Chapter 237 An'an, keep it up!
On the day of the offline finals of the variety show.
Li Sha [also ate tangerines] and her friends arrived at the competition venue early with gifts and bouquets.
The air conditioning in the venue was indeed as cold as An Jin had said. Li Sha excitedly sat down and took photos with her friends.
There were more and more people around.
Li Sha was positioned very close by. After she finished editing the photo, she looked up and saw that there were very few fans supporting the other contestants, while An Jin's various support messages were everywhere around her.
"Sister Sasha...?"
Li Sha, who was looking around, soon heard a familiar voice.
She looked in the direction of the voice and found that the speaker was one of An Jin's female roommates.
Compared to Lisa, who only brought gifts and flowers, this female dormitory manager brought quite a lot more.
The banner with An Jin's face on it, the light stick with An Jin's face, the headband that says "Go An An!"—it's all the stuff of crazy fans of An Jin.
However, the female room manager's attire in this venue was not particularly special.
Many male fans showed up wearing T-shirts with An Jin's picture printed on them, and the pictures they chose were mostly abstract, consisting of unflattering screenshots of An Jin from her live streams, which were simply unbearable to look at.
"What a coincidence! Shall we take a picture together?"
Li Sha greeted the female room manager in a friendly manner. The two girls got up from their seats, sat together, and took two photos together, making peace signs, before parting ways.
After touching up her makeup and taking a break, and when Li Sha had used up half of her phone's battery, the competition finally showed signs of starting.
The match was broadcast live from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Such a long time is definitely not just for playing games. After the champion and runner-up are determined, the remaining time from 9 to 10 o'clock is the interactive time prepared by the program team for the winning team.
Li Sha wasn't worried at all that An Jin's team wouldn't win, because she knew that An Jin was the one with the strongest competitive spirit, compared to them, the fans.
The lights in the venue started flashing; this wasn't a warning of the contestants' appearance, but rather the production team's preparations before the live broadcast began.
Lights, music, and finally, visuals.
It was half an hour later when everything was checked.
The audience had all arrived at the venue, and the staff responsible for checking things on stage were gradually leaving.
As the two hosts, dressed in formal attire, appeared on stage, Li Sha knew that the live broadcast was about to begin.
She will soon be able to see the person she has been longing for.
As the curtain rose, Li Sha listened absentmindedly to the host's advertising remarks, her mind and eyes fixed on the dark stairwell leading to the stage.
Is An An already waiting to go on stage?
She must look absolutely gorgeous today! Which dress is she wearing?
A smile appeared on Li Sha's face.
Just as Li Sha had expected, An Jin, who was on everyone's mind, had already put on her dress and was waiting backstage.
As always, An Jin wore 10-centimeter high heels. This time, she wore a dark blue long dress, which Chen Su bought for her. It cost over a million yuan and was a high-end custom-made piece from the current season, one of only a handful in the world.
The dress was strapless, and the skirt was divided into two layers.
The inner layer is a nude-colored inner layer to prevent exposure, while the outer layer of gauze is adorned with hand-sewn feathers and sequins. The skirt is made of ample material, and whenever Anjin moves, it reflects beautiful light like the shimmering surface of water in summer.
An Jin wasn't short to begin with, but she looked even taller after wearing high heels.
She stood out from the crowd of people waiting to go on stage; no matter which direction they looked from, they could spot her at a glance.
Before it was time to go on stage, Zhou Hongguang saw how beautiful An Jin looked today and immediately thought of his wife.
"An'an, how much did this dress cost?"
Zhou Hongguang tried hard to look away from the huge aquamarine pendant hanging around An Jin's neck, swallowed hard, and asked An Jin about the price of her clothes.
An Jin turned to look at him: "Why are you asking this?"
Chen Su took her to buy it, but she didn't pay for it herself; she couldn't remember how much it was.
Zhou Hongguang said, "It's so beautiful, I want to buy one for my wife too."
An Jin chuckled and said, "Then you'll probably have to save up for a while."
Zhou Hongguang hesitated, "Is it very expensive?"
An Jin lifted her skirt and said, "Xiao Zhou, the dress I'm wearing is a haute couture piece from this season, it costs seven figures."
