Part 3
Tan Rongxuan rubbed his eyes, feeling for a moment that he might still be dreaming. “I haven’t woken up yet, have I?”
Xu Zhengyu shook his shoulder. “You’re awake. Look carefully, it’s true!”
Tan Rongxuan was somewhat shocked. “Are this Lu Ciheng and Xie Shibai the two I’m thinking of?”
Xu Zhengyu nodded repeatedly.
Tan Rongxuan hurriedly clicked on the trending search, reading from beginning to end as if making up homework. After reading, he was still a bit incredulous. “Aren’t they rivals? I remember their relationship isn’t good. I saw with my own eyes at Movie Night that their relationship was terrible.”
Tan Rongxuan thought for a while, then suddenly realized. “If we could invite them to participate in our program…”
Xu Zhengyu: “Right! If they can come, we don’t need to worry about the heat of our program at all. Even if people don’t really like watching post-marriage variety shows now, as long as they are there, the revenue won’t be bad. Your ‘military order’ (pledge of success) is saved!”
At the mention of the military order, Tan Rongxuan instantly sobered up. After flipping through the trending search, he reacted. Although Lu Ciheng and Xie Shibai hadn’t gone public, they were just at the stage of being secretly photographed. But regardless of whether they had this idea, sending an invitation first was the wisest choice.
There must be many people inviting them to events now. If they were a bit later, even if there was an intention, it might be shelved due to lack of scheduling.
“Little Xu, quick, quick, quick! Hurry and contact their managers. Be straightforward with them and see if there is any intention to participate.” Tan Rongxuan commanded. “No, we can offer more conditions. Once there is an intention, we must try hard to keep them.”
Xu Zhengyu nodded. “Don’t worry.”
Early the next morning, Zhou Yang and Cheng Zhe arrived at Nanshan No. 1 almost at the same time.
The two had dealt with each other’s rival trending searches for so long; this was the first time meeting in a capacity other than enemies. Both sides were a bit uncomfortable.
They didn’t have time to be too awkward. The comments on the internet, after fermenting overnight, hadn’t decreased in heat; instead, the discussion grew louder and louder.
The two had communicated in advance and handed two project proposals to Xie Shibai and Lu Ciheng respectively.
“This is?” Xie Shibai asked.
Cheng Zhe explained, “Yesterday, a post-marriage travel variety show approached us, asking if you two had any intention to participate. This is the project proposal sent by the other party.”
Hearing it was a post-marriage variety show, Lu Ciheng’s black eyes couldn’t help but become somewhat eager as he flipped through it seriously.
The proposal recorded the format of the variety show and the broadcasting method, thought out in great detail.
Zhou Yang: “Considering you decided to go public, Cheng Zhe and I discussed keeping this variety show as an option to see if you want to participate.”
The company had thoughts of transitioning Lu Ciheng before, but they hadn’t found a suitable opportunity. This variety show might be a very good chance.
“The bonus of the single persona won’t last long anyway. Better to take this opportunity to let the public slowly accept it.” Zhou Yang reminded, “However, the type of this program is quite special. It is divided into a livestream version and a regular version. That means during the recording period, except for special circumstances and rooms, you will be exposed to the camera.”
“But I’ve investigated the show’s investors; there are no problems. Director Tan has also been widely praised in the industry for high quality. His variety shows are basically never too bad. The only downside is the livestream format. It is said that many artists refused to participate because of this.”
Xie Shibai lowered his eyes and quietly flipped through the project proposal, his fingertips tapping lightly as he fell into brief thought.
Lu Ciheng wouldn’t give up this kind of chance to work with Xie Shibai. “I have no problem. What about Teacher Xie?”
Xie Shibai had some intention. Compared to simply going public, participating in a variety show would allow him to see the Xie family scrambling to suppress the news but to no avail. It might be easier to make them drop their guard, which would also be helpful for what he wanted to do next.
But what he was more worried about was whether his illness would be seen by others, thereby exposing their plastic marriage, although his condition had obviously begun to improve after desensitization therapy.
A livestream format variety show was much more difficult than a regular variety show.
Lu Ciheng’s gaze fell on Xie Shibai, guessing what he was worried about. His eyes curved. “Teacher Xie, don’t worry, I’m here.”
Xie Shibai lowered his eyes. Of course, no one would think a person with haphephobia (fear of touch) would participate in a livestream variety show. There were risks, but also gains.
“Okay.”
When Xu Zhengyu received the confirmation of cooperation, he didn’t wait a minute longer, taking the contract directly to find them.
The place for signing the contract wasn’t the studio. At a time like this, going anywhere would be stared at and photographed. Xu Zhengyu understood and simply took a taxi to bring the contract to their door.
Eating melons online was one thing, but seeing it in reality, Xu Zhengyu was a bit surprised. Just entering the door, he noticed a red item similar to a marriage certificate framed on the coffee table. He glanced at it but didn’t see clearly what it was, muttering a sentence in his heart.
What a strange decoration.
Zhou Yang and Cheng Zhe were both there. Both sides shook hands and exchanged pleasantries, then went straight to the topic.
Xu Zhengyu handed over the prepared contract.
Xie Shibai paused for a few seconds when flipping to the first page of the contract. “Trainee?”
The word “Trainee” was marked on the first liability item of the contract.
