Chapter 22
Mr. Jiang called me
Chi Yuan's impressive performance immediately earned him praise from the other players.
"Why didn't you say you could get there sooner? We would have been too lazy to go out and look for clues."
"that is."
Sweetie went even further, saying, "I was going to apologize to you, but now you should be thanking me."
Chi Yuan didn't react immediately: "Huh?"
With a sweet smile and hands on her hips, she said, "Without me, could you have such a cool shot?"
Sweetie is a currently popular idol female celebrity, and this coquettish pose with her hands on her hips instantly won the hearts of many young men and women in the live broadcast room.
Ahhh, Sweetie is so cute!
{Sweet yet arrogant.}
Chi Yuan also realized that the camera is extremely important for celebrities, and he was indeed grateful to Tian Tian for the good shot he had just received. So he bowed his head very seriously and thanked Tian Tian by looking into her eyes: "Thank you."
The boy was so handsome, and a full head taller than Tian Tian. As he spoke with his head down, the seriousness in his eyes, accentuated by the lights in the enclosed room, seemed incredibly genuine.
Sweetie suddenly blushed: "You... I was just kidding."
{Ahhhh, I'm totally shipping them!}
That scene just now felt like something out of an idol drama.
So, is Ji Won a new actor?
With just one shot, some people already remembered Chi Yuan's name.
{The chemistry between these two is really mysterious; there's just something special about them.}
{The director is handing me the script; this is the kind of idol drama feel we've been looking for.}
{A passionate young man, a delicate and sweet girl—I'm totally smitten!}
Huang Kai, who was watching the live stream of the escape room, was also very excited. Although he kept reminding Chi Yuan not to steal the spotlight, he thought it wouldn't be a bad thing if he did it well.
If becoming famous allows one to get involved with the female lead in an idol drama, that's something I wouldn't even dare to dream of.
Don't be fooled by the seemingly casual comments in the live chat; Tian Tian is currently the most sought-after leading lady in idol dramas, so it's entirely possible that an idol drama will actually approach her.
Huang Kai excitedly spammed the live chat with messages like, "Pass me a notebook! Pass me a notebook!"
Compared to Huang Kai's excitement, Jiang Haochen was not in a good mood after seeing this scene.
Reason told him he shouldn't be angry, but seeing the boy looking at others with that kind of gaze made him inexplicably angry.
Chi Yuan is his person, and he provided the resources to send him to this program. It's only been a few days and he's already hooked up with someone else.
Jiang Haochen abruptly turned off the monitor, forcing himself to immerse himself in his work.
During the subsequent live stream, Tian Tian stayed by Chi Yuan's side the whole time.
She's a veteran of variety shows and knows what the audience likes to watch. Just now, the director informed her through her earpiece that she and Chi Yuan have good chemistry and could have more of them.
In addition, she is timid by nature, and the other players are too familiar with her. In order to create a spectacle, they will deliberately scare her, and only come to protect her after she is scared to tears.
Although she knew it was all for the sake of the show, Tian Tian still didn't like it, so she took the initiative to stay by Chi Yuan's side.
Chi Yuan is a man of few words, a gentleman, bold, and skilled. Whenever an NPC appears, he immediately stands in front of her, making her feel very safe.
There was even a time when she was chased by an NPC and fell down, almost hitting her head on the wall. Chi Yuan noticed this and protected her head with his hand first.
This shot was another highlight of the live broadcast.
After five hours of recording, Chi Yuan, though not very talkative, made a lasting impression on the audience with two highlight shots. He performed better than many celebrities who had appeared on the show multiple times.
When the recording ended, all the celebrities proactively added Chi Yuan on WeChat.
"Come visit again next time?"
"There is an opportunity to cooperate."
The director then called him over and said, "You did a good job."
Chi Yuan looked delighted: "Thank you, Director."
The director said with satisfaction, "We're doing this for each other. Your good performance will also increase the popularity of my show. If you'd like, you can come and record another episode next time."
Chi Yuan didn't agree immediately, but said, "Thank you for the invitation, Director. I'd love to come, but I still need to ask Sister Wei Ran's opinion first."
The director expressed his understanding: "I know, I know. I know Li Weiran better than you do. I just wanted to ask you first, and I'll finalize the decision with Li Weiran later."
Chi Yuan was relieved and thanked him again, "Thank you, Director."
The director didn't say anything more and waved for Chi Won to leave.
Huang Kai was already waiting in the dressing room. When he saw Chi Yuan come in, he excitedly shouted, "You're famous! Yuanzi! You're famous!"
Chi Yuan knew he had performed reasonably well, otherwise the director wouldn't have praised him, but he didn't understand Huang Kai's excitement: "You're exaggerating, it's just a live broadcast."
Huang Kai shook his head frantically: "NONONO, you don't understand. In this era, it only takes fifteen seconds to become famous. As long as you have something to talk about, you'll be famous."
While this statement may be exaggerated, it's not entirely without merit. Once someone gains popularity, as long as they manage things well afterward, they're bound to do well.
"You had three highlights in this live stream. First, your cool level-clearing move was so cool it made people's legs tremble. Second, the way you and Tian Tian looked down at each other was so romantic, it was like an idol drama. People were even asking the director to hand them the script online."
"And then there's that last one, where you use your hand to protect the back of Tian Tian's head—that hero-saves-the-damsel scene—the director replayed it twice in slow motion!!"
Chi Yuan asked, puzzled, "Isn't this a live broadcast?"
Huang Kai: "It's precisely because it's a live broadcast that this slow-motion replay is so important."
Chi Yuan smiled, not taking it seriously. Having been in this industry for so many years, he knew that becoming famous was not an easy thing.
He never thought that such a lottery-like thing would happen to him.
This is his first job after signing with Tianyu, and he just wants to share it with Mr. Jiang.
"Where's my phone?"
Huang Kai handed Chi Yuan's phone over: "I've charged it for you."
Chi Yuan thanked him, opened WeChat, and saw a pinned WeChat message.
Jiang Haochen: {Come over tonight.}
Chi Yuan's eyes lit up immediately; Mr. Jiang had taken the initiative to contact him.
Mr. Jiang has not forgotten him.
Huang Kai had already started packing: "You remove your makeup yourself, I'll pack my things and we can leave. The hotel is a bit far from here, let's go to the hotel to drop off our things first, and then go get some late-night snacks."
Chi Yuan: "I want to go back."
Huang Kai: "Yeah, let's go back to the hotel."
Chi Yuan: "Go to the hotel yourself, I'm going back."
Huang Kai realized what was happening: "Where are you going back to?"
Chi Yuan couldn't suppress the smile on his face: "Mr. Jiang is looking for me."
Huang Kai: "!!"
Chi Yuan looked down and opened the ticketing app: "I'll buy the tickets now."
Huang Kai couldn't help but say, "It's already eight o'clock. It takes at least an hour and a half to get to the airport from here. The plane won't take off until at least eleven. What time will you get back then?"
Chi Yuan ignored him completely and just booked plane tickets.
Mr. Jiang called him, and he needed to get to Mr. Jiang's side as quickly as possible.