The latest episode of "Role Playing" was broadcast today, which was also the one recorded by Du Yuanzhe.

The variety show airs at 8 p.m. Du Yuanzhe retweeted the trailer released by the official Weibo account one hour in advance, along with an expression expressing anticipation.

After I posted on Weibo, I found out that he now has two million fans, which is several hundred thousand more than before.

Du Yuanzhe called Liu Xu and asked, "Brother Liu, did you buy me some fans?"

Liu Xu was confused: "What nonsense are you talking about?"

"I have 2 million followers on Weibo. Didn't you buy them?"

Liu Xu curled his lips: "It's only two million. If I can only buy this much, can you stop looking so ignorant?"

Du Yuanzhe wondered: "It's still a while since 'The Legend of Yunlan' was aired, and 'Role Play' was aired a while ago. I didn't show up before, so how come my fans increased?"

Liu Xu asked, "Have you forgotten the popularity you caused for playing Luo Xun? Although many people scolded you, there were also many people who followed you out of curiosity. Besides, how do you know that there are no haters among the hundreds of thousands of fans you gained?"

Du Yuanzhe slapped his forehead and said, "I almost forgot about this. There must be some haters following me, and there are definitely quite a lot of them."

As if to confirm Du Yuanzhe's guess, a lot of negative comments appeared under the Weibo post he just published. The speed of the comments was faster than that of the fans, and it was obvious that they were paying attention to Du Yuanzhe.

Fans all excitedly expressed that they would definitely watch "Role Play" later. After all, it is Du Yuanzhe's first variety show, and fans are looking forward to it.

On the day of the wrap-up, Liu Xu posted a wrap-up photo using Du Yuanzhe's account. Du Yuanzhe looked through the comments on that Weibo again, and a group of people posted "missing people have returned" below.

Du Yuanzhe laughed. Judging from the frequency of his Weibo posts, he could indeed be considered a missing person.

After he came into this world, he posted a few Weibo posts, only one of which was a private photo, and the rest were related to publicity.

Du Yuanzhe likes to check Weibo, but he doesn’t like to post on Weibo. In order to prevent his fans from monitoring his online and offline activities, he specially registered a small account.

In this way, in the eyes of fans, he is just a missing person and there is no news about him.

7:40 p.m.

Du Yuanzhe sat in the living room, turned on the TV, and waited for the variety show to be broadcast.

Snap——

Xia Ningmi opened the door and walked in, asking him calmly, "What are you looking at?"

Du Yuanzhe said: "The variety show I filmed before will be broadcast at 8 o'clock, and I want to contribute to the ratings."

Xia Ning went back to her room to change clothes and soon came out and sat down.

Du Yuanzhe asked, "Does President Xia need to go to work?"

She seems to like working in the living room, and the study is more like a decoration.

Xia Ning shook her head: "Watch your variety show."

Du Yuanzhe nodded blankly: "Oh."

I suddenly felt a little nervous.

At 8 o'clock in the evening, "Role Play" will be broadcast on time.

At the beginning, there was a scene where I called everyone to get up. I watched the reaction on TV and thought that there was a thief. I felt that my actions at that time were a bit stupid.

Xia Ning asked, "Didn't the program crew tell you in advance?"

Du Yuanzhe shook his head: "I guess he wanted to capture the most realistic reaction."

Xia Ning looked at the performances of others and objectively commented: "You are stupid, others are prepared."

Du Yuanzhe choked and said, "They are all veteran variety show artists. This is my first time participating."

Then they drew the character cards. Du Yuanzhe still found it funny to see Jin Hao's collapse again. He glanced at Xia Ningmi and found that she still had no expression.

"Don't you think this is funny, Mr. Xia?"

Xia Ning saw Hou Yu's character card and frowned: "I don't think so."

Du Yuanzhe was speechless.

【The funny part is really high】

The next scene changes to show that many people have changed their clothes and are gathering in the town.

Now looking at Jin Hao's makeup in the camera, it seems even more eye-catching. Later, in order to change the topic, Jin Hao said that Wang Tianjing was cuckolded. At that time, no one thought that his words would come true.

Then Jin Hao joked that the footage of him and Hou Yu was not cut. Du Yuanzhe frowned slightly. He remembered that the program had been hyping up the couple of Hou Yu and Lin Bin. Logically, they shouldn't hype up anything else as this would easily cause disgust among the audience.

