Entertainment Era: Starting with Teaching Sister Meng to Sing

girlfriend...

Wang Xiaozhou couldn't help but slap his forehead.

I hadn't realized before that Cui Fangfang was such a pro. She took down the blond guy as soon as she got off the bus, which makes the subsequent operations much more complicated.

With Huang Mao around, everyone greeted Cui Fangfang politely.

It was also Cui Fangfang's first time meeting a celebrity, and she happily waved to everyone.

Only the third brother, a typical straight man, scoffed: "Didn't you look down on us blondies before, barely replying to our messages? How come you're boyfriend and girlfriend now?"

When the third brother was in high school, he spent every day playing games with Huang Mao at internet cafes. He knew exactly what kind of person Cui Fangfang was. She used to never reply to 99+ messages, but now she says she's taken a liking to Huang Mao and wants to date him. It's really hilarious.

Liu Weiguang snorted: "Our Little Yellow Hair may be a bit of a hoodlum, but he's from a respectable family. He doesn't play the game of talking to this person today and that person tomorrow. If anyone dares to mess with him, don't forget that we don't hit women with our fists."

Wang Xiaozhou: Who are you insulting...?

The atmosphere in the hall became a bit awkward after the two of them did this. Huang Mao made a gesture of begging for mercy to the two of them, exchanged a glance with Wang Xiaozhou, and then pulled Cui Fangfang towards his room.

On the way, Cui Fangfang sniffed and whispered, "I know I did some things wrong in the past, which made your friends have a bad opinion of me, but believe me, I will definitely do my best this time and clear up their misunderstandings."

Cui Fangfang is quite good-looking, with fair skin and delicate features. Otherwise, Huang Mao wouldn't have been so infatuated with her for so long. Her slightly aggrieved expression at this moment is indeed heartbreaking.

Huang Mao hesitated for a moment, then remembered Wang Xiaozhou's advice to take action when the time was right, and gently put his arm around Cui Fangfang's shoulder.

"I wasn't good enough before, but don't worry, I will definitely work hard in the future to earn more money so that we can live a good life."

At the room door, the blond-haired man swiped his room card and led Cui Fangfang inside.

"You can stay here tonight. We'll go out to work later, and I'll book another room when we get back tonight."

Cui Fangfang looked around and was quite satisfied with the living environment that Huang Mao had arranged for her. She stood up and said charmingly:

"Where are you going to work later? Can you take me with you? This is my first time visiting Jingli. I really want to explore the area."

Seeing Cui Fangfang's hands clasped together in a pleading manner, Huang Mao almost agreed immediately. However, remembering Wang Xiaozhou's warning, he shook his head and gritted his teeth, saying:

"No, we signed a contract before participating in the show. Unrelated people can't be brought into the camera. You stay at the hotel and wait there. I'll take you out to play tomorrow during the day, okay?"

Based on his previous understanding of Cui Fangfang, Huang Mao thought she would pester him for a few more words, but to his surprise, after he finished speaking, Cui Fangfang obediently nodded:

"Okay then, I'll have dinner at the hotel by myself, so don't worry about me. Focus on your work. I'll make some plans later, and I'll take you sightseeing tomorrow."

Huang Mao felt like he was dreaming. He walked out of the room and couldn't wait to call Wang Xiaozhou. The two agreed to meet at the door.

As soon as Wang Xiaozhou went downstairs and stepped out of the hotel, he saw Huang Mao rushing towards him.

"I'm impressed, big brother. You're so right. Cui Fangfang was incredibly obedient to me today. Several times I've thought to myself, if she can always be like this, I'd be willing to be deceived."

Wang Xiaozhou looked at Huang Mao, hesitating to speak.

What he really wanted to say was that someone like Cui Fangfang, once she gets what she wants, how could she possibly stay the same?

In her eyes, Huang Mao was always just a stepping stone; the two of them were from completely different worlds.

"Don't forget what we said before. Now that I've guessed what she's doing now, I can guess how she'll treat you in the future too. Like I said, it's fine to play around, but if you really want to date, someone like Cui Fangfang will make your life miserable."

The blond-haired man sighed: "Actually, I know all this, but it's a real shame. She was such a wonderful girl when she first entered high school, how did she end up like this?"

Was she a nice girl in high school?

But that's not necessarily true.

