Love Variety Show: The despised me exploded in popularity

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The canteen was abuzz with noise, but she turned off her screen and began to feel so nervous that her mouth went dry. The voices around her ears gradually faded away, becoming a blur, while the sound of her heartbeat in her chest grew clearer and clearer.
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At the window, the canteen auntie looked down and called out.

"What will you have?"

Li Yang had no idea in her mind to count her place in line, nor did she hear her friend Mei Mengqi speaking to her clearly; she looked up blankly after hearing a muddled repetition.

"Li Li, what's wrong with you?"

"It's nothing." She shook her head.

Just then, her phone buzzed, nearly scaring the soul out of her. Li Yang was a bit afraid of Xu Qingyan, who was even more inscrutable in his dealings than the fruit shop owner.

When he wasn't smiling, his expression was as serious as a nail board. If it were discovered that she still wanted to get a part-time job, she would likely be scolded mercilessly.

"You call this nothing? You're breaking out in a cold sweat." Mei Mengqi was shocked, reaching out to touch her forehead, "You're not sick, are you? You can take a day off."

She ignored Mei Mengqi's extended hand and glanced at her phone.

Brother: "Fine, freshman part-time jobs aren't reliable, just a way for the student council to skimp on people. I'll look around for you, and you'll hear from me in a couple of days."

With a sigh of relief, Li Yang finally exhaled.

.....

Xu Qingyan drove to the underground garage of Pei Muchan's second apartment complex, while sending a message to the goofy Shen to come downstairs, he called Zhou Mian.

"Hello, Brother Xu."

"Yeah, Zhou Mian, can you find contact information for high-quality water army?" Xu Qingyan got straight to the point, "Help me with something, keep it a secret."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Mian's voice immediately became hazy.

"Give me a second."

The sound of hurried footsteps came through, and then there was silence on the other end. It seemed like the speaker was being covered by a hand, and when it was abruptly released, there was a brief sizzling sound.

"Brother Xu, who are you planning to target? Bai Jinze?"

"I'm not targeting anyone; I quite like an artist." Xu Qingyan lied without batting an eye, "I've made some money recently and want to get some positive drafts for him."

He was certain that aside from Bai Jinze, almost nobody knew that during the love reality show live, the person continuously buying negative articles and water army to sabotage him was Ji Chen.

"Buying positive articles? Brother, you've got the leisure for that?" Zhou Mian was dumbfounded.

"Ah, you won't understand... oh no, you probably do get it." Xu Qingyan sat in the car, his left hand caressing the steering wheel, spouting nonsense.

"Falling for a star isn't my fault, just like nobody can resist the charm of a female broadcaster."

Zhou Mian: "...."

Truth be told, he had nearly picked the mountain clean. The embarrassing past that was exposed by his cousin the day before had become his running joke today.

"Who is it for?"

"The leader of the Xiliang band, that little rock... little prince, you know about him, right?" Xu Qingyan's voice seeped through, "How is the price for a custom positive article calculated?"

Ji Chen?

Zhou Mian was utterly confused; just yesterday Brother Xu had inquired about Xiliang, and now he's talking about positive articles. It was obviously fishy just from thinking.

Brother, this isn't right.

But even if he sensed something, he wouldn't say it outright, pretending to be ignorant.

"You need to create a template for the article and then specify requirements. The price varies from high to low. It mainly depends on how much money Brother Xu is willing to spend, but most are around tens of thousands."

"There's basically no upper limit, but by default, it's capped at a million. Typically, there are designated people handling the operations."

"I'll send you the draft now, and you take care of the rest, starting with a hundred thousand." Xu Qingyan's eyes didn't blink as he tossed out the money.

"We'll see how it goes afterward, based on the results."

"Alright, you sure you want to do this?" Zhou Mian asked again.

"Yeah, I love rock music."

After hanging up, he transferred a hundred thousand yuan to Zhou Mian and asked him to start contacting the water army. Then, he selected the file from his transfer assistant and forwarded it to Zhou Mian.

Upon opening the Word document, there were four or five drafts.

One headline read [Sobbing, Ji Chen was insulted as a waiter when he was young, and still finds it hard to move on], while another was even harder to keep a straight face.

[Gentle to the bone, I want to have children for Brother Chen].

[The premier figure in contemporary rock! Ji Chen's explosive live performance! The heavenly sound that impregnates your ears], [The shining star of Shaguo rock, Brother Chen deserves a grand temple].

[A lucid mind in a human form, Brother Chen speaks the insider truths of the rock circle, a diligent and clear-headed person truly intoxicates others].

About a minute later, Zhou Mian sent a voice message.

"Brother Xu, did you write these? That's... freaking disgusting, what on earth is 'a face as tender as a watermelon, pure unparalleled beauty' and even 'explosively praising'?

"I'm about to throw up. Brother Xu, after so many years in the entertainment industry, I thought I'd seen enough cringeworthy praise in articles, but you've managed to gross me out."

Listening to Zhou Mian's retching complaints, Xu Qingyan couldn't help but laugh heartlessly.

"Dare to ridicule my geigei! What do you mean by that?"

"No, Brother Xu, are you serious?"

"I've already transferred you the money, could it be fake?" Xu Qingyan sent a voice message, "Through wind and rain, there'll always be fans guarding him; too many people are speaking ill of my geigei."

"As a ten-year fan of rock and Chen, unsolicitedly, after making a little money, I must vindicate my idol. I want everyone to know that our iChen doesn't look for trouble, nor is he afraid of it."

Zhou Mian: "Brother, please stop, I can't take the awkwardness."

"What do you mean by that, what are you suggesting?" Xu Qingyan, sitting in the Audi's driver's seat in the underground garage, pressed the voice button to send a message, watching Shen Jinyue bouncingly approach.

"Is it not enough money? I'll add another fifty thousand for you. You must get my geigei's fame out there. Do you have any idea how hard-working he is? You don't know!

Xu Qingyan thought to himself that he didn't know either, but does it matter? It doesn't.

"In any case, don't reveal my identity, and you keep yourself hidden too. If anyone asks, just say you're a decade-long fan and that's it."

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