Chapter 65: The Melon-Eating Little Koi

The plan to film at ten o'clock at night was destined to fall through.

Somehow, the news of Seeing Jin Li filming a commercial leaked out. Before it was even ten o'clock, by nine, this commercial street was already packed so tight not even a drop of water could pass through.

Sui Lingfang had sensed something off about the crowd as early as eight o'clock.

She specifically logged into a burner account to check a few gossip groups and the Seeing Jin Li fan chat groups, discovering that rumors were already circulating about Seeing Jin Li filming here, with fans saying they were going to organize groups to come to the commercial street to try their luck.

She made a prompt decision, telling Seeing Jin Li to put on her hat and mask, then get out of the car and leave.

There were too many people on the commercial street; driving was actually slower than walking.

By the time the paparazzi received the confirmed news and rushed over to the commercial street to corner Seeing Jin Li after nine, she had already returned to her apartment, preparing to rest.

Before going to sleep, she forced herself through an hour of practice problems despite her drowsiness, only then drifting into a heavy, deep slumber.

Waking up the next day, her physical state was quite good.

Duomi Cosmetics had been prepared this time, having scouted another location in advance. As soon as six o'clock in the evening arrived, Seeing Jin Li appeared to film.

Because they had rehearsed a few times beforehand, this shoot finished in less than half an hour.

By the time the paparazzi got wind of it and rushed over, Seeing Jin Li had already finished filming and left.

As for the fans, they received the news even later than the paparazzi; by the time they arrived, they didn't even see a shadow.

But it wasn't entirely without benefits.

After the fans arrived, though they didn't see Jin Li, they felt the commercial street was decorated nicely and the items for sale were quite interesting, so they took photos to post on their Moments and uploaded them to Little Red Book.

And so, through word of mouth, this street gradually became an internet-famous street.

This street was also quite interesting.

Knowing that much of the traffic was brought by Seeing Jin Li, they specifically cleared out a wall, painted it into a "Koi Wall," and even specifically sold lottery tickets nearby.

Oh wow, that attracted another batch of fans to come and watch.

Relying on the "Koi Wall," this commercial street quickly broke out of its niche, thoroughly solidified its fame, and became an enduring internet-famous street.

Back to Seeing Jin Li.

After she finished filming the commercial, she stayed home to rest and study for a few days, then went to the Mazu Temple again ahead of schedule.

Seeing Jin Li discovered that studying in the temple felt better; her state of focus seemed to be enhanced.

Normally, studying diligently could trigger the 【Twice the Result with Half the Effort】 effect, but studying in the Daoist temple wasn't just twice the result—it was only needing to do 1/3 of the work, yet gaining triple the harvest!

This discovery once again ignited Seeing Jin Li's enthusiasm for studying, and so, fans discovered—

After Seeing Jin Li finished filming the commercial, why did she become even more of a grind??

【Li Bao, tell me, the Duomi Cosmetics endorsement won't be the last announcement you take, right?】

【Wuwuwu, why do I always worry that the idol I stan will leave the entertainment industry at any moment?】

【Just looking at her drive to study, she could succeed at anything!】

While Seeing Jin Li was immersed in studying at the Mazu Temple, the second half of the third episode of "PICK~ Next Station Diva" was also broadcast on Saturday.

On this day, the sky was clear and the breeze was gentle.

Ji Qinglian and the March Sky boy band were both coming over for rehearsals and had agreed with Seeing Jin Li to watch the show together.

Originally, they were going to watch at the rehearsal site, but Ji Qinglian had never strolled through the Mazu Temple and wanted to go play there, so the location was temporarily changed to a hotel near the Mazu Temple.

March Sky opened another presidential suite, and Ji Qinglian also had a presidential suite; Seeing Jin Li openly sponged off Ji Qinglian's room.

They had already been photographed by paparazzi once before; this time, gathering together again, Seeing Jin Li and the others didn't hide or cover up, openly opening the curtains.

And so, the paparazzi lurking in the dark captured a scene like this—

Seeing Jin Li went to the hotel and first went up to the presidential suite opened by Ji Qinglian.

The paparazzi thought: Presidential suite? Since when was Seeing Jin Li so generous to herself? There's news here!

Not long after, the March Sky boy band also arrived at the hotel's presidential suite, tidied up a bit, and ran over to Seeing Jin Li's place.

The paparazzi thought again: As long as these people aren't gathering together to study, then this scoop can still be dug into!

However...

Although they weren't studying.

But why did they start playing mahjong!

The paparazzi thought, heart-wrenchingly: Are you out here to work or to play? If you have the ability, relax a bit more and call a few young models or handsome guys to keep you company!

