Halfway up the mountain in Yuncheng, the staff of the "Spiritual Affairs" program team are debugging the recording equipment in preparation for the upcoming live broadcast.

The assistant in charge of moving the sundries heard the director's roar not far away, and lowered his voice to ask the person next to him: "What happened to Director Li today? I just accidentally tripped over the wiring and got scolded!"

The companion said, "Hey, it's because that guy was pushed in by Producer Lin. Director Li has been angry for several days. It's your bad luck that you ran into trouble!"

The format of the program "Spiritual Affairs" is very special. It adopts the form of recording and broadcasting with real-time feedback. One episode is recorded every eight days. The time in between is for the contestants to rest and adjust, and also for the program team to edit.

In the first episode, the program team has selected ten official contestants from the hundreds of extraordinary people who participated in the auditions.

Unexpectedly, just after the recording was completed, one person had an accident and had to withdraw from the competition.

Director Li originally planned to pick a replacement from those eliminated in other auditions, but the producer inserted Gu Zhisang in to make the show more popular.

He has been angry for several days because of this.

The assistant scratched his head and said, "Is it that serious? Gu Zhisang is so pretty and more popular than the average second-tier star. Wouldn't it be great if she could make the show more popular?"

The companion said, "You are a new guy, you don't know shit. This woman has a bad temper and likes to act like a big shot. When the time comes, won't we, the little guys, be the ones who suffer?"

Before he could finish his words, the director in the studio interrupted him: "What are you two doing standing there? Are you acting like sculptures?!"

After Li Chenghe finished yelling, the two staff members shrank their heads and dispersed, but he felt even more annoyed.

"Spiritual Matters" was his original selection, but he was not a big director. He had no connections and no money at the beginning, so he had no choice but to team up with producer Lin Hang.

Lin Hang didn't believe in metaphysics at all. In order to attract more traffic, he created a lot of vulgar plots in the first two seasons. But the show did become popular, and it also attracted many sponsors and made a lot of money.

Li Chenghe is different. His original intention of doing this program is to promote and prove metaphysics;

He couldn't make decisions before because he had no money, but now that he has money he wants to shoot well.

He spent half a year looking for extraordinary people, supernatural events and materials, hoping to create a real metaphysical variety show!

Who would have thought that just as the show started, Lin Hang once again inserted Gu Zhisang in to attract attention, and said nonchalantly:

"Oh, Lao Li, you are too rigid. There is nothing interesting to watch. Which audience and sponsor will support your show?"

This attitude made Li Chenghe so angry that he felt uncomfortable for several days, and his feelings towards Gu Zhisang also reached the lowest point.

The assistant director said, "Brother Li, there are still 20 minutes until the official start time. All the live broadcast rooms have been activated and the audience is streaming in."

Li Chenghe leaned over to take a look. Ten live broadcast windows had popped up on the screens of the two main controllers. However, the screen was still black because the cameras had not been turned on.

Thanks to the large number of viewers accumulated in the first two seasons of "Spiritual Affairs", as well as bystanders and Gu Zhisang's black fans, the number of people in each live broadcast room exceeded 10,000 within three minutes.

Especially in the live broadcast room with Gu Zhisang's name, the number of users soared to six figures, with hundreds or thousands of people added every few seconds. Above the dark live broadcast screen, comments were posted lively.

[Brothers and sisters, are you here? Bring your melon seeds and drinks, it's time for the “Civilized Monkey Watching” program that happens every eight days. 】

[In order to criticize Gu Zhisang's software, I would like to introduce to you the first "plague-type" artist in the circle. He is a bad-hearted person who tramples on his teammates and is a drama queen who makes random claims! ! ]

[Ah... the comment section is so chaotic, why are they all scolding this contestant? ]

[Everyone can take revenge if they have a grudge. As long as you hate Gu Zhisang, it doesn't matter if we are fans of the rival family or not. We are all sisters today! ]

[Is it because the disfigured beauty character can no longer be marketed, so she is trying to market the character of a person with bad luck or a plague god? 】

[Where is the anchor? Come out and get scolded. Weren't you quite shameless when you slandered Xiaoqing before? My keyboard is ready. ]

【……】

After two seasons, the staff have a certain understanding of their own program. Although there are many people who criticize it, there are also many people who enjoy watching the show and playing with the jokes.