She deliberately raised her voice, and the mention of a seven-figure sum drew the attention of everyone around her.
Even celebrities can't all afford haute couture, let alone An Jin wearing a dress that's from the current season.
Upon hearing the number, Zhou Hongguang gasped, "So expensive!"
He thought it would be at most 100,000, but he didn't expect it to be seven figures.
An Jin raised her chin with obvious enjoyment. She wore such an expensive dress just for those three words Zhou Hongguang was saying.
The seven-figure dress was worth the price at that moment.
Faced with Zhou Hongguang's shock, An Jin proudly replied, "Don't you even know my worth? I can't wear just any dress, okay?"
The staff members quietly moved a little further away from An Jin, afraid that they might damage the dress she was wearing.
The emcee had pretty much warmed up the atmosphere, and the staff were working quickly and speaking clearly as they urged the guests backstage.
One guest after another took the stage.
Li Sha waited anxiously for the familiar figure to appear.
Before the host could finish his welcoming remarks to An Jin, the venue erupted in cheers.
People in the audience raised their banners and light sticks, and countless shouts converged, cheering as they welcomed An Jin from the dim backstage to the bright stage.
"An'an!!!! An'an!!!!"
Li Sha and her friends shouted without any sense of reason, holding up the banners they had obtained for free.
The huge cheers filled the venue and made the audience on the other side of the screen feel An Jin's popularity.
Su Mingzhu, who was scheduled to appear after An Jin, turned pale upon hearing this commotion.
An Jin, who was the last performer, made such a big fuss. If she doesn't receive such a big cheer when she comes on stage, wouldn't she be very embarrassed?
Thinking of this, Su Mingzhu wished she could find an excuse not to go on stage right now.
Holding the microphone, An Jin waved to the audience as she walked to the center of the stage.
The host held the cue cards, still smiling, but his eardrums were about to explode from the screams.
"Welcome our An'an to the stage."
The female host tried to bring the show back on track and continue with the program.
The male host wished he could stay as far away from An Jin as possible. He is only 179 cm tall, and if he hadn't been wearing height-increasing insoles, he would have been a head shorter than An Jin on stage.
"Good afternoon, everyone! I'm An'an!"
An Jin didn't want to embarrass the female host. She picked up the microphone and, following the host's lead, began to introduce herself.
Seeing An Jin's cooperation, both hosts breathed a sigh of relief.
"Hello, An'an, I can tell that the audience is really looking forward to your performance today. The competition is about to start, is there anything you would like to say to the audience?"
The male host began to cue the flow of the program.
An Jin smiled and said, "Of course! I'm very grateful to all the spectators who came to watch the match, and I hope I can bring them a wonderful game and let them experience the charm of esports..."
The audience below the stage watched An Jin speak in silence.
Only the two hosts standing on the stage knew how bizarre this scene was.
"Okay, speaking of the competition, An'an, is there anything you'd like to say to your teammates?"
An Jin: "I hope my teammates won't be nervous. You know, training and competition are quite different. There are so many audience members here today, and I'm a little worried that my teammates might be nervous."
The conversation went smoothly, and then the host asked another question.
"And what about you, An'an?"
Host: "Do you get nervous during the competition?"
An Jin nodded: "Of course I will. I'm human too, and I'll get nervous too."
The three people on stage chatted back and forth for about five minutes before stopping.
"Time is running out. Now, let's ask An'an to come off the stage and prepare for the competition. We are also very happy to have met An'an through the program today. We wish your team all the best in the upcoming competition. Good luck!"
The host read farewell words to An Jin, and then began to introduce Su Mingzhu, who was the last to appear.
This time, the screams from the audience were simply not enough.
As soon as An Jin left, Li Sha lowered her head and began frantically photoshopping pictures.
She just took a lot of photos of An Jin, and since she has nothing to do now, she can edit them.
As for Su Mingzhu on stage.
Li Sha picked up a bottle of mineral water from beside her feet, her attention still on An Jin's face on the screen even as she drank.
She came for An Jin; no one else mattered.
Coincidentally, most of the people in this venue shared the same idea as Li Sha.
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