Wang Xiaozhou pursed his lips, but didn't want to provoke Huang Mao any further. He just instructed, "Anyway, go back and chat with her more. Don't pay too much attention to her. Just focus on recording the show later, and a little bit of sweet talk to her tonight will be enough to win her over."

The blond-haired man nodded vigorously: "I will try my best!"

Wang Xiaozhou shook his head helplessly and laughed: "Are you sick? Why are you trying to inspire me with this? Go pick up girls."

"Okay!"

Full of energy, the blond-haired man turned and ran into the hotel.

Wang Xiaozhou shook his head and went back to discuss the next program plan with Wen Ye.

At 7:10 p.m., everyone gathered in the hotel lobby, waiting for the live stream to start.

With all preparations complete, at 7:30 PM, with Fumino giving an OK sign, the camera started working, and everyone stood neatly in front of the lens to greet the audience.

With yesterday's promotion of "Once Upon a Time in You", the number of viewers in the live stream exploded as soon as it started today. In less than five minutes, the number of viewers had already soared to more than 600,000.

Keep in mind that this is the number of people online in real time. Back in the day, when Jay Chou did a live stream, he only had a little over four million viewers. Wang Xiaozhou has finally managed to catch up to about one-fifth of Jay Chou's viewership.

After explaining the rules to everyone, Wang Xiaozhou divided them into groups and set off for their respective destinations.

Each group has three people. Huang Mao and his three remaining brothers are in one group, Xu Min and her group are in another group, and Wang Xiaozhou is naturally in a group with Meng Ziyi and Mao Xiaotong.

Anyway, the three of them have never been apart since the show started. If Wang Xiaozhou wants to be with Meng Ziyi, he has to bring Mao Xiaotong along, and vice versa.

The place Wang Xiaozhou took the two to wasn't famous; it was just a small village in Jingli. But this village was quite peculiar, as half of it was within the country and the other half was in another country.

I paid 60 yuan for a ticket to enter the village, wandered around and saw the exotic atmosphere, and then tried one of the small activities, which was a swing. When you swing, one side is in China and the other side is abroad, so it has some meaning.

Since they had already eaten at the hotel, the group didn't try the local delicacies. After introducing the scenery, Wang Xiaozhou drove them back to the city.

"The houses in this village are so beautiful. Every house is built like a big villa, unlike the rural areas back home where there are only small bungalows."

As Meng Ziyi passed through the ordinary village, she couldn't help but sigh as she looked at the large houses on both sides of the road.

Wang Xiaozhou chuckled and casually pointed, "The villagers in this village all have ways to make a fortune, but look at all the houses along the roadside, they're all such big, but they're not necessarily all rich. Many of them are unfurnished, almost like single-story houses."

"They're really impressive for building such a big house."

Meng Ziyi said with an envious look.

"I like it. If you like it, I'll build one for you when I get home."

"Wow, you're so rich..."

Wang Xiaozhou had just made a wish for someone when Mao Xiaotong chimed in jealously.

Meng Ziyi chimed in, "He's quite wealthy now. He must have earned tens of millions from one movie. So it's settled then, he'll build me a house like this when we get home."

Meng Ziyi has never been a materialistic girl, but she felt threatened when facing Mao Xiaotong, so she used this method to assert her dominance.

Mao Xiaotong wasn't annoyed at all; in fact, Mao Xiaotong chimed in, "Yeah, he must have made tens of millions from this movie. I only got five percent of it, which is more than a million."

"Um!?"

Mencius glanced at her sideways; she was quite cute.

She said, "How come I didn't know that Mao Xiaotong gets a share of the profits from your movies!"

Wang Xiaozhou, of course, pretended not to see it; he even gave Mao Xiaotong some instructions:

"Don't spend your money recklessly, but don't not spend it either; you still need to improve your basic standard of living."

"I'll save some of the money for Mom, and use the rest to buy a new house. We can eat better every day; we still need to maintain a certain quality of life."

Mao Xiaotong nodded obediently. She didn't argue, but improving their quality of life would have to wait. Girls who were afraid of being poor were like little hamsters; they had to save up enough food for the winter before they could feel at ease.

The car drove steadily into the city. Even though there wasn't much entertainment going on yet, the live stream chat suddenly exploded with comments, but the content sent by everyone was definitely not what Meng Ziyi wanted to see.

