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Chapter 188 Douyin Live Variety Show
The Douyin live-stream variety show featuring "Love O2O" was announced three days ago through the official Weibo account.

For three consecutive days, Chen Xiu posted on her Weibo account that the live stream would take place on the 18th at 11:30 AM.

When the clock completed its final half-circle and the live stream started, the first thing that caught people's attention was the rapidly increasing number of online viewers.

Then, He Jiong appeared first: "Hello everyone, welcome to the Douyin live broadcast room of 'Love O2O'. I will be the host of today's live variety show."

"First, let's introduce our guests in the live broadcast room today: Chen Xiu, Chen Duling, Meng Ziyi, and Bai Yu!"

As He Jiong introduced the scene, the camera began to zoom out, revealing a clean and tidy live-streaming room with white walls and bright lights.

He Jiong sat on the single sofa on the right, while Chen Xiu, Chen Duling, Meng Ziyi, and Bai Yu sat on the long, round sofa on the left.

The positions on both sides are sideways. This reduces the sense of confrontation and allows viewers in the live stream to see everyone more clearly.

After He Jiong finished his introduction, Chen Xiu waved and greeted the camera along with the others.

Once the live stream begins, every minute and every second will be recorded and watched.

Therefore, everyone present was in full-on work mode, and even Meng Ziyi, who was usually quite oblivious, dared not let his mind wander at this moment.

After introducing himself and the guests, He Jiong began to explain the process of this live variety show.

"Next, I'll share today's schedule with the viewers in the live stream. We'll start by having some of the lead actors from 'Love O2O' share some stories from the filming process."

"Then, if you have any questions, you can send them via bullet comments. Yes, that is, send bullet comments in real time. Ask whatever you want. There are no pre-set questions. We will answer whichever question we are given."

"Let me tell you in advance that Douyin's bullet screen function still has sensitive word filtering. Some non-compliant bullet screens cannot be sent. Thank you for your cooperation. The bullet screen function has been turned on, and you can try it out."

He Jiong speaks very fast, yet he is still very clear to listen to.

After saying that, he moved on to the next topic without waiting for anyone's reaction.

"Chen Xiu, why don't you share with everyone the interesting things that happened on set?"

"me?"

Chen Xiu raised her eyebrows and pointed at herself with a look of surprise.

He wasn't acting; it was genuinely unexpected.

Before the live broadcast started, he only explained the rules and general process of today's live variety show to He Jiong, and left everything else to He Jiong to do on his own.

Normally, this topic could be brought up with anyone, but the other three people don't have the same popularity or buzz as Chen Xiu, so He Jiong brought him up.

This bewildered expression prompted viewers watching the live stream to quickly type out their thoughts via the chat.

"Xiao Nai's bewildered expression is hilarious!"

"It seems like Chen Xiu was completely unprepared to be ranked first."

"This bullet comment feature is really fun, much more fun than those pre-scripted variety shows!"

"..."

The question-and-answer phase hasn't started yet, and He Jiong hasn't paid attention to the comments.

He began to guide Chen Xiu into variety show mode: "That's right! During filming, if anything interesting happened, you can choose one or two to talk about."

"Hmm~~, the most interesting one?"

"Yup!"

"There are two things that left a deep impression on me."

Chen Xiu held up two fingers and said to He Jiong.

Upon hearing this, Meng Ziyi, Chen Duling, and Bai Yu all turned their attention to the two items, wanting to hear which two items they were referring to.

The comments on the screen were also urging Chen Xiu to speak quickly.

As a professional host, He Jiong has also become a mouthpiece for netizens: "What are the two specific things?"

"The first thing should be for Lei Jun to come visit me on set..."

"Lei Jun visited you on set?!"

He Jiong exclaimed in surprise, his eyes and mouth appearing enlarged on his face simultaneously, without a trace of acting.

Chen Xiu nodded slightly and continued, "That's right! When we were halfway through filming, Lei Jun came to visit me on set. We talked about some investment topics, and then I asked him to make a cameo appearance in the crew."

Did Lei Jun make a cameo appearance in "Love O2O"?

"Yes! We haven't been promoting this much before, but he will appear in tonight's episode. I'm letting you know in advance."

"You guys are really good at keeping things secret."

He Jiong's sentiments were equivalent to the reactions of netizens in the bullet screen section.

At this moment, Zhang Yiming, who was looking at the backend data next door, also looked excited.

The number of real-time online users displayed on the big screen has just surpassed 10, and the number is still rising rapidly...

Having witnessed firsthand the promotional effect of a star-studded hit drama, Zhang Yiming suddenly felt more appreciative of Chen Xiu's decision to go into acting.

On the screen, after showering Chen Xiu with a barrage of professional compliments, He Jiong inquired about the second matter.