Xu Zhengyu explained, “We have two types of contracts. For marriages with legal effect, use the specially marked contract. If it’s a trainee couple who hasn’t registered for marriage, they need to sign a slightly harsher trainee contract. This is also to protect the interests of both our parties and avoid some unnecessary risks.”
Lu Ciheng pushed the contract back. “The contract is wrong. We should sign the other type of contract.”
Xu Zhengyu was somewhat shocked. He instantly associated it with the thing similar to a marriage certificate he saw framed just after entering. Thinking about it now, it might really be a marriage certificate.
But framing a marriage certificate and placing it in the living room as a decorative painting…
He calmed his mood, secretly sighing with relief that he had luckily brought two copies of the official contract, and hurriedly handed them over. “Sorry, this is the official contract.”
Xie Shibai and Lu Ciheng finished signing the contracts, giving one copy to Xu Zhengyu.
After solving the imminent matter, Xu Zhengyu breathed a sigh of relief and smiled. “Then I’ll leave first. See you on the shooting day.”
Just after the two signed the contract, before they could go online to announce it officially, the discourse on the internet changed again.
[@DidLuCihengXieShibaiBreakUpToday: A day has passed, and LCH and XSB’s studios haven’t made a sound. Moreover, this exposed video shows only LCH is hot-headed. XSB’s reaction is very flat and impatient. Can we reasonably deduce that the two might have really dated, but have already broken up? They were photographed after breaking up, and because communication between both parties is difficult, there hasn’t been a response for so long.]
[Yeah, the blogger’s analysis makes sense.]
[Actually, I thought so too. Anyone who has dated or seen others date can discover something is wrong between the two. It must be a state of quarreling, conflict, or breaking up.]
[If they broke up, it’s understandable why the studios haven’t said a word.]
[I lean towards they broke up.]
[+1. Mainly because XSB’s movements were too impatient. No wonder everyone says LCH is a simp; it really looks like it.]
[@DidLuCihengXieShibaiBreakUpToday: I compared screenshots of their previous activities and grapevine news. First, the famous Movie Night. There was no filming inside, but analyzing leaks from other artists, the two behaved very badly that day. And Movie Night was only a month ago. Here I lean more towards they were already dating before. After that, the two rarely appeared in view. The last same event was the TC brand event. One walked the red carpet mid-show, one walked the finale. There was no contact throughout, only Lu Ciheng greeting the window at the end. I lean towards he was greeting Xie Shibai. It can basically be confirmed that the two were already in conflict a month ago, and quite a big one. LCH tried to salvage it, but XSB looked very tough. It can be seen from this video, very impatient. In summary, I analyze that they definitely broke up a month ago at Movie Night, or maybe earlier. It’s just that this time they were photographed by coincidence.]
[The blogger changed their ID too fast hahahaha]
[Yes! I think so too. If they were really dating, how could their relationship appear so bad? Since a month ago, people rumored they almost fought backstage. Plus XSB’s performance this time, they definitely broke up.]
[Disperse, old melon, boring.]
[They definitely broke up!]
[Doesn’t this confirm the fact that LCH is a simp…]
[Don’t. Even a popular actor has nothing left when simping. Then wouldn’t I be done for too?]
[???]
[Feel like they won’t respond either. Maybe just drag it out until the heat disappears.]
[I don’t think they would date. Feel like they have the same personality, eh? XSB speaks little, LCH is also the very high-cold type in Reuters (paparazzi/fan photos). Two ice cubes together? It’s not like being a double-door refrigerator for cooling.]
[Laughing to death hahahaha]
[If they haven’t broken up, I’ll eat a keyboard while doing a handstand!]
[I’ll wash my hair doing a handstand!]
In the next second, Mango TV (Fruit Channel) appeared out of nowhere.
[@InfiniteHeartbeatTravelAgency: Please take care of us on the upcoming journey @XieShibai @LuCiheng (Names in no particular order)]
On the other side, fans and netizens who were adding bricks and tiles to the “breakup” trending search were stunned.
[What kind of variety show is this?]
[A variety show on Fruit Channel documenting post-marriage travel for husbands/couples.]
[Oh.]
[AH?!]
[Post-marriage variety show????????]
The fans who were confidently analyzing their breakup just now were all dumbfounded. Another trending search instantly covered the breakup search and rushed to the top of the list.
#LuCihengXieShibaiParticipateInPostMarriageVarietyShow#
Netizens returning from the melon-eating intermission were shocked.
[Holy crap, they aren’t dating, they’re married?!]
[Didn’t they already break up? How did they get married again?]
[Guess they aren’t dating anymore; they got married after breaking up.]
[Is it this couple? Was your tit-for-tat in the past just foreplay? How could you get married?]
[Don’t panic, don’t panic. This variety show also has unmarried artists participating, beautifully named ‘Trainee Couples’. Maybe they are that.]
[There were no trainee husbands in the first season…]
[Not necessarily. If they can’t find people to participate, there will be people who don’t know each other at all playing husbands.]
[Who was going to wash their hair doing a handstand just now?]
CP fans (Shippers) who were scolded as a cult quietly poked their heads out.
[Unexpectedly, the day has finally come for us to sit at the table and eat.]
[So proud! Worthy of the CP I push.]
[You scold me, I scold you, our brothers sleep together, heehee.]
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