"Wow, Wang Xiaozhou was so reliable when he told Mao Xiaotong to improve her quality of life. He seemed so calm and mature. He even looks older than Mao Xiaotong."

"There's a significant age gap, but men aren't judged by age, but by ability. Wang Xiaozhou's performance is indeed reassuring."

"I'm starting to ship Wang Xiaozhou and Mao Xiaotong now. I used to ship him and Sister Meng, but Mao Xiaotong is so beautiful and well-behaved."

"Of course, we should choose Mao Xiaotong! Her face is so beautiful, with its plump and round features, and the phrases 'national prosperity and peace' seem tailor-made for her. She's absolutely gorgeous!"

"Are you kidding me? Do you think my sister Meng's face is something to joke about? Do you know what allure is? Do you know what a true beauty is?"

"I also prefer Sister Meng's face. She looks very smart, but her personality in real life is quite different from her appearance. It would be so interesting to date someone like that."

......

The group would never have guessed that viewers in the live stream were already helping Wang Xiaozhou decide who he should date.

Mao Xiaotong must be secretly pleased to see these comments. She and Wang Xiaozhou met relatively late, so it's not easy for her to gain the audience's approval.

Meng Ziyi would be angry to see these comments. She was the one who came first, and she had already studied with Wang Xiaozhou. Why should she be compared to another woman?

Wang Xiaozhou would scoff at these comments, thinking, "Hmph, a bunch of people who dare not break the rules. Why should they have to choose one of two? Can't I choose to have both?"

As the car entered the city, Wang Xiaozhou didn't take the two of them to any commercial streets or shopping malls. Instead, he took them to the entrance of a village.

Since the game involved rewards and punishments, Wang Xiaozhou certainly couldn't let the two people next to him lose and have to stay at the hotel in the village, so Wang Xiaozhou started cheating.

He had been to Jingli in his previous life, which was the farthest he had ever traveled in that life. That was 20 years later. At that time, a good friend who was traveling with him took him to eat the most famous grilled squid and grilled potatoes in the area, right at the entrance of this village.

Wang Xiaozhou had a good chat with the shop owner. He heard that they were not well-known before 2018. Later, an internet celebrity came to visit the shop, and then more people came. In addition, their food was really good, so they slowly became popular.

Now it's 2013, and this stall hasn't become popular yet, but the taste hasn't changed. So Wang Xiaozhou plans to cheat here first and get Meng Jie and the other girl a five-star hotel.

"Come on, come on, grilled tofu, fried potatoes, grilled squid, and the best skewers!"

When someone drove up to the stall, the shop owner quickly started calling out to customers.

Wang Xiaozhou walked straight to the stall and asked the owner for twenty of each item to pack up.

When the boss saw that a big business had come in, he happily handed Wang Xiaozhou a cigarette before busily getting to work.

It was because of this cigarette in his past life that Wang Xiaozhou had such a great chat with the boss, and it's still the same now.

Meng Ziyi and Mao Xiaotong followed behind, not complaining about the poor conditions of the stall, but asking with some concern:

"Why did you buy twenty servings? We can't possibly finish them all."

The owner smiled and handed them a plate of grilled squid first, then said with a smile, "This is on me. You two ladies, have a taste. My food is pretty good, I guarantee you'll want more."

Wang Xiaozhou nodded with a smile, "Try it, try it. The boss is so confident, there must be a surprise in the taste. Twenty servings is not much. We've tried it, and the classmates Wenye invited should also try it. It's their first time in Yunzhen, so let's all have a good look at it."

Wang Xiaozhou is too good at manipulating the audience. You don't even need to watch to know that the comments will be full of things like "Brother Xiaozhou is such a nice guy". He bought a persona for a few dozen yuan. That bastard's strategy is too advanced.

Meng Ziyi and Mao Xiaotong each put a piece of grilled squid in their mouths and took a bite, then repeatedly gave the owner a thumbs up: "Delicious!"

Praised by the two beautiful women, the boss became even more motivated and quickly prepared and packed all the food.

Wang Xiaozhou took the things, said goodbye to the boss, and drove the two of them to the hotel.

When they got back to their base camp, they found that everyone else had arrived, and only the three of them were the last group.

"You guys didn't just wander around the city, did you? How come you all came back so quickly?"

The three blond-haired men grinned mischievously. "We were planning to go to the border gate, but we saw an arcade when we passed a freight station on the way."

