his secretary was giving him a brief report on the day's schedule when his personal assistant came over with a phone.

He raised his hand to ask the secretary to pause and asked, "What's the matter?"

The life assistant handed over the phone and said, "Mr. Li, this is Butler Li calling. He wants to report some family matters to you." When he answered the phone, he had already asked Butler Li about the preliminary situation. If it was something he could handle, he would handle it directly, but he was not qualified to listen to Mr. Li's family affairs.

"Uncle Li." Li Tingqin picked up the phone and heard Butler Li say in great pain, "Master! I'm sorry! It's my fault that I didn't take good care of Mr. Gu!"

"Mr. Gu moved to Songhe Villa a few days ago. I forgot to assign him a chef, and he was too embarrassed to tell me, so he secretly went to the mountains to dig wild vegetables and cook for himself!"

Li Tingqin answered the phone and just walked to the dining table and saw the rich variety of breakfast on the table: "..."

Uncle Li's tone was filled with indignation: "In addition, he was not only bullied by his classmates, a high school classmate could order him around at will; he was also bullied by a production crew, who could just say hello and cut out the content he worked so hard to shoot."

Li Tingqin actually had no impression of Gu Chen. He went abroad not long after the marriage. He only heard that Gu Chen was sent to boarding school since he was a child and was introverted and timid. Now Uncle Li's words deepened Li Tingqin's impression of the label of "introverted and timid". This child is too pitiful. If he remembered correctly, little Gu was only 22 years old now.

"I understand. I'll handle it." Li Tingqin tapped the edge of the table with his fingertips. "But you still need to ask Xiao Gu about his own wishes regarding participating in the show." Although he could handle it on his behalf, the other party was an independent individual, and it was very impolite to interfere in his private affairs without permission.

"By the way, what program did Xiao Gu participate in?" But providing some care and help is also a necessary obligation between couples.

"Uh... this..." Butler Li was also stunned, "Young Master, I need to ask another question."

"Okay." Li Tingqin said briefly, "You can contact Assistant Chen directly after you ask."

When Butler Li heard the other party hang up the phone, he was about to turn around and go in when he saw Gu Chen standing leisurely under the porch. He was startled: "Mr. Gu?" He had just finished talking to the young master on the phone, and suddenly saw Mr. Gu standing there. He suddenly felt that the young master was in front of him? His eyes were really blurry.

Gu Chen smiled slightly and said, "Uncle Li, please tell Mr. Li about my participation in the show. No need to trouble him for help." I finally became Passenger A, how could I bear to be knocked down by a butterfly.

Butler Li didn’t know why, but even though Mr. Gu’s smile was so friendly, he always felt a strong sense of oppression, and subconsciously said, “Oh, okay…” It seemed that Mr. Gu had not told anyone about his participation in the show. Could it be that he wanted to secretly start his own business?

Gu Chen exchanged a few more pleasantries with Butler Li and then persuaded him to go down the mountain.

He washed the dishes, took a walk to digest the food, and then took a quick inventory of his assets.

All I see is [Balance: 3452.87].

Gu Chen: “.”

Is this the result of Mr. Gu no longer being productive?

However, he has recently spent more money on things like tea by asking professional buyers.

But he couldn't work, he would never work in his life. He declined any offer of re-employment after retirement.

Suddenly it occurred to her that her cheap husband Mr. Li hadn’t received his pocket money for this month yet?

Gu Chen's fingertips lingered on the phone number marked as Mr. Li, and he rested his chin on his hand and fell into deep thought. He had always been the one to give money to others, and now he was being supported by his "husband", which made him feel embarrassed.

Just as he was struggling, a text message suddenly popped up:

[Your account ending in xxxx has received a transfer of 1,000,000.00 yuan, with a balance of 1,003,452.87. ]

Gu Chen: “?”

It is true that my cheap husband will be my cash cow in the future, but can this cash tree drop money by itself without shaking it? Can it drop a million dollars casually?

It seems that Mr. Li is still better than Mr. Gu.

Then his occupational disease kicked in, and he "conveniently" clicked on the financial report of the multinational group whose headquarters was overseas for Li Tingqin.

Hiss, Mr. Li is good. If he were the professional manager, he wouldn’t do any better.

When...when what was it?

Gu Chen immediately closed the laptop. His hands were so naughty.

Isn't it good to be Mr. Li's wife? Earn a million a day.

