Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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Just as Sister Oats applauded and celebrated the completion of filming for Yan Qingchi’s “The Jianghu in the Mist,” thinking they could finally rest in peace, watching their brother attend events and waiting for his next project to begin, a bombshell dropped, catching Sister Oats off guard and even making them feel a bit uneasy.
“Best Partner,” a reality show that combined competition and travel, may not be as popular as “Let’s Fight, Friends!” but it still boasted strong ratings, online streaming, and a loyal audience.
At the end of March, “Best Partner” officially announced its cast for this season. The first five groups were announced quickly, but the final group remained unannounced, with only a mysterious celebrity and a popular idol as the cast. Netizens speculated and regularly urged the official Weibo account to reveal the answer, but the official account remained unmoved, acting as if nothing had happened.
Furious fans of the show “Best Partner” expressed their eagerness to discover who this mysterious celebrity was.
On the morning of April 20th, the production team finally made some announcements. At 9 a.m., the official Weibo account released its final announcement: “Best Partner—@Jiang Mochen @Yan Qingchi, lost and back, walking hand in hand, see you this summer.” The accompanying images included individual magazine photos of the two and stills from “Lost.”
This announcement instantly exploded on Weibo and online forums like a bombshell. Fans rubbed their eyes, making sure they saw Jiang Mochen’s name, and then exclaimed, “Am I blind?!!! Jiang Mochen has accepted a residency on a reality show!!!!”
Soon, “Jiang Mochen Best Partner,” “Jiang Mochen Reality Show Debut,” “Jiang Mochen Yan Qingchi,” and “Jiang Mochen Residency” were trending on search engines.
The forum was once again flooded with Jiang Mochen’s comments, and everyone was expressing disbelief. “Jiang Mochen actually accepted a regular role on a reality show!!! Didn’t he say he doesn’t accept reality shows?!”
“Yeah! My impression is that Jiang Mochen doesn’t appear on variety shows except for movie and TV series promotions. The last time he went to “Let’s Fight! Friends!” was to promote “Lost”, how come he accepted a regular role this time!”
“Jiang Mochen has accepted a reality show. Reality shows are indeed the trend of the times. I’m optimistic that more big names will appear this year.”
“Back then, “Let’s Fight! Friends!” approached Nancheng three times to invite Jiang Mochen to participate. It is said that the offer was very high, but Jiang Mochen didn’t agree. How come he is participating in “Best Partner” now? I have to say, “Best Partner” is definitely not as good as “Let’s Fight! Friends!” Why did he accept this?”
“No wonder “Best Partner” has been keeping the secret so tightly and refusing to make an official announcement. No matter how the fans bombard the official Weibo, the official Weibo is as calm and steady as an old dog. It turns out that Jiang Mochen was invited. This is really a good way to whet the appetite.”
“I just want to know how much money “Best Partner” gave Jiang Mochen before Jiang Mochen agreed to participate. It must be a sky-high figure!”
“Shut up upstairs, the little house sister will come to destroy the post again soon. If you don’t mention this in this post, it can still be saved!”
“No matter how much money is given, it must be worth it. Jiang Mochen’s first resident reality show. This gimmick will be a hot search when it starts.”
“No need to start, it’s already on the hot search. The top five hot searches are all about Jiang Mochen. There is no second name. As expected, you, Mr. Jiang, are still you, Mr. Jiang. It’s amazing.”
“Who said there is no second name? Doesn’t Yan Qingchi have a name? He is second on the hot search with Jiang Mochen!”
“Speaking of which… do you think…”
“F**k, what do you want to say upstairs? I don’t think, I don’t think anything!”
“Hahaha, the person above has a strong desire to survive, so let me, who is not afraid of death, tell you, what’s going on with Jiang Mochen and Yan Qingchi? The last time he posted on Weibo was specifically because of him, and this time he is on this reality show with him? Does he like Yan Qingchi so much?”
“I wanted to ask this question just now! There are so many people, why Yan Qingchi! Once is fine, but twice!”
“More than twice, they were always together at the Golden Osmanthus Awards before, and President Jiang even helped Yan Qingchi arrange his brooch.”
“Don’t say that, that day they were the only two people wearing high-end brand clothes in the whole audience.”
“Now that you mention it, I… I think…”
“No, the person above doesn’t want to think about anything! I don’t want to play basketball, and I don’t want to support CP!”
“Ahhhhhh, I can’t hold it back anymore, is there really nothing wrong with these two? Couple outfits, arranging brooches, being the number one on Weibo, and the best partner, I’m dead, no need to save me.”