Wang Xiaozhou was speechless. These three guys must have gotten off halfway and played in the arcade until the time was up before coming back.

Wenye whispered in the background, "The arcade the three of them went to was really old-fashioned. The blond guy was really good at King of Fighters, and his live stream had the second-highest number of viewers after yours."

Well, sometimes fools have all the luck; Wang Xiaozhou just doesn't understand them.

Then Xu Min grinned mischievously and said, "We went to the duty-free shop and bought quite a few sets of cosmetics. I'll try them all out, and if they work well, I'll recommend them to my online friends."

Haha, another pioneer of live-streaming e-commerce. Wang Xiaozhou suddenly realized that he was the only one showing the audience the scenery.

"Okay, that means you've all passed the tourism screening. But what about food? You don't all want to stay in the village's hotels, do you?"

The blond-haired man gestured with his chin toward the table: "It's not here."

Wang Xiaozhou looked in the direction the blond-haired man was looking, and said incredulously, "That's it?"

Huang Mao was very dissatisfied with Wang Xiaozhou's contemptuous attitude: "What do you mean, 'that's all'? Grilled gluten? When we were in the first year of high school, it was already considered a big deal if we could eat something like this after staying up all night."

Wang Xiaozhou looked speechless, then pointed to the rice noodles next to the gluten and asked Xu Min and the others, "This wasn't brought back by your group, was it?"

Xu Min nodded proudly: "Absolutely! When you come to a local place, you have to try some local specialties. Beef rice noodles, and our group is definitely going to book the five-star hotel!"

Ersi, which is similar to cold noodles, can also be called another name for rice noodles. Ersi and Erkuai are local specialties. It is reasonable for Xu Min's team to use this to participate in the competition, but it seems a little shabby.

Wang Xiaozhou nodded helplessly: "Alright, you've all taken the competition seriously. Hurry up and try it out on each other, and give us your scores."

Seeing Xu Min's confident and determined demeanor, Wang Xiaozhou couldn't bear to discourage her, so he silently took out the things he was carrying.

"It smells so good..."

Xu Min's teammate couldn't help but say something, and Xu Min immediately glared at him reproachfully. The game hasn't even started yet, how can you boost someone else's morale like this!

But as Wang Xiaozhou kept taking things out, Xu Min couldn't help but swallow, and then followed suit, reciting the names of the dishes:

"Fried potatoes... grilled squid... pan-fried tofu... simmering... large meat skewers..."

Although they were both street food, the items Wang Xiaozhou pulled out seemed more upscale, and since he bought so many portions, the staff could also benefit from the sale...

Xu Min suddenly felt that she had become small-minded and had a limited perspective!

"Come on, let's taste each other and rate each other."

Wang Xiaozhou wanted to quickly use the snacks from their two groups to create some entertainment value for the show, but unexpectedly, the blond-haired boy raised his hand and questioned the rules for appearing on the show.

"No, this is not right. I think the program rules are wrong."

Wang Xiaozhou asked, "What's wrong with it?"

Huang Mao said, "We only have three teams. If we can't vote for ourselves, what if everyone only gets one vote? I think we should involve the production team so everyone can vote together."

Wang Xiaozhou glanced at Huang Mao without showing any emotion. He hadn't expected that this guy had grown up so much and now knew how to avoid risks for his older brother.

On the surface, Huang Mao seemed to be making excuses for his snack business, saying he was afraid of staying in the village's hotels. But Wang Xiaozhou knew that was definitely not the case. He was worried about a tie and how he would handle it. No matter who stayed in the village's hotels, people would criticize him. That's why he suggested that the production team join in.

As for why Wang Xiaozhou would understand.

Hmph, brother, of course I understand.

"Okay, then let the production team get involved. But do you have that many snacks?"

Wang Xiaozhou agreed.

Huang Mao pointed to the barbecue on the table: "We bought quite a lot, so let's not each have one skewer. Half a skewer per person should be enough. As for Sister Xu, it's even easier. Just find a bowl to divide it up, and everyone can have a taste."

Upon hearing this, Xu Min's heart stirred. When Wang Xiaozhou agreed to Huang Mao's suggestion earlier, she was a little worried that she would feel embarrassed for only buying a few bowls of rice noodles.

But Huang Mao's words naturally rescued her from the awkward situation.

How come I never noticed before? This younger brother is...not bad.