After learning that Fu Yunyi had decided at the last minute to join the variety show's filming, most of the production staff, from top to bottom, began to feel confident about the show.
Fu Yunyi had shot to fame the moment he debuted, practically a heaven-sent superstar. The production team had never dared imagine they could invite someone like him.
After the livestream began, Xia Zhiyi, the first to appear on camera, had actually attracted quite a bit of attention by a fluke. After all, nothing much was happening in the other livestreams at the time.
It wasn't until Fu Yunyi opened his front door, exposing the exquisite face his fans hailed as the most handsome in Chinese entertainment to the camera, that the viewers belatedly realized-holy shit, the scoop about Fu Yunyi joining the show wasn't just bait the production team had put out to string fans along!
Fu Yunyi was the hottest celebrity around, bar none!
And so, even though it was only seven in the morning, downloads of the Orchid App and traffic to the livestream began surging within a very short time. Related hashtags even appeared on the trending searches.
"...Didn't you say eight?" Fu Yunyi clearly looked as though he wasn't fully awake yet, but his face was naturally stunning. Even without makeup, his good looks remained undiminished, and his sleepy appearance instead gave viewers something new to enjoy.
Never mind the viewers pouring into the livestream-even the production staff, who had known beforehand who the guest would be, were stunned by Fu Yunyi's face.
He was so good-looking.
Truly Nüwa's graduation project!
Utterly flawless!
No wonder Fu Yunyi's manager hadn't cared in the slightest when she heard the production team might spring a surprise shoot on him, telling them to film whatever they liked.
Was this the confidence Fu Yunyi's peerless beauty gave her?
"Ahem, the production team prepared a surprise for our guests."
Fu Yunyi fell silent for a moment, as though his brain was sluggish from not being fully awake, or as though he had genuinely given it some serious thought, before slowly saying, "Oh... then come in and wait a bit. I'll go wash up."
"...All right."
Meanwhile, his manager Xu Chen, who had hurriedly opened the livestream after receiving the news and witnessed this scene: "..."
Well, there went the cool-guy image Fu Yunyi had cultivated in public, smashed to pieces in a single appearance. Not even glue could put it back together.
Though she had seen it coming.
Xu Chen checked the tone of the bullet comments. They didn't seem averse to Fu Yunyi's unexpected entrance, so she raised an eyebrow.
His image had already collapsed anyway. It wasn't as if she hadn't warned him, and this young master didn't need to worry about anything. He could do as he pleased.
After making a series of arrangements, Xu Chen set aside the tablet playing Fu Yunyi's livestream, picked up her phone, and quickly checked the livestreams of the show's other guests.
"Hm? Why is Huanyu's Zhou Kai taking part too? Didn't they say before that it would only be a few minor celebrities?"
Zhou Kai had recently enjoyed a surge in popularity thanks to the idol drama he had filmed with Fu Yunyi. In terms of name recognition, he no longer counted as a minor celebrity.
After giving it a little thought, Xu Chen more or less understood what had happened.
Under her original plans for Fu Yunyi, she hadn't intended to have him join Orchid TV's live variety show. Sending Fu Yunyi onto an experimental show like this would be something of a poverty alleviation effort.
A live variety show, streaming for half a month straight, which the production team advertised as a laid-back lifestyle show-if they didn't stir things up, it could practically be considered giving Fu Yunyi a two-week vacation to go have fun.
When Fu Yunyi decided at the last minute to take part, the production team quickly made the corresponding arrangements, expanding the original five-guest lineup to six. That didn't count as taking someone else's opportunity.
As for Huanyu, they had probably heard about it through some channel and squeezed Zhou Kai in at the last minute too, likely kicking out someone who had originally been slated to take part.
Xu Chen clicked her tongue.
Soon, Xu Chen noticed Xia Zhiyi's livestream. She opened it and watched for a while, discovering that Xia Zhiyi was already in a car.
A little surprised, she recalled her earlier conversation with Xu Chang.
"It's not a good time to contact him..." Xu Chen tapped the desk. Staring at the boy on-screen, whose skin looked just as flawlessly delicate under the camera, she pursed her lips in thought for a moment, then exited the livestream and switched to her text messages.
Just then, Xu Chen happened to hear Fu Yunyi say bluntly in his livestream, "Why did I come on the show? Because my youngest uncle told me to come experience life here."
Xu Chen: "..." You really are honest.
[?????]
[What does that mean, going on a variety show to experience life?]
[Lol, Zhou Kai next door said he wanted to use this shoot as a chance to get some rest and meet new friends. Seems like he still doesn't know Brother Fu is on this show too.]
[Are Zhou Kai and Brother Fu close?]
[No idea. They seem to get along okay, but I haven't heard of them hanging out privately. Probably just coworkers.]
[So what kind of show is this, exactly?]
[I know, I know! A! Friend! Making! Show!]
The person assigned to follow him around was clearly even-tempered. Hearing this, they nodded without batting an eye. "I see. Then, Teacher Fu, what kind of show do you think Incredible Life is?"
Fu Yunyi blinked. "Hmm... the format? I think it's an observational show where I live with other people and they see what sorts of conflicts develop between us?"
Everyone: "..."
Xu Chen: "..."
Xu Chen felt a headache coming on. Hadn't she explained the show's situation to Fu Yunyi when they signed the contract?
So he really hadn't listened.
If it really were that kind of show, she would never have approved it! Even if the higher-ups had demanded that Fu Yunyi take part, she still! Wouldn't! Approve!
"Teacher Fu, ahem, you may have a slight misunderstanding about our show." They couldn't let the viewers get the wrong idea about their show!
Their intended audience this time wasn't the crowd that enjoyed watching people tear into each other!
Fu Yunyi blinked. "Oh, really? I was just guessing."
"..."
Fu Yunyi said, "I don't have much experience with variety shows. I just watched a few other laid-back variety shows beforehand, and they all seemed to like arguing on camera, making up, then arguing again. That's why I said that."
"..."
After a stretch of silence, one staff member whispered, "Are we allowed to say that?"
He had already kept his voice as low as possible, but unfortunately, the microphones the production team had supplied were too good, and the room was very quiet at the moment, so the livestream viewers heard him too.
[Pfft.]
["Are we allowed to say that?"]
[Hahahahahahaha.]
[Did Brother Fu watch Green Travel, which just wrapped up? Because that really is how it was. No idea how much fun they had traveling, but the guests sure got into arguments at the drop of a hat.]
[If it was Green Travel, then yeah, it could easily give an artist who's never been on a variety show the wrong idea, hahahaha.]
[Before Green Travel started filming, me: oh, it's a travel variety show. After Green Travel started filming, me: oh, it's a catfight variety show!]
The production team: ...Stop talking! We weren't trying to put other variety shows down to make ours look good!