“Don’t save him, he can’t be saved, Little House Sisters are about to lock you in.”
Sure enough, as soon as this speech was sent out, Little House Sisters said angrily: “CP fans really can’t learn to circle themselves? Good friendships are YY every day, they are friends along with being brothers from the same company, if Yan Qingchi is in trouble and President Jiang is in the same company as him, the company asks him to speak out, can he not speak out? The company asked him to lead new people, can he not lead them? Make up your mind every day! Who can’t live without friends!”
However, Little House Sister swore in the post, as if Jiang Mochen had done it completely because of the company’s requirements. But when they turned back to the group, they were all blown up to: “What’s going on? Why did he accept the reality show? Why is it Yan Qingchi again?”
Mu Linsen Sensen: “The company is helping the poor, can’t you see? Yan Qingchi is now being promoted by Nancheng, so he debuted with “Lost” and “Let’s Fight, Friends”, and “Mian Mian Marshmallow” with Wei Lan was also the best choice at the time. It is an IP adaptation and has its own book fans. If Wei Lan promoted him, he would benefit from it. Not to mention “Jianghu in the Mist” directed by Fu Minzhi which was later given to him. Our brother has been in the industry for so many years, but he hasn’t worked with Fu Minzhi yet. Can’t our brother play this role? Does it have to be Yan Qingchi? Now is even better, just let our brother go on the reality show with him. Reality show, this is our brother’s first reality show. If he follows our brother, the attention will go up. Haha, I said that Nancheng, this garbage company, will go bankrupt sooner or later. Our brother is now in Nancheng, just a blood bag, sucking blood for the newcomers. “
Yiren on the river: “Sesen, what you said is a bit too much. Don’t you know what kind of status Mr. Jiang has in Nancheng? He has been the number one in Nancheng for so many years. Do you think if he is unwilling, the company can really force him? And although Mr. Jiang has a mild temper, he is a person with principles and ideas. If he is unwilling to speak for Yan Qingchi and unwilling to appear on the reality show with Yan Qingchi, can Nancheng really force him for Yan Qingchi? Then you’re underestimating our brother too much.”
Skipping dinner to lose weight: “Alright, stop arguing in our group. What should we do now? Weibo and forums are going crazy. I think the Chengchi CP fans are going crazy again. I really don’t understand why they accepted this reality show. Mr. Jiang’s status doesn’t require such a reality show, and in pairs. Isn’t this just poverty alleviation?”
“It’s more than poverty alleviation. I guess they’ll be tied together from now on. Just wait and see. When Mr. Jiang is mentioned in the future, Yan Qingchi will be indispensable. It really is… a rubbish company, and I don’t care about people!”
Jia Jia doesn’t want to go to work: “Sen, don’t be angry. The overall situation is settled now. There’s no point in being angry. Think positively. Yan Qingchi saved our brother’s life back then. I’m sure our brother is very grateful to him, so he hopes he can become famous.”
“So what? He saved our brother once, so our brother wants him to be tied down for life? How can you take advantage of people like that!”
Yiren on the river: “Sensen, what you said is too much, if Yan Qingchi had not pushed our brother away, we dare not imagine what the consequences would be. For this reason, our brother and I cannot thank him enough. Besides, what did Yan Qingchi do? He was the victim in the previous incident with Mo Jianying, and our brother spoke for him. The public thus has a good impression of our brother. It is definitely beneficial for our brother to accept the “Best Partner” this time. Even if we take a step back, our brother will definitely get money for participating in this show, and it will not be small. So at best, it will only help Yan Qingchi improve his national popularity, and there will be no negative effects. You are really going too far.”
Jia Jia doesn’t want to go to work: “Yes, Sensen, please only say this in the group. We can understand that you feel sorry for our brother, but if you say it outside, won’t it attract the same criticism as “You only lost a leg, but she lost her entire love”? The fact that Yan Qingchi saved our brother’s life is a fact, we can’t deny it, and passers-by, whether they are critics or not, will remember it. If Yan Qingchi or Oats Sisters did something to offend our brother first, we would tear him apart and we would be right. But Yan Qingchi and Oats Sisters didn’t do anything, and the program team just made a normal official announcement. If we tear Yan Qingchi apart, then we won’t be right in the matter. In this way, passers-by will also stand on Yan Qingchi’s side, which is not good for our brother.”
The most delicious thing is snail noodles: “Let’s do this first. According to what Jia Jia said, if Yan Qingchi and Oats Sisters tease us first, we will tear them apart. If they don’t move, we will also give Yan Qingchi face. Think positively, we can see a fresh brother again and be happy!”
