Chapter 63: I’ll Be Very Gentle
“No wonder my silly boy at home always talks about you. Teacher Yu really is a fine talent.”
On the day of the Music Blind Box recording, Yu Wei finally ran into Meng Han as he wished. Such words might sound oily coming from others, but with Meng Han’s thick eyebrows, big eyes, and square face, they just sounded genuine.
It had been some time since the civilian preliminary selection for the program. These past few days, Yu Wei had also found time to write two new instances in the novel.
One was the script that Qi Yunming had agreed on with him. After much deliberation, Yu Wei decided to write Charlotte Troubles. The movie wasn’t that great, but for the King of Bad Movies, it was definitely huge progress.
A makeshift team absolutely couldn’t handle anything too good right now. This level was just right. Plus, this movie’s strength was in having lots of songs, so filming it could produce a few more songs.
Others were acting it; he was the real Xia Luo.
In the novel, filming movies was briefly mentioned and didn’t take much length, so Yu Wei interspersed a ancient-style game theme song, having the protagonist take an advertisement job.
He himself didn’t even have this kind of resource…
Although the protagonist directly gave the game company a 5.2 rating, they still happily accepted it upon hearing Sword Like a Dream. No need to argue with money.
Once he published this chapter, it directly had the effect of advertisement spot investment promotion. He heard that some game company really wanted to reserve this song, but Yu Wei hadn’t been contacted yet.
“Hello, Teacher Su.”
Su Xinnan being called a goddess by so many netizens meant she had something going for her. In her thirties nearing forty, her appearance still held up—slim face, refined features, and a pair of clear eyes full of charm.
In this world, Teacher Su was also a frequent character in Chinese Entertainment novels. Yu Wei hadn’t clicked to read them, but there were plenty named after her…
“Just call me Sister Nan.”
Su Xinnan was kind and even a bit chatty. At their first meeting, the others didn’t talk much; she took the initiative to liven up the atmosphere.
As for the last guest performer, Yu Wei wasn’t too familiar with Jiang Li. He seemed to be from a boy group that debuted in a talent show a few years ago, counting as their senior.
Just as he thought—how could they invite singers and actors but not idols? Even distribution here.
But this guest had a somewhat cold personality. Ever since arriving and finishing makeup, he hadn’t spoken much, just striking a pose hard in the corner.
Today’s recording was actually an opening show. They could disband right after opening the blind boxes, but these few minutes of the blind box opening segment would decide their work for the next week.
Yu Wei didn’t have any special ideas about it. Whatever he drew, he’d do. Three hundred sixty professions definitely weren’t truly equal, but if others could do it, he could get by too.
“Four teachers, please come to the center of the stage one by one and choose the blind box you like based on the keywords.”
During the host’s interlude kung fu, the staff had already brought five blind boxes onto the stage. Preparing five was to give the four guests some choice, rather than taking whatever was left.
One more choice could avoid “forced acceptance.”
The blind box keywords were all filled in by the civilian contestants themselves—a kind of hint that also indirectly showed their personal will.
For example, the green blind box’s keyword “Teacher Su pick me wuwuwu.” The contestant wrote it so clearly; it would be low emotional intelligence for others to force-pick it, and filming during the cohabitation period definitely wouldn’t be pleasant.
But what Yu Wei didn’t expect was that two of the five blind boxes were related to him: one red “Writing is not as good as singing,” and one blue “Professional writing for twenty years.”
They both seemed a bit scheming…
“Teacher Yu, you first?”
Following the principle of respecting the elderly and caring for the young, twenty-something Yu Wei got the chance to pick a blind box first. The five blind boxes were different colors, each with a big white question mark printed on it.
Which one to pick?
Teacher Su’s wasn’t easy to pick, but he could pick any of the other four. His intuition told him the red and blue ones clearly aimed at him were both readers.
Yu Wei knew the odds of picking readers were high, but he didn’t expect them to be this high. The first episode had two right off the bat. Or were his fans mainly made up of readers and song fans?
After a slight hesitation, he decided to pick from the two readers. No way around it—who made him dote on readers… Whatever dirty tactics, bring them on. Blue pill.
The red blind box “Writing is not as good as singing” sounded dangerous. Compared to it, the blue one was milder, and “Professional writing for twenty years” might even be a colleague, though the odds were low.
He held the blue blind box back to his seat and sat down. The next one onstage was Meng Han, who picked the purple “Agricultural Heavy Metal” without hesitation.