It was the first time they had seen a situation like in Gu Zhisang's live broadcast room, where nearly 100,000 people rushed in and started to curse as soon as the broadcast started.

The assistant director was stunned for a moment and asked, "Brother Li, should we control the comments? Set up some filtering words or something..."

Li Chenghe said coldly: "No need."

Don't you want to be popular? His agent even called him personally and said that he didn't need to take special care of him.

He hoped that Gu Zhisang would take a closer look at the comments and quit if he couldn't stand it anymore.

"Okay." The assistant director felt that the female artist was also very miserable. Anyone who looked down and saw a screen full of curses would collapse. "The show will officially start in ten minutes. Do you want to give her another call?"

Li Chenghe was unhappy, "You're late on the first day of the show and you're acting like a big shot!"

"Who is responsible for contacting Gu Zhisang? Why hasn't he arrived yet?"

The girl in charge said, "I called Teacher Gu about half an hour ago, and she said she had reached the foot of the mountain. I'll call her again."

She was stunned when she took out her cell phone. "Teacher Gu said she, said she..."

"Um, hello, director?" A pleasant female voice suddenly sounded behind the crowd. When they turned around, they saw two girls in sportswear suits, hats and masks standing not far from the studio.

The person in front of her was wearing a gray suit and looked to be about 1.7 meters tall. She only showed a pair of eyes, which were long but not sunken and slightly upturned. Her pupils were clean and bright, and the skin at the end of her eyes was as white as snow.

Even without seeing her face, everyone was certain that she was a beauty.

"You seem to be looking for me?" The beauty took off her mask to reveal her full face. "I'm Gu Zhisang, and this is my assistant Xiao Zhou."

Xiao Zhou bowed nervously, "Hello, Director!"

The girl in charge of contacting swallowed and handed the phone to Li Chenghe, "Director Li, Teacher Gu sent me a message 20 minutes ago saying that she had arrived. I didn't see it at the time. I'm sorry, sorry!!"

Gu Zhisang: "Don't blame her. I saw that everyone was busy and there was still some time, so I didn't bother you rashly."

Li Chenghe looked at the smiling girl in front of him with mixed feelings, his old face felt a little hot.

If he saw it right, the two girls had indeed stayed nearby for quite a while, helping to move some small equipment. Who would have thought that they were Gu Zhisang, who was always late as rumored on the Internet? ?! !

The staff nearby were also shocked, and then a little embarrassed.

Many of them were just talking about Gu Zhisang, chatting about her negative material and gossip, but the person in question was listening right next to them.

Li Chenghe coughed lightly, "Xiao Feng, take her to her live studio to prepare. Are you familiar with the second round's rules?"

Gu Zhisang nodded and said, "I've read the script."

Li Chenghe: ...

"...The cameras in the room are all set to turn on automatically at a certain time. If you need to put on makeup, hurry up." After saying that, he walked into the studio with his hands behind his back.

“Thank you, director.”

——

After entering the separate room, assistant Xiao Zhou breathed a sigh of relief and took out tissues and water from his bag and placed them on the table.

"Sister Sang, wipe your sweat. Do you want to touch up your makeup?"

Gu Zhisang took off his hat and mask, raised his eyes and curled the corners of his lips, "Thank you for your hard work."

This made Xiao Zhou stunned. Only when he looked closely could he intuitively feel how good Gu Zhisang's skin was.

She seemed to have no makeup on, but her face was still white and glowing, with no visible pores at all. Even though there was a scar on her forehead, it did not destroy her beauty.

"No, it's not hard. This is what I should do."

Xiao Zhou is not a professional assistant. She was hired as an intern more than half a month ago. After only three days of training, she was suddenly ordered to go to Gu Zhisang.

