She became a heartthrob among internet celebrities.

Chapter 122 1 Variety Show 2

The period leading up to the end of the semester is actually the most restless time for college students.

It's the pressure of exams, the excitement of the upcoming holiday, and the unique vitality that summer brings to young people.

In the height of summer, the campus and the students themselves are brimming with boundless vitality and energy.

Recently, for some reason, it's become popular online to sign up roommates for some weird and wonderful variety shows.

Dormitory 306.

"Tang Li, what did you report to me with my ID card?" Zhao Ying pushed open the dormitory door and immediately shouted.

Tang Li and Jiang Lai were reviewing the key points for the final exam together when they heard Zhao Ying's words. Tang Li immediately and humbly returned to her seat. "Oh, I'm so tired. I want to take a nap."

"No! Explain yourself what this is first!" Zhao Ying shoved her phone in front of Tang Li.

Li Xiangyue and Jiang Lai also curiously went over to check. They saw that Zhao Ying's phone screen displayed: "Hello Zhao Ying, you have successfully registered for this entertainment challenge. After the program team conducts a screening, if you meet our registration requirements, we will notify you separately."

"Entertainment Challenge, what is this?" Jiang Lai asked.

"Oh my, this is a local entertainment program from where we're from. If you pass the level, you can get a big refrigerator! We can put it in our dorm room and then we'll have something to use! We can put all our skincare products, face masks, and leftover snacks in there! I'm telling you, this program is pretty interesting!" Tang Li immediately started talking.

"If it's so good, why didn't you report it?" Zhao Ying was furious.

“I’m too small to go through this. You and Jiang Jiang are the tallest in our dorm. I think you two have a chance, so I’ve signed you both up.”

"Huh?? This is my business?"

Tang Li guiltily avoided Jiang Lai's angry glare, then lowered her head and whispered, "He first does a simple registration, then the back office will do a screening, and then a detailed registration, which requires confirmation from both the person and the staff."

"That means it's okay if the person doesn't want to register a second time," Li Xiangyue immediately grasped the key point.

"But Zhao Zhao, you can go, right? The water park is a lot of fun, and it's great to go swimming in the summer!" Tang Li tried to coax her.

"Thank you so much. You didn't sign us all up, did you?"

"No, not really. It's just you and Jiang Jiang. Xiang Yue's body is like Lin Daiyu's, she definitely can't do it. Besides, I just signed you up for fun. Aren't a lot of people doing this to amuse their roommates these days?" Tang Li blinked, trying to act cute.

"No, how did you register us?" Zhao Ying still couldn't understand. "Don't you need our personal identification information?"

"Yup!"

"You don't need to register for the first time, just your phone number is enough." Tang Li fiddled with her fingers. "I'm so sorry!! I was wrong, sob sob sob!"

"If you're faking tears, at least rub your eyes to make them a little redder!"

"Waaaaah, I was so wrong! Please forgive me! I only got this idea because I saw that Jiang Jiang had signed up!"

Zhao Ying immediately turned to Jiang Lai: "You signed up??"

Li Xiangyue looked at her in disbelief: "Why?"

Jiang Lai thought for a moment, then pulled a document from the bookshelf: "This registration?"

Li Xiangyue took it, and on it was a paper registration form with Jiang Lai's personal information. "Brainpower Showdown?"

Tang Li leaned forward: "Yeah, that's it. I saw Jiang Jiang filling out this the other day, and I thought she was just joking, so I signed you two up for the obstacle course too. Playing in the water is so much fun!"

"You're a college student, not a kindergartener, why are you playing in the water?" Zhao Ying asked Jiang Lai, "Jiang Jiang, are you going to participate in this program?"

"This show is quite old."

Jiang Lai nodded: "I don't know if I can participate. It was President Lin, Lin Chaoyin, who had interned at the TV station a long time ago. I think she's in this program now. She called me the other day and asked if I was interested in signing up. I thought it was quite interesting, so I agreed."

"Then wouldn't you be able to appear on TV?"

"Not necessarily, because it's not confirmed whether she can participate or not. We'll have to wait for the program team to assess her and make a decision."

