I'm a web novelist, and you want me to work in the entertainment industry?

Time flies, and it's already late December.

In just a few days it will be Lunar New Year's Eve, and the festive atmosphere is gradually spreading across the country.

Red lanterns hang in the streets and alleys. People are either on holiday or going home. Those with partners are looking for partners, and those without partners... are also looking for partners.

In the evening, Cheng Che had just finished a full day of rehearsals and was preparing to return to his hotel suite to rest.

But as soon as he reached the door, he noticed that the pencil lead he had clipped to the door before leaving had broken.

...Well, actually, Cheng Che noticed that the door to his hotel room wasn't locked, but rather had a crack.

Cheng Che was absolutely certain that the door was locked when he left home earlier today.

Judging from the current situation, either a thief has broken into the room, or a thief has broken into the room.

Cheng Che cautiously pushed open the door, then breathed a sigh of relief.

Bad news: It has indeed been broken into.

Good news: The intruder is a pretty little female thief.

"Hey? You're back." Tian Xiwei had just put down her bag when she heard the door being pushed open. She immediately turned around and looked at Cheng Che with a grin.

"Why didn't you tell me you were coming? I thought we'd been robbed," Cheng Che asked with a smile.

"If you'd told me beforehand, there wouldn't have been any surprise," Tian Xiwei said. "Were you scared when you saw the door was open? Were you worried that a reader would come to assassinate you?"

More than a month has passed, and the readers' hatred towards Cheng Che has decreased somewhat, but not by much.

"...There really is a little bit." Cheng Che touched his nose and said truthfully.

Who wouldn't be afraid of that?

He is a reader and he also wants to express himself; if he is not a reader, then he is afraid.

"By the way, how did you open the door?" Cheng Che asked.

"I got the room key from Xiao Tang, of course," Tian Xiwei said matter-of-factly.

"...I'll dock her pay sooner or later," Cheng Che sighed.

He had two room cards in total, one for himself and the other given to Xiaotang for safekeeping.

"You're always exploiting Xiao Tang." Tian Xiwei glared at him, indicating that she had a problem with it. Xiao Tang seemed to be Cheng Che's assistant, but she was actually his mole—with Xiao Tang working from the inside, she could keep track of Cheng Che's schedule at all times and appear when he least expected it to create surprises.

After a short rest and washing up, Cheng Che sat down on the bed, and Tian Xiwei naturally sat down next to him.

"How's the rowing going?" Tian Xiwei asked him.

"It's pretty good, I guess. I'm lucky to have survived until now and haven't been eliminated." Cheng Che scratched his head.

"So it seems that your month-long hiatus from the internet has had a very good effect." Tian Xiwei nodded. "You're probably the most mysterious person on the entire internet now."

"If it weren't mysterious, it might have already been assassinated by the Mango Army." Cheng Che's eyes showed sorrow.

For the past month or so, Cheng Che has kept himself very well hidden. To people who don't know him, he really seems to have disappeared from the internet altogether.

His personal accounts on various social media platforms have not been online or posted any new updates, and he has not resurfaced on the Chinese website either.

As for suddenly releasing new works to surprise fans... that's completely impossible.

For more than a month, his book fans, variety show fans, and song fans, as well as countless marketing accounts and entertainment media trying to ride on Cheng Che's popularity, have all tried to find him all over the country, but to no avail.

Later, some fans went to the Chinese website, deleted the Chinese website's account, and demanded that the Chinese website hand over Cheng Che's whereabouts.

The Chinese website account reluctantly stepped forward, posting a new piece with a pitiful expression. It said, "I don't know where Brother Cheng Che went either; he didn't tell me a single thing."

"Perhaps you should ask that older sister. After all, she's the main wife, and the others aren't even considered concubines..."

Although the Chinese website account's statement is a bit teasing, it's all talk and no action. If the Chinese website doesn't know something, there's no reason why the girlfriend wouldn't know either, right?

So fans flocked to Tian Xiwei's social media account to ask, "Little Tian, ​​where's your husband? Has he been sent to Siberia to grow potatoes?"

Tian Xiwei later saw these comments and responded to them.

She told everyone not to worry, Cheng Che is perfectly fine, but he has been busy lately, which is why he hasn't been appearing online for the time being.

Fans pressed her again, asking what Cheng Che was busy with.

Tian Xiwei just smiled and said it was a secret, and he wouldn't let her tell her.

So far, netizens still haven't figured out what Cheng Che has been busy with.

However, many fans said that Cheng Che might not have done anything and was simply slacking off.

"It's good to be a little mysterious," Tian Xiwei said. "That way, when the Spring Festival Gala announces the program list, everyone will definitely be surprised..."

For the next few days, Tian Xiwei had nothing to do and stayed in the capital with Cheng Che. Cheng Che naturally had no objections.

The last few days of the twelfth lunar month passed by quickly.

……

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As the last day of the twelfth lunar month arrives, which is Lunar New Year's Eve, countless people across the country eagerly await the arrival of the new year.

At exactly 1 p.m., the official account of the Spring Festival Gala released the program list for this year's gala.

The netizens who had been waiting for a long time naturally couldn't wait to click in.

In fact, for those who truly follow the Spring Festival Gala, a considerable number of the performers are identified in advance each year before the gala begins.

Every year, a large number of people stake out the area to capture videos of celebrities coming and going.

Most people will be photographed – after all, it's not something shameful, but rather a great thing, so there's no need to hide it.

So, over the past few months, various leaks have been circulating online – a certain singer appeared at the CCTV building, a certain actor participated in the Spring Festival Gala rehearsals, a certain comedy troupe made a collective appearance, and so on.

While these reports lack official confirmation, they are largely accurate. Therefore, when the program schedule was officially released today, netizens could see many predictable names on the list.

But most of it was expected, which also means that a small portion will be unexpected.

such as--

Oh no! I stayed up too late last night, and looking at the Spring Festival Gala program list made my eyes blurry. I saw that Brother Che is going to be on the Spring Festival Gala.

[Dude, is this "Cheng Che" the same "Cheng Che" I imagined?]

[666 Che-ge, I'm truly impressed. So when Xiaotian said you were busy, you really were busy, and it was something so serious it couldn't be more important...]

[Holy crap, Cheng Che has only been a viral internet sensation for a short time, and he's already on the Spring Festival Gala? And it's a solo performance? Has he already finished speedrunning the online novel world and is now speedrunning the entertainment world?]

[You're right (claps), but this is Cheng Che, the fastest man in the world, 23 years old, 1.8 meters tall, incredibly handsome, worth hundreds of thousands, his girlfriend is as beautiful as a monster, and then... Ahhhhhh!]