CEO's Sweetheart is a Super Idol-Chapter 303 - 296: The Event Begins

Inside the venue

In the temporary tent, the host was passionately introducing the girls.

You could tell the show had put in a lot of money this time around.

Huge LED screens, professional-grade cameras and lighting, and concert-level audio equipment.

It indeed delivered on its promise of "HD live broadcast + a tailor-made format," creating a powerful online and offline fan carnival experience.

After introducing all the girls, the show followed the planned process.

The 12 participants recreated the assessment process of Classes A, B, C, and F, which also included fan interactions during this stage.

Of course, these fans weren’t chosen at random; they were each person’s hardcore supporters.

Fans who spent no less than 300,000 yuan.

To put it bluntly, they were all wealthy second-generation celebrity chasers.

The originally heavy-hearted girls pulled out all the stops to display their charms, deeply aware of the importance of seizing every opportunity.

Among them, two people found themselves in rather awkward situations: Gao Qiuzi and Qiang Yueting.

During the game session, no fans chose Gao Qiuzi to participate.

Desperate to stand out, she forcibly took over an interaction session meant for Lv Fangxin.

This left Lv Fangxin feeling helpless. However, as a first-timer in such events and a workplace newbie, Lv Fangxin didn’t say anything about it.

Meanwhile, Lv Fangxin seriously began to doubt whether she had any real fans at all.

She hadn’t spotted any support banners for herself in the venue.

As for Qiang Yueting, during the final cheering session, the staff accidentally gave the microphone meant for her fans to Wang Na’s fans. Wang Na’s fans immediately cheered loudly for her instead.

Qiang Yueting’s face visibly changed at that moment, feeling a chill in her heart. But thanks to her experience with the "black tide," her mental resilience had grown stronger.

She smiled and encouraged everyone to cheer together. Eventually, the production team corrected the error, and only then did her fans cheer for her.

The best-organized fans belonged to Ye Yuwei and Yang Ni.

Ye Yuwei’s fans even brought their own microphone, completely overwhelming the others during the cheering session. The host was stunned and said, "You can bring your own mic?"

Mu Yunchu couldn’t care less about the host. If it weren’t for fear of causing trouble for Ye Yuwei, she would have brought a drum set along.

Sun Miao watched the ongoing show, frowning tightly.

Although the program was decent, the turnout of fans was far below expectations.

They originally estimated an audience of around 800, but only 200 or so showed up. However, outside the venue, fans were pulling out all the stops for support.

Exquisite gifts, fancy cakes, flash drives—they were handing them out like they cost nothing.

Sun Miao could guess the reason: the fan clubs for each participant clearly wanted to save money for final voting.

Sure, seeing their idols live was great, but after debuting as a group, fans could watch them on shows anyway. Spending money now seemed unwise.

Penguin wasn’t too concerned about how much they earned from this event, as they had two other goals.

The first was traffic—attracting fans to their platform and continually introducing celebrities to repeatedly monetize the fan base.

The second goal was to turn the platform into the sole bridge between stars and fans for online and offline interactions.

But the outcome wasn’t good. Even the phenomenon-level show, "Sky Idol," couldn’t salvage this event. The audience fell far short of their expectations.

It was understandable, really. These so-called offline star interactions weren’t much different from fan meet-and-greets—and cost a lot of money.

If fans had the money, wouldn’t it be better spent buying a gift for their idols for a private interaction?

Not to mention, many fans didn’t want their families to know about their celebrity-chasing habits.

This concept was doomed from the start.

Shou Shou was at his wit’s end, pacing like a hot ant on a stove. He never imagined his employees would sell the concert tickets and gift-giving spots.

He should’ve handled it himself.

But as the boss, he thought it would be better to let his staff deal with it after all.

Plus, he worried he might get caught on camera and spark public controversy.

Unexpectedly, Lv Fangxin ended up being sabotaged instead.

Left with no choice, he went to the production team for help.

Sun Miao was furious as well; this guy nearly ruined the entire episode.

If the audience saw Lv Fangxin without fans sharing the group bus, it would cause unimaginable public backlash.

Already, rumors surfaced calling Lv Fangxin a "royal plant," alleging all her fans were paid for by the production team.

Now that Ye Yuwei couldn’t be taken down, Lv Fangxin had to be protected—if not, Ye Yuwei would dominate, overshadowing Meng Wu and sparking chaos in Penguin’s strategic plans.

Thinking of this, Sun Miao smiled bitterly and shook his head.

Lv Fangxin might just be the only trainee who’s bad at everything the company does yet still managed to debut.

The program moved on to the final gift-giving session.

Fans of each trainee walked up with boxes, holding banners as they gathered for a group photo.

Yang Ni even hugged her fans. Nothing disastrous happened, and a wave of relief and contentment nearly brought her to tears on stage.

Backstage

The host kept the atmosphere lively: "Did everyone enjoy the show just now? We’re now moving to the fan gift-unboxing session."

The first to open her gifts was Wang Na, which had been arranged by her agency.

"Please don’t let this be too embarrassing!" she murmured to herself.

Inside the box of sunflowers was a hand-drawn portrait of her on top.

Upon seeing the gift, Wang Na almost cursed out loud. Her agency was just too stingy.

They only provided some cheap little trinket—it was pure humiliation!

The host kept up the act: "Wow, it’s so beautiful!"

The other girls chimed in with admiring remarks, their idol training fully evident.

"Amazing! I’ll definitely hang this up," Wang Na forced herself to play along.

Next, she found two boxes of reasonably priced makeup and a book.

Up next was Qiang Yueting, who already had a bad feeling before opening her box.

When she finally opened it amidst dramatic gasps, she discovered... a plush anteater toy.

The other girls couldn’t help but laugh; the toy bore a striking resemblance to Qiang Yueting herself. Her fans were truly creative.

But aside from that, the box was empty.

"So cute!"

"I want one too!"

"It feels so soft!"

The other girls obligingly showered praise without holding back.

Though sad inside, Qiang Yueting tightly hugged the plush toy, as if it were a lifeline.

She knew that only by attracting fans did she have a shot at making it to the end.

"Perhaps my fans saved their money for voting," she comforted herself inwardly. Putting on a smile, she said, "My fans probably want me to cuddle this while sleeping! Maybe next time, the box will be completely full."

Off to the side, Gao Ziyi nearly rolled her eyes but managed to hold back; even this could be spun into a positive.

Fu Xiaoyu suddenly felt pity for her senior. All these years of hard work, and had it come to this—a plush anteater?

She walked over and gave her senior a comforting hug.