Economic companies are where gossip spreads the fastest, and they are also the most snobbish and flattering places.

As soon as she received the transfer, people around her told her a lot about how bad Miss Gu's temper was and how difficult she was to serve. They even said that she would beat and scold her assistants. Their words were full of sympathy and ridicule, which made Xiao Zhou, who was still an intern, very scared.

But after spending half a day together, all she could see was: Sister Sang is so beautiful and gentle, entertainment rumors industry are really so scary!!

After all the staff in the room left, Xiao Zhou asked cautiously, "Sister Sang, aren't you angry when they say that to you?"

It was fine to listen to those people's gossip outside, but once I entered the live broadcast room, the screen was full of dirty words sent by haters;

She felt angry just watching them and wanted to go up and argue with them. How depressed Sister Sang must be!

"There's nothing to be angry about. Rumors and gossip have existed since ancient times. As long as the people who like me believe me, that's enough."

After saying this, Gu Zhisang was quite satisfied. As a person with a strong sense of responsibility, although she did not like being an artist, out of respect for this profession and fans, she still read two books on "Artists' Talk" very professionally.

Xiao Zhou felt even more distressed after hearing this: "I believe Sister Sang, they will definitely regret it in the future!"

Gu Zhisang smiled and said, "Yes, those who sow discord and slander others while they are alive will have their tongues pulled out by the little ghosts after they die. They will definitely regret it after being thrown into the tongue-pulling hell."

Xiao Zhou: ...

Why did she feel her tongue was a little tight?

"Ah, the time is up." Seeing the clock pointing to nine o'clock, Gu Zhisang leaned closer to the device in front of him and looked at the camera, "The live broadcast room should be open."

Those who had been waiting in the live broadcast room, eagerly waiting to criticize Gu Zhisang as soon as he appeared, were holding their devices. When the screen lit up, they were all staring in amazement and speechless for a moment.

There is a blank period of one or two seconds in the barrage area.

The woman in the live broadcast was facing the camera. Her long, curly black eyelashes were clearly visible in the high-definition video, and the red mole on the tip of her nose made her look particularly beautiful.

She propped up her chin with her slender white fingertips and said nonchalantly, "Hmm? The camera isn't on yet?"

The next second, the barrage of comments exploded:

[Brothers, I'm a traitor. Who can scold such a beautiful face? ? I declare that from today on, the anchor is my new wife. Hi, wife, a kiss~]

[??? Does Gu Zhisang look like this? Ah...it seems so. Damn, isn't she disfigured? Why does she look prettier?]

[I am speechless. Can you please stop being so superficial? She looks pretty but has a dark heart. Disgusting.]

[But no matter how much you say she is stupid, vicious and mean, the anchor is still very beautiful! I'm following her. ]

Metaphysics has been mysterious since ancient times. Even if most people firmly believe that they are scientific atheists, they have to admit that they yearn for those mysterious and spiritual stories. Therefore, the program "Spiritual Matters" has a very wide audience.

From 80-year-old grandpas and aunts to elementary school students and their entire families, it also brings together people from all walks of life, and fans in the entertainment industry are always just one of them.

Passersby were just watching the scandals and would not really hate Gu Zhisang;

In this era where beauty addicts are everywhere, beauty is the absolute weapon of primary productivity. The comment section immediately changed from one-sided curses to many flattering looks.

Ignoring the foul scolding, Gu Zhisang raised his eyebrows slightly: "Hello everyone, from now on I will be a permanent contestant of the third season of "Spiritual Affairs"."

"Ask me if I can communicate with spirits? If I don't have some real skills, I wouldn't dare to come. Everyone knows the program process, so I won't introduce it. Let's just get started."

At the beginning of each episode of "Spiritual Affairs", there is a warm-up interactive session.

If the audience in the live broadcast room does not mind having their information exposed, they can click to participate in the interaction. Once selected, they can interact with the contestants via the microphone.

During the competition, the audience is not allowed to tell the contestants their specific information, but instead let the contestants figure out their identity information and past experiences through their own abilities.

