Chapter 84: Love Variety Show Strategy System (2)

"Teacher Xie, the afternoon recording is about to begin."

At this moment, a young staff member hurried over to notify Xie Yang to return to the Romantic Cabin to assemble.

Xie Yang nodded, took the parasol handed over by the staff member, and walked with her toward the Romantic Cabin.

As she walked, she recalled the information about the other guests to avoid mistaking anyone later.

Guest No. 1, Xie Danni, goes without saying; she is her half-sister, 25 years old, who studied business management in college but stepped seamlessly into China Entertainment after a street photo went viral during her senior year.

Unlike Xie Yang, Xie Danni never hid her identity as the eldest daughter of the Xie Family, so her resources since entering the industry have always been excellent. Even though she has no notable works yet, industry insiders are very polite and friendly to her, calling her "Little Fairy" whenever they meet.

Guest No. 2, Liu Yang, 26 years old, a rising starlet in the acting world and also Xie Danni's number one supporter.

After all, Liu Yang's parents also run businesses; who in the corporate circle doesn't aspire to build a connection with the Xie Group? Therefore, in this show, Liu Yang is Xie Danni's weapon, pointing wherever she is told to strike.

Guest No. 3, Chen Anqi, 23 years old, debuted through a street dance competition; her personality is carefree and a bit like a boy's.

Guest No. 4, Lin Xiaoning, the same age as Xie Yang, also 22 years old, debuted four years ago as the champion of a girl group and is a famous "sweet girl" in the industry.

Guest No. 5 is Xie Yang; her birth was never meant to see the light of day, and furthermore, the Xie Group is a large listed company. Although she was brought to the Xie Family by her father to live, her identity was never made public, supposedly for fear of affecting the company's stock price. This is also the reason that once caused her to fall into low self-esteem.

There are also five male guests:

Male Guest No. 1 is the cool-tempered musical genius Zhou Hanqing, 27 years old.

At eighteen, he not only won the national championship that year at a campus singer competition with his original song "Twelve Constellations" but was also scouted by the most famous record company in the country, becoming a signed singer.

In the four years since, he has released one original record every year and occasionally written theme songs for films and television dramas, making him the most popular male singer in mainland China every year.

Male Guest No. 2, Lu Ming, also 27 years old, an actor.

He made a strong debut at fourteen with a father-son themed movie and has been active in the public eye ever since. He has already brought home several Best Actor trophies and is the youngest Best Actor in the acting industry.

Male Guest No. 3, Jiang Tuo, 20 years old, the champion of a boy group that debuted two years ago.

Jiang Tuo is incomparably handsome and multi-talented; he was once praised by several big-shot figures as being "born for this industry" and is also the youngest among the guests this season. Rather than saying he came to the show to find a girlfriend, it is more like he came to play.

Male Guest No. 4, Fu Yichen, 30 years old, a veteran actor and new-generation director.

He has a movie in the works for which he hasn't been able to finalize a lead actress; coming to this show is, firstly, to repay a favor, and secondly, to scout for a suitable lead actress for his own film.

Guest No. 5, Xiao Chenglei, 26 years old, graduated with a major in broadcasting and hosting; he filmed a youth idol drama at 22 and has been popular ever since.

If one were to ask what these male guests have in common, it would surely be that they are "handsome."

Not to mention their achievements, their looks alone are at the ceiling level of China Entertainment.

Xie Yang carefully recalled the interactions between Xie Danni and these male guests over the past three days.

She speculated that among the five male guests, Lu Ming should be the first to be successfully conquered; his current Favorability Value is likely over 90, a total "lick-dog" for sure.

After all, Lu Ming was the idol the original owner admired for many years; using him to provoke the original owner is a guaranteed hit.

As for the other male guests, there are currently no signs of them being at Xie Danni's beck and call, but their Favorability Values shouldn't be low either, probably between 60 and 80.

To make their Favorability Values all drop to 0 in order to recover the Love Variety Show Strategy System, the difficulty is not small.

While pondering, Xie Yang arrived at the entrance of the Romantic Cabin.

Though called a "Cabin," the area is actually quite large; the main building is a three-story garden villa with walls covered in climbing roses.

The area around the house is planted with tropical-style coconut trees and palm trees, and there are also several single-story glass structures nearby—the Yangguang Canting where all guests dine, and the Huafang Chashi for indoor games when it rains.

The green space in front of and behind the house is also very large, with artificial lawns and flowerbeds full of blossoms, surrounded by milky-white picket fences.

The garden is also equipped with wooden swing sets and wisteria trellises, with every detail highlighting the word "romantic."

Not long before Xie Yang entered the door, Lu Ming had just returned to the Romantic Cabin holding Xie Danni, whom he had been comforting for a long time.

As soon as he entered, Lu Ming rushed to the kitchen to get ice cubes, then found a clean face towel to wrap the ice and gently applied a cold compress to Xie Danni's cheek.

His slender fingers held the ice, gently applying it to the left side of Xie Danni's cheek, his deep voice filled with tenderness and heartache: "Does it hurt a lot? Bear with it."

"What happened to Danni?"

Except for Jiang Tuo and Zhou Hanqing, who hadn't come down from their rooms upstairs, the other guests were sitting in the living room chatting. Seeing this scene, they gathered around to show concern.

Although it wasn't the afternoon recording session yet, cameras were visible everywhere in the living room, and any performance could be recorded; even if they didn't like Xie Danni's attention-grabbing behavior in their hearts, they had to pretend to be concerned.

Xie Danni's eyes were red, and she bit her lower lip lightly, wearing a difficult expression as if she wanted to speak but couldn't.

Lu Ming glanced at her disapprovingly: "You are just too kind; even after being hit, you still want to cover for her?"

"Who is it?" Liu Yang asked curiously, "A man or a woman? Is it one of our guests? That's impossible, right?"

"Hey, hey, hey, don't generalize," Xiao Chenglei argued, half-jokingly and half-seriously, "We male guests are all gentlemen; we absolutely wouldn't do such a thing."

"So you mean it was one of our female guests?" Chen Anqi said coolly, leaning against the back of the sofa with her arms crossed, "But we have been in the living room since we finished lunch and haven't left; we can testify for each other."

"Some people weren't here," Lin Xiaoning whispered.

"Who wasn't here?" Everyone looked around, seemingly reaching a conclusion in their hearts.

Xie Danni covered her bruised face and shook her head, saying gently: "Forget it, it's not a big deal, and I was at fault too; I shouldn't have pointed out her mistake to her face..."

"Pfft!"

A cold sneer came from the living room entrance.

Everyone turned their heads in unison.

"Xie Yang, what are you laughing at!" Liu Yang spoke first, "Was it you who hit Danni's face?"

"That's right." Xie Yang leaned against the door frame and replied lazily, "Who told her to have such a foul mouth!"

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"Ahem..."

Jiang Tuo and Zhou Hanqing were standing at the corner of the stairs; it was unclear who couldn't help but laugh.

Xie Danni heard the Strategy System broadcasting incessantly in her mind:

【Ding! The female supporting character's Resentment Value has decreased by 30%.】

【Ding! The supporting female character's Resentment Value has decreased by 60%.】

【Ding! The supporting female character's Resentment Value has decreased by 90%.】

【Ding! The supporting female character's Resentment Value has fallen to 9, limit-down warning! Limit-down warning!】

In just a few seconds, the Resentment Value Xie Yang held toward her had actually plummeted from 99, right after slapping her, all the way down to a single digit.

Xie Danni's face turned green.