Du Yuanzhe also noticed that there were no pink bubbles in the later stages, nor any psychological narration, just an objective presentation of the scene. He immediately understood the program crew's plan. They would not do anything, and if there were still viewers who were willing to support the show, that was the audience's business and had nothing to do with the program crew.

[The program crew is really a piece of shit, they want to attract attention but are afraid of offending the audience]

Xia Ningmi looked at the TV coldly. She was very familiar with the routines in variety shows.

The next step is to split up and look for clues.

Du Yuanzhe turned his head and looked at Xia Ningmi: "Mr. Xia, do you want to guess the story line of my character?"

Xia Ningmi said calmly: "You are not the county magistrate's biological son, the teacher is your biological father."

Du Yuanzhe was stunned: "How can you be sure that the teacher is the biological father?"

The green hat was too conspicuous, so it was normal for Xia Ning to notice something was wrong, but how did the teacher notice it?

Xia Ningmi asked, "There are only six of you in total. Apart from the teacher, who else is suitable to be your biological father?"

[Good fellow, it turns out to be a process of elimination]

"But how can you be sure that the program team will arrange for the role of biological father?"

Xia Ningmi: "You have grown up without your background being discovered, which shows that the county magistrate's wife has done a good job of keeping it a secret. The program team wants to create a contradiction in your background being exposed, and bringing in your biological father is the easiest way."

Du Yuanzhe found that he still made inertial thinking errors when he was in the situation and failed to think outside the role. However, his task was to play the role perfectly, so naturally he had to devote himself to it.

Du Yuanzhe continued to ask: "Mr. Xia, what do you think I will do next?"

Xia Ningmi saw Du Yuanzhe's meaningful look at Ming Zhanshu on TV and said, "Kill all the people who knew about it."

Du Yuanzhe remained calm and said in surprise: "Those are my biological parents."

Xia Ningmi: "For a person who only wants to pass the imperial examination, he has nothing in his mind except his career."

Du Yuanzhe smiled bitterly: "You guessed it all. There's nothing interesting to watch next."

"However, I remember that everyone's storyline will be revealed at the end of the show. Why don't we guess others' stories? We don't have to guess about the three people I killed."

Xia Ning turned her head to look at him: "Three people?"

Du Yuanzhe's expression was stiff: "Did I say three people?"

【My Broken Mouth】

Xia Ningmi was thoughtful: "It's impossible for the county magistrate to do that. The scholar's character card shows that he is a guy who only cares about women. It seems to be your fiancée. Did she overhear or see something?"

Du Yuanzhe shook his head and explained helplessly: "She is just the character's fiancée, not mine."

[It’s the process of elimination again. I hate the process of elimination]

There are still too few guests. No matter how meticulous the plot is, it is still easy to guess.

"Lin Bin's character probably doesn't have an important storyline. We're guessing it's the county magistrate's storyline."

Du Yuanzhe stood up and got a pen and paper, saying, "Let's write it down together and see who can guess more accurately."

Xia Ning glanced at him: "Childish!"

Du Yuanzhe looked at her and asked, "Do you want to play?"

Xia Ning asked: "What's the prize?"

Du Yuanzhe hadn't thought about this: "What does President Xia think is appropriate?"

Xia Ning said: "The loser has to promise one thing."

Du Yuanzhe agreed: "Okay."

After a few seconds, both of them had finished writing.

Du Yuanzhe said: "I said three, two, one, let's reveal the answer together, three, two, one!"

The county magistrate investigated the murder, stripped me of my honor, and sentenced me to death. - Du Yuanzhe

The county magistrate sentenced you to death, so you wrote a memorial to resign. - Xia Ningmi

Du Yuanzhe saw Xia Ningmi's answer, thought for a while and said, "Mr. Xia is still the most comprehensive."

The county magistrate is upright and honest. He may not be angry because his only son is not his own son. After all, this happened before he got married. However, he will definitely feel that he has failed to educate his son well because his only son killed someone, and it is very likely that he will resign from office.

As the program draws to a close, the story lines of each character are given in turn in the later stages. In the end, Jin Hao and the other two were all killed by Du Yuanzhe. Lin Bin's story line is the simplest, which is just to tell the county magistrate the truth.

Du Yuanzhe focuses on the story line of the county magistrate.

[The county magistrate discovered that his only son was not his own son, and through clues he determined that his son was the mastermind behind the three murders. In the end, the county magistrate handled the case impartially, stripped his son of his official title, sentenced him to death, and reported to the court that he resigned for not being a good parent.]