The more detailed and accurate the information is, the stronger the player's ability is, which is equivalent to testing the player's ability.

This interactive session has always been one of the audience’s favorites, as too many people want to test whether the contestants really understand metaphysics.

In the past two seasons, some people have become famous through fortune-telling from a distance and are called fortune-tellers;

But more contestants failed miserably and their performances were completely irrelevant. Netizens edited their performances into a special comedy column and it was widely circulated.

Because Gu Zhisang did not come to the first episode, the director team asked her to calculate the two audience members.

At this time, the barrage of comments was a bit laggy, and less than ten minutes after the broadcast started, the number of people in the live broadcast room exceeded 150,000!

In the unknown underground abyss, the wind howled and the dark clouds were heavy.

The underworld, which should be full of ghosts roaming around, is quite quiet at this time. Looking closely, the rotten soil and ghost willows at the beginning and end of Huangquan Road, on the Naihe Bridge, and along the Santu River are all hung with dark souls.

In the hand of each ghost, there was a crude little board. The dimly glowing screen kept spinning, making the ghosts feel annoyed.

"Hey!! I squeezed in! There's a picture!"

"If there is an afterlife, I will definitely be a good person, so that I can be reincarnated sooner after death! When I think about the fact that I have to wait in line for another fifty years in this broken net of the underworld before I can be reincarnated... Lord Yama! It would be better if I could just die!"

"It's been a while since I started, big brother, can you lend it to me to have a look? I really can't turn this small circle around..."

“…”

There are many fierce and vicious ghosts among them. They have been wandering in the underworld for hundreds of years and have powerful spirits. At this time, they were unable to load the program. A sense of ferocity surged in their hearts, and they pounced on another little ghost who had successfully loaded the program and was still gloating, and tore it into pieces, and snatched its equipment.

For a moment, the ghosts fought and bit each other, and the banks of the Sandu River were filled with gloomy energy.

The new official was frightened when he saw this, because it was just a little ghost, but the network in the underworld was too bad!

In order to watch "Spiritual Affairs", the little ghost practiced non-stop, and successfully came ashore to become a smallest ghost official. From now on, he no longer has to worry about network lag!

When Black Impermanence Fan Wujiu opened the Ghost Gate and brought back souls from the world of the living, this was the lively ghost scene he saw.

Although he was small and slightly fat, he carried a mourning stick with steel teeth on one shoulder, and wore a black robe and a black official hat on his head, with the words "Peace in the World" written on it.

With his other hand, he was pulling the soul-catching chain, behind which hung a bunch of newly captured evil spirits. Feeling the struggle behind him, Fan Wujiu swung up and hit him with a stick.

"Behave yourself, Mr. Hei!"

After kicking the wilted evil spirit forward, Fan Wujiu touched his fat white chin and said, "Where's the horse-faced demon? Come and work!"

The horse-faced man who was leaning against the intersection of Huangquan Road and hugging the ghost and busy following the live broadcast raised his head and said, "Hei Ye is back!"

The horse-faced man didn't go over himself, but grabbed a little Yin official from behind, "You go and send the team off, I'm busy watching the show."

Fan Wujiu: ...

It shook its head. "It's hopeless."

When it looked up, it saw a streak of white floating above the gate of hell, so it leaped up and said, "Brother Bai, the ghosts in the underworld are getting stupider and stupider. I don't understand, what's so interesting about that crappy show in the world of the living!"

Upon hearing this, Xie Bian, who was leaning against the Black Kirin at the Gate of Hell, glanced at Fan Wujiu with his slender eyebrows and remained silent.

Fan Wujiu lowered his head and found that Brother Bai was also holding a device in his hand, and the screen showed a live broadcast of a woman from the mortal world!

"It's over, Brother Bai...you've been corrupted too!"

Xie Bian was too lazy to pay attention to it and turned sideways to continue watching.

Unwilling to be left out, Fan Wujiu shrugged his nose. He decided to infiltrate the enemy and take a good look at what was so good about this "Spiritual Affairs" show!