Meng Han did rock music, and he really wanted to know just how heavy this so-called agricultural heavy metal was…
As expected, Su Xinnan picked the green blind box that seemed like a fan. Jiang Li picked the last yellow one. Surprisingly, Yu Wei’s red reader went unpicked.
Next time for sure.
“Before our teachers open the music blind boxes, let’s welcome the four selected civilian friends to take the stage!”
They said “take the stage,” but they still hadn’t shown their faces—just standing behind the curtain prepared by the program team, with only vague outlines of their figures visible.
The shadow behind the blue curtain looked like a girl, with long hair over her shoulders very eye-catching. It couldn’t be a male contestant deliberately wearing a wig for program effect…
“We’ll start in reverse order of the blind box picking. Teacher Jiang first.”
Jiang Li set an example for the other guests. As he opened the blind box, the purple curtain on stage slowly dropped, revealing an aunt in her forties.
She looked around a bit nervously and only began her self-introduction after the host’s reminder. The auntie was a neighborhood committee director who usually handled neighbor and street disputes—definitely great for program effect when filmed.
Jiang Li hadn’t expected to end up staffing the street office right after opening a blind box. Neighborhood disputes were fine, but family matters would be a headache.
Jumping straight into the Spring Festival Gala segment…
Su Xinnan’s fan was a nurse. You could tell she really liked Teacher Su; the moment the curtain dropped, she wanted to run over for a hug.
So Sister Nan was going to wear a nurse outfit? Enough to add two pages to Chinese Entertainment novels overnight.
Meng Han’s blind box contestant was the only male civilian: a beer belly uncle who was a taxi driver, and his favorite was agricultural heavy metal.
According to him, he played Teacher Meng’s songs every day while driving—a die-hard song fan.
Driving while playing rock music? That was thrilling.
When it was Yu Wei’s turn, he actually got a bit nervous. He didn’t know which fan had made it through the intense selection to stand before him.
Whether it was a trap or not didn’t matter anymore. Just this intention moved Yu Wei greatly. Even if it was razor blades, that was still the readers’ heavy love…
He lightly lifted the blind box curtain, which slowly fell as the program team seemed to drag it out for suspense. But the next second, the person inside directly reached out and yanked the curtain down.
It was their first time seeing such a bold civilian. Without the curtain blocking, everyone saw a bright, spring-like girl with fine looks and lively temperament, though her clothing style was a bit odd.
Floral knit sweater jacket, rivet camo skirt— the outfit blended soft and hard, retro warmth with unrestrained street style.
Who else could pull off this styling but Qi Luo An?
Damn, chasing him onto the program to strike?…
Qi Luo An actually wasn’t a pure civilian, but she wasn’t signed to a company and had no social influence. Her purpose on the program wasn’t career planning, so the program team had no reason to exclude her.
She specially wrote the “Professional writing for twenty years” tag, clearly trying to hook Yu… And Yu Wei really got hooked.
Too far apart across half the stage for deep talk, the two just exchanged a distant glance and tacitly turned to look at the hemming and hawing host.
“Congratulations to all guests and civilian friends on successfully teaming up. Over the next few days, you will pair up and enter the observation period, and finally, the celebrity observers will choose a suitable song for each other.”
“Looking forward to everyone’s music!”
The moment recording paused, the four stars all proactively went up to greet. Sitting and waiting for people to come over at a time like this would seem too standoffish.
The other three civilians were all excited, but only Qi Luo An stood quietly until Yu Wei approached, then she familiarly showed a slight smile.
“How come it’s you?”
“Not welcome? Other readers can come, so of course I can. I’m your reader too, the one with the most seniority.”
Qi Luo An’s words carried a playful tone: “I saw everyone in the book friend circle denouncing you and it greatly inspired me. As operations officer, I decided to set an example personally.”
This reason definitely wouldn’t hold up. Qi Luo An had some selfish motives.
Actually, she had done quite a bit of mental struggle. She didn’t really want to show her face, but thinking of pranking Yu Wei made her itch.
In the end, curiosity won. Qi Luo An wanted to see how this guy wrote and composed songs, to immersively experience a day of failure.
Later episodes would definitely have more readers come. If Yu Wei would interact with readers, she wanted to be the first.
“Stuff like tying you up to write, let me handle it for them.”
“Don’t worry, I’ll be very gentle.”