Du Yuanzhe sighed: "Boss Xia won, what do you want me to do?"

Xia Ning said: "I'll owe it to you first."

Du Yuanzhe said: "It's up to you."

......

Inside the TV station

"It has increased, the director has increased it."

The director of Role Play immediately asked, "How much has it increased?"

"When Du Yuanzhe was telling the storyline, the ratings increased by 0.5 percent compared to the past."

The director was delighted: "That's great."

Nowadays, it is not easy for a TV series or a variety show to break 1%. It is already very good that this episode can increase by 0.5%. Combined with the previous base, this time the ratings will definitely break 2%.

"Originally, we only let Du Yuanzhe come as a flying guest for the sake of Qianying Entertainment's reputation, but we didn't expect such a surprise."

"Director, should we invite him for a few more episodes? We have Mr. Jin for comedy, but we are in need of a guest with good acting skills and brains. Du Yuanzhe is a perfect fit."

They are responsible for planning the shows and know best how good the shows will be if the guests are smart.

Just like this time, they just tried to add suspense elements to it for the first time, and those regular guests still had the same old ideas, and no one used their brains.

The director nodded and said, "I'll discuss it with Liu Xu tomorrow."

He thought further. If this cooperation failed, he wanted Du Yuanzhe to be a regular guest for the next season. He had even thought of his character, and he would be the intellectual leader of the show in the future.

It's not just the TV stations that are busy, but also the netizens on the Internet.

"Role Playing" has been very popular recently, and with the active promotion by fans of Lin Bin and Hou Yu, there are always many people watching every time the show is broadcast. This episode became a hit after it was broadcast, and it was on five or six hot searches in a row, with Du Yuanzhe occupying three of them.

#Du Yuanzhe's acting skills#

#Du Yuanzhe killed three people in a row #

#Du Yuanzhe's wave is in the atmosphere#

"Fuck, fuck, I can't speak anymore. What's wrong with Du Yuanzhe's brain?"

"I'm not surprised that Du Yuanzhe guessed that he was not the county magistrate's biological son. After all, the green hat is too obvious. But I didn't expect him to analyze the character's personality based on a sentence on the character card and kill three people without hesitation. It's amazing."

"No, I'm a fan of him. He's handsome, but he's also so smart. I just looked through his photos and found that Du Yuanzhe seems to have abdominal muscles. Of course, I mainly think he's smart."

"Please, please ...

"......"

After the broadcast of "Role Play", the number of Du Yuanzhe's fans increased at a visible rate. The number of comments on his Weibo post that forwarded the trailer has now exceeded 10,000 and is still increasing.

Du Yuanzhe, who received a call from Liu Xu, saw this change and said in confusion: "Are they all crazy? It's just a variety show. My drama hasn't even been aired yet."

He had been waiting for the show to be aired so that netizens would get to know him again, but he didn't expect a variety show to ruin his plan.

Liu Xu laughed and said, "This is the power of variety shows to attract fans. Today's netizens may not have the patience to watch dramas, but they basically like to watch variety shows. "Role Play" is broadcast simultaneously on the Internet platform and TV. The number of viewers watching the show is at least hundreds of millions. As long as the stars show their highlights, they can attract fans."

"And the highlights you showed were particularly eye-catching. First, your acting skills were enough to fool everyone. Secondly, you analyzed the character's personality based on some scattered clues and behaved in accordance with the character, which showed your intelligence. Finally, of course, and most importantly, you are handsome enough."

"Yuanzhe, believe it or not, tomorrow the director of "Role Play" will call me and invite you to continue to participate in the show, and even invite you to become a regular guest for the next season."

Du Yuanzhe said hurriedly: "I'm about to join the crew, but I don't have time. It's even more impossible to be a regular guest. I don't plan to stay in the variety show regularly."

Liu Xu said: "I don't recommend that you stay in variety shows often. You are an actor, so you should still retain some mystery."

After hanging up the phone, Du Yuanzhe turned to look at Xia Ningmi and said hesitantly, "Tomorrow is the New Year's Eve. What are your plans, President Xia?"

Xia Ning looked through the documents and said without looking up: "Give the employees ten days off."

Du Yuanzhe asked: "What about you?"

"Stay home."

Du Yuanzhe opened his mouth and swallowed his words.

[She was not willing to go home with me for New Year’s Day, let alone Chinese New Year.]

[It's not unusual to invite friends home for Chinese New Year. Everyone has a few close friends. Why not give it a try?]