Recalling the face it had just seen in Xie Bian's hand, it opened the players' live broadcast rooms one by one and finally found the target.

"Gu Zhisang... Wow, he's quite popular."

Because the underworld is secretly connected to the network of the living world, the comments posted by the ghosts in the underworld can also be displayed in the live broadcast room. However, firstly, many network cards cannot allow the ghosts to send their comments at all, and secondly, the comments from the underworld are also tainted with negative energy and can easily be ignored or not seen by living people at all.

Fan Wujiu saw it quite clearly, only a few scattered ghost comments were drowned out.

"The contestant has fair skin and bright eyes, so his liver must be very healthy! His skull is also very round, so beautiful, I like it~"

"How can a woman like you show her face in public and do such rural charlatan things? How can it be tolerated?!" It seems that this is a feudal old ghost.

At this moment, the woman named Gu Zhisang in the live broadcast room spoke:

"The audience who clicked to participate in the first round of interaction has been selected. Is the audience with the nickname 'Qingfeng Yueming' here? Can you connect now?"

[Fuck! Is it Qingfeng? It can’t be such a coincidence…]

[Is it the 'Qing Feng Yue Ming' I know? A famous fangirl in Qing Feng! ! Great! Now Gu Zhi Sang can't cheat. Boss Yue Ming is going to fuck her! ]

[Please don't try to touch the first-line female star, she is even a rival. Now she is not even worthy of carrying Qingqing's shoes. 】

Many people from the entertainment industry were very excited in the barrage, and kept saying it was a Shura scene, leaving other people who didn't know the situation confused.

After the explanation in the barrage, netizens realized that "Qingfeng" is the self-proclaimed name of fans of a female star, and that this female star and Gu Zhisang are rivals.

'Qingfeng Yueming' is a well-known fan of the female star. He has spent countless amounts of money on her and is a blogger on a certain platform. He manages several fan groups, so he was recognized directly.

The female star he likes is named Yu Fengqing, who has been a very popular young star in recent years.

Yu Fengqing is a rare gentle and intellectual person in the entertainment industry. All male and female artists who have worked with her have a very good impression of her and publicly stated that Yu Fengqing is a very good person;

Except Gu Zhisang.

The two have a deep connection. They debuted from the same talent show, but their two families were fighting each other at the time.

Two years have passed. One is a black and red artist who is hated by everyone in the entertainment industry, while the other is a rising star with an excellent reputation. The contrast is terrible.

The most dramatic thing is that Gu Zhisang has been nicknamed "God of Plague" because he has always been unlucky since his debut.

Yu Fengqing is recognized as the "human koi" in the circle. Her friends and partners have all affirmed this identity. Every year on exam day, a large number of people will go to worship the "koi".

Now, the rival fan who is disgusted with Gu Zhisang has won the first opportunity for interactive fortune-telling, and the netizens who watched the event said it was so exciting.

Qingfeng Yueming: Wow, I'm pretty lucky ^V^, I can connect to the microphone, wait for me to get a headset~

After he posted the comment, he suppressed his excitement and glanced at the fan group, and found that everyone in the group was excitedly checking the messages and tagging him.

'Is it really the group owner? ? '

'The group leader is awesome! ! I'm really fed up with Gu Zhisang. This is the first time I hate a female star so much! '

'Hahaha, she's really miserable. She can't even pretend when she runs into Yueming. I can only say that she has done too many bad things and is just unlucky (dog head)'

Group leader Yueming: "I'm on TV, guys, watch me do it."

After talking to the fans, 'Qing Feng Yue Ming' switched back to the live broadcast room and connected to the microphone: "Here I come."

Only then did he see that some netizens in the live broadcast room had followed his ID and found the comment he had posted in the live broadcast room five minutes ago, and copied and pasted it to flood the screen.

[Qing Feng Yue Ming: I laughed. No one really believes that Gu Zhisang can communicate with spirits, right? If she can communicate with spirits, I will stand upside down and eat the keyboard! ]