When Butler Li got in the car and drove down the mountain, he realized what he was doing here. So what program did Mr. Gu participate in? He didn't seem to have asked anything!

The next morning, Du Ruiqing had already gotten the finished film that the program crew had edited overnight by acting cute with her wealthy boyfriend.

Two minutes, not a second more was cut, even the transition with the sponsor and program team logos was shortened by 2 seconds, making it only 1 minute and 58 seconds.

He already knew that Gu Chen's husband would not attend, so there was nothing strange about that. He wanted to see the content. The editor was very obedient, and Gu Chen did not show his face for a second, only some hand movements and a few casual conversations with the photographer.

When Du Ruiqing saw the watch on Gu Chen's wrist while he was making tea, he laughed out loud.

This is actually a sports watch, and it’s not even an Apple Watch, it’s just a domestic brand worth only a few hundred dollars.

As the saying goes, "poor people play with cars, rich people play with watches." When he was unknown, he knew to borrow a good watch to show off. Gu Chen even "married into a wealthy family", but she didn't even pay attention to such details. Fortunately, the photographer was good at taking pictures and captured the real details that Gu Chen revealed unconsciously.

"Alas." Du Ruiqing shook his head and sighed. Gu Chen married a member of the Li family who didn't love him and was so stingy to him. It was really pitiful.

Although ordinary people like Gu Chen are not the focus of this program and no audience will pay special attention to him, Du Ruiqing was in a very happy mood and even bought him some internet trolls to lead the rhythm so that no audience would see these details.

Since the photographer is so good at shooting and the editor is so good at editing, he will just wait and see until it is broadcast.

The marriage and love variety show "Love Tutorial Class" is novel in format. It selects 4 married couples and 4 unmarried couples to participate. The original intention is to let unmarried couples "learn" from married couples in the show in order to promote feelings and increase the marriage rate, so it was named "Tutorial Class".

The first season of the show became an instant hit after it was aired, creating countless memes and laughs. However, contrary to expectations, the marriage rate not only did not increase, but it actually increased the divorce rate. Unmarried lovers helped married partners to divorce, and married partners helped unmarried lovers to break up.

Therefore, the second season, which is about to be launched, is highly anticipated even before it is aired.

The second season still follows the format of the previous season. The first episode will film the daily lives of the eight couples participating in the show, and then pair them up through audience voting after the broadcast. The audience will decide which unmarried couple will attend which married couple's "cram school" to shoot the second and third episodes.

The second season has become so popular that not only has actress Lin Yisu and her boyfriend joined the show, but also two top stars who were once sworn enemies but became lovers were forcibly sent by their companies to participate...

At eight o'clock in the evening, as soon as the show started on the platform, the popularity exploded instantly. Various barrages of comments took off in the videos of each couple, and the memes were played to the hilt.

Until they saw the short two minutes in the middle with a completely different style.

【？ ？ ？】

【？ ？ ？】

For a moment, all kinds of question marks flew across the barrage.

[What era is this? Why are there still two-minute-long commercials in variety shows? 】

[It's a public service advertisement, the empty shot is quite beautiful. ]

【Tea advertisement. 】

[Isn’t this an advertisement for a sports bracelet? ]

[I mean, is it possible that this is also a couple? The wealthy couple that the program team announced before. ]

So there are more question marks in the barrage.

When the program team announced the guests, they also divided them into different types. Gu Chen and his wife were officially announced as a wealthy couple. Although there are many wealthy couples, some viewers are still curious about the lives of wealthy couples. However, now it is not only completely different from what they expected, but also completely unrelated.

[What on earth are these photographers and editors doing? Can't they capture a single shot of a person's face? They just shoot a bunch of empty shots and waste films.]

[And why is there only one person? Aren’t they a couple? Is this a scam?]

[It’s so boring, I’m about to fall asleep…]

At this time, the navy bought by Du Ruiqing took the opportunity to lead the pace.

[A wealthy family? A wealthy family wears this kind of watch? ]

[The teacup is also a modern craft. Isn't this a fake? ]

[Her husband didn't show up even when she was participating in a dating show? It's obvious that she doesn't love him at all, and doesn't even respect him at all. ]

[This shows that marrying into a wealthy family will still make you poor. If your husband doesn't give you money, you can only wear a watch worth a few hundred yuan. ]

So the audience was not buying it: [Can the program crew please be more careful when inviting actors? Is this considered a wealthy family? ]

[Another time I’m taking you to visit a luxury brand like Metek x Bonwe? I’m dying of laughter. ]

[The program team should change the cast right after the show starts. ]

[Everyone else is in pairs, but he is alone, which is pitiful.]