"You definitely can! Jiang Jiang's face is so eye-catching! It's just a shame she's so low-key." Zhao Ying stroked her chin. "If she really gets to appear on TV, I'll definitely be there watching!"

"Okay, okay, I got it. Let's study first! Don't fail!"

"Aaaaaah! I can't learn a single thing!"

-

Lao Xing, along with his assistant director, executive director, and several assistants, sat in the conference room, looking at the application forms in their hands and screening them one by one.

"Well... his undergraduate degree wasn't very good, but he won a gold medal in a national competition. What do you think, Lao Xing?"

"Then let's put it on hold for now and see if we have enough people later. If not, we'll use it."

"Hey? This one's not bad! The young man is handsome too, and he's from Huaguo University. Let me see, he's in the math department? That's impressive, very good. Did someone recommend him?"

"Let me see—" The assistant director craned his neck to take a look. "Oh, this is a student that my friend recommended. What do you think? Isn't he a good prospect?"

"That's great! There aren't many people who are both good-looking and academically gifted! We should get to know this guy better, and if he's willing, we should give him special attention on the show. He's a guarantee of high ratings for our program! Who doesn't love watching a handsome guy!"

"Huh?? Why is there a little kid here??" the executive director exclaimed in surprise.

"Where? Are you going to the other show's production team? Did you vote for the wrong program?" Lao Xing asked.

"That's right! Let me take a look, IMO gold medal, and he's also a member of the USTC Junior Class... First prize, silver medal, second prize—isn't he a prodigy?!" The executive director almost knelt down in awe. Only 12 years old and already this amazing?! Thinking about his own son, it's truly infuriating to compare oneself to others!

Old Xing took the application form from his hand, his eyes lighting up as he looked at it. "Isn't this a guarantee of our show's ratings? Who doesn't love watching child prodigies!"

"Old Xing! This one looks pretty good too."

"what?"

"This one was recommended by Xiaolin. Isn't she from Imperial University? She recommended a few people, and I've looked at them all; they're all quite good, especially this one." The assistant pulled out an application form and placed it in the center of the table.

Several people nearby immediately gathered around to look.

The girl's ID photo on the application form was also beautiful. Her beauty wasn't the aggressive kind, but rather a pure and shy beauty, carrying the unique vitality of youth.

The girl's long, black hair cascaded over her shoulders, but it didn't obscure her features. Her lips were slightly upturned, and she wore a white shirt with a khaki tie—a typical preppy outfit.

But what's most striking is her eyes. When you look into them, it's as if she's looking back at you, her upturned corners conveying a natural, affectionate quality.

"Wait, you can't Photoshop ID photos like that, can you??"

"You can Photoshop it to this extent? And this is going to be on a TV show. If it's over-edited, won't it be disastrous in real life?"

"Let me see her details. Imperial University, hmm... She's participated in quite a few competitions, the head of the Arts Department, and a blogger too! Ah! I remember now! I've seen this girl before!"

"What are you doing acting like Jia Baoyu here! Tell me!" Old Xing slapped the assistant on the back of the head.

While the assistants were arguing, Lao Xing was drawn over and immediately noticed the application form of the girl they were discussing.

"Photogenic" was his first reaction upon seeing the photo.

The assistant didn't make a fuss after being hit, but chuckled twice, "I've seen her before! She's a pretty famous blogger, and she has a really nice voice! She can sing and dance, she has so many skills! I especially love her vlogs! But I haven't been paying much attention to her lately, so I didn't recognize her just now!"

"Can you get her video so I can see it?" The assistant director also came over.

"Okay!" The assistant took out her phone, went to Jiang Lai's profile, and randomly opened a video.

After everyone finished watching the video, Lao Xing excitedly slammed his hand on the table, exclaiming, "This must be kept!"

"This is a guarantee of high ratings for our show! Who doesn't love watching beautiful women!"

"No, Director Xing, isn't our show's ratings guaranteed way too much?"

"Stop being so sarcastic! Go check the other people's application forms!" Old Xing took Jiang Lai's application form and went to discuss it with the assistant director and executive director.

"What do you think?" he asked.