Young models and handsome guys...

Ahem, naturally there weren't any, but they waited for Ji Qinglian!

Ji Qinglian finished her rehearsal and immediately rushed to the hotel.

Everyone was present, and Seeing Jin Li turned on the TV to watch the show together.

Thanks to the paparazzi's long-range high-definition cameras, not only was the scene inside the window captured clearly, but the images on the TV were also captured together.

Especially those big characters "PICK~ Next Station Diva," which were practically going to blind the paparazzi's eyes!

One paparazzi asked in a low voice: "So, they gathered together, what exactly was it for?"

"Uh, to play mahjong and watch the show together?"

"Is their relationship that good?"

"It looks pretty good, but why the more I look, the more I feel like they are team-building?"

"Team-building?"

"Yeah, coming to record the show is like coming to work, and now that the rehearsal is over, they're resting and playing together—isn't that team-building? It's just that unlike regular workers, these few stars have quite a bit of professional ethics, watching the variety show they filmed even during their break."

This paparazzi said with great conviction: "If I were the boss, I would definitely give these employees extra chicken legs!"

This magical reason convinced the other paparazzi; they deleted and edited, and sent out the first version of the press release—

【Shocking! Pink Girls Group and March Sky boy band combine for team-building; the show they watched together is actually!】

"PICK~ Next Station Diva" had the traffic support of the Goose Platform and was originally a hit, and these mentors were all first-tier stars, bringing their own traffic.

Once this press release was issued, it hit the hot search again, again, and again.

And the few people who were team-building in the eyes of the paparazzi were, while watching, crazily roasting Seeing Jin Li's praise quotes.

Sui Lingfang: "What kind of little fairy is this?"

Chen Lin: "Raised on dew, right?"

Yan Xingdong: "It's a pity I'm not a poet."

Luo Fan echoed: "Unable to write thirty thousand poems to describe your beauty."

Gu Cheng summarized: "What kind of little fairy is this who makes fish sink and geese fall, and makes the moon hide and flowers blush!"

Seeing Jin Li:...

She already wanted to pretend to faint _(: 3」∠)_

She picked up a pillow, aimed it at them, and said fiercely: "No one will think you're mute if you don't talk. If you still want to be friends, shut up!"

Ji Qinglian clicked her tongue: "At the time, hearing my Koi say that, I only had one thought in my mind: Truly talented! What she said is so right!"

Yan Xingdong: "I thought the same; I'm afraid only Teacher Seeing Jin Li could come up with these."

Gu Cheng: "At that time, I thought I was attending a fan meeting, and I was that fan, while the trainees on stage were all stars."

Chen Lin exclaimed: "What kind of thick skin must one have to say such fresh and refined praise!"

Seeing Jin Li was already lying flat.

She gave up struggling.

"I think the production team should give me another appearance fee. It was clearly them who told me to comfort the trainees more, it's not like I really wanted to say that."

Ji Qinglian patted her shoulder: "Li Bao, don't explain; explanation is cover-up. Tell me the truth, when did you secretly practice these words? Were you trying to prepare a surprise for me in advance?"

Seeing Jin Li: "It's not me, I don't have it, I won't!"

The phone vibrated non-stop. Opening it, the Pink Girls group chat was already high.

Everyone tagged Seeing Jin Li, demanding that the next time they met, she must give them a level-ten rainbow fart package.

The trainees had it, and they had to have it too!

Seeing Jin Li: 【This was really an accident, listen to my explanation, at the time it was...】

NANA sent a 【Koi Exclusive Red Envelope】.

Pearl sent a 【Koi Exclusive Red Envelope】.

Tongtong sent a 【Koi Exclusive Red Envelope】.

Seeing Jin Li recalled a message.

Seeing Jin Li silently collected the red envelopes.

Seeing Jin Li replied with one sentence: 【Received! Bosses, I'll prepare for you in advance】

Bowing to the evil forces of money!

While Seeing Jin Li was gathering to watch the show, the other two female mentors of the production team were also requested by their companies to interact more with the March Sky boy band.

Not asking for any CP feeling, at least make the relationship look better, so the company could help them operate and get some heat up.

Lian Baozhi was doing okay.

After all, Ji Qinglian was also an artist under LP, at least one artist got the traffic dividend.

But the other female mentor, Qiu Qiwen, was seriously lectured by her manager.

The company Qiu Qiwen was in was a second-tier company.

It was hard to finally cultivate her into a first-tier star, so the company always made her participate in various announcements, while also pulling the artists under its banner along.

Last time, she brought her junior sister from the same company, Ren Tiantian, to participate in "PICK~ Next Station Diva," appearing as a mentor partner in the second episode.