Photographer Xiao Liu was also watching the show's premiere. When he saw the negative reviews, he was so angry that his hands were shaking. He couldn't help but comment: [You haven't met Mr. Gu in person! As long as you meet Mr. Gu, you will definitely be impressed! ]

Someone replied: [This is funny. How can we meet the real person without even showing his face? ]

Xiao Liu became even angrier because someone had asked for permission and cut out all the scenes showing Mr. Gu's face.

While the audience was mocking the fake wealthy family, a professional tea art blogger reposted a clip of Gu Chen’s part in this episode: [Fuck! This photographer is wasting food!!! He drank Taiping Houkui on the first day, Lantian Yuye on the second day, and Wuyishan Dahongpao on the third day!!! One sip costs tens of thousands of yuan, and he drinks it casually!!! There are many teas on Mr. Gu’s shelf that can only be seen at auctions. I really want to get into the screen and taste the tea!!!]

His fans are all tea lovers, and the comment section instantly had countless question marks. Who is so awesome that he can collect so many top-grade teas? As a result, when they clicked into the original video, they found that everyone below was saying that Mr. Gu was a poor bastard???

They couldn't help but do some scientific research: this "Blue Sky Jade Leaf" was sold at 745,000 yuan per kilogram at the auction, this "Taiping Houkui" 100 grams was sold for 200,000 yuan, and Wuyishan Dahongpao... Forget it, it should be ordinary as Mr. Gu said casually. After all, the one from the mother tree cost 10.4 million yuan per kilogram and had long become a cultural relic.

Xiao Liu's hands were shaking with anger, but when he saw the new comments, his hands shook even more. Is this Mr. Gu's "drink as you please"? You know, this is a mouthful of tea worth tens of thousands of dollars.

Before Xiao Liu was even finished being shocked, a calligraphy blogger who followed the tea art blogger was shocked again: [WTF! He wrote "Xuanmiao Pagoda Stele" on the first day, "Shimen Song" on the second day, and "Song of Songfeng Pavilion" on the third day? ? ? And he wrote so perfectly, is he a human? Is he a human? ! ! ! Where did this mysterious calligraphy master come from? ]

You should know that "Xuanmiao Pagoda Stele" is Liu Gongquan's regular script, "Shimen Song" is Wang Rong's official script, and "Song of Songfeng Pavilion" is Huang Tingjian's running script. To be able to write these calligraphy works well, one must be schizophrenic, but there are people who can write so perfectly in some dating variety show. Although his face is not shown, he looks like he is only in his twenties. Is he a human? Is he a human!

The calligraphy blogger was still being twisted and driven mad by jealousy, when a disciple of a certain ceramics master came out to weakly claim the "modern crafts" that were being mocked by everyone: [Well... my teacher's works are indeed quite cheap. The set of teacups used by this Mr. Gu was only sold for more than 500,000 yuan at an auction before...]

Xiao Liu, who was casually holding the teacup before, started shaking his hands even more when he refreshed the comments.

Now everyone finally looked back and carefully reviewed this video: [Photographer, editor, I realized that I blamed you wrongly. In this short 1 minute and 58 seconds, not a single second was wasted! ]

[Fuck! I can actually find something out every second! I'm going to download it and analyze it frame by frame...]

[Am I the only one licking my hand? Mr. Gu's hand on the armrest is so powerful and sexy. The wedding ring on his ring finger gives him a sense of abstinence.]

[To be honest, that sports bracelet is really useful. But... wow, he has such a perfect figure and long legs, and he still exercises every day! ]

[Wow, Mr. Gu is so mysterious. In just 1 minute and 58 seconds, the more you watch, the more mysterious he becomes.]

[Program crew, tell me, who is this big shot that makes you dare not take a picture of him! ]

Gu Chen was in a very happy mood. Before the show started, there was no force that influenced his face to be cut off, so there shouldn't be any butterfly effect.

He heated a cup of milk and read slowly to prepare for bed. There were too many information flows on social media platforms like Weibo, so he stopped reading them.