"Chen Xiu, you just said there were two things that you found interesting. What's the second one?" "The second one."

Chen Xiu stopped and turned to look at Chen Duling.

When he suddenly looked at her, Chen Duling was also taken aback for a moment, and then her eyes suddenly lit up as if she had thought of something.

"This matter is actually related to Dudu. Due to some personal reasons, the original female lead requested to terminate her contract with the production team. This voluntary termination can be seen in the termination contract provided by the production team. I am not making this up."

"The female lead suddenly left, but filming had already started, so everyone had to work together to solve the problem. I recommended Dudu to the director and the crew. Our fathers know each other, but I'm not very familiar with her."

"At the time, it was just a trial. If she didn't want to take the role and wanted to focus on completing her graduation thesis, then there was nothing we could do. Fortunately, she did. During filming, we discovered that she was very good at playing games, which is very similar to Bei Weiwei."

These words not only explained the whole story of the casting change in "Love O2O", but also explained the origin of the character Chen Duling, leaving no unclear points that could cause misunderstandings.

At the end, Chen Xiu asked Chen Duling, "How did your graduation thesis turn out?"

"pass."

Chen Duling gave an OK sign, her lips unconsciously curving upwards, whether out of pride or joy, it was hard to tell.

Seeing this, He Jiong, true to his spirit of variety shows, brought up the recent criticism of Chen Duling's acting skills.

"Dudu, there seem to be a lot of voices online lately questioning your acting skills. Is there anything you'd like to say to everyone?"

"I humbly accept this."

Chen Duling said with sparkling eyes. She looked great at the moment, completely unlike the dejected feeling she had before the live stream started.

"I am not a professionally trained actor, so my acting skills are indeed not satisfactory."

Chen Duling's tone was very relaxed and sincere.

Then, she changed the subject: "Someone once told me that it's normal to have bad acting skills, but if you have bad acting skills and don't try to improve, then it's your own problem! I always keep that in mind..."

"Ah."

Even in the live broadcast room, Chen Xiu laughed.

Seeing the puzzled looks from the others, he raised his hand and said, "I said that because the situation was a bit special at the time."

"At that time, it was my first day of filming. I had to do 7 takes, which slowed down the production and got me scolded by the director."

Chen Duling hurriedly spoke up to explain, as if worried that Chen Xiu would be misunderstood. She then turned around and took Meng Ziyi's hand: "After she finished scolding me, Chen Xiu introduced me to Ziyi and asked her to teach me acting. That's how I gradually improved."

"So the literal meaning is your acting teacher?"

He Jiong picked up the thread, saying that he could handle this kind of relay-style Q&A very well, while ensuring that all the guests present had a chance to speak.

Meng Ziyi, who was given the opportunity to speak, began to tell the story of the film crew with great excitement.

The largest part of the article is about a group of people playing games together.

She also took the opportunity to criticize Chen Xiu's terrible skills: "He's really bad at the game. Our team of five pushed all the way to the enemy's crystal, but he got completely destroyed."

"Hahaha!"

Meng Jie's distinctive Northeastern accent makes this sarcastic remark sound incredibly funny.

The five of them burst into laughter, and viewers in the live stream also praised Meng Ziyi with comments.

The first three guests' talk-style variety shows were both highly engaging and humorous.

When it was Bai Yu's turn, the atmosphere cooled down a bit, but thanks to He Jiong's hosting and his frequent efforts to get others to help liven things up, the whole chat went very smoothly.

"Okay, now let's move on to the Q&A session!"

He Jiong announced loudly, then took a large-screen tablet from a staff member next to him.

The content on the screen is the live stream room where the five people are located, and the number of online viewers at this time is 180,000.

Place the screen in front of the camera so that everyone can see it clearly.

He Jiong continued, "Now I'll explain the question rules. You'll have 20 seconds to post your comments. When the countdown ends, the comment that appears at the top will be the question we've drawn."

"Ready? Let's count down: 3, 2, 1, go!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the comment section exploded with energy, like it had been injected with adrenaline.

The 20-second countdown ended quickly, and He Jiong pressed pause on the screen when the timer was cut off.

"OK, let's take a look at what the selected comments are."

He Jiong's voice was full of anticipation, but after seeing the comment clearly, his expression suddenly became strange.

"The problem here is: Chen Xiu, have you ever played Xiao Nai? You just started acting randomly, making assumptions!"

Upon hearing this, the previously cheerful atmosphere in the live stream abruptly ceased, and everyone turned their attention to Chen Xiu, eager to see his response.

When she met everyone's gaze, Chen Xiu's facial muscles twitched twice.

He neither used platitudes nor tried to explain anything, but instead...

"Hahahaha!"

(End of this chapter)