“Brother has another income, so happy!”
“The hot searches are all about the surprise and expectation of passers-by, so happy!”
“Brother is also super handsome today, so happy!”
Yiren on the river and Jia Jia doesn’t want to go to work breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that the trend in the group was finally under control. But the two were still a little uneasy. So Jia Jia doesn’t want to go to work privately called Yiren on the river.
“Sister Yiren, what’s going on? Why did brother suddenly take on a reality show? Can you contact Brother Liu?”
Brother Liu was Xiao Liu, Jiang Mochen’s assistant.
Yiren on the river replied, “Wait a minute, I’ll ask, you watch the group first, don’t let them explode again later.”
“Yeah, I know, thank you for your hard work, Sister Yiren.”
“It’s okay, it’s all for brother.” Yiren on the river replied.
Unlike Mu Linsen Sensen and the others, Yiren on the river and Jiajia doesn’t want to go to work were longtime fans of Jiang Mochen. They had supported him since his debut. And because of their long-term fandom, they maintained a close relationship with his assistant, Xiao Liu, to better understand his intentions and needs, and to influence the fan community.
They weren’t professional fans, but they did have a certain significance.
After talking with Jiajia doesn’t want to go to work, Yiren on the river logged onto her separate Weibo account and politely messaged Xiao Liu, “Brother Liu, are you there? I want to ask about ‘Best Partner’?”
Yan Qingchi’s fans were just as confused as Little House sisters. Sister Oats, watching the official announcement of “Best Partner,” didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. Jiang Mochen was incredibly popular, and collaborating with him on a reality show together would undoubtedly increase his exposure and popularity, which was undoubtedly a good thing. But the problem was that Jiang Mochen was too popular, and his fans were very competitive. If the two of them had an argument during the recording, then Yan Qingchi would be in trouble.
The Oat Sisters were all worried, “What’s going on? Why wasn’t there any news before?”
“I’m going to burn incense for my brother now and pray that my brother and Mr. Jiang go to the recording happily and finish the recording peacefully. Is it too late?”
Fans who supported both of them jumped out and said, “Don’t be like this, be happy. This is good for Qingchi. Mr. Jiang is so popular among the people. The camera will definitely favor him, and Qingchi will get more shots.”
“Yeah,” a fan echoed, “Qingchi’s only inventory right now is “The Jianghu in the Mist”. It’s good to take on a variety show now. It will be broadcast in two months and can accumulate popularity.”
“Besides, Qingchi is very suitable for variety shows. No one expected that he would become an instant hit after appearing on “Let’s Fight! Friends!” This time, “Best Partner” will definitely attract more fans.”
“I hope so. Anyway, as long as Little House Sisters doesn’t fight with us, I’ll be thankful.”
Sister Oats laughed heartily. “What a lie!”
After saying that, they felt a little miserable. But there was nothing they could do. Jiang Mochen’s fan base was large and powerful. Only Sister Yinhe, a veteran fan of talent shows and whose brother constantly fought with them, could compete with them. The other fan groups were still a little too naive.
Yan Qingchi looked at his fans’ concerns and felt a little worried too. He turned to look at Jiang Mochen. “Tell me, can I make it through this reality show alive?”
Jiang Mochen was practically amused by his words. “Don’t worry, Xiao Liu is in touch with the professional fans. They’ll help control the fan base.”
“Really?” Yan Qingchi was sceptical.
Jiang Mochen reached out and hugged him helplessly, “Really, besides, what argument can there be between you and me? It’s just whatever you say, so we do it. When they see us being so harmonious all the way, they of course won’t quarrel.”
“I hope so.” Yan Qingchi sighed, “Alas, I’ve just been home for a few days, and I have to go to work again. Qi Qi will probably miss me again if he knows.”
Jiang Mochen smiled, “That’s easy. When we go public, you can take him to “Daddy, where are we going?” This way you can take Qi Qi to work at the same time.”
Yan Qingchi’s eyes lit up, “Good idea, I’ll take Qi Qi to the show, and you take care of Yan Yan at home.”
Jiang Mochen thought for a while, “Or let’s go to “The Family”, so that Yan Yan and I can participate together as well.”
Yan Qingchi listened to his ever-changing plans and couldn’t help but remind him, “Wake up, we haven’t even started yet, President Jiang.”
“It’s almost there. Aren’t we working hard to start with the first stroke and then the second stroke?” Jiang Mochen said gently.
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