I'm Crushing on Gorgeous Faces in Variety Shows!-Chapter 405: Story Livestream Room

[Ahhh my Wei Yi darling!]

[The talcum powder is here!!!]

[Qiu Shuang and Brother Cheng are from the same company.]

[Our Wei Yi is still quite lucky, the child is so ambitious, and now can appear on this show, awesome!]

[Wei Yi really looks so fresh, my goodness.]

[Li Yang: My handsomeness has met its match.]

[Qiu Shuang and Shu Ran have collaborated, right? They also got a little buzz going.]

[Qiu Shuang is one of the rare few in the entertainment industry who works incredibly hard, actor fans can really rest assured.]

[Just see if these two can withstand being scrutinized/dog head]

[The show’s curse, if they can endure this scrutiny, then everyone can confidently become their fans.]

[Now idols really keep coming in waves, is this kid really only eighteen?]

[Only eighteen?! How can the two "senior" handsome uncles on site cope with this?]

[Hahahaha, are Brother Cheng and Jiang Lu already considered seniors?!]

[Fresh is fresh, just not as good-looking as those two handsome uncles.]

[Brother Cheng and Jiang Lu are typical examples of always being handsome and only growing more so, these young idols may not be so assured.]

[Wei Yi, do your best! Mama loves you!]

[He’s a polite kid, did Brother Cheng just say something to him?]

[Qiu Shuang didn’t try to cozy up to Brother Cheng, that’s nice.]

[There’s Li Yang separating Mu Qiu and Brother Cheng, which is hilarious, avoiding suspicion makes Li Yang feel awkward hahahahaha]

[Shu Ran’s refreshing vibe is back, suddenly feeling a bit nostalgic/dog head]

[Mu Qiu’s wine-red outfit is simply perfect, did Brother Mei Yan just sneak a second glance at her?]

[Among the three ladies, he can only afford extra glances at her, who else would he look at?]

[Not too much interaction, not very close either, it seems like the show crew has it figured out.]

[Ahhhhhhh, the brother is so handsome!]

After greetings, all the guests for this episode had arrived.

All the photographers and the director, who initially hid in the corner, came forward, turning their backs to the three-meter wide door, facing them with small loudspeakers in hand, speaking passionately.

"Welcome everyone to the sixth episode of ’Different Variety Show’! Let’s give another round of applause to today’s three guests—Teacher Jiang Lu, Qiu Shuang, and Wei Yi."

Applause sounded again.

"Well, as you can see, for this episode we are in a stunningly beautiful and spacious castle area, everyone has donned very pretty formal outfits. So you should be able to guess what the format of this episode will be."

Guan Yu: "Evening dance partners!"

Shi Yuhuai: "Runway show."

Li Yang: "Horror mystery."

Mu Qiu: "Vampire and hunter story."

Jiang Lu: "Brain teaser, spy?"

Shu Ran: "Vampire."

Cheng Zhirang: "Could also be vampire plus mystery."

Qiu Shuang: "Vampire."

Wei Yi: "I vote for mystery."

The director revealed a subtly mysterious smile.

"How coincidental, every guess is wrong."

"......"

Guan Yu rolled her eyes: "I knew it. The show crew wouldn’t give us such obvious hints."

Li Yang: "So what is it really?"

"Don’t you feel this atmosphere, this environment, this attire, has an artistic vibe?" The director asked.

Mu Qiu’s eyebrows shot up in surprise: "So we’re not going to learn Shakespearean literature or something, right?"

"Of course not."

Mu Qiu heaved a sigh of relief, the second breath hadn’t come out when the director added, "But indeed this episode is literature-based."

"Theme of this episode: Story Live Room. Guests are divided into three groups, three rounds of games will be conducted by each group, after each round there is a chance to extract performance keywords, the winner has first choice. 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

After three rounds of games end, each group will compile a story based on the keywords they drew from within their group and perform it. The performance requirement—is to have an unexpected twist. During the performance, scores will be given by professional teachers, the group with the highest score wins."

Sounds not difficult, the logic is quite clear.

It’s just......

Mu Qiu: "Where is the literary richness in this?"

Director: "The entire process is suffused with a rich literary atmosphere, you’ll realize as you play the games."

"Oh no," Li Yang cried out in agony, "we have to perform again, and get judged by teachers?"

Dreams of the first and second episodes, scenes of being "privately counseled" by the teacher to the brink of tears.

"Exactly!" Guan Yu also stood up, speaking for him, "Li Yang just managed to dress up all handsomely, can’t we have a singing and dancing competition?!"

Li Yang with starry eyes: "Sister Guan Yu, you are really......"

Guan Yu: "The key is I bet this episode would be singing and dancing, spent a week learning to sing and dance before coming, and you say we’re doing literature and performance?!"

Li Yang: "......" He was too naive.

Talking about live performance, aside from Cheng Zhirang, Jiang Lu, and Qiu Shuang, the others were somewhat nervous.

Especially Shu Ran and Li Yang, along with Wei Yi. Shu Ran’s lace fan was waving so fast it was almost leaving residual shadows.

"Really going to perform? Create our own story and perform on the spot, plus getting the teachers’ scores?"

"I, I have never acted before, brothers and sisters please guide me?"

"Director! When grouping, is it possible to sneak me into a team with Brother Cheng and Teacher Jiang Lu?!"

"You fool, Li Yang! Being with them will only make your shortcomings more apparent, you should be in a team with someone at similar performance ability to you! Like me."

"You stop right there! You just want me to highlight that your acting is decent! Right now, I’d trust Mu Qiu over you!"

Mu Qiu: "??? What’s my business with this drama?"

Shu Ran tilted her head at her, with a face full of nervousness and doubt: "I see you’re not nervous at all, how come you’re so confident?"

Confident at this time? Not even Cheng Zhirang is that brash.

Everyone’s eyes quickly shifted towards her.

Mu Qiu calmly said: "Of course I’m nervous too. I was just thinking about a problem."

"What problem?"

"I just feel this setup," she squinted her eyes, gestured a tiny bit with her fingers, "has a little bit of familiarity."

"Experiencing some familiarity as the original author......" Guan Yu grabbed her hand "Sister! Understand the plot, don’t forget!"

"... I just said there’s a tiny bit of familiarity. Can you let me finish?"

"Please do, we’re all ears."

Mu Qiu recalled some contents of the book, and said: "I remember there was an episode themed as, Torture Literature Live Room. All the games held were literature exams, but the story setting’s background was ancient imperial exams.

Upon passing each level, you could draw a story from the box for the Torture Literature, and randomly select one for the final performance. Scripts were all about top scholars abandoning wives and children, Du Shiniang sinking her treasure chest, those kinds of stories."

"It does resemble that."

Jiang Lu’s deep voice echoed.

"Just the background is different, potentially the games too. But under such rules, what matters is the guest’s performance, so the show crew can brazenly use your original setting."

Simply put, don’t assume because the rules are similar, the development will be identical to the book, based on the show crew’s "utter unscrupulousness", there’s bound to be an evolution beyond their wildest imagination.