"It can't be true!" Lin Xuan'er declared. "Isn't this plot straight out of those youth-themed novels that were popular back in junior high?"

Wang Xingrui nodded, but missed the point: "Xuan'er, have you read those books too? Which one do you like?"

Lin Xuan'er had no choice but to explain: "I, I haven't seen it much, my classmates have talked about it occasionally."

Su Yin leaned against Tang Yue and soothed her, "It must be some boring netizen trying to attract attention! You should know that some people just love the feeling of being sought after online."

"Maybe." Tang Yue nodded, thinking that she must be overthinking.

At this time, the scene had just reached the stage of announcing the online vote count, and everyone's attention quickly shifted away from this anonymous revelation.

Luo Chen glanced at the data in his hand, slightly surprised. "It seems there are indeed many surprises tonight. After adding up the online votes from the three platforms, Catnip currently has the highest vote! They surpassed Moonlight Girl by a slight advantage of 10,000 votes."

"We actually lost popularity. I'm a bit angry!" Tang Yue saw the camera sweeping across Hong Haoyu's face. She had a smile on her face, but her words expressed her dissatisfaction.

She gave the bag that Hong Haoyu gave to the company's receptionist.

She could understand mutual benefit at work, but Hong Haoyu did not inform them in advance and was completely taking advantage of them, which was why she was unhappy.

"It seems that Brother Yang and several big fans said that everyone can vote at random before the finals. As long as we can ensure that we can reach the finals, it will be fine." Guan Fei explained.

The four nodded in understanding. After all, many fans voted spontaneously and paid real money. They also felt that as long as they could avoid elimination, casting so many votes was like giving money to the production team.

Anyway, they don’t need to battle with Hong Haoyu’s fans to prove their popularity.

"Let's go home!" Guan Fei suggested after the rankings were announced.

The four of them nodded. On the way back, they also talked about Zhou Yiyang, joking that it was Brother Yang who didn't come to cheer them on today, which caused them to lose first place.

Zhou Yiyang, who was being talked about by them, was having dinner with a female star on the top floor of a shopping mall in Shencheng at that time.

This female star debuted at the same time as four other big stars who are now enjoying great status. However, she mainly focuses on TV dramas and has a high national popularity, but her status in the circle is obviously not as high as those four.

In recent years, as she has gotten older, she can only play roles like vicious mother-in-law or the protagonist's mother in TV dramas, and has slipped to the level of a second-tier actor.

Zhou Yiyang chose her, firstly because she was cheap, and secondly because he had seen her on variety shows and thought she had a good sense of variety shows.

Moreover, it is very necessary to have an old senior who can control the situation in the variety show.

"Sister Ran," Zhou Yiyang waited until they had finished eating before talking about business. "Are you interested in the variety show I mentioned?"

Although Sister Ran was more than a decade older than Zhou Yiyang, it wasn't too much for him to call her "sister." However, she was just an artist after all, while Zhou Yiyang was the boss. She would never act pretentiously in front of Zhou Yiyang.

"Mr. Zhou, to be honest, I'm really flattered that a big boss like you has come personally to lobby me. No wonder everyone in the circle says you're a gentle person, not as snobbish as some people."

Zhou Yiyang hummed, holding the teacup in his hands and looking at the other person, but he felt that this was a pretense of praise.

Sure enough, Sister Ran sighed: "But, Mr. Zhou, you are really a step late. If you told me a day in advance, not twelve hours in advance, I would definitely sign a contract with you."

She spoke from the heart, her tone thick with regret.

Although the big guys and those who have power in the circle still pay attention to one's background, they don't look down on Zhou Yiyang, who debuted late in life with no background and is like a nouveau riche.

But celebrities are different. They only know that Zhou Yiyang's songs are all hits. They also know that his first film broke records and made Qiao Zishan famous again. They also know that Zhou Yiyang's first TV series is the ratings champion so far this year, crushing "The Legend of Yunlong", which everyone was optimistic about at the beginning of the year.

Back to variety shows, "Variety Talent Show", which is exclusively broadcast on its own platform, has become a huge hit. These achievements are telling celebrities that if they want to be famous, they should find Zhou Yiyang.

Zhou Yiyang is simply the code to wealth in the eyes of a group of second- and third-tier stars.

Of course Sister Ran also wanted to cooperate with him, but she had no choice but to refuse.

"A step too late?" Zhou Yiyang was a little confused: "You mean, you signed a contract for another variety show?"

Sister Ran glanced at Zhou Yiyang, confirmed that he really knew nothing, and suddenly showed a trace of sympathy.

Zhou Yiyang's eyelashes twitched when she looked at him like that.

"Mr. Zhou, someone from Starlight Media came to see me this morning and asked if I'd be interested in participating in one of their slow-paced variety shows."

Sister Ran deliberately spoke slowly, as if she wanted Zhou Yiyang to hear clearly, and as if she was worried that Zhou Yiyang would suddenly get angry.

"Slow variety show?" Zhou Yiyang had almost realized what was happening. He looked at him with a calmness that was a bit frightening. "Same theme as mine?"

"Yeah." Sister Ran nodded. "It's also a reality show where celebrities go to live in the countryside. They said the idea came from an episode of 101 Rural Life."

Zhou Yiyang understood. He looked at Sister Ran and naturally would not vent his anger on her: "You signed the contract. Now that you tell me about this, there won't be any problems, right?"

Sister Ran shook her head and explained, "They didn't ask me to keep it a secret when I signed the contract, and I think they will make an official announcement soon."

She hadn't finished her words yet, as she had one more thing in her heart that she hadn't told Zhou Yiyang. That was that Starlight Media would definitely announce this variety show before Zhou Yiyang did.

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