"I think it's pretty good no matter how I look at it?" the assistant director said.

Executive Director: "Old Xing, do you have other ideas?"

“I have an idea. Look at this girl, she already has a following, and Douyin (TikTok) has been developing better and better in the past two years. It's because of the increase in short videos that TV ratings have declined, and none of us can change that. However, we can consider collaborating.”

"What kind of cooperation method?"

"Using the contestants' existing popularity to generate buzz for the show in advance?"

"It's not impossible, we need to discuss it properly..."

-

"General Manager Ye!" Xiao He, who had been promoted to operations team leader, knocked on the general manager's office.

"Enter--"

Xiao He walked in, stopped, and said, "President Ye, wasn't our team's previous proposal about collaborating with some variety shows?"

"What's wrong? Not going well?"

Xiao He looked puzzled. "No, it's just that things have gone a little too smoothly." In fact, it was someone else who came to him first.

"While our team was still selecting some suitable programs, the people from 'Brain Power Showdown' approached us first, saying they wanted to collaborate. We were originally hesitating between programs like the Poetry Competition and the Chinese Character Competition. Although we were quite optimistic about 'Brain Power Showdown' before, we gave it up after doing research. The main reason was that its previous program style was not interesting enough, and apart from die-hard fans, there were no new viewers. We didn't expect them to approach us first."

"Oh?" Ye Kongxing became interested: "What did they say?"

"They said they were going to start recording a new program, and the contestants included some of our anchors, so they wanted the anchors to do some promotion and hype first. The program team will cover the promotion costs, which is essentially buying traffic and popularity from us."

"Who?"

"What? Oh! It's the livestreamer from our learning section, the one you know, Mr. Ye."

Upon hearing this, Ye Kongxing knew who he was talking about, since he didn't pay much attention to streamers, except for Jiang Lai.

"She's going?"

"It should be, there's her application form over there."

Ye Kongxing pondered for a moment, then tapped his fingers lightly on the desk a few times. "What's their explanation for this program this time?"

"We invited some top students to compete..."

"I remember there was a similar proposal in one of your previous suggestions, right?"

"Yes, the idea is to cooperate with other online video websites to exclusively broadcast some of their behind-the-scenes and other videos. From this point of view, cooperating with 'Brain Power Showdown' is not bad. They also want to take advantage of the college entrance examination period and use the students' and parents' admiration for the strong to push some students from prestigious universities to the forefront and attract traffic."

Ye Kongxing thought for a moment and said, "Go and contact her. If she's willing, then cooperate."

Xiao He: ! Did I hear something I shouldn't have? Isn't it the streamer listening to the platform?

But he still upheld the fine qualities of a working-class person and agreed: "No problem, Mr. Ye."

-

Jiang Lai was a little surprised when she received a greeting from the staff of Douyin platform.

She never expected that participating in a competition would cause so much trouble.

The two arranged to meet at a bubble tea shop outside the school.

"So you just want to ask for my opinion?" Jiang Lai rested her chin on her hand, took a sip of milk tea, and looked at the boy sitting opposite her.

As a single guy, Xiao He hadn't spent a long time alone with a girl, let alone such a beautiful one!

He felt like he was on fire, and stammered, "Yes, do you really want to participate in this competition and cooperate with the production team in the pre-competition promotion?"

"Sure!" Jiang Lai readily agreed. "What's wrong with that? Or do you have other plans later?"

Xiao He: "Yes, we might shoot some exclusive behind-the-scenes videos and put them on Douyin later. And since you're one of our anchors, you might also have some interactive promotional tasks later on."

“I’m okay with it!” Jiang Lai had no complaints about Douyin or the production team, so she was very decisive.

"That's great! I'll go back and give Mr. Ye my feedback!" Xiao He was very excited. If he did this job well, a promotion and a raise would be within his reach!

After saying goodbye, the two went their separate ways to their respective homes.

Jiang Lai was planning her next steps. The director of "Brain Power Showdown" had also contacted her. The recording date was a week after the exams, which would be just before she could finish dubbing the movie.

If possible, this would be a good opportunity to do some publicity?