[No, I think they are friends, but the Du family may not think so. The main reason is that the Chinese New Year is a very sensitive time. I think Xia Ningmi will misunderstand.]

[But isn’t it too inhumane to let her spend the New Year alone?]

Du Yuanzhe's mental activities at this time were richer than ever before, but he didn't say a word.

Xia Ningmi's mind was filled with Du Yuanzhe's thoughts, and she couldn't read a single word on the document.

Xia Ning looked up at him and said, "Do you want to invite me to go home with you again?"

Du Yuanzhe's eyes widened: "How do you know?"

Xia Ning looked at his expression: "It's all written on his face."

Du Yuanzhe said: "I just think you are lonely at home, it's better for everyone to be together and have fun."

Xia Ningmi said, "Du Yuanzhe, not everyone likes a lively atmosphere. I am used to celebrating the New Year alone. There are many people who celebrate the New Year alone. Do you have to pity everyone?"

Du Yuanzhe frowned: "Why do you always ask this? Actually, I only know you, and you are the only one I want to invite."

Xia Ningmi was startled, lowered her eyes and said, "Don't invite me, I won't go."

Du Yuanzhe pursed his lips and said in a subtle way: "When we were young, we longed to be close to our parents. When we grow up, we longed to be close to our friends. Sometimes we will unfortunately miss the first stage, but we can master the second stage ourselves."

Xia Ning added: "You said less. You still long for intimacy with your lover."

[She said something that made me think too much]

"But none of this has anything to do with me."

Xia Ningmi said.

Du Yuanzhe said: "But it can become related to you."

Xia Ningmi said calmly: "I don't need friends."

Du Yuanzhe looked incredulous: "Am I not your friend? I am so sad. I cooked so many meals for you, but you didn't treat me as a friend."

Xia Ning looked at him and said, "If cooking more can make us friends, then every nanny can be my friend."

"Oh yeah, I've always wanted to ask, you always have someone stock the fridge, but why don't you hire a nanny? I mean when you were at the Royal Garden."

Xia Ningmi said: "I don't like the nanny."

"Then why do you always fill the fridge?"

Xia Ningmi's eyes were dazed for a moment, and she said, "No reason."

Du Yuanzhe didn't ask any more questions. Every time Xia Ningmi showed this expression, it was related to Xia Yiyao.

He deliberately yelled in frustration: "You almost changed the subject. You must tell me clearly today, do you consider me a friend?"

Xia Ningmi didn't look at him again and got up to go back to her room.

The exaggerated expression on Du Yuanzhe's face disappeared. He sighed silently and watched her go upstairs quietly.

Back in the room, Xia Ning went into the bathroom to take a shower. She filled the bathtub with hot water, then lay in the bathtub with her eyes closed. Her mind unconsciously recalled the past.

Every time she thought she had forgotten it, this memory would flood into her mind, reminding her that she still remembered it clearly.

That year she had just entered college and rented a house by herself.

One day, Xia Yiyao called her for the first time. Xia Ning still remembers how happy she felt at that moment. She always thought she was cold enough, but she always failed with Xia Yiyao.

Xia Yiyao's voice was particularly gentle that day: "Qiqi, it's mom."

The two hadn't seen each other for a long time. Xia Ning didn't know how to get along with her, so she asked in a cold voice, "What's the matter?"

"Mom, I heard that you live alone now. Are you eating well? Health is the most important thing. You can't just focus on studying and ignore your health..."

Xia Yiyao talked to her a lot that day. It was the first time she saw Xia Yiyao so patient. Before hanging up the phone, she reminded her, "Qiqi, you must eat well and prepare more food for yourself. Mom will visit you when she is free. If she sees that your refrigerator is empty, she will be worried."

After hanging up the phone, Xia Ning was stunned for a moment and immediately went to the mall to buy vegetables. She had never bought vegetables before and even made some jokes, but this did not affect her filling up the refrigerator. In order to create a more realistic feeling, she would even change a batch of fresh ingredients every few days.

She kept insisting on this, but Xia Yiyao never came to see her until she graduated from college.

It was not until one day later, when she overheard the servants of the old house chatting, that she learned that Xia Yiyao had asked Old Man Xia for money that day. Old Man Xia required Xia Yiyao to call her and show his concern before he would give her the money.

At that moment, Xia Ning felt like she was a joke.

All her pain and humiliation came from Xia Yiyao.

But since then, filling up the refrigerator every few days has become her habit, and she has kept it to this day.