Although the stage they performed together wasn't picked apart by netizens, it didn't make a splash on the internet either.

That dismal click count couldn't even compare to the trainees' stage.

Later, Seeing Jin Li continued to join, and the production team's camera time was tight. This star got a little, that star got a little, and the trainees had to get some too, resulting in the one who suffered the most damage not being the trainees, but Qiu Qiwen.

Her camera time was cut a lot, and she often sat on the bench on the show.

Actually, at the recording site, Qiu Qiwen's amount of talking was on par with Lian Baozhi, but unfortunately, she was cut out of the variety show.

"Qiwen, you must exert yourself for the fourth episode recording; you must grab some camera time. You also know that the company paid a lot to get you the mentor seat; we can't have no harvest," the manager said.

Qiu Qiwen frowned tightly, "I've talked to the March Sky boy band, they ignore me, how am I supposed to hype with them?

And I'm not from a girl group background, singing and dancing aren't my strengths, it's normal that I don't have topics with the March Sky boy band."

The manager said with dissatisfaction: "Then look at Lian Baozhi, she's also not from a girl group background, and she didn't latch onto the March Sky boy band, but she could create topics. If you don't want to latch on, that's fine, find me an explosive topic!"

Qiu Qiwen asked: "Can't you communicate with the production team and have them arrange more camera time?"

The manager sighed: "I've communicated many times already, the production team won't concede. Now traffic is king; if there's an explosive point, there's topic popularity. You should still plan early."

Qiu Qiwen: "I'll try my best."

Actually, she had another idea.

Originally, the production team only arranged four mentors at the time—her, Lian Baozhi, Ji Qinglian, and the March Sky boy band; the March Sky boy band was seen as a whole, only occupying one mentor seat.

All mentors knew that this show mainly relied on the March Sky boy band to pull traffic.

The March Sky boy band was a top traffic in the circle, at the peak of their popularity, and these first-tier stars were willing to play supporting roles.

But now, a Seeing Jin Li was added.

With an extra person stuffed in, the camera time naturally wasn't enough to go around.

If Seeing Jin Li could be kicked out, the camera time problem would be solved.

With the broadcast of the second half of the third episode of "PICK~ Next Station Diva," the recording of the fourth episode also began to prepare with gongs and drums.

Although the production team originally said that Seeing Jin Li only needed to be a mentor on stage and comment a few times, without needing to participate in building sweeps.

But since Seeing Jin Li was this psychological counselor, she decided to fulfill her obligations and took the initiative to ask the production team if there were any stress-relief segments in this episode.

The production team naturally said: "Yes!"

And so, on Monday, Seeing Jin Li participated in the building sweep again.

Compared to last time, this time was still stress-relieving; she didn't need to show her stage, just act as a tool person.

The stress-relief segment of this episode had the trainees as the main body, with Seeing Jin Li acting as the host, just cueing the process.

On the day of the building sweep.

She went to the Mazu Temple early in the morning, specifically worshipped, and went out feeling refreshed.

"Teacher Seeing Jin Li, come this way!" The staff took her to Building A.

Today's recording was quite rushed, without prior rehearsal, planning to record while rehearsing.

The staff said while walking: "This episode is mainly to let the trainees talk about their inner thoughts and what they have gained after participating in the show."

Seeing Jin Li had searched for the process of talent shows and asked curiously: "Shouldn't this part be placed in the last few episodes?"

The staff shook their heads and smiled: "The production team adopted a brand new competition system, so the process was all rearranged. What was discussed above was to record this part first."

Seeing Jin Li: "Okay!"

Pushing open the door, what came into view were the female trainees wearing pink uniforms, each youthful, beautiful, lively, and cute, with different styles.

As a woman, she also felt her mood brighten a bit.

"Hello, Teacher Seeing Jin Li!"

"Hello everyone!"

Everyone bowed and greeted each other, starting to go through the process first.

Seeing Jin Li discovered that, just as the production team said, she was just a supporting role in this stress-relief segment, the trainees were the protagonists, and the process was very relaxed.

Time flew by, and it was lunchtime, with only the last team left to go on stage to speak.

Seeing Jin Li decided to wait for them to finish recording.

This way, she only needed to wait for makeup recording in the afternoon and would have more time to study.

As a result, she didn't know until she waited, and was startled once she did.

This team was the bottom-ranked team and was very likely to be eliminated in the ranking votes in the next few days.

Seeing Jin Li glanced at them casually and couldn't help but be stunned.

Among the 7 members, there were actually three whose brows revealed a hint of pink.

She couldn't help but perk up a bit and started eating melons.

The probability of this team's love star moving was a bit high!